There is always one dissenting voice in the wilderness. I loved his schtick the first 10 thousand times but grew tired of it. I think he must have too. Depression and addiction are the real story here. Even with all his millions and all his professional help he was one episode away from ending his pain. So sorry to know he had suffered so much. If anyone is thinking there is no way out, please talk to someone now. You can defeat this.
Wasanelder Once
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Robin Williams passes
by designs indon't know quite what to say.
just stunned at the news.
comic genius and actor.. share your favorite robin williams moments.. .
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Father denies children inheritance unless they quit Jehovah's Witnesses
by Tiktaalik inan article in the sydney morning herald:.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/father-denies-children-inheritance-unless-they-quit-jehovahs-witnesses-and-become-catholics-20140810-102egl.html#ixzz39yziuuvf.
"from beyond the grave, father-of-four patrick carroll continued a five-decade crusade to steer his children away from being active jehovah's witnesses and into catholicism.. mr carroll wrote into his will that his adult children were not to receive any inheritance unless they met two conditions: attend his funeral and become catholics within three months of his death.. mr carroll died in april 2012. his children attended the funeral but they did not become catholics and challenged the condition in the nsw supreme court in a bid to still receive their share of his estate.. but justice francois kunc last week ruled that mr carroll was entitled to place such conditions on his will.. the court heard that mr carroll's motivation was not so much about imposing his own beliefs but rather the fact he never approved of his children becoming jehovah's witness.. the court heard that mr carroll did not raise his children as catholics, neither he or they had attended church services when they were young and he did not enroll them in catholic schools.. but when he split from their mother lillian in 1959 she became a jehovah's witness and over the next decade the couple's four children, robyn, paulene, anthony and susan, were baptised as jehovah's witnesses.. mr carroll never approved of "their adherence to that faith", the court heard.. "[lillian's] conversion to that faith enraged mr carroll, who for the rest of his life continued to express his very strong objections to lillian's and the children's member of that faith," justice kunc said in his judgement.. the court was told that all four of his children remain active members of their congregation.. in his will, written in december 2011, four months before he died, mr carroll left more than a third of his estate to his four children "dependent upon them becoming baptised into the catholic church within a period of three months from the date of my death and such gifts are also subject to and dependent my children attending my funeral.".
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Wasanelder Once
The reality must be that he knew they would NEVER change religions and this was the best way to disenherit them. Perhaps he thought it might break the hold on one of them at least, who knows? I am certain he was making sure they wouldn't get anything and would have to realize it was due to their choice not his. Smat guy!
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My Elderette returns for a final Bible Study session, after I avoided her for 2 months (very long post)
by Faithful Witness insome of this will be repeat, since it's been a little while since i posted about my "bible study" sessions with miss k, my elderette.
we are talking about the name of jehovah.
thanks for talking with us today.
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Yep, too long
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Thoughts on the new 'God's Kingdom Rules!' book
by sd-7 ini was feeling a little melancholy earlier this week and i decided to start reading wt literature again, just to see what was new and improved.
and it seems that, as has consistently been the case, the more i read of the literature, the more i see that i made the right choice to leave.. the first chapter goes into explaining what the kingdom is, then it looks like they must've essentially cut and pasted from the recent wt study articles about the 'harvest' illustration and about the two groups of anointed = one generation, but there's a third group of anointed who aren't part of 'this generation' (but, i imagine, probably will be someday, i mean, if two groups decades apart in age can be part of one generation, why not three?).
it's interesting, looking at it again after all this time.
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Wasanelder Once
All I know is the WT has gone grey. The Bible is ugly grey. And the Kingdom book is dismally grey. "Dark days are here, men live in fear," no kidding.
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Question for current and former elders: did you feel qualified to give counsel for depression?
by kneehighmiah indo you feel the counseling demands placed on elders are fair and scriptural?.
i live in an economically depressed industial city.
my dad is an elder in a lower income black congregation.
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Wasanelder Once
All you have to do is get them to bake you cookies and you are home free! (see stupid society elder training video)
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Governing Body .............Exteme Sexism
by Watchtower-Free inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv6bn0rcjzc
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Wasanelder Once
This is genius, better than the original. WOW is all I can say. Thanks.
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The epitome of cognitive dissonance
by sir82 init is rare to get such a startling, sparkling, perfect example of this.. here is a snippet of a conversion going on at jwtalk.net regarding israel/gaza:.
http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/16268-peace-security-news/.
every one who is in the world today and dies tomorrow is in line for a ressurection.this is their best way of being in the new world.
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Wasanelder Once
So basically thank goodness they die and avoid God's wrath. Why is this such a good eventuality??? Because judgement via God's wrath is abhorrent to a sane mind.
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Great joke i heard the other day :D
by tomble inhey guys so this is it!
the greatest joke in the world!!.
please hold hands with me as i read this out!.
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Wasanelder Once
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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I think one cult leader's voice in the mouth of another doesn't sound so strange, do you?
by Wasanelder Once ini put doh onto lett.
see if it doesn't fit him just right.
the dubb is only fair, but its fun to do.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k13uxgtrya0.
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Wasanelder Once
I put Doh onto Lett. See if it doesn't fit him just right. The dubb is only fair, but its fun to do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k13UXGTryA0
Wasa
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There Goes Jim Garner
by Iown Mylife inone friend of mine who has also passed, just loved rockford files.
feeling saddened today reading about james garner passing on.
goodbye jim - you sexy hunk!
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Wasanelder Once
If you missed the movie Decoration Day you have missed one of his best. Please watch it. It is a bit of a weeper and of course he was excellent. Very moving in so many ways. I think it was a Hallmark movie. It also starred Ruby Dee so its great all around. The whole movie is on Youtube! Amazing.