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  I Donated to Wikipedia

  by RayPublisher in

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  even though wikipedia isn't perfect, and you still have to vet and research anything you read online, it has proved invaluable to me and many others out there over the last few years since we learned ttatt.

  articles on jehovah's witnesses and the watchtower corporations, as well as cognitive dissonance, et al.

  have made it a great place to help those that want to free their minds, which includes me lol!.

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  I saw the banner today and seriously considered donating. Wikipedia really is an incredible resource.
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  Venting some rage and pain.

  by jemba in

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  my father the coboe and much loved member of the cult has ignored me and my children 17yrs and 8yrs old for much of my life and all of my kids lives.

  i hate that religion for taking my father away and i hate him for being sucked in and putting all his love, time and kindness into the org and the stupid dubs and leaving himself too tired and uninterested in us.

  my kids dont have grandparents, my mum is ok, she rings me once a month but kinda ignores my kids, just gives em $50 each a yr as a substitute for love and attention.. .

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  been there. FEel for you.
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  Things which have no meaning have meaning

  by Terry in

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  this sentence is invisible but has meaning when it is not invisible.

  in the above box we have a sentence that contains "meaning".

  but, it only has meaning because you are curious enough to find it.. without curiousity and a drive to discover we can't even see the things which have no meaning that have meaning.. .

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  This sentence is invisible but has meaning when it is not invisible

  but I can't get the quote feature to work!!!

  I've had invisible messages before. Took me a while to figure this out

  and is it appearing in all browsers?
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  Remembering Our Dear Richard Rawe

  by Dogpatch in

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  richard m. rawe was born may 10, 1934. he died in his sleep a little before midnight, october 26, 1012, in soap lake, washington.

  his death was caused by probable acute myocardial infarction and cardiovascular disease.. in 1995, richard had a major stroke that left him with damage to his vocal cords.

  previous to the stroke he had a beautiful speaking voice and was much in demand as a speaker in kingdom halls in the northwest when he was a jehovahs witness prior to 1975. in his later years, richard was the host with the raspy, croaky voice of the dialogue telephone conference-line program which hundreds of people listened to twice a month on saturday evening.. up until his death, richard was an attractive, partially balding, gray-haired man, still tall and elegant in appearance, who carried himself with class and dignity no matter how bad he physically felt.

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  wow. never knew him, wish I did.
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  New JW Apologist here

  by Christ Alone in

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  i was a jw for a lot of years, like many of you.

  i wanted to try an experiment and try out my jw apologist chops.

  since we have such a hard time finding a jw apologist that can argue well, i thought i'd give it a whirl.

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  I initially thought wha happened was taking you seriously, CA, but now I think he's playing the same game right backatcha!

  But you are right, it's quite easy to ruin your name here. Many people read selectively and they do not get to know individual posters that well or remember things about them. I read more than most, I think, but I realized when (see, now the name has gone out of my head) ?? oh, yeah - Scott77 started doing the "compare and contrast posters" threads that I don't know a lot of posters very well at all.
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  Is the WT the only true religion?

  by Christ Alone in

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  jehovah's witnesses do not do that!

  again: jehovah's witnesses do!

  jehovah's witnesses!.

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  CA - I'm finding this a bit disorienting. You are doing a good job, though! I just wanted to comment that I really liked your analogies and your explanations about the use of Jehovah on the other thread. Worth bringing over here and using them to refute your JW argument above.
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  Nietzsche

  by d in

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  for those who have read nietzsche.

  do you find his work inspiring?

  i have read thus spoke zarathustra can reading nietzsche enlighten you?

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  I love Nietzsche. Live by his philosophies: From life's school of war: what does not kill me makes me stronger
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  "A Time to Speak"----When? (with scans).

  by Atlantis in

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  2. beliefs

  (adds found on pictiger are not associated with jwd) urls for watchtower scans can be found at the bottom.

  (from kent's old archive).

  this was the title on an article in the watchtower 1987 9/1, pages 12-15. this article should scare any employer that do have employees that are jehovah's witnesses.

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  I'm bumping this thread, as it seems to be one of the newest on the topic, and it has a couple of good references, including the "time to speak" article. I know there's a link somewhere to Scully's essay on the topic as well. The question also came up recently in light of someone going for surgery who did not want a JW on her surgical team.

  I went hunting for this info today after taking HIA (health information act) training at work. My province is in the process of putting all health records into an electronic database. I have relatives who work as nurses, so I'm concerned about the confidentiality of my own information and that of my daughters. We don't really care if they go to the elders, since we don't consider ourselves subject to their form of justice anymore. But it certainly would complicate things if one of us ended up DFd (although of less concern now that my mom has died). But I simply do not trust them to respect our private health information. Nor do I want them to have any excuse to paint us as evil.

  I know most places have health privacy legislation now. One thing I will be doing ASAP is requesting that my record be "masked". This is a formal process where you can request to have your records hidden in the electronic database. They can still be accessed, but a reason must be provided and every access attempted is logged.

  There also is a process here whereby you can request a risk assessment. I'm debating doing something like that to alert them about JW employees and possible HIA breaches.
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  I Could Really Use A Friend

  by Hargitay in

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  have been in the austin area for a little over a week in the midst of trying to start over.

  i was df'd recently after being in the truth my entire life.

  everyone has abandoned me, and i am lost out here.

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  Hargitay - glad to hear you've managed to settle for now. It will get better. Sometimes we make decisions that seem like the only choice at the time, and sometimes we are not emotionally able to take a certain course of action. Perhaps once you are back on your feet you will be in a better position to work on a relationship with your kids, but you need emotional and practical stability right now.

  I did not comment previously but I have been thinking of you and hoping things would take a positive turn.
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  Vangogh, Welcome to the board!!!

  by ziddina in

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  2. friends

  i'd just like to say hello and welcome to one of our newest members, vangogh.... though he [she?

  ] hasn't posted a "hello" thread yet, here is his first post with a mini-autobiography.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/240404/1/all-things-given-to-us.

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  Welcome, Vangogh. Your comment, "the awful atmosphere and feeling of those days are coming back to me" is exactly why I've not yet shared my whole story, even though I've been a member here for a while. I was born in, and have been out for over 15 years, but each time I go back to relate one part of it, I feel like I'm back inside that horrible, oppressive jail cell. I can't linger there very long, so for the moment I can only tell my story in bits and pieces.

  Like you, I"m still struggling to sort out my post-JW life, particularly financially. I really appreciate those who are able to share their stories. It truly is inspiring each time I read about a successful journey. Regardless of where you may be on the road, the moment you see the light and begin the pathway out, you have found success.