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  Random thoughts of an ex-JW on a coffee break

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  lately i have been finding myself doing a lot of thinking.

  not that i am smarter than the keurig coffee maker in my office, which lately has made me reevaluate the perception of my professional career.

  somewhere along the way between winding down my relationship with my now ex-boss and starting a new one with my current boss, i noticed that the machine complaints with a message on a touchscreen….

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  Cool thoughts.... I see the connections you've made... a life of almost repetitious boredom likened to a living hell, and then what sorts of circumstances would be a living hell, such as the fate of the woman you described.

  Witnesses (and many other groups, tribes, nations, sports fans?) are trained to be so cold and dispassionate about the fates of anyone "not one of them" - the "other" - that a disconnection takes place in their minds which makes heinous acts acceptable, yet if a person really put themselves in the "other's" place, they might have to really stop and question what they are doing/ thinking/ believing.
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  Courtroom Gaffes

  by individuals wife in

  1. social
  2. humour

  collection of courtroom gaffes - all true, unbelievably.... q: what is your date of birth?.

  a: july 15th.

  q: what year?.

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  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! omg, I so needed a laugh today.... Found this and even though I've heard some of these before, these are great!!
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  Famous Last Words

  by Blueblades in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sooner or later it happens to all of us.the time comes for us to draw our last breath and pass from this life into the next.over the years history has recorded some fascinating "famous last words"...here are a few.. "i've never felt better".douglas fairbanks,sr.,actor.. "iam about to----or i am going to-----die;either expression is correct".dominique bouhours,french grammarian.. "don't let it end like this.tell them i said something.

  "pancho villa,mexican revolutionary.. "all my possessions for a moment of time!

  "elizabeth 1,queen of england.. "everybody has got to die,but i have always believed an exception would be made in my case.now what?

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  Have gratitude... Recognize and appreciate your blessings...
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  Jehovahs witnesses that believe its "The Truth" vs JW's who know it isn't

  by Christian Gutierrez in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys!

  what do you think is the percentage of jw's believe that it is the truth and the percentage of those who think it might be some false or all false??

  ?.

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  Vidiot, re: "negro man" -- I think this is a generational thing, as I grew up thinking it was a perfectly acceptable word as well. It became politically incorrect at some point and the new approved term was "colored" or "black" and now I don't think you're supposed to say even those words, you are now not to mention skin color in any way.
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  Shunned jpg Cartoon

  by oppostate in

  1. social
  2. humour

  saw this on instagram tagged with #ttatt.

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  The JW doctrine of shunning is so sad, so unnecessary... So very wrong.

  "... By this they will know that you are my disciples.... " (for the love you show? By the hard line you take? By following man-made dictates from modern-day Pharisees?)

  George Orwell wrote "1984", where peace was war, freedom was slavery, love was hate...

  Gee, it sounds so familiar....
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  interesting EX-CO AMA ( Ask Me Anything) over on exjwreddit

  by Diogenesister in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ex-circuit overseer here, ama.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/6usaky/excircuit_overseer_here_ama/.

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  Muddy Waters

  Thank you again, this is so interesting!!!
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  Bye, Bye Love

  by compound complex in

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  2. entertainment

  heavy, heavy upon my failing heart weighs .

  your aching need for my full and loving devotion.. i spend myself willingly on your behalf because,.

  truly, your needs and wishes outstrip my own.. if i were young and wiry man, for you .

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  Muddy Waters

  :(

  beautiful though so sad.... I have to believe that love endures somehow, written in our hearts, living in our very cells....

  (I have been very very ill lately, and thoughts of my own mortality are very much with me and some days it is easier to contemplate than other days.... Your post has brought me to tears, because we really do think about 'those we leave behind'.... it really does all come down to the PEOPLE in our lives, the people we love and cherish, and the legacy we leave with them, how they think of us in their hearts.... )

  May you, and they, be blessed.... (I do not mean that word in a religious sense any more, but in the sense of having goodness and gratitude.... )
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  interesting EX-CO AMA ( Ask Me Anything) over on exjwreddit

  by Diogenesister in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ex-circuit overseer here, ama.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/6usaky/excircuit_overseer_here_ama/.

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  Darkspilver, THANK YOU so much for posting this. I do not use or go to the Reddit forum, so really appreciate your doing this. Very interesting stuff!!
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  Translating accurately is really f*&%$ing hard!

  by TTWSYF in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i wanted to relay an example that i heard about translating difficulties.

  take the 5 word phrase.

  "i didn't eat your sandwich".

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  Great points!!!! Love this.

  I remember reading a site which criticized the New World Translation, and one scholar said something like: "... this [result] is what happens when you translate using a dictionary (versus having an understanding of the language)!" *

  Hopefully I have the link somewhere with the scholar's name ..... he was very critical of the NWT. I loved his review, lol. Will post back if I find it.

  Stupid WT, believing they have produced the best Bible ever.

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  * But as your post makes perfectly clear, knowing the language is not enough. Context is so important!
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  Funniest or strangest thing to happen to you when knocking on a door

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what is the funniest or strangest thing to happen to you or your partner when knocking on doors?.

  mine was seeing a greenhouse with mannequins inside.

  scary...paul.

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  Muddy Waters

  It was my turn to take the door. It was winter and quite chilly. So there we were, two sisters, she a very "proper" sister, an elder's wife, one of those perfectly put-together people.

  A man answers the door and I begin my presentation. I try to show him the magazine article, but need to remove my glove so I can turn the page. It gets rather difficult juggling all my stuff: gloves, bible, magazine, book bag... I drop my glove, and this sister quickly bends down to pick it up for me.

  I thank her, then drop my other glove. I start to bob down to pick it up, thinking I'd spare her, but she beats me to it. (I'm thinking we must be starting to look like a comedy act.)

  The man just stands there, waiting patiently.

  The sister hands me my glove, and when I reach to take it, drop my magazine.

  This sister yet again bobs down to pick up the magazine, and as she goes to hand it to me, the man reaches out for it, saying, "Why don't I just take that and make it easy for you!"

  lol