Posts by stealyourface

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JW's are S.O.B's

by James Mixon in

jw
friends

i didn't say it, it was the president....

stealyourface

James Mixon, welcome home. Thank you for your service.

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so a week or so ago we received an invitation for a jw friend's wedding anniversary party in the mail.it was addressed to 'the andersen family' (and not just mrs. andersen & baby andersen) which was pleasant of course, but not a huge surprise given the type of person who said friend is.. however, i already prepared myself to be uninvited after all.

some time ago, there was a congregation farewell party/get-together.to my surprise, i was invited too!

an elder specifically came over to my house to tell me.then some weeks later, he visited again, being terribly sorry but the invitation was revoked as the congregation got concerned over my possible presence.. with that debacle in mind, i wasn't surprised to receive a message from my friend 'hey are you at home?

stealyourface

I asked her to give her a check, which she did, as I want to frame the check along with the revoked wedding invitation for reminders.

notjustyet, Unless the check was marked VOID, you're a more forbearing person than I.

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Major changes to convention security beginning in 2017

by Edison Trent in

short info on interesting changes to the major conventions this year: there will be a new security concept that will be implemented at all regional conventions in 2017.. similar to other major events (e.g.

festivals, concerts), there will be admittance controls in stadiums.. - at each entrance, there will be a massive presence of attendants that look at each visitor.. - there will be pocket checks at the entrance.. - suspicious persons are no longer left on the convention grounds.. - suppliers to the stadium will be intensively inspected by attendants.. - there will be a special sign for attendants that must enter the stadium before 7.30 am.

all others (even all attendants) can only enter after 7.30 am..

stealyourface

No doubt the 'ones' found with money in their pockets and purses will be bounced right over to the contribution boxes.

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Bless Me, For I Have Sinned

by snowbird in

jw
friends

i've just finished eating a slice of delicious birthday cake!.

depart from me, for i am a sinful person.. tee hee hee.. sylvia.

stealyourface

Snowbird, you are forgiven. For penance, pass on greetings of 'Happy Birthday!' to your fellow man, to cheer them and brighten their natal anniversary. Go in peace, to love and serve the Lord.

ps ~ if it was your birthday cake, Happy Birthday!

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What is the biggest hypocrisy you have seen as a witness?

by HereIgo in

i have far too many to name, but ill start with obscene music, gambling and cussing like a sailor.

all the while preaching to "worldly people" about their impending death at armageddon.

thoughts?.

stealyourface

In retrospect, biggest hypocracy came from the elder who told me JWs aren't like the religion he and I were born into, which had, as he said, a "do as I say, not as I do' attitude. He told me JW wasn't like that at all.

Can you imagine the JCs if the R&F didn't do as they say and did what leadership does? What a mind f*ck.

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Can anyone allay my suspicions?

by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

can you allay my suspicions of wt associated activity?.

during the last 3 to 4 co visits, i noticed a predeliction on the part of the ladt few co's for taking photos at fs meetings and photos of cong at end of visit.

i'm beginning to suspect that such is not because the co's have a newly found socially engaging disposition (being cool).

stealyourface

Perhaps the borg is developing their own software along these lines:

http://churchix.com/

Googling up churchix returns some disturbing things, that seem right up the cult's alley.

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HTTPS (SSL security) Now Available

by Simon in

i've setup an ssl certificate so you can now use https to browse the site.

this creates an encrypted connection between your browser and the server which is more secure and prevents urls visited from being shown in router logs, content can't be eavesdropped etc.... there are also some performance benefits but they won't kick in until i make some more changes.. consider it experimental for now but at some point it will likely automatically redirect you to the secure version of a page.. you can try it by adding 's' to the http part of any address or just goto the home page and browse from there (some mixed content means you may not get the fully green https status in your browser just yet though).. let me know if you have any issues using the site..

stealyourface

oops, just figured that out. Sorry to bother you. I'll see what I can do to 'recruit' two new members.

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HTTPS (SSL security) Now Available

by Simon in

i've setup an ssl certificate so you can now use https to browse the site.

this creates an encrypted connection between your browser and the server which is more secure and prevents urls visited from being shown in router logs, content can't be eavesdropped etc.... there are also some performance benefits but they won't kick in until i make some more changes.. consider it experimental for now but at some point it will likely automatically redirect you to the secure version of a page.. you can try it by adding 's' to the http part of any address or just goto the home page and browse from there (some mixed content means you may not get the fully green https status in your browser just yet though).. let me know if you have any issues using the site..

stealyourface

I don't know if this is due to the https certificate, but I've tried posting a link under the new format, and my recipient gets a 401 error.

They are interested in the shunning inactives article, because lately they cannot get ahold of their 'in' family and they wondered why. They are not ready to join JWN, or I would direct them to your site.

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Witness Punk and Metal Band Names

by Luther bertrand in

here is what i would name my band(s) let see if you can list some funny ones as well.

here is my list:.

local needs.

stealyourface

Dead Ted and the Shunners

The Gathering

Whole As Sold

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Indiana "Religious Freedom" (right to discriminate)

by Simon in

sickening to see the photo of the religious zealots all stood around the governor signing into law the right for people to discriminate against others (gay, lesbian, trans-gender) based purely on religious dogma.. if religious people want those freedoms then the can't have it both ways - they cannot complain if *they* are discriminated against.. "sorry, we don't like zionists, get out".

"oh, it's some special mass and you can't work your shift?

you're fired!"..

stealyourface

Correct. It needs to be more focused, like a laser that can surgically cut the stupid out people that pass useless and bad laws like this.

You do realize that the junior Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama, voted yea on the Federal law? How could a Constitutional scholar vote for such a law? How could soi disant 'stupid people' elect a man for the highest office in the nation who would support such a law? That is another issue altogether and not really germane to the history and scope of the laws, although perhaps it needs to be the focus of genuine outrage.

The key to the Federal law is a statutory right to practice your religion, free of government regulation except where necessary to serve a compelling government interest. The real question becomes what is compelling government interest? Interstate commerce?

Interestingly, in 1997 the Supreme Court ruled the Federal RFRA could not Constitutionally be applied to individual states. If states wanted to protect religious practice subject to the compelling interest test, they would have to do it themselves. This is the background to why states began enacting their own RFRAs. Again, State's interest is the question, and the free market will provide the answer, not lawsuits.