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  No matter our beliefs, we can all benefit from some simple wisdom about "karma." 12 Laws of Karma That Will Change Your Life

  by kpop in

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  whether atheist, such as myself, agnostic or a strong believer in a god, i'd like to share something with you all about karma.

  it relates back to my post about marcus aurelius and a quote often accredited to him on the best way to live.

  i think this will benefit those who are just waking up from the jw cult and wondering, what's next?.

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  Xanthippe

  I still believe in being the best person I can be no matter what happens.

  So do I because that's the kind of world I want to live in and it's good for me too.
  
  
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  No matter our beliefs, we can all benefit from some simple wisdom about "karma." 12 Laws of Karma That Will Change Your Life

  by kpop in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  whether atheist, such as myself, agnostic or a strong believer in a god, i'd like to share something with you all about karma.

  it relates back to my post about marcus aurelius and a quote often accredited to him on the best way to live.

  i think this will benefit those who are just waking up from the jw cult and wondering, what's next?.

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  Kpop this was a big problem for me in the JW religion. My husband and I were kind, good to people in the congregation and we worked damned hard at pioneering. What we got back from the congregation was unkindness and jealousy from the other elders. Do you know that scripture cast your bread on the water and it will come back to you after many days. After a while my husband and I used to say cast your bread on the water and what do get back, soggy bread.

  So to get logical results from hard work and trying to live ethically a central point to remember is get out of a cult first! If you're in a bad situation, and you can insert, war zone, poverty, serious illness, cult, whatever and your karma law number one does not happen do you see?
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  Site Updates

  by Simon in

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  just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.

  deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.

  worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.

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  Xanthippe

  Sorry Simon, I am on chrome 49.
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  Site Updates

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.

  deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.

  worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.

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  Xanthippe

  Yes the edit option is working for me now too. Just can't see any dates/times of posts which is a bit disconcerting.
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  Fake publisher card

  by floridaborn in

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  so i've been a lurked on this site for about 15 years, thank goodness for dial up internet.... anyway my fade has been working off and on for that long but my whole family is still in including my kid.

  at this point i have started dating a worldly person.

  he is wiling to put onthe facade of being a witness so i don't have to lose my family.

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  Hi floridaborn. Well done on successfully fading for 15 years, many forum members are trying to do that. I don't know if that will work, haven't been a JW for nearly 30 years. Don't worry about things that might not happen I would suggest. Enjoy your life with your new man.
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  Site Updates

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.

  deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.

  worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.

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  Xanthippe

  Umm are the dates back yet? I'm afraid I can't see any at all.
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  Be ready to obey!!

  by kairos in

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  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131115/seven-shepherds-eight-dukes/.

  from paragraph 17-. at that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.

  all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.. i think i know what the instructions will be.it's nothing new.

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  Reminds me of the announcement at a circuit assembly that we could no longer study just the Bible with people if that's what they wanted. These kind of statements should ring loud warning bells. Why would you follow a direction that doesn't seem sound from a human or strategic perspective? They might might as well say if we tell you to do something stupid just do it.
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  what is the craziest book the dubbers ever published?

  by dogon in

  1. watchtower
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  so i was wondering what book is the nuttiest they ever printed?

  i know there are several in contention for first place but which is your vote for no 1?

  also if you don't mind post a bit of what is in the book you pick to show why you picked it.

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  Xanthippe

  Once you start to dig a little, it all makes sense.

  Yeah just don't dig for too many fly agarics.
  
  
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  what is the craziest book the dubbers ever published?

  by dogon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i was wondering what book is the nuttiest they ever printed?

  i know there are several in contention for first place but which is your vote for no 1?

  also if you don't mind post a bit of what is in the book you pick to show why you picked it.

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  Revelation book! What was that about? John eating magic mushrooms on Patmos.
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  The Milgram experiment.

  by The Rebel in

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  the milligan experiment was an experiment on obidience to authoritive figures.

  it's worth checking out, for in my opinion the experiment showed how even before the conscience is desenthitized, people will go to any length to gain approval from their authoritive figure.

  this clarified to me why many become ministerial sevants, elders and company men, giving their life to an organisation they proudly refer to as mother..

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  Milgram experiment.