Odrade

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  Google Maps just got better: Maps for Public Transit

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  need to know how to get from point a to point b, but you don't want to drive a car?

  just go to google maps and it will tell you how!.

  here is a demo video:.

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  I love that function. It has been live in Portland for about a year I think, and I use it frequently since I don't drive.
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  Text Message I Just Received From An Old Witness Friend

  by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is a text message i just received from a guy who was in my old congregation.

  (ps, no there was no shenanigans going on there, i wasn't interested in this guy in that way...even though he was possibly the best friend i had ever had within jws).. "hi rob.

  please come back to the truth.

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  Odrade

  I'm glad you answered the way you did. 15 years ago I was "Dave," and my best friend was df'd. It took me almost 10 years after that to get out, but my friendship for her was always in the back of my mind as something that WT policy took away from me.
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  DC Seating

  by RR in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, how many of you got to the convention site nice and early so that you could get the best seats on the house?.

  having met in yankees stadium (difficult for me as i'm a mets fan) i always made sure i was in the shade.

  hey someone had to come in early and make those watchtower hoagies (by the way, i never washed my hands).

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  Odrade

  "(by the way, I never washed my hands)"
  
  That says a lot about you. gag. The fact that you say it like you're proud of it says even more about you.
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  Nothing but the Blood - Chapter 8 (Final)

  by daniel-p in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  [this is the true story of my life.

  i'm posting it in installments.

  the final installment will include post-script-type thoughts, with acknowledgements to those who've helped me along these last two years, as well as those who've been an inspiration.

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  Odrade

  Glad I found this after you posted all the parts. It's a fascinating story. Thank you for sharing it.
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  Nothing but the Blood - Chapter 2

  by daniel-p in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm posting it in installments.

  the final installment will include post-script-type thoughts, with acknowledgements to those who've helped me along these last two years, as well as those who've been an inspiration.

  you could tell his heart was in it because he tried so hard.

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  Odrade

  "To me, leaving the country was the death of something I have yet to identify." Could it have anything to do with the apparent fact that getting a new stepdad and moving to town meant losing your (mother's) horse and killing your dog? gah. poor kid.
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  How many have had a problem with the confession idea to elders?

  by Hope4Others in

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  2. friends

  i use to, well i still do think its no better than the confession idea to a priest.. 1. how many elders step down and are removed and what then?.

  2. how many people have access to the file cabinet?.

  3. my biggest thought is how many that are no longer elders repeat the dirty little secrets?.

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  Odrade

  One of the most humiliating experiences of my life... so, yeah, I have a problem with it.
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  1988-1996 Kingdom Ministries- useful to anyone?

  by Odrade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we're in the midst of a massive de-junking project around here.

  before these go into recycling, i thought i'd ask if these are still useful, given that so many years of kms have just been digitized?

  i have a complete (i think) set from 10/88 thru 12/96, in one of those ridiculous wt storage boxes.

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  You guys crack me up. I have them all wrapped and addressed, but haven't been to the post office yet... somebody actually wants them for reading! hehe.
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  It is just me or was the memorial off by a day?

  by FiveShadows in

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  i'm not exactly sure how to calculate the memorial date.

  i'm aware that one year back in the 90s, the society actually was off the memorial date by one day.

  as i came out of the organization, the brother who left with me was talking to me about it and said 'i remember one year it was off by a day.

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  Odrade

  14 days after the new moon closest to the spring equinox, when the moon is full over Jerusalem. If you are on the other side of the world from Jerusalem, you might be one day ahead of or behind the full moon, based on the "over Jerusalem" calculation.
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  Hypocritical makers of "Expelled" movie expel a biologist from theater

  by Gopher in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's almost too perfect.

  myers, a biologist at the university of minnesota - morris, followed all the rules in order to attend a special screening of ben stein's new pro-intelligent design movie "expelled", but was expelled by the insecure makers of this movie!

  even more ironic, myers was interviewed for and appeared in this movie.

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  Ha! I saw this on an atheist site and it cracked me up. No double standards there, oh no. *rolls eyes*
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  Expelled, the movie

  by startingover in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  the movie isn't out yet but here is a preview:.

  http://www.expelledthemovie.com/playgroundvideo3.swf.

  i've got my opinions but would like to hear some of yours before i poison the well..

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  Odrade

  Bit ridiculous. Not a single fact presented, just a lot of emotionalism. "They don't like us! That means they are hiding something!"

  It reminds me quite a bit of the JWs (or other cultish belief systems-) "They persecute and ridicule us, that is proof that they know we are right and don't want to admit it." No, it's really not proof of anything other than that another community finds you worthy of ridicule. How would it be if the other side published papers which made the primary argument as proof: "I.D.ers are laughing at us for believing in pure evolution, that proves we're onto something!"