paul from cleveland

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  People keep sending me messages saying "what happened?"

  by slimboyfat in

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  i am sorry i haven't replied and if it seems rude.

  but people keep asking me what happened and i am not sure what to say.

  thanks for writing anyway.

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  paul from cleveland

  Your posts are my favorite on this forum.
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  Does this make you feel good? Coz it makes me feel bad.....

  by ScottyRex in

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  i just watched this clip on youtube....i can't begin to say how it made me feel.

  , i'm not sure who i am more annoyed about.

  the bloke doing the commentry, the punk shouting at a serious and should be respectful religious event, or some of the youtube comments that follow.. and i find this so disrespectful.

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  paul from cleveland

  If it made one person think it was worth it. He didn't hurt anyone. He used only words, not bullets. The Watchtower created this situation by not permitting any respectful avenue of dissent. They've destroyed so many families and lives why are you so worried about respecting their precious ceremony? This out-of-the-box approach might wake someone out of their mental stupor.
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  Privacy

  by Esmeralda001 in

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  i need some advice guys.

  how do you get people to mind their own buiseness without coming off as rude?.

  i was invited to a jw gathering last night.

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  paul from cleveland

  They probably were just trying to show interest and make conversation and be friendly. I meet people like this often. It has nothing to do with being a Witness. Blame Dale Carnegie. He wrote the book "How to Win Friends an Influence People" which basically taught people to feign interest in others to make friends and start conversation.

  What I do when I meet people like this, after answering a question or two, is say "Enough about me, tell me something about yourself" and just turn the conversation around.
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  Urgent - Need source material for 1975

  by Garrett in

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  real quick, i need the quote from a book that says that in the 1970s the young ones wouldn't grow old and die.

  to not go to uni and to spend time preaching.

  it has a picture of young ones in it.... if anyone can get this to me asap that would be awesome!.

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  paul from cleveland

  Awake! 22 May, 1969, p15:

  "If you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things. .....all evidence in fulfillment of Bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years. ....as a young person you will never fulfill any career that this system offers. If you are in high school and thinking about a college education, it means at least four, perhaps even six or eight more years to graduate into a specialized career. But where will this system of things be by that time? It will be well on the way toward its finish, if not actually gone!"
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  Sorry for the occasional unintentional 'dislike'

  by paul from cleveland in

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  i read this forum on my phone so occasionally, as i'm scrolling down the page, i accidentally touch the 'dislike' button on a comment.

  i don't have the option to 'undislike' after i touch it.

  once i touch the button, i can't change it.

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  paul from cleveland

  I dislike that comment Stan.

  That one was intentional ; )
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  Sorry for the occasional unintentional 'dislike'

  by paul from cleveland in

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  i read this forum on my phone so occasionally, as i'm scrolling down the page, i accidentally touch the 'dislike' button on a comment.

  i don't have the option to 'undislike' after i touch it.

  once i touch the button, i can't change it.

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  paul from cleveland

  Haha, I deserve that!
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  Sorry for the occasional unintentional 'dislike'

  by paul from cleveland in

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  i read this forum on my phone so occasionally, as i'm scrolling down the page, i accidentally touch the 'dislike' button on a comment.

  i don't have the option to 'undislike' after i touch it.

  once i touch the button, i can't change it.

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  paul from cleveland

  Ruby, yes it's very possible. I read almost every thread but didn't keep track of those that I accidentally touched the dislike button. Also, if it wasn't me, I presume there are others doing the same thing. I had intended to make this post earlier but was reminded to do so when reading the thread regarding the songbook. Someone had disliked a seemingly innocuous post and a comment was made that it must have been a lurking JW that did so. I wouldn't take a dislike seriously because it could have been a mistake.

  I've also accidently hit the 'flag' button many times but thankfully there is a cancel option on that.

  I wanted to post about this because I know many are very sensitive and may wonder for a long time why someone disliked their comment.

  I've actually accidentally disliked more than a few comments that I liked but didn't know I could change it until now.
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  Sorry for the occasional unintentional 'dislike'

  by paul from cleveland in

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  i read this forum on my phone so occasionally, as i'm scrolling down the page, i accidentally touch the 'dislike' button on a comment.

  i don't have the option to 'undislike' after i touch it.

  once i touch the button, i can't change it.

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  paul from cleveland

  Okay, thanks Simon. I see how that works now.
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  Sorry for the occasional unintentional 'dislike'

  by paul from cleveland in

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  i read this forum on my phone so occasionally, as i'm scrolling down the page, i accidentally touch the 'dislike' button on a comment.

  i don't have the option to 'undislike' after i touch it.

  once i touch the button, i can't change it.

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  paul from cleveland

  I read this forum on my phone so occasionally, as I'm scrolling down the page, I accidentally touch the 'dislike' button on a comment. I don't have the option to 'undislike' after I touch it. Once I touch the button, I can't change it. I don't know if it works differently on other browsers but that's how it works on this phone.

  So if your comment received a 'dislike' don't feel bad. It may have just been me by mistake.

  Sorry about that.
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  Born to Be Conned - The New York Times

  by paul from cleveland in

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  born to be conned - new york times.

  when people want to believe what they want to believe, david sullivan, a professional cult infiltrator, told the commonwealth club of california, a public affairs forum, in july 2010, they are very hard to dissuade.

  and the reason it happens (and often happens to the most intelligent people) is that human nature is wired toward creating meaning out of meaninglessness..

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  paul from cleveland

  You're welcome Oubliette. I especially liked this quote:

  Nobody thinks they are joining a cult, David Sullivan explains. “They join a group that’s going to promote peace and freedom throughout the world or that’s going to save animals, or they’re going to help orphans or something. But nobody joins a cult.” We don’t knowingly embraces false beliefs. We embrace something we think is as true as it gets.