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  Ignore Russia and Die in Your Sleep

  by proplog2 in

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  european natural gas supplies; the next, gazprom .

  in moscow that something must be done if russia .

  strategy, but modern russian history offers no .

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  Odrade

  :::That gives JW's a chance to flee the USA.
  *blinkblink* All 1 million of them? with their kids and stuff? Where are they gonna go? Madagascar? Or are the russians going to put a turtle bomb there too and get 'em anyways unless Armageddon comes and saves them?
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  Ignore Russia and Die in Your Sleep

  by proplog2 in

  1. jw
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  european natural gas supplies; the next, gazprom .

  in moscow that something must be done if russia .

  strategy, but modern russian history offers no .

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  Odrade

  I know a guy who talks like this all the time. Problem is, he usually talks the most when he hasn't taken his haldol.
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  Ignore Russia and Die in Your Sleep

  by proplog2 in

  1. jw
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  european natural gas supplies; the next, gazprom .

  in moscow that something must be done if russia .

  strategy, but modern russian history offers no .

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  Odrade

  wheeee!!! conspiracy theories are always a good time! good times! and good half a time!
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  Napa Valley, CA Child Abuse Court Case Victories

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  napa wt child abuse case.

  two important court decisions, which came out of napa valley, ca, are now available for us to post on jwd.

  these significant rulings overturn objections regularly made by the watchtower in recent lawsuits and may serve as a precedent for future lawsuits.

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  You TEASE!!! ;) Can't wait...
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  Disgusting comment regarding the baptism at the DC

  by under_believer in

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  2. friends

  at the service meeting the other day the "friends" were given an opportunity to discuss the district convention (portland, or, june 30-july 2).

  ) people baptized at that convention.

  a bigger number than i remember for at least a decade.

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  Saw that. "Children as young as 12..." whatever. I wonder what people would say if they knew it was really more like 8 or 9, and if you do any kind of normal teenage rebellion you could lose your friends, family and everything if you aren't "repentant" enough, fast enough to suit the elders?
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  Question for those living in a religiously divided household.

  by kgav8r in

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  i suppose i should have labeled this as questions.

  is it ever hard?

  are you ever at odds with your spouse?

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  Ugh from both sides. While I was never married to someone who didn't share my beliefs on the surface, for several years my husband was just "going through the motions." Though I wasn't aware that he wasn't really a true believer, I did know that our so-called spiritual life was a constant struggle, sore point, and in general was very divisive.
  It wasn't pleasant for him either because I was never satisfied that he was doing enough, and was constantly upset that he wasn't "taking the spiritual lead."
  I would never marry someone who chose to remain a JW, since that is a huge area of her life that will be ruled by them, and it bleeds into every aspect of living, including your marriage. If she choses to embrace her JW faith and you do get married, you will always be regarded as her biggest mistake, and a dead body strapped to her back* by many in the congregation, and perhaps even secretly by her.
  
  *"dead body strapped to the back" is a teaching of JWs that marrying an unbeliever is comparable to the Assyrian torture practice of tying a corpse to the back of a living prisoner, and letting the corpse rot the living person until they died too. This illustration was used quite often at meetings, conventions and in private conversation as I was growing up. I'm sure there are others here who could verify this heinous teaching.
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  baptizing the very young

  by Quandry in

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  Odrade

  rotfl!
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  topic won't last long at this site

  by crazyblondeb in

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  http://ewatchman-exposed.co.uk/research/read.php?t=2303&reply=27#msg27 .

  if this link works, i bet it don't last long.

  anyone else for some fun?

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  did you see this comment by baikinguy (or whatever his handle is...)
  

  "They told me, that, personally they cannot report such matters to the police has it is deemed has hear-say, but they will support the victim if she went to the police and they will also talk to the police."

  
  The lies are alive and well at the Kingdom Hall. I wonder if that's the justification the elders used to not report 3 of the 4 sexual predators in my home congregation? Clergy are mandatory reporters in Oregon, btw.
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  Just thought this would be of interest to share.

  by meatloaf in

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  2. experiences

  why have such a large family?

  when we are out together we get questions like is this a school group?, are they all yours?, are you catholic or mormon?, dont you know what causes this?

  these questions give us many opportunities to share with others the hope that is in us, that children are a gift from god.

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  "receive" more children? Is Dugall an LDS? just curious...
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  Question About Eyeglasses

  by Big Tex in

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  2. friends

  my wife just spent $900 on 4 pair of eyeglasses.

  is it just me, or is that waaaaaay too much money?

  i don't wear glasses anymore (laser surgery), but isn't this too much?

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  Odrade

  Bwahahahaha!!!