stan livedeath

Joined

• started 133 topics
• posted 5,653 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by stan livedeath

• 
  56

  JW Net and Politics

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this site was and remains instrumental in assisting people that want to leave the jw's.. there has been political discussion here for some time now, a good couple of years and it makes me feel a little uneasy.

  i just opened up the site for the first time in some weeks, of the 10 posts being discussed, 4 were by the same poster, about politics, promoting their right wing beliefs.. this has been the trend for some time now, the same name behind a peppering of posts stirring the right v left of politics.. i remain forever grateful to the site and it's founders simon & angharad, i appreciate that simon shares some of these these political beliefs.

  it would be a shame to see the site evolve from a place for jw freedom of thought and escape, to political squabbling, that the world is frankly tired of right now.. just to clarify, politics is my hobby, whilst my friends read the football scores, i'm reading polling data.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  American politics holds zero interedt for me...so thats most of this site ignored. UK politics even less.

  I do read human interest threads...leaving the cult etc.
• 
  23

  Memorial this year?

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how are they handling the memorial this year?

  zoom or open kh's?

  how do they reject the wine & bread in their own home?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  i think i'll pass again this year--seems silly to break a 40 year habit.
• 
  23

  Hip Hip Hooray yyy

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi friends i`ve finally got an appointment to go to hospital tomorrow ,pre-admission for my hip replacement surgery.. so if you don`t hear from me ever again ,it means i`ve carked it .lol, should i even joke about that ?.

  so its goodnight from me till who knows when ?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  what are they replacing your hip with , Smid ?
• 
  113

  Try To Be Less White

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that’s what coca-cola is telling their employees.

  .

  this is ridiculous!.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  on UK tv adverts--there has been a huge increase in the number of "black" persons featured recently.
• 
  6

  "John Doe wants to be your friend" (Facebook) He died 2 1/2 years ago!

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. social
  2. current

  i just joined a few days ago and the topic is true.

  john (not his real name) is my wife's nephew and got killed in a road accident 2 1/2 years ago.. i've therefore come to the conclusion that most folks wanting me to be their friend are simply a computer algorithm, that my feeling bad by not answering their plea would hurt their feelings and risk our friendship, is not founded on reality.. on another topic, one question that i have is: if i search for a person on facebook does that person somehow learn that i did a search for him?.

  my son, who is a facebook expert, of sorts, says no.. what say you?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  FatFreek 200532 minutes ago

  Your concerns, Stan, have been my concerns as well. Sorry about that cousin of yours.

  actually--he had 10 extra years of life--he suffered from a serious heart condition--ending up with a heart / lung transplant at Papworth Hospital UK

  in that extra 10 years--he re-married and returned to work.

  Just a pity we didnt meet up in person since his childhood.
• 
  6

  "John Doe wants to be your friend" (Facebook) He died 2 1/2 years ago!

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. social
  2. current

  i just joined a few days ago and the topic is true.

  john (not his real name) is my wife's nephew and got killed in a road accident 2 1/2 years ago.. i've therefore come to the conclusion that most folks wanting me to be their friend are simply a computer algorithm, that my feeling bad by not answering their plea would hurt their feelings and risk our friendship, is not founded on reality.. on another topic, one question that i have is: if i search for a person on facebook does that person somehow learn that i did a search for him?.

  my son, who is a facebook expert, of sorts, says no.. what say you?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  i had been concerned about people knowing i had done a facebook search for them..people i knew many years before: but if they do find out--they can approach me if they want to.

  one embarrassing thing happened a few months back:

  a birthday notification appeared on my fbook--a cousin i hadnt seen since his childood--we occasionally chatted on fbook. I wished him a happy birthday. His older brother ( my age ) replied that he had died the previous year. I never knew.
• 
  23

  JWs getting into film production what could go wrong

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so the cult is getting into film production.

  i saw evans piece on the jws opening a studio in australia.

  one thing i see is if they use the people who are drawn to acting one they will create internal stars.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  Or Jehollywood even.
• 
  28

  Looking Back Were There Any “Apostates” In Your Congregation?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember knowing some jws that expressed their own personal viewpoints regarding what a scripture meant that was at odds with society teachings.

  in the 60 and 70’s, that was pretty much tolerated until the great purge in 1979 and 1980. as a matter of fact, it wasn’t unusual for witnesses to get together and discuss personal questions and viewpoints they might have.

  it wasn’t unusual to send letters to the society asking what was considered the right or wrong view.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  minimus34 minutes ago

  Amazing that they sought you out when you weren’t associated for years!

  well--my wife was a regular dub--dragging our kids along.

  they didnt take too kindly to the fact i had started an affaire with one of the married sisters--whom they did d/f for her misdemeanor.
• 
  28

  Looking Back Were There Any “Apostates” In Your Congregation?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember knowing some jws that expressed their own personal viewpoints regarding what a scripture meant that was at odds with society teachings.

  in the 60 and 70’s, that was pretty much tolerated until the great purge in 1979 and 1980. as a matter of fact, it wasn’t unusual for witnesses to get together and discuss personal questions and viewpoints they might have.

  it wasn’t unusual to send letters to the society asking what was considered the right or wrong view.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  Me. Apparently it was announced in jan 81 that i couldnt be d/f for wrong doing as i hadnt been a dub for years--but i was now an apostate and should be shunned by the congregation. I had no idea what it meant at the time.
• 
  26

  The Bible speaks of the "Unforgivable Sin" ? What is it ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any jehovah`s witnesses or ex jehovah`s witnesses even know what that sin is ?.

  why is such a statement in the bible if its not identified what that sin is ?.

  were the authors of the book just playing with peoples heads ?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  it might be referring to masturbation.