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  Do you think that the WT has gotten stranger as time goes by or is it that with distance comes perspective?

  by 4thgen in

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  the preaching the jw.org thing is so strange.

  the two generations "new light" is crazy.

  but then again i look back at some of the things i believed and taught wonder 'what was i thinking'?

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  What is really strange and bizarre is that now with the explosion of information caused by the internet even witnesses can and do find out the real history of the org and the scandals and the absolutely insane and false things they used to and still do teach past and present as God's self titled apparent chosen one's.. and yet they still just turn a blind eye to it all and continue like nothings up.

  That in itself is nuts and insane. So yes, it's gone way past 'stranger'. It's a collective form of group insanity.
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  384 Priests Defrocked Over Abuse in 2 Years

  by ShirleyW in

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  the above is title taken directly from the nytimes.com and below is just a snippet of the article.. i specifically recall when my mother used to do the dial-in when she was sick, i heard a brother mention in the wt study make a comment about the catholic church and all the child molestations going on (knowing damn well that the same thing was going on in the borg) all i have to say is at least they're making an effort to get rid of the problem by getting rid of the offenders, instead of telling them to "study more" or go out the in preaching service to rid themselves of the problem.

  "the vatican defrocked 260 priests for the sexual abuse of children in 2011 and 124 more in 2012 after the scandal exploded in europe and beyond and bishops forwarded hundreds of cases to the vatican, according to statistics compiled by the associated press.. the numbers were confirmed by the vatican on friday, and were based on statistics published in its annual reference books.

  two vatican officials had the statistics in hand but never cited them when they defended the churchs handling of sexual abuse cases before a united nations panel in geneva on thursday.

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  Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests for raping and molesting children in his final two years before stepping down as the head of the Catholic Church in 2013, documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal.

  http://rt.com/news/pope-defrocked-hundreds-priests-815/
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  There Is No Apostate Without Fanatics!

  by abiather in

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  2. beliefs

  the artificial distinction between true believers and false ones who are branded as apostates or infidels hinges on a particular set of beliefs and their lack, and the subsequent (literal or figurative) witch-hunts are the result of taking lesson from external sources such as edgar j hoovers fbi reign.

  because spiritually great people recognized differences, yet chose to respond with compassion rather than violence.

  for example, whoever has ears, let them hear, was christs style of action.

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  What's that about cats?
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU7f22EvZOA
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  are there any Dubstep producers out there?

  by WillowTrees in

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  i'm trying to find someone that specifically makes dubstep with ableton 9. i have few questions if i could just ask them i'll be out of your hair but i'm really interested and hoping someone is out there that is willing to answer them.. .

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  An Introduction To Dubstep Production

  http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul10/articles/dubstep.htm
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  When A Fellow Apostate Goes Insane, What Can We Do To Help?

  by RottenRiley in

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  2. friends

  i don't know how to handle the situation with a fellow apostate who has lost their mind due to this evil cult.

  this guy is texting many of the elders under alias of six different cell-phones no less than twenty times a day.. .

  we had to change the locks at the kingdom hall because he was still stalking and prowling around the hall after advertsing he had left the kingdom hall and we were all no less than mind-dead zombies sucking out of the life of thinking individuals.

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  You seem be making to making out 'Apostates' to be some sort of organised group with behavioral standards and a modus operandi and methodology and that individual apostate can let the larger group of apostates down and affect their reputation.

  Wow that's quite a scary thought. Do apostates have standards? I get the impression it's a total free for all. Every man for himself kind of thing.
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  are there any Dubstep producers out there?

  by WillowTrees in

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  i'm trying to find someone that specifically makes dubstep with ableton 9. i have few questions if i could just ask them i'll be out of your hair but i'm really interested and hoping someone is out there that is willing to answer them.. .

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  That depends.. you can either use samples but that will give you the same bsic sound as every other person out there or you can create you own unique library of audio samples from scratch and adjust the eq frequencies of each so that they don't bleed into each other and produce that muddyness you wish to avoid.

  If you think about different aspects of a sound that can change over time, we have a total of five domains that we can control:

  • Height (dynamic range)
  • Width (the stereo panorama)
  • Depth (how close or far from the listener the sound is)
  • Color (how the sound is distributed across the frequency spectrum)
  • Texture (distortion and saturation)

  http://bassgorilla.com/ableton-bass-tutorial-how-to-make-bass-that-moves/
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  Seems the org have got this wrong as well..

  by Dis-Member in

  1. social
  2. current

  china to become new world superpower... http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/18/news/economy/china-us-superpower/.

  will china supplant the united states as the world's leading superpower and top player in the world economy?a new pew research center survey of 38,000 people in 39 countries found the widespread belief that china is well on its way.. overall, a majority or plurality of respondents in only six of the countries surveyed believe the u.s. will remain on top.. "publics around the world believe the global balance of power is shifting," pew wrote.

  "china's economic power is on the rise, and many think it will eventually supplant the united states as the world's dominant superpower.".

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  Does anyone know the curent understanding on Chess for JWs?

  by BU2B in

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  i seem to remember chess was frowned upon by some jws.

  is this like the oral/anal sex policy?

  just ignore it and hope it goes away...

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  Yes.. they win you lose.
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  The final shackle thrown off

  by moley in

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  i've been out for 13yrs but its still funny how some things are so ingrained, but no more.

  i had a full english today complete with the devils offering "black pudding" and how mighty tasty it was..

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  The final shackle actually probably leaving this forum..
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  are there any Dubstep producers out there?

  by WillowTrees in

  1. jw
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  i'm trying to find someone that specifically makes dubstep with ableton 9. i have few questions if i could just ask them i'll be out of your hair but i'm really interested and hoping someone is out there that is willing to answer them.. .

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  Yes but I use Logic Pro I'm afraid..