Posts by silentbuddha

Anyone who has taken a basic statistics course in college will understand that the majority of polls are skewed and inaccurate(much more than just the 5% this way or that which is stated)

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My wife and I have begun our fade

by James Jack in

i haven’t posted in awhile.

my wife asked me after the year 2000 came and went without fanfare(because the wt organization said all the “new world” would be here within this 20th century would end), “ what would it take for you to leave the truth?”.

my reply was “ if i turn 60 in this “system of things”.

silentbuddha

James, if I remember correctly are you from Florida? I am asking because i used to be as well and i was wondering if we possibly crossed paths.

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New Wuhan coronavirus around.....

by mikeflood in

new coronavirus wreaking havoc.....first case detected in the us one hour ago....six deaths already in china.....hope it gets controlled soon.....

silentbuddha

The state I live in have 8 deaths from the flu yesterday... I am not worried about the asian virus as of yet.

If it gets out of control the world will work to eradicate it. If they many will die.

Why get worked up over something you have no control over

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Do You Use “ALEXA”?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i got the amazon echo dot and it’s pretty good.

do you use it for anything?.

silentbuddha

You might want to add fuck amazon since they make alexa...

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Do You Use “ALEXA”?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i got the amazon echo dot and it’s pretty good.

do you use it for anything?.

silentbuddha

If you have a cellphone you have invited big brother into your house, your car, your place of work and anywhere else you take your phone...

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Greta

by road to nowhere in

the daily wire.

facebook glitch reveals father, activist behind greta thunberg's facebook .... i'm not good at getting links right.

but this is interesting in light of greta supposedly doing things on her own according to dear old dad.

silentbuddha

JimmyYoung, you are angry and that is fine. The problem is, your anger makes you react and respond on pure emotion and you end up disagreeing with and insulting people who share your thoughts... to a degree.

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Were / Are the Governing Body "Rock Stars"

by Number 6 in

in 1976 when i was a young lad of 6, fred franz came to glasgow and gave a talk in govan a suburb on the south side of the city (for those of you who dont know).

our congregation hired a bus to ferry us all to the hall and it was standing room only.

being only 6, i have only the vaguest of memories other than an old man shouting and bawling from the stage.

silentbuddha

When I was a sophomore in highschol my brother who was a bethelite called us and told us to get in the car and come to bethel ASAP. Apparently he spoke to someone and he was going to be able to get us in to see Feeddy Franz in the infirmary. He was real sick and there was talk that he wouldn't be around much longer.

My parents got all dressed up and took a bunch of bibles hoping he would sign them. We got there and we waited in line for close to 2 hours.

Everyone was crying... they came out his room looking like they found out their children had died. When we got our chance to go in my mother was trembling like a dope fiend. Everything he said they wrote down and she actually said when you get your reward please watch over our family..........................

He actually signed her bible and she cried all the way home. My dad was just quiet and when we got home he said he has never experienced anything like this in his life.

My birth felt so much less special.

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Rec'd a letter from my Dad - need some advice...

by Fadeaway3pointer in

fader here - last meeting was in autumn 2005. lurker on this site and others.

not one to get all controversial.. typical situation, pretty much a born in and left the church at age 38 and never looked back.. i'm 53 now, parents getting older - late 70s but very active, dad is still an elder.. parents, in laws, brother and brother-in-law still uber active jws.. my family (wife and 2 adult children) out since 2005.. we have stayed close to our parents - we have treaded religion lightly and have had a pretty good relationship and have kept our personal lives and beliefs/opinions separated from them.

this was intentional - as we love them and do not want anything to cause shunning since they are getting older and want to be there for them and we respect their beliefs.. got this letter today.

silentbuddha

I have the exact same story. Exact same. Only difference is I da'ed. I realized these people spent their entire lives in this religion and it is all they know. I jo longer want to rock the boat or cause them stress.

I also don't want to send mixed signals to my family.

Ultimately I started giving them their space. They call twice a year or when they need something. I help them out, have a 2hr convoy on the phone and go about my life.

Sometimes you just have to let people live.

They may seem as if they are being disingenuous in regards to being hurt. They actually believe you and your family who they do love are going to die. It really does pain them as parents.

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Another New Idea for Money Grab by the Jdumbs

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

jw
friends

after reading this news perhaps the gb(piss be upon them) might cook up an extra donation requirement for armed bros at the khalls; but we all know where most of the money will end up!.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/12/29/2-dead-1-in-critical-condition-after-reported-shooting-at-church-in-white-settlement/.

what are your thoughts.. zing.

silentbuddha

Being attacked by a gunman wou li d make them happy. It would be considered persecution and a sign that satan was trying to get them.