They may not even be windows in the sense you can see thru them. The place that I work has these large black windows - that aren't. They just look like they are, so that the building doesn't look like a cement lego.
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New kingdom hall Washington State
by Are you serious inyesterday i drove passed a town a couple of hours from my home and saw this kh under construction.
this is the first new design kh i've seen in washington state even though i would think by now another one or two have been built.
maybe not with their financial situation being the way it is.
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The glue of disfellowshiping
by Sour Grapes inthe fear or threat of being disfellowshipped is what is keeping thousands of jdubs stuck in the borg.
the borg knows that and constantly reminds the witlesses of this loving provision from their desert god.. this forces thousands of people to live miserable lives.
millions of jdubs live for the promised panda and lion petting zoo while pissing away the only life they will ever have.
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How amazing would it be, if on one day, all of the people that knew it wasn't the truth, walked out of the kingdom hall?
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Did Your Taste In Music Change After You Woke Up?
by pale.emperor inafter i awoken from the cult, i went through the normal process of not knowing who i was and what my tastes where.
looking back this was a wonderful time in my life because i experimented and tried different things and now i like or dislike things because i personally like/dislike them - not because i've been told they're good or bad.. black pudding is an example - it's made of blood and is a popular addition here in britain to fried breakfasts.
i tried it for the first time last year and i can confirm that it is indeed revolting.
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I like a variety of music and I haven't changed what I like but I have expanded it. Classical, old 20 -50's oldies, Moody Blues, and bits and pieces of rock bands, beatles etc.
I didn't use to like rap but since I listen to Korean pop and rap, I like it. At least in their style. More melodic and better content.
Very little Jazz.
I never got into scream rock.
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The Hidden Experience that can keep you in the dark.
by days of future passed inhidden in your past, could be an experience or an example, that you may have never questioned or even realized that you should.. this experience could have very little impact on your life now, but it could also be something that is detrimental in the here and now.. for example, when i was young, my father would take us on camping trips.
we often went over a bridge that had a train trestle next to it.
all you could see of that trestle, was the top that had about 8 humps that spanned the river.
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Scruffmcbuff - how long did you believe that? When did you realize it was wrong?
LevelThePlayingField - One of things that caught my attention that made me go What? Was from a bookstudy conductor that was an ex bethelite - You don't need to tell the truth to others. It was implied that you could lie. LIE! That is one thing I kept in mind for years.
Here is another one.
The second way we went camping, was to travel by a paper mill. You could see it standing by the river and it really smelled bad. Like burning tar. I knew it was the factory making the smell, but my sister didn't. Since there was fields of grapevines on each side of the freeway, she thought it was the grapes making the smell. Years later, she got married and they bought a house in that area. As she was standing outside in her backyard, which had a field of grapes behind it, she said to her husband, "boy, those grapes sure smell" He was like "What?" She said again "It's those grapes, they sure smell bad!" It was only then did she find out it was the paper mill's fault.
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The Hidden Experience that can keep you in the dark.
by days of future passed inhidden in your past, could be an experience or an example, that you may have never questioned or even realized that you should.. this experience could have very little impact on your life now, but it could also be something that is detrimental in the here and now.. for example, when i was young, my father would take us on camping trips.
we often went over a bridge that had a train trestle next to it.
all you could see of that trestle, was the top that had about 8 humps that spanned the river.
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Hidden in your past, could be an experience or an example, that you may have never questioned or even realized that you should.
This experience could have very little impact on your life now, but it could also be something that is detrimental in the here and now.
For example, when I was young, my father would take us on camping trips. We often went over a bridge that had a train trestle next to it. All you could see of that trestle, was the top that had about 8 humps that spanned the river.
Curious, we asked our mother one time, what it was. "That's were the train goes over the river" she said. When I heard that, all I could see in my mind, was the train on top of the humps - without any tracks or means to stay on it - hitting the low point on the hump and falling into the river. When we came back from the trip, I searched the paper everyday for a week, looking for a report of how it had crashed and killed everyone. I never found a story but every time I went over the bridge, that vision of the train falling into the river would come up. I thought, "I'm never going to take train over water"
It was only when I was 17 or so, I was traveling on the freeway and saw the train trestle from the side. Then I realized the train traveled on the tracks below the humps. I told this to my sister and she laughed because she had believed the same thing! But we just accepted it as the truth because we had never said out loud our fears of that trestle to be corrected.
One time I was traveling with my brother-in-law and commented on a farmer's field. "I wonder if that is tomatoes or potatoes that are growing in that field" I said. "That can't be potatoes" he said. I was surprised he said that in such a confident way since he wasn't into gardening. "Why don't you think it's potatoes?" I asked. "Because potatoes don't grow above ground" he replied. "Of course the actual potato doesn't grow above ground, but the green leafy part does" I said. That sparked a long conversation about how potatoes grew and his adamant belief that I was wrong. Why was I wrong? His childhood experience. When you grow potatoes, the potato tubers grow attached to the roots and they are supported by stalks and leaves above ground. At the end of their season, the foliage dies and the potatoes are harvested from the bare ground. And that is what he saw. Bare ground being tilled and potatoes going up the conveyor belt. He had a difficult time believing me.
Just recently, I tried to convince my mom to take a one a day vitamin. She didn't want me to pick her up some until she talked to me. Why? Because in school - some 65 years ago or so - a teacher she liked told her, "you cannot get vitamins or minerals in a pill, it has to go through an animal or vegetable to be any good" I had to give personal examples of how they had benefited me and use a quote from a doctor to finally convince her take them. All because she never thought to question or reevaluate what the teacher said.
There are other funny things I could mention but, the reason I posted about this subject, is that the hidden thoughts like these, can be very serious. Such as "lying in God's name is very bad and the GB would never lie because that would be very bad." That is one thought the WT inculcated into me as a child and was the basis of me never questioning this religion.
The way the WT portrays women as below men - not good enough to teach from the platform or have their ideas valued - affects women as well as men. But at the same time, "women are like fragile vases" something we should treasure. So it makes weakness a valued trait, something women should be happy about, all the time they are looked down on from the Watchtower. How many realize that if they grow up in this religion?
The problem with hidden experiences is that you may not know it is the basis for important decisions. My mother has macular degeneration. Could it have been prevented with the addition of good vitamins? Probably, but she never took them on account of her hidden belief. Could more people leave the JW religion? Yes if the untested hidden reason is exposed.
Everyone probably has a hidden story.
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Concerned Parent
by ConcernedParent ini'm writing for some advice from former jws.
my family is christian, and my 15yo daughter is "dating" a jw boy.
(the quotes are because they aren't old enough to actually go out on dates... they consider themselves bf/gf and have hung out and gone places with each other, but always with parents, family, etc.
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If you have a close friendly relationship with her, then a friendly chat with her about a few things about the JW religion, might work.
"I wanted to know more about Boyfriends religion and found out about the Holidays. I also found out they restricted your type of clothing (that might get her the most). Sounds funny doesn't it? If you wanted to watch the latest movie about ---- you wouldn't be able to go because of it's rating. Even dating Boyfriend can cause a lot of trouble in his place of worship because the men in charge - Elders - would say he is disobedient being with a "worldly" girl. They have all the power in their church and they make sure each member does what their religious leaders tell them to. They are like Scientology in many ways."
Only you know really what would be appropriate and right to discuss with your daughter, but you'll regret not saying anything.
This religion can have a strange hold on people. Even if they have been out for years, the fear this religion instills in you, can drag you back in. Especially if something frightening happens in the world. Then the thought of Armageddon and God bringing judgment on them, will send them panicking back to the safety of the religion.
I certainly hope that Boyfriend leaves this religion, but although the parents seem nice, they are still in. Their child's future will be one of destruction if they allow him to leave. Sad but true.
I had friends that I knew since I was 13. They stopped going to the meetings for years so I would bring them the latest magazines. They only attended the memorial once a year. They even had "worldly" friends they went on cruises with and didn't mind helping out at Halloween for a cousins child. Yet when I found out that this religion was false and tried to tell them about it, they snapped right back into being Ultra Jehovah's Witnesses and condemned me.
That is what you have to be concerned about.
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Concerned Parent
by ConcernedParent ini'm writing for some advice from former jws.
my family is christian, and my 15yo daughter is "dating" a jw boy.
(the quotes are because they aren't old enough to actually go out on dates... they consider themselves bf/gf and have hung out and gone places with each other, but always with parents, family, etc.
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Maybe you should ask your daughter what she knows about his religion. Most of the time, young people don't go into a lot of detail. Just say you were interested in finding out about his religion since you weren't familiar with it.
If you do it carefully and without sounding biased, you can show how they don't accept blood transfusions etc. Ask what she thinks about that.
Teenage years combined with the "first boyfriend" ever, might make it more difficult for her to see the danger in this religion.
But if he is into the JW religion and wants the approval of his family and congregation in order to marry her, he will work at getting her to study and commit to the religion.
There is a great place to find out more about this religion if you haven't already found it - https://www.jwfacts.com/
Hope it turns out alright for you and your daughter.
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Favourite female heroes in film ...
by LoveUniHateExams in... well, obviously not rey (daisy ridley) from the latest star wars films.
she's a complete mary sue.
but, before hollywood tried to force sjw propaganda down our throats, there were lots of powerful, legit female characters in film.. here are some of my favourites .... ripley (sigourney weaver): i though this character was great.
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Ripley is the best. Princess Leia did indeed kick Han Solo's butt and always had him off guard.
And now for something decidedly different in a heroine - Anne Elliot in Jane Austen's "Persuasion" 1995 version. Portrayed as weak willed - she was anything but.
The black Panther's General. Funny and can kick butt with the best, Okoye.
And Shuri, the black panther's sister.
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Kingdom Hall a total loss after 2nd fire in months
by Tahoe inhttps://q13fox.com/2018/07/03/2nd-fire-this-year-at-olympia-jehovahs-witness-kingdom-hall/.
olympia, wash. -- authorities are investigating the second fire in a matter of months at a jehovah's witness kingdom hall in olympia.. the fire started just after 3:00 a.m. at cain rd se and 22nd se, according to the olympia fire department.
nobody was inside at the time.. roads near the building were shut down as firefighters investigated.
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The fire started just after 3:00 a.m. at Cain Rd SE and 22nd SE, according to the Olympia Fire Department. Nobody was inside at the time.
I hear they are looking for someone by the name of Abel.
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Signs You Would Like To See At Watchtower Convention
by Brokeback Watchtower ini think gb loesch has made some pretty bold statements that could be put in quotes with his picture attached could be a real killer!.
believe and obey only the faithful slave, don't believe any negative comment about us in the press believe only us.. google: child molestation watchtower bible and tract society, klick on wikki.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jehovah%27s_witnesses%27_handling_of_child_sex_abuse.
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THEY NEED YOUR CHILD'S ICE CREAM MONEY - it costs a lot to settle child sexual abuse cases out of court.