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  How to Cause a Hardcore JW Brain to Malfunction

  by Apognophos in

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  i am leaving it to the reader to decide whether this trick is funny in a cruel way, or potentially beneficial.

  it can definitely be used for evil, that is to say, personal amusement.

  then again, it could be a kind way to help someone start thinking outside the box.

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  JeffT

  Your plan assumes that the JW brain is functioning to begin with, in my opinion a fatal flaw in your idea.
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  Suggestions for car buying

  by FlyingHighNow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you were a lady and you were 55 and had $5,000 or less to spend on a used car, what would buy?

  top concerns: good mpg; reliable; in not having major issues like ball joints breaking, timing belts breaking, etc.

  not too expensive to maintain.

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  JeffT

  Edited, becuase I misread your comment. I still think you should look at what financing would look like. Repairs on a 5K car will probably more than equal a payment on small car.
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  Suggestions for car buying

  by FlyingHighNow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you were a lady and you were 55 and had $5,000 or less to spend on a used car, what would buy?

  top concerns: good mpg; reliable; in not having major issues like ball joints breaking, timing belts breaking, etc.

  not too expensive to maintain.

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  JeffT

  Just out of curiosity, have looked into whatever terms you can get on a new car? I went through a mess of used cars for about twenty years, and spent a small fortune on them. In 1998 we bought a new Ford, in 2005 we traded it in on another new Ford. Since 1998 we have not paid for anything but routine maintenance, the peace of mind is worth some money. If you buy a lower end vehicle you can (with decent credit) get a good care for under $200 a month.

  Its worth at least calculating the cost. Remember the cost of a car is not what you pay for it when you buy it. It's that, plus gas, insurance, licenses and repairs for the life of the car. If you're comparing a used car that will last five years against a new car that will last ten, remember that you're going to have to buy another one half way through the ten year span.
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  How Long Have You Been Viewing Thiis Site? Does It Serve Its Purpose For You?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been here forever.... this site still gives us some of the most up to date info about jws .

  it keeps evolving.

  sometimes it is the place to be and i think that's especially true for newbies.

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  I've been here twelve years, I was already well out of the borg. I've found it a useful resource for my writing -- or maybe its just a place to chat with people while convincing myself I'm doing research.
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  Are you ready for some football?!!! Playoffs baby!

  by wearewatchingyouman in

  1. social
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  go chargers!!!!!

  i'm delusional.

  so, who are you pulling for?.

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  Utah man goes on hunger strike to the death to protest same-sex marriages

  by adamah in

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  2. current

  you can't make up this kind of religious nut-job fanaticism:.

  http://www.4utah.com/story/utah-man-fasting-to-stop-same-sex-marriages/d/story/k9sjvlgmmeuberqg9aeobq.

  although in retrospect, it's no more extreme than those jws who die refusing blood.... adam.

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  JeffT

  adamah, that was, in fact, Jefferson's opinion.

  http://www.streetlaw.org/en/page/284/thomas_jeffersons_reaction

  edited to add, he's on the wrong side of history. This issue will be moot in a few years.
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  My New Year Resolution , whats yours -if any.

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was a jehovahs witness for 33 years .

  i called on people in 2 states a few times every month on average .off and on i served as an ms .i have never brought anybody into the religion through door to door work.

  ( family members is a different story ) though in those years i did have some good discussions with folk and placed my share of literature with them .

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  To work harder on getting published.
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  33 percent of Americans reject evolution

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57616373-71/33-percent-of-americans-reject-evolution/.

  that seems to be a disturbingly high number for a western / educated / developed nation.. does this have anything at all to do with america slipping behind in the sciences?

  it seems hard to imagine they could not not be linked somehow.. no surprise that the jesus party (republicans) reject evolution the most.

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  JeffT

  BU2B

  There are no credible scientific studies backing the position taken by the anti-vaccine crowd. The only article ever published on the subject in a peer-reviewed journal has been withdrawn by that journal.

  We now have sixty-five years of experience with water flouridation and the jury is in on that one as well, the benefits considerably outweigh the risks.

  I will accept that animal rights is a personal moral decision (in fact, I support a number of the positions taken by these groups such as proper treatment of animals, and protection of animal habitat). However, many activists use very dubious science to support their positions.
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  33 percent of Americans reject evolution

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57616373-71/33-percent-of-americans-reject-evolution/.

  that seems to be a disturbingly high number for a western / educated / developed nation.. does this have anything at all to do with america slipping behind in the sciences?

  it seems hard to imagine they could not not be linked somehow.. no surprise that the jesus party (republicans) reject evolution the most.

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  JeffT

  Scientific ignorance is not confined to the religious right on other issues, although I've heard some monumental stupidity from the right, I've heard from the left as well.

  The anti-vaccination crowd seems to be split more or less evenly among political groups. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/04/27/more-polling-data-on-the-politics-of-vaccine-resistance/#.UsJjLfRDvnA

  A lot of animal rights activists and groups, who can be remarkably ignorant of how actual animals live, tend to be more liberal. http://books.google.com/books?id=231b9jGgqN4C&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=animal+rights+activists+and+political+affiliation&source=bl&ots=6PqfRjcUdU&sig=Vgfs3MObD_MhVDSZPbiWBGKZnhM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5mPCUu2HFIbgoATel4GwAQ&ved=0CEsQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=animal%20rights%20activists%20and%20political%20affiliation&f=false

  The city of Portland Oregon, a broadly liberal community, recently rejected flouridation of its water.

  It has been my experience (frequently on this board) that many anti-nuclear activists (also mostly liberal) do not understand the physics of radiation, as a particular example the relationship between half-life and emitted radiation.

  The fundamental problem (in my opinion) is the state of our educational system in regard to science and math. Although our high school students seem to learn a number of scientific factoids by the time they greaduate, the do not understand the fundamentals of how science works and how we know what we know. Until we fix that problem, examples of ignorance will pop up all over the political spectrum.
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  if we don't all unite, we may win a few battles but Watchtower will win the WAR.

  by excaliber in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  to thank you for taking the time to read this, because i feel that it is extremely important.

  over the years we have been waring against the watchtower, and our battle field has been the internet.and we have been very successful in establishing discussion forums and online resorces exposing false teachings and we have used youtube to further shed light on the watchtower, we have even written books to this end.. .

  yes we have attacked watchtower at its weakest point, the internet and we have been able to do this as small groups and even individualy.

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  JeffT

  Are you going to shun everybody who won't participate?

  Really, I can't tell the moral difference between calls to action to bring down the watchtower, and exhortations to go out in field service more to "present a witness to the world."

  The world needs less fanaticism, not more.