Posts by done4good

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Your All-Time Favorite Record/CD Albums by Musicians - Any Category ?

by flipper in

jw
friends

was looking through my collection and thought it would be cool to see what some of our favorite record albums of all-time are ?!

i like a variety of music - mostly rock n' roll, blues , reggae, and jazz but look forward to seeing some of your favorites !

here are my top 10 approximately .

done4good

No particular order, but these would be on my list:

1. Making Movies -Dire Straights

2. OK Computer-Radiohead.

3. Physical Graffiti-Led Zeppelin

4. Nevermind-Nirvana

5. Out of Time-REM

6. Chicago Transit Authority

7. Chicago II

8. American Idiot-Green Day

9. Countdown To Ecstasy-Steely Dan

10. Ziggy Stardust-Bowie

11. Katy Lied-Steely Dan

12. Can't Buy a Thrill-Steely Dan

13. Out of The Blue-ELO

14. Harvest-Neil Young

15. Talking Heads 77

16. My Aim Is True-Elvis Costello

17. Face The Music-ELO

18. Axis Bold As Love-Jimi Hendrix

19. Running on Empty-Jackson Browne

20. London Calling-The Clash

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COMMENTS YOU WILL NOT HEAR AT THE WT STUDY: Help Them Return Without Delay!

by Mary in

how do you read?

q 7. what can we encourage those who have strayed from the flock to do?.

106:13) it may be helpful to remind an inactive one that "the faithful and discreet slave" is dispensing excellent spiritual food.

done4good

Thanks, Mary, and Blondie too...I know it can't be easy reading this stuff, let alone commenting on it. Thanks again, for all of the hard work.

j

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KM 2009 - misrepresentation on blood transfusions

by truthseeker in

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friends

in the feb 2009 km there is a 10 minute part entitled "answering questions about blood transfusions".

notice the part i've highlighted in red.

exacty what transfusions do jws allow their children to have?

done4good

"If JW saw a baby crawling around an intersection would the go out and get it or say 'I can't break the law. I have to wait till the light turns green'."

Wow...I know this is off-topic but it reminds me of just how sick jw thinking can become.

In early 2002 I had a conversation w/some witness friends who came over to Jersey to visit from the KC area. After giving then a tour of NYC, (and Bethel for that matter), I took them to a place where they could get a good view of the NYC skyline, (Eagle Rock Reservation). At the time, it was full of 9/11 memoralbilia, such as pictures, letters to FDNY and NYPD and such. They were not the least bit impressed. I started up a conversation over the whole thing, and they proceeded to tell me how in their circuit many of the "friends", (damn I hate that word), were "stumbled" because some of the FDNY personnel were known to be jws, (evidently, firefighting is considered to be a "dangerous" job comparable to putting your life in danger like smoking). I was horrfied by this reaction, (still am, come to think of it).

Evidently, in witness land, it's better to save your own life, rather than risk it for 3,000 others. Absolutely disgusting.

j

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What was the most profound spiritual moment of your life?

by cluless in

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friends

mine was simply the realisation that if a person had faith they wouldnt need a religon.. infact not associating with any religouse association is a bit like being on the oceon in a rowing boat.

but the thing is i dont care if the oceon gets rough.

it doesnt matter not having the answers.

done4good

When you've lived your entire life believing that you can cheat death and that you will live forever and then you realize that it's a lie, that's pretty fucking profound...

Can't say it better than UC did...

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What is the average age of those who no longer believe?

by crapola in

i have been reading many posts today and some of you have mentioned your age and how long you have been away from the org.made me start wondering what the average age is for most on this site who no longer go along with the org.

it would be interesting to find out..

done4good

I think it depends on when you come "in". I was brought up in a divided household, and really didn't take to the jw stuff, until I did it on my own at 15. I spent the next 3 or 4 years as a brainwashed dubby. A good elder friend of mine, (not an elder at the time, though), told me about 1975 when I was about 19. That is where the doubts first started. They became much stronger after I was first married at 22. It took ten years to leave at that point, (32). I have been out for over three years now.

j

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Attending college as an active JW

by CHILD in

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friends

has anyone on this board attended college or knows anyone who attends as an active jw?

how many remain in the organization after graduation?

i was baptized in 1988 and was encouraged to stop college after 2 years.

done4good

I attended from 1991-1994 w/bachelors degree. (took two summers full credit to finish in three years). The elders didn't say much at the time, and I started a year before the 1992 "softening" of position on college.

It probably wouldn't happen today. Glad I'm out.

j

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How Long Were You Mentally Out Of The "Truth" Before You Left?

by minimus in

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friends

i was totally spiritually and mentally out of it at least 2 years before i resigned as an elder.

it was actually a long process but i can say it is a complete one.

done4good

It took 10 years from the time at which I began to question things to the point where I had a moment of clarity where I no longer believed anymore. I tried to make myself believe for another 5 months. I walked out of my last KH meeting after those five months. That was about three years to the day ago.

j

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JWs and get-rich-quick schemes

by AndersonsInfo in

thought you'd like to know about the latest fad rippling through the jw community.

it is home-based get-rich-quick business offerings.. a whois search at network solutions (http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp) shows the owner of the following websites.

it turns out this owner is a well known congregation coordinator (aka presiding overseer).. www.ontrack2succeed.com.

done4good

This type of thing is common among the dubs. Many don't have "real jobs", and this seems like an "easy" way to finance themselves, (hell, they can even pioneer!). Also, I believe the same wackiness that attacts people to cults is found in many of these MLM type schemes. There is a certain "religion" about their approach, that is.

j

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