The Berean

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  what are your consistant compliments

  by Lease in

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  everyone gets compliments.

  and i was thinking of the compliments that i have received through my adult life.

  and, there are a couple that have remained consistant through-out.. i have been told:.

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  I have been repeated told that "I know how things REALLY are" and then they leave!
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  Should Cable Companies Be Sued?

  by Sam Whiskey in

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  think about it, you pay for cable t.v., but they serve up 55% of the two hour movie in the form of commercials.

  so you actually get less tthan an hour of the actual moveie.

  so...i'm paying to watch commercials?

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  Sirius radio tries commercial free broadcast but is financially shaky, so it probably is a necessary evil
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  If you could only have two

  by John Doe in

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  out of three of sex, sleep, or eating, which would you choose?

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  In my world eating is usually part of sex ... does that count as one?
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  Even if not for most ... does being a JW work for some?

  by The Berean in

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  are not those with a flawed plan better than those with none at all ?.

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  OnTheWayOut:

  You're right, it does appear my volley is a contradiction ... the nature of this shot-gun approach is to to solicit as many points of view as possible until a consensus opinion surfaces. The question is not as to my ambiguous presentation but rather the effects of a "passivism" and "activism" on the world at large.

  I personaly, believe that the mindset of most JWs IS about the same as those Germans who tolerated Hitler ... Although ... to compare an illegal physical mass murderer such as Hitler to the activities of the common "bobbleheads" we see in the WBTS today, I believe, is like comparing apples to oranges. I guess I could have asked the board if it was true that "someone who stands for nothing will fall for anything"? Can any organization continue without eager followers with no other plan. My observation is that the JW pursuation does seem to work for those lacking the abilty to think for themselves. Is that healthy? Perhaps not. But it is the reality of our times ...

  Another question: lacking some percieved accountability to a Higher Power , no matter how controversial, would our world be worse off and in chaos? Of course there are extremists and exceptions who take advantage of the "silent majority."

  Finally, back to Hitler, I wish that people had come forth with an early "et tu, Brute" plan similar to what the US did to Saddam Hussein ... perhaps some disagree ...
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  Even if not for most ... does being a JW work for some?

  by The Berean in

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  are not those with a flawed plan better than those with none at all ?.

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  I would suggest that the WBTS only ruin the lives of those who allow them to. To suggest otherwise infers that normal life after the Organization is unlikely for most and that the experience amounts to a terminal disease. This may or may not be true but I have never been able to gather data to prove that one way or the other. A professional mental health care provider would likely profess recovery as an option for most.
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  Even if not for most ... does being a JW work for some?

  by The Berean in

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  are not those with a flawed plan better than those with none at all ?.

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  Hitler could not have pulled off his crimes without the help of the entire German nation. To me, they were the "do-nothings" Why didn't they overthrow the Fuhrer rather than sheepishly follow him into a supposed "thousand year reign"? Have you ever spoken to a German who apologized for their actions? They seem to believe they were innocent bystanders. Even the butcher John Demjanjuk who hid in Ohio proclaims he had not part in Hitlers plan, yet the evidence proves otherwise.
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  Even if not for most ... does being a JW work for some?

  by The Berean in

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  are not those with a flawed plan better than those with none at all ?.

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  blondie:

  On the other side, the Jews had no plan to protect themselves against such an annihilation ... that didn't work either ...
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  Even if not for most ... does being a JW work for some?

  by The Berean in

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  are not those with a flawed plan better than those with none at all ?.

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  Are not those with a flawed plan better than those with none at all ?
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  Growing up as a JW?

  by Nicolas in

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  hi, just wanted to share a bit of my experience, especially in my childhood.

  i've been a lurker for a while here.

  dunno if my experience is unique (probably not), i've been in the jw for almost all of my childhood, then i became inactive around the age of 12 because i followed my parents when they decided to become inactive.

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  No one else will tell you what I am going to, but please consider this and then accept the possibility or reject it.

  Many of us have found that starting over is difficult because of the programing we recieved during our formative years by those who claim they cared but really wished only to control. Unfortunately that control lasts often times for decades after we believe we have severed. For some it becomes a life-long disease.

  Here's what has liberated me to some extent. I have come to believe that the WBTS is demon possesed and as such is too great a match for the "mind over matter" approach. When I actually realized that to be true, it explained the confusion and mental anguish I had experienced. It also stopped me from searching for a higher power which would also likely make Satanic supporters happy.

  Finding your "passion" outside religion will help to exorcise the evil you have been exposed to. This may sound extreme, yet the many I have watched hold on to hate and anger long after the fact tells me they have never really been freed.

  Liberation will finally come when you think less and less about your painful past because you are too busy trying to leave the earth a better place after you are gone by making PRACTICAl contributions now. Please work hard at finding that "niche." To be sure there is at least one thing that you are better at than anyone else. Finding that will compensate for all the lost time. Evil spirits would want us to lead a nomadic life of in obscurity. Fight back! Even the Bible suggests: "oppose the Devil and he will flee from you." (James 4:7)

  Watching those in the organization for over fifty years and wishing you success,

  Berean
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  Should Adam have divorced Eve because of her alienation with the serpent?

  by The Berean in

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