No. But they are the most smug.
Hortensia
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Are witnesses the best behaved people in the world?
by speargrass55 inhi everyone, i was discussing with a family member recently and was encouraged to at least consider the benefits of being raised in the truth.
for example,i'm not a drunk, don't do drugs, respect others etc.
the point is i've found lots of nonwitness friends who have similar behavior.. growing up, when a worldly person does something good like help someone i'll hear things like "that's nice of him, for a nonwitness.
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Should Passive Resistance Be The Weapon Of Choice For Those Stuck In The Watchtower Corporation Cult?
by frankiespeakin inwhat can a person do who is stuck in the watchtower cult movement but don't want to be shunned or disfellowshipped but want to follow a course of passive resistants, like ghandi did to the brits to get them out of control over india?.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nonviolent_resistance.
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Hortensia
In all my years in the wtbts, I saw a lot of people follow the policy of "do as you please, ask forgiveness later." Seemed to work really well -- it's the way to work the JW system. Do as you please. If someone calls you on it, go overboard apologizing and saying you didn't realize/know/understand blah blah blah. What can they do?
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I just got to play householder!
by Laika ini was a little nervous and a bit dazed, i think i will do better next time.
he offered me the memorial invite, i told him i had jw family who would invite me and he got interested and wanted to find out more, so i told him i wasn't interested in the jw religion, he asked why and i said i find it too controlling.
he thought i was talking about moral rules so started on about how jehovah doesn't want to restrict us 'blah blah', so i pointed out that i meant they're not allowed to read certain materials which is wrong if it's as true as they are confident of.. he then went on about how satan uses false teaching to manipulate us and so we have to be careful of what we read.
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Hortensia
You managed to make several points, in spite of his talking 75% of the time! That's pretty good. A few little darts into his armor, one of them might actually pierce through. Good for you.
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Any seniors looking for association?
by cultBgone inlife is tough when you've spent your best years in the borg...how do you reconnect when kids are grown and you're close to retirement age?.
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Hortensia
I guess we need an over-the-hill gang on JWN. I'm retired, living at Mount Shasta. Would gladly have a cup of coffee with any of you, any time you cruise by here. Right off highway 5 so no excuses if you're going this way.
Meanwhile, having coffee by myself, thinking of picking up the little socks I'm knitting and getting on with it. Terrible brouhaha in the community garden today, still recovering from that. I was just a witness but it was pretty distressing just the same.
I never knew a community garden could be such a hotbed of gossip, rivalries, jealousies and just plain abuse. See, if you had a cup of coffee with me I'd have some good gossip about people you don't know!
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Are You Raising An Introvert?
by darth frosty inits not easy being an introvert in an extrovert worldespecially when youre a kid.
it is even more difficult if none of the adults in the kids life recognize that the child is an introvert.
this doesnt happen only when the childs parents are extroverts, but also with introverted parents who have never understood their own introverted nature.. .
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Hortensia
Thanks for bringing back this discussion. I've always been highly introverted, and sometimes being in a crowd feels like being nibbled to death by ducks. Too much input, it makes me tired. But, I like people and like being around them. I'm occasionally misunderstood -- people think I'm stand-offish or arrogant, but I'm just quiet and prone to leave groups earlier than anyone else.
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Freaky Pepsi Ad
by metatron inhttp://www.businessinsider.com/pepsi-ad-shocks-londoners-2014-3.
check it out.
metatron.
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Hortensia
Clever, but not funny.
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Hortensia
Some people are just awful, and he was certainly one of the worst hatemongers around. No one will miss him.
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Hortensia
couldn't happen to a nicer guy
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What Ailed Those Pilots ... ?
by snowbird inthe pilots and crew of the missing plane, was something wrong with all of them?.
sylvia.
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Hortensia
Thanks Under the Radar for that info. I agree that the talking heads are not clearing anything up, just fomenting lots of theories. My guess is that something went terribly wrong with the plane and it's at the bottom of the ocean.
I actually heard an FBI person today say on television that if they find something out that could reveal the capabilities they have for surveillance, computer stuff, whatever, they might not reveal their info because they don't want other nations aware of their abilities.
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Do any ex JW' s/ God believer's, Agnostics or Atheists believe in Karma? And WHY?
by rip van winkle injust reading a thread and the mention of karma popped up.
( it happens, lol).
a lot of people believe in karma: what goes around comes around.. some months ago, while on another exjw site, karma was mentioned and i thought it a little odd, as they are atheist.
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Hortensia
No, I don't believe in karma -- no one is keeping score and making sure you get your just deserts. I am surrounded by people who claim to believe in karma. What I have noticed is that it gives them a fabulous excuse to not show compassion, not care about others. In fact, one person here told me that starving babies in Africa are paying for sins commited in another life. So, she doesn't have to suffer thinking about their suffering -- they deserve it. That is contemptible in my opinion.