I've been to one of the scientologists BIG events, they throw big luxurious parties. Seems to be many members have $$. They are also very secretive/paranoid, having been in one of their top events, you feel like you're in a spy movie w/ cia agents everywhere, etc.
EndofMysteries
JoinedPosts by EndofMysteries
-
17
JWs versus Scientology
by millie210 ini have been discussing scientology with a friend who is reading dianetics by l. ron hubbard.. both groups are considered cults by many.. both have a policy of shunning members who leave.. so in your opinion, what are the similarities you find between them?.
what are the differences?.
is one group "worse"?.
-
-
-
48
Hi everyone, this is my first post.
by John Aquila inhey everyone, this is my first post.
i was contacted by the witnesses in1965, baptized in that same year at age 15. i was appointed an elder in 1975 and served as an elder for 20 years..
it hasnt been long since i learn ttatt and when i totally woke up.
-
-
EndofMysteries
OP, so I see you met Larsinger58. Haven't seen him on this site in awhile. He is the cross dresser who thinks he is Jesus Christ. -
24
Jehovah's Witnesses recover best from surgery, despite refusing blood.
by nicolaou inthat's' the headline of an article in the sydney morning herald.
my jw family are sharing it with glee on facebook right now.
here's the link; .
-
-
EndofMysteries
Does the article have a fine print ******the jehovah's witnesses who were able to survive without blood or did not really need it****** I'm sure the ones where it's blood or death didn't fare better. -
51
I'm glad my children don't have to grow up being afraid of cupcakes
by Ilovebirthdays inyesterday, i brought a batch of cupcakes to my son's school.
in passing them out, i started to give one to one of the children, who was a jw.
he immediately started freaking out and screaming "no thank you" over and over.
-
-
EndofMysteries
The post a few spots above, the cupcake experience in the family happiness book, I know those people. I just found this post because I saw the quote in a recent WT and wondered why they are quoting about not doing birthdays on an experience 26+ years old. That experience was in a time and place when JW's actually did things, gatherings, lots of social events, etc. Then bethell came down hard and most of that went away, people were having 'too much' fun. O and to the person who commented about the kid's comment being kind of smart ass, he was one haha. But I love how WT still quotes on things that they talk down upon and usually don't happen anymore. They don't encourage having parties and socializing, if they were doing that today they would be counselled on everybody should be in field circus instead.
-
28
1st POST: A romance with a JW
by myangelface ini am not a jw ...however i began having bible studies (i d call them watchtower studies).
i was beginning to get lured in and brainwashed into accepting the religion as the true religion...but something inside of me told me there was something odd.
some time passes and i was invited to a meeting and i accepted.
-
-
EndofMysteries
Tell him you'd like him to come over your house so you can show him your aquarium. -
31
New layout feels very chaotic
by EndofMysteries ini don't really know how to describe the feeling but i'll give examples, but the new layout to me makes it feel tiring being on for too long.
1. there is the top menu, then a big add between that and the next part, a big ad between the bottom and where you reply, then on the right column you either have 2 ads on top or some type of summary, then ad, then either related posts or other areas.
there are no borders, the adds have the same color and text type but larger font, and it all seems chaotically merged into one thing where you need to constantly sort out what you are viewing.
-
-
EndofMysteries
As you see in this screen shot, you have an invisible white box ad above and below the snippets. I thought the ad little box meant snippets was an ad, ans since you have the ad that says, "view new messages" trying to trick the person into going to an ad as if they had messages on this website, thought the snippets button was the same type of ad. And the word snippets I had no idea what it meant. So that's an example of how it's confusing.
But I love the feature, I like it best with none or with the minimum one. O and I love how I was able to add the screenshot without uploading the picture elsewhere.
-
31
New layout feels very chaotic
by EndofMysteries ini don't really know how to describe the feeling but i'll give examples, but the new layout to me makes it feel tiring being on for too long.
1. there is the top menu, then a big add between that and the next part, a big ad between the bottom and where you reply, then on the right column you either have 2 ads on top or some type of summary, then ad, then either related posts or other areas.
there are no borders, the adds have the same color and text type but larger font, and it all seems chaotically merged into one thing where you need to constantly sort out what you are viewing.
-
-
EndofMysteries
Ok, I looked REALLY hard for how to remove the summaries like you said simon. Then I noticed "snippets" on the top right, that the whole time I was thinking was part of the ad that it's attached to. (those adds that have things to click on), I'd recommend maybe putting that in a straight line within where the 5/10/20 per page is, etc. And the word snippets I had no idea what it meant. But the far right by default I expect to be ads and since nothing dividing them and in other pages that top item WILL be an ad, it makes it confusing. BUT when I removed the snippets, MUCH better, so I'm very glad you have that, it's a great feature, but I suspect most have no idea about it and may also think it's an ad.
Also incase you aren't the mod who removed it, for those who have the summary on, fyi if a sentence is infinitely long it will put as much text as there is until 3 periods have been posted. But anyway glad that feature is in, I like it much better now.
The ad thing I was talking about are the ads on both sides of the interfaces and the right side mixed in with interfaces or not. Even if keeping them there, just to make things less confusing maybe having a simple border around them.
I love the like/dislike feature. Again would like thread views to be back on.
-
-
-
EndofMysteries
Things not from China, best ever would be Cutco knives, with a FOREVER guarantee. Had mine 15 years already and still as good as new. -
9
uber dub random meeting and why all the changes to the format here?!
by tiki inran into an uber-dub known from my history in the org......she had to be very sure i wasn't d'fed or d'aed - merely "inactive" so she could give me a big hug and inform me that she knows i'm coming back to jehovah because he understands my "hurt" and....blah blah blah.
it struck me how dependent they are on labels.......and how very stupid it is....you can hug me because i don't have the df label?
would i be a different person if i had that label?
-
-
EndofMysteries
I agree, I think limits need to be on the text for summary or don't have any at all and if ads were not borderlessly put inbetween everything and the right side should be ads only not different links randomly mixed in with ads on related topics, forum, etc. With maybe some borders.
I do like inserting pics, like/dislike, etc though.
-
31
New layout feels very chaotic
by EndofMysteries ini don't really know how to describe the feeling but i'll give examples, but the new layout to me makes it feel tiring being on for too long.
1. there is the top menu, then a big add between that and the next part, a big ad between the bottom and where you reply, then on the right column you either have 2 ads on top or some type of summary, then ad, then either related posts or other areas.
there are no borders, the adds have the same color and text type but larger font, and it all seems chaotically merged into one thing where you need to constantly sort out what you are viewing.
-
-
EndofMysteries
I don't really know how to describe the feeling but I'll give examples, but the new layout to me makes it feel tiring being on for too long.
1. There is the top menu, then a big add between that and the next part, a big ad between the bottom and where you reply, then on the right column you either have 2 ads on top or some type of summary, then ad, then either related posts or other areas. There are no borders, the adds have the same color and text type but larger font, and it all seems chaotically merged into one thing where you need to constantly sort out what you are viewing. What is and isn't an ad, etc. I know you had 3+ ads on the old system but it seemed much cleaner. I also think maybe the ads were around everything vs in the middle and between.
2. I forgot how many topics were shown per page, but it felt like a lot more, maybe 50 vs the 10 now. I preferred less changing pages.
3. I do miss page views. Sometimes I'd reply or post things for the benefit of lurkers, but I haven't noticed thread views on this new system, so no telling if viewed by 1 person or 10,000, so that may discourage some participation if people are unsure if it's a hot topic or for the benefit of lurkers.
In summary I think atleast for me it might just be information overload. The adds inbetween everything, only 10 topics per page with big summaries of each topic and text put it, that there is a lot of work and text to view for 10 posts then change a page that it's at least for me feeling like a lot more work and somewhat tiring.
What I would suggest to try with the new styling would be having the ads on not inbetween but top/bottom/side/etc. Maybe having some lines or visible borders between things. Have the right consistent vs sometimes text on top and bottom vs 2 ads on top and something forum related on bottom. Maybe reduce summary text for each post or just have it listed like it was before and a person clicks on a topic to view any text on it then allowing much more topics to be listed. Bring back page views.
