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  Police Welfare Check

  by JRK in

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  i awoke in the middle of the night to banging on my door.

  i went to the door half asleep and asked who was there.

  i heard “police.” my dog was going crazy, so i slipped outside to talk to them.

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  Reading the thread title, I thought that some a**hole cop was getting a welfare check from the government!

  At least you're ok JRK!
  
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  Why the move to Warwick?

  by optimisticskeptic in

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  i've seen a lot of posts around and about warwick and the goings on there but was curious as to people's theories on why the move to warwick?

  granted there's the obvious point about all of the money from the sale of properties in brooklyn but for as massive as warwick is, the purchase of an apartment complex there, multiple sites and buildings i would be surprised if they had much left from all of the profits.

  so beyond a financial incentive why move?

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  @ Incognito:

  "With regard to 9/11, WT may have received some bad press for locking their doors and not assisting evacuees on Sept 11."

  Wow. I never knew that.
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  Making real friends

  by KindEyes in

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  hiya, firstly i’m new to this website, so sorry if this topic has been covered before.

  i have been out of “the truth” for almost one year.

  i live with my non-witness mother, have an amazing boyfriend, work and am in college.

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  @ KindEyes:

  Welcome. I totally understand. Years ago, my wife basically gave me an ultimatum. Either I let my worldly friends go or I let her and the “truth” go. I chose the former. I sent everyone a farewell text and then changed my number. Now that I’m “inactive” and my wife and I are having issues, I really have no one. It’s really been tough on me. I let these friends go for what? Some of them I’ve had since elementary school. I often wonder how they’re doing and if they still remember the fun we had. But, at least I have this forum.
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  Are Beards becoming more acceptable due to decline in membership?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  i noticed a young brother with a beard being given more privelages within our hall.

  when he first grew his beard, he lost his privelages.

  but more and more recently he has been helping out a lot more.. the cobe is old school and a stickler for rules, but with the hall becoming more empty these days, and the need for young brothers, he seems to have relaxed on this particular watchtower/man made rule.

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  @ moomanchu:

  Lol. That crown seems way too small for that dome!
  
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  Are Beards becoming more acceptable due to decline in membership?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
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  i noticed a young brother with a beard being given more privelages within our hall.

  when he first grew his beard, he lost his privelages.

  but more and more recently he has been helping out a lot more.. the cobe is old school and a stickler for rules, but with the hall becoming more empty these days, and the need for young brothers, he seems to have relaxed on this particular watchtower/man made rule.

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  Loose privileges if I grow a beard? What are they going to say, “brother, you can’t clean that toilet”?

  
  
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  Pale.Emperor Meets The Mormons

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. experiences

  when i was a jw i was fascinated with the mormon religion.

  i never believed a word of it of course, but i was interested in their religion like most boys were interested in star wars.

  i’ve read the book of mormon, doctrine & covenants, pearl of great price, book of abraham, watched their videos, read critical books by ex mormons etc etc… (strange at the time that i never did this with my own religion!

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  @ PALE.emperor:

  "Blacks in the church maybe?" lol!!!
  
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  Biblical incidents that bothered me.

  by EverApostate in

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  i wanted to discuss the (supposed) biblical events that disturbed me a lot when i was a jw.

  these incidents were just read and discussed in the kingdom hall as if these are normal and justified, which clearly weren't.

  perhaps this led to my awakening.

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  @ EverApostate:

  Big J...lol
  
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  "we would never deliberately distort a quotation"

  by ttdtt in

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  omg my head exploded!in this months broadcast - splian goes off on how much care the wt in making sure its facts are correct, and how they make sure their quotes are not taking from people who have a bad reputation or have an agenda.

  and that the make sure its always in context!.

  they are such liars!.

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  What were they thinking when they wrote the Reasoning Book? It is FULL of misquotes and quotes taken out of context.
  
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  Is There a TV Show or Movie That You Just NeverGet Sick Of?

  by minimus in

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  i love the rifleman!

  i’ve seen it a million times and still will watch it !

  and goodfellas, the movie as well as the sopranos.

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  Law & Order (the original)
  
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  Hugh Hefner died a few weeks back but no post on it. Interesting.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  i bring this up because like me i sure many of the men who was kids in the wt cult got their first taste of what a nude women looked like.

  it was the adolescent male sex education for most of us.

  one friend i had who's dad was a elder told me they always had playboys in his house because his dad subscribed to them.

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  Love him or hate him, Hefner was a revolutionary. You gotta love his choice of clothes:

  Dress shoes, dress socks and a bathrobe.