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  A fresh start

  by FormerlySandL in

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  after the worst introduction i could ever make on the forum i would like to reintroduce myself and make a fresh start on the forum and hopefully over time i will be able to redeem myself.

  i have changed my user name which was over dramatic and ridiculous in the cold light of day but for transparency and to show i am not trying to hide anything i have adapted the original name and it now has a more positive feel.

  after reading a lot of posts on this forum i am feeling more optimistic about my future.

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  GodZoo

  I knew you just had to change that name lol..
  

  hopefully over time I will be able to redeem myself

  You may have made others do this when you disfellowshipped them as an elder but you won't have to go through that here.
  
  
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  I am leaving the JW's . I am alone and scared. Advice and help needed please

  by scared and lonely in

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  i am sorry that on my first post i am asking for help and advice but i am at my wits end.

  i have been brought up a witness all my life and it is all i know.

  i am an ex-elder and pioneer and i don't know anybody outside of the congregation.. i have been unhappy for so long and wanted to leave.

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  GodZoo

  I can see a time in the future when 'Scared and Lonely' will regret choosing that name for himself before he realises it's not changeable..

  There's nothing to be afraid of sir.. except that you may be about to actually live life for the very first time. How exciting! What an adventure you have ahead of you.. be grateful and grab this opportunity with both hands. Leap into and embrace the unknown!! Whoohooo....
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  THOUGHTS ON UPGRADING TO (Free) WINDOWS 10

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been using windows 7 for several years and have had no complaints.. i've tried many browsers and settled on google chrome.

  it has absolutely everything i want or need.. i kept hearing about the free upgrade to windows 10, so i went to youtube and watched endless "reviews" pro and con.. what pushed me over the (microsoft edge) was the fact i could test drive the new operating system.

  for 30 days and go back to windows 7 if i didn't like it!

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  GodZoo

  "the reason why I am planning on losing google as my browser and switching back to Firefox. Firefox is run for and by users. They were having problems with FlashPlayers a couple of years ago, and I switched to Chrome until that got sorted out - Chrome is so fast, though, I got hooked. Their latest privacy invasions have given me pause."

  The complete abandonment of all Google products and tools is a very good idea.
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  THOUGHTS ON UPGRADING TO (Free) WINDOWS 10

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been using windows 7 for several years and have had no complaints.. i've tried many browsers and settled on google chrome.

  it has absolutely everything i want or need.. i kept hearing about the free upgrade to windows 10, so i went to youtube and watched endless "reviews" pro and con.. what pushed me over the (microsoft edge) was the fact i could test drive the new operating system.

  for 30 days and go back to windows 7 if i didn't like it!

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  GodZoo

  I like this user quote:

  "Windows is third rate software that in many respects does not even rate as an operating system. A pretty desktop is not an operating system. How about dumping the entire file system... removing the DLL concept, removing the registry ? The operating system under the pretty desktop (most of which was ripped off from apple) is substandard third rate software."
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  If your Absence doesn't affect them, then your Presence never mattered!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  what a powerful quote!.

  "if your absence doesn't affect them, then your presence never mattered.".

  how true!

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  GodZoo

  You should not have bought them presence in the first place.
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  THOUGHTS ON UPGRADING TO (Free) WINDOWS 10

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been using windows 7 for several years and have had no complaints.. i've tried many browsers and settled on google chrome.

  it has absolutely everything i want or need.. i kept hearing about the free upgrade to windows 10, so i went to youtube and watched endless "reviews" pro and con.. what pushed me over the (microsoft edge) was the fact i could test drive the new operating system.

  for 30 days and go back to windows 7 if i didn't like it!

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  GodZoo

  Finkelstein

  You can put most of that back if you like..

  http://www.classicshell.net/
  
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  What is your "INTUITION" about THE SECRET "law of attraction"?

  by Terry in

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  ever hear somebody say, "trust your gut..."?.

  or, like obe wan kenobe: "trust your feelings...."?.

  have you ever followed that "little voice" that whispers to you that you should or should not do something?.

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  GodZoo

  Terry18 hours ago
  1. I have an incredibly strong and accurate intuition sense that if I look back on I can not recall it ever being wrong.
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  You are judging yourself to be a good judge of judging. That's a bit self-referential, isn't it? Should I decide I have talent on the basis of my talent in judging talent? :)
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  2. I have always since childhood been somehow able to manifest things I needed materially merely by thinking and feeling about them in a certain way without employing any particular conscious method nor was any effort required in the acquisition of the thing needed.
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  I suppose we'll just have to take your testimonial as unbiased "proof" then?
  Please forgive my skepticism, but I spent 20 years around people who produced the only "true" religion from a self-induced idea Jehovah was channeling through them.
  Many things are asserted to be true things and yet, the fine line between subjective claims and objective proof rests upon something called Falsifiability and the scientific method whereby all people in any land can replicate identical experiments with identical results. Peer testing is a remarkable crucible for testimonial offerings and I have to go with that, respectfully.
  I appreciate your comments and in no way wish to be pejorative toward you personally.

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  That's all fine Terry, I have no interest at all in trying to prove anything or promote or sell a theory. I know my own experience and that's good enough for me and the wonderful thing is about being sure of oneself is that one does not need group acceptance or approval nor does one need scientific testing in order validate oneself or anything that one may experience. These constant calls and demands from the so called scientific folk to prove this or that otherwise a thing can not be so is not scientific at all but rather pure scepticism.
  
  I love my mother.. can I 'prove' this to you? Nope.

  I get the most immense feeling of inner joy whenever I see a small puppy bound towards me and shower me with abandoned affection. Can I explain or 'prove' this to you? Nope.

  That one gorgeous girl that for some reason stood out in a crowd of hundreds had me almost smitten with love in a nano second. Can I explain or 'prove' this to you? Nope.

  The indescribable pleasure I get when I smell certain flowers.. or hear certain music.. or gaze upon certain scenes and views in nature. Can I explain or 'prove' this to you? Nope.

  I can not think of a single instance when my intuition was wrong.. Can I explain or 'prove' this to you? Nope.

  I am somehow able to manifest things I need materially by merely thinking about them in a certain way. Can I explain or 'prove' this to you? Nope.

  Do I feel I need to explain any of these things? Not in the slightest.

  Fortunately I am not a scientist neither am I obsessed with black and white thinking or logic or so called and grossly overrated 'truth' and have not made it my purpose or goal or need to prove, justify, validate or even explain anything to anyone. Peoples opinions are really no importance to me when it comes to my own experience am not at all troubled by the 'if you can't prove it to me then it did not happen' crowd.

  There are a billion things that can not be proved or explained yet are just as real and true.

  A few more Things Science Can’t Explain

  1. Logical and mathematical truths (which are presupposed by science)

  2. Metaphysical truths (like the past was not created 5 minutes ago with an appearance of age)

  3. Ethical truths

  4. Aesthetic truths

  5. Science itself (since science is based on assumptions that can’t be proven)

  6. The existence of the universe (why is there universe at all?)

  7. The beginning of the universe (assuming it had one)

  8. The existence of scientific laws

  So far these are things that science cannot explain in principle. Here are a couple more that science cannot explain at present and arguably are such that science is unlikely to ever provide more than a partial explanation:

  9. The existence of conscious minds

  10. The fine-tuning of the physical constants

  Science also cannot explain

  11. Most of the things that are of greatest importance to us such as love, meaning, purpose and the need for significance and finally it cannot fully explain

  12. most of the things that happen in our lives such as why a person lives in a certain place, works in a particular job or marries a particular person.
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  THOUGHTS ON UPGRADING TO (Free) WINDOWS 10

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been using windows 7 for several years and have had no complaints.. i've tried many browsers and settled on google chrome.

  it has absolutely everything i want or need.. i kept hearing about the free upgrade to windows 10, so i went to youtube and watched endless "reviews" pro and con.. what pushed me over the (microsoft edge) was the fact i could test drive the new operating system.

  for 30 days and go back to windows 7 if i didn't like it!

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  GodZoo

  More importantly..

  Windows 10 new Privacy Policy and Service Agreement from Microsoft.

  The new policies take effect on 1 August and there are a few unsettling things nestling in there that you should be thinking about if you’re using the company’s services and software.

  The Privacy Statement and Services Agreements combined come to 45 pages. Microsoft’s deputy general counsel, Horacio Gutierrez wrote that they are “straightforward terms and polices that people can clearly understand.” The reality is, you’re probably not going to read them. So I did, and I listed for you the major concerns about Windows 10 Privacy.

  And, like so many other companies, Microsoft has grabbed some very broad powers to collect things you do, say and create while using its software. Your data won’t be staying on your computer, that much is for sure.

  Windows data syncing by default

  Sign into Windows with your Microsoft account and the operating system immediately syncs settings and data to the company’s servers. That includes your browser history, favorites and the websites you currently have open as well as saved app, website and mobile hotspot passwords and Wi-Fi network names and passwords.

  You can deactivate that by hopping into the settings of Windows, but I’d argue that it should be opt-in rather than on by default. Many users won’t get round to turning it off, even though they would probably want to.

  

  Cortana knows *a lot* about what you’re doing…

  Cortana is a sexy spy in the machine

  Turn on Cortana, the virtual assistant, and you’re also turning on a whole host of data sharing:

  To enable Cortana to provide personalized experiences and relevant suggestions, Microsoft collects and uses various types of data, such as your device location, data from your calendar, the apps you use, data from your emails and text messages, who you call, your contacts and how often you interact with them on your device.

  Cortana also learns about you by collecting data about how you use your device and other Microsoft services, such as your music, alarm settings, whether the lock screen is on, what you view and purchase, your browse and Bing search history, and more.”

  Lots of things can live in those two words “and more.” Also note that because Cortana analyzes speech data, Microsoft collects “your voice input, as well as your name and nickname, your recent calendar events and the names of people in your appointments, and information about your contacts including names and nicknames.”

  Realistically, Cortana can’t work in the semi-magical way it does without being able to gobble up all that information. But it’s worth being aware of just how wide-ranging its access to your and your friends’/contacts’ data is.

  Whatever happens, Microsoft knows what you’re doing…

  The updated terms also state that Microsoft will collect information “from you and your devices, including for example ‘app use data for apps that run on Windows’ and ‘data about the networks you connect to.'”

  Advertisers will know exactly who you are

  Windows 10 generates a unique advertising ID for each user on each device. That can be used by developers and ad networks to profile you. Again, you can turn this off in settings, but you need to know where to look:

  

  Where to go to kill the ad tracking ID in Windows 10…

  Your encryption key is backed up to OneDrive

  Not necessarily a bad thing but something you should be aware of. When device encryption is turned on, Windows 10 automatically encrypts the drive its installed on and generates a BitLocker recovery key. That’s backed up to your OneDrive account.

  

  Open the window and Microsoft can do pretty much what it wants with your data…

  Microsoft can disclose your data when it feels like it

  This is the part you should be most concerned about: Microsoft’s new privacy policy assigns is very loose when it comes to when it will or won’t access and disclose your personal data:

  We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to protect our customers or enforce the terms governing the use of the services.

  I’m not suggesting Microsoft and its lawyers are alone in making provision for such sweeping power over your data, but we should all be very careful about relying on the “good faith” of corporations.
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  THOUGHTS ON UPGRADING TO (Free) WINDOWS 10

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been using windows 7 for several years and have had no complaints.. i've tried many browsers and settled on google chrome.

  it has absolutely everything i want or need.. i kept hearing about the free upgrade to windows 10, so i went to youtube and watched endless "reviews" pro and con.. what pushed me over the (microsoft edge) was the fact i could test drive the new operating system.

  for 30 days and go back to windows 7 if i didn't like it!

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  GodZoo

  For someone who likes everything to be so logical and black and white your demonstrating an awful lot of blind faith now and that you can be so easily seduced and won over by mere fancy surface 'bling'.

  I can think of at least 50 reasons not to use Windows 10 but here 14 to get you started.

  http://www.windowscentral.com/14-reasons-not-to-upgrade-windows-10
  
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  What is your "INTUITION" about THE SECRET "law of attraction"?

  by Terry in

  1. social
  2. family

  ever hear somebody say, "trust your gut..."?.

  or, like obe wan kenobe: "trust your feelings...."?.

  have you ever followed that "little voice" that whispers to you that you should or should not do something?.

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  GodZoo

  Consider my posts as the wisdom consorting with the rational side of myself.

  I always though that wisdom (the ability to apply knowledge) was already rational in itself. So in effect your rational side consorts with your other rational side.

  I read through his entire thread because:

  1. I have an incredibly strong and accurate intuition sense that if I look back on I can not recall it ever being wrong.

  2. I have always since childhood been somehow able to manifest things I needed materially merely by thinking and feeling about them in a certain way without employing any particular conscious method nor was any effort required in the acquisition of the thing needed. And so the last month I have been looking into how this can possibly work which led me to experimenting with the LOA in quite some detail as it seemed to offer a possible explanation for why this is actually happening.

  "You are at risk when you fail to use your MIND to investigate."

  Better to keep an open one then.