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My brother spoke to me for 2 hours after 2 1/2 years
by toladest inboy that would sound weird to most normal people.
my brother is still a jw.
he has never attempted to talk to me since i was dfed/daed.
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Just curious...."service, and gas money"
by riotgirlpeeps inlocally on occasion it was the common practice when "in service" to leave gas money for the driver.
i know that the individuals if savvy can get a tax credit for mileage for service (and i was once told mileage to and from public talks could also be included).
what i am curious about is do people still give the driver money for thier trouble?
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How can they be so full of themselves? Geeeeeeeez
by pennycandy ini just read this watchtower article posted in another thread by wanderlustguy.
i can't believe that the faithful and discreet slave can read such an article, boasting the magnificence of themselves, blatantly declaring themselves tested and approved by jesus himself, higher than all others, and then say, "yes, this article is true and good.
send it to the presses.
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Ridiculous Analogy by a Simpleton Elder (CHOCOLATE CAKE/ALCOHOLISM)
by GetBusyLiving inan old witness friend of mine had a serious drinking problem and went to an elder in his hall for some help.
the elder tried to console him and told him that he could understand what he was going through.
he said "i have an addiction too you know - chocolate cake.
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**MUST READ** AlanF's email to Knocking.org
by sf inthis is a must-read that, hopefully, will stay an "active topic" for all seekers and lurkers, by bumping it to the top as often as possible.
alan wrote it in randys {dogpatch} thread regarding knocking.org documentary and in reply to the email mr. engardio sent to barbara anderson.
however, it is so vital a read that it indeed needs its own thread:.
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The first day you found this site.....
by PaulJ inhow did you feel?
what was your situaltion with the jw's?.
personally i had left by daing myself 2 and a half years ago.
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Intellectual starvation among JWs
by zagor inwanted to write another topic entirely, but after quite some thinking i thought that one particular topic should be addressed.
especially, for people still feeling confused.
we often wonder why so many dubs looks like zombies, why it is hard to make them see the real truth about the truth, why cant they discuss any topic in depth without resorting to reasoning book or other wtbs literature, why it is that they are so easily manipulated, why it is that they are filled with apostate state of mind fears (fearing to question anything), why, why, why?
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Study Finds Education Enhances Personal Conscience & Diminishes Obedience
by Scully ini've been reading a fascinating book recently called the sociopath next door by martha stout, phd.
there are some really interesting things about how "conscience" is what distinguishes 'normal' people from sociopaths, in that sociopaths have no conscience, no empathy, and in many cases can do whatever they want, with no emotional repurcussions that we might experience if we were to do something that caused harm to someone else.. she cites the famous obedience experiments by stan milgram, where the subject was required to administer shocks to another person who was believed to be a co-subject in a "learning" experiment, but who was actually a confederate of milgram's.
the actual subject of the study was instructed to "teach" sets of words to the "learner"/confederate and administer shocks when the "learner" made an error, with the shock setting increasing incrementally with each error that was made.
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Penetrating the GB's deceptive facade of christian love.
by greendawn inthe gb of the jws either directly or more often by implication consistently try to come across as people that deeply care about and love the so called truth, jehovah, and all the brotherhood.
this is however a pretence something totally artificial and out of their character as they are in fact deeply into practicing deceit and exploiting the "brotherhood".
what instances can you recall where you managed to see through that deceptive loving persona the face of the rapacious ruthless wolf underneath?
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Today's speaker - statistics re terrorism
by Bonnie_Clyde inaccording to today's speaker: up till 1971 there had only been 24 people killed by terrorists.
by 1983 there had been 17,000 and it's still on the rise.
my question: what is the definition of terrorism?