Island Man

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  Printing presses, bye... bye...

  by sp74bb in

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  bye... bye.... no more new printing presses for jw.org... the growth is so tremendous (irony...).. all printing work in europe will be arrange in the next month only in selters (germany), but no renovation or upgrading in printing presses is expected... it will be a full outsourcing :).

  a worldly company axel s******* will be used.

  this company is known to be printing bild newspaper... the interesting part of it is the logistics will be as well outsourced.

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  It's just a matter of time now before the Watchtower and Awake magazines start having advertisements...
  
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  This is Why I Will Keep Explaining Evolution to ex-JWs

  by cofty in

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  Isn't it ironic that the religion that originated the Genesis creation account - Jews - has the second-highest acceptance of evolution? What does Genesis' parent religion know that the JWs and fundamentalists don't - that the Genesis creation account is myth? Silly JWs. Always listening to crack-pot Watchtower prognosticators and their warped bible interpretations while turning a blind eye to the insights of the very religion that wrote the book.
  
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  UPDATE: My existential crisis comes to a close

  by Freeandclear in

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  in case you read my other thread regarding my existential crisis and how it was making my life miserable and left me feeling hopeless, purposeless and joyless i though i'd share what's recently happened to me and my way of thinking and have i've for the time being resolved my existential crisis.

  i write every day in a journal.

  i've been doing this for years.

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  Whatever makes you happy.
  
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  Oi Admin

  by Landy in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  is it possible to tweak the software to allow a sensible way of quoting another user's post?.

  when you're using a tablet or phone it's almost impossible to copy and paste - especially when your fingers are as fat and clumsy as mine.. okpleasethankewe :).

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  Giordano: Now I am totally lost Island Man.

  Don't worry, I used a few technical terms that you might not be familiar with if you're not into programming and html, but I'm sure Simon understands what I'm saying.
  
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  Oi Admin

  by Landy in

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  2. tech-support

  is it possible to tweak the software to allow a sensible way of quoting another user's post?.

  when you're using a tablet or phone it's almost impossible to copy and paste - especially when your fingers are as fat and clumsy as mine.. okpleasethankewe :).

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  It would also be nice if you can do a filter feature where you can filter a thread to show only the posts of persons responding to your posts - you can call it a conversation feature. You can have a label that reads: "Show conversation:" then you have a drop down box listing the user names of all posters who've posted on the thread so far together with the word "Everyone" then you have another label that says "with" then another box that again lists the names of everyone on the thread and the word "Everyone". With this setup you can then click two names from each box and see all postings on the thread that involve direct posts and replies by the two persons chosen. You can choose your name in both boxes to see only your posts. This is very helpful if you're looking at long old threads that you posted on to find your posts. Or you can choose your name and everyone to see your posts and all posts that are direct replies to your post or posts you replied to. This will make it very easy for threads where there may be a debate going between two persons and there are many other posts that they have to wade though to get to see each others replies.
  
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  Oi Admin

  by Landy in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  is it possible to tweak the software to allow a sensible way of quoting another user's post?.

  when you're using a tablet or phone it's almost impossible to copy and paste - especially when your fingers are as fat and clumsy as mine.. okpleasethankewe :).

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  I think that's a good idea.

  You click a little reply button at the bottom of a post (just left of the Like, Dislike buttons) and it copies the user's name formatted in bold with a colon, and the user's post formatted as a blockquote, to the "Have your say" box at the bottom and positions the cursor on a new line below so you can write your own reply comments. If you select a small portion of the user's post before clicking reply, then only that small portion is quoted, maybe with "..." before and after to indicate it's just a snippet.

  I wish to also say that I think each post should also be bookmarked with a unique html anchor tag (you can use the user's name combined with the timeserial corresponding to the time (down to the second) of the post. That way you can also include a link in the reply post that takes you back to the source location of the quoted post that you're replying to.
  
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  Born Twice - Die Once .... Born Once - Die Twice

  by Perry in

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  2. bible

  jesus taught that we must die unto ourselves, and allow the holy spirit to take up residence within us.

  some people get saved by simply inviting jesus into their hearts, to be the lord of their life.

  this serves as a countering force within the born-again christian to counterbalance the will of the flesh, which is still unsaved in this life and destined for destruction in imitation of our lord himself.. attempting to live the christian life without having this spirit within you is a waste of time at the minimum, and dangerous on the downside.

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  Well, I don't want Jesus inside me

  Sounds a bit gay and he did hang around with a bunch of guys all the time.

  Yeah it does sound gay - especially when Christians talk about Jesus' second coming and him being inside them, all in the same sentence. Jesus is inside you and he's about to come?! [Cue young, tight-pants-wearing Bapticostal minister shouting euphorically in the background]: "Yes, come Lord Jesus!"
  
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  Do you still believe in the concept of absolute truth?

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  jws very much believe that there is an absolute truth and of course, they are the only ones who have it lol.

  how about now though do you still believe that absolute truths exist?

  or is everything subjective?

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  Yes, I believe that truth exists. 2 + 2 = 4. That is an absolute truth.

  JWs and religions in general, abuse the word truth. They throw it around cheaply, applying it to their fanciful and unproven myths and ideologies.

  I have come to appreciate that truth is a word that should be used more responsibly. I have also come to appreciate that we don't need to know everything to live a satisfying life. We don't need to have answers to the big questions like: How did the universe begin? Is there a purpose to life? Why are we here? ... in order to live a purposeful and satisfying life.

  Religion manufactures false needs and then proceeds to recommend itself as the avenue for meeting those needs. One of those false needs is knowledge of the Truth about big unanswerable questions like those mentioned above.
  
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  Why do people need religion in this century?

  by sweetgrass in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think people need religion because of fear.

  fear of death and what will happen at death if they have been good or bad.

  people say it gives them hope but is this not born too out of fear of not seeing dead loved ones again, or having a better life in the afterlife?

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  I think people need religion because of fear.

  I think people want religion because of fear.
  

  Fear of death and what will happen at death if they have been good or bad.

  This fear of what will happen at death if they have been good or bad, is not a natural fear but one that has been manufactured by religion itself, to manipulate people into joining religion.
  

  People say it gives them hope but is this not born too out of fear of not seeing dead loved ones again, or having a better life in the afterlife? If they don't accept religion they fear they might miss out?

  Religion has created these false hopes and fears to manipulate people into joining religion. Religion conditions people from young, to think that there is an afterlife and they can get to see dead loved ones again. This conditioning prevents people from developing a healthy acceptance of their own mortality and the finality of death, and this in turn causes them to turn to religion. Religion uses emotional manipulation to concoct its own relevance.
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  Anti-religion T-Shirt idea

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i want a t-shirt.

  something that says "religion is crap, i don't care which one".. i was thinking of adapting the "coexist" one to say "toxic" instead which is great because it removes 'science' but includes all the major world religions.. anyone else have any ideas?.

  also a tag-line ... "whatever god you worship, he's a weirdigan".

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  "Let no one fool you - we're ALL agnostics.

  Some of us pretend to know.

  I know enough to not pretend."