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  It's official. God doesn't exist.

  by Jourles in

  1. jw
  2. friends

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  kiev (reuters) - a man shouting that god would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in kiev zoo after he crept into the animal's enclosure, a zoo official said on monday.

  "the man shouted 'god will save me, if he exists', lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions," the official said.. "a lioness went straight for him, knocked him down and severed his carotid artery.".

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  Blessed Star said, "This man had no right to do what he did to prove that God exists. It's like asking God to make magic ----- and presto!"
  How would that be any less reasonable than the "poof--Earth!" theory?
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  It's official. God doesn't exist.

  by Jourles in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  link to article

  kiev (reuters) - a man shouting that god would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in kiev zoo after he crept into the animal's enclosure, a zoo official said on monday.

  "the man shouted 'god will save me, if he exists', lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions," the official said.. "a lioness went straight for him, knocked him down and severed his carotid artery.".

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  Maybe since the guy was such a pathetic nutcase, God decided to perform a mercy killing.
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  District Convention Notes: As gathered by truthseeker - All 3 Days

  by truth.ceeker in

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  Thank you, truthseeker, not only for enduring the convention, but also for taking even more of your time to write up your notes for us. Take a day off and rest up!
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  "My Dad is Watching Pornography" JW TEEN part 2. BAD!

  by Dune in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  for those who are not familiar with the story heres the page.

  so just to sum it up a bit, this girl caught her dad watching porn, told me about it and then talk about ways to get him to stop watching it.

  apparently she never told the elders and apparently he stopped watching porn.

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  Dune: You did a courageous thing. It must have been a very difficult thing for you to do, but be assured it was the right thing. There will be fallout from this--the family may break up, the molester prosecuted, who knows? Some of the family and some of the JWs may blame you for causing all the upheaval and unpleasantness that will result. Just remember -- THE MOLESTER CAUSED ALL THIS TROUBLE; NOT YOU. Never feel you make a mistake by exposing this crime.
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  Latest Adventure At The Hall

  by ColdRedRain in

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  2. friends

  today, i made up my mind to be as big of an ass as possible at the meeting so they force me out rather than to whimper on my own and let the jw's say that "maybe he wasn't right for it afterall".

  so first thing i did was i loaded up on liquid courage.

  second thing i did was wore my "kiss my ass" t-shirt.

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  Lawrence, yes, I can be a wet blanket (and I'm old enough to be the Beasty Boys' mom). And although I disapprove of CRR's methods of self-expression, I fully endorse his resistance to JW thought control. And I like that he stood up for that poor kid. Forgive me? :-)
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  Latest Adventure At The Hall

  by ColdRedRain in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today, i made up my mind to be as big of an ass as possible at the meeting so they force me out rather than to whimper on my own and let the jw's say that "maybe he wasn't right for it afterall".

  so first thing i did was i loaded up on liquid courage.

  second thing i did was wore my "kiss my ass" t-shirt.

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  ColdRedRain, I understand the anger that led to your "adventure," but your antics seem somewhat juvenile to me. Bravado is not the same thing as courage. You're proving nothing to the cong except serving as an example of what they imagine dissolute "worldly" people to be. A reasoned disagreement, even if most don't listen, may attract someone to your way of thinking more than flamboyant protests will. End of lecture.
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  The Single Most Dangerous JW Meeting....in my opinion!

  by enlightenedcynic in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the way i see it, pretty much everyone here knows that the 5 weekly meetings, the memorial, the dc's and ca's are all a bunch of rubbish and jibber jabber.

  there is still one other meeting, not as frequently held as the others, that jw's use very effectively to control existing members and bring in new converts and this meeting sadly plays apon the emotions of all in attendance.. what meeting is this?.

  a kh funeral!!!.

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  WT quote: "True, as Mark Anthony said in his famed funeral oration: 'I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.' So our purpose is not to eulogize or extol creatures, but to consider their example as one to be imitated. ..."
  NeonMadman said, "Actually, Mark Anthony never said any such thing. Shakespeare put the words into his mouth in a fictional play."
  
  Not only that, NeonMadman, to make the irony complete, Mark Anthony was one of the conspirators in the assasination plot of Caesar. WT is illiterate as well as vicious.
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  what is the definition of a christian?

  by sinamongurl in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what does christian mean anyway?

  doesnt it mean a follower of christ.....a man?

  arent "we" supposed to be followers of god and not man?

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  I don't think it's essential to believe in the resurrection (or any other doctrine) to see the value in what Jesus said and did, and to live by it.
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  Isn't a "half glass of water" better than no water at all?

  by JH in

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  2. friends

  why is it that if you don't go to any meetings anymore since a while and you're inactive, the elders wont bother you, but if you continuously go to half of your meetings, the elders wont be satisfied and will be a pain in the as*?.

  i wonder what an elder would say if a jw would say, "i like going to only half the meetings".

  more than that i get tired and i lose my joy....

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  There's no such thing as being half-way into a cult. It's either all or nothing.
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  Isn't a "half glass of water" better than no water at all?

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why is it that if you don't go to any meetings anymore since a while and you're inactive, the elders wont bother you, but if you continuously go to half of your meetings, the elders wont be satisfied and will be a pain in the as*?.

  i wonder what an elder would say if a jw would say, "i like going to only half the meetings".

  more than that i get tired and i lose my joy....

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