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  1 Year anniversary of WT QUOTES

  by Beans in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well it has been one year since i first started promoting the quotes web site, about 15 months ago when quotes and i were reunited i recall looking at the counter at the bottom of the page and he had about 17,000 visitors.

  as i look today there is over 39,000 happy visitors, and what a pleasure it has been spreading the good word!

  when i stopped going to meetings at 16 i had read nothing but knew things didn't add up at the watchtower!

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  Banshee

  Congratulations on the 1 year anniversary! Thanks for helping more people leave the WT cult! Yippee!!! <applauding>
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  The Reign of Amaygadala

  by SheilaM in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i hope you find this amusing, this short narrative is a "monster telling".

  you take a normal thing and with exaggeration make it into a monster.

  the amaygadala is the part of the brain that controls anger, impulses etc.

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  Banshee

  Sheila: LMAO!!!! That was f***in' hilarious! What a terrific portrayal of PMS. You have a wild imagination...I like it! So it is that horrid ol' Amaygadala causing me all of the trouble and the obscene gestures, eh? LOL

  You keep on writing, girly!
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  Who Loves Terry Brooks' Books?

  by Banshee in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i am a huge fan of books by the author terry brooks.

  i have almost every book he has written.

  anybody else a big fan of his?

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  Banshee

  Sheila, somehow that doesn't surprise me! ;) I'll bet Thunder likes Terry Brooks' stuff, too.

  gsx, I agree with you re: the Shannara Series. I believe that Terry Brooks took what Tolkien did and then improved upon it with excellent results. I like Tolkien's stuff, too, but I find that Terry Brooks is an even more exciting and fun read. It would be great if they made movies out of the Shannara Books (only if Terry Brooks wrote the screenplay and had producer status, though ;) ).

  Have you guys read Running With the Demon, Knight of the Word and Angel Fire East? I thought those were sort of a departure for him, in a way, but quite enjoyable, all the same! :D
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  Who Loves Terry Brooks' Books?

  by Banshee in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i am a huge fan of books by the author terry brooks.

  i have almost every book he has written.

  anybody else a big fan of his?

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  Banshee

  I am a HUGE fan of books by the author Terry Brooks. I have almost every book he has written. Anybody else a big fan of his?
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  I am shocked, disgusted and I feel violated

  by berylblue in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have spent the last few days reading all the information about the wts on the internet.

  i am shocked.

  appalled.

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  Banshee

  Welcome, (((((((Beryl)))))))! Glad to have you here! Hope you will enjoy your time spent here. Take care and see you around!

  ---Banshee
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  WT's Farm or Villa in FLORIDA?

  by Gerard in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/~fruits/reports/fvbli018.htm

  florida department of agriculture and consumer services

  division of fruit and vegetables

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  Banshee

  Hey, get this: I live in Lehigh Acres and I know where that citrus grove is located. My mother has volunteered there many times. Also, in 2001, when she went to volunteer, they had her group of volunteers ride in the bed of a pickup. When Mom went to jump down out of the truck, after a long day of volunteering, she landed on the gravel, slipped and broke her arm. She had to go in for emergency surgery (where they had to use metal plates and screws to put the forearm back together), which cost her & Dad a pretty penny.

  Dad wanted to sue the Society for damages because of the unsafe way the volunteers were transported and because they never offered to help out at all with the medical costs even after they found out what had happened to my mother (who has been faithful JW for nearly 40 years). Of course, mom would not hear of nor consent to taking legal action against the WBTS. No, she just blamed herself for being too clumsy and said it would be wrong to sue the WBTS for what happened (translation: she was too afraid to take legal action because she could get disfellowshipped for it).

  Oh, and the caretakers that I last heard live on that citrus grove/farm are Peter and Kim Winke (not sure if the spelling is correct on the last name). I remember meeting Kim Winke and I definitely could feel the self-righteousness emanating from her. As far as I know, there is no villa located there...YET! LOL

  ---Banshee
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  High Ridge, MO or Cedar Hill, MO?

  by Banshee in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was in the high ridge, mo congo as a little girl from 1980-1982 and later was in the cedar hill congo from 1987-1988. i would be interested in hearing from exjws who were in those congos during those times.

  if you were there, maybe i would remember you!

  look forward to maybe reuniting with some folks!.

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  Banshee

  Uh, anyone ELSE want to respond here?

  LOL & @Coon
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  Cults and the Narcissistic Personality Disorder

  by JosephAlward in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  cults and the narcissistic personality disorder .

  excerpted from the following site:

  http://samvak.tripod.com/journal45.html

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  Banshee

  Very interesting stuff. It makes a lot of sense to me! Thanks for showing that to us.
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  High Ridge, MO or Cedar Hill, MO?

  by Banshee in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was in the high ridge, mo congo as a little girl from 1980-1982 and later was in the cedar hill congo from 1987-1988. i would be interested in hearing from exjws who were in those congos during those times.

  if you were there, maybe i would remember you!

  look forward to maybe reuniting with some folks!.

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  Banshee

  I was in the High Ridge, MO congo as a little girl from 1980-1982 and later was in the Cedar Hill congo from 1987-1988. I would be interested in hearing from exJWs who were in those congos during those times. If you were there, maybe I would remember you! Look forward to maybe reuniting with some folks!

  ----Banshee
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  Special Talk in April

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  every year there is a "special talk" given around the end of march or april.

  having heard dozens of them over the years, i never quite figured out what was "special" about them.

  certainly no "new light" or anything ... just ... well .... the same stuff.. am i correct or not in my observation ???.

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  Banshee

  The only Special Assembly Day/ Special Talk that stands out in my mind was one that my family attended when I was 11 or 12 years old. It was in Wichita, Kansas and the reason I remember it is because all of the JWs were in a tizzy and warning us about the "apostates" who were outside, trying to talk to the JWs and give us pamphlets.

  I remember one "apostate" man trying to talk to my dad as we were crossing the street and I remember asking my dad why we could not listen to them and why were the JWs so afraid of them. It struck me as unfair that we went about witnessing to people and wanted people to stop and listen to us but that the JWs would not listen to these "apostates" who felt that their message to us was just as important. I figured that if we really had the truth, there was nothing to fear in listening to those people or reading their pamphlets. Now that I know the JWs did not and do not have the truth, I can see why they were and are so afraid of "apostates" (people who tell the truth about the Troof). That guy planted a seed of doubt in me way back then and, most likely, did not even realize it!

  So, that was my most outstanding Special Assembly Day. The rest of them were just the usual, boring and repetitive stuff and I do not remember too much about them.

  ---Banshee