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  San Francisco Giants vs. Kansas City Royals - World Series Winners ?

  by flipper in

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  once again for the 3rd time in 5 years my favorite baseball team the s.f.

  giants are headed to the world series !

  so who do you think will win this years series and your reasons for your predictions ?

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  JAMES- I don't know what all the spitting is about- but if the Dodgers don't win game 6 tomorrow night- there will be no game 7 - Houston will be world champions . If I was a Dodger pitcher, I would not want to pitch to most of those Astros hitters, my god are they ever powerful. I wish the S.F. Giants would get at least one player who could hit 25 homers a year and drive in 100 runs. I'm leaning towards Houston winning it all tomorrow night behind Verlander pitching. Should be exciting
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  California Elder Arrested

  by James Jack in

  1. watchtower
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  crime.

  daniel macias said.. investigators learned that ramos was an elder at a jehovah’s witnesses church in the 4000 block of west mckinley avenue.

  there, he met a teen girl and her family three years ago.. .

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  CHA CHING- My dear friend, you have nothing to say " I'm sorry " over . I wasn't referring to you in my post. I'm referring to some on this thread who want total proof before even considering this child abuse suspect as possibly guilty. I'm more concerned that some think they have to qualify or verify everything they do- every single moment of a 24 hour day. Personally, I have more important things to do than follow someone on Twitter or Facebook 24 /7 . If someone like Flipper or Fisherman or anybody here needs to use the restroom - I don't need to VERIFY it - I trust that ' allegedly ' they were successful in their restroom adventure . I don't need verification for every single event on the planet. That kind of thinking is ' crazy making ' .

  The point I was making is in my initial post the fact that this elder is being brought up on charges for child abuse and I made the remark, " here we go again " - my remark was misinterpreted by some here and what my remark MEANT was that "here we go again " meaning it is way too prevalent and commonly happening within the JW organization. This abuse of power by child molesting elders. It's all I meant. I agree with everything you wrote. My issue is not with you
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  California Elder Arrested

  by James Jack in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  crime.

  daniel macias said.. investigators learned that ramos was an elder at a jehovah’s witnesses church in the 4000 block of west mckinley avenue.

  there, he met a teen girl and her family three years ago.. .

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  The " hear we go again " remark I made has more to do with the worldwide prevalence and high volume in numbers of Jehovah's Witness elders and authority figures in that religion being brought up on charges of child molestation all the time ! Like ," oh no, here we go again." It's a common crime being committed way too often within Jehovah's Witnesses and an abuse of power by JW elders. THAT is why it's important to stand up for children and speak truth to power.

  My comment was NOT an indicator that the FINAL court decision had been MADE in this particular case. My apologies, but I'm not a freaking journalist who gets paid to print or put out articles for the New York Times, Washington Post where I feel the need to put an " allegedly " behind every statement I make. Nor feel a need to " qualify " every statement I make. So I wasn't going to write " here we go again, allegedly " - I mean if we as humans had to qualify or put " allegedly " behind every damn thing we say how would folks like it if I stated , " Mr. Flipper took a crap this morning " ? Would they get as upset about that as not putting an " allegedly " behind whether a child molester has committed child abuse - a felony crime ? I mean I could write, " Mr Flipper ' allegedly ' took a crap this morning and it would be more accurate . Would THAT please the court of opinion as no one was THERE to see if Flipper actually had a bowel movement.

  I'm giving this example to show how stupid it is to argue semantics. Part of the definition of semantics is looking at the contextual meaning of what somebody writes. If some here have any reasoning ability at all - when I stated ' here we go again ' - I would assume most people look at that comment as there's a lot of child abuse going on within the WT Society and JW organization involving abuse of power by elders. Period mark. It wasn't an indictment toward this particular individual. Get a grip folks
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  Fats Domino

  by glenster in

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  antoine dominique "fats" domino, jr. rip feb.26, 1928 to oct.24, 2017 https://www.thedailybeast.com/fats-dominos-low-key-brilliance-a-rock-and-roll-pioneer-criminally-overlooked http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/little-richard-jerry-lee-lewis-remember-fats-domino-w510393 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fats_domino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbfmlk1pwgu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqs5gkyh930 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqqcprwkzdo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jowfhn_jh40.

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  Another great musician from the old days gone, dead. Very sad. Fats Domino was one of the stalwart musicians of the 1950's and left us many great memories. I had a close buddy of mine who died himself in a car wreck in the early 1980's whose favorite musician was Fats Domino. So whenever I'd hear Fats songs- I'd think of my close friend. Rest in peace Fats, Sincerely, Mr. Flipper
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  A wave of momentum!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  it certainly has to be one of the most exciting times to live in as an awake ex witness!.

  the wave of momentum we are part of as thousands awaken from the hold of the society is a joy to be a part of.

  the internet helps us to see that we are not alone.

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  Great points Stuckinarut ! Any of us who have experienced the injustices and shunning from the WT and JW cult have an opportunity ahead of us to expose this criminal organization for what it is - just that a criminal organization. And help open up people's minds as we travel on in life
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  What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !

  by flipper in

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  2. entertainment

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.

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  Listened to this song over and over while picking up firewood yesterday. The beautiful bagpipes at the end of the song always remind me of my mom's Scottish heritage and I start crying my head off missing her when the bagpipes start. But hey, tears of healing right ?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8p6mzSLbqs
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  California Elder Arrested

  by James Jack in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  crime.

  daniel macias said.. investigators learned that ramos was an elder at a jehovah’s witnesses church in the 4000 block of west mckinley avenue.

  there, he met a teen girl and her family three years ago.. .

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  Here we go again. Another WT " spirit appointed " elder molesting a minor once more. Does it ever stop ? No . At least the police received an anonymous tip so they could arrest this abuser. Now we'll watch the scene unfold in the courtroom as a high number of JW's show up claiming " I don't know HOW brother so and so could be guilty of this ! He's an elder !" - while stupidly standing up for his character. Since he's out on bail- let's hope he doesn't skip town. WT Society needs to be brought down big time
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  Great music video from Apostate chick

  by ToesUp in

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  https://youtu.be/cafygzb1geo.

  maybe she can help out watchtower with their monthly videos.. great job.

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  This is a fantastic you tube ! Brilliant indeed ! Well done J-dub chains ! The rhyming and timing was perfect. Thanks for posting it Toesup
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  Pioneer Elder Still in Jail (follow up report)

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  confirmed by a family friend and elder who lives in the area!

  he was a pioneer elder in a port st lucie (river view congregation) fl, convention and assembly speaker, a"shining star" of the circuit and had served at bethel for several years.

  was sexually abusing his step daughter from age 8 to 12. his wife has divorced him and moved back to tennessee.

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  Want to bump this up for any lurking JW's who might read this. This truly shows that ' holy spirit ' has nothing to do with these ' elders ' who continue to remain as elders within the JW organization. There are hundreds more like these guys within the JW organization lurking in the weeds
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  Why is there such a 'high turnover' within the Jehovahs Witnesses?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i happened to come across a time article in 2008. it was basically talking about the high turnover in american faiths.

  it mentioned the jdubs and highlighted the following point.. an even more extreme example of what might be called "masked churn" is the relatively tiny jehovah's witnesses, with a turnover rate of about two-thirds.

  that means that two-thirds of the people who told pew they were raised jehovah's witnesses no longer are — yet the group attracts roughly the same number of converts.

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  I think one of the many reasons there is a high turnover rate is that the WT Society has to keep re-creating " new light " or indoctrination processes to keep the " old light " from burning out. The longer a JW remains a JW then some of them stay long enough to see the failed " end times " predictions of 1975 and bail out. But then you get new converts who come into the JW cult after the year 2000 who don't know about the WT's failed predictions. And they remain gullible- unless they research the Internet. But some of them won't because they are told not to look at any negative information related to the WT Society. So they remain in the cult with blinders on like a horse. I hope many more will escape in time