https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/woman-finds-ex-boyfriend-living-attic-12-years-after-break-up-_n_1876759.html
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This story is linked only for one reason.
The amount of time spent in another person's house (after sneaking in) has ZERO to do with whether this intruder should be arrested.
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Immigration is not what you think it is...for a reason
by TerryWalstrom inif somebody knocks on your door and wants to enter your home (for whatever reason) you are faced with a decision process based, in part, on your ability to suss out why you do or do not allow entrance.. agreed?example:.
"i'm being stalked by a madman--please let me hide inside" would be a strong emotional reason.
""i'm with a group of jehovah's witnesses, we want to brainwash you.
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Immigration is not what you think it is...for a reason
by TerryWalstrom inif somebody knocks on your door and wants to enter your home (for whatever reason) you are faced with a decision process based, in part, on your ability to suss out why you do or do not allow entrance.. agreed?example:.
"i'm being stalked by a madman--please let me hide inside" would be a strong emotional reason.
""i'm with a group of jehovah's witnesses, we want to brainwash you.
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TerryWalstrom
Well...
I was making a simple point (I thought).
In everyday life, we don't leave our front door open for a very good reason.
It is sane to pick and choose whom you allow inside your home.
It is respectful to knock and ask about entering.
It is disrespectful to enter without permission.
This analogy hinges on Whether Or Not you think there is some kind
of qualitative and quantitative difference between your house and your nation.
There are many UGLY ways of discussing immigration.
President Donald Trump chose an ugly framing device.
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Immigration is not what you think it is...for a reason
by TerryWalstrom inif somebody knocks on your door and wants to enter your home (for whatever reason) you are faced with a decision process based, in part, on your ability to suss out why you do or do not allow entrance.. agreed?example:.
"i'm being stalked by a madman--please let me hide inside" would be a strong emotional reason.
""i'm with a group of jehovah's witnesses, we want to brainwash you.
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TerryWalstrom
If somebody knocks on your door and wants to enter your home (for whatever reason) you are faced with a decision process based, in part, on your ability to suss out why you DO or DO NOT allow entrance.
Agreed?
Example:"I'm being stalked by a madman--please let me hide inside" would be a strong emotional reason."
"I'm with a group of Jehovah's Witnesses, we want to brainwash you."
That would be a religious reason. :)
Consider this is a question of SORTING alternatives.An infinite number of situations may apply depending on how you frame the situation.
Situation A:
You are safe in your home UNTIL faced with the knock on the door.
At least one thing is clear.
By knocking on your door the person who wants to enter your house respects you enough to ask for a hearing and allows you the opportunity to decide based on merit.Situation B:
What if that person did NOT KNOCK?
What if they sneaked in by opening a bedroom window?You see?
A and B are framing devices for a basic decision.emotionally and intellectually.Knocking vs sneaking in is a game-changing alternative, right?
IMMIGRATION is about RULES or NO RULES.
Knocking and saying "Yes or No" based on merit...or dealing with the stranger in your bedroom now that they're already inside without permission.
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Trump and the MEMO
by ducatijoe inthose of us here wasting our time trying to show who trump really is .... it's like trying to reason with all those still in the organization.
they have found a new person to fill their heads with lies and control they way they think.
in many ways this ts amazing to me.. i am out of the wbts and free.
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Is the FBI made up of people susceptible to partisan corruption?
Does the Memo shed light on this?
Are there facts which might be actionable?
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2 BOE's arrived-2018 Newsletter and Visitor Centre Update!
by Atlantis in2 boe's arrived.. .
2018-01-20--chelmsford visitor centre update.
https://we.tl/wkfhroydcs.
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pale.emperor14 minutes ago16 minutes ago
ALDI have accomplished the same thing here in Liverpool. There are ALDI supermarkets popping up all over the place. Is Jehovah blessing them too?
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Pale Emperor,
ALDI's, and TRADER JOE'S were started by a former soldier in the Nazi army, Theo Albrecht, and his brother.
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Using Watchtowers Own Reasoning Against Them RE: The Governing Body
by pale.emperor insomething occurred to me today.
quite randomly as i was working away at my desk i remembered an illustration from the bible teach book in which satan claimed he knew better than jehovah about ruling mankind.
here's the illustration from chapter 11 of that book:.
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TerryWalstrom
In a Science lab, the teacher who allows a "rebellious" student to blow up the classroom for "teaching moment" is a monster.
Those who have rebelled against Jehovah believe they are right and learn exactly nothing at the point of death.
Proving you know better to inferior creatures whom you kill is not exactly the perfect illustration of Divine Wisdom.
So...there is that.
As far as the O.P. question about the G.B.?
G.B. is self-defined as a conduit, a channel of communication, not unlike a drain pipe from heaven. These men are vessels; delivery systems for heavenly messages. This is their delusion, It is the service they're selling.
Being "right" or being "wrong" about doctrine is unprovable because this sort of "Truth" is solely in the mind of God.
However...
Making predictions based on guesswork about chronology is repeatedly falsifiable.
The failures of the Faithful Slave from the time of Pastor Russell have actually been rather BESIDE THE POINT, haven't they?
The Watchtower is all about loyalty--not proof.
Various Governing Bodies have been clogged drains of error repeatedly and they still rule serially without nullification.
Conclusion?
Being Right isn't what it is all about.
Being Loyal, Obedient, and in Power is the game.
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PLEASE REVIEW THE 48 LAWS of POWER for insight
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"‘Alien’ manuscript from 15th-century decoded using AI"
by glenster invoynich manuscript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/voynich_manuscript.
scientists have harnessed the power of artificialintelligence to unlock the secrets of an ancientmanuscript that has baffled experts.. discovered in the 19th century, the voynich manuscriptuses “alien” characters that have long puzzled crypto-graphers and historians.
now, however, computingscientists at the university of alberta say they aredecoding the mysterious 15th-century text.. computing science professor greg kondrak and graduatestudent bradley hauer applied artificial intelligence tofind ambiguities in the text’s human language.. the first stage of the research was working out themanuscript’s language.
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Self Exam for your Mind: Are you really "Free" from Watchtower mentality?
by TerryWalstrom inimagine a knock at the door.who is there?it is an optometrist offering free eye exams!come in--come in.within months, you're wearing a new pair of specially prescribed glasses...and seeing things differently.____.
jehovah's witnesses wear "those" glasses.we all wore them.the lenses colored what we saw and the feedback from the governing body "explained" why things didn't look the same.
"only now--are you seeing the truth," they whisper.. _____.
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Having your life programmed by the WTS is like being in a play and saying the same lines for your character over and over day after day with the firm assurance of outcome at the end.
It's all laid out for you.
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Self Exam for your Mind: Are you really "Free" from Watchtower mentality?
by TerryWalstrom inimagine a knock at the door.who is there?it is an optometrist offering free eye exams!come in--come in.within months, you're wearing a new pair of specially prescribed glasses...and seeing things differently.____.
jehovah's witnesses wear "those" glasses.we all wore them.the lenses colored what we saw and the feedback from the governing body "explained" why things didn't look the same.
"only now--are you seeing the truth," they whisper.. _____.
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I forgot to mention, I've known several people (well, 3 at least) who disavowed Watchtower living, then-- went out and wrecked their lives because they had zero idea how to make practical personal decisions.
One of those persons was my first wife.
Slightly off-topic, but relevant...
During the time JoAnn was going off the rails, no JW visited her and tried to set her back on course.
No effort was made to sit her down with a Judicial Committee.
No effort was made to DF her.
It is my personal opinion that she never CONSCIOUSLY intended to NOT be a JW. She had been rattled by the failure of 1975 and lost faith.
Consequently, without an alternate strategy and with no confidantes to advise her--she died in a chase with the cops, drunk at the wheel. (Her driver's license had been suspended. -
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Self Exam for your Mind: Are you really "Free" from Watchtower mentality?
by TerryWalstrom inimagine a knock at the door.who is there?it is an optometrist offering free eye exams!come in--come in.within months, you're wearing a new pair of specially prescribed glasses...and seeing things differently.____.
jehovah's witnesses wear "those" glasses.we all wore them.the lenses colored what we saw and the feedback from the governing body "explained" why things didn't look the same.
"only now--are you seeing the truth," they whisper.. _____.
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Damn! I've been hacked.
Can I un-hack the hack?
Neurotic means life isn't working because of _____.
You wash your hands too much.
You start arguments.
You are hoarding.
You are superstitious. You make excuses. Blah blah blah.
I become a friend to the man I wish to be.
My JW self is an injured person on the side of the road.
My efforts are guided toward kindness, healing, and restoration.
Each day, I select an important vocabulary word.
I write down what the JW Terry would say followed what
the best new version of ideal Terry would say.
If I leave this world a better place through individual acts of kindness, I am part of the healing and not the wounding of mankind.
I learn to identify others as persons, NOT categorizing them in group Identities or attributing characteristics of a collective to unique individuals.
I avoid Politics.
I don't join movements.
I've proven in the past, I am a god-a-holic.
I may have the cravings--but--just one drink sets me on a binge.
