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Aposta-Library/Museum
by parakeet inin another thread truthseeker revealed that the wts is quietly gathering and burning as many of the old russell and rutherford books and magazines it can get its hands on in order to hide the hill of bones on which its present-day existence was built.
in addition to this effort to hide its sordid past, the wts also warns its followers to immediately dismiss apostate evidence derived from the internet.
i remember thirdwitness challenging posters to "produce" the letter that proved the wts was in cahoots with the u.n. it's so very convenient for jws to ignore "virtual" information because it's difficult to substantiate with original sources.
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The New Kadampa Tradition - Can anyone tell me about this?
by parakeet ini have a question i hope those who are familiar with the practice of buddhism can help me with.
after several years of reading about eastern religious philosophy, i've decided to go a step further and seek direct instruction in buddhist meditation and practice.
i live too far away from a major city to regularly attend the many choices of meditation classes available there.
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MsMcDucket's mom
by parakeet inmsmcducket's mother died this morning.
she posted the announcement deep in a thread she had started several months ago when her mother first became seriously ill, and as a result the post sort of got lost.
msmcducket, i hope you don't mind my taking the initiative to start a new thread about your mom.
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Dubville, USA
by parakeet inmany of the jws in my old cong (about 40%) lived in a trailer court, which was in turn owned by a jw.
they seemed to enjoy living together in their little "dubville," surrounded by other jws.
even when i was still a jw, the thought of living there made me recoil.
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What Happened?
by parakeet ini've not been able to log on or even read posts since yesterday afternoon.
was it me or the site?
maybe the wt gremlins gummed up the works?
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"Critical Hour" JW dies from no-blood policy
by parakeet ini just finished watching a discovery health channel program called "the critical hour," which featured the cases of four trauma patients (9:00 pm, edt).
i missed the beginning of the program, but apparently an elderly jw woman suffered a fall, was critically injured, and her only option for survival was surgery plus blood transfusions.
while she was still able to speak, she refused blood; later her jw husband, accompanied by the ever-present liaison committee jw, also refused the transfusion.
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Paranoia vs. the Governing Body
by parakeet inin my more paranoiac moments, i wonder if the gb creates its myriad nitpicking rules in order to deliberately create a high turnover of jws.
the advantage to doing this would be to ease the way for "new light" doctrine.
the 1914 generation has passed; the generation after that is passing, and their memories are passing with them.
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Has anyone heard how Sunspot's doing?
by parakeet in.
sunspot (annie) had throat surgery yesterday.
does anyone have any news yet about how she's doing?
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Anybody know Wally Gobitis?
by parakeet inwhen i was a kid (long time ago), wally gobitis used to visit our cong occasionally.
for those not familiar with gobitis, here's a quick jw history refresher: .
back in the late 1930s gobitis, a jw, was sued by the minersville board of education when his children refused to salute the flag in school.
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Watchtower 101: a survival guide
by parakeet inif you were dragged to meetings as a teenager (as i was), how did you get through the tedium of the 5-plus meeting hours a week?
i'm compiling a short primer for those still stuck in the meeting rut to help them survive the misery of boring, droning, and inept speakers week after week (at least until they're ready to chuck the meetings entirely).
how i got through meetings as a teen: .