ILoveTTATT2

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  I am deeply ashamed that I didn't accept evolution until a few years ago...

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  so... i live in mexico and i am helping with an esl class (english as a second language).

  actually, i am helping with two classes.

  i get two days a week in which i just stand there and have a debate with the class, encouraging as many as possible to just talk... in english.. anyways, i like talking about subjects that generate debate.

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  Thankfully, I stumbled one day onto jwfacts and the rest is history...
  
  Also thankfully, I want to lead an evidence-based life. As soon as I knew the WT was bullshit, I rejected it. As soon as I knew the Bible also was... I rejected it. As soon as I knew that evolution was true... I accepted it.
  
  I wish that I had stumbled upon this info earlier... =(
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  Spanish Forum is being shut down

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  apparently the spanish forum, extj.com, is being shut down coming december.it's pretty sad.

  there is still so much work to do to help people in latin america and spain come out of this cult!.

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  It's really sad, because of the sheer amount of information that was there... I am glad I downloaded a lot of the documents I needed for my activism!
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  Spanish Forum is being shut down

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently the spanish forum, extj.com, is being shut down coming december.it's pretty sad.

  there is still so much work to do to help people in latin america and spain come out of this cult!.

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  ILoveTTATT2

  Hi sp74bb, what about the copy that Jose had???
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  Spanish Forum is being shut down

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently the spanish forum, extj.com, is being shut down coming december.it's pretty sad.

  there is still so much work to do to help people in latin america and spain come out of this cult!.

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  ILoveTTATT2

  I'm a bit confused now, is it actually officially closing down through planned choice or has it simply crashed / experiencing temporary technical issues?
  If it's the latter then I'm not interested in taking advantage of someone else's issues to effectively go into competition with them.
  Is someone definitely in contact with the owners of the site about the plans for it?

  Hi Simon,
  
  The owner of the site placed a post a couple of days ago saying that it was no joke, that they were dead serious, they were shutting down the forum come December.
  
  I think that it crashed because many users tried to download the entire forum all at once. I am not technical but that is my hunch.
  
  I don't have a direct contact with the forum owners, but at least as of the last moment before it crashed, it was going to be shut down.
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  I am deeply ashamed that I didn't accept evolution until a few years ago...

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so... i live in mexico and i am helping with an esl class (english as a second language).

  actually, i am helping with two classes.

  i get two days a week in which i just stand there and have a debate with the class, encouraging as many as possible to just talk... in english.. anyways, i like talking about subjects that generate debate.

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  ILoveTTATT2

  You sound like a good person with an interesting job ILoveTTATT2!

  Thank you!
  
  I volunteer for it actually, no payment no nothing. I do get great pleasure helping people and also getting to know people. I work from home all day and after being a JW, this helps a lot with rebuilding a friends list!
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  I am deeply ashamed that I didn't accept evolution until a few years ago...

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so... i live in mexico and i am helping with an esl class (english as a second language).

  actually, i am helping with two classes.

  i get two days a week in which i just stand there and have a debate with the class, encouraging as many as possible to just talk... in english.. anyways, i like talking about subjects that generate debate.

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  ILoveTTATT2

  Hi Outlaw,

  Thank you for the words.
  
  However, I realized yesterday that my disbelief in evolution was not because I was simply religious... it was a whole different level... I was kinda expecting my "problem" to be something that was relatively common among the "never been a JW"... but no! It was specifically a problem of being in a fundamentalist cult!
  
  
  
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  I am deeply ashamed that I didn't accept evolution until a few years ago...

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so... i live in mexico and i am helping with an esl class (english as a second language).

  actually, i am helping with two classes.

  i get two days a week in which i just stand there and have a debate with the class, encouraging as many as possible to just talk... in english.. anyways, i like talking about subjects that generate debate.

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  ILoveTTATT2

  So... I live in Mexico and I am helping with an ESL class (English as a Second Language). Actually, I am helping with two classes. I get two days a week in which I just stand there and have a debate with the class, encouraging as many as possible to just talk... in English.

  Anyways, I like talking about subjects that generate debate. So yesterday, I asked both classes (like 40 people) if they believed evolution was true.

  I was shocked, completely shocked, to learn that over 90% of the people in both classes said yes!

  Let me remind you... this is in Mexico, where, by far, in terms of a large country, the JW's are the most successful in the entire world. (You may say it's the US but actually in terms of publisher to population ratio, Mexico beats the US by miles). Over 82% of the population is Catholic. It is a very religious country.

  It not only shocked me but made me feel ashamed. Very ashamed. It showed me the degree of fundamentalism that the cult imposed upon me.

  Maybe it's because the people that go to those classes are the "cream of the crop" in Mexico?

  Maybe it's the new generation?

  I don't know...
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  Spanish Forum is being shut down

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently the spanish forum, extj.com, is being shut down coming december.it's pretty sad.

  there is still so much work to do to help people in latin america and spain come out of this cult!.

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  ILoveTTATT2

  Yeah... I keep checking it every couple of hours.
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  Spanish Forum is being shut down

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently the spanish forum, extj.com, is being shut down coming december.it's pretty sad.

  there is still so much work to do to help people in latin america and spain come out of this cult!.

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  ILoveTTATT2

  @suavojr: The site admin said it wasn't a joke, that they were closing down the site come December.
  
  @Sanchy: Pretty sure.
  
  @Crazyguy: I have been working on it for the past two years. About 30% of the site has been translated already. See www.verdadtj.com
  
  @sp74bb: Would you consider merging into this site?
  
  @Simon: I would be willing to moderate it with sp74bb, if he wants.
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  Spanish Forum is being shut down

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently the spanish forum, extj.com, is being shut down coming december.it's pretty sad.

  there is still so much work to do to help people in latin america and spain come out of this cult!.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
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  ILoveTTATT2

  Apparently the Spanish forum, extj.com, is being shut down coming December.
  
  It's pretty sad. There is still so much work to do to help people in Latin America and Spain come out of this cult!