MidwichCuckoo
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Avatar Fairy
by MidwichCuckoo in.
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is it just me, or has the avatar fairy visited and 'stolen' most of the avatars?
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Nephilim - 1914 - And a Question.
by MidwichCuckoo in.
i was always led to believe that the flood occurred to rid the earth of, not only the wicked people, but also the nephilim (i wonder if noah ever preached to them......and what if just one of them became a dub...sorry, off on a tangent).. clearly god created angels with the ability to take on human form and procreate......fast forward to 1914. prior to 1914, satan and his angels had free passage between the heavens and earth.
in 1914, christ took his (invisible)throne in heaven and cast out satan and his followers (hence the disruption on earth - wwi), and satan is now doing as much damage as possible on earth where he is resident.. it is reasonable to conclude (couldn't resist, under_believer) that god did not take away the ability for angels to do this (unless i missed it in the bible), so why then are we not seeing a new breed of nephilim?
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A Lonely Spinster
by MidwichCuckoo ina lonely spinster, aged 81, decided that it was time to get married.
she put an ad in the local paper that read:
husband wanted, must be in my age group (80's), must not beat me, must not chase other women and must still be good in bed!
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All This Baptism Talk.......
by MidwichCuckoo insorry - i know there's been a few postings on it lately.
i personally was shocked to read of baptisms at such tender ages, and when i mentioned this to a jw, they maintained i was talking rubbish......... anyway.
we've already discussed annulment (a brilliant idea as it has to be null and void due to there being no valid contract with minors (unless in case of necessity), duress and undue influence etc), and they do treat it as a contract as there are penalties if the baptised person breaches it.. so - if a 7 - 16 year old (whose parent(s) were not dubs) wanted to get baptised, i think they'd have a bit of an obstacle.
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Campaign - with credit to Schne_Belly
by MidwichCuckoo ini did post this on schne-belly's thread - but thought more may read it as a new topic.
apologies if idea has already been posted.. i think a good campaign would be for us to compose a 'standard' letter (maybe bullet points regarding certain issues, ngo - which the average jw is unaware of - child abuse, hypocricy of mexico / malawi stuff etc.
with quotes from watchtowers if need be, as they seem to carry more weight than the bible does) and each of us to print off several copies and send to selected members of the local congregation - the ones we know / remember as the intelligent thinkers.
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Qwyzzle.....addictive...
by MidwichCuckoo in.
if anyone has been partaking in this i'd be grateful for hints on level 90......... http://home.planet.nl/~qwyzzle/
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Hmmm...or maybe 'Campaign Strategy'.....
by MidwichCuckoo inreading andersonsinfo's thread yesterday made me think.
the best way to make the public aware of any issue is by educating them through entertainment.
i'd never even heard of schindler (shame on me) until the film was made - and that's what people want.
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ANNOINTED
by MidwichCuckoo inok - this is important to me - i was visited late spring by a member of the 'annnointed'.
he said he would call back.
the things he said were quite bizarre.
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Can someone give me the link to...........
by MidwichCuckoo in......bullsh*t bingo.........sorry, should have bookmarked it....so funny, and a great idea as christmas presents for your favourite dubs.....
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Introduction of new doctrines. 1945, 1975.
by MidwichCuckoo inreading a thread about smoking the other day made me think....... previously on this site (which i have spent much of today unsuccessfully trying to find) i recall reading that as numbers of publishers declined at the end of wwii, the 'no blood' doctrine was introduced in 1945 as a direct result in order to boost numbers again.. after the 1975 fiasco, i believe the society lost a lot of followers - and it was very shortly after this (during the same or following year), that the wtbts introduced the smoking ban.
again to boost flagging numbers?
when the wtbts experience a 'failure', do they resort to introducing another doctrine, or is this just a coincidence?