Ignoranceisbliss

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  Basic Principles for Forum Moderation

  by Simon in

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  a perennial issue for any online forum is moderation and applying rules.

  we have a set of community guidelines and posting guidelines that are intended to make clear what is and isn't acceptable but this tends to focus on the obvious standards of behavior for, well, obvious reasons.

  it's easy to talk about people being aggressive or insulting etc... as those are common and clearly unwanted behaviors and the typical issue for online communities - the most likely things to come up.. does this mean that everything *not* on the list is allowed?

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  Thanks for your hard work. A lot of us enjoy the site and put in zero effort For it, myself included. I imagine that being a site moderator is a lot more difficult than people would think
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  Ray's Books. And Copyrights!

  by DwainBowman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the copyright owner has posted a message on the internet, and can be found below!.

  ray franz.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  IMHO

  1. COC is an amazing book. I was already partially awake, it def helped me to fully snap out of the trance. I have not read ISOCF.

  2. I am glad this book was available online for free. In my barely awakened state there is no way I would have searched it out at a library or other source. I didn't know it was an illegal copy as it was on a well known iPad app. I wish some exjdub philanthropist with deep pockets and some know how would buy the rights and make it available freely to all. It's an incredibly valuable book to witnesses who are starting to wake up,

  3. It seems that Ray made a poor judgement call in who he left the rights to this book too. I have no doubt that she is a terrific person but obviously she has little publishing knowledge. I think I am a really good person and a great friend but if someone left me publishing rights to a book I would have no idea what to do with it.

  Iggy
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  A question .....

  by Landy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi guys - new poster here.

  i was brought up a jw in the uk and stopped going not long after i was married.

  that was 20 years ago so i'm not really up to date with the current doctrinal flip flops or the new youtube obsessed gb.. came across this site while googling the name of a local elder who's just been convicted of possesion of a pc full of unpleasant pics of kids.. so, my question.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  Landy, thanks for the post. I am one of those who are stuck in and you are right it is brutal. For me, my family (wife and two young kids) are all that matter. My wife is still fully indoctrinated so I am taking it slow. This is a real sticky religion and my goal is to leave with as little collateral damage as possible.

  Iggy
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  Proof of Aliens

  by Coded Logic in

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  2. humour

  so today i just found out that aliens are real.

  two people came by my house and shared the good news.

  the conversation went something like this:.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  Very cool. I enjoyed that.
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  No Kingdom Halls would definitely work!

  by John Aquila in

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  2. experiences

  last night we were invited to a get-together with quite a few heavies attendingelders and regular pioneers.

  there was beer and later some music.

  everyone got relaxed and let down their guard and starting talking all kinds of non-theocratic stuff that you only discuss after a few beers.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  John Aquila oh where art thou???
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  Legalized marijuana. It's coming to canada and I want to try it.

  by hoser in

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  as a good jw i never smoked a joint or nibbled on some brownies.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  Be careful! Talk to cappytan bout that. My post Jdub maryJ experience wasn't good either. Smoke down with someone with experience. I did it on my own and went way over board. I'm looking forward to better experiences in the future. Good luck!
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  2015 November 19, BOE! Circuit Account Balances!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  delete if already posted.. .

  2015-november 19, boe.

  .. re: review of circuit account balances.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  Someone's getting greedy. It's a slippery slope.
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  New Avatar

  by mrquik in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my name is ted ginther.

  for those in the upstate western ny area, you might remember me.

  i was in the religion for 50 years.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  That's a really interesting way to put it. 50 years is a long time to dedicated to something only to realize that it's bogus . Congrats on making your way out. Many like myself are just trying to figure out how we can get out as well.
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  Remember that WT masturbation video? Who is the sign language person?

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  below are a few screen captures from the video to serve as a reminder of what he looks like.

  below those will be a few captures from a weather forecaster now at our kark tv (arkansas).

  his name is matt peterson.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  Def not same person. I think his name is Freddy. Or something like that.
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  Searching for those who "know" TTAT

  by EyesOpenHeartBroken in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anybody have any tips for conversation starters to covertly feel out someone in the cong that you suspect is a "knower" about ttat?.

  any success or experiences to share?.

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  Ignoranceisbliss

  There is someone at my hall that I think may be awake. I have been toying with this idea. Text him

  "do you know ttatt"

  i would then immediately follow that with another text

  "sorry dang auto correct. Did you know that so and so is coming to town for a concert"

  If they didn't know ttatt they wouldn't give two thoughts to it