mark zuckerberg says that the philosophy of facebook is that people only have one identity.
i think then it's fair to say he couldn't have had jws leading a double life in mind.. i was careful not to add any jws to my page, so i thought i should not have any problems.
i did however add friends and family, including family members who are former witnesses and some who are related to current witnesses.
AK - Jeff, I completely agree with you......
Just like any form of communication, it is all about how you use it.
I would go crazy trying to handle multiple accounts. You can however distribute your "friends" into different lists, and when you post something there is an option to choose which lists can see your post.
mark zuckerberg says that the philosophy of facebook is that people only have one identity.
i think then it's fair to say he couldn't have had jws leading a double life in mind.. i was careful not to add any jws to my page, so i thought i should not have any problems.
i did however add friends and family, including family members who are former witnesses and some who are related to current witnesses.
slimboy......
I wish I knew about this a couple of days ago! Before I do it however, does my sister get an altert that I have done this? Or would she only notice if she looked at my wall. (It is almost off the first page anyway)
No, your sister doesn't get an alert. The only way she would realize is if she were to try to re-tag you on her Facebook. Then the message would be something like "This user has un-tagged themselves so you can't re-tag them."
You can also delete it off your Wall. Hover over it on your Wall until the Remove thing appears on the right, and click to delete it from your Wall.
mark zuckerberg says that the philosophy of facebook is that people only have one identity.
i think then it's fair to say he couldn't have had jws leading a double life in mind.. i was careful not to add any jws to my page, so i thought i should not have any problems.
i did however add friends and family, including family members who are former witnesses and some who are related to current witnesses.
slimboyfat, to partly solve your immediate problem, though not the greater issues, you can "untag" yourself in your sister's post, in order not to draw attention to it on your own page.
jws, as well as other creationists as far as i know, use the argument that the odds of life starting on its own, from a mere mix of chemicals are beyond the mathematically acceptable limits and therefore life must have been designed by a higher being.
my study conductor, a window washer by trade (no, really, this is not a jab at the guys choice of making a living) told me that those odds were calculated to be beyond 1:1x10100and statistically anything over 1:1x1050is considered impossible.
i can understand the odds.
Good post, just a tiny (and irrelevant) technical correction - in 6,000 years there are approximately 240 generations, not 24,000.
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/similar-religions-to-jehovahs-witnesses.php .
"it is important to understand that in most bible-based cults, although the member is aggressively taught doctrine, it is not the doctrine that holds him in the group.
it is the sense that the group is god's true people, a feeling cultivated by techniques of mind control.
wasblind, you asked.....
Hey Josie, who's trevor ?
you don't think that's alice too, do you
Although I'm not Josie she seems to have missed the question, so here's the answer.
Trevor - I forget his username - was a poster in England who invented a wife called Linda that many people grew to know and love. Some posters actually met Trevor in real life..... and when he met them at an apostafest he apologized to their faces for "Linda" not being well enough to attend.
Many people here supported Trevor and "Linda" as she eventually succumbed to cancer and died. Along the way he invented another poster called Marion, a friend who give first-hand accounts of "Linda" and Trevor's progress, and cards and cash gifts were sent to Trevor. Any reference to Trevorgate on this board is about this fiasco.
Records of "them" and this ongoing incident don't turn up in a quick search (have some been deleted since this incident embarrassed so many?), though here is one supportive sympathy thread.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/144057/1/LIGHT-A-CANDLE-TODAY-FOR-LINDA-POST-A-PIC-HERE
RIP "Linda" (2007 - 2007)
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/similar-religions-to-jehovahs-witnesses.php .
"it is important to understand that in most bible-based cults, although the member is aggressively taught doctrine, it is not the doctrine that holds him in the group.
it is the sense that the group is god's true people, a feeling cultivated by techniques of mind control.
Essan, all respect (from my heart, mate, I mean it!) to you for engaging with Cons over the weeks - you have more patience than I have!
I think we're slightly talking at cross-purposes here though. We agree that debate is good, but what got me going was Simon's implication that he's banned Cons. You made a comment...
Surely continual deliberate lying shouldn't be tolerated here?
I understand "shouldn't be tolerated" as supporting a banning. So this is where we differ, since he (or she, whatever) is breaking no actual rules, just making him/herself look a bit silly.
This is where I'm coming from. I look like a newbie but I've been around this board community for many years and I've seen some incredible posters, some extremely useful to the ex-JW cause, even people who have contributed life-changing research to the JWD archive, being banned by Simon for differences of opinion, not breaking forum rules. So I don't want to see that starting up again.
So this is my way of trying to nip the disease in the bud. Hope you understand.
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/similar-religions-to-jehovahs-witnesses.php .
"it is important to understand that in most bible-based cults, although the member is aggressively taught doctrine, it is not the doctrine that holds him in the group.
it is the sense that the group is god's true people, a feeling cultivated by techniques of mind control.
Well Done Simon!!!!!
For those who have been hurt by the sanctions imposed for disagreeing with the WTS, those who are being shunned by family and friends, the lies spouted by the likes of Alice are particularly hurtful.
I wish this were a bad attempt at sarcasm, cantleave, but sadly I realize you're serious.
Alice and Cons and Reniaa are not the WBTS org, they are not your parents, they are not your relatives, they are not your former friends who are shunning you.
The are one or more posters on a forum gathered to discuss issues that are close to the hearts of many of us. Banning posters who support the org in its dishonesty won't get your family talking to you again. I warmly welcome dissent. What is the point of a discussion forum otherwise? (Dissent, as opposed to personal insults, threats and so on, which are clearly anti-social and against board rules.)
Leave your emotions at the door, people. Simon included.
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/similar-religions-to-jehovahs-witnesses.php .
"it is important to understand that in most bible-based cults, although the member is aggressively taught doctrine, it is not the doctrine that holds him in the group.
it is the sense that the group is god's true people, a feeling cultivated by techniques of mind control.
Have you read the thread Quillsky?
Consfearacy wasn't posting JW doctrine, he/she was lying about JW practice, claiming that JW's were free to disagree with the Society within the Org. (without negative repercussions) and if such differences bothered them, to leave without sanctions if that was their choice, etc. when this is absolutely false, as we all know. It's a lie. JW's are not free even to "harbour private ideas" about doctrine, never mind to openly disagree, and they are not "free" to leave if they disagree. They can leave, but not without being demonized and shunned and losing lifelong friends and even family.
Surely continual deliberate lying shouldn't be tolerated here?
Essan, firstly I read every thread I post on, completely, and sometimes a few times over.
Secondly, I personally believe that Consfearancy is talking a bunch of complete shit, and that your synopsis of what he posts versus the reality in JW Land is indeed accurate (although somewhat primitive and uninspiring in the way you express it - if you disagree with a claim then challenge it, don't roll over and whimper "he's lying".)
However, I don't believe that posting untruths is a cause for banning a poster from a forum. After all, we are DISCUSSING a religion that is riddled with lies and liars, for god's sake. Do you really want to ban all sparring partners? Would you prefer to silence all debate?
i never understood why df'd ones would treat other df'd ones like crap.
(after all, they could talk to each other).
but many would "treat" other disfellowshipped just like the witnesses would.
From the Witness elder perspective, all DF'ed people want to return. From the DF'd person's perspective..... some do, some don't. So it makes sense that the elders advise the soon-to-be-returning-one not to speak to the others, in case of being led into bad association blablabla.
Hence what is TOTALLY WEIRD to me is when a DF'ed person who doesn't want to return refuses to greet another DF'ed person who doesn't want to return. What is even WEIRDER to me is that a bunch of intelligent people in the 21st century like us are even having this discussion.
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/similar-religions-to-jehovahs-witnesses.php .
"it is important to understand that in most bible-based cults, although the member is aggressively taught doctrine, it is not the doctrine that holds him in the group.
it is the sense that the group is god's true people, a feeling cultivated by techniques of mind control.
That is complete bullshit. You know it, we all know it. Most people who search for "Jehovahs Witnesses" on the internet after your pushed your crappy magazines and leaflets through the door know it.
You don't fool anyone anymore with your WTS double-speak and you are not welcome coming here to post blatant lies and propaganda of a mind-control C-U-L-T
Simon, are you saying you are banning Consfearacy for "lying"? Please tell me I've read this wrong and you aren't going back to your old ways of banning someone for posting things that you/we/the majority here/whoever disagrees with?
I don't see anything in the forum rules that says one may not post JW doctrine.
