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  Returning from a crash . . .

  by compound complex in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  greetings, friends:.

  my trusty and very old dell died a few days ago; a friend's gift of a toshiba has gotten me here.

  fortunately, it uses windows 7 like my old pc.

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  jp1692

  Welcome back!
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  JWtalk.net is an act of Disobedience

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the governing body and watchtower publications make clear there is only one official website that jws should go to about their religion.

  they do not approve of independent pro-jw forums.

  this would also fall in line of there being no independent study groups, on the internet, or elsewhere.. for that matter, they do not approve of jws posting on behalf of their religion on social media, “apostate” websites, or anywhere else on the internet.

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  Good points, Londo.

  Every JW I have ever known disregards/ignores/flouts/breaks some WT rules and regulations. Every one.

  They usually have some “justification” involving some pretty creative mental gymnastics and rationalizing. Meanwhile they zealously insist on strictly adhering to the party line in other areas. This generally involves a good amount of hand-waving and a reference or two to Jehovah and “loyalty to His organization,” none of which seems to apply to the rules the don’t observe.

  Hypocritically, they usually expect every other JW to observe the rules they observe. The irony, it burns.

  Let’s review: It’s a cult!
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  My 2018 convention review (BR)

  by Ray Frankz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this years convention was all about:.

  1) neutrality means not taking sides.

  jws must not have any opinions about politics, even if it affects you or your job or your social class directly.. also .

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  “JWs must not have ANY opinions.”

  There, I fixed it for you.
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  Bible comes alive if we look for meaning behind the symbols it uses

  by Ireneus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  bible contains too much human thinking presented as though from god, thus much of its information brings dishonor to god.. yet it contains great beneficial truths behind the symbols it uses.

  let us take the only two cases of miracles jesus performed without any request from anybody which would show the very purpose of his ministry:.

  1) jesus healed a woman who “was bent over and could not straighten up at all.” (luke 13:11-13).

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  You are my friends if you do what I command you. - John 15:14 (CEB)

  Let the control-freakery begin!
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  Bible comes alive if we look for meaning behind the symbols it uses

  by Ireneus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  bible contains too much human thinking presented as though from god, thus much of its information brings dishonor to god.. yet it contains great beneficial truths behind the symbols it uses.

  let us take the only two cases of miracles jesus performed without any request from anybody which would show the very purpose of his ministry:.

  1) jesus healed a woman who “was bent over and could not straighten up at all.” (luke 13:11-13).

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  Ireneus: Whether such miracles did happen or not is not important.

  Actually, it does. That's kind of the point.
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  Anyone pissed at their parents for raising you in the cult?

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my mother was not the most emotionally stable person.

  she was a follower and instilled in me the idea we were better than those worldly people.

  its hard to go to school as a child and you can not be friends outside of school, you can not celebrate any holidays, and you are told all these people are going to die.

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  I've read through this thread with great interest. I appreciate reading thoughts and feelings shared from the perspective of a child raised in a cult. Thank you all for posting.

  As a parent that initially raised my children in the religion, but then realized it was a cult and left, I am faced with the tragic irony which is the polar opposite of those of you that have posted here: my children are extremely angry at me because I left the religion! (They are still in it nine years after I left ... I tried to get them to leave with me, but have so far been unsuccessful.)
  
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  If the Gov. where you live outlawed the JWs would you turn in your family?

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i guess it would depend for me.

  some of my family i would take out bill boards pointing to them.

  many of the elders it would be he is over there and set off a neon sign.

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  First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
  Because I was not a Socialist.

  Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
  Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

  Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
  Because I was not a Jew.

  Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

  
  Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) was a prominent Protestant pastor who emerged as an outspoken public foe of Adolf Hitler and spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration camps.
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  Suggestions for horror/supernatural movies

  by Addison0998 in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  hey guys, so now that i’m pretty much atheist and i’m not scared of demons or supernatural things, or bring them into my house by watching movies or reading books about them lol, i defenitly want to watch a few scary movies.

  i’ve always loved scary movies, but as witness, you don’t get to watch many since they need to be pg-13 and have no spiritism in it lol.

  does anyone have any suggestions?

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  Punk: I love the old British Hammer horror films with Cushing and Lee.

  Oh yeah, my older sister took me to see some of these when I was just a lad. They scared the crap out of me ... and I loved them.

  Here is one of my favorites, the death scene from Dracula:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssvgMHCa45s

  I just rewatched it after not having seen it in 50-ish years. I was surprised at how well I remembered this sequence. Probably because end is burned into my psyche just like the sunlight the proved to be the Count's end!

  I was just about 10 when my sister took me to see "The House that Dripped Blood!"

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNO3yw0Cg5I

  Another classic is "The Wicker Man":

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx1oU1IiZ3k
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  If the Gov. where you live outlawed the JWs would you turn in your family?

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i guess it would depend for me.

  some of my family i would take out bill boards pointing to them.

  many of the elders it would be he is over there and set off a neon sign.

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  Absolutely not. That's an appalling suggestion.

  My gripe is with the religion, not the brain-dead, indoctrinated cult followers.

  Why be like them?
  
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  Since You Left The Organization Do You Celebrate National and Religious Holidays?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know of people who were disciplined because they observed the fourth of july fireworks celebration.

  and i know many people who celebrated thanksgiving but just didn’t call it that because they could get into trouble with the elders.. do you now celebrate birthdays and other holidays or is that something you really don’t care about?

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  Yes to both, but only in secular style. What I mean is: I don’t go to church on Easter, but we do cook a big family meal and hide Easter eggs for my five year old grandchild.