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-AudeSapere (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Have Wisdom/Understanding; Dare to Think for Yourself)
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Lurker no more
by DaleRivers inhi folks:.
i've been lurking here all summer and i finally decided to take the plunge and join you all.. i'm a single, 53 y/o black woman living in the nyc metro area (usa).
i was brought up around jws:mom's mom, mom and my favorite auntie were all in.
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SAD news about OOMPA......
by redredrose inour friend, oompa, has passed away.
just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.
it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.
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Don't know if this is the same link that Hummingbird poste & removed, but I saw it on facebook - for those that want to light a candle.
I did.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Oompa
RIP Oompa
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I'm confused. Is that a JW/Kingdom song??
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Question for the nonbelievers and atheists
by nykid inwhat specifically made you stop believing in god and the bible?
was it a steady road of doubts or it was reading one book or one major event that made you realize the bible was not what it's claimed to be?.
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Marking.
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Congrats~!! Very happy for you~!
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I'm out- Random thoughts on leaving as I look in the rear view mirror
by Skinnedsheep init is amazing to look back at three years and see the journey that we have taken.
i went from being an elder to fading completely in the course of those three years.
along the way i am happy to say that my lovely wife woke up and realized that the truth is nothing but a lie.
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Thanks for sharing your experience and reflections. Congrats on getting out along with your wife and kids!
Skinnedsheep wrote: Witnesses look for the worst in people, and when it isn’t there, they make it up.
That's so true. And especially tragic when it comes from a close family member.
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Is there a problem with JWN web pages ?
by Finkelstein injust wondering if anyone else is having problems with jwn pages widening .. clicking on the widen icon doesn't do anything .
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LOL... I found the widen button (never used it before). Clicked it and it widened my view.
Now I cannot return to my 'normal' view. *sigh*
LOL
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edit to add:It automatically returned to normal after I submitted this post.
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What drives good people to do evil things without blinking?
by EdenOne inplease read this short article and then think for a minute on how this apply to those amongst the jehovah's witnessses who enforce organizational policies that harm people (such as shunning, for example, but there are others, such as blood, rejection of higher education etc), and those who blindly comply with such pratices - both of them otherwise "nice, good people" in every other regards, and who apparently don't see anything wrong in doing something harmful, even evil, to their brethren.. what is this?
the "banality of evil", or, instead, because there's such a strong identification with a cause, people just accept they are doing the right thing simply because the authority that is regarded as legitimatly representing such cause has instructed them to do so?.
interesting thought - and this question too: if one ceases to see such "authority" as the legitimate agent of the cause, will that simple change cause the blind to finally become aware of the evil they've been enforcing / complying to?.
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A rose by any other name..............
by sparrowdown ini'm curious, why and how did you choose your username?.
does it hold any special significance for you, is there a share-able back story?.
for me sparrowdown is a playful reference to matt 10:29 and the title of the movie black hawk down.. matt 10:29 was my go-to scrip to "prove" that god cares about us as individuals.
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I dared to join this site. Still remember the sweaty palms when I saw the registration screen.
Just a few days after finding JWD (the former JWN), I was reading an unrelated article and the author used the phrase 'Aude Sapere'. It looked like a real name, but had a near perfect for me and this site. So I adopted the name as my alias here.
-Aude Sapere (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Have Wisdom/Understanding; Dare to Think for Yourself)
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Russell's Gravesite Pictures - (just got back from Pittsburgh)
by thecarpenter inwell folks, got back from my trip to see russell's grave site.
it was quite a interesting experience and sobering to see the pyramid right by his tombstone.
i'm kind of tired and will be hitting the sack soon but i wanted to post a few pictures.
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Hmmm.... I'm just outside of Pittsburgh for a few days. My very active JW sister was mentioning that she is interested in doing something WT related. Maybe I'll suggest this and make a few comments of my observations.
I remember this thread from when out was first posted. Thecarpenter came to an apostafest that I had planned and he was sharing these photos. So many years ago. Glad the thread was so easily found and revived.
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