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  Witness work at 2 a.m.?

  by Fatfreek in

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  2. experiences

  a non-jw friend in a southern state has close ties to a jw with a late teen-aged son.

  this son is pioneering during late hours, meaning 11 pm to 2 am.

  i'm told his car group calls on, among others, convenience store workers where they apparently have much idle time on their hands.

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  nameless_one

  That's certainly an interesting approach. Are the others in his car group also teenagers? My first thought on reading this was that he's feeding his mom a line about where he is late at night, but I'm sure that's overly cynical.
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  How is the Internet changing us?

  by Narkissos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  open question: i really don't have any ready answer for that one.... my basic assumption is that mankind has always been different.

  every period and situation of history can be construed as a "system" involving specific political, economical, social and technical conditions and a corresponding set of ideas, or beliefs, allowing for a certain type of self-, community- and world-understanding.

  just to follow one particular line among many: .

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  **pointless post removed, foolishness and flippancy blamed on sleep deprivation. apologies, carry on :-)**
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  anyone awake?

  by Hortensia in

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  2. friends

  it's late and i can't sleep.

  i've been around the dial a dozen times, there's nothing to watch.

  according to the thermometer in my car, it was 123 degrees in palm desert today about 5 p.m. of course, palm desert has miles of concrete, makes it a little hotter than other places.

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  I am awake and really enjoyed reading this post LOL. I can picture and imagine these things you describe; what a lovely winding stream of consciousness, it was a pleasure to read :-)
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  Couldn't Make it through the Convention today.

  by blkblk13 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  arrived late and left early.

  breaking point was the baptismal talk.

  about 40 were getting baptized.

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  nameless_one

  Here is the JWD thread with the first scene of the drama embedded: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/160564/1.ashx
  
  You can watch the other scenes by searching YouTube for the poster's name "issolis"
  
  Have fun (or not LOL)
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  Can one be threatened with death for insulting deities/religious figures?

  by nvrgnbk in

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  2. friends

  it's the 21st century.

  can you still find yourself punished, even sentenced to death, for blasphemy?

  pakistani sentenced to die for blasphemythe associated press .

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  nameless_one

  "Can you still find yourself punished, even sentenced to death, for blasphemy?"
  
  Shafeeq Latif would clearly answer Yes.
  
  Or ask Salman Rushdie.
  
  If one who commits this "offense" isn't physically accessible for immediate capture and punishment, they can be sentenced to death in absentia -- and all of the "faithful" around the globe are transformed into deputized executioners.
  
  We all know about Rushdie, and Latif too from this article, but countless people whose names we don't know have been and continue to be imprisoned and/or killed for the "crime" of blasphemy.
  
  Is it right? Of course not. But does it happen? Obviously yes.
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  Download your Theocratic Library

  by RR in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  okay everyone, here is a partial listing of what you can download for your theocratric library.

  not all the files are searchable.

  the rutherford booklets are just scans converted to pdf.

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  That is very poor form to grab and then repost files without attribution, especially files that were labor-intensive to create. I agree that the main goal is to share the information and make it widely available, but still that just seems wrong to copy and repost all of this material and not cite the source. Perhaps you could contact the person via his/her site and politely bring the omission to their attention? I would if it were me.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 06-22-08 WT Study (MARRIAGE)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  marriage and parenthood in this time of the end .

  responsible marriage .

  hence, those who keep on working hard to preserve their marriage because they want to remain faithful to their wedding vow deserve respect and loving help from the christian congregation.

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  Thank you for this, Blondie.
  
  This particular study disturbs me greatly; I started to compose a post detailing the parts that disturb and offend me most, and why, but that quickly became too long and too unwieldy to share. I will try to encapsulate it all briefly though LOL.
  
  First: How can the WTS possibly think this is a sustainable stance? My understanding is that most baptisms (in "First-World" countries at least) are of those raised in the organization. It's obvious that they seem to think concerns with family and children are taking time away from "kingdom pursuits," but doesn't this stance ultimately dry up their pool for the future? And speaking of the future LOL...
  
  Second: There is much harsh emphasis on "the end is near, fast approaching, times of the end, blah blah blah." This did work pre-1975, and it almost reads like a replay of that. Does the WTS really believe it will work again though? It seems to me that NO it most certainly would not. But could it? It really doesn't strike me as an effective tactic that would fly now like it did then, as far as family planning.
  
  I am just confused about what they're trying to achieve here. It's nothing new for them to attempt to control and subvert natural family dynamics and natural personal freedoms, but they seem to be turning more hard-line every day with this stuff and I am just not understanding how they expect this to benefit them beyond the very short term. I get that a lot of teens and young adults are "drifting away," but wow what a crazy and incredibly short-sighted counter-position to simply discourage marriage and children altogether!
  
  There's a lot to feel sick about in this study, but to quote the thing that makes me feel sickest (relative term LOL):
  
  "Particularly in this perilous time of the end, young ones need to learn from a tender age the moral principles by which to live. Children should be brought up "in the discipline and mental-regulating of Jehovah." (Eph. 6:4) This "mental-regulating" involves implanting Jehovah's thoughts in the mind of a child from its tender infancy on through the critical years of adolescence."
  
  So, it's not in kingdom interests to marry and have kids, but if you do it anyway, you'd better "implant" the organization's "mental-regulating" thoughts in their minds from the day they're born. SICK SICK SICK.
  
  The one good thing about this garbage is that I think a lot of the flock won't swallow it. Keep up with the hard-line craziness, WTS -- you're your own worst enemy in the long run.
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  Sister dies (?) at DC

  by DoomVoyager in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  no, this is not a joke.

  having actually managed to survive through the entire 3 grueling days of the dc after attending the friday session today (hit sat and sun last weekend) i was initially going to make a criticism of some of the parts & points at the dc.

  however, something that i witnessed today changed my mind.

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  Wow, that is very sad and truly awful. I wonder what those thousands of people witnessing this were thinking and feeling as it was happening. It's like a sick metaphor of how the rank and file truly rank in the eyes of the organization -- being played out in real time before their very eyes. I wonder if others who attended were secretly thinking some of the same things you were; many must have been. I hope so.
  
  I think it demonstrates kindness and class that you dedicated this thread to that elderly lady. What a sad irony that those same traits weren't exhibited on the convention floor.
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  Help - Ask Newspapers To Report On Lawrence Hughes's Hearing This Week

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  please write newspapers to request them to cover the lawrence hughes.

  matter.

  lawrence hughes is scheduled to argue in court on may.

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  "The Watch Tower Society will seek to have Hughes pay its court costs."
  
  Talk about twisting the knife, yikes.
  
  This is a terrible outcome, I am sad to see this :-(
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  Let's play - Spot The Jest (page 174 Rev climax)

  by 1914BS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  something does not make sense!.

  i'll be back in a day or so to see if anyone found it.

  jws won't be able to find it..

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  nameless_one

  I think the crappy artwork is the least of the problems on this page. The text is much more screwed up than the pictures.
  
  (but LOL about the huge demon eye)