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  New York Times & UN/WTS

  by biblexaminer in

  1. watchtower
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  new york times december 15, 2001 .

  in a startling revelation, the watchtower bible and tract society of brooklyn ny, parent organization to the jehovah's witness religion, was exposed for a stark contradiction in their religious practices.. it was revealed this week by the guardian (a leading uk newspaper) that the governing body of the watchtower religion had secretly erected a christmas tree in celebration of the festive season.

  when the facts were made public this week, the watchtower quickly, and quietly, removed the tree to another location.. paul gilles, spokesman for the watchtower in great briton, wrote a letter to the guardian, in which he stated that the "tree was in no way secret" and that it was "necessary to gain access to the un library".

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  thewiz

  I would call this satire

  Not the level of Jonathan Swift.

  But point taken
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  Utter Disgust !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by Infrared in

  1. jw
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  i just returned home from the hospital.

  my sister in law had a mis- carriage today.

  it was a very sad day for her and my wifes family.

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  Sorry for the loss. I often think of people this happens to and I really don't understand how they can cope. I would fall to pieces.
  Dont' allow the anger and disgust to eat you up too much. It will deter you from your goal, to comfort the family.

  Don't blame him/them, per se. But I have found that not only are most JDubs ignorant they are also stupid, lack intelligence, many don't have educations to speak of. They are even encouraged not to think too much, believe it or not.

  Correct me if I am wrong, and sorry to add fuel to the very well justified flame, ...but isn't the current dogma of the JDubs that babies who were not born/birthed will not be coming back in the ressurection? Something to do about Job having wished he had died before he was born and therefore not ever seen the light of day.

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  Whose going to call me a liar on these points? I've been and have been around the JDubs my entire life. Although I know of other thinking and/or ideas (that's why I get in trouble so much), I know of no other way or outlook to live.

  I know you may have only been using a figure of speech Infrared, but
  YK does have a point in at least the gun respect. Leave the guns where they belong, in incinerators.
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  What books have shaped your affected you?

  by Eyebrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in another post i mentioned job a comedy of justice by robert heinlien.

  the responses to the post got me thinking about other books that have affected me.

  what books have had an impact on your life?

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  thewiz

  Since I have known nothing else I would defintely have to say, anything by the WTBS. You didnt' say for good or bad. Everything no doubt gets filtered through that. Hey I weakly gave up on my hope of becoming a cardiologist because of them.

  The bible (the one with Ge. - Rev. with no Apochripha)

  Jaws -along with the movie, scarred me outta the water at the height of my diving hobby

  Les Misrables -unabriged -Victor Hugo

  1984 and Animal Farm. -George Orwell

  Want religious imagery, try just about anything Hawthorne -excellent

  The Tell Tale heart -by Edger Allen Poe

  Crisis of Conscience -Raymond Franz

  the Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses -by ????

  Juggs magazine
  many more
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  Trusting You To Make Me Smile!

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a few months ago, 'somebody' - or 'chag' to h20'-ers, and i, had some dialogue about smiley music.. 'smiley' music is music that brings a great big smile to your face, when you hum or whistle along to it, you just can't help a big grin spreading from ear to ear.

  it has to be good enough for you to say "wow, that is good", it has to be good enough for someone to take the trouble to wait for the download via audiogalaxy before they have even heard it.. so, what music / song can you recommend to others like me?

  bear in mind, please, that i shall post my opinions very, very honestly, especially if it takes forever to download!.

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  thewiz

  Fat by Weird Al Yankovic (parody of Bad by Micheal Jacakson) (especially the video)

  as well as many from/presented by Dr. Demento...

  Shaving Cream...
  One Day the Baby Fell out of the window
  We feared that her head would be split
  But good luck was with her that morning
  she fell in a barrel of shhhhhhhhhaving cream...

  be nice and clean
  shave every day and you'll
  always look clean/keen.

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  She has freckles on her, but she is nice

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  My own Grandpa by Arlo Gutherie

  Also
  F**k her gently, by Tenacious D (parental Advisory -my first and only "adult" CD)
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  What if?

  by Tammie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was not exactly sure where to post.

  but here i go.. i am listening to music that was popular when i was in high school.

  and bringing back memories of when i was a teen, and in my early 20's.

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  thewiz

  I never married her. I only kissed her and shared my dreams with her. She left me for another. Regardless I think of her everyday. I hope she is happy.

  If I had to describe her looks, it would be most like Christy Turlington. But Christy Turlington, has those signature lips.

  I married another. I have ONLY "been" with ONE person, my wife. As soon as I get my head outta my ass I'll treat her like the treasue she really is.

  Some have said my wife looks like Ashley Judd. I think she looks more like Jodie Applegate, former host the weekend ed. of the Today show.

  I'm like Ralph Cramdon of the Honeymooners (Jackie Gleason). a person with a big heart but fumbling on knowing how to use it.

  I joke a lot but my heart is full of pain.
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  Your fear

  by moman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how do you rate your worst fear?

  on a 1-10 scale?.

  * dying (dying alone).

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  thewiz

  Dying without seeing my children grow up.

  My children without me, alone in the world.

  Not being there to protect them.

  My children getting old and becoming old people and dying. I will always remember them as lovable children

  There is NO afterlife. Therefore, nonexistence scares me.

  Why did I do this to them?
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  Example of Brainwashing Proves WTS Is A Cult!

  by MadApostate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after reading puppylove's post, "a sad example of jw brainwashing /twisted thinking", and hearing very familiar comments, i have decided to relate an experience i had a few days ago, which i am leary to relate since the key factor severely limits the jw population of "possibles".

  (details are purposefully sketchy to protect my identity.

  a jw, who usually avoids me like the plague, placed themself in a position of being alone with me for a few hours due to their greedy desire to obtain something free.

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  thewiz

  March 1980 WT -the closest you will see the WTBS make an apology. Why would they need to make an apology if they didn't do it?

  I remember something about the 1975 YB.

  Life Everlasting in the freedom of the sons of god original printing.

  the original truth book

  MadApostate
  how did this person get a PHD when for all-intents-and-purposes they weren't supposed to be supporting this ungodly system of things if they were a good little christian?

  I have a strong tendency to believe in the Elder school they have now, that the Elders are being taught that the great apostacy of the 1970's had something to do with 1975. Blame it on Raymond Franz mentality.

  If they aren't teaching that, I know that at least they are not correcting that thinking. Because I also believe that many people in the borg either conscieciously or unconscieciously think that.

  Watch the movies and read the books of Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell. To some people it's just a story. But to me it's a scarry and uncanny resemblance to big brother.

  BTW I did addresss a letter to the WTBS, starting with Dear Big Brother,
  
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  I have a question though, if the WTBS really believed the end would come in 1975 then why didn't they stop publishing books and WT, A! etc. Did they slow down production. Did they stop building, etc? THat could be used in their defense couldn't it?
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  What if?

  by Tammie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was not exactly sure where to post.

  but here i go.. i am listening to music that was popular when i was in high school.

  and bringing back memories of when i was a teen, and in my early 20's.

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  thewiz

  4 things

  1. To have never been born

  2. I would have gotten the education I was destined for. Becoming a foremost leading heart surgeon. I worshipped DeBakey, Cooley, Bernard. That stuff came to me effortlessly, at that time.

  But now with so much negativism.... A dream becomes the whole motivation for life. Remove that dream and that life, those abilities, are gone. Perhaps latently they exist, but who cares.

  3. To wipe from my memory or to have never gotten involved with the love of my life. Not a day has passed that the torture, of not being with her, doesn't affect me. It's been 17 long years since I last kissed her. I hope she's having a wonderful life.

  4. Don't let anyone CRUSH your dream. That's what this lesson has taught me to teach my children. That is, if I didn't get my wish in number 1, above. So here I am real life. I still have a chance, because Number 4 is worth ALL the 1-3, Repeats.

  I'm a downer, ain't I?

  Why am I confiding this?
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  Can You Defend Yourself before a J. Committee?

  by D wiltshire in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  to those who have been before a judicial committee for apostacy.. the elders will ask you questions not for the purpose of finding out the truth, but to make sure they can df you.. at my appeal hearing serveral months ago i was questioned by the appeal committees to their satifaction, they even thanked me for my honesty, as it helped them get what they were looking for to make the original dfing stand.. after they were finished with their questions i ask if i could now defend myself and prove that i was telling the truth and not a biblical apostate.. the chairman informed me that i would not be allowed to defend myself.. i looked at all 8 brothers(2 committees 5 & 3) in total amazement at his refusal to allow me to defend myself.

  to them(8) it seem perfectly alright not to allow me to defend myself.. wow.. the chairman said they really were not a judicial court and did not need to be that concerned about doing things in harmony with what is concidered to be fair and right by worldly courts or the bible.

  in fact the chairman spent about 10 minutes trying to explain why they didn't have have to be fair in the legalistic way of courts.. .

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  thewiz

  My Bro. was going thru a very difficult time. He had to go into a mental hospital. His behaviour was so strange that it shocked me. I thought he was putting on an act. He was a different person, I tell you.

  I was with him and he requested from an E.R. Dr. for a certain medicine, and that he wanted the Dr. to write out a death certificate. I chewed the Dr. out right there on the spot. He was going to give the medicine, just because my Bro. asked for it.

  Anyway, my bro. shows up at the K.H. with my Dad. My Bro. was like a complete zombie. Not because of the break-down but because of the meds.

  Anyway, he sent a letter in to the local Elders, saying he wanted to DA himself. Now the Elders knew full well of his mental condition but carried it out anyway. He did it out of protest because they were doing NOTHING to his former wife. IT's a long story.

  A couple years later I asked the PO of the Hall why they did that and he said, that's what he wanted. I then reminded him and asked him if he was aware of my Bros. condition at the time. He was aware.

  They really didn't care. I think they just wanted to shut him up. Which is one of the biggest advantages for them. Don't want the story to leak? DA or DF someone, it totally discredits a person as far as they are concerned.

  It took several years for him to find out that his wife had committed adultery, several times.
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  You guys are too suspicious

  by Mulan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i posted this on the thread from little_red_birdie, but thought perhaps it deserved it's own thread.. to some of the posters on this thread:.

  you guys are just too suspicious.

  some teens are so grown up, and have good vocabularies, because their parents talk to them, and they learn how to speak.

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  Mulan
  

  Don't look for things to criticize so often. That is a JW trait.

  No it's not, it's a people trait. Funny how you makes such blanket, generalized statements. Single out a group for a scape goat.

  Maybe you are/were a negative/pessimistic person. I tend to be negative/pessimistic. But I wouldn't characterize a whole group of people that way.

  I think all/many religion instills an element of guilt for motivation. All/many religions questions a persons motives: whether they are good or bad.

  Check out these boreds Mulan. All they do is criticize the WTBS/JDubs. But you say it is a JDub trait. Wake up Mulan, it's a forum trait too.