Posts by krejames

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EPIC!#%* NOVEMBER 2015 WT VIDEO "Welcome Home My Friend, Now Your Life Can Start Again"

by NoMoreHustle in

well i just watched this "epic" video, i would have to say this is probably the most disturbing video yet.

there campaign to get people back is just pathetic in the most mind-manipulating way.

"welcome home" or "come back home" are they serious?

krejames

I can't seem to find the one you mean. Do you have a link ?

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JW Broadcasting—November 2015

by wifibandit in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i09wzqof4zi.

ha!

that is supposed to make people go back?!

Facial recognition for churches

by krejames in

i'm currently at a privacy conference and one of the speakers mentioned this creepy facial recognition tool for churches to track their parishioners.

surprised the jdubs aren't on it already ;) enjoy!

http://churchix.com

krejames

They could also have it at assemblies to alert attendants if apostate or disfellowshipped people showed up!

never thought of that! in fact, as LoveUniHateExams says, "give them time"!

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Facial recognition for churches

by krejames in

i'm currently at a privacy conference and one of the speakers mentioned this creepy facial recognition tool for churches to track their parishioners.

surprised the jdubs aren't on it already ;) enjoy!

http://churchix.com

I'm currently at a privacy conference and one of the speakers mentioned this creepy facial recognition tool for churches to track their parishioners. Surprised the jdubs aren't on it already ;) enjoy! http://churchix.com

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Headline: "Islamic Invasion: Europe now scrambles for guns." How true is this?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

a year to a year and a half ago, i would have taken this article at face value and believed it.. now, i realize this article comes from a dubious source.

world news daily has a die-hard right-wing bias.

so, in an effort to get real information, i'm asking my european exjw's, is this article all true?

krejames

@prologos Fair enough 👍 👍

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Headline: "Islamic Invasion: Europe now scrambles for guns." How true is this?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

a year to a year and a half ago, i would have taken this article at face value and believed it.. now, i realize this article comes from a dubious source.

world news daily has a die-hard right-wing bias.

so, in an effort to get real information, i'm asking my european exjw's, is this article all true?

krejames

Prologos: Only criminals have to fear surveillance

I have heard this kind of argument so much, the "if you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear" approach to the idea of surveillance. That's like saying "I don't care about free speech because I've got nothing to say". Sometimes we don't appreciate the value of something (like privacy) until it's gone...or until a less benevolent government is ruling over us that sees a lot of good use to make of all that surveillance data that was benign under the previous government...who's to say that just because something you're doing quite innocently now, won't be considered criminal in future?

Surveillance has it's place and is useful when used in a proportionate way, but please, no more of this "only criminals have to fear surveillance" reasoning. Unfortunately it's this view that is making us sleepwalk into a 1984 style surveillance society.

Ps -sorry for the slight diversion from the topic at hand. As you were (and good point, Username)

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Suicide or Real Freedom? - My Story As One Of Jehovah's Witnesses

by dubstepped in

"sometimes i think the only thing i could do that wouldn't upset someone would be to kill myself.".

those were the frustrated words of my friend as we stood out in his large yard in the country, just about to enjoy a nice bonfire on a beautiful night.

what was it that could have been a lesser evil than killing himself?

krejames

Thanks for sharing your story and welcome to the forum

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The best advice I can offer to those trying to meet people and get a new social circle after leaving JW's.

by EndofMysteries in

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friends

if like me, when you left the kh, your entire social network was gone.

how do you meet people of the opposite sex or make new friends, etc?

clubs, bars?

krejames

Great advice, EndOfMysteries.

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Hello everyone! I am new here and want to tell you about myself - my bio

by Hollywood20 in

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friends

grew up in east la in a bad neighborhood to a black mother and white father.

i never knew my father because he died in a car accident when i was a few weeks old.

my mother converted as a jw soon after when two sisters came to her door and offered her comfort, which was something she needed.

krejames

Hey Hollywood, so sorry to read your story. But remember it ain't over until the fat lady sings.

As for living your life the way your mother wants you to, Oscar Wilde once said "selfishness is not living life the way we please, but expecting others to live their lives the way we please".

Live your life be free. Don't deprive the world of your talent. Any musician will tell you, music isn't what you do, it's who you are. Don't wait until it's too late, like I did.

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Personal experience rant

by Crazyguy in

so i was reading over new member hollywood 20s experience and thinking of using it when i'm going to talk with my son that their trying to get baptized.

so that with all the other things through my mind i decided to say some things to him about what's going on with my daughter.

so this is what happening with her.

krejames

So true, unfortunately. Sorry for what you're going through Crazyguy, that sounds super-stressful. Wishing you and your daughter all the best.