Topics Started by willyloman

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Romney and Cognitive Dissonance
by willyloman in
1. jw
2. friends
has anyone else who's following the presidential campaign noticed that mitt romney shows classic signs of a behavior common among members of high-control religions, one we as former dubs recognize, a condition known as cognitive dissonance?.

it would explain his inability to "connect" with people.

his stilted phrasing in many of his speeches and comments.
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Unexpected conversation with a long time JW friend (in good standing)
by OneDayillBeFree in
1. jw
2. experiences
so tonight after the meeting, this brother whome i've grown up with invited me to eat.

he had come almost an hour late to the meeting and looked kind of down and a bit depressed.

i agreed to go eat.. there was very little talking at first.
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More Disclosure Stuff
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
hardly a week passes without some credible figure testifying to ufo reality.. http://beforeitsnews.com/unexplained-phenomena/2012/08/ufo-disclosure-may-be-imminent-2430224.html.

i've followed ufo stories for some years now and this barrage of authoritative people looks unprecedented.

couple that with the claim that ufo sightings have increased enormously in the past couple years and...... who knows?.
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Jehovah's Witness Governing Body Member, Guy Pierce. Can anyone give me the back story? Any interesting info?
by Balaamsass in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
members of the governing body are "public figures", so i used a full name.

i am doing a research project.

did anyone know him or his first wife?.
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I called Bethel about shunning family, unexpected response.....
by EndofMysteries in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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What Are The Funniest Sitcoms That You Have Enjoyed?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i was watching the beverly hillbillies the other night and i have to say, the writing and the acting was terrific!.

another classic is all in the family.

loved that show!.
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New light or did the speaker just pull this out his wazoo?
by pubtruth in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i went to the last day of the dc here in west palm beach, just to make my mother company.

wow, what a difference can a year outside the lie can do to perception.

it was the same crap as you'd expect but there is a plot twist: the speaker was so into the talk he was actually starting to shout and wound up mentioning that they now know how many angels will be needed to destroy everyone at armaggeddon.
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If Serena wins gold, will she stand for the US Anthem?
by Open mind in
1. social
2. physical
they're playing right now and serena is ahead 6-0, 5-1.. .

thoughts?.

om.
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Nice 1975 quote from F Franz, in 1975
by Splash in
1. watchtower
2. bible
*** w75 5/1 p. 285 a contrastmissionaries with an urgent, lifesaving work ***.

another speaker, f. w. franz, the societys vice-president, forcefully impressed on the audience the urgency of the christian preaching work.. he stressed that, according to dependable bible chronology, 6,000 years of human history will end this coming september according to the lunar calendar.

this coincides with a time when the human species [is] about to starve itself to death, as well as its being faced with poisoning by pollution and destruction by nuclear weapons.. franz added: theres no basis for believing that mankind, faced with what it now faces, can exist for the seventh thousand-year period under the present system of things.
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Best news in a long time - manned mission to Mars planned
by tootired2care in
1. social
2. current
i was reading this news article and it brings out that nasa is planning a manned mission to mars.

nasa plans to work with other countries on this mission, and not just go it alone.

it turns out that the obama administration has set a goal for nasa to have this done by the 2030s.