Posts by FlyingHighNow

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Poll--How Many Believe In God, Do Not Believe or Are Not Sure Of His Existence?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i believe in god but i'm not sure of anything....what about you?.

FlyingHighNow

I'm not going to apologize. There are so many things, like take my little garden for instance, that when I look at them they bring me such delight and joy that I know there is purpose behind it all. Looking at fresh flowers causes an endorphin release---very healing. Now, some people can be negative and call it lazy thinking, but for me there is no way this world is just random biology. I can't answer all the questions for the things that are messed up about it, but I can sure appreciate the things that are perfectly right about it. Gardens, babies, fresh air, varities of weather, LOVE, ...so many things let me know there is a reason for it all.

A recent picture of my little joy project that I can see from my livingroom glass doors:

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"We're calling on your neighbours to promote a website"

by Simon in

wow, it's true - they don't call to 'promote god's kingdom' anymore but just their website!.

we just had an old lady call and tell us that was exactly what they were doing and it has "lots of good things on their for children".

yeah, right ... sparlock?.

FlyingHighNow

I guess things are different than 1999. Too bad.

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Your "Things That Make You Go Hmmm?" List

by FlyingHighNow in

jw
friends

i'll wager that the number is close to 100 percent.

what number?

the number of jws who have lists--lists of things that make them go hmmm or even wha'???

FlyingHighNow

These are great lists. I will comment more tomorrow night. I have to work tomorrow. Have to get to bed. Keep them coming.

One eyed Joe, great minds think alike?

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"We're calling on your neighbours to promote a website"

by Simon in

wow, it's true - they don't call to 'promote god's kingdom' anymore but just their website!.

we just had an old lady call and tell us that was exactly what they were doing and it has "lots of good things on their for children".

yeah, right ... sparlock?.

FlyingHighNow

I get that, but I tried 15 search engines other than google and they all do it. That isn't true when I type in other sites or key words into the search.

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Your "Things That Make You Go Hmmm?" List

by FlyingHighNow in

jw
friends

i'll wager that the number is close to 100 percent.

what number?

the number of jws who have lists--lists of things that make them go hmmm or even wha'???

FlyingHighNow

Thank you, BOTR. Interesting to read the things that bothered you personally.

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Your "Things That Make You Go Hmmm?" List

by FlyingHighNow in

jw
friends

i'll wager that the number is close to 100 percent.

what number?

the number of jws who have lists--lists of things that make them go hmmm or even wha'???

FlyingHighNow

Good questions, Jgnat.

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"We're calling on your neighbours to promote a website"

by Simon in

wow, it's true - they don't call to 'promote god's kingdom' anymore but just their website!.

we just had an old lady call and tell us that was exactly what they were doing and it has "lots of good things on their for children".

yeah, right ... sparlock?.

FlyingHighNow

I just looked up JW.org on 15 different search engines. Everyone of them but google returns only JW.org links in the search results. Google is the only one that gives an exjw site which is JWfacts. And it only gives one link for JWfacts.

Let's hope people use google to look up the address JW.org.

When I very first got on line in early 1999, I looked up the official website for the WTBTS on AOL. I came up with a list that included several ex jw sites, my first time ever to be able to look at "apostate literature." And just like I always knew I would, I looked at it. I read about Ray Franz, his wife and some other couples who had been run out of the org for stupid reasons, that did not include apostate leanings. I set it on the back burner, but thought about it a lot.

It's obvious that the WT folks have made sure that when people type in JW.org, that they don't get results for sites that will expose them as a cult. Wow.

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Your "Things That Make You Go Hmmm?" List

by FlyingHighNow in

jw
friends

i'll wager that the number is close to 100 percent.

what number?

the number of jws who have lists--lists of things that make them go hmmm or even wha'???

FlyingHighNow

I'll wager that the number is close to 100 percent. What number? The number of JWs who have lists--lists of things that make them go hmmm or even wha'??? or huhhh? I had one. I'm sure most of you had such a list. For me, eventually, there were enough things on the list to make me realize my doubts could not be further ignored. I'll give you my list later.

What was on your list?

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A Difference between Chns News and West.News- (Warning-Graphic Content)

by fulltimestudent in

if you do not like seeing death as real - do not read on:.

i've noticed this difference before, in western (anglosphere) media outlets, the news is sanitised, with views of death removed.

a consequence is that war is not quite real to many living in the anglosphere.

FlyingHighNow

Think about the American Civil War photographs and disaster footage in the USA. Part of the issue here is that privacy is valued. Who wants to see their dead loved ones littering a plane crash scene? Who wants everyone else to see the body littered crash scene on the news?

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Poll--How Many Believe In God, Do Not Believe or Are Not Sure Of His Existence?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i believe in god but i'm not sure of anything....what about you?.

FlyingHighNow

Sowhatnow, what an honest, gentle comment.