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  Update on the Mermaid

  by Cadellin in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i don't post here that much, though i read posts everyday.

  it's mostly because of the ie7 problem (don't use ff that much).

  anyway, that's beside the point.

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  ldrnomo

  How would he feel if you (accidentally) left COC laying around the house? Do you think there is a chance he would pick it up and read a little of it?
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  Fall of Giants---Ken Follet

  by ldrnomo in

  1. social
  2. current

  one of the most freeing things i've been able to do since fading from the watchtower's tendril like grasp is, "read what i want to" i particularly enjoy historial novels because they entertain and inform all at the same time.

  i'm just finishing the first of a trilogy "fall of giants" and there was a paragraph that made me think of the great influence of propaganda machines (probably because i was so influenced by the watchtower) i am hugely aware of it's power to lead people all over the place like the waves of the sea i suppose.. here is the paragraph:.

  maud knew the proprietor of the mail, lord northcliffe.

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  zeb:

  Yes I agree, the web is a game changer and of course we are already seeing it’s affects in the world and for many of us in our own lives.

  BluePill2:

  Excellent thoughts thanks “ we have this evolving-adaptive mind system and eventually we change.” So true

  flipper:

  History does seem to repeat itself and I’m hoping that enough people now influenced by all the information they have access too will affect mankind’s overall outcome. And I agree that there is only so much we can control. Peace to you my friend. I’m hoping to see you next summer at Tahoe.

  Berengaria:

  Good thought, it is an ongoing struggle or as I prefer to call it, ongoing process.

  Glander:

  I know what you mean about the book having a lot of soapy drama and also I thought the circumstances were a bit unbelievable however it kept my attention and taught me some things about history.

  Cadellin:

  Yes there was a lot of violence in this book, it is about war, the big one with fighting in trenches and dead rotting bodies and rats eating human remains and....I hope your not getting sick to your stomach reading this.

  zeb:

  I agree with you that “the new game is to use your brain and personal sense of decency to do the sorting.” I hope that’s what I’m now doing now that I don’t have the mental constraints that the Watchtower placed upon me.
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  Fall of Giants---Ken Follet

  by ldrnomo in

  1. social
  2. current

  one of the most freeing things i've been able to do since fading from the watchtower's tendril like grasp is, "read what i want to" i particularly enjoy historial novels because they entertain and inform all at the same time.

  i'm just finishing the first of a trilogy "fall of giants" and there was a paragraph that made me think of the great influence of propaganda machines (probably because i was so influenced by the watchtower) i am hugely aware of it's power to lead people all over the place like the waves of the sea i suppose.. here is the paragraph:.

  maud knew the proprietor of the mail, lord northcliffe.

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  Dagney:

  Yes of course I forgot about that. So then, I guess there's no need for further concern.
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  Fall of Giants---Ken Follet

  by ldrnomo in

  1. social
  2. current

  one of the most freeing things i've been able to do since fading from the watchtower's tendril like grasp is, "read what i want to" i particularly enjoy historial novels because they entertain and inform all at the same time.

  i'm just finishing the first of a trilogy "fall of giants" and there was a paragraph that made me think of the great influence of propaganda machines (probably because i was so influenced by the watchtower) i am hugely aware of it's power to lead people all over the place like the waves of the sea i suppose.. here is the paragraph:.

  maud knew the proprietor of the mail, lord northcliffe.

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  ldrnomo

  One of the most freeing things I've been able to do since fading from the Watchtower's tendril like grasp is, "read what I want to" I particularly enjoy historial novels because they entertain and inform all at the same time. I'm just finishing the first of a trilogy "Fall of Giants" and there was a paragraph that made me think of the great influence of propaganda machines (probably because I was so influenced by the Watchtower) I am hugely aware of it's power to lead people all over the place like the waves of the sea I suppose.

  Here is the paragraph:

  Maud knew the proprietor of the Mail, Lord Northcliffe. Like all great press men, he really believed the drivel he published. His talent was to express his readers’ most stupid and ignorant prejudices as if they made sense, so that the shameful seemed respectable. That was why they bought the paper.

  Follett, Ken (2011-08-30). Fall of Giants: Book One of the Century Trilogy (p. 754). Penguin Group. Kindle Edition.

  At the time in the book that this paragraph was written, WW1 had just ended and now there was a jockying of political structure not only in Eastern Europe and Germany but even in Western Europe and England the war of people was now clearly in the hands of the smooth talkers, the one who could "express his readers' most stupid and ignorant prejudices as if they made sense".

  Is this still being done today? Of course it is. Now we have every way imaginable to communicate to just about everyone in the world these ignorant prejudices. But wait there is more. We don't just have one or two magazines or newpapers to read nor do we have one or two radio stations or television channels or libraries. Now anybody who is a smooth talker can rise to the ocasion with blog's forum's yada yada yada.

  So where does mankind go from here? Is it all just a cycle? Is history still continuing to repeat itself? Will it always be this way?

  What are your thoughts? Do you think life is a cycle that can't be changed? Or do we somehow have an impact in some way? Will governments continue to become more opressive or will there be a move to an Anarchical Society.

  These are questions I continue to ponder because, NOW I CAN.

  Because for 28 years I felt guilty for thinking anything else.
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  Was There Ever A Circuit Overseer That You Couldn't Stand?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i know this has been discussed before but i think a fresh thread on this will be enjoyable.

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  Bruce Smith
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  JW played me and broke my heart

  by new22day in

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  2. friends

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  ldrnomo

  You are definitly better off.
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  Calling all posters! What are YOUR questions for Candace Conti, Rick Simons and Kelly Kraetsch?

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i am pleased to announce that candace conti, and her key lawyers rick simons and kelly kraetsch are planning a youtube video to answer any questions that people in our community may have regarding the recent conti v watchtower lawsuit.

  i have offered to coordinate the gathering of these questions, and i thought it might be fun to do it in a "competition" style jwn thread, with the best answers being chosen by kelly, rick and candace to be addressed in the video.. as you can imagine, there are some provisos to this.... this is an active lawsuit, so for obvious legal reasons kelly, rick and candace will have the absolute and final decision as to which questions are answered and how much information is divulged when they are answered.we need the answers in the next 7 days, so the "cut off" for this competition is exactly 7 days from the time this thread goes live on jwn.we kindly request that all questions are asked in a respectful manner without any malicious or offensive intent.

  any inappropriate questions will obviously be discarded and ignored.

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  Has the Watchtower tried to make settlement offers and if so when and how much?
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  This will be airing in Norway. Criticism on Be Jehovah's Friend DVD

  by blond-moment in

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  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4os3xe3gak.

  english transcript:.

  "is that toy magic?".

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  ldrnomo

  This is so sad but true. I see my granddaughter (5 yr) first year of school (socialization) and now this guilt factor put into the mix she self admitedly says I'm confused.

  It breaks our hearts but there is only so much we can do. I HATE THIS CULT!!!!
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  Since the wt is discredited, what is the pillar and support of truth now?

  by prologos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  since the wt with its doctrines past and present is discredited, is there an entity that can be shown to be the latter- day "-----pillar and support of truth---" paul was writing about at i tim 3:15.?

  have the believers or non-theists or exjws an equivalent at all ?

  because humans like to huddle around the fire for the radiant heat.

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  The truth is anything that is not false

  The pillar is those that have the courage to reject that which is false even if it is not politically or morally correct.

  The support is acurate science.
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  Two and a Half Men

  by ldrnomo in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  the kid on the show, angus t jones renounced the show he is/was on saying it was filth and told viewers not to watch the show.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fynh8z_fuj4.

  what are your thoughts?.

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  ldrnomo

  He realized he was biting the hand that was dumping money all over him.

  Maybe he'll give it all to the adventists.