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  What are your favorite hypocritical sayings of the WT??

  by iamwhoiam in

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  "religion is a snare and a racket".

  ...ironically, today the wt is a bonafied religion..

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  Guard against the sin of independent thinking........used a lot on me as a kid in the 80s whenever I had a thought that wasn't from the watchtower.
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  Where do you consider the best place to live in the world

  by His Excellency in

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  for those of you who have travelled the world over, which country or city will you consider the place to live in the world.

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  Ballistic, good job market & more expensive?

  I see what you are asking. What I mean is that, the job market is strong, and there seems to be less volatility here than in other parts of the world. So, you can be relatively sure of keeping your job in most cases. Salaries are fair (in the corporate area ). We also have more of a safety net with unemployment benefits.

  Things are more expensive, like housing & food. But, our housing market is stable - not the big swings in value that could destroy you personally like in the US. Balancing out higher costs are the abundance of free things about Sydney, like the weather, beaches, parks, sports etc etc.

  Our health system also means that you need never worry about being able to "afford" to be sick. This is a huge advantage. It's not a free system, we pay for it in taxes & a Medicare levy on gross taxable income.

  But, if you need to go to hospital, the most expensive thing about it is often the parking!

  It seems to me that our country (and others like NZ & Canada) provide more buffers from the worst extremes of what can happen to you, whilst still providing plenty of "freedom" , that's why I think we (au, NZ & can) provide the best places to live!
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  Where do you consider the best place to live in the world

  by His Excellency in

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  for those of you who have travelled the world over, which country or city will you consider the place to live in the world.

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  Pickler

  Sydney is right up there, it's only negatives are no snow & so far away from everywhere.........oh and expensive & slow Internet compared to the rest of the world.

  Sydney is so beautiful that it can literally take your breath away, it's amazing. I've lived here most of my life & I still am in awe.

  Weather, food, beaches are all excellent. Good job market. Good health care. Clean. Friendly. Most of the things that make Sydney great are free, so, whilst some things are expensive, you can enjoy living here without much money at all.
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  Do you have washable computer keyboard?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how do you like it?

  i read some reviews, some of them said it stopped working after it has been washed.

  i do not know if the reviews are planted negatively.

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  I keep a box of medi wipes by the keyboard of the home computer, to wipe down the keyboard occasionally. Also some antibacterial hand gel next to the computer for hands.

  I'm more concerned about my iPad screen, I'm not sure how to clean it. Or the iPhone. I'm sure they are full of germs.
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  'The Matrix' and 'The Village'

  by JWB in

  1. watchtower
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  'the matrix' and 'the village'.

  elsewhere someone created a thread concerning the novels '1984' and 'animal farm' as being relevant to the wts.

  i would also like to add a thread to draw suggestions for movies.. .

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  The mother in the "terminator" movies always reminded me of the JW mentality.

  I think it was Terminator 2 ? Where it had the scene with the Nuclear explosion in LA, at the children's playground. That mother spent her life preparing her child for an imminent catastrophe, she didn't think she was harming her child by preparing him. He thought she was crazy, until the terminator ( Arnie !) came into is life.

  That movie used to give me nightmares, it's how I imagined Armageddon beginning.
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  Share the Craziest far out ideas/arguments you have heard about life in the "NEW SYSTEM"

  by BU2B in

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  2. friends

  really the whole thing is ludicrious but it is hilarious and sad at the same time to see grown people arguing about weather there will be cars, planes, eat meat, what about fish, etc in a place as imaginary as oz, yet to them it is reality.. the teaching of a paradise earth was so illogical it really was the first thing that started me on the path to waking up.

  just the thought that someone could greet their beloved spouse who had died only to come to the realization that they could never be together again struck me as so cruel, i didnt want to live there even if it was all true.. i have heard jws say they think we might be able to fly, read minds since we will be able to use 100% and some seem to think life would be an endless vacation, with modern conveniences with no thought to all the processes and work that goes into something simple like a pencil.

  i love the article jwfacts has on the flaws of any theory or teaching of paradise earth.. what are some things you have heard discussed/argued in car groups, gatherings etc when you were in?.

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  We will all have baby animals to play with, what baby animal will you have???

  what a load of rubbish to feed to children!
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  What naughty things are JWs allowed to do?

  by usualusername in

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  in most healthy societies people are allowed to do naughty things without feelings of guilt.. .

  what naughty things can jws do?.

  my naughtiest moment was rounding up 55mins to an hr in my ministry!

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  Overeating /gluttony. ........plenty of very overweight witnesses around, and I never heard of anyone getting called out over it.

  Gossip....... people constantly looking at what others are doing/judging them, often the most "spiritual" sisters from what I saw.

  Growing up JW, schooling is not a priority, I mean primary & highschool. Any sniffle or tiredness I would be encouraged to stay home. I believe that my JW parent was always happy to encourage me to keep away from the world as much as possible. I missed a lot of school. I only realised this was naughty once I had kids!!!!
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  just arrived here...

  by sylvlef in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi all.. i'm a newbie from paris, france.

  so please forgive my english grammar, it might be some times...improper.

  27, got baptised at 16 (for a girl...i never had).

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  Welcome Syl,

  i agree with Billy, don't worry about your grammar, it will probably be better than most of ours!

  motorcycles you say? When I met my now husband, he had a Ducati, and it was to precious to live in a garage....so.....it lived in the living room. Next to the TV.

  Sometimes he used to start it up in there too, just cause he could!

  My favourite French film of all time is "The Dinner Guest"

  One of the funniest films ever made.

  Hope you enjoy JWN, look forward to hearing more about you.
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  My Final Goodbye

  by Lady Lee in

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  2. announcements

  i want to start by saying i will not participate in discussion here about my resignation as a moderator at jwn.. simon please consider this as my resignation from that position.. i have been posting on this board for almost 12 years.

  i know some of you a lot, others a little and some not very well at all.

  i have remained here for those of you who have needed support as you make the transition out of the wts, who needed someone to listen to your experiences of abuse at the hands of jehovah's witnesses, and to both laugh and cry with you as you progress out of the watchtower society.. we know that we have all experienced the cruelty of abuse of one kind or another.

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  Pickler

  Lady Lee,

  I'm sorry to read you are leaving JWN. I want you to know how much you have helped me.

  I've always felt bad about things that have happened to me, and felt responsible, because I didn't respond like the JW said I should. When you posted that it was normal to be silent, it went a small way to lifting a huge burden off my heart & mind.

  Thankyou for your experience & for taking the time to share it with us on this board.

  I am going to look at your website!
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  Hello

  by Seraphim23 in

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  2. friends

  not sure if this is the place to say hello and im new but hello and im new here.

  i was a jw years ago but not for many years now.

  i joined here because i was kicked off the last jw related board i was on.

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  Pickler

  Welcome