Topics Started by Zaccheus

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"Hey Mister" by The Rutles makes great reference to JWs
by Zaccheus in
1. social
2. entertainment
i was awakened this morning by our barking dogs at the front door, and thought the worst.

fortunately, no door-knocking delusional hippies in ties, just neighbors telling us a bird was caught in our garage.

phew.
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Wife is Awake
by freemindfade in
1. jw
2. experiences
following the news of stuckinarut2, over the past few months my wife has completely mentally woken up.

i've been meaning to post but haven't had the time.

i saw stuckins post and i figured i'd add my news too.
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All About The Words We Used
by dubstepped in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in the time since i've left the borg behind i've had a few things hit me as to how words were used.

i'm wondering if anyone else has some similar examples, but here are some things that have made me think:.

watchtower - my whole life i saw this as a thing of protection from outside evil forces, and then when i left someone pointed out "isn't that what they used to keep people in prison".
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Janet Jackson before and after pics
by moomanchu in
1. jw
2. friends
guess she is a muslim now, golly.. http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/janet-jackson-spotted-first-time-9106989.

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Awake! mag on a 60' rock album
by greek in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i found a copy of the awake!

mag.

on a cover of a rock album of 1968, the magazine awake is dated 08/10/1968, and here i put some pictures and a link to youtube.
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What Were Your Elders Real World Jobs?
by pale.emperor in
1. jw
2. experiences
we all know that education is severely demonized in this religion.

and that the elders are appointed based on how many meetings they attend, hours they put in on the ministry and general attitude to other elders (as apposed to, you know, actual theological training and counseling) - so my question is, what were your elders occupations outside the kingdom hall?.

in my old congregation our elders consisted of:.
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Is Christianity contingent on belief in a talking snake?
by cobweb in
1. jw
2. friends
this is a question mainly for those who are christian as i myself am not:.

to what extent is christianity contingent on a belief in the book of genesis.

i know there are some christians who accept that the creation story is a myth, and maybe the adam and eve story too.
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A stunning piece of LOGIC from the Apostle Paul
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. bible
1st corinthians 15 12-17. but if it is preached that christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even christ has been raised.

and if christ has not been raised, your faith is futile... .
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What's The First "Worldly" Thing You Did When You Exited The Cult?
by pale.emperor in
1. jw
2. experiences
when you finally and officially exited the cult, whether it be by disfellowshipping, disassociating or fading - what was the first things you did that are considered "worldly"?.

for me, it was like crash landing on another planet that looked like earth but was completely different to the earth i knew.

i wanted to learn everything that i thought i already knew.. first things i did:.
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PRESS RELEASE: This is not over, on the contrary. I do not retract.
by sp74bb in
1. jw
2. friends
i appreciate all the expressions of interest and solidarity.

it has been a very intense week.

i started with the help of many of you, a particular war for my rights as a european citizen.. we have achieved an important space and advertising with a single complaint, which is a great success that i share with you all.. the press has not only spoken about a single complaint, but they gave a full coverage on asocial behavior of jehovah's witnesses and the last, a very hard editorial from the newspaper el periodico director (link).