Posts by slimboyfat

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Sister may have had a slight heart attack, do I text her?
by Xanthippe in
1. jw
2. friends
so my cousin phoned and told me my jw sister was taken to hospital with chest pains and it may have been a slight heart attack or possibly she's starting with angina.

now as some of you know my sisters and brother have had little to do with me for 29 years.

we've met at funerals, or arranged them, but i just thought today what if she did die?
slimboyfat

I'm pleased for you Xan, but a little trepidatious too. Because I've read so many similar experiences on this site (over nearly 20 years now). Unfortunately what often happens is that the JW relative shows unexpected human connection, but then JW guilt kicks in, no doubt involving great inner turmoil for the JW, and they feel compelled to follow it up with a restatement of their support for shunning policy and strict adherence resumes. In the JW world no unauthorised act of human kindness can go unpunished.
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The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses Link?
by lambsbottom in
1. watchtower
2. bible
can someone give me the pdf or epub link to:.

the orwellian world of jehovah's witnesses .

thanks.
slimboyfat

Goes a little over the top on the 1984 parallels, but enjoyable book to read with some interesting perspectives.
Don't miss out the very interesting frontmatter where Gary Botting describes his precocious interest in zoology and encounter with “brother Noah”.
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Is our universe just a hologram?
by frankiespeakin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was doing a shearch on physicist alain aspect, and came across this :.

http://home.elp.rr.com/osiris/newpage1.htm.

the universe as a hologramdoes objective reality exist, or is the universe a phantasm?.
slimboyfat

Yes indeed. Or another way of putting it, believing in God in some sense is an acknowledgement of the limits of human understanding. And to be clear, not just the things we do not yet understand, but that there are things we cannot understand.
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Is our universe just a hologram?
by frankiespeakin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was doing a shearch on physicist alain aspect, and came across this :.

http://home.elp.rr.com/osiris/newpage1.htm.

the universe as a hologramdoes objective reality exist, or is the universe a phantasm?.
slimboyfat

I am not sure what the difference would be. If reality is a hologram then that's what reality is. It doesn't make it less real. Unless you are comparing reality to an alternative reality that could be more real in some sense. But what would that more real alternative be?
I think it all boils down to the idea that the universe springs from the mind of God. Which I find more and more plausible actually.
The idea that the material universe sprang into existence by itself, from nothing, and for no reason, seems the least plausible of the available explanations. But then, who are we to know?
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Have you ever gone back to a meeting out of curiosity?
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. experiences
just wondering if anyone has gone back to a meeting out of curiosity?

(perhaps to an area far from your old khall where you know no one).

with all the changes from 2012 onwards (videos, tv screens, new meeting format, new songs etc) it would be an odd experience to be in attendance!.
slimboyfat

It's crazy never to go back.
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Pillowgate - John Cedars
by CitizenofEarth in
1. social
2. humour
is this true?

is this really true?!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qirjv48c55m.
slimboyfat

There was some of the commentary I disagreed with. But I can’t remember what it was now. I think I fell asleep as some point.
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What would you say?
by Freedom rocks in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if you had 2 minutes with an old witness friend or with a family member to convince them the 'truth' is a lie and the gb isnt being directed by god what would you say to get their attention that might make them question their beliefs?.
slimboyfat

(If I could fit this in 2 minutes and if it applied to the person)
1. I like you anyway whatever you decide because my admiration for you as a person goes beyond whatever you believe or practice religiously.
2. I know you are a person who cares about the truth. And if you want to prove whether JWs have the truth or not you will do that yourself, and you don't need me to do it for you.
3. Experts in relevant fields have considered and rejected JW claims on chronology, evolution and whatever else. There's lots of specific information available from real experts on these subjects. Watchtower literature distorts and misunderstands a lot of these issues.
4. More people are leaving JWs now than ever before and JWs are beginning to decline in many countries. There is lots of support from other people leaving or who have left already, if you need it, online and locally, probably including people you have known as JWs in the past. You might be surprised how many people you know who have already left or want to leave.
5. When people eventually leave JWs a very common thing they say is they wish they left when they were younger and didn't waste so much time in the religion. As 1914 recedes further into history, and the "generation" gets stretched out even more, the GB are only going to get crazier and more demanding as time goes on.
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Pillowgate - John Cedars
by CitizenofEarth in
1. social
2. humour
is this true?

is this really true?!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qirjv48c55m.
slimboyfat

Man this is bigger than the big snooze of 2006.
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Pillowgate - John Cedars
by CitizenofEarth in
1. social
2. humour
is this true?

is this really true?!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qirjv48c55m.
slimboyfat

105 thousand views and counting. Cedars' most popular video yet I think. He'll be thanking brother Breaux for that one.
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besty - anybody remember me
by besty in
1. jw
2. friends
just checkin in - all good.

px.
slimboyfat

Hi Paul, good to see you. It snowed here last week, really cold. ;-)