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  International Convention

  by msconcerned in

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  an email forwarded to a friend.

  what do you make of it?.

  below is a report about preparing for the seattle, washington international convention.

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  snare&racket

  These guys really need to get out more..... when booking a venue and some hotel rooms appears like a miracle..... it is time to pick another cult.

  I once got prepared for a flight outside a terminal gate, it was a long trip, 36 hours to the destination. It was my first ever flight and I sought out somone to ask a few questions. I sat next to and started chatting with a couple who BY CHANCE, were .....going on the same flight as me.......to the same continent, to the same country, to the same region, .....yep it gets worse....the same district, .....the same tiny village.....AND ......amazingly...... the very same street!!

  If you think that is beyond coincidence and ridiculous........it didn't end there... I joked "number 15?"

  They said......... "17"

  We all sat there mouths wide open at the most bizzare experience!

  But nope...it didn't end there either....It gets worse again!

  Unbeknown to me..... my great uncle owned 15 & 17!!!

  By PURE random chance they were staying .....in my relatives spare accommodation (old b&b) for a wedding! The other side of the world!

  Never, ever, ever underestimate probability and statistics, what seems miraculous beyond coincidence, is in fact our human ignorance of math and behaviour.

  Now what was it again....needing a venue on a certain date to be available and getting some hotel chains to rent some rooms out.....miracle?
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  How to cope with depression?

  by make yourself in

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  i know its very common for jws and ex jws to deal with depression.

  maybe it's a side effect of cognitive dissonance or the whole outlook on life being a jw.

  but what are some ways to cope with depression?

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  snare&racket

  It is important to talk to your doctor, with regard to your concerns for depression........and also to do some tests, to rule out other causes (hypothyroid etc).

  Take a look at this page, it is very helpful.

  http://www.patient.co.uk/health/depression-leaflet

  snare x
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  They are i- Pad Nutty Now

  by Poztate in

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  so many at my wife's hall have rushed to buy i-pads,androids etc for use in servicetm and at the hall.. most know little or nothing about how to use them but have joined the stampede to jw.org tm and the reinvention of the wtbts.. it prompted one elder at my wife's hall to have a seminar at his house to explain how to use them in service and at the hall.. how exciting.... one 80 year old pioneer woman will be there with her new toy.. as a distraction it seems to be working quite well.

  no need to worry about 1914 or other issues.. they are all nuts and getting nuttier....

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  GBA4IOS.... an essential app for meetings
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  WTS buys £1,000,000 luxury sea-front property in Wales, UK

  by Simon in

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  shower room.

  office.

  games room.

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  snare&racket

  WOW, this is news to me. How did you come by this? This is my neck of the woods.

  My pals family (not JWs) own all the land surrounding this house. What a small world, they are neighbours to this property and have the same view.

  Also it is Geraint W, he runs the bethel farm and the welsh translation!

  I don't see the purpose in this extravagance! Has anyone told them we are in a recession? Also I didn't see any translating equipment .....AND.....30 mins from that house is a property owned by the society, used for CO housing, that is central to the Welsh speaking areas! This is a ridiculous purchase and blatantly a holiday home in the menai straights!!!!

  Keep in mind, in the uk bethel you are punished for having a window open if the heating is on. You are sat down and told about the precious contributions..... here THEY are buying houses, looking onto the menai straight and snowdonia national park, because.....? Would a small house in a cheaper area not do? A small rented office space?

  p.s. looks like a JW welsh bible is on it's way......

  Snare

  Never a JW.... if Oxfam bought this beautiful house because they wanted to translate a brochure into welsh..... there would be outrage! IBSA is a UK charity!
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  Embarrassed by Aggressive Apostates

  by ShempLives in

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  xjw protests & videos.

  .. i am disturbed by some of the more aggressive apostates posting videos on youtube,like "a jw memorial to remember" where a drunk man goes to a memorial and downs the whole glass of wine as a sort of protest.

  this video and others like it received positive comments from aawa members.

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  snare&racket

  Though they may make life a bit harder for the rest of us apostates behaving like this, I have sympathy for them.

  The painful irritation of the mind, the remains of a cult life that obviously motivates them, is clearly personal, emotional and eating away at them.

  The turmoil and damage that causes someone to drink and cause disorder in this cult after leaving, is due to inner pain that was done TO them as we all know and witnessed ourselves.

  I am sure most of us have thought of doing such things. but restrained outselves or dismissed it.Don't get me wrong, it is not the way to do it...not at all, in my opinion. But I feel sad that they are so desperate to have their side heard in that KH, they did that.

  I don't remember ever seeing such displays in the literature, under a heading of 'What a life in Watchtower can result in....'
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  The official COSMOS thread

  by Jon Preston in

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  so what does everyone think this far?

  please theist feel free to add your opinions if you e watched so you can also appreciate certain facts weve learned....and hey theres speculation too!

  but non judgmental speculation;-).

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  snare&racket

  I think it is fantastic and a decent homage to Sagan.
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  Abiogenesis takes another step forward.....

  by snare&racket in

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  spark of life: metabolism appears in lab without cells19:42 25 april 2014 by linda geddesfor similar stories, visit the evolution and human evolution topic guidesmetabolic processes that underpin life on earth have arisen spontaneously outside of cells.

  the serendipitous finding that metabolism the cascade of reactions in all cells that provides them with the raw materials they need to survive can happen in such simple conditions provides fresh insights into how the first life formed.

  it also suggests that the complex processes needed for life may have surprisingly humble origins.. "people have said that these pathways look so complex they couldn't form by environmental chemistry alone," says markus ralser at the university of cambridge who supervised the research.. but his findings suggest that many of these reactions could have occurred spontaneously in earth's early oceans, catalysed by metal ions rather than the enzymes that drive them in cells today.. the origin of metabolism is a major gap in our understanding of theemergence of life.

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  snare&racket

  Speargrass, I stand by my answer to you, you are asking questions we have answers to. Ask yourelf why you don't know them, IF you are truly interested....
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  I'm a cannibal

  by Zoos in

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  the doctor used cadaver bone to fix my spine.

  i understand that makes me a cannibal in watchtower land.. .

  "it's feeding.

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  snare&racket

  Every baby breast fed is a cannibal by Watchtower standards, hence they are yet to receive accreditation from anyone but themselves...or a nobel laureate.

  All the best with your surgery results x
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  What Are The Best Threads Here On JWN?

  by minimus in

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  are there any type of threads that you especially enjoy?

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  are there any specific threads or posters that you look out for?.

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  snare&racket

  I am drawn to the personal threads, people asking for help or support. This site provides a fantastic mechanism of joining people together, the newly ousted and the long ago forgotten.

  merci prologos x
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  Recent WatchTower article about Witch Hunting

  by EverApostate in

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  this is about an article in may 2014 awake that was published about witch hunting.

  it is a 2 page article on how evil the catholic and protestant inquision was, how wickedly they killed the witches and so on.. .

  http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102014166.

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  snare&racket

  I agree with the OP....the motivation to kill innocent women was not based on rationale or evidence, or justice. It was based on Exodus. Watchtower would never admit that. Funny but, I imagine the avergae witness, though likely would not be changed in the slightest, would pick up on the disjointed message between the article and the bible. They were just following their holy texts.

  Some feel they are holy texts, some feel they are man made, superstition alongside very dangerous instructions.