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  My Introduction - An ex-elder's story of waking up later in life.

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  background:.

  my parents got the “truth” while i was in primary school.

  i was baptised at 14. i loved school and was extremely studious.

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  wizzstick

  Firstly - congratuations!

  It's incredibly hard to do what you've done. It might be tough now but as the years go by you'll only wish you did it earlier.

  You said:

  I plan to formally disassociate from the Watchtower Society at some point

  Don't.

  That means you'll be playing by their rules. They have no authority over you and some in the KH might start putting pressure on your wife to think about her 'spiritual welfare'.

  Given that being d'fed ultimately means the same thing carry on as you are and hopefully in time your wife will wake up.

  On a general note - do you see any change amongst the JW's in terms of 'waking up'. Is there growing disaffection or do they still believe as before?
  

  Well done again - welcome to the real world.
  
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  Violent Games/Movie

  by Saethydd in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all through my childhood, i was told about the evils of violence (and magic) in entertainment, i doubt i could count the number of movies and video games i wasn't allowed to enjoy for that very reason.

  i did always watch movies and play video games with a certain amount of violence in them, but i was careful to keep it at the teen/pg-13 rating.. in the last year or so though i've started trying out games like skyrim, fallout 3, and thief.

  (since i still live with my parents i'm careful about where and when i play them.

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  wizzstick

  That can not be denied in intellectual honesty.

  Banning guns seems to be a simple idea.

  Here in the UK we play violent games and have no school shootings. We did have one school shooting over 20 years ago and subsequently banned hand guns.

  It's nice living like this.
  
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  What did President Trump say about Sweden?

  by kpop in

  1. social
  2. current

  this you will never see on the mainstream media.

  before you comment watch the whole video.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqaigeqxqgi.

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  wizzstick

  Swedish article on Fox news

  Fox News asserted a number of 160,000 asylum seekers in Sweden for 2016 though which were down to 29,000 in 2016 after 163,000 in 2015
  
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  AI on the cusp of tremendous breakthroughs

  by azor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what does this mean for us as individuals and our civilization?

  harris, kurzweil, and musk among others have some interesting thoughts on the subject.

  as do shows like westworld.

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  wizzstick

  I attended a lecture 2 weeks ago on this topic and it was pretty clear that our world is about to change again:

  '90s - internet

  '00's - tablets/broadband
  

  '10's - smartphones/mobile internet
  

  '20s - AI

  It's hard to say what is exactly the impact will be. But it will be profound. The guy pointed out this story and said, why tell your kids to train to be lawyers? Why get your kids to train to be teachers?

  So yes - the sci-fi vision of Terminator robots will likely not happen, but the job market will go through a collosal change over the next 10 years.

  Scary/exciting times!
  
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  Has anyone else seen this video on JW Broadcasting?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i was checking out the website to see what the february broadcast was all about before i watched it with my jw wife.. on the front page was this video.... https://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodbible/pub-jwbai_201607_1_video.

  i watched it and pretended i had never been a jw.. if you pretend you don't understand their particular language it makes for a interesting (if not vague) watch.. btw i've seen several of the actors before.

  jw version of movie stars?

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  wizzstick

  
  

  Just vomit inducing. It's all about guilt.

  And what about that poor girl? Anything about her feelings? No she's not worthy of our concern. She's a worldly person.

  What is clear is how the video makes The Equation of Power:

  <Organisation + how it defines the Bible = God (=CULT)>
  
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  Genesis Lifetimes and Numerology

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.

  7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

  10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

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  wizzstick

  It is made up.

  It's Numberwang!

  https://www.youtube.com/embed/qjOZtWZ56lc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>
  
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  Genesis Lifetimes and Numerology

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.

  7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

  10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

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  wizzstick

  No, that is what a literalist does.

  No that's what a rational person does.

  you have a metaphor for all of mankind

  If Adam's a metaphor how do you know that the numbers associated with him are literal, metaphorical or just made up by some person 2,000 years ago and repeatedly changed in later translations?

  which is interesting happenstance relating to a few weird things and nothing more.

  Right ok.

  So this is just playing with numbers.

  No problem - whatever keeps you entertained.
  
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  Genesis Lifetimes and Numerology

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.

  7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

  10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

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  with Adam's lifetime reducing to 12

  You're assuming that the information about a) Adam and b) how long he lived for, is accurate.

  Any actual evidence?

  My lifetime reduces to 12. Should I worry? Or am I in the money?
  

  yeah, I'm gonna take a stab

  Right - so basically this is all a guess.
  
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  Genesis Lifetimes and Numerology

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.

  7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

  10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

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  wizzstick

  I can absolutely show a relationship between old occult stuff and the scripture that people cling to under the impression that it is saccharine, divine, and literally true. (Ezekiel 1, for starters.)

  Go for it.

  But undeniable evidence please. No interpretations.
  
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  Genesis Lifetimes and Numerology

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.

  7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

  10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

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  wizzstick

  They mean nothing more than what you attribute to them.

  With over 7 billion people on the Earth that means you could have over 7 billion viewpoints.

  I simply can't seen the attraction. Imagine people intrepreting the craters on the moon. Endlessly debating about different crater's widths and shapes, and coming up with different interpretations of what they mean.

  Wouldn't you be - WTF?

  That's me with numerology.

  Just...WTF.