Just in case some of you did not hear of this yet...
You can download the software here: http://earth.google.com/.
I used my address, and other points around the globe. It's AMAZING. Caution, requires broadband to connect. Enjoy.
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Google Earth: Amazing 3-D satellite pictures (and it's free)
by indoubt injust in case some of you did not hear of this yet.... you can download the software here: http://earth.google.com/.. i used my address, and other points around the globe.
it's amazing.
caution, requires broadband to connect.
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Documentary on JWs - "Knocking"
by indoubt inanybody heard of this?
it seems like a pro-jw documentary, planned to be broadcasted on pbs in 2006... .
http://www.knocking.org/.
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Thanks Blondie.
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Documentary on JWs - "Knocking"
by indoubt inanybody heard of this?
it seems like a pro-jw documentary, planned to be broadcasted on pbs in 2006... .
http://www.knocking.org/.
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Anybody heard of this? It seems like a pro-JW documentary, planned to be broadcasted on PBS in 2006...
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WOULD I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BREAK INTO YOUR HOUSE?
by Outaservice ini'm curious.
how many of you when you were still in the organization, or your family, that had a home security systems, had '1914' as your security code?
i know a lot did around here!
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Another code that seems popular in my family was 8318 (for Psalms 83:18)...
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What are some weird things that you do?
by love11 ineveryone has their own idiosyncrises, mine is- .
when i get a new book, i'll open it up to the middle of the book and stick my nose in the binding for about ten seconds, and smell how the glue, ink, and fresh paper smell.
ahhhh i love that smell.
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When I watch TV or listen to the radio, the volume always has to be on an EVEN number.
If my wife controls the volume and puts it to an odd number, I go crazy.
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Help Me Come Up With a Domain Name!
by FMZ inok, i'm gonna buy a new domain... i want it to be something along the lines of www.kjsblah.com .
ideas anyone?.
fmz / kj
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How about:
kjsworld.com
mykjs.com
Both are available.
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Can You Spot A Jehovah's Witness???
by minimus inare you able to tell if someone is a jw just by looking or listening to a person?
what are the give away signs that make you just know that they're a witness?
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Last year, we rented a beach-front condo. The owner told us that their cleaning people would meet us at a specific time to give us the keys.
... cleaning person = 15% chances of being a witness.
We were to meet in front of the condo at 12:30pm on a Sunday. When the cleaning person showed up, he was dressed in a suit, clean shaved, etc.
... cleaning person + suit on a Sunday = 50% chances of being a witness.
But I wanted more proof before jumping to conclusions...
6 days later (Saturday evening), the phone rings at the condo. It's the cleaning person. He asks me when we should meet on Sunday so he can get the keys back.
I propose 10:30am... He says: "could we meet at around 9am instead... we have a meeting starting at 10am".
... cleaning person + suit on a Sunday + using the word "meeting" on a Sunday = 90% chances of being a witness.
But I wanted more proof...
The cleaning person came at the condo at 9am sharp. I was downstairs loading the car. When I came back to the condo, I see the "cleaning person" talking to my wife with JW litterature in his hands.
... cleaning person + suit on a Sunday + using the word "meeting" on a Sunday + JW litterature in his hands = 100% chances of being a witness.
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What is your earliest memory?
by doodle-v ini can remember drinking out of a bottle.
and i remember when i was 2 1/2 my mom carrying me around on her hip at the assembly hall in puyallup wa.
how far back in your life can you remember?
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I was about 3 years old. A couple of days prior to the incident, my dad bought me a plastic cowboy gun with a cool cowboy belt.
Unfortunately, my dad also started to study with the JWs at the same time. He was told by the JW brother that guns were bad. So my dad and I had a discussion on the front porch of our house and he tried to explain to me that we had to get rid of the gun. I reluntanctly gave him my gun and I remember him throwing it away in a big garbage bag. I remember crying a lot.
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I need some help
by New Castles ini have been reading and posting (sometimes) for about 7 months and am very grateful to have found a community that understand what i have been going through.
i have been fading for a little over a year now, and have a sudden urge to speak out about how i feel and what wts is doing.
i have tried this in the past with some family, including my wife, who is no longer with me, for the same reason....i have also spoken to my brother and mother.
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New Castles,
You might want to grab a copy of a book entitled "Releasing the bonds - Empowering people to think for themselves", by Steve Hassan (http://www.freedomofmind.com/).
From the website: Steven Alan Hassan, cult counselor and mind control expert is a Nationally Certified Counselor and licensed Mental Health Counselor and has developed a breakthrough approach to help loved ones rescue cult mind control victims. He is a former member of the Moon cult.
Nearly half of the book discusses a technique called the "Strategic Interaction Approach" to help cult members . This strategy shows how one can help friends or family members by first trying to find common grounds (is it just me, or did I see a similar strategy in my latest kingdom ministry?)
Seriously, I found this book extremely informative. I am in a simlar situation (faded, but my wife still going strong), and was able to apply the strategy when discussing with my wife. She is not out yet, but has growing doubts and starts realizing what the "love" in the congregation really is.
One comment: I noticed that it is very easy to get in heated arguments when discussing about doctrines and beliefs. And when this happens, it leads to nowhere except frustration. In my opinion, you will have much better results by not attacking their beliefs directly, but by asking them questions that will (hopefully) give a jump-start to their thinking abilities (as in confusedjw's example).
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