Posts by adjusted knowledge

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Books that changed your life-

by new hope and happiness in

i am not much of a reader as i have two many distractions, but i fancy a challenging read, so please list any book that has changed your entire world view on everything.

i remember as a teenager buying at a yard sale, norman vincent peales " the power of positive thinking" and at the time that had a big impact on me.

but i am a little bit more in to " realistic positive thinking" now..

Just letting you know I passed the exam

by will-be-apostate in

jw
friends

hi, my apostate friends.. a couple of weeks ago i asked for some advice regarding studying methods.

then some of you asked me to let you know my score after i take the exam at mineralogy.. i scored 90%.

i'm pretty happy with it because the exams i take are not in my native language.. if i keep up with the good scores i might get a scholarship and then bye bye watchtower society.

I'm in America. I have a manager from Serbia that came here as a refugee. Her english was poor when she arrived but now she speaks clearly. She started out stocking shelves at minimum wage and now makes 80k as a manager. So anything is possible with hard work.

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Just letting you know I passed the exam

by will-be-apostate in

jw
friends

hi, my apostate friends.. a couple of weeks ago i asked for some advice regarding studying methods.

then some of you asked me to let you know my score after i take the exam at mineralogy.. i scored 90%.

i'm pretty happy with it because the exams i take are not in my native language.. if i keep up with the good scores i might get a scholarship and then bye bye watchtower society.

adjusted knowledge

Congrats! Set goals and accomplishing them will improve your life. What country do you live in now?

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Evidence of Ocean of Water in or under Earth's Mantle.... Will people now state this to be proof of the Noah Account?

by adjusted knowledge in

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friends

"the transition zone can hold a lot of water, and could potentially have the same amount of h2o [water] as all the world's ocean.".

http://news.yahoo.com/found-hidden-ocean-locked-deep-earths-mantle-181204475.html.

i figured when people read this that there will be those claiming proof of the flood story.

adjusted knowledge

"The transition zone can hold a lot of water, and could potentially have the same amount of H2O [water] as all the world's ocean."

http://news.yahoo.com/found-hidden-ocean-locked-deep-earths-mantle-181204475.html

I figured when people read this that there will be those claiming proof of the flood story. Sure enough in the comments section of this article the claims began.

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The WT Society taking child abuse more seriously now?

by adjusted knowledge in

with the constant reports of child sex abuse in the congregation from members who now will not be silent, i wonder if the wt will continue to change their policy in this matter.

they have made some adjustments compared to a decade ago.. .

i didn't even know about the case below.

adjusted knowledge

With the constant reports of child sex abuse in the congregation from members who now will not be silent, I wonder if the WT will continue to change their policy in this matter. They have made some adjustments compared to a decade ago.

I didn't even know about the case below

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/jehovahs-witness-elders-were-spiritually-7258297

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True Stories from the Tower - Part 1 "From Anointed to Pedophile to Bethelite"

by BluePill2 in

before i dive into the actual write-up of this experience, let me put some things straight.. i have thought long and hard if i should write more about my experiences during the 10+ years at different branches.

during these years i worked from financial department, service department, home office and different it assignments.

as you can imagine one sees and hears and reads a lot of stuff going through different stations in different countries.

adjusted knowledge

"This is WRONG. If you can't see that may be you have some serious moral problems of your own."

My point is you offer information that has nothing to do with your arguement. Again mentioning your brother who work in the Attorney General's Office in Guam. Ok then what does that have to do with YOUR experience and YOUR expertise. My brother works and lives in Japan. I guess I'm an expert on Japan and its legal system.

Never said it wasn't wrong for failing to report abuse. In fact even pill mentioned he didn't do enough. Just stated your approach lacks tact. Which you keep proving. Sure I can wipe my ass with sand paper but I perfer Angel Soft. Maybe stop being so harsh. Do I believe Pill should do what you stated? Yes. Will he? He already answered that question. So I rather read, like the majority here, the rest of his story.

You just have a habit of making personal attacks, you know like "some serious moral problems of your own"

Waiting for your next personal attack.......

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What is your biggest gripe with the WT and it's teachings?

by FL_Panthers in

jw
friends

as the title says, please list what you find annoying with the organization..

adjusted knowledge

1.) Shunning (D/F)

2.) Blood Doctrine

Really those two being elminated would make the religion more palpable.

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True Stories from the Tower - Part 1 "From Anointed to Pedophile to Bethelite"

by BluePill2 in

before i dive into the actual write-up of this experience, let me put some things straight.. i have thought long and hard if i should write more about my experiences during the 10+ years at different branches.

during these years i worked from financial department, service department, home office and different it assignments.

as you can imagine one sees and hears and reads a lot of stuff going through different stations in different countries.

adjusted knowledge

It is naive to think that the legal system works the same in poor countries as it does in the Western world. Even in Canada, USA, and Europe the arm of justice doesn't give fair punishment to child molestors. I understand villagegirl outrage but the Holier-than-thou, personal attacks, and irrelevant facts (such as having a degree in 1977, a brother with a law degree, and living in developed/wealthy nations) does little for her arugements.

Having a brother as a Lawyer or using Google doesn't make you an expert on laws nor having any understanding on what happens in very poor countries. First, there are SOL on sex crimes, including child molestations. SOL vary by States and some may not have SOL on sex crimes. Most states seem to not have SOL on minors but then again what they define as minor can vary. SOL are being changed as I know in Florida it was modified in 2010.

Now for a personal story and no I will not give names. When I was 12 yrs old my parents moved to a new town. Our neighbor was very wealthy and lived alone. He was 79 years old at the time. After developing a friendship with me and my brothers he started giving us liquor. It was my first time drinking Rum and coke. He then moved on showing me pornographic magazines. Soon he got comfortable enough to try to grab my penis. He told me he wanted to check how hard I was. Because I pulled away and got mad, he never tried it again. At that age I really didn't know anything about child molestation. Even though he never tried to touch me again I later learned he did have relations with young boys in the neighborhood. The first part of this story is being told so you know what he told me was probably very true.

He would leave four months of the year to travel to Nepal. He had lots of money and could do this and has done it for decades. Though he never tried to physically touch me again he would sometimes move the conversations to sex. In his own admission he would go to Nepal to have sex with young boys. The parents would allow it because he would give them gifts. The authorities would look the other way too with bribes if he was reported. Do I know for a fact thist took place? no, but I do know for a fact he was a child toucher, went to Nepal every year till he died, and not ONCE ever was arrested in Nepal. I have no doubt he molested boys in Nepal. It was much easier and less riskier for him in Nepal.

I've visited other countries as an Adult. One of the countries I visited was the Philippines. I've stayed in Manila, Cebu, and Bohol. Let me tell you that the officials there are very corrupt. Child rape happens there by Americans, Australians, Europeans, Japanese, ect... all the time. The officials will look the other way. Hell, I've seen someone get run over and laid in the street with his brains on the sidewalk for hours before the authorities arrived. Does this mean I'm calling Filipinos uneducated? no, Most I knew could speak three languages. But I wouldn't be surprised at all if there was molestations happening in Kingdom Halls there. The ones that get caught seem to be because they got caught up in a USA FBI sting for international child sex trafficking.

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True Stories from the Tower - Part 1 "From Anointed to Pedophile to Bethelite"

by BluePill2 in

before i dive into the actual write-up of this experience, let me put some things straight.. i have thought long and hard if i should write more about my experiences during the 10+ years at different branches.

during these years i worked from financial department, service department, home office and different it assignments.

as you can imagine one sees and hears and reads a lot of stuff going through different stations in different countries.

adjusted knowledge

"Had you contacted the authorities with what you know, they would have closed down the Bethel Branch and thrown the WT out of the country."

yeah, right lol... The Catholics and JW get caught here in America and nothing happens.

I understand your outrage though.

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Where do we go when we die?

by bsand20 in

jw
friends

my best friend of 14 years and maid of honor passed away 2 months ago at age 32 after battling breast cancer for 6 years.

i haven't been the same since for many reasons.. as a jw kid i believed 144,000 chosen went to heaven, the good people would be resurrected including those who didn't have a chance to hear about jehovah, and the rest, which were of other religions and bad people, died and would cease to exist.

again, because i was a kid when i left, i never really understood the jw position on death and why they came to their conclusion.

adjusted knowledge

"Now if there is, in fact, no awareness in death, but it is like sleep - the kind in which the sleeper does not even dream at all - then death would seem to be a marvelous gain" - Socrates

This is a question from the ages... Again, a fear of which leads to enslave the minds of so many. I say embrace death and accept it as a gift. Follow your passions as so few do. Cherish the memories of your friend and be happy death ended her pain.