Posts by snare&racket

What is the connection there? Bumble was saying it did NOT tolerate racist posts and as an organisation supported the BLM ethos, specifically - anti racism.

There is no connection to the two issues. Nobody is forcing anyone to use bumble, go use another app that has filters!

Dating apps compete by offering higher number of choices in your areas, filters are not in the favour of these apps as it puts less 'hits' in your vicinity. Most modern apps don't have lengthy filters for this reason. The ones that do.... go use them! THE ONE's that don't are more popular.,,,, BECAUSE most users want more 'hits' and matches in return.

It is hardly controversial or a racial conspiracy!

Also it's 2021, MOST people are beyond race and "ethnic" when dating, the world has changed and it's culture and processes with it. Shame you see differently.......

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Try To Be Less White

by minimus in

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that’s what coca-cola is telling their employees.

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this is ridiculous!.

snare&racket

Ahhh ok so Coca Cola subscribed to online Linked-In courses and a Linked-In user who teaches diversity uploaded an online video with a clip saying 'be less white'.

Makes more sense now, far less hysterical than implied. These Linked-In online sections can be completed to boost CV's and demonstrate being up to date.

IF there is ANY story at all in this, it is that Linked-In need to screen their online courses for professionalism.

Coke had released this explanation early on;

""Our Better Together global training is part of a learning plan to help build an inclusive workplace. It is comprised of a number of short vignettes, each a few minutes long.

"The training includes access to the LinkedIn Learning platform on a variety of topics, including on diversity, equity and inclusion.

"The video in question was accessible on the LinkedIn Learning platform but was not part of the company’s curriculum. We will continue to listen to our employees and refine our learning programs as appropriate."

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Try To Be Less White

by minimus in

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that’s what coca-cola is telling their employees.

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this is ridiculous!.

snare&racket

4 pages of anger and frustration, understandable if true.

Minimus, where is the source of your information that Coca-Cola did this? I'm genuinely interested.

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Since Myself and our sons left the JW cult, My wife has been M.I.A has a mom and wife

by goingthruthemotions in

i would like to get some feed back from pomo's who's spouse is still pimi.

since myself and our son's left the jw cult.

my wife has been m.i.a has a mom and a wife.

snare&racket

I ultimately agree with pistol pete......You be you and do what will be right for you!

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Since Myself and our sons left the JW cult, My wife has been M.I.A has a mom and wife

by goingthruthemotions in

i would like to get some feed back from pomo's who's spouse is still pimi.

since myself and our son's left the jw cult.

my wife has been m.i.a has a mom and a wife.

snare&racket

So sad to hear this pal. Remember you deserve happiness too, you deserve love and affection and attention. Tell her frankly what you have told us. Despite leaving the WT nearly a decade ago, you still suffer through it's tendrils.

Marriage is never conditional on beliefs , neither is love or even true friendship. Cult 'love' is conditional because it is superficial and a mere attempt at reflecting true love. Since leaving the JW's I have met friends that would not leave my side If I decided to worship Kermit the frog..... because true friendship and love is NOT conditional.

if you think that train has gone, maybe appreciate how short and vaulble our time on earth is and spend it with someone who isn't praying for everyone that doesn't agrre with them to die.

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JW Net and Politics

by snare&racket in

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this site was and remains instrumental in assisting people that want to leave the jw's.. there has been political discussion here for some time now, a good couple of years and it makes me feel a little uneasy.

i just opened up the site for the first time in some weeks, of the 10 posts being discussed, 4 were by the same poster, about politics, promoting their right wing beliefs.. this has been the trend for some time now, the same name behind a peppering of posts stirring the right v left of politics.. i remain forever grateful to the site and it's founders simon & angharad, i appreciate that simon shares some of these these political beliefs.

it would be a shame to see the site evolve from a place for jw freedom of thought and escape, to political squabbling, that the world is frankly tired of right now.. just to clarify, politics is my hobby, whilst my friends read the football scores, i'm reading polling data.

snare&racket

This site was and remains instrumental in assisting people that want to leave the JW's.

There has been political discussion here for some time now, a good couple of years and it makes me feel a little uneasy. I just opened up the site for the first time in some weeks, of the 10 posts being discussed, 4 were by the same poster, about politics, promoting their right wing beliefs.

This has been the trend for some time now, the same name behind a peppering of posts stirring the right v left of politics.

I remain forever grateful to the site and it's founders Simon & Angharad, I appreciate that Simon shares some of these these political beliefs. It would be a shame to see the site evolve from a place for JW freedom of thought and escape, to political squabbling, that the world is frankly tired of right now.

Just to clarify, politics is my hobby, whilst my friends read the football scores, I'm reading polling data. Whilst they watch game highlights, I'm watching depositions, speeches, debates. I devour both sides of the debate, I will watch as much Louder with Crowder as I do YT, I can stand neither of them. I have watched hours of Trump rallies, Putin speeches, North Korea documentaries, I am fascinated by the populist appeal of Trump, the magnetic charisma of Obama and the chess game mind of Putin ......and the car horn of Boris the clown.

In the context of JW's and politics I have much to say as I was suppressed from being political or voting by the JW's. I was a pioneer that loved getting home early on Thursday nights to watch UK politics shows on tv. I was addicted to radio political talk shows and pundits. My parents actually chastised me for my interests, being a JW.

Politics is a passion of mine..... it just feels awkwardly misplaced here, it isn't a debate, it's a promotion of western, right wing, American conservatism. The posts I have read have replies deleted or people shut down if they disagree. I bit my tongue about it and posted/frequented the site less. Now it seems to have become a common theme and feature of the site. The site feels like it has changed dramatically in the last 4 years,

The posts tend to appear to ask a genuine harmless question, then the post is a pro right wing, with heavy left, millennial, snowflake bashing. It's actually quite sad that someone feels the need to flood this site with such posts.

Forgive me if you disagree..... I post this in a hope we can change the course of this site between us all.

Snare x (not a libtard, commie, snowflake, millennial........ an economic and justice conservative with 'socialist' views on community and services)

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Nurses are unwilling to take the COVID-19 Vaccine

by adjusted knowledge in

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i work at two separate hospitals and most of the rns i work with have stated they won't take the vaccine.

i've read a report that 1/3 of rns will refuse the vaccine.

for those in other countries do you see this being an issue or is it more an american phenomenon?.

snare&racket

I work in the region first given the vaccine, it started on last Wednesday, I had mine Saturday, my nurse fiancé had it Sunday.

CNN were filming my colleagues receiving it Wed morning.

I assure you nurses are having it in great numbers, as are all the doctors.

Some may decline it, as they are permitted to, but here in the UK that is certainly not the trend.

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The Mysterious Missing Islam.....

by snare&racket in

i've discussed this before but not in this context alone.. i remember being about 14 years old, 1994 and starting a study in the uk with a charming muslim from the congo.

he was a very pleasant middle aged guy with a big family, two wives, always the most hospitable.

at the time the watchtower had a book on many religions, a thick red book called 'mankind's search for god' so i would read and discuss the section on islam with him.. interestingly, but not surprising, many details they had were wrong about islam and he would explain how and correct me.

snare&racket

I've discussed this before but not in this context alone.

I remember being about 14 years old, 1994 and starting a study in the UK with a charming Muslim from the Congo. He was a very pleasant middle aged guy with a big family, two wives, always the most hospitable.

At the time the Watchtower had a book on many religions, a thick red book called 'Mankind's search for God' so I would read and discuss the section on Islam with him.

Interestingly, but not surprising, many details they had were wrong about Islam and he would explain how and correct me.

Learning about this religion, even at this age, left me pondering where it was in bible text? There was so much in WT literature about the evil Catholics and potentially early JW protestants (lol). There were endless readings and studying about Baa'l and paganism, both the Roman and Greek religious influences on modern day life.

When talking of 'today' the time of the end there was talk of specific nations that will be important players at the 'time of the end'...America, the UK and the evil Russia (how American-centric and myopic now we think about it). But never mentioned to my 25 year recollection as a JW .... were Muslims and Islam, the 'middle east'.

As the fastest growing religion on earth with 1.6 billion members, Islam is a giant to the 8 million JW's. The PEW religious research centre states "While the world’s population is projected to grow 32% in the coming decades, the number of Muslims is expected to increase by 70% – from 1.8 billion in 2015 to nearly 3 billion in 2060. In 2015, Muslims made up 24.1% of the global population. Forty-five years later, they are expected to make up more than three-in-ten of the world’s people (31.1%)."

The politics and history of the planet for the last 70 years has been revolving around the middle east, oil, beliefs and cultures. How many would argue that 9/11 is arguably the biggest event of our generation post WW2. It has set the world apart, christian v muslim all over again! This is not new to our planet. After the early christians died, it was Christian v's Islam for centuries, battling over the Holy lands in endless wars and history, crusades and jihads that shaped our world today, again none of which was prophesied or forseen.

So why was is Islam, the fastest growing religion, missing from JW doctrine? Why is it missing from the end of the world beliefs and predictions? Why is it missing from bible text?

........well it's real simple! Islam came about AFTER the Bible in approx the 7th century. It would only be in the bible (and therefore JW doctrines) if the bible was written by people able to know the future.

It says much, that it is missing

Just like dinosaurs, which famously also have no mention in the bible, despite these giant beasts one time ruling the planet for millions of years , only to be wiped out and only re-discovered 'at the time of the end'... they too were not written about in the bible because their discovery only came about millenia after, and the bible would have to be written by people who could know the future somehow....AND.... know the past somehow.

It says much that they are likewise missing.

Snare

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Dumb Elders

by minimus in

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i knew a few pretty intelligent elders .

sometimes i would wonder why they remained as elders or even witnesses because they were successful men who made a good living and were highly respected because of their qualities.. that is a rather small group.

most elders that i know of aren’t the brightest bulbs in the sky.

snare&racket

Family members calling me upset because their marriage was in a bad place and the elders came around and didn't help/ couldn't help fix it....

I asked my sibling what the elder did for a living 'painter and decorator',

So, I spelt it out for her... "You are confused as to why a local painter and decorator can't help you with your marriage and relationship issues, his only connection to you being that he goes to the same religious building as you do locally."

Why JW's expect so much from elders is baffling..... they should not be providing pastoral care, teaching, child abuse investigations, judiciary meetings, marriage counselling or even theological guidance. They have ZERO training, their one qualification is consistent field ministry hours.

The ministry school is no PGC, the annual elders teaching days are not equivalent to law degrees, social work degrees or forensic police training. They are instructional days to ensure the elders are on WT's track.

I met intelligent elders, some with successful businesses known nationally. I really liked many of them, but having been a JW, I know they lack the courage and fortitude to doubt or question, the humility to risk being wrong or the dedication to truth so as to sacrifice it all when knowing something wasn't right. This is where intelligence can leave one lacking and left behind, cognitive dissonance,

What makes me sad, is that they will even let their own children and family suffer the same beliefs rather than have the courage to question. Disappointing and heartbreaking beyond belief....