Topics Started by Simon Morley

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Noah - the Movie
by Simon Morley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
went to the movie theatre over the weekend to take in jack ryan (not bad) and saw the trailer for "noah" (russell crowe and a solid cast) whats the bet the dubs will be given a rule encouraged to examine their own consciences when attending this movie.

from what i hear its fairly true to the genesis account, but hey its hollywood with cgi at their disposal.. .

my guess is they will not be allowed to go until the gb 2.0 attend a screening at loews cineplex, grab some popcorn and pop and give it their blessing..
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The Gall & Hypocrisy!!
by Simon Morley in
1. watchtower
2. bible
just got a call from my daughter that she got word that the jw honeywagon (literature stand) has set up in the university she teaches at.

one (and there are many) of the reasons we left was due to the stance on higher education, she was persecuted by the elders for attending the very university they are now set up in.

my daughter eventually got a masters degree overseas and now teaches at the same unversity, is self sufficent and will not have to eke out some pittance of a living while fighting a very delbilitating health condition.
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Anyone Reading Jenna Miscavige Hill - Beyond Belief?
by Simon Morley in
1. jw
2. friends
just started reading her expose of scientology.

while it is shocking to say the east the similarities to jw cultish practices are equally shocking.

just wondering if anyone else is reading it..
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Need Some Tough Love & Help
by Simon Morley in
1. jw
2. friends
not sure how to approach this but here goes.....my wife discovered a porn site on the computer tonight.

yes, i was going to them, and i was foolish to think i could never get caught.

i have been visiting them for some years, not a daily problems, but occasionaly every month or so - still a problem wethere its once or a hundred times.
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Farts - Blasting the Chair at the KH
by Simon Morley in
1. jw
2. friends
did you try to hold your farts during a meeting or let the slip out?

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i let them go (quitely) and did not give a hell about the reaction..
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Canada Branch invests in the future
by Simon Morley in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in canada the total long term investments of canadian registered charities is $14.7 billion.

this is only long term investments and does not include cash, inventory, land and buildings etc.

keep in mind the information is volunteered by the charity and not verified by the canada revenue agency.
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Overlapping Generation/GB/Doug Sanderson
by Simon Morley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my apologies of this topic has been covered already - please redirect me if it has:.

current belief is:.

watchtower (study edition), april 15th, 2010 issue, pages 27-29:.
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Apostasy - Rhetorical Argument
by Simon Morley in
1. jw
2. friends
i was musing on this for several weeks now and wanted to share it with you.. if a person who has no religious affiliation (apart from a love of god) converted to a jw they would be welcomed by their new jw community and likely rejected (albeit small) by some of their family.

if that person now a jw converted to islam and became a muslim, (but still loved god) they would be welcomed by their new islamic community and penalized (d/f) by their former jw community.

if now that same person (still loving god) stopped being a muslim and went back to being a jw they would be welcomed back by their jw community but penalized (possible death threats) by their former islamic community.
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Support Sparlock grow a Goatee!!
by Simon Morley in
1. jw
2. friends
just thought i would share another hurdle over in the road to recovery from dubdom.

i now sport a fashionable, neatly trimmed goatee and i do not worry about bumping into jw's.

took me over 2 years to crack that one..... now as mine looks exactly like sparlocks (grey too), does anyone know where i can get a hat like his??
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Higher Education - is it that risky?
by Simon Morley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs