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  I Found Something Better Than "The Truth"!

  by Divergent in

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  i often come across jw's using the "worldwide brotherhood" as one of the reasons to justify that jw's have "the truth.

  " such a brotherhood, they claim, would not exist outside the organisation because there is no way that people of different religions, nationalities, races, cultures, backgrounds, languages etc.

  can be united and associate together freely without "the truth!".

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  The last time I heard that phrase "I Found Something Better Than "The Truth," they were selling Amway.

  Switching from one cult to another creates no value.
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  Poopie so happy now . Based on the new awake I can now smile

  by poopie in

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  at disfellowshipped people the awake gave me permission poopie so happy.

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  What specifically made you smile? Did you realize you are earning a 4-year degree reading those rags? Or, was it something else?
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  Did the Fall of the Berlin Wall fulfill Bible Prophecy ?

  by Iamallcool in

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  any takers?

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  I vote no.
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  Entertainment: What's everybody reading or into right now?

  by schnell in

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  2. entertainment

  i picked up bernard cornwell's the pagan lord at the library.

  historical fiction set in england after the death of alfred the great.

  i'm loving it, especially the between-the-lines wit and sense of timing in cornwell's writing, and the complete badassery of the protagonist.

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  I get my recommendations from the NYTimes book review podcast.

  A wonderful book I just finished is Elizabeth is Missing. The protagonist has Alzheimer's disease and solves a mystery.

  Reading FILTH (Failed in London try Hong Kong). and The Vegetarian.

  Both books are not your typical books. Which attracts me to these books.
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  What age were you when you were counted as a publisher?

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wts has always included minors and adults in the same categories - publisher and baptized.. i am interested in knowing how many minors, approximately, are included in the publisher count.

  and, at what age a person started publishing.

  what age was the youngest publisher reported?.

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  I was 6 when I started turning in time.I was baptized at 14.
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  Thanksgiving??

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  with thanksgiving around the corner, i thought it would be interesting to hear how you, your family or other jw's you knew handled/celebrated thanksgiving.

  it seems to me that most jw's view it as harmless and unofficially celebrate it the day before or the day after the actual holiday.

  growing up, my mother would host a dinner the day after thanksgiving and used the excuse " well the traditional food for the dinner is discounted at this time, might as well have a dinner".

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  My mother always cooked turkey on Thanksgiving. More than a few times we invited other JWs to join us.
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  Sam Harris on Trump - The Most Powerful Clown

  by cofty in

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  2. current

  harris is at his incisive best in his latest podcast.. he likens the situation to being on an aeroplane where the pilot has died and somebody with no experience of flying has grabbed the controls.

  we should all be committed to his success.

  prize for the best line goes to - "caligula with a iphone".. even if you love trump and despise harris you should appreciate his clarity.. waking up with sam harris....

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  Trump may be a clown but we chose him and he is our clown for at least the next 4 years, we need to get used to it.
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  10 Years on this forum!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

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  10 years on this forum.

  10 years.

  wow.

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  NewYork44M

  I just checked, I have been around 15 years. Time flies when you are having fun.

  Congratulations for a successful decade.
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  Election Post-Mortem

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  i'm sure many people, republicans included, are shocked at the results of the 2016 presidential election.

  really, wtf!.

  the polls were wrong and although it's tempting to blame voter suppression and fbi interference, that would just avoid looking at the real issues for the loss.

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  I am anticipating officially designated "pussy grabbing" cars in the NYC subway. I hope I am wrong, but it appears to be open season on bad behavior.
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  Election Post-Mortem

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  i'm sure many people, republicans included, are shocked at the results of the 2016 presidential election.

  really, wtf!.

  the polls were wrong and although it's tempting to blame voter suppression and fbi interference, that would just avoid looking at the real issues for the loss.

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  The anger is a part of the lives of people in mid-America. While Hillary was not personally responsible for that anger, she could never get beyond it. And the African Americans, which appear to have the most to lose with a Trump president, failed her.