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  Conversation with 4 elders: A study in smear tactics.

  by problemaddict in

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  bucket shop bill has a thread in which they are "counseled" for something, that ends up not even being true.

  instead of the elder who made the accusation apologizing to them, they are made to feel like they should appreciate his overexuberence.. it struck me that this is a common tactic.

  here is a story of my own.

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  How the Supreme Courts decision could spill into the JW world.

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  so in the 5-4 decision today, the courts said an employer could not be forced to cover things mandated by the aca (specifically birth control was the point of contention), if doing so would violate their religious beliefs.. nuts.

  just nuts.. here is what ruth ginsberg wrote in her dissent.

  its 35 pages, but this stood out to me for obvious reasons.. "would the exemption...extend to employers with religiously grounded objections to blood transfusions (jehovah's witnesses); antidepressants (scientologists); medications derived from pigs, including anesthesia, intravenous fluids, and pills coated with gelatin (certain muslims, jews, and hindus); and vaccinations[?

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  New Light: 3rd heaven?

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  forgive me if this has been covered.

  last year i did a synopsis of the convention, but my wife decided she did not want to go this year (thats a win), so i didn't either.

  a good friend of mine however tipped me to something in david splanes talk.. its pretty mild, but seems a bit wacky.

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  No TARPS Allowed (or large umbrellas).

  by problemaddict in

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  maybe this was already covered here.

  i've been absent a bit more than usual.. at qualcomm stadium, home of the chargers and the "special arrangement" with san diego which means they use the venue for free, you are not allowed to bring a tarp in the 80 degree sunshine, nor a large umbrella.. mercifully however, you may bring a small one person umbrella you can hold or perhaps vice to the seat, but if someone asks you to take it down, you are to oblige.

  san diego is freaking out over this i can assure you.

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  I just noticed this tactic

  by problemaddict in

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  in reading terrys latest post, if made me think of something that exists and many of us have experienced but i have not really put into a logical thoughts process before.

  in terrys 4 facts everyone should know about jw's, the second one referrs to the walsh trial where unity is said to be more important than truth, in no uncertain terms.. this made me think about how one would bring up this fact.

  my mind wandered to the beginning of my fade, when inevitably, many of us open up our mouths and say too much.

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  Pondering Noah account

  by problemaddict in

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  i see my wife being pulled into the org a little again, by some good people and kindness.

  she grew up a very happy jw, and to leave is very hard for her.

  but she has opened the pandoras box of her brain and can't shut it.. we were discussing blood a couple days ago.

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  A friend gets his last check from a JW company.....

  by problemaddict in

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  so basically he is a subcontractor for a company that owes him money, and has been paying him very poorly for his service.

  (industry wide problem).

  so he e mails them a venting e mail, saying he will no longer take work, giving them a date he expects the pay to be cut or he leins properties etc.... he gets a response, they go back and forth, and the last response they send the check and at the bottom post a scripture (he didn't remember which one) with the phrase "and we will continue to serve our god jehovah".

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  Yahoo Answers

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  so i went over there for the first time ever just to kind of check it out.

  i am shocked by the large amount of jw's on there.

  (i am less shocked that they are copying and pasting the jw.org website and refferencing it, without ever answering any questions).. my thought is this.....is the new attention to jw.org going to embolden jw's to start preaching via the web?

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  Governing Body member Sam Heard at our Assembly

  by problemaddict in

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  nice enough gentleman.

  the parts were pretty watered down.

  mom asks him if he is ready.....did he clean off all the dirt?

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  What ever happened too.....

  by problemaddict in

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  ...the real jw apologists?

  not the ones that pop on here and have a go with the athiests, but the ones that defended their posision at least with some form of scholarly notion and education.

  you know.... greg stafford (last seen being clearly an apostate....but not getting disfellowshipped for starting another religion.....odd) site abandon for months.. jehovah.to - the haven for the learned with such heavies as hal flemmings, solomon landers, and heinz schmidt.

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