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  'Forget You'--A song to the WT

  by sd-7 in

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  yes, i know cee lo green said that other thing, but...#3, in the posting guidelines.

  i had to edit it!

  cue the music.... i say the.

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  http://youtu.be/eR7-AUmiNcA
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  AGEING CONGREGTIONS

  by sieborg in

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  hi everyone on this forum,this is my first post but i have been lurking around here for about a year.

  i was at the hall this morning and as i was looking round i noticed that, if 20 years down the line i was stood a the back looking around, more than half of those at the hall i attend would be dead due to old age.

  if anyone still goes to a k/h ,are the ones in your k/h ageing.

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  This is absolutely true. Where I live there have been large waves of death that have spread through the congregation, one after another dying due to old age and age-related illness. The smaller congregations I've seen consist almost exclusively of elderly ones. And even when it appears that a young person is reaching out for congregation "privileges" it soon becomes apparent they are biding their time and at first chance they jump ship into "the world" and get DF'd.
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  Starting to read 1984 by Orwell

  by TimothyT in

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  i bought the book for a number of reasons:.

  1. it sounds brill.. 2. it sounds like the kind of people who read are rather clever and well educated (and i want to be one of them).. 3. i may find it interesting how it relates to the jws.. regarding the latter, does anyone have any thoughts and feeling on this point, or is there anything i should look out for when comparing what orwell writes about with the jws?.

  timmy :).

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  Interestingly enough my JW brother read "Animal Farm" in high school. He was also much more interested than I was in the science magazines that our non-JW grandfather used to send us as kids. Ironically, bro is still a JW and I am the atheist apostate who accepts evolution.
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  Starting to read 1984 by Orwell

  by TimothyT in

  1. jw
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  i bought the book for a number of reasons:.

  1. it sounds brill.. 2. it sounds like the kind of people who read are rather clever and well educated (and i want to be one of them).. 3. i may find it interesting how it relates to the jws.. regarding the latter, does anyone have any thoughts and feeling on this point, or is there anything i should look out for when comparing what orwell writes about with the jws?.

  timmy :).

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  I'm about 50 pages into the book myself, and wow can I relate to it! I'm glad I'm reading it now as I don't think I would have appreciated it as much ten years ago. But then again, maybe it would have helped open my eyes sooner, hard to say.
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  What Are The Funniest Sitcoms That You Have Enjoyed?

  by minimus in

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  i was watching the beverly hillbillies the other night and i have to say, the writing and the acting was terrific!.

  another classic is all in the family.

  loved that show!.

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  A lot of my favorites were already mentioned, but I also grew up on "Leave it to Beaver", "The Cosby Show", "Newhart", "The Jeffersons", "Perfect Strangers", "Family Ties", and "Three's Company".
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  Is the Governing Body EVIL or IGNORANT?

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some of you will have noticed that i've been paying a lot of attention to the governing body recently.

  this is because most jehovah's witnesses venerate them collectively (even if they can't name them individually), and i feel this makes it important to understand this group of men properly and expose their mindset as individuals.

  as the saying goes, i feel it's important to "know your enemy".. i realize it's very convenient to think of the governing body as being "evil" when we consider that they are ultimately responsible for all the damaging jw teachings and beliefs.

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  The Ray Franz quote about them being victims was true at the time. But once the book was written their blinders were off. And with all the information on the internet today and the court cases piling up the governing body can no longer claim ignorance. They are evil and willfully so!
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  My favorite scene from my favorite show

  by fade_away in

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  as an atheist and a huge fan of firefly and serenity....here's one of my favorite scenes where river tam tries to fix the bible because it doesn't make sense.. .

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sip6fjqczpy.

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  Here's my favorite scene from my favorite show:

  http://youtu.be/YbeZtjgJ4V8
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  Books and movies that have influenced you since learning the truth about the Truth

  by JimmyPage in

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  for me it has been a journey through these books: "crisis of conscience", "in search of christian freedom", "combatting cult mind control", "releasing the bonds", "i'm perfect you're doomed", "confessions of a teenage jesus jerk", "evolution for dummies", "the god delusion", "god is not great", and "the end of faith", along with various books about zen philosophy.. these movies have also been important: "religulous" and "worlds apart".. some books i am interested in reading next are "the spanking room", "growing up in mama's club", and "1984".

  who has read these?

  do you recommend them?.

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  I enjoyed the documentary "The Buddha" on PBS. They also did a series about the Mormons that was pretty interesting as well, especially the way former members were treated.
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  Books and movies that have influenced you since learning the truth about the Truth

  by JimmyPage in

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  for me it has been a journey through these books: "crisis of conscience", "in search of christian freedom", "combatting cult mind control", "releasing the bonds", "i'm perfect you're doomed", "confessions of a teenage jesus jerk", "evolution for dummies", "the god delusion", "god is not great", and "the end of faith", along with various books about zen philosophy.. these movies have also been important: "religulous" and "worlds apart".. some books i am interested in reading next are "the spanking room", "growing up in mama's club", and "1984".

  who has read these?

  do you recommend them?.

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  For me it has been a journey through these books: "Crisis of Conscience", "In Search of Christian Freedom", "Combatting Cult Mind Control", "Releasing the Bonds", "I'm Perfect You're Doomed", "Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk", "Evolution for Dummies", "The God Delusion", "God is Not Great", and "The End of Faith", along with various books about Zen philosophy.

  These movies have also been important: "Religulous" and "Worlds Apart".

  Some books I am interested in reading next are "The Spanking Room", "Growing Up in Mama's Club", and "1984". Who has read these? Do you recommend them?

  What else has been of help to you?
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  Horrific Violence in Today's Movies.

  by ohiocowboy in

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  i found an article today that discusses the new batman movie.

  growing up, i remember the batman and robin tv show from the 1960's, and i assumed that the dark knight movies would be along the same lines.

  boy, was i wrong!!!

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