Dumb and dumber
"some people weren't meant for life on the road"
inspiring, funny...you choose.... i'll start with inspiring: .
frodo: i wish the ring had never come to me.
i wish none of this had happened.gandalf: so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide.
Dumb and dumber
"some people weren't meant for life on the road"
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?
the copyright owner has posted a message on the internet, and can be found below!.
ray franz.
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
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.
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
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:.
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.
as a good jw i never smoked a joint or nibbled on some brownies.
delete if already posted.. .
2015-november 19, boe.
.. re: review of circuit account balances.
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.
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.