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  Wt says show principal love by shunning fellow humans.

  by poopie in

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  thoughts

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  Heaven

  Shunning is abuse not love.
  
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  New Christmas Ornament this year

  by myway2007 in

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  this year i put a new ornament up on the tree.

  what makes it special is that it is a picture frame ornament.

  the picture inside the frame is a recent family photo of all the people i haven't seen in years standing in front of a hall.

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  Heaven

  * snicker *
  
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  Bollocks...

  by The Rebel in

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  " the opposite of knowledge is love".

  the rebel.. i believe a poster named " cofty" once replied to my great thought " the opposite of knowlege is love" with the comment :-.

  " bollocks" .

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  Heaven

  Actually, bollocks means testicles.

  As a slang, which is the way cofty uses it, means nonsense (I'd use bullshit myself but nonsense suffices).
  
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  Beards galore at the Assembly

  by Truthexplorer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, at our recent assembly, i noticed that there were quite a lot of brothers wearing beards.

  not just the older dudes, but right across a range of ages, young men, middle aged men and older men.

  is watchtower beginning to relax this rule at last?

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  Heaven

  I'm with park ave boy. This could be a passive statement of resistance.
  
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  The World's First Website

  by cofty in

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  2. current

  25 years ago this week tim berners-lee turned on the first ever website on the world wide web.

  basically it was a self-help guide to joining the web.... the first search engine alibweb was launched in '94 and it still functions today.. 4 billion web pages later it could be said the project was a success.. you can read more about the early days here....

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  Heaven

  Wait just a second... you mean the first website wasn't Al Gore's?
  
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  Peer presure to use Ipad

  by Gorbatchov in

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  2. friends

  earlier this season i advised my retired father to ignore the use of a tablet during his kingdom hall congregational visits.

  his response was hopefull, but between the lines i could hear he had no choice.. yesterday he showed me his new 600 euro 64 gb ipad air 2. he had no clue what he has to do with it, he told me one of the elders will install the jw.org apps.. so, i feel he had to deal with presure to buy this ipad and i think he is not the only one.. do you recognize this?.

  gorby.

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  Heaven

  Does Botchtower have some sort of partnership with Apple?
  
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  Why do animals suffer?

  by nicolaou in

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  bonnie is fourteen years old now and she's still fit and active, but she sleeps (and farts) a lot more and is definitely slowing down.. she loves us in her own dumb way and always comes to the door to greet me when i get home from work.

  she doesn't 'sin' but yeah, she'll steal biscuits and feel shame afterwards.

  she's loyal and intelligent and i dread the day when .

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  Heaven

  Why do animals suffer?

  I asked my Father this question. He was unable to answer me. This has been my experience throughout my life. JWs do not have the answers to my questions. And they wonder why I'm not a JW.
  
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  Christmas Greetings to Faders -- from Geoffrey Jackson

  by Room 215 in

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  celebrating your first christmas in decades -- or ever?

  faders, you've nothing to fear from geoff jackson!.

  from the royal commission transcript:.

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  Heaven

  Evidently, Jack-ass also used Theocratic Warfare in his ARC testimony. Quelle surprise.... not.
  
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  Being positively recognized

  by menrov in

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  hi, for over a year, i stopped attending meeting and field service.

  actually, passively disassociated from the congregation.

  but i did not stop reading and doing my own research.

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  menrov, excellent topic. Basically, you are returning to your authentic self and it is wonderful.

  What I observed with my parents who became zealous was the opposite. They used to be kind and loving people and once baptized, became mean-spirited, holier-than-thou. This is what happens when you believe you are God's Chosen. Elevating oneself above everyone else is not a good thing.
  

  Conversely, when you realize you are no more special than anyone else, your authentic self returns and comes forward.

  This is happening now with my Father since he became ill with dementia. He no longer remembers much, if anything at all about the JWs. And everyone at the nursing home says he is a really nice guy. Yes, his authentic self has returned. Yay!
  
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  a hopeful prediction

  by grumblecakes in

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  2. friends

  aloha all,.

  at the close of the year, i reflect on what hasoccurred and what i hope to occur.

  despite the various speculations regarding the wealth or lack thereof of the cult that unfortunately impacts us all to various degrees, we can all see clearly a downward trend.

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  Heaven

  Well said grumblecakes! And good to see you posting.

  2015 - The Year of the ARC