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  Ridiculous Memorial Invitation!

  by PrincessCynic in

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  2. beliefs

  has anyone seen this year's memorial invitation?

  maybe someone could post a picture.. on the front is a question to the householder, 'how do you view jesus?'.

  then it gives multiple choices with accompanying pictues: .

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  Alfred

  I'm really not sure if I want to have Steak or Fish tonight... ... I know.... I'll just go to the Kingdumb Hall and they'll tell me what I want!!!
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  2012 Memorial Invitation PDF!!!!

  by yknot in

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  2. beliefs

  an evening of wine and crackers along with a presentation of the importance of these two symbols will be given at your local kh or congregation rented facility april 5, 2012!.

  as last year a "30 hour march madness" is being offered by the slave..... i encourage all of you 'still ins' to sign up with gusto and spend that hour each day doing something enriching to yourself or family!

  here is the actual invite in pdf http://www.sendspace.com/file/7ir3mp .

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  Alfred

  Is this the first Memorial Invitation with no Bible "texts" cited?
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  Court Sided With WT On Shunning

  by Bangalore in

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  819 f. 2d 875 - paul v. watchtower bible and tract society of new york inc. .

  http://openjurist.org/819/f2d/875/paul-v-watchtower-bible-and-tract-society-of-new-york-inc. bangalore.

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  Alfred

  Isn't this the same judge who ruled (or tried to rule) that the phrase "under God" in the pledge of allegiance was unconsititutional???
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  WARNING.... Extremely disturbing and racist Awake! magazine (October 8, 1977)

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  warning: offensive and racist awake!

  magazine.... really, how great are racial differences?

  are they of such a degree that people of different races cannot live together as equals, and take real pleasure in one anothers company?

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  Alfred

  Jam... I just double-checked in my WT CD 2010 and yes... this is for real...

  Wha happened... this is not ONE article.. It's actually 4 different articles in this magazine October 8, 1977
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  WARNING.... Extremely disturbing and racist Awake! magazine (October 8, 1977)

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  warning: offensive and racist awake!

  magazine.... really, how great are racial differences?

  are they of such a degree that people of different races cannot live together as equals, and take real pleasure in one anothers company?

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  Cofty... You're correct... that's what the purpose of the article was... but they didn't do a very good job at it... in fact, aside from having the opposite affect of its intended purpose, this article was incredibly childish, irrelevant and completely unecessary IMHO...
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  WARNING.... Extremely disturbing and racist Awake! magazine (October 8, 1977)

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  warning: offensive and racist awake!

  magazine.... really, how great are racial differences?

  are they of such a degree that people of different races cannot live together as equals, and take real pleasure in one anothers company?

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  Alfred

  Warning: Offensive and racist Awake! Magazine...

  Really, how great are racial differences? Are they of such a degree that people of different races cannot live together as equals, and take real pleasure in one another’s company? For example, is there a big gap between the intelligence of people of various races? Or, do the races have a distinct body odor, making it objectionable for blacks and whites to live in close quarters with one another? –Awake! October 8, 1977 page 4

  But still there are persistent views that hinder persons from applying this fine Scriptural counsel. A prominent one is that persons of other races than one’s own have an objectionable body odor. -Awake! October 8, 1977 page 16

  In centuries past, when blacks were slaves and considered as property, whites often spoke about their body odor. In his recent book Race, John R. Baker says: “The authors of earlier centuries remarked on this subject with greater freedom than those of the present day. Thus Henry Home, in his Sketches of the History of Man, refers to the ‘rank smell’ of Negroes. In a work published in the same year (1774), The History of Jamaica, Long says that the Negroes are distinguished by their ‘bestial or fetid smell, which they all have to a greater or lesser degree.’” –Awake! October 8, 1977 page 17

  I remember once pulling a crosscut saw with a young black my age in cutting down a tree. When he got hot, he really smelled! Ah! I thought, this proves what they say about blacks’ having a peculiar body odor. But I didn’t stop to consider that while I had taken a bath that day, he had very meager facilities for bathing in his humble home. Also, lack of early family training in hygiene likely diminished his incentive to take a bath often. –Awake! October 8, 1977 page 25
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  I'm not buying it! That people left the Witnesses and became Christians.

  by free2beme in

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  2. friends

  i tried it, could not swallow all the lies and misinformation they had.

  i am sorry, but even if you deny the whole witness faith, there is still parts to christianity that they pointed out that you can not just ignore and act like it is okay to join another faith that is christian.

  are you going to become catholic when your know their history?

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  Alfred

  fascinating points of view on this thread
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  I don't agree with that evidence, so I'll just ignore it. . .

  by Flat_Accent in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just a little experience i had a while back.

  thought it was funny so here we go.

  (there's also a couple of links you might want to use for your own reference).

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  Alfred

  I sent a similar email to an elder ealry last year and his response led me to believe that he simply didn't read a single word I wrote...

  there's just no way to get through to some JWs, even with solid evidence presented in its simplest form... the programming is just too great for them to even notice it...
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  THANK YOU Steven Unthank

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  ohiocowboy has just posted this information on the two other threads dealing with the sudden collapse of the unthank cases.. i don't know steven unthank, but i just want to thank him from the bottom of my heart for having the courage against overwhelming odds to try and bring the watch tower society to justice over their deplorable neglect when it comes to protecting children from abuse and molestation.. steven is a man of justice and integrity who i deeply admire.

  his actions will never be forgotten, and i only hope he can find it within himself to continue his work in whatever avenue may become available in the future.. they have won this battle, but they can never win the war.. .

  cedars.

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  Alfred

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  The world is getting better

  by laverite in

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  2. current

  the world is getting better in many ways despite the doom and gloom jws might claim.

  the 24/7 news cycle seems to be all doom and gloom.

  but is it all doom and gloom?

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  Alfred

  I walked my dog the other day around my neighborhood and it just dawned on me that most of my neighbors are really nice people... in fact, they're probably the nicest people I've ever met! ... I didn't really notice that when I was a JW...

  Then I thought... wait, i bet most people are the same way!

  It's incredible what this religion does to your mind...