Posts by ttdtt

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Who is your favourite thinker?

by The Rebel in

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having recently read orwells 1984, i was impressed with how he understood that both politicians and people abuse language.

this further confirmed to me how the w.t had deceived me by using words to distort reality.

the book 1984, also contains many other great thoughts of george orwell.. of course there have been many other great thinkers, buddah, darwin, freud, einstein and marx come to mind.

ttdtt

You are right about Orwell and 1984 - its like the WT used it as a playbook.
If you liked that the other 2 classics are a must read as well. Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 - EX JWs can relate to all of them.

A) LONG LONG LIST. Einstein, Ray Franz, Carl Sagan, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Bradbury, Orwell... (forgot Newton)

B) It helps a great deal, but many of the all time greats did it on their own and at an early age. I think us average thinkers:) are carried on the waves of what we pick up from the greats.

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when you went to an "assembly" did you wear a badge?

by greenhornet in

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it embarrassed me.

when i was young my folks made me wear one and i opened it up and took the paper out making it look like it fell out.

after my folks ask what happen i said i dont know.

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I stopped a few years ago - i also refused to wear the stupid JW pins everyone was making and giving out. I chucked 5 of them in the trash when a brother gave them to me for the family.

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Counsel from Bro Losch (GB Member) to the Elders about the NFL

by James Jack in

while attending a week long training class for elders in patterson, bro losch gave the concluding talk about loyalty to the borg, which i was in awe of(i went more in detail in a recent post about a s.a.d.

where losch was the speaker).

at the end of his talk, here's what he said: .

ttdtt

I think the WT not coming out and saying the Football is not christian is a giant hypocrisy.

We hear all the time about how Jah hates violence, and that kids playing violent video games is unchristian.
Or how watching Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings is demonic.

Really?

Video games and books and movies like Harry Potter are FAKE. NOT REAL.

The latest long term study show that there is NO correlation to violent video games and increased aggression or violence.

But Football is REAL and very violent. It is a 60 minute game in which about 10 minutes are dedicated to actual play, in in that short time how may injuries do you see? Football players have a significantly shorter life span, they acquire neuralgic diseases significantly earlier than the population.

Football is violent - promotes violence and aggressiveness (go to a game - watch one with friends - play it with "brothers")

I agree with Malcolm Gladwell and the overwhelming statistics.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/19/offensive-play

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2014-11-13/malcolm-gladwell-football-is-a-moral-abomination

Watch fooball or dont watch fooball - but dont be the Moral Police and not call it out while calling out Disney, or Harry Potter and the like.

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i cant wait for the new system

by stan livedeath in

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I remember when I believed this:( And I thought kids who believed in Santa were silly.

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Do Jehovah's Witnesses Gold-Plate a Garbage Can

by Watchtower-Free in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy2n8ll5tpe.

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ttdtt

Where did you find this? Do you know where it is suposed to go? Youtube or on the JW site?

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i cant wait for the new system

by stan livedeath in

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I wouldnt mind looking like her! And I am a guy! :)

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Molested by a Jehovah Witness.

by SaffronSands in

they act like i did something wrong.

i was 20. tier 3 offense they would be on sex offender list for life.

they should be.. doesn't the church teach morals.

ttdtt

Very sorry -all to common the story. :(

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The book of Ruth... destroys the bible

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

lets pretend two things:.

1. god (yhwh) exists.

2. the bible is his word.. now we follow genesis to judges ok... judges resets at chaper 17-21 but for the purposes od this posts lets ignore that.... ruth we are told lives in the time of the judges... ok no problem/ until the end.

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I think its funny that people don't see Ruth as a Gold Digger. Like in talking to Naomi she would not have found she had a rich relative. And like it would not cross her mind that she could change her life by sticking to the old nag to get close to Boaz. And like she snuck into his room to warm his feet, and not to have sex with him.

During the BS lesson on that - did anone notice the AMAZING contradiction in paragraphs 17 and 20?

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What happens At The Edge Of The Universe?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awwifcdufre

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If you want to know more about this - read this book. http://www.amazon.com/Edge-Universe-Voyage-Cosmic-Horizon/dp/0470636246

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Why does it seem to be unhappy people who are attracted to the JWs?

by new boy in

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i have had time to think about this........... i was an attendent for many years.......... and looking up and down the rows at every family that was seating there in the khs........... no one was happy!.

i think of my mother (who brought this religion into our house)......she was one of the most unhappy and miserable people you would ever meet!

she was a spiritual orphan with few friends and no real family to speak of.. she got the "good news" back in 1950, that "the world" was a bad place and god, would soon be killing most everyone......she was thrilled!...............

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Not only unhappy, but predominately poor or lower economic class, with very little hope of improving life status.

Almost always uneducated, and low information people. Thats what I have noticed in the past 10 years.

I don't know 1 college grad with a decent career who has converted in at least the last 10 years in my area.