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  Kate Wild

  by quellycatface in

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  i've been given permission to post news of our friend.. kate hasn't been very well.

  not well at all.

  i think much of it has been a delayed reaction to her df'ing, the general fallout when leaving the wtbs and family issues.. i just wanted to give you guys the heads up and give you a chance to show how much we care about her.. thanks for listening..

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  Very sorry to hear this and, if you are dialing in Kate, GET WELL SOON!
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  New here

  by konceptual99 in

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  i am new here, been lurking for a while but felt compeled to join as i would like to comment on more and more of the topics i come across.

  by way of an introduction here is some info about me.. i am an active jw, married with a family, living in the uk.

  i serve as a ms and have done for many years.

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  konceptual99

  Hi Scott,

  I'd not realised that it's almost 2 years now that I've been on this board. Somethings have changed and some things haven't. I am still a Witness but in name only. I no longer am an MS, have stopped almost all field service, attend less than 50% of meetings and am fading slowly. It is much harder than expected to fade my family but there is progress. I no longer believe anything of WT doctrine and have concluded that there is no evidence for God at all. I am catching up on a lifetime of understanding why evolution is entirely possible and, indeed, proven but I still have a way to go before reaching the dizzy heights of knowledge that people like Cofty and Cantleave have.

  Cheers

  k99
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  New DVD review

  by Laika in

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  i managed to catch the new dvd on youtube last night before the inevitable takedown.

  as a film i felt it wasn't anywhere near as good as the prodigal movie, the story wasn't as dramatic, the characters much less interesting and developed and the direction weaker.

  i found the prodigal relatively entertaining (all things considered) this one was just dull.. here are some of my random thoughts anyway [spoiler alert - ha!].

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  konceptual99

  Konceptual, he states in the video he became a JW in his mid-20s. Assumingly after college, then.

  That'll learn me for not watching the whole thing.

  Once, good point, in JW world this family would have been considered materialistic and spiritually weak (until the end of the movie) This would have hurt their JW social life, but of course this issue was never raised in the film.

  Bizarrely every single domestic situation used in WT videos presents a materially well off family yet we all know how these are looked down on unless they are those uber families that do everything spiritually. And entertain COs. On their boat/fast cars/helicoptors.
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  So Much For Advertise Advertise Advertise (another DVD thread)

  by ctrwtf in

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  if the ultimate goal is to reach as many people as possible with the kingdom message, why does the society find it necessary to block any public access to the new dvd?.

  could it be because the public will see how vacuous their teachings are?

  producing this propaganda is a new low even for them.

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  I loved the babies. I enjoyed looking at the cute teenage mothers who married the only oaf available in their northwoods congregation.

  That really did make me chuckle.
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  New DVD review

  by Laika in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i managed to catch the new dvd on youtube last night before the inevitable takedown.

  as a film i felt it wasn't anywhere near as good as the prodigal movie, the story wasn't as dramatic, the characters much less interesting and developed and the direction weaker.

  i found the prodigal relatively entertaining (all things considered) this one was just dull.. here are some of my random thoughts anyway [spoiler alert - ha!].

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  How does one become a mechanical engineer with a good job and an expensive house without going to college?
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  Next Time You're Told that a Weeping and a Gnashing of teeth is in Store for you

  by tim hooper in

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  show your protagonist this:.

  http://www.tubechop.com/watch/3000317.

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  konceptual99

  Dave Allen. Class.
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  1914 vs 2014

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  it's amazing to examine the watchtower of 1914 now in 2014... 100 years later.. .

  here are some of my comments on the watchtower of 1914:.

  second article in january 1st.

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  Where can you get these?
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  99.9% Of a People Who Believe In Evolution Don't Understand It.

  by Space Madness in

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  i never believed in evolution as i thought it didn't make sense and that what was proposed was simply impossible.

  how could an environment alter an organism's dna?

  as we can see however, bacteria cannot become resistance to antibiotics.

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  Space - you don't need me to define Natural Selection. The definition is published all over the place. Your text book should have a definition. I just think you have missed the point. What your text book says is correct - genes are not sentient and they do not make some active decision on how to change nor does the environment communicate a change. That is not how natural selection works. I would suggest that you go back to the start of your text book and look at where it describes how it does work. Right now, all you are doing is essentially quote mining just like the WTS does in it's creationist publications.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: Hypocrisy on steroids

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  found this on youtube.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eot8sac9-no.

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  konceptual99

  Yup - the funny thing was that attendants had to wear high vis clothing. They had to be there in certain numbers for the event even to go ahead. The Watchmen just looked like normal brothers, just a little green dot on their badge.

  When you watched them following someone it was hilarious - just like a comedy sketch of someone being followed. The "suspect" would turn around and the watchman/men would turn around, scratch their nose, look skywards, do up their shoes - anything to make themselves look inconspicuous but failing everytime. When we first went to the Brighton Centre there would be cleaning staff not wearing branded clothing and no passes so you would see them being followed. As an attendent you could sit back and watch as a guy with a bucket and bin liners in his pockets was followed by one or two watchmen straight into the toilets, the security detail stopping suddenly and then trying to look like they were not following anybody as soon as they realised their mistake. Very funny.
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  Wimbledon!

  by Laika in

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  starts today!

  now that england have slightly spoiled my world cup with their early failure, i am focusing a little more on the tennis.

  i happen to live 15 minute walk from the wimbledon tennis courts so am completely caught up in the atmosphere, i will be joining the queue with a friend thursday night, camping out for the ticket queue early friday morning.

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  konceptual99

  Murray has that lack of consistancy that plagues so many British sportspeople. He played well in the Olympics but frankly was lucky with Nadal being out and Federer getting beat early on last year. His head to head record with Nadal is poor and I think he will have to beat him in the final to win it this year. Not only that but there is a good chance he would have to be Djokovic in the semis as well. He certainly has the talent but does he have the consistency to win it again? Heart says yes. Head says no.