I'm with park ave boy. This could be a passive statement of resistance.
Posts by Heaven
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43Beards galore at the Assembly
by Truthexplorer inok, 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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The World's First Website
by cofty in25 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 inearlier 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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Why do animals suffer?
by nicolaou inbonnie 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 incelebrating 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 inhi, 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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Heaven
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 inaloha 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
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Watchtower 1973 - "Dinosuars WERE on Noah's Ark"!!! College educated response??
by Witness 007 inwitnesses hate college education, and why would you need one when you have our "spiritual food" the watchtower answering science questions.. watchtower 1973 july 15 p.7 questions from readers.. "when did dinosaurs go extinct?
-they may have disappeared during the flood of noahs day.
not all of them were of gigantic size.
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Heaven
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The X-Mas thing...
by punkofnice inchristmas means nothing to me.
i have no abiding, cosy, childhood memories of it.. i don't buy presents or cards....i have to be reminded.. i feel a bit weird.
people are celebrating and saying: 'i'm feeling christmassy.'.
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Heaven
I wish people "Happy Yule". This is the pagan celebration of the Winter Solstice and that is real. And after all that's where Christmas was adopted/adapted from.
I love the lights and decorations this time of year. We have people in our area that set the lights in rhythm with certain radio stations playing Christmas music. I will be at my friends' house for Christmas dinner. I will visit my Dad in the nursing home Christmas day. And I will give him a gift. He has no clue anymore.
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Another Up Building Field Service Experience
by ThomasCovenant inthe following was from a friend of mine:.
yesterday for the first time in the 2 years we've been living here.
two 50+ year old women.
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Heaven
Wow! Very well done.
See how they just turn and go? They don't want to engage and I would suspect they have labelled you apostate. Let's see if they return. My bet is they won't. JWs cannot handle the real truth.
Mince pie? Yum!