Interesting, yet this still fall under the category of what-if scenarios, which I find interesting that many ex-JWs love playing for some bizarre reason. I wonder why that is.
Interesting, nonetheless.
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Cheap Shots Fired
by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho inwhen @brian j’s “bullet in the head” thread went live (https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4747450574176256/session-8-bullet-head) those written shots echoed in my mind.
a week later while overhearing a bible study, the conductor was asked if god really has given us “free will”.
but if someone ever put a gun to my head and asked me to renounce my faith as a jehovah’s witness, i would die.”.
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A World so different to the one I grew up in.
by fulltimestudent inin the early 1950's i changed my life.
i started to study the bible with a jw.
big mistake!
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Unimaginable all those years ago.
Yes, that is what we call progress. Unfortunately, many people love to give those things a negative tone, especially religion.
I don't lament my JW past, nor do I celebrate it. It just is. Since I left I am in sync with the world and all it changes, the good ones and the bad ones.
I hope you can embrace the world. It's not pretty all the time, but it's the only one we have.
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Jehovah's Witness Books in Guinness Book of World Records
by TerryWalstrom inhttp://ed5015.tripod.com/jwbookscirculation.htm.
new light.
predicting world events--yet--containing not even 1 successfully completed prophecy.how is any of it "food"?
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It doesn't look like a reliable source of information, nor does it say anything about the Guinness Book of World Records. Also, the Guinness Book of World Records does not have a category for "Most Popular Book". They have a lot of categories that describe different people an ways of publishing and printing books (i.e., "Most published works by one" author and "Thickest book published").
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Young People Ask questions that work - How to identify a cult
by CovertsadJW ini have been wanting to write a book for kids who grow up in the borg or near the borg.
it would be non offensive and factual.
i am putting the chapters together.
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I want to fight the Borgs indoctrination to our young kids—-Thoughts ?
I think that can be a great idea. I think that the tricky part here is reaching out to them in a way that makes them pay attention. If they are young people, they are (a) minors, (b) therefore, have to do what they parents tell them, which means that (c) having them access that type of literature might not be easy.
As for the content, I think your list is good.
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Eddie Murphy, my driver . . .
by compound complex ini really do have to get to work, but i needed to tell you that i had an early-morning appointment, which i was late for.
i woke up past my due time.
without really thinking through my dire straits, i hired eddie murphy to drive me there.
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Good one. Thanks for sharing.
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Is it a Gun Issue or a Mental Illness Issue or Both?
by minimus inwe have had another shooting.
many are blaming trump and the republicans and the nra.. is it because of guns that there are so many massacres or could it be that these killers are mental?.
do you think guns should be removed from our society so that these atrocities never occur again?
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Is it a Gun Issue or a Mental Illness Issue or Both?
Not sure what you mean by gun issue. I interpret that as "gun access" issue. I think that the ease of access to weapons in USA may have contributed to that unfortunate event, but seems like mental health (I'm not talking about severe mental illness in this case) played a role. Learning a little about the background of that shooter, seems like he could have used some kind of support system. Unfortunately he found himself with no parents too early in life and completely alone growing into adulthood all by himself.
Then today I learned that many people around him and online did the right things. There were numerous reports to the police and online security "authorities" (reporting things online seems like a joke) about his postings and his behavior. The FBI did not follow up.
As always, just because they are several events that resulted in violent attacks like this one, doesn't mean that they are the result of the same issue. In this case several things went wrong, his past, his life, his mental health, the authorities not paying attention to multiple reports on his postings, activities and behavior, and seemingly easy access to weapons without a lot of questioning.
As for the weapons, I'm not completely sure. If he wanted to cause such harm and didn't have any weapons, he may have burned the school or who knows what else could he have done if he's set to kill and cause harm to other people. The means in this case, I think are just a catalyzer. There are larger issues to look at in this one.
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I myself am freaking out! Hilarious, though.
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In one sentence, can you pinpoint a single event that woke you up?
by Brian J inmy turning point: serving on a child abuse judicial case.
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My turning point: Serving on a child abuse judicial case.
I didn't have one thing that was a turning point. It was a series of realizations and things I knew/learned about myself. There was something that precipitated my putting my fading in motion, but it was a progression of things that made me angry, disappointed, sad, depressed and bitter about my life as a JW.
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Do you know any good novel about faith crisis?
by paradiseseeker ini'm looking for something to read.
i'm interested in ecclesiastical settings like churches and gothic cities.
but the most important thing i look for is the inner thoughts and evolution of the main character: his/her feelings of guilt, regular visits to the confessor, self-comfort drawn from faith, praying god/saints, relapses and self-loathing as well as his/her process of "waking up".. i know it's something very particular and there's a lot of junk literature about the topic with poor writing and archetype characters, but if you have read anything of good quality, i would be very glad to know.. thank you in advance..
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Look for the script of the JW dramas in their assemblies. They are more like a cheesy sitcom, but entertaining nonetheless.
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What’s the most effective way to wake the largest amount of JW’s up?
by Farmer Jim1 inwhat can one person do to save as many people as possible from this organisation?.
youtube videos?.
mail shots?.
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What’s the most effective way to wake the largest amount of JW’s up?
And you want to do that because...