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  How many found the REAL truth from the internet?

  by Leander in

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  if it was'nt for the internet i would still be stuck in the endless cycle of drone like meeting attendance and field service.

  (technically i'm still in but not for long) i'm really glad that some ex-jws took the time to speak about the real truth.

  for the longest time i always thought that what i was taught was correct, i never even felt the need to question it or validate it with actual facts.

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  Xander

  And for my 600th post...

  My point above was that - and I'd heard this before from visiting bethellites and COs, it just meant more from this guy because he was a friend - was that the society's 'unofficial' position is that as little as DOING A SEARCH on the net for 'jehovah's witnesses' demonstrated 2 things:

  1) A lack of faith in the warnings and spiritual guidance the GB provides

  2) An independent spirit - looking for outside knowledge or trying to 'run ahead of the org'

  That's why I laughed at outnfree's comment. I was EXACTLY in that same boat. I do searches for warez sites, download zip crackers, mp3s, search for...uhhh....other sites ....

  But could never get myself to even do as little as SEARCH on 'Jehovah's Witnesses'.

  Why?

  Because it was WRONG. [8>]

  I actually did, eventually, and found this site. Read a few forums, was shocked, left. I did end up drifting away on my own, but when the big members-only convention came up this fall, I remembered this site and came back to read up on what people's thoughts were (since, obviously, my family wouldn't talk about it).

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  How many found the REAL truth from the internet?

  by Leander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if it was'nt for the internet i would still be stuck in the endless cycle of drone like meeting attendance and field service.

  (technically i'm still in but not for long) i'm really glad that some ex-jws took the time to speak about the real truth.

  for the longest time i always thought that what i was taught was correct, i never even felt the need to question it or validate it with actual facts.

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  Xander

  LOL! I love that...

  One of our local bros went to Bethel, became a CO (did missionary work in Africa)...

  Anyway, he would give experiences from the 'Bethel family'. One of the BIG things they emphasized was NEVER DO A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOR 'JEHOVAHS WITNESSES'. You see, there are so many apostate sites, you might accidentally click on one, and then it would download viruses into your browser!

  He actually explained (on the platform) that the surest way to get a virus on your computer was to visit an apostate site - because apostates were associated with 'hacking' (I'm REAL sure he knew what that meant, too), pornography, and software piracy.

  (Hmmmm...on second thought, he's RIGHT...but [8>], I mean, c'mon, it's the 21st century!! )

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  WTC Electronic Hijacking Update

  by SYN in

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  reporting back on the hijacking of the planes that hit the wtc/pentagon using remote control devices!

  grabbed it from http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=75&contentid=306&page=2 (it's short so i just pasted it in the forum box!).

  in the mid-seventies america faced a new and escalating crisis, with us commercial jets being hijacked for geopolitical reasons.. determined to gain the upper hand in this new form of aerial warfare, two american multinationals collaborated with the defense advanced projects agency (darpa) on a project designed to facilitate the remote recovery of hijacked american aircraft.

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  Xander

  Well, I can assure you from someone who is very familiar with the industry (not professionally, unfortunately, but I did try...) that no such system exists.

  Sorry, conspiracy-mongering aside, 'Home Run' is an urban legen.

  Home Run “piggy backs” a data transmission onto the transponder channel

  And anyone familiar with data transmissions will tell you this is patently ridiculous. You can't 'piggyback' a data stream going BACKWARDS onto a one-way channel.

  a major European flag carrier acquired the information and...completely stripped the American flight control computers out of its entire fleet

  LOL! Yeah, that would only ground their entire fleet for about a decade. Sure, no one noticed that happening. [8>]

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  What kind of music do you listen to?

  by Leander in

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  i'm a music junkie, i like pretty much all types of music.

  but in particular i would have to say jazz is my favorite, but not the watered down kenny g style of jazz.

  i prefer the straight ahead, hard bop type of jazz.. lately i've been really getting into psychedelia rock.

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  Eighties: Swing Out Sister

  HAH! That's a riot - I love em - almost no one else has even heard of them. Check out 'Kaleidoscope World' or 'Shapes & Patterns' - both much better than their debut album.

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  Today's Spiritual Junk Food At The Proper Time

  by Valis in

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  it looks like there are some new artists at bethel these days.... .

  sincerely, .

  district overbeer

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  Xander

  Yeah, I was gonna say, she's hot enough. I mean, she'd certainly be handy at any rate ...*groan*

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  Gee Weez - American Womens Accents - Wowww

  by invisible in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm usually terrified of talking to american ladies on the telephone, then get completely gobsmacked when i hear that gorgeously sexy accent purring down the phone.. does anyone know what i mean?.

  if you could specify, which accents from around the world do you enjoy hearing lots of?

  can you use words to describe that accent?.

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  Xander

  Sarg:

  I DID say excepting Jersey. OMG, they have the THICKEST varient of English I've ever heard - sometimes it's COMPLETELY unintelligible.

  (Everyone remember's Fran Drescher of 'The Nanny' fame, right? She's from Jersey. And has a SUBDUED accent!)

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  What kind of music do you listen to?

  by Leander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm a music junkie, i like pretty much all types of music.

  but in particular i would have to say jazz is my favorite, but not the watered down kenny g style of jazz.

  i prefer the straight ahead, hard bop type of jazz.. lately i've been really getting into psychedelia rock.

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  Xander

  LOL! Not much anymore - next week is finals. Just a couple projects to finish up in C and a few assignments in Java and I'll be done. (And it's easier to program when listening to intense music )

  I'll look those up - thx!

  (BTW, heard the 'Queen of the Damned' soundtrack? Some nice stuff on there - I suspect you might like. The Manson song is VERY good, Kidneythieves has a song off another album - 'Before I'm Dead' which is also pretty good)

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  What kind of music do you listen to?

  by Leander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm a music junkie, i like pretty much all types of music.

  but in particular i would have to say jazz is my favorite, but not the watered down kenny g style of jazz.

  i prefer the straight ahead, hard bop type of jazz.. lately i've been really getting into psychedelia rock.

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  Xander

  Wow, mango, have heard of few of the bands you've listed outside of your 'otherness' section!

  Hmmm...in fact...I think 'Monster Magnet' is it, and that from the Matrix soundtrack ('Look into your orb' - which does, in fact, rock most profoundly).

  (EDIT: I do, in fact, like all the artists you've listed that I know of, might have to check out the others.

  This thread rocks - I may keep myself busy on Gnutella tonight! )

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  Make love in the woods on Beltane!

  by Sirona in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  merry beltane!

  (april 30th-may 1st).

  in the old celtic times, young people would spend the entire night in the woods "a-maying," and then dance around the phallic maypole the next morning.

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  Xander

  Hey, does this mean, come fall, we get x-JW approved suggestions for Samhein? (Pronounced sow-in or so-ween, depending on where you live)

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  Gee Weez - American Womens Accents - Wowww

  by invisible in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm usually terrified of talking to american ladies on the telephone, then get completely gobsmacked when i hear that gorgeously sexy accent purring down the phone.. does anyone know what i mean?.

  if you could specify, which accents from around the world do you enjoy hearing lots of?

  can you use words to describe that accent?.

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  Xander

  Canadian girls are the only ones without accents.

  Canadian girls don't have an accent, ay? I think Northern US (not Jersey) are the only folk that don't have any kind of accent, ay?

  I did phone support for several English speaking countries, ay, an can say with some authority that almost everyone else speaks with an accent, ay?

  That said, I think the Irish accent is the best, ay? Never heard an australian accent, ay?

  (to all the Candians I've just offended)

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana