Simon has a great site here (except for that dam* captcha) but I seriously doubt he makes any real money with it... if he does, more power to him. As far as making money with websites it is not as easy as it sounds and probably less than 1% who try are consistanly successful at it. Sounds like Dis-membered is in that group, I know I'm not but will keep trying.
RichardHaley
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Want to make Money $ with a Web Site?
by sarahsmile inhas anyone had success with a high traffic website or blog ?.
it might take a team of people to accomplish.. ads pay and people count, lots and lots of people.
does jehovahs-witness.net make money every time someone looks at the web site?
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Governing Body Worship in the WT: July 15th, 2014 issue
by Oubliette inthe july 15th, 2014 issue of the watchtower has the "life story" of gb member gerrit losch on pages 17-22.. think about it.
this losch love-fest is 6 pages of the current wt!.
that's nearly 20% of the ragazine.. is this the beginning of a series of idolatrous articles indoctrinating jws with gb worship?
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RichardHaley
... ragazine.
I like that!
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Lying about Shunning! jw.org conceals the "truth"
by Skinnedsheep inhttp://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/shunning/ .
"those who were baptized as jehovahs witnesses but no longer preach to others, perhaps even drifting away from association with fellow believers, are not shunned.
in fact, we reach out to them and try to rekindle their spiritual interest.".
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RichardHaley
What of a man who is disfellowshipped but whose wife and children are still Jehovah’s Witnesses? The religious ties he had with his family change, but blood ties remain. The marriage relationship and normal family affections and dealings continue.
I would say that the above example is at the very least dishonest. It is a best case senerio that allows family interaction because of the WTS not wanting to violate the "family head" principle. Things get a lot more complicated if it is the wife or one of the children or worse yet, one of the kids move out in that state etc. This short article is just a sanitized version and doesn't realy answer the question.
And yes... only DAs or DFs are no longer considered members whereas inactive or walk aways are considered "inactive members" or "spiritually weak members" ones to be re-activated or spiritually strengthened. So the information really is deflection (red herring) and dosen't specifically address the question. IMHO
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What is the best advise you have ever been given?
by new hope and happiness inawhile a go i was uptight about a matter i can't remember now and my friend said to me " give the other side the victory".
a while ago my little boy was getting uptight and argumentative with his mum i asked him " to let it go" in effect i suppose " giving the other side the victory".
anyway i am sure our life exsperiences have allowed us both receive and give good advice.
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RichardHaley
"If you don't promote it you don't have to defend it."
I was counciled for watching R rated movies... I had mentioned Schindler's List out in service and someone in the car group ratted me out.
Another Elder who admitted to watching Rs told me the above...
It is really good advice and applies to more than you would think.
When asked why I'm currently inactive I used the above line of reasoning in reverse...
I can't defend (from the bible) new lite such as overlapping generations so how can I promote it?
The Elder admitted he didn't understand it either but he was "waiting on Jehovah."
"My sentiments exactly" I said, he gave me a weird look.
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HOW TO AVOID THE A-HOLE SPIRIT OF SOME HERE...
by DATA-DOG in1) take meds for your megalomania and delusions of grandeur.. .
suggestions welcome.. .
dd.
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RichardHaley
Born-in (well almost, age 3) and active most of life. Now past the speed limit, decided to live the rest of life as "evidence based" (a little late...lol) no matter where that my lead. Have discovered how much I didn't know and this site with its broad membership and openness has contributed immensely. There is benefit from all types of comments and ideas because that's helpful to come to conclusions. However when someone chooses to attack or try to humiliate other posters or overly draws attention to themselves it is noticed and reduces the value of their comments or ideas. Most here avoid that thus creating the positive environment here to be able to grow. I must admit, when logging on to this site there are certain posters that I am drawn too and others I am less apt to view for the above mentioned reasons. This has so far been a very interesting (and revealing) thread. Thanks to all posters.
P.S. I hate that captcha... can't make out the "wigglies" only the addresses
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Contradictory geneology of Jesus
by rebel8 inso i'm reading another carl sagan book and he seems to invariably find a way to slam j-dubs in each one.
(i can't say i blame him.).
anyway, in this one he discusses the fact that the gospels give contradictory geneologies of jesus--differing lines back to david from joseph, and a different number of generations.
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RichardHaley
I always understood this to be two separate lineages one being Joseph's (legal) and the other, Mary's (biological). One goes back to Abraham the other all the way back to Adam. Throw in some names being left out, some repeated twice and a brother-in-law marriage or two and the contradictions can be worked out. But now I need to shake the indoctrination and do the research... I hold Carl Sagan in high regard, that should raise a red flag in itself.
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Controversial Opinion: Why the web site campaign is actually brilliant
by Apognophos inthere's a lot of talk right now about how stupid it is to have jws hand out leaflets with urls on them.
"why go to someone's door to tell them they can visit a web site that lets them ask for someone to come to their door?
" well, i'm sorry, but i have to weigh in with a contrary opinion here on how clever the society is.
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RichardHaley
You gotta admit, no one else is going door-to-door to tell you to visit websites.
This was my thought exactly... from an Internet Marketer's standpoint one can't help be jealous... no worries about keyword research, back links, or paid advertising... just employ your army of slaves to send you the traffic and in turn the search engines will reward you with great page placement since you must seemingly providing valuable content to your readers, why else for all the traffic? Throw enough sh*t on the wall and some will stick.
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Just Curious About Something
by EmptyInside insorry,couldn't think of a better title for this post,without it being long.. i was thinking this morning,if ex-jws, who were born into the group less likely to join another religion after leaving.
vs. the witnesses who belonged to a church before joining the religion.. from my own prespective,being raised a witness,i have no intention of joining any religion.
and it seems that born-ins are less likely to join a religion after leaving the cult.. in my own experience,i think it's religious burn-out to tell the truth.
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RichardHaley
Now I am worn out from being a JW and think I need a rest. Probably won't get one though as I am still in there due to family and other commitments.
The above statement is me to a "T". Might not be able to completely rest from it but I am going to be a very good slacker in all things JW.
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Should The Governing Body Take A Good Look At Their Cookies And See Where People Are Going Before They Dine At The Y(JW.Org)?
by frankiespeakin inwhen people visit their site they leave a cookie foot print.
the governing body as dutiful ceos need to examine this bit of information closely so as to see where these visitors have been before comming to their site.
they need to find out what apostate sites they are visiting.
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RichardHaley
Your biggest risk would be a friend/family member looking over your sholder/checking your browsing history (ctl+h keys) and then gossiping/reporting what you are doing. Clearing browsing history and/or using incognito mode will protect you from most of this threat.
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History of JW.org domain
by Gorbatchov init's nice to know that the wts bought the domainname jw.org from the jewish woman assosiation.. g.. .
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RichardHaley
On 2 March 2000 'DougOnline.com's Domains For Sale' appears to be selling the domain