some people didn't seem to get the message so i'll repeat it to make clear:.
posting off topics comments and general gibberish / nonsense is something i class as spam and will not be tolerated.. any posts found will be removed and if it's repeatedly by the same poster then they will be deleted as well.. thank you for everyone else who uses the forum for proper discussion..
Fewer nuts?!? Who'd be left?
Seriously, there is a fine line between allowing open, discourse and civil argumentation and that of censorship.
For the most part, I think the moderators here do a great job. Trolls are annoying, but they eventually get themselves banned. One can always ignore them.
Sometimes the best response is the one that isn't posted!
my name is jack harper, tech49.
new here, been lurking for many months now.
a brief history:.
Welcome!
I can certainly relate to your experience. Mine was VERY similar.
It is gratifying to hear again and again of the many that lurk here, learn the truth about "The Truth" (TTATT) and are encouraged to leave the cult and re-claim their life.
I look forward to your ongoing contributions. Maybe you can help some others that are a few steps behind you.
Oubliette
BTW, if that is your real name you might want to consider asking a moderator to delete it. If your wife is still-in, being outed as an apostate before you're ready to make that decision on YOUR TERMS willl only cause you unnecessary grief.
this thought was sparked by a thread about possible copyright violations.
people here want to provide backup for an argument they are making, or demand proof of some sort from people they debating.
the result seems to be endless wars of cutting and pasting sometimes huge chunks of materials from some place else.
Yes, CITE YOUR SOURCES!!!
some people didn't seem to get the message so i'll repeat it to make clear:.
posting off topics comments and general gibberish / nonsense is something i class as spam and will not be tolerated.. any posts found will be removed and if it's repeatedly by the same poster then they will be deleted as well.. thank you for everyone else who uses the forum for proper discussion..
Simon: BTW: This also includes posting obnoxious images solely designed to shock people. They are not welcome.
Does that apply to OUTLAW?
Personally, I love his irreverent posts and in-your-face style.
Don't muzzle the dog!
i've run into a problem and have some questions..... i'm sure most of you have seen the video on jwstruggle's youtube channel regarding my book i wrote in 2002 and the problem with the elders on getting it published.
well after my contract ran out in 2003, i retained all the rights and they told me that all left over copies would be destroyed except the few legal copies being sold on amazon, barnes & noble, alibris, etc.. so, because of the video someone asked about my book and i said that it was no longer available, they wrote back and told me it's all over the internet.. come to find out, a large canadian publisher bought out my original publisher in 2007 and 'accidently' downloaded the original file onto their computers and started selling my book [hard copies & digital] without a contract.. my question is, anyone know what the going asking price for a quiet settlement is for this type of thing?.
i know i'm not dan brown or clive cussler and probably won't get millions, but i don't want to get short-changed either.. thanks.
I am a writer and composer with (unfortunately) a fair amount of experience enforcing copyrights and keeping publishers honest.
Generally speaking, you can only recover actual damages (ie, "lost revenues") unless you can prove fraudelent intent, which is NOT the case as the publisher admitted/claimed it was a "mistake."
Probably you could get an accounting of sales and the publisher then pays you that. If they're making sales you might not want to alienate them as this could possibly be an on-going revenue stream.
My suggestion is to keep a close rein on your lawyer or their "billable hours" may eat up all of your income. Lawsuits are the anuity gift to attorneys.
This is interesting, please keep us posted.
w13 3/15 p. 28 par.
"first, we must proclaim that name to others, recognizing that only those who 'call on the name of jehovah will be saved.
' (rom.
While "everyone" and "only" as used in the two quotes in the OP are not necessarily contradictory or mutually exclusive, it most definitely is an example of how the WTBTS interprets the scriptures to make them say something they simply do not say.
They use this type of sublte "twisting of scriptures" all the time. For JWs that are not awake (pun intended) or aware, they don't even realize how they have been and continue to be manipulated. - 2 Peter 3:16-17
Nice catch, LQ!
i guess i'm a newbie.
i've been reading (lurking) for a looooonnnnnggggg time, but have finally joined and this is my first post.
my story is of course very similar to all the others.
DJS: After leaving the Borg I returned to college, finishing my undergraduate degree and getting a masters degree (MBA). My two beautiful children followed me out, and they are both very prosperous and happy and I remain stupid crazy close to both of them. I've lived an amazingly interesting life the past two decades away from the Borg - too much to put into one posting.
Welcome, this is fantastic!
You should share this, especially for the benefit of others that are lurking and afraid.
In particular, you should share what you did to get your kids out with you.
the wbts teaches that in 1919 jesus inspected all of christendom and appointed the wbts "over all his belongings" in fulfillment of matthew 24:45-47: "who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?
happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.
truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.".
yadda yadda 2: It's a shameless contradiction and abuse of scripture by the WBTS to maintain their positions of absolute authority over JW's.
You can't make sense of nonsense !
jehovahs witnesses view gods name?.
gods people that he really would.
non-jews, became a people for [gods].
Blondie: God had somehow preserved the bible per the WTS but not his original name and pronunciation?
To my mind, that either proves that there is no God named "Jehovah" and/or the pronunciation of His name is not particularly important.
she knows the religion is a lying, pedo-sheltering, man-made, self-serving institution and she's disgusted by the hypocrisy of the local brothers and sisters who treat her like a pariah because she's a disabled single mum whose 17 year old son has long hair and a beard.
oh and her jw parents are split up and have been inactive for years.
her kids have little interest in jws as none of the other jw kids ever want to associate with them and it's been that way for years.. so why is she still going to meetings when her disability allows her?!
Two Reasons: Cognitive Dissonance and Confirmation Bias.
