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Did anyone else run into this JW urban legend?
by marmot ini remember way back when the sega gamegear came out (a way ahead of it's time portable gaming system that competed with the nintendo gameboy, but in full colour and gorgeous graphics) a friend of mine bought one and i would borrow it every chance i got until one day he threw it out.
the reason?
he said that he was told "sega" meant masturbation in spanish..
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Jehovah's Witnesses discover mutilated corpses on return visit - CNN
by marmot inpack of dogs kills elderly couple.
by jim kavanagh.
cnnstartclickprintexcludeendclickprintexcludestartclickprintexcludeendclickprintexcludelexington, georgia (cnn) -- a pack of dogs brought down and killed an animal-loving couple last weekend in rural northeastern georgia, and a similar tragedy could occur anywhere dogs roam freely, authorities say.. startclickprintexcludetwo dogs from the pack that killed two people await euthanasia tuesday at a shelter in northeast georgia.. 1 of 3. endclickprintexcludesheriff's deputies, code enforcement officers and other officials spent most of monday and tuesday rounding up 11 adult dogs and five puppies, oglethorpe county sheriff's capt.
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Gossip about you: how far is the farthest it's travelled?
by marmot ini just got a text message today from a friend in calgary asking me why i wasn't going to meetings and why i was having doubts and he proceeded to bring up specific examples.
funny, the only people i've told about my doubts during my fade were my parents, a couple elders and my ex-gilead uncle in order to avoid possible charges of apostasy for spreading my doubts around.
after some careful questioning, i figured out it must have been my uncle spreading the gossip.
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Society's latest stance on Evolution in Jan 1, 2008 WT (bonus quote mining)
by marmot inmy parents gave me the latest "public edition" watchtower and it has 4-page festival of circular logic and hypocritical quote-mining entitled "is evolution compatible with the bible?
the opening salvo is golden, because they go and shoot themselves in the foot with it later on: "is it possible that god used evolution to create men from beasts?
did god direct bacteria to develop into fish and then to continue developing through reptiles and mammals, so that finally a race of apes became humans?
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To all those who think the WT uses deliberate "subliminal" images...
by marmot in(okay, i know i said i'd be taking a break from jwd, and i will, but i just remembered something that i felt necessary to post here because it was bugging me) .
there are some of you out there who believe the governing body meticulously crafts subliminal images that are hidden throughout the society's literature.
you say that it is impossible for these to be mere accidents or just the work of sloppy artists because there is so much painstaking review and every image must be approved by the gb before being published.
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Engagement parties...is this becoming more prevalent?
by marmot ini don't know if this is a witness thing or if it's just becoming more common everywhere, but what's the deal with engagement parties?
it seemed like all the young couples getting engaged were throwing these elaborate bashes that seemed just like a real wedding, and my former roommate even had a freaking gift registry for his.
totally crass, in my opinion, and they never even ended up getting married.
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get rich quick schemes, multilevel marketing, pyramid schemes and JWs
by marmot infrom my experience growing up in the jws there were two big recurring themes when it came to making money: .
1 - window washing or other janitorial work .
2 - cheezy "get rich quick" schemes and other cult-like sales practices .
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The Silver is Mine, and the Gold is Mine; stocks bonds and live pigs ok too
by marmot innext week's service meeting is gonna be a doozy.
after the local announcements there is going to be a 15-minute talk by an elder based on the november 1, 2007, watchtower, pages 17-21. .
somebody with the resources to do it really ought to scan the article and post it as a pdf, it's hilarious, frightening and nauseating all at once.
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Jehovah invented the sword, according to Genesis.
by marmot inso much for a loving god if you're a bible apologist and take genesis literally.
"after he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the garden of eden cherubim and a *flaming sword* flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
" genesis 3:24 niv .
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Bets on when the UN prophecy will be dropped?
by marmot innow that i'm free to bet, i figured it would be neat to start a pool on when the watchtower is going to change light bulbs on the prophecy about the united nations turning on worldwide religion.
there is no doubt in my mind that this prediction will be dropped.
not only is this the longest-running unchanged prediction in the wt's history (1925 and 1975 had much shorter gestations) it's the last detailed concrete prediction the society has left in its bag of tricks.