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Razziel
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Any Ex-JW's in The Dallas, TX DFW area?
by troubledfiancee inhi guys, i'm new to the forum.
i'm looking for anyone in the dallas area that has left jw's for any reason and has since learned the real truth about the watchtower and jw doctrine.
i've never been involved with jw myself, but my fiancee grew up as a jw and is having thoughts of going back.
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Is everyone on here disassociated??
by happi2b inso i don't understand it seems to me from the posts that i have read just about everyone is disassociated.. just wondering if that's true or if i am not the only one on here still within the organization..
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Welcome to the board.
all I care about is serving God and if at any time he feels I shouldn't be in the organization I think he would let me know.
Don't deceive yourself. The evidence is all around you and in the history books of how sincere people doing their best to serve God make serious life altering mistakes, are killed in accidents, are at the wrong place at the wrong time, etc. just like everyone else. A common saying for JW's is "wait on Jehovah" when anything bad comes your way. But if you look at Biblical examples, the advice to "wait on Jehovah" was mostly given to the elderly, invalid, and timid. The Bible casts a much more favorable light on "men of action"; those who acted decisively on their conscience in serving God or fighting injustice. In other words, don't wait for a sign from God, use your God-given brain and intelligence to make an educated decision and then act on it.
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You are right about the nuclear technologies you listed DF. But it doesn't matter how much we improve the efficiency of electrolysis, it will still always produce negative net energy, limiting it to the realm of batteries as several other posters mentioned. That doesn't mean it can't be used in cogeneration systems to take advantage of the heat produced by conventional power sources to increase thermal efficiency. I've never done an energy or exergy analysis to see if this would offer any advantages over the usual regenerative and combined cycle power plants. I doubt it would. Efficiency in modern power plants is pretty much maxed out in everything already and only limited by material limitations, which are steadily being overcome by the use of exotic alloys.
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ProdigalSon, did you even read BTS post before responding? Of course there is technology to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. It's not hard at all. What BTS pointed out is that the net energy produced is negative. It takes more energy in water electrolysis than the energy you get by burning the hydrogen you make. So water as a source of hydrogen is a non-starter for energy production.
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I've been outed...
by brotherdan inso this weekend my wife had a major grand mal seizure for the first time in her life.
she was rushed to the er.
a few hours later while i was at her side she had another major one.. it was the scariest moment in my life.
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As callous as it sounds, perhaps wisdom can be found in a montage of Fight Club quotations.
You just had a near-life experience.
Listen up, maggots. You are not special.
You are not your job.
You are not how much you have in the bank.
You are not the contents of your wallet.
You are not your fucking Khakis.
You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake.
You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else.
It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything.
Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.
This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time.
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Here i am....
by makersmark inhere i am - born in truth, hard-core spiritual everything all my life, early reg.pioneer, ms, elder, assembly parts, tour at bethel, etc, married now...... i'm trying to examine jw teachings a little closer...... i've spent the last two weeks reading many many posts, info , references on where ex-jw's are coming from.
i'm kind of concerned about a few things lately..... honestly - some points make sense to me - some don't - here are my general thoughts:.
-wt getting un membership for access to library - doesnt bother me - some passports and other governement documents have similar forms and requirements..... -blood issue - some counterpoints to the jw 'rules' makes sense (original intent of scripture is unbled animals, white blood cells similar in mothers milk) etc -however a lot of 'apostate' reasonings and proof are inaccurate.
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UN membership - Didn't both me either until I learned about Malawi and Mexico. Then my hypocrisy bells went off. I'm just old enough to remember prayers at every meeting for the poor brothers being tortured and killed in Malawi.
Blood Issue - The WTS stand never made logical sense to me. Now with the changes in the last couple of decades it's just a bunch of convoluted legalese.
587 vs. 607 - I also had to prepare a TMS part on the prophecy leading to 1914, and dug out my parents copy of Babylon the Great has Fallen (I think it was) where the line of kings is listed. Their reigns didn't add up. I figured there was something I was missing and didn't revisit this question for another 6 years. Wish I had. Never found a satisfactory explanation. Now I know there isn't one.
Derogatory words - To each his own I guess. Until the day we can divide this forum into different levels of recovery, we're stuck with it. We could also use a forum for trolls.
Disfellowshipping - When I was in, I really thought disfellowshipping was one of the things that set us apart from false religion. Not withstanding the people I've seen disfellowshipped because of local hall politics, I now ask myself, is an insincere repentance still repentance? That's really what we were doing. It wasn't about love for Jehovah. It was about holding family and friends for ransom to see what the disfellowshipped person wanted more: their family, or a life outside of the organization. A person quitting drugs or promiscuity was a byproduct, not the true goal.
Changing teachings - I also thought the light was getting brighter. Then I found out it was bright, then got dim, then got bright again. Now I see that most changes are reactive and have nothing to do with a "better understanding". The fiery chariot changes to react to the present needs of the organization which has absolutely nothing to do with "truth", even if that means moving backwards.
Attacks on the GB - Give credit where credit is due. Everything comes down from them. The buck has to stop somewhere, and it's not with the rank and file.
Generation changes - I'll never forget going out to eat after the convention in '95. I went with a long time elder and his wife. He sat in stunned silence. I asked him what was wrong. His reply was "They just told me I am going to die in this system."
You realize there doesn't have to be one defining doctrine or event that causes you to leave. Remember the old adage "where there's smoke, there's fire." For every point you listed in your post, there is probably two or three more you didn't. Just the fact you noticed them says you've started up your critical thinking skills.
Oh, and if you only read one book outside of JW literature, as others have suggested, read Crisis of Conscience. For me, that book was Fat Man falling on Nagasaki. It brought everything together. All of my experiences in the organization, all of my questions, and how the organization came to be the way that it is.
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Wikileaks: U.S. Believes Saudi Arabia Is Running Out Of Oil
by Bangalore inwikileaks: u.s. believes saudi arabia is running out of oil.. http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/09/wikileaks-u-s-believes-saudi-arabia-is-running-out-of-oil/.
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I also think we'll see shortages of fresh water long before we have a real energy crunch.
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Wikileaks: U.S. Believes Saudi Arabia Is Running Out Of Oil
by Bangalore inwikileaks: u.s. believes saudi arabia is running out of oil.. http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/09/wikileaks-u-s-believes-saudi-arabia-is-running-out-of-oil/.
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I honestly don't think this will be a problem. Existing technology is available to provide for all of our energy needs and there is a lot more technology in the research pipeline. A lot of it is just not economically viable yet until oil prices go higher. I think my personal favorite is producing bio-fuel from algae.
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Talked to 2 jw's today
by JunkYardDog ini ran into a father and his 10 yr old jw daugther .
i asked for the mag's and started anti= witnessing.
i'm guessing the man was about 40 yrs old and ask him how long he's been a member of the wts.?
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Razziel
I didn't see anyone mention that this little girl was probably an unbaptized publisher, and is probably only a couple of years away from becoming baptized as an "ordained minister", a decision that has about a 70% chance of seriously coming back to haunt her a few years later.
I really want to quote George Carlin right now about children.
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Can i get a little free legal advice and/or opinions on a small problem?
by outlander ini picked this forum section since it seems closest to what i'm gonna ask.
been a few months since i last posted but i always keep up with whats going on here since most of my family is j.w.
anyway, to get to the point.
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Definately get a qualified lawyer. Be aware also that just because someone has the right to live in the house until they die or vacate doesn't necessarily preclude the lawful owner of the property from selling that property to someone else so long as the same stipulation goes with it. My grandmother found that out the hard way when the land was sold out from underneath her by my uncle even though she still had the right to live there until she died as defined in my grandfather's will.