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  Seeking JW friend

  by Jujitz in

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  hello: i'm currently not yet a jehovah's witness but i'm seeking a friend to help me to better understand their doctrine.

  thank you.

  david.

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  Hello: I'm currently not yet a Jehovah's Witness but I'm seeking a friend to help me to better understand their Doctrine. Thank you. David
  
  Imagine attending an insurance salesman's conference 3 times per week in a shitty budget hotel conference room with no windows. And imagine a boring monotone person in a cheap suit reading off the footnoted terms and conditions for 2025 for 2 hours and then getting everyone's "thoughts" on the matter where they just repeat the terms and conditions either verbatim or slightly in their own words.
  
  It's sorta like that.
  
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  Did the Fred Franz style of writing cease after he died?

  by SydBarrett in

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  i was completely out by 1991 and 1989 would have been the last time i had to attend regularly.

  that over the top franz writing style was still there in the 1980's although i've heard he wasn't actually doing much writing by then.

  but his style was definitely picked up and imitated for many years beyond its wacky, outlandish peak of the the 50's - 70's.

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  "Sorry to burst your bubble Syd. I saw Fred and Ray every day. Fred was a weirdo and a fraud."
  
  I agree he was both of those things. I'm not sure what I said in my topic to make you think you were bursting any Franz fandom bubble.
  I called him hurtful, an oddball, possibly autistic and a shitty writer. How much more clear can my feelings be?
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  Space just got Girl-Bossed!!!!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  the founding members of the:.

  advanced.

  taskforce.

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  "How high did they go up for them not to get scorched on the way down?"
  
  "How high" has nothing to do with it, dummy. Spacecraft get scorched on re-entry because you have to move really really fast to achieve orbit, then they slam back into the atmosphere on re-entry going that speed.
  
  They didn't go into orbit . All they did was go up high and then fall back down.
  
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  Did the Fred Franz style of writing cease after he died?

  by SydBarrett in

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  2. friends

  i was completely out by 1991 and 1989 would have been the last time i had to attend regularly.

  that over the top franz writing style was still there in the 1980's although i've heard he wasn't actually doing much writing by then.

  but his style was definitely picked up and imitated for many years beyond its wacky, outlandish peak of the the 50's - 70's.

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  "Hey new boy! Strip off your clothes and meet me in the sauna so we can "discuss the bible " after work, Franz"
  
  Hmm. I've never heard any sexual rumors in regards to Franz. I've always viewed him as just a (hurtful to millions) oddball who loved exclamation points, probably on the autistic spectrum.
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  Judge Arrested for Immigration Related Criminality

  by Sea Breeze in

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  2. scandals

  breaking: fbi director kash patel has announced the arrest of milwaukee judge hannah dugan for obstructing ice during the arrest of an illegal alien.

  patel: "we believe judge dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, eduardo flores ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest.".

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  "And we are talking about a staggering amount of illegal aliens that entered the country. Not just a handful. That could be ignored…. So, keep being in denial."
  
  Yep. every damn saturday in my neighborhood, they arrive it swarms and start assaulting our hedges and lawns. We are terrified. They carry some type of scissors half as tall as a man. As a neighborhood, we've begun just letting them get it outta their system then paying them to leave quietly.
  
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  Did the Fred Franz style of writing cease after he died?

  by SydBarrett in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was completely out by 1991 and 1989 would have been the last time i had to attend regularly.

  that over the top franz writing style was still there in the 1980's although i've heard he wasn't actually doing much writing by then.

  but his style was definitely picked up and imitated for many years beyond its wacky, outlandish peak of the the 50's - 70's.

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  SydBarrett

  I was completely out by 1991 and 1989 would have been the last time I had to attend regularly. That over the top Franz writing style was still there in the 1980's although i've heard he wasn't actually doing much writing by then. But his style was definitely picked up and imitated for many years beyond its wacky, outlandish peak of the the 50's - 70's. The man sure was in love with the exclamation point! How true!
  
  For those of you who were still JW's after he croaked in 1992, did the writing style continue or did you notice a change to a less breathless style of writing?
  
  
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  Too Much Video ?

  by HereIam60 in

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  2. beliefs

  does anyone feel the same way?

  i am not anti-video, just feeling overload.

  since the jw organization started video production there has been such a flood of it that no one can, or possibly even wants to keep up with it all: some thoughts and questions i"ve had -.

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  Is anyone watching The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu?

  by Biahi in

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  after finishing season 6, episode 5, it occurred to me that, if the jws were right, (they’re not), the “new system” would end up being very much like this.

  picture the commanders as the elders.. it’s a riveting series.

  i wanted to see it, because i read the book when it first came out.

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  Sea Breeze, I predict you will find it a heart warming tale of how a proper godly society should be run.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

  by Simon in

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  2. friends

  uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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  It's said that more words have been written about Napoleon Bonaparte than any other figure apart from Jesus. Will this board end up replacing Napoleon with Lloyd Evans?
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  Trump Tariffs started today, Some Countries Caved in early morning.

  by liam in

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  usa politicians in charge of the economy for the past 50 years were too stupid to understand how the economy works.

  this just proves my theory, that an education on the top tier universities just sucks and means nothing in the real world, unless its in the stem education.

  for 50 years usa had zero tariffs on other countries.

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