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  What is your opinion of the news media?

  by minimus in

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  to me they have an agenda and they really don't care about professional journalism.

  most are untrustworthy and that's a shame.

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  Aww...rise above the peepee party style accusations - but there sooo fun.
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  What is your opinion of the news media?

  by minimus in

  1. social
  2. current

  to me they have an agenda and they really don't care about professional journalism.

  most are untrustworthy and that's a shame.

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  What is my opinion of the news media?

  Probably "with a grain of salt" as they say. I don't think everything is a lie but nor do I believe everything unthinkingly either. Most stuff unless you are actually there how would you know what was said and what happened etc you are relying on reports of reports of reports.

  I think with the news we get important stuff like context and background is a casualty of the public's need for the quick easy catchphrase to pass along and inaccuracies are too often repeated and ran with by minor, less conscientious news stations/ outlets.

  But hell what would I know so what does it matter what I think, but thanks for asking.

  The real story behind headlines and sound bites you would need to research for yourself just like everything in life.
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  Does enforced shunning violate free will?

  by poopie in

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  and ..

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  Every individual JW is free to choose whether to obey the GB or not - they just don't know it.

  It is a prison of the mind you are in as a JW, which is difficult to prove.

  Waking up to this is like you and your loved ones have been sitting in a prison cell for years when you get up one day and finally trying to open the door you discover it's actually never been locked and walking out past the guards to find out they never had the physical power to stop you and their guns are props.

  It sucks donkey dong and it is difficult and scary to disobey the GB but people can always use the magic word when it comes to shunning or any other GB imposed rules, and that word is NO!
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  Disfellowshipped 2x adultry divorce remarried getting divorce to write my wrong

  by IDontKnowMe77 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is bit hard for me but im lost and don't know what to do.. 2010-married to a disfellowship person after only knowing him 3 months i began studying baptized few months later and he was reinstated same year.. i committed adultry 3-4 times in first 2 years of marriage he forgave me.

  he was a recovering alcoholic and fell off wagon hard when i tried to fix my wrong it was way out of hand he moved in drug addicts in the home we fought constantly i tried to get personal studies with a sister to keep going but i failed at that and left my husband i left for another man 2 in half years later im looking to divorce because well what goes around comes around and he committed adultery on me .

  i got what was coming for thinking i would live happy ever after.

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  Forget your ex and move on. You can't fix other people, only yourself.
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  "Are they charging admission to tour Warwick?"

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

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  2. humour

  my wife and son were talking about going to warwick to tour the new facility.

  apparently the local dubs are getting together and chartering a bus.

  jokingly, i asked my son: "are they charging admission to tour warwick?

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  Tour Warwick? Maybe if you slip the guide fifty bucks he might take you to the secret apostate library.

  Now that would be the only thing worth seeing.
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  Stranger asks about your kids mental wellness. ..

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  last night at the meeting there was a suggested presentation about the new mags, which cover the issue of depression in minors.

  the jw jumps straight from "hi how are ya" to "how is your kids mental well-being " and of course the hh is more than happy to discuss the inner workings of their child's mind with a stranger whose just knockedmon their door(!).

  if it was me i'd be majorly creeper out!.

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  JWs have been asking inappropriate personal questions and of householders for sometime now, it's kinda been their signature move at the door that distinguishes them from mormons and avon.

  They have hides like a rhino when it comes to intrusive and would be the perfect people to sell adult diapers door to door for this reason.
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  Sparlock is making his rounds again

  by stillin in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was at the meeting last night and the dreadful video about caleb and sparlock was forced upon the audience.

  honestly, i had forgotten how bad it was.

  the mother's manipulative over-reaction and caleb's acceptance that his toy was evil.

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  Next jw urban legend :Sparlock the demonized warrior wizard flies down the aisle at a meeting terrorizing the flock!
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  Has anyone else seen this video on JW Broadcasting?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i was checking out the website to see what the february broadcast was all about before i watched it with my jw wife.. on the front page was this video.... https://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodbible/pub-jwbai_201607_1_video.

  i watched it and pretended i had never been a jw.. if you pretend you don't understand their particular language it makes for a interesting (if not vague) watch.. btw i've seen several of the actors before.

  jw version of movie stars?

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  Very culty cult-cult.
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  2017 Circuit Assembly: Lesbians at school demonstration

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  steve2: is there some way this can be presented so that it is crystal clear what was actually in the demonstrations and what was added?

  i guess some will think it should be obvious - but this is where misunderstandings arise because we end up wrongly attributing something to jw organization that was never said.. circuit assembly theme: maintain love for jehovah!.

  note to speaker: warmly encourage young ones to prove their friendship with jehovah by observing his commandments and defending his standards.

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  @steve2 lol. Have you got any tips coz I never seem to know when too many throw cushions is too many throw cushions.
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  2017 Circuit Assembly: Lesbians at school demonstration

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  steve2: is there some way this can be presented so that it is crystal clear what was actually in the demonstrations and what was added?

  i guess some will think it should be obvious - but this is where misunderstandings arise because we end up wrongly attributing something to jw organization that was never said.. circuit assembly theme: maintain love for jehovah!.

  note to speaker: warmly encourage young ones to prove their friendship with jehovah by observing his commandments and defending his standards.

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  Lol @ compound complex 😄