I am Dutch, but living in Spain. Got a big Dutch flag hanging out of my window (couldn't do that in my JW-days). I blew my horn with every goal loader and loader. My poor neighbours... (not )
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Newsletter or Updates
by lambsbottom inhey everyone,.
been trying to cut back on the amount i spend surfing.. .
is there a newsletter or site that gives the "most important" updates on jw land, instead of me having to browse this wonderful site often?.
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a. Subscribe to the RSS-feed of this site to see just the headlines of the Active Topics in your favorite RSS-tool (or browser).
b. If you lack some discipline and want to cut back surfing in general, I recommend to install Cold Turkey (http://getcoldturkey.com/). It's an easy and free tool that can help you avoid distractions during to hours that you select (for the upcoming week). I use it to avoid my favorite sites during working hours.
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What Do Mormons Really Believe? RE: The Nov. 8, 1995 Awake Magazine
by D_Rolling_Kearney ini am a member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, and i have written a heavily-documented response to the official magazine of the jehovah's witnesses, awake!, that claims to teach what we believe.
i saw an article from last year's watchtower about a guy who had barely been mormon for very long, and obviously did not know what we believe, who was given this magazine by jw's to show him "the truth.
" he claims to have proven to himself that it was true from information on the lds church's website.
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D_Rolling_Kearney, you are (partly) so right.
I saw an example at your website about a reference regarding the Garden of Eden. You called it bewildering, because the reference has nothing to do with the subject in question. At this forum you can find many similar examples. The JW-leaders are misleading the public and manipulating their members.
But now I'll quote (totally out-of-context) from the same part of your website:
Basically, "Our guess is better than your guess"? That's not really a contrast, is it?
Don't you see that this statement applies on everything you believe? JW's believe this, mormons believe that. Both think that their believe is better than any other. But in reality there is no contrast: it is the same nonsense in another template.
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Where the need is greater: TTATT in Spanish
by Londo111 init seems most of the us growth is in spanish-speaking territory, and of course, there is growth in the nations where spanish is the predominant language.
most sites oriented around ttatt, are english-speaking.
there seems then to be a great need for translators...for instance, imagine if there was a spanish version of www.jwfacts.com.. unfortunately, i dont speak this language.
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Another volunteer: I am willing to help as well! As translator, but maybe also in the background as techie.
About URL's: my (professional) experience (as developer) is that it is better to use the same website as the original version in English (f.e. a http://jwfacts.com/es/). That way the Spanish parts can benefit from the existing pagerank and reputation of the current website(s).
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Best family of 4 survival kits
by DS211 inwhats the best family survuval kits out there that are affordable lol.
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Yup, nowadays the best family of the congregation has 4 survival kits.
It isn't only about hours and magazines anymore.
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My Experiments with TRUTH, a CO opens his heart!
by abiather inthis is the first message from the co:.
"william claire menninger, a co-founder of the menninger foundation in topeka, kansas, wrote 13 symptoms of mental illness.
one of them is: the attitude that i am always right and others always wrong.
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My Experiments with TRUTH, a CO opens his heart!
by abiather inthis is the first message from the co:.
"william claire menninger, a co-founder of the menninger foundation in topeka, kansas, wrote 13 symptoms of mental illness.
one of them is: the attitude that i am always right and others always wrong.
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“All of them were coming from the same ISP.”
Thank you for this clue. I was wondering what this BK and Rose Mary are.
Now when you said: “All of them were coming from the same ISP,” now understand what may have happened. I was transferred to my Head-Office last month. And nature of my work also somewhat changed. To avoid virus problem, I put a requisition for a second computer exclusively for net-related work. Office gave me an old computer. I am posting from this computer as I have somewhat relaxed schedule. I don’t know who was using this computer before me in this company of over 3000 people!
Abiather: it is most probable that every computer at the 'Head-Office' uses the same ISP. And it also has nothing to do with who used your computer before.
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My Experiments with TRUTH, a CO opens his heart!
by abiather inthis is the first message from the co:.
"william claire menninger, a co-founder of the menninger foundation in topeka, kansas, wrote 13 symptoms of mental illness.
one of them is: the attitude that i am always right and others always wrong.
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At least JW try to base their doctrines on the Bible - 1009
[1] Why do you think that is a virtue? [2] Have you read the bible in full from cover to cover? [3] Did it strike you as a book you should organise your life around?
- When you claim to have a Bible-based religion, it is pretty cool to actually base your doctrines on the Bible (even when that involves 'complicated explanations, complex combinations of scriptures and in some cases something resembling cerebral gymnastics', like Ray Franz stated).
- Yes, several times.
- No, not anymore.
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My Experiments with TRUTH, a CO opens his heart!
by abiather inthis is the first message from the co:.
"william claire menninger, a co-founder of the menninger foundation in topeka, kansas, wrote 13 symptoms of mental illness.
one of them is: the attitude that i am always right and others always wrong.
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A nice quot of Menniger. However...
A "cherished teaching", but based on what? At least JW try to base their doctrines on the Bible. The teaching of the trinity is even bigger fee-faw-fum. Accepting the trinity because the Church Fathers did so, is just plain stupid. And how is that teaching beneficial? Just because it can be interpolated into a statement about vices and virtues, doesn't make tha teaching beneficial.
I think this so-called CO is getting delusional.
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Wow... In about 5 hours already 21 (ex-) elders.