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  Watchtower Observer site goes down

  by Norm in

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  hey folks,.

  an era in the ex-jw history is over.

  kent steinhaug's site http://watchtower.observer.org is being shut down.. it was the first of it's kind, and to this day probably still the largest anti wt site on the net.

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  Imagine how many corporations have headaches over this website regarding internal communications:

  http://www.internalmemos.com/memos/

  And there is nothing they can do about it either....
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  Just got back from the 2004-2005 circuit assembly here are a few thoughts.

  by PaNiCAtTaCk in

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  upon arriving i ran into lots of old friends and really enjoyed seeing everyone and visiting.

  they dont know that im currently struggling with doubts about the organization and they think that im the same old zealous brother.

  i couldnt help but feel a sence of guilt visiting with them about our current number of publishers and how many we had pioneering ect.

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  The "AIDS Harry" version (man infects woman) usually features a romance of some duration taking place in a faraway place. The depraved infector passes along his good news by way of a gift, which he asks his victim to unwrap once she's on the plane home. Depending upon where you hear this story, the gift will be a minature coffin (ceramic or wooden) or a coffee mug. Whichever item it is, it will invariably be emblazoned with the message "WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF AIDS."

  http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/aidsmary.htm

  Well this just goes to show that the WTS will go to any lengths necessary to scare the dubbies into submission. Interesting to see that they are not very original in coming up with new "stories" these days about bad things happening to careless witnesses. I would suspect that many of the other JW legends could be found on Snopes in one form or another. Probably just the ones where something bad happens....so and so meeting a famous person and leaving them literature which leads to a shortlived study are obviously not going to be recorded.
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  Just got back from the 2004-2005 circuit assembly here are a few thoughts.

  by PaNiCAtTaCk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  upon arriving i ran into lots of old friends and really enjoyed seeing everyone and visiting.

  they dont know that im currently struggling with doubts about the organization and they think that im the same old zealous brother.

  i couldnt help but feel a sence of guilt visiting with them about our current number of publishers and how many we had pioneering ect.

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  By the time she got on the plane for home she just couldnt take it anymore she just had to open it right then to see what it was. In the box their was a
  little coffin with a note in it that said "WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF AIDS" (the whole audience gasped for air!) The talk was about remaining clean and obedience to the organization.

  And that ladies and gentlemen is how JW urban legends are born. I can already see several variations of this talk being emailed around. You know how it goes - one person whispers into the ear of the person next to them who in turn whispers into the ear of the next person and so on and so on until the story is totally different from the original. I'll bet that variations will include -- the pioneer sister will become inactive or irregular; the two sisters had a three-way with this guy, the sister marries the guy and gets divorced the next day AND gets AIDS, or whatever else a little witness mind can think of. It is so easy to take an "alleged" story that happened(which cannot be verified btw) and twist and turn it around until you have many different storylines which barely resemble the original.

  I still think someone needs to create a Snopes-like site just for these types of JW urban legends. That site would be hilarious.
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  Hospital's test of new blood worries JWs

  by funkyderek in

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  not sure if this has already been posted.. http://pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1105698159238130.xml.

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  Polyheme = Hemoglobin

  Hemoglobin = A fraction of one of the primary components (damn big fraction!)

  A fraction of one of the primary components = Up to an individual's conscience as whether or not to take

  The JW nurse saying that witnesses shouldn't take Polyheme = She is not reading her Watchtower and staying up to date on new light

  The HIS representative saying it is OK for witnesses to take Polyheme thereby contradicting the JW nurse = Priceless
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  my transformation, I am showing off here...

  by jwbot in

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  hey all, i just took some "after" pictures today and need to share with my friends.

  as some of you know, i lost a bit of weight recently.

  (by eating less, eating better and exersizing - it actually works sometimes!)..

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  Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww .... babe (I want your boobs )

  Yeah sure. If another woman says that, it's OK. But if a guy were to say it....
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  Pioneer Pace!

  by The JellyBaby in

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  2. experiences

  i never had the priveledge to go to any pioneer school or anything, so i was just wondering if there was any special training for this pace that the pioneers walk at, (it is not just limited to the pioneering ones..but they seem to have it mastered) it is noticeable from a mile away, usually breifcase swinging, one arm gesticulating, but not much progress being made.

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  Funny, your version of the pioneer pace is a little different than the one I grew up around. We always referred to the "pioneer pace" as walking slowly, so as to squeeze more time out of the territory, thereby knocking on the least amount of doors as possible.
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  If you go on a bethel tour, this enjoyment awaits you on the bus...

  by TresHappy in

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  on the bus.

  we have kingdom melodies and tapes to show on the bus as well as some approved worldly movies.

  the bus stops every few hours for meals and washroom breaks.

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  In other words, bring your own mp3 player with a few gigs worth of death metal for balance...
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  Child abuse cases allege Jehovah's Witness cover-up

  by Bryan in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  child abuse cases allege jehovah's witness cover-up friday, january 7, 2005. .

  by david ryan.

  register staff writer.

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  Do you believe in ghosts?

  by Country Girl in

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  i am posting this because i know there are many people that have had experiences that cannot be explained by natural means.

  i am a ghost hunter, as a hobby.

  my hobby is to disprove ghosts.

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  Tough one. Personally, I have never seen, heard, or felt any supernatural presence in my entire life. There is only one instance that I can recall which happened to a family that we were good friends with. They bought a Kachina doll while on vacation and brought it home. Wierd things started happening in their house. Their TV would change channels on its own. They would come home and have all of their forks strewn about on the kitchen floor. Their son's marbles some how got out of their jar and would end up being placed in a circle. All of these things could be practical jokes or whatever. But I don't think so. The thing that freaked me out was when they finally figured out that the "problems" that they were having probably came from that doll. One evening my folks and I went over and we watched them throw the doll into the fireplace. No more doll. The next day my mom tells me, "Guess what? Remember that doll that so-and-so burned up last night? Well it's back on their TV set today." I still get the chills big time just thinking about it. They never would tell us what they did with that doll.

  I think there is something *out there.* Only I'm not sure how they get in touch with us or vice-versa. If you are an iron-clad believer in the bible, then you must also believe that there are spirits out there that you can make contact with. Why else would the bible mention mediums and diviners that can speak to the dead? On one hand, I think it would be amazing to be able to communicate with a spirit realm. On the other hand, I'm not sure if I would have the cajones if it turned out to be something bad that would plague me for the rest of my life. It sure would be nice to know for a fact if there were people out there that weren't frauds who could communicate with this other side. As far as I know, there still isn't solid proof of anything out there. It's kind of like people's belief in God - either you believe in him or you don't. You can't prove it either way.
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  Who cares if the JWs are right?

  by new light in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is by no means an original idea, but even if the jws have been right all along, i don't care.

  if pleasing god means not knowing what to think or feel without checking with headquarters first, then i don't need him.

  who would want to be caught up in an eternal nightmare where the entire population was a braindead mass of clean-cut yes men?

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  Elders have been known to go before judicial commitees, but they dont talk about it, its private, if you go up to a judicial commitee they dont announce it and MOST elders are good about keeping it hush.

  Soooo...those talks on "local needs" that usually follow a df'ing or reproof announcement have no bearing on what just happened? EVERY local needs talk that I ever heard following a df'ing or reproof always inferred what the affected individual did. If someone gets df'd, people KNOW what it was for. Confidentiality doesn't exist in the org..