Posts by Jourles

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ARE YOU BEING MONITORED BY BETHEL? (not really!!)

by AllTimeJeff in

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this is for anyone who cares... just my thoughts and opinions, which have slightly changed since i have left the cult.

a poster named melita said some really inappropriate things on barbara andersons thread on jaracz's stroke, which got me to finally post this, just to put it out there...... when i first left, i was scared s*itless that i was being monitored and watched by bethel for reading and posting here.

and i bet i am.

Jourles

>>However, there is no evidence that Bethel has any interest or wherewithall to monitor the activity of individual apostates UNLESS they have a blog or website with their copyrighted materials.<<

That's my take. The elders presented me with printouts from this site and my old website when they came to have the talk. The envelope the papers were in was mailed to them - but I didn't get to see what the return address was. And the PO did say that "the service department is running this thing." I was kind of surprised that he would even admit that. But hell, the local elders would of never had a clue if it wasn't for the Sherlock Holmes' at bethel.

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Question about Prodigal Son parable

by tsar_robles in

well, after much thought put into it i decided to send a letter requesting reinstatement.

i met with the jc and tried to reason with them on the prodigal son parable... how the father in this parable did not put his son through a waiting or probationary period, etc but rather embraced him on the spot... their answer was that the 'walk' to his father's home represents meeting attendance... in other words, the 'works' that befit repentance... any ideas???.

i reminded them that in the last 3 years i've attempted to attend the meetings and yet the anxiety that developed brought me tangible unknown illnesses and symptoms that were unbearable and thus had to stop attending... i was told that i had to find a way to make meetings though; that i'd not die because of that.... i was asked how long did i attend meetings in my last attempt and i said about 4 months... "well, that's about 48 meetings... so say you went to 30 meetings..." i said: "no, i hardly missed any meetings and when i did i made sure the p.0.

Jourles

If you'd like to make them squirm just a little bit more and watch them bungle around for an answer, ask if it would be ok to get several of the friends together to have a party get-together to celebrate your return as a witness.(once the reinstatement announcement is made, of course) Since the elders have already determined that they represent the father, it should be them that initiates a party for your return.

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TV Pilot...Lie to Me...includes episode about a JW.

by SnakesInTheTower in

just seen this as i was scanning the channels... dont know much more than what i googled and the blurb on the tv directory...going to watch it now.... snakes (.

this program is starting now (wed 1/21 8pm cst/9pm est) on fox network tv (us)... tonights pilot episode includes a story about a team of experts in lie detection are hired to investigate "a young jehovah's witness killing his teacher".

lie to me (working title) .

Jourles

I never post anymore but I watched this last night and just about cringed all the way through it when they referred to jws. Some of the things which were cringe worthy:

"Praying for her soul" - Come on, a jw would never say this.
"Doing the Lord's work" - Really? How often would you use this phrase in your lingo? You wouldn't. It sounds to much like Christendom's phrase of choice. Saying it a few times during the episode made me .
The kid's long'ish hair. If they were THAT much of an uber spiritual family, how in the hell does that kid get away with having a mop on his head like that?
"Co-loss-ee-ens" - I've never heard a jw pronounce Colossians this way.

About the only thing they got right was home schooling their son so they could "protect him from the world." They either made the jws look this way on purpose by making them appear totally bible-whacky, or the writers didn't hire a consultant to get the correct lingo down and winged it based on whatever happened to be up on Wikipedia that day. I didn't like the show overall because I was left wondering the entire time if they were going to get anything right about the jws.

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Slumdog Millionaire! Go see it!

by free2think in

i just got back from seeing it and it is fantastic.

all i can say is go see it!.

it was so moving, kept me gripped for the whole time and now i wanna go to india.. also the leading lady, frieda pinto is beautiful..

Jourles

If this doesn't get Best Picture of the year, then something has gone wrong. Mickey Rourke better walk away with Best Actor as well. IMO, Ben Button trails a distant 3rd behind Slumdog and The Wrestler.

For once, we've had some pretty decent movies out at the same time. It's the sleeper hits that don't end up getting wide distribution.(SM & Wrestler) Oh, and Let the Right One In is another great thriller. But it's in Swedish with subtitles. (vampire movie) I believe the dvd comes out in March. An online dvd screener version is out there for anyone looking to watch it.

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Making money with "The Truth"

by tooktheredpill in

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a couple of months ago i mentioned how some jws make money with jws activities.

bookmarks with schedule for "live with jehovah's day in mind".

) of the jehovah's day book.

Jourles

A sister in the Alpine, CA congregation used to do china painting(Nancy M). I have no idea how many tie tacks she did that had the tetragrammaton on them. I recall that almost every brother in the hall had one, including myself. I don't remember if she sold them or gave them away. Knowing her though, she probably gave them away. My ex-FIL used to make his own magnets and bookmarks with jw stuff on them. But to be honest, he didn't really do it to make money. He charged just enough to cover his own costs with barely anything left over.

There are some out there that do it for the money - there is no doubt. But many others that do these types of "services" simply want to help their brothers out or provide something unique that they're able to make at little or no cost. I wouldn't lump everyone that does these types of things in the same pot.

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They said it was because of gas, huh?

by MominAustin in

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so they dropped te bookstudy to help save gas right?

bull.

shit.

Jourles

So when we own Iraq, Iran, and Venezuela and gas drops back to $1 a gallon, will they bring back the BS?

(kidding about the owning of those countries....or was I?)

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Canadian ISPs Plan Net Censorship - THE GB'S WET DREAM COME TRUE?

by What-A-Coincidence in

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canadian isps plan net censorship.

concerns grow that canada's plan will wipeout alt news sites and spread to u.s.. .

by mike finch.

Jourles

I just wanted to mention one other thing - If ANYTHING were to happen in the form of "net-neutrality," it would likely be some type of metered access. Many of us have now what are called "unlimited" plans. They're really not unlimited in the true sense of the word, but rather, your ISP will probably cap your use once you hit a certain gigabyte ceiling. You might be allowed 10GB's per month before your ISP limits your download speeds or shuts you down. My company does it, so does the rest. It's especially important to cap insane users over a wireless network. Wireless is a more precious resource and is way more limited than a hardwired connection through either DSL, cable, or fiber. But getting back to metered access - what I mean is that some ISP's may begin charging their customers tiered prices for certain amounts of bandwidth usage. For example:

Less than 1GB downloaded - $20

1GB-5GB downloaded - $30

5GB-10GB downloaded - $40

etc

This is exactly what we may see in the coming future. And it is all due to P2P sharing and streaming video services. We will not see ordinary sites being blocked. All those millions of websites(besides the couple hundred mentioned in the FUD article) would become instantly useless. Do you really think the world in general would allow such a thing to happen?

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Canadian ISPs Plan Net Censorship - THE GB'S WET DREAM COME TRUE?

by What-A-Coincidence in

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canadian isps plan net censorship.

concerns grow that canada's plan will wipeout alt news sites and spread to u.s.. .

by mike finch.

Jourles

We're not going to see full-scale net "censorship" as indicated in the so called article above. The real net neutrality issue is about service providers trying to figure out how to provide an acceptable internet experience when P2P and streaming video is starting to choke the web. When everyone down your street starts downloading movies or tv shows to their [entertainment box] and you're just trying to read jwd, it is quite possible for you to have the site load up very slowly. This is what the ISP's are fretting about. The uproar about Comcast filtering(blocking) P2P traffic a few months ago is a perfect example of this. P2P traffic consumes by far the majority of all internet bandwidth. The capacity of the networks are not keeping up with the demand.

Sorry to say, but the "article" is simply FUD. My company serves as a major ISP(cellular) and nothing of that sort is remotely true.

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STL Cardinals fans, close-up pics from Detroit

by Jourles in

a buddy of mine and i went out to the cardinals/tigers game yesterday.

i bought my tickets through ebay and found front row tix right behind the cardinals bullpen.

of course, it was more than ideal for photographs.. .

Jourles

They gave up an earlier run with a bases loaded walk as well. I don't know why they didn't put Russ Springer in instead of Franklin. They were ahead until he gave up that HR.

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STL Cardinals fans, close-up pics from Detroit

by Jourles in

a buddy of mine and i went out to the cardinals/tigers game yesterday.

i bought my tickets through ebay and found front row tix right behind the cardinals bullpen.

of course, it was more than ideal for photographs.. .

Jourles

A buddy of mine and I went out to the Cardinals/Tigers game yesterday. I bought my tickets through Ebay and found front row tix right behind the Cardinals bullpen. Of course, it was more than ideal for photographs. Cubs fans can move along - there isn't anything you want to see here.