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  Survival and Preparedness--What Are You Doing, Or Going To Do?

  by CrimsonBleu in

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  it's been a long time since i posted here, but i lurk often, checking in on things in the jw world.

  i have been out for 25 years, but have family still in.

  none of them speak to me anymore, even though they used to quite often and quite regular, breaking all the shunning rules.

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  Survival tip No. 17

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  interview with an apostate: BIGMAC

  by bigmac in

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  tell us a little about yourself and your family.. .i'm 65---divorced--3 grown up kids--7 ish grandchildren.

  were you a born in or a convert?.

  .not born in--dragged into it----aged 9--- by my late mother.

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  The do not qualify in any sense of the word..
  
  Char·i·ty
  
  noun

  1. 1. the voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money, to those in need.
  2. 2. an organization set up to provide help and raise money for those in need.
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  The kindness of (worldly) strangers

  by moley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yesterday i went surfing, when i had finished and got changed i tried to start my car, no joy.

  there were about 12 cars in the car park and the occupants of 8 of the cars all tried to help out at some point as they could see i was having difficulties, one guy even drove to a garage 5 miles away to get me a coffee i didn't even ask for as it was a freezing cold day and a couple of them let me sit in their cars to warm up while i waited for the rac.

  contrast this to a time when i was in and my car wouldn't start (different car lol) in a kh car park and all i got was snarky comments, or advice in passing but no one stopped to help out.. i know who i prefer, has anyone else been helped by the evil worldly's while ignored by the loving jw's.

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  Worldly people..
  
  When I was 18 and got my first little motorbike, I had the adventurous idea of riding from London to Scotland and back. Being an over excited youth with poor planning I set off with not enough funds and by Leeds I had ran out of petrol.. and money.
  
  Complete strangers at each gas station from Leeds to Scotland and all the way back to London very generously kept topping up my tank so I could complete my trip and then make it all the way home to London.
  
  In Yorkshire one Sunday morning I was parked in a little village and I heard a voice from the 1st floor of a cottage window shout: "Hello! Are you hungry?" A minute or two later they came out to the street holding a very large plate of Sunday roast! and handed it to me.
  
  On that same trip I set up my tent in a large forest on a dirt track. At about 6am I was woken to the sound of a chain saw and trees crashing down around me. It was a lumberjack who without a word cut down 2 trees one behind and one in front of my tent so as to prevent me from being run over and crushed by the big logger trucks that were transporting logs from the forest.
  
  Witnesses..
  
  In my first congregation when I first came into the truth at 18 and had been studying for a year my mother actually threw me out of the house because of my 'stand for the truth'. I told the congregation of my situation and despite now being homeless not a single person came to my assistance or offered to help or support me in any way whatsoever.
  
  Winter time: I used to have to do a 3 mile walk to the hall and back twice a week to get to the meetings often in pouring rain or almost a foot of snow. I had several large families of witnesses that lived but a minute from my home that would just drive past me in their large half empty cars and just smile and wave but never offer me a lift.

  Once I had to go into hospital for an operation. I told the surgeon of my view and stand on the blood issue. He informed me that there could be complications and problems if I refused the possibility of a blood transfusion. I stood my ground. I woke from the operation with a tube of what looked like blood going into my shoulder where they performed the surgery. Still dazed from the anesthetic I ripped it out. The nurse came running and told me it was not a transfusion but simply a tube to catch and drain the blood and fluid from my wound.
  
  During my few days in the hospital followed by 6 weeks at home of rehabilitation. I was not supported by or even visited by a single person in the congregation. I was left to deal with this 'no blood' situation completely alone. I was 19 years old. And yes during all these experiences I was pioneering.
  
  So.. yes I have been shown more kindness, hospitality, generosity compassion and love from complete non-witness strangers than I ever have by my so called spiritual brothers and sisters.
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  1975 scan-Anyone?

  by lostsheep82 in

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  2. bible

  "why are you looking forward to 1975?

  pg.494 aug. 15 1968)anow it is firmly maintained that by the autumn of the year 1975 the battle of armageddon will have been fought and godas new world will have been established".

  can anyone provide a scan of this article, or a simple quote of the article?.

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  Let's not forget these falshoods either. Awake 1969.

  http://oi62.tinypic.com/29pdend.jpg

  
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  Its a "business" not an evangelical center!

  by Atlantis in

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  its a "business" not an evangelical centre!.http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/council-lleader-urges-sceptics-welcome-jehovah-s/story-20528438-detail/story.html.nevada

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  “It’s more jobs and from that point of view it does away with a site that is heavily contaminated with car battery and acid"

  It can not really be classified as a business in the normal sense.. It brings no benefits or services at all to the community, it does not bring jobs to the locals, or anyone for that matter.
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  OK to kill with drones, but not deliver beer.

  by Simon in

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  2. current

  so apparently, it's ok to kill people (including americans) using unmanned drones but it's not ok to deliver beer to them.. granted, it's a different part of the government responsible but isn't it a little bizzarre..

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  Who needs beer when you can get drugs!!

  http://www.wired.com/business/2013/12/dhl-drug-drone/
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  Imagine A World Where Being "Gay" The Norm & Being "Straight" Would Be The Minority!

  by Dis-Member in

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  imagine a world where being "gay" the norm & being "straight" would be the minority!

  [short film].. .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnojgdw0gpi.

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  Dis, Yadda and the rest of you homophobe/haters

  Excuse me? What hat did you pull that one from? I don't hate anyone... but I don't hold much fondness for idiots.

  Speaking of hate.. I know a good few gay women that literally hate men and would happily rid the planet of them.
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  Imagine A World Where Being "Gay" The Norm & Being "Straight" Would Be The Minority!

  by Dis-Member in

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  imagine a world where being "gay" the norm & being "straight" would be the minority!

  [short film].. .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnojgdw0gpi.

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  There definitely is a gay adgenda.

  Homosexual agenda (or gay agenda ) is a term introduced by some conservative Christians in the United States, often used disparagingly to describe the advocacy of cultural acceptance and normalization of non-heterosexual orientations and relationships. The term refers to efforts to change government policies and laws on LGBT rights related issues. The term has also been used by some social conservatives and others to describe alleged goals of LGBT rights activists, such as ' recruiting ' heterosexuals into what they term a 'homosexual lifestyle'.

  The term is applied to efforts to change government policies and laws on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues - such as, for example, same-sex marriage and civil unions, LGBT adoption, recognizing sexual orientation as a protected civil rights minority classification, LGBT military participation, inclusion of LGBT history and themes in public education, introduction of anti-bullying legislation to protect LGBT minors - as well as non-governmental campaigns and individual actions that increase visibility and cultural acceptance of LGBT people, relationships, and identities. The term has also been used by some social conservatives to describe alleged goals of LGBT rights activists, such as 'recruiting' heterosexuals into what they term a 'homosexual lifestyle'. [1]

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_agenda
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  Dead pregnant woman forced to stay on life support, due to TX State law

  by adamah in

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  there's an interesting medicolegal issue arising out of tx, a pregnant women who suffered a pulmonary embolism in november and died (when she was 14 weeks pregnant).. however, the body has been kept on life-support all this time (against her and her husband's wishes), due to an ambiguous tx state law (tex hs.

  code ann.

  166.049) which actually blocks the ability of the patient and family to decide:.

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  They switched off the life support.

  http://iacknowledge.net/brain-dead-pregnant-woman-removed-from-life-support-after-court-order/
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  PRINCE: The Jehovah's Witness Hypocrisy

  by Perversion of a truth in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  just saw this... definately worth a few laughs.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmd_twvvvgq.

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  Dis-Member

  Nice guy...

  Prince is out to sue 22 Facebook users $1m EACH for posting decades-old live performances online.

  http://iacknowledge.net/superstar-prince-thanks-his-most-loyal-fansby-suing-the-sht-out-of-them/