Topics Started by Esse quam videri

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SOUP HERB (A memory from 1980)
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
(culver city, california 1980).

the tiny diner was empty - and it was a minute past noon!.

i walked into the little shop chuckling to myself, that name!
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A Serial Pooper Caught Defecating In Massachusetts Parking Lot!
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
after at least 8 excrement findings, police in massachusetts finally caught this woman who would poop in a parking lot and leave her crap as well as some tissues.

.

i just thought you should know about this 💩.
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Notes From an Elders Meeting
by WinstonSmith in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so in this past week i came across a stash of my old elder stuff.

i've scanned a bunch of notes and agendas, and public talk outlines.. check out an agenda and my notes from the meeting here: https://imgur.com/gallery/qqmyczn.

i’ve put an explanatory note on each image in imgur.
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Which songs give you goosebumps?
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. social
2. entertainment
i don't know if this topic has been covered before - it might 've been.. i also recommend flipper's excellent music thread ('what songs have you been listening to?

', or similar).. but, i'd just like to start a thread about certain songs giving me goosebumps.

y'know, when you hear a song that profoundly effects you in some difficult-to-describe way and the hairs on your arm stand on end even though the room temperature's comfortably warm.. so, which songs give you goosebumps?.
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Pray before sex just like you do for food-W62 3/15
by krismalone in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the governing body has lovingly provided instructions and reminders to couples that they should pray before having sex.

please be obedient and follow the wise counsel from the gb leaders who never stick their noses into other peoples business and are not creepy cult leaders at all....not!.

"had he not created the first human pair so that they could cohabit, planted in them an attraction for each other and then commanded them to "be fruitful and become many"?
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JW views on saving and retirement
by neat blue dog in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
probably one of the most common causes of cognitive dissonance many jws face is the choice to plan for retirement.

if you're a good jw, then you should believe that the end will be coming soon, surely before you retire.

that's what i did when i was younger, blowing decades that could've been better spent because i believed the end was coming, so any planning was a waste of time.
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Greta Thunberg...what’s your view of her?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
she certainly is passionate about climate change.

🤔.
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JW's revelling in their online statistic...
by The Fall Guy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
...that their web site is the most translated in the world.. https://www.tomedes.com/translator-hub/most-translated-website.php.

do jw's genuinely believe that statistics prove divine backing?

you can fool some of the people some of the time...there are lies, damned lies, and statistics!.
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What The Fossils Say
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the old creation book had a lot to say about the fossil record.

if i remember correctly it was some lie about all the fossils ever found would fit on a single table.

the reality is that there is an embarrassment of riches illustrating the evolution of life.
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The Latest From The Loony Left
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
so apparently, not only can people identify as men or women, regardless of reality, but they've now declared that people can identify as black or white as well!

no word yet from rachel dolezal, who will no doubt be declared a visionary, and sadly michael jackson didn't live long enough to celebrate.. i must say, now that i am a black woman, my views on reparations have completely changed.

y'all owe me some reparations bitches to make up for slavery yo.