Posts by BettyHumpter

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Can TiKToK spy on you?

by Fisherman in

several years ago i was having a conversation with a neighbor inside a store and he told me that he was in the park one day with a friend who was then struck by lightning and after a few moments after being struck they walked away from there and while they were walking away my neighbor told me that his friend got hit by lightning a second time ki&&ing him.

after telling me this story lightning struck and we heard thunder.

coincidence or act of god?

BettyHumpter

I've never bought a smart phone, and that is due to a combination of several reasons.

I don't know how you've accomplished this, but I salute you. I miss the world of not having several mild anxiety attacks each day, every time I hear the ding of a text message. (it's usually someone from work asking a pointless question to cover themselves. Sorta like email but much worse ). You can't even ignore your friends if in a bad mood because "I know you got my message, you always check your phone, so dont act like you didnt" :(

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Can TiKToK spy on you?

by Fisherman in

several years ago i was having a conversation with a neighbor inside a store and he told me that he was in the park one day with a friend who was then struck by lightning and after a few moments after being struck they walked away from there and while they were walking away my neighbor told me that his friend got hit by lightning a second time ki&&ing him.

after telling me this story lightning struck and we heard thunder.

coincidence or act of god?

BettyHumpter

In a number of respects I think my life was better in 1995 than it is now. I also think the internet was better then

I agree. I miss the 90's internet. I remember the naive excitement of first getting online. Everyone will have a world of knowledge at their fingertips. Not taking into consideration that it would become less a Library of Alexandria and more a town square for conspiracy nutters and narcissists sharing pictures of what they had for lunch.

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The elephant in the room post

by joey jojo in

jw
friends

is it ok to talk about the ongoing post about 'he who must not ne named"?.

my perspective: im a neutral observer.

i dont know lloyd evans, im not an active member of any ex-jw group (except this one i guess).

BettyHumpter

I don't care for what the guy did. But its hilarious how some of the same people clutching their pearls over Lloyd Evans (an unknown YouTuber outside of exjw world) and calling him an immoral grifter....are passionately in support of a certain other immoral grifter with blonde hair and orange skin .

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NASA: Humans Back to the Moon

by Gerard in

nasa plans return to moon by 2020

"this vision aims to return humans to the moon, and then to use it as a staging point for a manned mission to mars.

i wonder if jws will be required to canvas those areas too.

BettyHumpter

@waton

I dont expect to meet Vulcans on Europa. But maybe something like tube worms that don't rely on photosynthesis would be amazing.

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NASA: Humans Back to the Moon

by Gerard in

nasa plans return to moon by 2020

"this vision aims to return humans to the moon, and then to use it as a staging point for a manned mission to mars.

i wonder if jws will be required to canvas those areas too.

BettyHumpter

This may be more suitable for a different thread...but...going to Mars, at least right now, doesn't thrill me. If and when we do, i'll be on the edge of my seat of course, but for the money, things like the JWST are more interesting. There are questions i'd like to have answered before I die and robotic missions and things like JWST seem more likely to answer those and give more bang for the buck than the expense of keeping humans alive in a tin can. .

My dream NASA project would be a robotic mission to Europa to see what if anything is in that ocean beneath the ice.

Your thoughts?

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Can TiKToK spy on you?

by Fisherman in

several years ago i was having a conversation with a neighbor inside a store and he told me that he was in the park one day with a friend who was then struck by lightning and after a few moments after being struck they walked away from there and while they were walking away my neighbor told me that his friend got hit by lightning a second time ki&&ing him.

after telling me this story lightning struck and we heard thunder.

coincidence or act of god?

BettyHumpter

Yes. Your phone and websites share data. Some worse than others, but it's pretty much the world we live in for the past 2+ decades. There are ways to mitigate it, but you can't completely escape it unless you decide to live a completely 1995 life.

Its a problem. You can read pages of disclaimers when you buy a phone or download an app and maybe find out what is and isn't being shared but i think you're just having to take their word for it. Unless you're knowledgeable enough to read and understand all their code. ( That you won't have complete access to even if you did possess such skill. )

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Watchtower vs Islam: Why the deafening silence?

by raymond frantz in

why has the watchtower failed spectacularly to evangelize to the muslims?

considering the recent influx of muslim people in european countries you would think that some attempt from the religion that touts the are preaching the good news of the kingdom in all the inhabited earth would have been made.instead the only meaningful attempt dates back to 1953 ,almost 70 years ago!!!!

book " man's search for god.what do you think?

BettyHumpter

"I have met Moslems on min"

Now that's a colonial era spelling I haven't seen in a while. Looking forward to when you describe your interactions with "colored folks".

LOL

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Do you pray?

by Fisherman in

i’ve always had a personal relationship with god that is not affected by any issues or controversies i have with anybody..

BettyHumpter

@suavojr:

George Carlin said it funnier and wittier in that full skit, but it coincided with some of my reasons for leaving. My primary reasons for leaving were not so much JW Doctrine specifically (most other faiths are similarly nutty) as much as the absurdity of belief in general.

If a person is sick or struggling, an all knowing God would already know this. Why would he be more inclined to help if you begged him to? And why would he be even more inclined to help in direct proportion to the number of people begging on your behalf?

"Pray for the people of Charleston in the path of Hurricane Whatever" Hurricane changes course as they do and hits Wilmington instead. The faithful of Charleston give thanks for the miracle their prayers achieved.

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Do the publications still use exclamation! points excessively?

by BettyHumpter in

jw
friends

i dont know why the question popped into my head.

i've been out since '90-'91 and haven't read any literature in years.

was this a fred franz quirk or do they still write in that style?

BettyHumpter

I dont know why the question popped into my head. I've been out since '90-'91 and haven't read any literature in years. Was this a Fred Franz quirk or do they still write in that style? I know Franz probably didn't personally author every article published while he was alive, but the publications did have a distinct "authors voice" back when I was around that I assume was the writers consciously or unconsciously mimicking the Fred Franz style.

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Could the WT org. Be in on the "great reset"?

by nowwhat? in

the org.

was all too willing to emphasize to the government - especially the left that they very obedient to the calls for mask, vaccine, and lockdown mandates.

those that know about the great reset know what i'm talking about.