I'm sorry.....what's a floppy drive?
Just kidding, she's a beauty.
it arrived today, i spotted it in an on-line auction a few weeks ago, good price, reputable company with lots of happy customers, too good to resist.. pentium 3 850, 256mb ram, 20gb hd, 2 batteries (charging, yet to see what state they're in) with docking station.
dvd rom and floppy drive on the docking station, got a wireless card ordered for it.
for the dollars not a bad system - man i need to get a life!
I'm sorry.....what's a floppy drive?
Just kidding, she's a beauty.
what are some of the things that you miss about not being a jw any more ?
for myself i'd have to say it was the close relationships with the people there, some i don't miss at all, but some i really do miss, like the kids that i grew up with .
during my childhood.
Absolutely nothing!
jeeprube said: "What JW's will not tell you is that they are prohibited by their leadership from truly researching their own religion; they're not even supposed to be posting here on this website, as their Governing Body has banned them from the internet." I know lots of JWs who earn their living using the internet! And they seem to be active in their religion, too! The JWs have a website! JWs use email, do internet research, maintain computer networks. When you really think about it, though, trying to find out the truth about JWs on the internet would be like trying to learn the truth about what Tom Cruse believes on the internet. There is a lot of garbage out there that just isn't true, no matter who you are. The internet is a wonderful thing, but it would be folly to think that everything you read on it is true.
Here's another blatant JW lie in response to my statement that the GB has banned JW's from the internet. Does selling crap on e-bay qualify as "earning a living using the internet"?
And check out his desperate attempt to us Scientology to back himself up.
hello, i've been lurking for a few months now.
like many others here i've been through quite a bit lately, and what i've learned (thanks to jwd) is very eye opening to say the least.
will write my story when i have time.
Welcome tot he board! I know what you mean about the pressure to get baptized at an early age. Amazing how such a "simple" decision can have such long-lasting effects.
Bump.
Anybody else want to jump on this article and leave a comment?
what's the main motivating force behind the average jw?.
i'd say it's a fear of their own death.
fear of dying.
I think it's pure self-interest; greed if you will. Most JW's were converted at the lowest point of their life. My mother for instance, was a drugged out hippie down to her last dollar with two kids when Jehoba came a knockin'.
JW's offer desperate people the one thing their miserable lives have never known......hope. The price tag is only revealed later.
i get to buy a new one!
saw a beauty at walmart.
i really like cooking on charcoal (hotter) but gas is so much more convenient.
Ah a fellow BBQ'er. Tell me, do you also smoke meat?
we know that the whole objective of the preaching work is to place( sell ) magazines and books.
the labor is free from the warehouse to the distribution at the door.
they preach today's bad news and topics from the bible.
No, they could not. The average JW is incapable of self-thought!
as part of a cult awareness campaign of sorts???
to de-ignorize (new word) householders and give them tools for engaging a cult member on their door step?
i had that idea and got some positive feedback...so, any of you would find that something you would want to participate in ?
How many hours a month do I need to turn in so that you'll think I'm un-spiritual?
One of the pro-JW's statements on that website is bugging me. The poster used the number of new KH's being built to prove "how fast they were growing." This is something I've noticed in my area.........local congregations are building new halls when they don't need them. I've suspected some kind of nasty motive, such as an attempt to manufacture a false sense of growth with a continual Hall building program.
Has anybody else seen this in their area?