Posts by Still Totally ADD

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Uber Cart Witnessing at the State Fair

by truth_b_known in

last thursday i bunch of us working decided we were going to head down to the state fair and badge our way in to get a fletcher's corny dog for lunch.

we had to go to a specific gate to park and show our credentials to get in.

this meant driving halfway around the perimeter of the entire fairgrounds.

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Amazing. I know in this neck of the woods SW NY and NW PA I have seen Uber Carts at the county fairs. One of them kind of made me laugh because they put them in one of the display barns for business. Placed them in the very back corner where no one could see them. They was next to the anti-abortion table. One table showing the horrors of abortion the other showing a DVD JW cartoon.

Most of the people just walk by not even looking at it. The 2 women sitting behind the CART were the only ones all dressed up. They really looked out of place. Good find Truth. Still Totally ADD

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Do you believe in god?

by freakyAL in

i used to be a staunch believer in god.

maybe its technology and science advancing so much thats got me doubting idk.

do you believe in god?

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What I went through in the cult as a child has hardened me into not believing in God. What I have read on this board of horrible experiences by others has convince me even more that there is no God. It took me a long time to come to this conclusion but I feel at peace with it. Still Totally ADD

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Normal things you missed out on as a kid (besides holidays)

by Are you serious in

since me and my siblings had to go to service every saturday, and i mean every saturday, i missed out on something so normal as watching good ole saturday morning cartoons from the 70's and 80's.

i remember wishing i could stay home just one saturday so i could watch cartoons.

but noooo we had to go save lives!

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Little league baseball

4 H club

Jr. High & High school football

Summer camp

School band

School dances & holiday events

Boy Scout's

All the things that help a person build self esteem and social skills. Instead I got to wear a suit and knock on doors. Still Totally ADD

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The wonder of scientific research

by amicabl in

this has possibly been brought up before however here goes.. constant reference is made by many posters to scientific research as being the only way to prove something factual that would otherwise have to be taken on faith.

there actually seems to be "faith" in scientific findings.. my experience over many years is that most scientific research is fake.

nothing oftencomes of the big announcements made to raise more money.. money, prestige, pride, human error, suppositions etc., are rife amongst the scientific community.. i realise that there have been many advances over hundreds of years but humankind is in a mess, although very different to even a century ago.. the medical profession now has vaccinations for everything, antiviral drugs etc.

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I do know one thing if it wasn't for scientific research and the skills of trained doctors my back surgery would not have been possible. I forgot to say Robby the Robot would not have been developed if it was not for scientific research. He was the one that perfectly but the screws to me during my surgery. Still Totally ADD

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Biggest impact on humans

by menrov in

do not know where to post this but i like to hear your views on what you think had the biggest impact on humans.

for me, 2 things:.

music: every human listens one way or another to music and will likely have some sort of emotion.

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Not to be negative but I believe the biggest impact on humans is hatred of one another. The reason I say this is the vast amount of money and human energy spent on killing each other though out history. Just think what this world would look like if all that money and energy was used for making humans life better.

But maybe thats only way mankind could advance was by killing others. I know, I know what a lousy thought. But you did ask. Still Totally ADD

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If alcohol was a DF offense

by James Mixon in

i guess the question which is the hardest to give up smoking or alcohol.

many folks gave up smoking in the 70's including me but i have known some hard drinking brothers and if consuming any kind of alcohol became a df offense, i wonder.....

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If they stop drinking of alcohol in the cult they would lose half of their people. Lol. Still Totally ADD

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Sexual Depredation as a function of male society by men of a Certain Age

by TerryWalstrom in

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friends

i would like to remind those folks younger than i that it was very few years ago when almost the entire planet earth was run by and for the benefit of men.women have throughout history been the property of men.due to religious restrictions, teachings, and fundamentalist doctrines, women in the largest societies on earth right now (muslim, chinese, n.korean) have almost no human rights at all.next year, in june, women will, for the 1st time, be allowed in arabia to drive---but--only if they are 30 years old or older, and for only a few hours per day!the old testament laws (read through them sometime) are horrifying reflective of prejudice toward gender, bodily cleanliness, guilt-tripping, and anonymity.

(what was noah's wife's name?

lot's wife?

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After reading this to my wife she said when we was in the Borg many times she was introduced as my wife or bro. W------wife. Never by her name. Some even asked what her name was. I didn't realize I was doing this. I feel like a idiot now for what I was doing.

Remembering movies there was 2 John Wayne pictures with Maureen O'Hair in it were he grabs her, throws her over his knee and spanks her. At the time I saw this I thought it was funny now I don't. Thank you for bringing this out. Still Totally ADD

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Current week long Elders school. Outlines / talks?

by stuckinarut2 in

so in my part of the world, they are currently holding the week long elders schools.

my father is attending one.

does anyone (hello wifi bandit?

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Since when our elders school 5 days long? When I was in I could hardly stand the 2 day weekend elder school. Maybe the extra days are to teach them how to squeeze more money out of the flock. Still Totally ADD

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JWs + Chronic Illness

by Cimarrona in

i once asked my dad why, with all the power the wt insists on having so much control over its adherents' lives, they don't provide information about healthy eating habits or, like the adventists, wilderness training.

i mean, the gb encourage people to remain poor, and poverty is known to correlate with health outcomes, particularly those that are diet related.

i'd say most witnesses i knew over the age of 40 were overweight, had high blood pressure, heart problems, gastrointestinal issues, one kind of cancer or another (no doubt a result of eating their feelings if you ask me).

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When I was in I often wondered about this issue. As I look back now the only thought I have is a unhealthy person is a person who is easier to control. Fighting illness often makes you feel mentally depressed and that causes you to think more of the Borg doctrine on how Satan is causing your problems and the only hope you have is the new system.

Just think what the Borg would look like if they encourage education and healthy living? It would be on par with the Mormon's. It is funny they have their nose into everything their flock does but not this. Oh I forgot don't have a blood transfusion. Thank you Cimarrona for this thread. Still Totally ADD

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Just Bumped Into My JW Sister And Brother In Town

by pale.emperor in

so im walking through town today on my lunchbreak and spot the unmistakable walk of my younger brother.

this is the one who left watchtower... well it turns out he's returned to the vomit after stupidly turning up to the 2017 convention and a few elders filling his head with seeing our dead dad in paradise and to "wait on jehovah".. a few meters behind him was my sister.

she spotted me first, then hurried up her step to my brother.

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I am sorry that happen to you. Maybe they was upset because they had to sit inside all day while you was out in the fresh air enjoying yourself. Cults are a very strange thing. Still Totally ADD