Posts by adjusted knowledge

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On the realization you will not "live forever"

by problemaddict 2 in

something struck me last week.

i have been dealing with what i can only describe as a fear of death.

i'm not old and not in bad health.

adjusted knowledge

If our life wasn't so short, it wouldn't be such a hard pill to swallow. Depending on health and other factors you may live to 80 or a couple decades beyond. But even at 100 years that isn't much time, and for many those later years is fraught with chronic disease.

We on average spend 1/3 of our life asleep, and another 1/3 on mundane things (driving, bathing, defecating ect..). If you're a JW you spend the other 1/3 in servitude.

I think if we as a species could live longer lives then maybe death wouldn't seem so bad. Could you imagine being married to the same person for 300 years? Death would be welcomed.

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Are the GB very intelligent men with higher than average IQ? Or are they stupid men who were put in their position by sheer “LUCK”

by John Aquila in

are the governing body of the wt wickedly smart with extremely high iq or are they leaders of the wt because they were at the right place at the right time.

(in other words, pure luck )-think lottery.

ive seen them talk in jwtv and you can never convince anyone in the whole world that these guys are in the same category as someone smart or cunning like jim simons who founded renaissance technologies or bill gates.

adjusted knowledge

How many of the GB members went to college??

It's my understanding that they all have the equivalent of a Bachelor's Degree.

In the JW world, do they still believe if reading the WT & Awake 4-8 years is an equivalent of a college degree?

Now that it's going to be bi-monthly and is half what it was in the 90s, does that mean it takes 20 years of reading to reach that urban myth?

I don't necessarly believe a person has to have a college degree to be equated as being intelligent. A person can be well read, and have a limited public education. I doubt these men are well read, and if they are I doubt they use critical thinking. That is my opinion referenced by their communication on www.jw.org

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Question: What would it take to get the BORG'S tax exempt status REVOKED?

by Black Man in

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i've always wondered about this.

i've always felt the main reason the borg made publishers do time slips/field service reports was to show that they are doing a community service to justify their tax exempt status.

we all know about their money grabs with the kh build scams, their selling off millions of dollars in real estate, etc.

adjusted knowledge

It isn't something knew but the problem is some of the same issues the WT faces so does other churches. I feel the only way for them to lose their tax exempt status is when all churches do. This isn't something likely to happen soon.

The gay marriage upheld by the supreme court may cause that issue to be a reason.

In an op-ed published by Fusion, financial writer Felix Salmon made his stance on the matter crystal-clear in his first sentence: “Now that the U.S. government formally recognizes marriage equality as a fundamental right, it really shouldn’t skew the tax code so as to give millions of dollars in tax breaks to groups which remain steadfastly bigoted on the subject.”

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What's the craziest thing someone INFORMED on you about?

by Londo111 in

the culture of jws as encouraged by the watchtower is one of informing on one another, reporting to either the elders or ones designated head.

whats the wackiest thing that someone reported on you?

im not talking about a black-and-white watchtower rule that would land you in a judicial committee, but some judgmental nonsense that someone thought they should turn you in about?.

adjusted knowledge

There was this elder's wife who made a full dish of fudge. I was at her home with my brothers and we left after a few hours of visiting. This was when we were teenagers. She then called my mother accusing us of eating all her fudge. We were considered the low caste witness since our father wasn't one. We denied it but this Elder's wife and her Elder husband continued to accuse us. The fact is we wouldn't touch their food because they had many cats in the house that were allowed on the kitchen table, and cat hair was everywhere.

Then a couple hours later she called and apologized, apparently her son broke out in a hive. He then admitted to eating all that fudge. Seems like a harmless incident but this was my family's experience all throughout the religion during my youth. If you are viewed as a spiritually weak family then you are under scrutiny.

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How do we know the WTS monitors this site? Can anyone tell me for sure?

by LevelThePlayingField in

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i keep hearing this in threads.....

adjusted knowledge

I don't think they're as over the top as Scientology, but they do have members that monitor websites evidenced by as stated previous with DMCA complaints.

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Why did you choose Jehovahs Witnesses?

by vinman in

i'm wondering why ones on this forum initially became jw's.

if you were born in, why did you make it "your own"?

if you became one later, what was your draw and driving force?

adjusted knowledge

I was sorta of a born in. My parents began studying when i was around age 4-6 can't remember exactly. I became inactive around age 18 and stop believing completely at 22. I did make the truth my own around age 15 to 16. But began having doubts.

I didn't learn TTAT until many years later on this site. I do recall visiting here maybe 1999 I think and there was a discussion about 1914 generation that further my doubts. Can't remember if it was this site. It was not completely anti jw at the time but a mixture of people. I'm just glad I didn't waste my youth on JW, instead I wasted it on online video games :)

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Have you seen other JW quote or post links to Richard Dawkins and others like him? I find it humorous.

by adjusted knowledge in

i have very few active jw on my facebook, mainly the more liberal ones.

anyway a few of them have posted links or references to richard dawkins and other avowed atheists.

today a long time jw posted a link from the richard dawkins foundation blasting the celebration of easter as pagan.

adjusted knowledge

I have very few active JW on my facebook, mainly the more liberal ones. Anyway a few of them have posted links or references to Richard Dawkins and other avowed atheists. Today a long time JW posted a link from the Richard Dawkins Foundation blasting the celebration of Easter as pagan. I guess this JW likes to start early bashing other peoples culture and beliefs.

I feel like putting a response with a link to his viewpoint on the JW creation book. The GB are such great role models that their lemmings imitate them well in the cherry picking field.

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What is the most strange action of a witness while out in field service?

by adjusted knowledge in

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i was paired with this older "brother" when i was a teenager.

he was very very strange.

he was a nice guy but goofy.

adjusted knowledge

I was paired with this older "brother" when I was a teenager. He was very very strange. He was a nice guy but goofy.

We went to the door and before he knocked he wanted to role play our conversation. The homeowner happened to be at the door and was looking through the glass. This weirdo ignore the home owner and continued to "role play" an imaginary scenario. I had to be the witness while this goof ball played the house holder while we are at an actual house.

Finally the lady opened the door while we were in the middle of our "role play" and asked us to leave.

Anyone else have some similar stories?

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What is the most bizarre counsel you received as a JW, from a JW?

by Funchback in

there were many addressed to me.

for example, i once had a sister tell me i was gambling because i liked playing skill crane (the machine where you have to try to pick up prizes like stuffed animals) at the arcade.

i then fired back a her: "you saw the r-rated movie 'backdraft.

adjusted knowledge

A MS would counsel me to leave everything to the borg if I died. I was only 15. What the heck was I to leave them, my secret porn stash?

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Do you feel embarrsed?

by The Rebel in

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when you look through a keyhole, and see the person you once were?.

as for myself, i am just pleased i have mended my ways.

i realise ( now) my time as a witness was a keyhole that looked in to the ground, and licked the elders arse.

adjusted knowledge

I've noticed there is quite a few fukitol on this board. They are insecure and bitter. Only thing going in their life is an occasional anonymous posting to insult someone. To complain about a topic you clicked on and replied on, only speaks towards your mental aptitude.