You will love this from WOL- the (* KM has told all jw not to put up any sites since you don't know who you are dealing with THE SLAVE HAS SPOKEN but the rank and file jw doesn't want to be obedient to the Slave
So they struggle as to how to be disobedient to the Slave
Their comments reveal the sick mindset of the jw in action as they try to decide how to setup a forum
Read and enjoy
James
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CONTEMPLATIONS FORUM:
Who qualifies for admission? Established Members of WOL. We have criteria that must be met in order to grant access, but for security reasons the only one that will be posted publicly is this:
You must have been a WOL member for a representative length of time so as to properly evaluate your posting quality..
What happens if I request access and I do not yet meet the other criteria for access? If that happens, please do not be disheartened. You will be wait-listed and once you do meet the criteria, access will be granted at that time.
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the following post is the BEST:
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Heather
l would as a relative newcomer to WOL like to register my agreement with the new addmittance procedure for joining WOL.
When l joined at the end of September, l was reuqired to fill out the new form. l thought at the time that even this was open to admitting undesirables.
For instance in a household where there is a disfellowshiped person, and also two or three more publishers it would be very easy for the disfellowshipped person to answer the questions as to what the current W.T study is, and also what items are on the service meeting, because there would be personal WT copies and also magazines for fiels service in the home, which such a person could find when inthe house alone.
So l welcome the new referral/recommendations system that is now in place.
May I say that hiding wol altogether from public view (which is a consideration at the moment) is something I would like to see.. I'd feel better knowing it was a private conversation b'twn friends - and read by only those who understand our spiritual perspective on matters.
I agree with Pumpkin but when you think about it, the people that we should hide from, the ones who can cause us harm; would have the knowledge to find us. I also know what you mean about having a private conversation among friends. I have to totally agree with that. So my question is, why isn't it and if it was would it cost money or something? Just wondering, not knocking the arrangement...
We can put them on, & here comes the down side - we can also take them off.
However, important matters are under constant scrutiny & discussion by the Admin. team.
All for the better, we hope.
I guess I have mixed emotions about the whole WOL being private also. Have you read the thread entitled "the silver lining" listed by Jazee Vee? This just shows that there are sincere people out there that lurk and find refreshment from what we write. Who knows how many more are out there that could be re-activated and/or motivated to show up at the KH for the first time by seeing that we have a lot of really interesting things in our lives other than just preaching and going to meetings. A lot of people are misinformed about our activities and this database can show them that we are not "weird" and have normal lives. I personally think that a lot of the problems can be avoided by having the referrals done which is a great idea.
Just my opinion - will let the Admins make the ultimate decision as they have the wealth of knowledge needed to make the best decision.
I wanted to add a little bit.
At assemblies and conventions that I have been to where my step father has been a attendant. If they find apostate literature on cars ect, they do not leave it there for the witnesses/publishers to do what they please with. They take it off the cars and destroy it. (trash, ect)
Also when we have a party, or get together at our house, we would not allow apostates to give things to our guests. Because we are responsible for their spiritual safety while they are in our home.
What I feel, is when we come to WOL, it is like visiting some ones home, the owner, admins and mods are responsible for your spiritual safety while you are visiting here. True most of us could care less what the apostates think. But, it is still our responsibility to try to protect our visitors from such propaganda. Especially the last propaganda where they tried to inpersonate a mod of wol, and some may have thought and did think he was one of our mods.
Its good to see that all practicle steps are being taken to keep WOL safe for all of Jehovah's people who might want to use it
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First of all, I think the "referral" requirement is excellent! And a great solution to weeding out those that are only here to try and stumble Jehovah's people that associate here.
There are both positives & negatives to "going private"....
We all know there are "unwanted lurkers" out there, and the fact that they can't see what is posted and try & twist stuff is a definitely plus, but on the flip side, do we really care what they think?
The point was made that it would be "read only by those who understand our spiritual perspective on matters." We have the TRUTH as found in the Bible, our spiritual perspective should be able to be stand on it's own. We have nothing to hide.
But of course on the flip side...I've gotten plenty of "junk mail" from opposers...so that's where my lack of decision comes in.
I'm just glad I'm not making the decisions. The Admins put a lot of work into the site, and it is very appreciated. Just thought I'd share my mixed thoughts...of course these thoughts have obviously been shaken and not stirred.