Posts by under the radar

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Ex-Jehovah's Witness success story

by Watchtower-Free in

this was just posted to facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3/10152073176825835/?comment_id=10152073536380835&notif_t=group_comment_reply.

by christina jones.

under the radar

That is a wonderful story. I hope it is entirely true and not just another "heartwarming" fabrication that winds up doing more harm than good. People who write such things undoubtedly mean well, but when the truth comes out it undermines accounts that actually are factual in every detail.

Assuming it is a completely true account, I would offer this amazing young woman a couple of suggestions. First, take her deadbeat ex-husband to court and make him pay back child support. The way the courts are today, she should get a nice lump sum that will make life a bit more comfortable for herself and her children while also punishing the deadbeat sperm donor. He deserves it!

Second, I realize this was a Facebook posting and not a formal article submitted for publication, but since she is teaching grade school children and that probably includes English composition, she might consider geting a better spell checker and proofreading her own writing one more time. A teacher should not misuse/misspell words like "bare" and "loose." I'm sure she meant "bear" and "lose." If she used voice recognition softward to dictate the posting, that would explain the errors. There are some capitalization and punctuation errors as well, but there's no need to nitpick every apparent imperfection. I'm just saying that a teacher's writings should be error-free and set an example for her students to emulate. There are likely errors in this posting as well, but I am not a teacher and don't claim to be an exemplar for anyone.

All that aside, this amazing young lady should be heartily congratulated and encouraged in any way possible. Her courage and determination are shining examples of what a person can accomplish once he or she is freed from the shackles of superstition and blind obedience to those who presume to claim divine authority.

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40 Years Today

by Still Totally ADD in

jw
friends

yes that's right reopened mind and me have been married 40 years ago today.

we had a little party today at our uu congregation.

we brought wine for the pot luck dinner we had today.

under the radar

Congratulations! I am so glad you two found enduring happiness together. That's a wonderful achievement. May you have many more years together. Don't worry about that "God ending the marital arrangement" thing. I think you're pretty safe there...

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Stephen Fry explains the purpose of life in 3 minutes (with pictures)

by besty in

jw
friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dhvwhrqvbs#t=167.

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Great video! Thanks for posting it. I forwarded it to my adult son and my sweetheart. Lovely little free-thinking humanist she is...

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newspaper is now naming names in OKLA cover up

by Jack Miller in

newspaper now publicly names one of the local elders that covered up child abuse.

it is same elder that wt glorified before because of his work at nasa.. .

http://m.mcalesternews.com/mcalester/db_291911/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=3taku8gs.

under the radar

Thanks for the clarification, everyone! I'm glad it wasn't the engineer who turned out to be a pedofile, but it's still a shame a person of his intelligence fell for the myths and superstitions of organized religion. What a waste of a powerful mind...

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newspaper is now naming names in OKLA cover up

by Jack Miller in

newspaper now publicly names one of the local elders that covered up child abuse.

it is same elder that wt glorified before because of his work at nasa.. .

http://m.mcalesternews.com/mcalester/db_291911/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=3taku8gs.

under the radar

So is this the same NASA engineer with a different name, or someone else entirely?

I guess it is possible that the Society mentioned more than one person with a NASA background who bought into the cancer. What a pity! It's a shame when an educated person falls for the ancient superstitions and gives his mind over to a blanking cult.

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What Ailed Those Pilots ... ?

by snowbird in

the pilots and crew of the missing plane, was something wrong with all of them?.

sylvia.

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I happen to be a 777 captain for a major US airline. I was in Asia all last week, including Singapore, which is very near where all this happened.

First off, the talking heads of the media have put out a lot of inaccurate and incomplete information. Some of things they've talked about should not have been revealed on TV. There are certain technical details that the public has no need to know. That kind of information only helps those with evil intent. Entertaining and/or informing the public does not justify revealing strategic information that can be used against you.

Another thing: it seems to me that the "authorities" are wasting considerable time chasing certain "clues" that capture the public's interest just so it will look like they're doing something. For example, the captain's home flight simulator. That kind of thing is nothing more than a glorified video game and cannot be used to learn to actually fly or to practice some new maneuver you want to do in an actual airplane. I believe he had a gamer's control wheel, which resembles an airplane control wheel, but you'd have none of the feel and control pressures of the real plane. And you operate most of the controls and switches in the "simulator" in a much different way than in the airplane. Trying to train for a "mission" with that would actually be counterproductive, even negative training. A pilot of his experience wouldn't need his simulator to train for whatever happened on that plane anyway. I don't think he had any involvment whatsoever in the incident. Of course, I don't know what happened, but I'd be shocked if he had anything to do with it.

The media is also making much about the fact that the copilot had invited people into the cockpit in the past. That is against the rules, but he couldn't have done it without the consent of whoever his captain was that day, so it wasn't something he did just on his own. And I don't think it has anything at all to do with what happened last week. If, and this is a big IF, he had anything to do with this, his trying to impress a couple of pretty girls a while back is unrelated. I'd be much more interested in finding out if he had strong political or religious beliefs and had possibly been radicalized recently. While I think that is very unlikely, it is much more pertinent that his showing off for young women on occasion.

For what it's worth, I believe our government has far better surveillance capabilities than is publicly known. Probably other governments do too. I would not be surprised if they know exactly what happened to that plane and where it is, but cannot reveal that information without giving away just how extensive and far-reaching those capabilities are. It could be a similar situation to when the British and Americans had broken the German and Japanese codes during World War II but didn't act on any information gained that way unless it could also have been gotten from at least two other sources. It was that important to keep the secret. Makes you wonder...

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How many elders does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

by mynameislame in

just one but he has to be constantly ready to replace it at a moments notice..

under the radar

It takes 100. One to actually change the bulb, but 99 to stand around talking about how great the new light is.

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The Last BOE!

by Atlantis in

this is the last boe we will be able to provide.

our informant or source, was caught, disfellowshipped, and thrown out of bethel.

we knew that sooner or later the watchtower would find him out.

under the radar

So sorry to hear about your friend. He certainly showed his courage many times over. I wish him well. I'm sure most everyone here would love to hear his story if and when he feels he would like to share it.

Although some of the BOE's were quite innocuous, others were quite enlightening as to what is really going on in the upper echelons of the Society. I'm sure some in my family will be dancing a jig once they realize I will no longer have "Theocratic" information, including documentation, long before they do. Due to your and your informant's work, I knew several important things before my brother-in-law, an elder, had heard of them.

Please keep us posted on his situation and let him know that many here appreciate all his efforts. I wish we had some sort of medal to give him.

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My Window Cleaner

by happy@last in

my window cleaner is a jw and as i am always working when he comes to my house i haven't seen him or spoken to him in years.

the other day i was in my local town and went into a cafe for some lunch.

who is sitting there but my window cleaner and his wife.

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Just my 2 cents worth, but if you had a standing agreement that he could clean the windows whenever it was needed and he performed the service, then I think you owe him the money. But... if he came by and cleaned the windows on his own without a prior arrangement, you owe him nothing. If they actually needed cleaning and he did a good job, then you may want to pay him anyway out of a sense of fairness and to show him that "apostates" are not "evil." But there would absolutley be nothing wrong with your "canning" him because of his attitude towards you. You don't have to do business with anyone who disdains or disrespects you personally.

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He Wants To Help Me

by LouBelle in

jw
friends

so i just happened to bump into an elder today.

a guy my age that i used to know.

i was having a quick breakfast.

under the radar

Hey LouBelle! IF you decide to talk with this guy, bringing up the incomprehensible idea of overlapping generations is a good starting point. They changed 100 years of teaching with one little word, "apparently", in one paragraph of a regular weekly Watchtower Study. There really no justification or basis for this interpretation except they had to do something to extend "this generation" because the actual 1914 generation was rapidly dying out. They're grasping at straws.

One thing you might want to consider: according to officlal JW policy, lone elders are not supposed to be counseling "sisters" without at least one other elder present. Is it possible that this elder wants to "help" you because he's looking for an opportunity to get more "personal" if you spend time alone talking about things and you drop your guard? In other words, is it possible that he considers you "easy pickings" because you are now "worldly"? Some of these creeps make wild assumptions and would not hesitate to take advantage of a situation if they thought they could get away with it. Just sayin'...

I know you're a big girl and can well take care of yourself. You've proved that several times over. I just wanted to give you a heads up that there are wolves out there in elders' clothing.

Give 'em hell, girl!