Posts by Whiskeyjack

How does that Catholic saying go? Give me a boy when he's 8 years old and he's ours for life? (or something like that). What the main danger is the extent of programming your kids will be subjected to. I agree with the posters who've advised against outright opposition.

Instead, educate your kids to become critical thinkers and they should be able to avoid being hoodwinked. Adolescence should do the trick. Make alternatives available to them. This will be time consuming but will help them many areas of life besides avoiding a religion past its expiration date!

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Do JWs believe in "signs"

by Shawn in

do jws believe that god can use mundane everyday things to show his will?

my friend says she doesn't believe in signs, i am wondering if this is a jw mindset or her personal one.

it is something i have asked her and she said it was her beliefe but i wonder how much the wts had to do with it.

Whiskeyjack

Good question. I can remember all sorts of "examples" of "signs" of God's "favour" or "protection" for witnesses given during talks. Most resolve around tales of personal "protection" or economic assistance from the big J. One story was about a derelict who was going to attack a JW lady out in service but decided against it because of the two "angels" behind her - anybody remember that one?

This sort of phenomonan (sp?) in interpreting coincidental events is fairly widespread but I can't recall it's name though. Help anyone?

W.

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Operation UN applseed. Covert convention evil slaving.

by avishai in

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what if hypothetically, legally, etc.

peeps were go to the convention and leave copies of the un info.

in strategic areas?

Whiskeyjack

Well, it would keep the attendants busy.

I think a better strategy would be to post bills with the info. on telepohone poles along all the pedestran routes to the sites and near the hotels!

You're one sneaky bugger A!

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On behalf of all lurkers...

by marked in

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... i'd like to say a big thank you to all you regular posters.

i've been here as long or longer than many of you with hundreds of posts, but even though i don't often hit "reply" it doesn't mean i'm not responding.

and i think i speak for many of us here.

Whiskeyjack

Nice one GBL!!!!!!!!!

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Special Vigil/Thanksgiving for Dansk--1 year

by under74 in

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thanks marjorie!

for anyone uncertain about what this thread is about .

click here.

Whiskeyjack

I won't be at my computer for my time zone, so please accept my "Canuckian" best wishes to a "Limey" fighter!

W.

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Without the Internet. Would you still have been a active believing dub??

by Samuel Thorsen in

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perhaps i would.. struggeling with doubts of course, but going to the meetings and turning in 2 or 3 hours on my report every month like i used to.... what about you guys?

Whiskeyjack

I started fading when I was about 22 because of the dysfunction all around me that I observed. As well, continuing "changes" in doctrine/policy by the GB told me that this particu;lar group of old men didn't know what God was thinking either.

It was years later that I bothered to google JW's on the web but even then only briefly for curiousity. Somebody mentioned this site to me last winter and I'm still amazed at what I didn't know about the org.'s history months later.

I feel compelled to use all this info. as ammunition in debates with JW relatives at the right time.

W.

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Why do you post here?

by seattleniceguy in

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for me, it's mainly the money and the women, i suppose.. no, but seriously, i was thinking the other day about why i post here.

in september it will be two years since i left the organization.

i don't much care for doctrinal debates anymore, and i usually pass on threads that are concerned with he-said-she-said kind of stuff inside the organization.

Whiskeyjack

SNG,

What Ozzie said!

This forum (and other sites like it) will help contribute to the org.'s eventual demise and as an ex-JW, I want to support that any little way I can!

I really appreciate your work on your "evolution series" as well!

W.

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WHO IS JOHN GALT? (A survey on Ayn Rand)

by Terry in

since its publication in 1957, atlas shrugged has sold more than five million copies.

perhaps a measure of the book's continuing influence may be estimated from the results of a survey conducted jointly by the library of congress and book-of-the-month club in 1991. the survey asked readers which books had made a difference in people's lives.

the results found atlas shrugged placing second only to the bible.

Whiskeyjack

Thanks Robert.

I've got one of her books in one of my boxes (will dig it out later.) I checked out her institute's site the other night but was looking for a more critical biography . My initial impression wasn't promising but I'll persevere a little more to give her a fair shake.

W.

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This post is for Whyamihere ( lets cheer her up ) : )

by kls in

all jokes and any humor here for our brooke who needs cheering up today .

come on you all cut lose and lets get her laughing .

let me add,,,, and to all that need a little pick-up today.

Whiskeyjack

How Canadian is this?

Two Canadian bowlng teams are on tour in London, England. One from Nova Scotia and one from Newfoundland. Both teams decide to go on a double-decker bus tour of the city.

The Nova Scotians take the lower deck and all the Newfie's take the top deck. The Nova Scotians get blind drunk, partying like it's 1999 until one team member suddenly realizes he can't hear a sound from the top deck. He goes up to investigate and finds all the Newfie's pale with fear, with white knuckles clutching their seats muttering Hail Mary's.

The Nova Scotian asks the nearest one, "What's wrong? We're having a great time!" To which the Newfie replied, "yeah, well at least you guys have a driver!"

W. (maybe this is an "in" joke)