Quillsky
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The Barbara Anderson Appreciation Thread
by Quillsky inthere are many newcomers who may see references on this website to barbara anderson but not understand the complete awesomeness of what she has done, and continues to do, in the pursuit of truth.. for those who don't know, a brief summary: barbara and her husband joe spent most of their lifetime being uber-witnesses, bringing 80 or so people into the organization and ending up at brooklyn bethel.
barbara landed up in the sacred heart of bethel, the writing department, and wrote awake!
articles.
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Child beating
by Quillsky insome posters here still attend jehovah's witness meetings.
my challenge to you is..... next time you see a parent beating a human child in public at the kingdom hall, when there are two witnesses - you and one other - call 911 or the police, and report the parent by name, for child abuse..
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Let's settle this for once and for all...... is atheism a belief, a non-belief or an anti-belief?
by Quillsky inmy opinion is that atheism is not a belief.
it is a belief in no belief..
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Live music in the Kingdom Halls
by Quillsky ini recall being young and having a lovely solo pianist accompanying the singing in our hall.. in around the late 70's the obligatory (canned, sad) recorded music replaced live musicians.. anyone have any more detailed memories of live music and the subsequent changeover?.
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Did you personally shun anybody? Experiences?
by Quillsky ini'll never forget being at a restaurant and seeing a df'ed witness, a previous friend, leaving the restaurant.. i watched him through the window, looked him in the eye and raised my hand, a bit, to say "hi".
i felt guilty doing it but at the same time it seemed like the only right thing to do..
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Blackness. If the JW religion is a majority black religion, is this a majority black board?
by Quillsky inbefore anyone asks whether it's important.... no it's not, it's just interesting..
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Covering your tracks on the computer after visiting JWN
by Quillsky ini don't have to, fortunately, because i don't share my computer with anyone.. but i've been thinking, with empathy, about those that do.
how far do you go to stop people realizing that you've been here?
do you log in and out every time?
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I had a dream about being in a Kingdom Hall with undercover "apostates"
by Quillsky inlast night i had a vivid dream.
i was in a kingdom hall, not one i recognize, during a watchtower study.. not once in the many years since i left do i recall dreaming about meetings, field service, or anything jw-related.
so i'm sure that spending time recently on this site inspired the dream.. so i was sitting on the far right of a row near the front, near the door, with my mother.
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Do Jewish people still consider themselves to be "the chosen people"?
by Quillsky inthe old testament makes it clear that jewish people were considered (by themselves) to be "god's chosen people".
then that sweet jewish boy jesus came along and said "it's nonsense, we're all the same, welcome goyim.".
so does modern judaism still hold the view that jewish people are preferred by god, with some special destiny?.
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Sarcasm versus irony
by Quillsky infor years i have tried to understand the difference between sarcasm and irony.. sarcasm is "the lowest form of wit", some say.
but irony is funny, or intellectual, somehow superior?.
recently i began to really understand sarcasm and why it is so very ugly.