I wouldn't mind if we talked more about the ideas than the current personalities. Presidents, Prime Ministers and celebrities come and go but the issues their words, actions or presence highlight remain constant.
sparrowdown
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Free exchange of ideas
by recovering ini have noticed a paradigm shift on this site .
we used to be able to express opposing viewpoints without being subjected to name calling and censorship.
i wish we could return to how the board used to function.
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Getting Married to a Non-JW
by LaurenM inso i just got engaged to my boyfriend of over a year.
my jw parents still don't know about him.
i'm currently faded, so they know i'm not a practicing jw, but i am baptized.
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sparrowdown
Preparing for a shit storm is probably wise.
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Are we losing our way a bit at JWN?
by nicolaou infirstly, i want to be crystal clear how grateful i am for jwn.
it's been my place of support for over seventeen years and it's the first online space i direct anyone to if they are taking steps out of the cult.
i am not bashing jwn - i love this place and appreciate the hard work and expense simon puts in to keep it going.
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sparrowdown
I 'm not sure we ever had "a way" to lose.
Just a motley crew of deplorable apostates making it up as we go along our individual journeys.
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Special Seating at the Convention
by mann377 inhas anyone noticed at the convention that there is special reserved seating?
the convention that i attended (to keep peace in the family) had seating in the suites of the arena.
all arenas, stadiums etc.
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It's like being at the most pompous wedding ever and your value as a guest is determined by how close you are seated to the bridal table LOL. -
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Getting Married to a Non-JW
by LaurenM inso i just got engaged to my boyfriend of over a year.
my jw parents still don't know about him.
i'm currently faded, so they know i'm not a practicing jw, but i am baptized.
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sparrowdown
Yeah, I know Fink, I was trying not to catastrophize something before it's happened. I have no idea how her father or BOE's will respond.
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The Sailboat
by compound complex II inmy tech guy made my original summery day at sea into a brewing tempest.
sort of like life, yes?.
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sparrowdown
I like it, very Turner-esk.
Just like life, every silver lining has a black cloud.
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Are we losing our way a bit at JWN?
by nicolaou infirstly, i want to be crystal clear how grateful i am for jwn.
it's been my place of support for over seventeen years and it's the first online space i direct anyone to if they are taking steps out of the cult.
i am not bashing jwn - i love this place and appreciate the hard work and expense simon puts in to keep it going.
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sparrowdown
I only ask because it seems some posters ( of which, I'm not one btw) seem to expect a kind of "neutrality" " safe space" like we had in our dub daze.
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Getting Married to a Non-JW
by LaurenM inso i just got engaged to my boyfriend of over a year.
my jw parents still don't know about him.
i'm currently faded, so they know i'm not a practicing jw, but i am baptized.
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sparrowdown
First off congratulatons and not an elder.
Your dad being an elder might be a sticking point to him going, mainly because he needs to be setting a good example not because it's an "offense" of some kind but it may call into question his qualificatons as an elder. It depends a lot on how zealous the Body of Elders are.
Hope you or your family don't try to convert your boyfriend/husband tho.
Good luck.
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Special Seating at the Convention
by mann377 inhas anyone noticed at the convention that there is special reserved seating?
the convention that i attended (to keep peace in the family) had seating in the suites of the arena.
all arenas, stadiums etc.
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sparrowdown
Oo special. God, how JWs love that word and anything that differentiates them from regular run of the mill JWs. Even oo aah ...special seats!
See what happens when people aren't allowed to celebrate birthdays.
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Are we losing our way a bit at JWN?
by nicolaou infirstly, i want to be crystal clear how grateful i am for jwn.
it's been my place of support for over seventeen years and it's the first online space i direct anyone to if they are taking steps out of the cult.
i am not bashing jwn - i love this place and appreciate the hard work and expense simon puts in to keep it going.
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sparrowdown
This process of opinion drift isn't a mystery, forums tend to follow the ideologies of the most dominant posters and what management allows, then the "follower" posters go along with it and anyone else just ignores the topics they feel are hot potatoes and post on things that interest them.
Maybe people change their minds on issues over time as they experience more of life and information, maybe they always were "right" or "left" leaning but didn't feel comfortable being open about it - hey, it happens in groups, people become afraid to voice a dissenting opinion for fear of upsetting the group.
But tides change and worms turn, shifting sands could be seen as a good thing it means the opinion is not "settled" and things could "change" again.
Is it supposed to be politically neutral here? (Not being smart just asking.)