i received my nexus 7 tablet a week ago and have really been using it a lot.
i am still figuring what apps i need, like a file manager app.
one feature that is much appreciated is using voice navigation on google seaches with the native chrome browser- my wife and i were trying to find hotel information about a vacation site- and before she could finish typing her search query, my nexus 7 tablet had the information.
Yes I got one this week and love it. I know some people are concerned about storage capacity but I have rooted mine and intend to use a micro USB adapter to connect a pen drive when I want to watch movies. A 3G dongle should work with the same adapter on a rooted device.
Works well on JWN too, I never found way to post here on an iPhone after trying a number of workarounds.
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My English songbook doesn't have Beeker in the inside cover. I feel cheated.
reading some of the exit/fader stories my heart breaks.. i wish there were some kind of local support groups for people who want help in leaving behind their cult lives.
living in the heart of the midwest, there really isn't anyone to turn to.
i would have loved to meet with others in a safe enviroment to work through some of the issues.. all the implanted fears make people scared to turn to other religious organizations.
The problem is that there aren't enough ex members of individual cults in an area to make it feasible. Ex Mormons, JWs, brethren and WCOG need to start working together more.
as an active witness atm i speak reguarly with friends and family who are also active.
it seems however that there are some things that people are comfortable discussing such as beards (whats the problem) and birthdays (everyone would if they could) and, if you are with close friends, things like confusion over the generations, pressure of keeping all the balls juggled, harshness of rules around da/df ones along with long lapsed family and to some extent blood.. my guess is that there are many more who may be in a similar state of mind to me and wondering if it really is all worth it.
it makes me wonder about how many with express themselves more if they could?
The consensus when this has been discussed before is that the percentage could be anything from 10-25?. I found that you could get so far with a conversation and then you would see them flip to cult mode as Steve Hassan describes. At that point it seems as though you may as well speak to the wall but what you say does still register.
...take a look at this from page 29 of the latest october 2012 awake!.
the gloves are now well-and-truly off.
referring to facebook as a "social networking website" clearly isn't working.. the society now feels compelled to start being more specific about which websites it doesn't want you to visit!.
Beth-hell are just jealous they don't have 1222 pages of data on every dub.
i am new here, been lurking for a while but felt compeled to join as i would like to comment on more and more of the topics i come across.
by way of an introduction here is some info about me.. i am an active jw, married with a family, living in the uk.
i serve as a ms and have done for many years.
Welcome. You sound a lot like my husband. I was the first to awaken and it was tough. We tried to walk the fine line of keeping family happy whilst not going against our conscience and supporting something we knew was at best wrong and at worst downright dangerous. I think if we didn't have children we may have pulled it off but even if you can lie to yourself, lying to your children is another thing. We are out now, not without consequences but doing the right thing isn't always easy.
i wanted to consolidate a lot of the information about the attack of anonymous against the watchtower society.
if you disagree with the tactics of anonymous, that's fine.
this information may still be useful as the public is made more aware of the the dangerous policies of the watchtower society.
Good point James_woods
soldier 77 just posted this about two hours ago but i think his post got lost is the great debate and straw mans that another posters was throwing around.. anyway i hope soldier 77 does not mind if i make a thread from his insight.
soldier 77 "this seems to have missed in the tangent argument going on: http://pastebin.com/3nitctlf.
anonymous are needing some more people on the inside to help.
LOL @ sir82.
on my introduction post a few people expressed interest in how the worldwide church of god (wwcg) imploded.
i think maybe in hopes something similar will happen with the jws.
i think the jws will also eventually experience a meltdown but probably not in the same way since the power structure was a bit different.
Welcome. My grandparents flirted with WCOG before joining the witnesses. I find the parallels very interesting.
I didn't think I could for a long time either. It's a hard place to be.
