Posts by scratchme1010

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Father of Pulse gunman was FBI informant...

by freemindfade in

i am not really sure what to make of all this yet, its just coming out so who knows what is real and fake yet, but if its true it seems the news coming out about seddique mateen & the fbi is yet another bureua failure.

as an informant for years mateen actually helped to clear his terrorist son of any scrutiny by the fbi, then he killed 49 and wounded dozens of others.

this kind of crap is actually giving credibility to the wearers of tin foil hats .

scratchme1010

As an informant for years Mateen actually helped to clear his terrorist son of any scrutiny by the FBI, then he killed 49 and wounded dozens of others.

None of that matters to me. First, the gunman is not his father; they are two different people. Second, none of that is going to bring the killed back. That piece of information changes nothing, if you ask me.

I'm not sure what kind of influence if any, his father had.

I think about my own father and what different lives and decisions we have made, even though we share DNA. Sometimes children completely develop completely different lives regardless of how much parents want to influence them in a given direction.

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JW.ORG logo trademark is now protected in up to 100 countries

by Corney in

i. as many here know, four or five years ago watch tower society of pennsylvania tried to register jw.org and jw library trademarks in us, but uspto refused registration due to likelihood of confusion with jw player trademark.

" and "watch tower library" ones):.

jw library - registered on aug. 25, 2015;.

scratchme1010

Nothing too exotic about this. Companies do and protect their trademarks. So?

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If the Disfelowshupp /Shunning araingment is so loveing

by poopie in

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why out of 52 convention outlines it's not mentioned 1 time?.

scratchme1010

You are right, it's not a loving thing.

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Special talk: "who is Jesus Christ?!

by nowwhat? in

apparently he no longer is our savior and the "way and the truth and the life" or our mediator between god and man .

the governing body took over that role.

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scratchme1010

Does't surprise me. Every cult leader (or leadership) typically evolve from messenger of the deity, to designated exclusive leader from the deity, to sole representative of the deity, to being the deity.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses threaten Irish blogger with damages (avoidjw.org)

by Not_Culty in

jason wynne: threatened with legal action by the jehovah’s witnesses .

sect claims publication of its secret policy documents is a copyright violation; website contents also include documents concerning child sex abuse allegations.

https://www.businesspost.ie/news/jehovahs-witnesses-granted-subpoena-irish-blogger-412638.

scratchme1010

scratchme1010, I think you're going too far when you say that Jason deserves to be sued if he violated the copyright law.

Absolutely not. If he is violating the law, he's holding the exact position, and having the exact attitude and posture than the WT, which is that the laws don't apply to them because what they are doing is bigger. He is to be hold up to the same standards that everybody else.

It's bullshit for the WT to say and act according to that, it is bullshit for him to do the same.

Just because it's something you like hearing or reading, or just because it's something that can be detrimental to the WT, doesn't make it LEGAL, doesn't make it RIGHT, doesn't even make it morally right. And yes, if he's violating the law knowing that he is, he deserves to get sued.

Don't like it? Form your own country with your own laws, or pay the guy for his lawyer.

Liking what he's doing doesn't make it LEGAL.

(And on and on and on you go with hypotheticals. People here love that shit!)

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God! No one really cares!!!!

by JaniceA in

there are exposes right and left.

australia, canada , uk, usa.

news reports, court cases.

scratchme1010

They dont care. Their human consciences have been mutated and perverted. They will give up their lives happily to serve the Borg.

So sorry that you seem so frustrated. I'm not sure that what you see is the whole picture, though. First, some do care. Second, opening their eyes and restoring their critical minds is a process for some people. However, yes, some people don't care.

Some people love their little JW happy bubble and see nothing else but what makes them comfy and gives them a sense of security. No easy answers, no quick fixes.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses threaten Irish blogger with damages (avoidjw.org)

by Not_Culty in

jason wynne: threatened with legal action by the jehovah’s witnesses .

sect claims publication of its secret policy documents is a copyright violation; website contents also include documents concerning child sex abuse allegations.

https://www.businesspost.ie/news/jehovahs-witnesses-granted-subpoena-irish-blogger-412638.

scratchme1010

If he's violating copyright law, the guy deserves to get sued, regardless of how good or bad of strategy that is for the WT. Neither the WT nor the guy are above the law.

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Ex JW Discussion Boards

by Boredposter in

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are there any left besides this one?

or is facebook the only other gathering place?

there use to be many other entertaining boards out there with x jw's..

scratchme1010

Are there any left besides this one?

Yes.

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Is porn really such a big problem in the wt?

by purrpurr in

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in the most recent circuit assembly there was a lot about porn and warning against porn.

even warning against looking at swim wear adverts!

so i was wondering, is porn really such an issue in the wt?.

scratchme1010

Is porn really such a big problem in the wt?

I'm from the generation when water was free and you had to pay for porn. Today pornography is a lot more accessible than before. Considering that, I think that the WT and their people are no different than the rest of the people in the planet with Internet access, which means that ease of access might cause an increase in use.

As for people's reaction, don't expect JWs to say "yes, I spend 3 hours a day watching pornography online", or "yes, this is a pervasive problem among us".

It's sad that this and many other religious organizations cause so much sexual dysfunction in people with their inadequate or non-existing sex education.

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144,000 is a literal number

by Sour Grapes in

jdubs are the only religion that believes that only 144,000 are going to heaven and of course they are all jdubs.

the number is found in the bible book of revelation.

i could never wrap my brain around the fact that the jdubs will openly tell you that everything else in the book revelation is not literal and is symbolic.

scratchme1010

Does anyone know how they prove the number is literal even though every verse before or after the number is symbolic?

I don't think I have anything useful, but I do want to mention that the WT is not the only religious organization using that number for things in their believes, including thinking that those will be the only ones who will ________ (fill the blank with a number of interpretations of that piece of information.

I too struggled with that when I was a JW, but my solution to the conflict was not biblical.