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  Rasputin and Serums and Herbs--Oh My!

  by rebel8 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i have written a blog post about the dubs and their scorn of modern medicine and rasputin, while simultaneously touting unproven, dangerous cures.. i wonder what it is about a fake remedy that makes jws believe in it or scorn it?.

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  People havent improved their lifespan or quality of life anymore now than in the course of human history.

  Figure 4. Female Life Expectancy in Developed Countries: 1840-2009

  

  
  
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  Poster country flags and privacy

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

  before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

  first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

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  rebel8

  Rebel8: but do you agree this is then limiting what these people can discuss as well as not solving the problem of information revealed in the past?
  

  I spoke to future posts in my previous comments, but I do not know if it is a fact that previous posts will be flagged with a country. Does the geolocator look for where you were and where you are when it adds the country flag to your posts?
  
  What if you both stopped posting with your current account before the change took place? Then you could re-register with a new account and be sure to obscure anything personally identifiable.
  
  Is that technologically feasible, Simon?
  
  Another thought--how many of these tiny countries are English speaking (and therefore would be able to participate on this forum)?  If they're not English speaking countries but the poster speaks English, that would both help and hinder identification. Speaking English in a non-English country narrows down identities, but reduces the possibility that person can be found by an Internet search (because those searching would have to be searching English forums in English search engines).
  
  There is also the fact that showing countries gives the wts minions less places to hide when searching this forum.  They could, of course, see some info w/o registering, but not the members-only area, which is where those from tiny countries could post. Now that we have the new feature previewing active threads, it is less of an issue to get participation in threads posted to those sections.

  
  Will it be possible to search for posters who are from a certain country? I thought not.
  
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  Rasputin and Serums and Herbs--Oh My!

  by rebel8 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i have written a blog post about the dubs and their scorn of modern medicine and rasputin, while simultaneously touting unproven, dangerous cures.. i wonder what it is about a fake remedy that makes jws believe in it or scorn it?.

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  rebel8

  I have written a blog post about the dubs and their scorn of modern medicine and Rasputin, while simultaneously touting unproven, dangerous cures.

  I wonder what it is about a fake remedy that makes jws believe in it or scorn it?
  
  
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  Irony: Jehovah Java cafe has a Milky Way milkshake

  by rebel8 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.facebook.com/jehovahjava/posts/10152320543180734.

  this cafe appears to be operated by a different religion and all--just thought this was pretty funny..

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  https://www.facebook.com/Jehovahjava/posts/10152320543180734

  This cafe appears to be operated by a different religion and all--just thought this was pretty funny.
  
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  Poster country flags and privacy

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

  before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

  first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

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  This may be of interest. Here is a list of countries and the number of jws in each (full disclosure--it's from Wikipedia).

  You can see there are some really small countries with small numbers of jws. Would the geolocator pick up on those, or would they be aggregated into a certain region? Is there a way to check?

  Of course, even in those, you can obscure your other details. Either don't mention or change unimportant details in stories you tell so they don't lend themselves to being found by Google.For example, avoid mentioning genders, specific place names where things happened, unusual quotes, etc.
  

  So back to the stats, let's remember there are even more ex-jws.
  

  
  

  
  
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  Poster country flags and privacy

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

  before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

  first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

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  I agree it is not too private to reveal one's country. City, maybe. There could be a person from an extremely tiny country who might want that info concealed, but I suppose that's an obscure situation and the benefit to the many outweigh the detriment to the few.

  For that person, s/he could use other ways to obscure his identity when posting (concealing certain details in one's posts).
  
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  Proud JW.ORG Photos everyone needs to see! The Watchtower Sanctified the Internet for Preaching!

  by Trailer Park Pioneer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am proud to be a jehovah's witness in the last days, what religion has done this much to proclaim the message about the organization?

  other religions are preaching about jesus, some wear the crucifixion, other's wear shirts with fishes but we wear shirts with jw.org!

  no other religion has our courage!.

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  Whaaaat?! Wow. Advertising now.

  I still don't get why it's free to advertise on buses? insidetheKH, what is your source for that information?
  
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  Is shunning effective?

  by rebel8 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does shunning accomplish its objectives:.

  make the person repent?.

  deter others from committing similar offenses in the future?.

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  Does shunning accomplish its objectives:

  • make the person repent?
  • deter others from committing similar offenses in the future?
  • keep the congregation clean?
  • preserve jehoopla's name?
    
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  The Noah's ark : What a nonsense!

  by coalize in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1. a shitty start we don't have to wait more than 4 verses of genesis 6 to put our feet in a big stinky bullshit :.

  consequently, jehovah saw that mans wickedness was great on the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only bad all the time.

  jehovah regretted that he had made men on the earth, and his heart was saddened.

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  I just realized that jehoopla changed his mind about killing everyone and saved Noah instead. Changed his mind. What, his decision was wrong?
  
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  Recommended Lodging List

  by piztjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just a few instructions orders from mother about motels.. please use only hotels that appear on the recommended lodging list.

  (one page, with only one motel locally).

  one nights deposit (credit card, money order, etc.,) is required, and should be sent to the hotel within ten days of making your reservation.

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  Why mail the deposit? Don't dubs have credit cards?