Posts by scratchme1010

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New MacBook Pro fails with lowsy 3 to 4 hour battery life

by jwleaks in

with 2017 fast looming i was looking at upgrading my laptop and was eagerly awaiting the release, and reviews, for the new apple macbook pro series and the promoted longer battery life.. fail ... 3 to 4 hrs for the battery life.

lowsy results also reported by apple discussion members.. new macbook pros fail to earn 'consumer reports' recommendation.

by jerry beilinson.

scratchme1010

That's before you start digging into specs - ATI graphics instead of NVidia just feels "cheap" when you should be getting the best. Things seem to be going downhill at Apple - nothing really 'great' coming out and lots of misses.
But then what are the alternatives? Windows Surface Book or a Dell? Never have I felt so content with my current hardware after such a length of time ...

I agree, not to mention that there has been a little bit of diversion about what those devices are meant to exist for. They are there to make life more convenient, efficient and fast. Sounds like the way they are produced today causes more problems and costs more money (relatively speaking; it's still better than doing many things manually).

Microsoft is now focusing on sucking all the information about you that they can, not to mention that their OS is now a peer-to-peer network, meaning that other computers can use your processing power for their purposes. It's a little weird the way technology is today for consumer electronics.

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how to not get in trouble when addressing your comcerns about the organization during a shepharding call

by nowwhat? in

so just finished telling your concerns about the pedophiles cover up, failed prophecies, revisionists history and lack of financial transparency.

so elders ask you the questions.

" so does this mean you don't want to to be a jw anymore?

scratchme1010

watch the fun and hijinks ensue as the leave scratching their heads!

Great advice. I may add to those who want to use it, please take a deep look at what you're doing remaining in that organization.

Back in the day i just downright lied about my interest in remaining a JW so they could leave me alone. That is as good as anything, after all, I didn't want to play by their rules. It was important for me to feel that I was the one calling the shots, not them.

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JW employing pre-teens to work religious propaganda phonebank

by oppostate in

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what do you think about using pre-teens to work religious propaganda phonebank?.

scratchme1010

I was doing that literally since the day I was born. That's nothing new, using children for their propaganda that is. The only difference is the technology used for it.

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Noah a Preacher of Righteousness?

by Spoletta in

during the watchtower study today, i browsed genesis and looked for evidence of noah ever preaching to anyone.

from what i could glean from the scriptures, it was a foregone conclusion that noah's family would be it on the ark.

(unless they towed some rafts behind) my wife says that building the ark could be considered a witness of his faith to the wicked world, but that seems kind of lame to me.. so, should i just assume that god decided not to give anyone else a chance for redemption?

scratchme1010

I just say this because many of the comments today tried to tie in the Door to Door ministry with Noah's example and I just couldn't see it.

Great catch. If you try to understand it and make sense of it from perspective that such events never happened and that both the bible and the WT are full of nonsense, you may be able to make better sense of both what the bible says and what the WT claims.

I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'

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I thought of a new Theme for the 2017 Convention Year

by Truth and Justice in

jw
friends

i hope everyone is well and having a good weekend.

i have been quite busy with my work this year, but that should not be an excuse for me, although it is the best one i have.

i had briefly stopped by to see how everyone is doing, and it looks like everyone is hanging in there, although we're all such good actors.

scratchme1010

Putting all humor aside, I think the writing is on the wall, they realize it, and they know it is not looking good, no matter how well they try to spin it. They can say all they want that "well, Jehovah is refining his organization." The only refining going on is people have had enough and they realize that "His Spirit" is no longer with them. They will only continue to have a downward spiral ahead of them.

Interesting post. The Trump nonsense related theme goes well with the WT. Both things are equally disturbing and nauseating. They deserve each other.

What I quoted from you caught my attention. I guess that speaking in a language that communicates well with them, I guess that a statement like that will make them think. But I wonder if they or any JW truly believes that the "Jehovah's" spirit will leave their organization leaving them in status quo.

I think it will be more powerful to show them where the WT is investing all their resources, along with finding a way of letting them know that they have been fooled, as they are no longer the WT's primary interest. Now that they have a better way of making money (they have a thriving real estate business) all that shift in focus is a business, not spiritual, not new light, not coming from "Jehovah", move.

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Much of the Old Testament accounts do not seem to be historical, shows internal evidence

by anointed1 in

ezekiel 16 gives a brief history of israel.

surprisingly, it has no resemblance with what we already know about israel—their origin and progress as given in the prophecy genesis 22:15-18 and also in the description that follows.

ezekiel repeatedly says (16:2, 45) “your ancestry and birth were in the land of the canaanites; your father was an amorite [descended from one of the sons of canaan (genesis 14:7), occupied large parts of southern mesopotamia, and their god was amurru] and your mother a hittite [ancient anatolian people who established an empire centered on hattusa].

scratchme1010

Nice to see you discerned the spirit of my post.

Some of us discern the spirit of your post, but don't care about the bible anyway. Point is, not giving a hoot about some biblical post has nothing to do with not knowing or understanding what is being communicated or why.

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My first Christmas with my son

by Funchback in

after i left the jws, i began to live a normal and mentally healthy life (i'm still working on living a physically healthy one) .

anyway, in 2011, i met the woman of my life and we have been together ever since.

and now we have a beautiful son who will turn 1 in january.

scratchme1010

Merry Christmas. That is such beautiful picture. I'm happy for you. I'm also another non-Christian that celebrates Christmas. Feels great to choose what to celebrate based on what makes you and your family happy.

Thank you for sharing your picture.

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New MacBook Pro fails with lowsy 3 to 4 hour battery life

by jwleaks in

with 2017 fast looming i was looking at upgrading my laptop and was eagerly awaiting the release, and reviews, for the new apple macbook pro series and the promoted longer battery life.. fail ... 3 to 4 hrs for the battery life.

lowsy results also reported by apple discussion members.. new macbook pros fail to earn 'consumer reports' recommendation.

by jerry beilinson.

scratchme1010

I'm so happy to be from the generation when electronics were made of good quality. The crap that they manufacture today is just appalling. Sad that the newer generation doesn't know better.

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George Micheal dead

by Je.suis.oisif in

just that, he's died aged 53. confirmed on bbc.

rip.

bloody hell, i'm devastated..

scratchme1010

Just found out. Back in the day I couldn't get enough of his music. He was so talented. In some of his songs (that he wrote) he also played all the instruments.

May he RIP.

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What's Up?

by FedUpJW in

just wondering if anyone else has noticed that this forum site listing in google has dropped to number 6?.

two days ago it was number 3.. i wonder why all the jay double u dot org listings are so rapidly moving up the list?.

even noticed one that said something about jay double u dot org donations link..

scratchme1010

That changes in time, by the user, by location, by SEO optimation of the website administrators, etc. Hard to say what made the change.