sure. but only if asking does not equal pushing.
Posts by Odrade
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26Non-traditional marriage proposal -- she ask him?
by merfi inyour thoughts?.
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(thinking about it...).
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Barbara Anderson's Paedophilia CD: The Watchtowers Chocolate Cake Defence
by Duncan ini received my copy of barbara andersons cd paedophilia in an american religion a month or two ago, and i have been reading through it since.. what follows, although i have called this a review, is in no sense a scholarly consideration of the legal merits of the cases described, a task for which i am wholly unqualified.
these are, rather, my subjective reflections on the material presented, the impressions i gathered while reading the legal filings, my untrained, common-man appraisal of the cases laid out in those documents.
ill also admit to being swayed by tone of voice adopted, and to using my own common-sense yardstick in determining the reasonableness of the statements made, the responses given and the arguments put forward.
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Odrade
Thank you Duncan. This was a very helpful summary, I appreciate it.
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Lowly publishers can now attend international conventions
by unbeliever ini don't know if this has been posted yet but my mom told me that there was a letter from crooklyn that publishers can now attend international conventions.
before only the pioneers, elders, etc could attend.
she said that there was a tremendous amount of excitement among the publishers that they now have the "privilege" of attending.
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Odrade
Yeah, the sight-seeing is limited because they spend their spare time shuttling them around to see the branch and/or local kingdumb halls. My parents went to the Chile/Argentina one, (and Poland and a couple others,) and came back with almost zero pictures of sites, but they sure had a lot of pictures of people nobody knew, and buildings with no windows in them...
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Lowly publishers can now attend international conventions
by unbeliever ini don't know if this has been posted yet but my mom told me that there was a letter from crooklyn that publishers can now attend international conventions.
before only the pioneers, elders, etc could attend.
she said that there was a tremendous amount of excitement among the publishers that they now have the "privilege" of attending.
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Odrade
See, I never got this at all. Aren't ALL the conventions "open to the public?" So what's to prevent anyone from traveling to some exotic convention site and attending? Even us? It always cracked me up that there was all this application bullcrappy, and "special privileges" to attend. Hahaha!
I'll bet they were excited.
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jw Massage therapist
by carla inwhat is the deal with this?
it seems i hear more and more about some jw woman who is a massage therapist.
i can't think of a more unseemly occupation for a jw woman that is legal.
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Odrade
This is all rather insulting. A legitimate massage therapist does NOT give happy endings, and the client is not exposing the private bits. Passing rumors around hmmm? Shame on you.
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MY DAD MIGHT DIE DUE TO THE 'NO BLOOD' DOCTRINE
by Mary ini don't have much time to post as i'm headed back to the hospital, but my father collapsed this morning and had to be rushed to the hospital.
in a nutshell: he needs a blood transfusion as his hemoglobin is dropping (bleeding internally), but thanks to this fucking cult, that's not an option...........he'll accept the fractions but those bastards from the blood liaison committee have already shown up to ensure he doesn't cave............... for those of you who still believe, i'm asking you to say a prayer for my dad........and if anyone from crooklyn is reading this: you better hope my father doesn't die due to your fucked up rules, .
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Odrade
Mary, sorry to hear about this whole mess. Thank goodness you were there to advocate for his life.
Harleau, sadly, the WT has distorted the original purpose of the two "abstain" verses as they have done with so many other things. It would behoove you to do some research that is not printed by the Watchtower Society, before it is YOU or someone YOU LOVE who is dying because of this blasphemous JW dogma.
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Calling all Kilted Brethren
by bigwilly inok, so "the kilted brethren" is a term coolhandluke, breck (lowkey lowsmith) and i came up with on another board, but all fans of unbifurcated garments qualify for membership .
so whether you wear a utilikilt, a tartan or any other style, help me celebrate freedom and post ya pics!.
this is me last summer at a brewfest.
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Odrade
That dude in the blue "kilt" looks a little bit too much like he's wearing one of my wraparound pioneer skirts from the 80s. blech.
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SO ADMIT; SCALE OF 1:10, TEMPTED TO DRINK THE WINE AT MEMORIAL??
by shell69 inwasnt tempted myself during the acutal ceremonies; however: the sister whose husband used to supply the wine for the memorial in the 70's; well her son's would be round the back of the khell after the memorial supping it!!!
they were only about 12/13!!!.
always wanted a sipp myself after the annual ordeal but was scared mum and dad would find out.. shell.
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Odrade
Ha! Once. Very. I passed the glass and got a whiff of some really good stuff. Someone had splurged on the bottle, presumably the person who was going to take it home and drink it after memorial. Seriously, my mouth watered. But I was "good" and just passed it on. Dammit.
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What's your favourite TV theme song ...
by Frequent_Fader_Miles inat the time i was really too young to watch (or understand) the show, but i liked the theme song from dallas.. what's your favourite?.
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Odrade
Shaft
"Shut yo mouf!"
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What kind of positive proof would you need....
by journey-on into accept the existence of god?
(i'm not talking about "a big man in the sky" kind of deity.
) what would it take to convince you that mankind was intentionally created by a powerful and intelligent creative force?
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Odrade
reproducible results: multiple instances of direct communication, witnessed by multiple people. Creation of new organisms where it can be observed and documented, in multiple instances. Nothing less.