Posts by NewYork44M

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Books that changed your life-

by new hope and happiness in

i am not much of a reader as i have two many distractions, but i fancy a challenging read, so please list any book that has changed your entire world view on everything.

i remember as a teenager buying at a yard sale, norman vincent peales " the power of positive thinking" and at the time that had a big impact on me.

but i am a little bit more in to " realistic positive thinking" now..

While I don't consider myself an Ayn Rand convert reading her books were so shockingly different from watchtower reading that it got me to thinking critically. I landed somewhere in the middle, but it was important to me to be exposed to something on the extreme side.

I have read The Fountainhead at least five times each time I read it I was at a different place in my life and got something completely different out of it. I have the book on my Kindle and am contemplating reading it again.

Beside Atlas Shrugged, I also really appreciated her book, We the Living. The description of the totalitarian life in Soviet Russia was very reminiscent of the totalitarian institution of the Watchtower. The similarities were striking

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The Great Weird Off - Mormonism vs. Jehovah's Witnesses

by Wild_Thing in

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interesting podcast to listen to.

exjws go head to head with ex-mormons on which religion is weirder.

they had judges that determined who won.. http://mormonexpression.com/2014/06/16/episode-258/.

NewYork44M

my opinion is 1 - Scientology

You have a point, but I don't think that the contest is what is the wierdest religion - ever; just a friendly contest between two wierd groups.

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1975 AWAKE!!! Predictions

by iamwhoiam in

over at the archives..enjoy!.

http://archive.org/details/1975predictionsinawakemagazinebyjehovahswitnesses.

*click on pdf at the left side of the page.

NewYork44M

I see they were still pushing the 7,000 year creative day then. What ever happened to that belief?

Notice that the referred to the 1914 generation as those who saw with an understanding what occured in 1914.

I distinctly remember reading and discussing these lies. Thanks for the memories.

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The Great Weird Off - Mormonism vs. Jehovah's Witnesses

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

interesting podcast to listen to.

exjws go head to head with ex-mormons on which religion is weirder.

they had judges that determined who won.. http://mormonexpression.com/2014/06/16/episode-258/.

NewYork44M

After reading Under the Banner of Heaven byJon Krakauer, I would vote for Mormonism as winners of the wierd off contest.

http://www.amazon.com/Under-Banner-Heaven-Story-Violent/dp/1400032806/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1402973042&sr=1-5&keywords=mormon

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the new exjw stars of youtube... discuss

by friendaroonie in

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since the creation of a few youtube channels i spend enormous amounts of time watching them.

they have basically replaced my activity on jwn and watching kelly and michael in the morning.

there are quite a few issues and implications that result from this trend.

NewYork44M

I really admire the Apostate Chick.

https://www.youtube.com/user/ApostateChick

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How Will The New York Nonprofit Revitalization Act Effect The Watchtower Corporation Book Keeping Transparency?

by frankiespeakin in

so many questionn perhaps will be answer by this investigation/independent audit and perhaps some follow up untanglement of funds in the proliferation of different corporations that are under the gbs control.. i think 2014 is going to be a very interesting year for the wt corporation.

o and how do do feel about the whistleblower policy implimentation for all those that bring in 1,000,000 dollars or more annually.

can you imagine the wt corporation problems with that little gem, they can't disfelloship him or dismiss a whistleblower my my my.. .

NewYork44M

Interesting. Some of the rules specfically exclude religions ourganizations:

"The following provisions of the not-for-profit corporation law
shall not apply to religious corporations..."

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Are You a Photic Sneezer?

by cofty in

i am, and my wife never believed me that a sudden bright light can make me sneeze.

apparently a third of humans are photic sneezers.

although the exact mechanism isn't fully understood it may be that a strong signal in the optic nerve can stimulte a nearby branch of the trigeminal nerve.. its time to come out the closet and be proud of your crossed wires.. ....

NewYork44M

I was not aware of this condition until I noticed that my 6 year old daughter always sneezes when she is exposed to a sunny bright light.

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What is your biggest gripe with the WT and it's teachings?

by FL_Panthers in

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as the title says, please list what you find annoying with the organization..

NewYork44M

It is a multibillion dollar corporation that pays no income tax but does not create value to society.

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Were you 100% in?

by pontoon in

i was baptized in 1968. last meeting 2010. i have to say i was never 100% in.

there were times i absolutely believed, but i never really gave it my all.

never liked service, assemblies, meetings.

NewYork44M

I think I was close to 100% for a significant part of my life. But even then the whole idea of the religion was embarrassing.

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"100 years of kingdom rule" so what?? what does it mean??

by stuckinarut2 in

i cant stop the nagging thoughts in relation to the hype about "100 years of kingdom rule" !.

what is the significance?

why make such a big deal about something like that?.

NewYork44M

They may discount that there is no significance, but I suspect that more than a few will use this as a watershed year to re-evaluate their life's goals.

I remember in the 1990s I plugged into the calandar 2014 and wrote a note to myself that If the end did not occur I was going to leave. Fortunately, I figured that life is too short to wait 20 years and I left 10 years ago (too bad I wasted the 10 years, but that is another story).

How many have made the same mental note for 2014? I predict a lot.