Posts by Mandrake

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Scientific, Credible Discovery - Earthquakes are set to increase in 2018

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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it has already been published and presented in a geology conference:it has been discovered that the earth´s rotation slows down a few milliseconds every so often, and when it slows down, about 5 years later there is a 5-year period where the frequency of large earthquakes around magnitude 7 or greater increases about 20-30%.so according to scientists, in 2018, around the tropical areas, we should expect around 20 major earthquakes, compared to the 15 average on a normal year.jw´s are likely to jump on this as "evidence" of the time of the end, and will probably be misquoted in a watchtower publication sometime soon.here are some news organizations covering the story:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/18/2018-set-to-be-year-of-big-earthquakeshttps://qz.com/1133304/as-earths-rotation-slows-2018-could-see-a-spike-in-large-earthquakes/.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/881536/earthquake-prediction-mexico-richter-scale-ring-of-firehttps://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4946729/earthquake-increase-earth-rotation-roger-bilham-tropical-region-2018/.

etc etc...here is the scientific paper (which i can´t read but if someone has access to the pdf, could you please share)?http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017gl074934/epdf?referrer_access_token=vbjkmgywttzofhkv3apupu4keas67k9qmdwultwmo8osvaslebfxhkk77yb6sfsjhcerrw6swpzkusqjvujli_iu4gpw3lhc8e988dzdvec-5e-nim3hd0bi_0wog1sqonpw4hesqbrwop_lp7uqignbyksopgnvatka48pyb2lonanvz5ehpaiaha2fika5y95lacwwxr1brsy2kk1m282ispv2uju5qsssy2kdzun57jytp1h56-wbice9ov6ipd93rnykjxybd3ykm7bjpa%3d%3dhere is the presentation to the geological society of america:.

Mandrake

Damn! I just survived the 2010 8.8 earthquake in a 7th floor... And now you are telling me that next year will bring a lot shaking... well it's nice To read this in one of the most seismics countries in the world (chile) while living in a 26st floor

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A WTF Moment While In the WTS

by Searching in

has anyone else had a moment, while still within the organization (and before learning ttatt) that caused them to stop and go, "this is kind of messed up.".

for instance, back i believe in the early 2000's, i was attending a dc with my family.

it was announced at the beginning of the convention that there was going to be a special announcement at the end, so for everyone to please try to remain until the very end of the meeting.

Mandrake

@slimboyfat

in Chile we were charged for literature until 2001-2002, I remember

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Death of a last Grandparent

by ScottyRex in

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still read this forum from time to time, and a long time member originally since early 2000's.

recently lost my last surviving grandparent, my great and wonderful nan.

what a flood of emotions that released!

Mandrake

Try to keep her memory alive, that may help you in time

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I'm coming back to the forum after 10 months, and new challenges...

by Mandrake in

i haven't been here for about 10 months and just looked over some topics to update myself, well i came back for a very particular reason... my family was, father, mother, sister and i... the split up (4 years ago), only my father remained jw, my sister left but lives with him, and i've been living by myselft over the last months sharing an apartment with my girlfriend (worldly) an his brother (worldly) (we are a "modern family" hahahaha).... so the relation with my father have been in many different phases the last 4 years, having in mind that he cheated my mom with her best friend (woman) within the congregation an married her just few months ago... so today it's my birthday and i called dad and told him that i had a great time anyway and that to be "even more pagan" i set up my christmas tree today.... he had never questioned me for dating and living with my current girfriend nor tried to "bring me back to the congregation", but he replied to me: "hey, talking about being a pagan, i'm not confortable with things now because i want us to como closer together again and do more things like having lunch or whathever and your are now df, can you talk to the elders and take back the letter you sent them da-ing so we can share more?".

i don't know what to do, i really mean what i wrote in my d.a.

letter, i needed to vent what i think of the borg now, i'm no way taking it back, those are like my luther's theses ... i can't believe my father divorced my mother on no biblical ground, continued dating her best jw friend, and 3 years later they got married and are a happy respectable "christian" couple... and now he suddendly is not confortable with me because i sent a letter to the elders telling them i no longer believed the same shit they do... my sister simply stopped attending meetings and dated worldly boys, celebrate xmas, birthdays and stuff, but with me is different just because i have a clearer idea of who i really am and i'm trying to live by that.. i thinks this whole thing is unfair, he is totally blackmailing me, it's been years to get to this friendly level with my father, and now he is adding this awful pressure.

Mandrake

Thanks for your Views :)

Yes, I don't think one can't take back and a letter, and I'm not coming back to meetings and stuff, 99.9% of people from the past I encounter in town are avoiding me, so whatever... I'm not sure if they announced me as no longer JW... I don't know my status, because when I handed out my da letter it was in my ex Congo, my parents changed me without my knowledge...

I would give dad a big, I'm not willing to stablish a relationship with someone who is putting a man made religion before family's... But I still need some money he sends me, I will be moving wisely on this topic... Oh I wish to soon earn enough money to be 100% independent.

I talked to my mom and she is totally scandalised about it (she also left the JWs but didn't DA herself)

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I'm coming back to the forum after 10 months, and new challenges...

by Mandrake in

i haven't been here for about 10 months and just looked over some topics to update myself, well i came back for a very particular reason... my family was, father, mother, sister and i... the split up (4 years ago), only my father remained jw, my sister left but lives with him, and i've been living by myselft over the last months sharing an apartment with my girlfriend (worldly) an his brother (worldly) (we are a "modern family" hahahaha).... so the relation with my father have been in many different phases the last 4 years, having in mind that he cheated my mom with her best friend (woman) within the congregation an married her just few months ago... so today it's my birthday and i called dad and told him that i had a great time anyway and that to be "even more pagan" i set up my christmas tree today.... he had never questioned me for dating and living with my current girfriend nor tried to "bring me back to the congregation", but he replied to me: "hey, talking about being a pagan, i'm not confortable with things now because i want us to como closer together again and do more things like having lunch or whathever and your are now df, can you talk to the elders and take back the letter you sent them da-ing so we can share more?".

i don't know what to do, i really mean what i wrote in my d.a.

letter, i needed to vent what i think of the borg now, i'm no way taking it back, those are like my luther's theses ... i can't believe my father divorced my mother on no biblical ground, continued dating her best jw friend, and 3 years later they got married and are a happy respectable "christian" couple... and now he suddendly is not confortable with me because i sent a letter to the elders telling them i no longer believed the same shit they do... my sister simply stopped attending meetings and dated worldly boys, celebrate xmas, birthdays and stuff, but with me is different just because i have a clearer idea of who i really am and i'm trying to live by that.. i thinks this whole thing is unfair, he is totally blackmailing me, it's been years to get to this friendly level with my father, and now he is adding this awful pressure.

Mandrake

I haven't been here for about 10 months and just looked over some topics to update myself, well I came back for a very particular reason... My family was, father, mother, sister and I... The split up (4 years ago), only my father remained JW, my sister left but lives with him, and I've been living by myselft over the last months sharing an apartment with my girlfriend (worldly) an his brother (worldly) (we are a "modern family" hahahaha)...

So the relation with my father have been in many different phases the last 4 years, having in mind that he cheated my mom with her best friend (woman) within the congregation an married her just few months ago... So today it's my birthday and I called dad and told him that I had a great time anyway and that to be "even more pagan" I set up my Christmas tree today...

He had never questioned me for dating and living with my current girfriend nor tried to "bring me back to the congregation", but he replied to me: "Hey, talking about being a pagan, I'm not confortable with things now because I want us to como closer together again and do more things like having lunch or whathever and your are now DF, can you talk to the elders and take back the letter you sent them DA-ing so we can share more?"

I don't know what to do, I really mean what I wrote in my D.A. letter, I needed to vent what I think of the borg now, I'm no way taking it back, those are like my Luther's Theses ... I can't believe my father divorced my mother on no biblical ground, continued dating her best JW friend, and 3 years later they got married and are a happy respectable "christian" couple... And now he suddendly is not confortable with me because I sent a letter to the elders telling them I no longer believed the same shit they do... My sister simply stopped attending meetings and dated worldly boys, celebrate xmas, birthdays and stuff, but with me is different just because I have a clearer idea of WHO I REALLY AM and I'm trying to live by that.

I thinks this whole thing is unfair, he is totally blackmailing me, It's been years to get to this friendly level with my father, and now he is adding this awful pressure. Let's hope that my grand parents, uncles and cousins (all of 'em non-JW) help me to make him see clearly that he is FAR from being a model JW, and he's bashing me for not being one, and being HONEST....

I think the only way to have both parts "happy" is try to un-do m baptism... I was 10 then, NO ONE can make a for-life decision like this at that age.

I'm really upset by all these and may the WT burn like hell, they are serial family destroyers!!!

THANKS FOR READING FELLAS :)

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2017 JWN Christmas Card Exchange

by blondie in

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friends

in years gone by i have organized and coordinated this.

pm me if you want to be added to the list giving me your snail mail address and/or your e-mail for those with tech skills and a safe e-mail.. do this by december 14, and i will pm the list to each person on it.

latecomers will be added but you may not get it by christmas.

Mandrake

I'm all in!!! :D

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Onda Cero: Te doy mi palabra

by sp74bb in

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friends

this saturday i had the opportunity to be interviewed by an important spanish radio leader: isabel gemio.. you can hear it at: link.

Mandrake

A barrer el piso con ellos!!!

This is good for the general public!

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Did your congregation rehearse service meeting parts?

by compound complex in

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friends

i was just thinking back to some parts i conducted.

when other publishers were involved in the part, its success often depended on how well rehearsed the participants were.

timing, proper interplay of dialogue, dramatic impact, etc.. as the one giving the part or as one drafted to do a demo, did your elders require rehearsals?.

Mandrake

I always gave the old no.4 assignment preparing at arrival and putting just 10-20 lines and some texts in between, all the rest was improvising, but good improvising, they always praised my "preparation"

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Jehovah Witnesses want to judge me for adultery. Covert sexual abuses. Article in Spanish Newspaper.

by sp74bb in

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friends

hello friends,.

after receiving a letter at my home calling me for a "judicial audience" after having quit 5 years ago the jw, i decided to go to the police and talk about the policy within jw.org: social abuse, judicial threats and in my case sexual abuses.. a national newspaper in spain www.elperiodico.es has decided to give visibility to this situation.

please find the first link:.

Mandrake

A ver cómo les queda esta publicidad a esos HDP!!! It's time for them to be scrutinised!!!

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I've been in love with a Jehovah Witness without knowing it for a long time, he hid it from everyone.

by sakurafeathers in

hello :) so i know this guy for almost 6 years, i met him when i was 15 and i felt in love.

now i’m 21 and he is 22. we were in the same class and got along very well and he seemed to like me too.

when i confessed, face to face he haven't admitted and he haven't denied it and he acted like he liked me too but couldn't be with me because reasons bigger than him, but i was too young to understand and he was young to handle the pressure he had.

Mandrake

I was that boy, i got out but she didnt wait for me to clarify my internal struggle, and our relation were VERY DAMAGED ... now in happy with my non believer gf but it's not her, maybe she was a big factor in getting out of the cult along my parent's divorce... But it costed me a lot emotionally to handle that difficult relationship with my ex... In somehow grateful to her (And my gf now knows that I'm out partially because of her, my ex)