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JWs kicked on Monty Python
by dropoffyourkeylee injust ran across a mention of jws on a '70's monty python sketch.. at about the 1:05 mark:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiba_3ak0hg.
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Max Hollweg, JW survivor of Nazi camps interviewed in 1996
by dropoffyourkeylee inmax hollweg, in an interview in 1996, was a nazi concentration camp surviving jw and is interviewed for this documentary on himmler:.
the video link here begins discussion of hollweg at about 33:30. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk68tda_lue.
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Dropoff joins the Mormons for a day!
by dropoffyourkeylee inpretended to be a mormon for a day so as to visit their holy site hill cumorah.
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photos of some signage and monument of angel moroni giving a revelation to joseph smith:.
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Cheesy Mormon videos
by dropoffyourkeylee ini just ran across a series of youtube videos put out by mormons (not sure if it is the official church or a subgroup) which are much like the wt drama videos.
i don't know who is copying from whom, but the making of cheesy religious videos is catching on.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4szaxqpq9uc&t=12s.
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Supreme Court Decision on Free Speech this week
by dropoffyourkeylee inthis week's first amendment case has a slant that may sound familiar to jws.
most are aware that the wt won a number of supreme court decisions in the '40s related to free speech (the first amendment of the us constitution).
in particular, the flag salute case in '39, which they lost, tried to argue that not saluting the flag was a religious issue.
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LDS Church Investment Practices - 60 minutes report
by dropoffyourkeylee injust ran across a 60 minutes report about a financial manager in the lds who blew the whistle on lds investment practices:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3_fhq7seho.
i'm not sure when it aired, but from the dialogue, it was after 2018..
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JW Data Protection Policy
by dropoffyourkeylee injust discovered something that is worth a comment or two:.
go to jw.org and type in the search box 'data protection'.
i had a conversation with an elder who told me that they are directed to purge some files pertaining to people who are ex-jws and have been disfellowshipped over a prescribed number of years.
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WT 1980 Selective Service registration letter
by dropoffyourkeylee inwhile looking through my filing cabinet for another post, i found the following wt letter from 1980 that some may find interesting.
the wt's stance on the draft (us) has had a profound impact on doctrine and practice which is often overlooked.
many young men started pioneering so as to have a written record that they can present to draft boards to substantiate their claim of 'minister'.
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Unification Church in the news this week
by dropoffyourkeylee ina bit surprised to see the unification church (moonies) in the news this week:.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/07/16/shinzo-abe-assassination-unification-church-lah-amanpour-vpx.cnni.
quick background:.