Marked.
What a douche he was.
HeyThere
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS: The mean-spirit of Russell's sham marriage
by Terry init is commonly known by jehovah's witnesses, the marriage of pastor c.t.russell and his wife maria (moe-rye-uh) was an uneasy one.. the marriage itself was founded on a weird interpretation of "virginity" and "purity" as only an obsessive-compulsive.
puritan fanatic might find agreeable.
the two of them were not to share a bed (or physical relations.).
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I'm writing a novel!
by punkofnice ini'm up to about 30k words at the moment and still going strong.. i don't expect it'll ever get off the ground.....at least i'm going to try though.. i'm thinking of 6 months time and looking at the route of self publishing.
yes, i want to be a publisher.. it's very violent in places, has violent sexual scenes and very strong language.. it's everything the watchtower(r) said i should avoid.....i wonder if my authentic self has exploded into freedom?.
if you want more info or wish to read a snippet let me know.. i can't think of a title and have changed it several times, at the moment it's called 'boomshot.
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HeyThere
Is the killer loech?
Kidding!! It sounds wonderful...I would like to read! I am a writer, too so I can help edit if you want help with that...
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VERY short day at the Arlington/Dallas International Convention-My Observations
by CaptainSchmideo inokay, some good takeaway:.
i have never been to a convention quite like this before.
a very friendly vibe all around, lots of banners and posters with sayings like "sending love to all our brothers", "see you in the paradise", "ecuador sends greetings", and "jehovahs-witness.net" (okay, i lied on that last one...).
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HeyThere
One and the same, steve. 50k is a crap ton of people, but it was at least 10k less than expected.
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VERY short day at the Arlington/Dallas International Convention-My Observations
by CaptainSchmideo inokay, some good takeaway:.
i have never been to a convention quite like this before.
a very friendly vibe all around, lots of banners and posters with sayings like "sending love to all our brothers", "see you in the paradise", "ecuador sends greetings", and "jehovahs-witness.net" (okay, i lied on that last one...).
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HeyThere
Ew. Billy, the visual I just got was torturous. Blech.
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Poor Animals
by HeyThere inwow.
the bible really is something else.
i believe i am becoming athiest.
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HeyThere
I haven't researched that yet. But I am not holding my breath. The stuff in the bible is crazy, incohesive, displays clearly a lack of understanding of natural phenomenon, etc.
My husband has us read the bible parts to prepare for the week night meeting. I objected to my 12 year old daughter reading or hearing lev chapter 15 which is, in part, about male genital infection and sex. However, because it is the bible, that somehow makes it okay.
Now I know what I missed while in Sunday school. A whole Lotta crazy. Biblical guidance for atoning for Genital discharge (were they describing an std?), having to do guilt offerings for having mold in your house...oh wait, sorry, for your house having leprocy . And as mentioned above, crazy stuff like father rape, mass extermination, etc.
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Poor Animals
by HeyThere inwow.
the bible really is something else.
i believe i am becoming athiest.
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HeyThere
Wow. The bible really is something else. I believe I am becoming athiest. Each week of bible reading pushes me further in that direction. As an older, educated adult obsessed with science, the bible now reads as unbelievable fiction to me. This is kinda scary.
Oh, and why all the dang animal offerings? Why would a bird have to die for mold in your house or a period...or sex? Sheesh.
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Is the GB against JWs having pets?
by NAVYTOWN indoes anyone know what was said at the recent ras about jws owning pets?
was it discouraged strongly?
hopefully jw pet owners will tell the organization to f-off!
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HeyThere
They did the whole pets as idols talk at the International assembly on this past Friday in arlington. Pets were reduced to hobbies that should not distract from Kingdom works, and that too often people focus too much on their pets, and even idolizes them.
It was clear and ridiculous. Hateful geezers.
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International Conventions
by tenyearsafter injust saw a facebook post from an acquaintance who just went to the international convention in dallas, tx.
according to his post, there were approximately 50,000 in attendance on sunday, with 468 baptized.
there were an additional 9 conventions tied to this one, with an attendance of approximately 100,000 and 609 baptisms total, including dallas.
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HeyThere
They were also expecting 65k in attendance for that convention...
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Churches = Goat Factory
by Wild_Thing inwhen i was kid, when we would pass a church, my dad would point to it and say, "look!
there's a goat factory!
he never explained that he was trying to be funny and young kids take things quite literal.
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HeyThere
Sheesh, what did goats ever do to the witnesses? Poor goats.
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She is Going to Talk to the Elders About My Questions...What Should I Expect?
by HeyThere inso one of my in-laws, a born in dub, started asking me questions about the issues i am having with the religion.
so i told her, rather carefully, how i discovered all the child pedophile cases, went over some of the case details, explained it is occurring all over the world, so isn't just some random misunderstanding, but is widespread hiding of child sex u all abuse.
she was horrified.
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HeyThere
Joe...I did see that and it does seem like the same type of situation...fun times in this cult, eh?!?