Posts by Abaddon

Not sure whether you're joking, but intelligence and being a Dub are not linked. I have know very smart people who were Dubs, and those who were dumb as shit. I've known some IT guys who were obviously very bright, but, working as an Asst Manager of an IT department, whilst they all have a high level of technical knowledge about their speciality, that is something different from intelligence.

With being a Dub, it's critical thinking skills, access to information, and the ability to close read text that help set you free. I didn't get smart suddenly and then stop being a Dub, I got exposed to information.

As regards hacking the 'Tower, I have played with an idea where the Borg become the first web-based religion. They would use scriptual justification for making becoming a techno-hermit an ideal any good Witness would aspire to; subscribing to a heavily filtered and moitored webservice provided by the Borg, with a selective cable TV and radio service included, ordering goods and services online from (mostly) Borg approved outlets, incidental preaching online in chatrooms, working for the Borg as teleworkers for call-centres and such-like.

This would generate an income for the Borg as other revenues shrink, and increase the level of milleau control they can exercise; meetings could be online, all study material could be online, the webcams could be on 24-hours a day, everything about someone's life could be monitored by software that would alert Elders to infractions.

In this scenario, the people who had got out would be forced to try to hack in to help, and those growing up would be forced to hack out to get information with which they could free themselves.

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FAIRNESS, Does Kent Know the Word?

by IslandWoman in

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i am surprised by many here who seem to give kent the benefit of: "a bad little boy can't be all bad".. kent forced censorship on h20, he exploited the freedoms of this board.

would kent's "stretching the envelope" posts be allowed on his db?.

i would appreciate honest answers, please.. .

Abaddon

IW; I'm sorry you still feel it's neccesary to determine an absolute right and wrong.

I personally feel very few people came out of that debacle smelling of roses, but think it's best to accentuate the positive and move along.

Obviously you are free to express yourself as you see fit, but I don't see any benefit coming of it. People were right, people were wrong, most people were a bit of both, and I post on both boards rather than being forced to choose who my friends are.

All the best.

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WHAT Kingdom Hall did Ya'll go to?

by thewiz in

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i was looking at another thread.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=24809&site=3.

and was wondering,if i'm not being too forward, what kh did everyone here go to.. i used to go to the cranston kh in ri, usa .

Abaddon

I never met anyone called Ya'll before...

London Paddington
London Marylebone
Exeter East
Torquay
Newton Abbot and Costello

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You Know

by Yadirf in

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the photo you use is a great choice.

i understand exactly where you are coming from ... why you are using it here.

and to think, everytime an apostate sees one of your posts s/he has to see it.

Abaddon

I'm really disappointed...

I thought it would be a highly entertaining bitch-fight between Yadirf and You Know.

It just turns out to be their standard nonsense.

Disturbing thought though; by themselves they are fairly harmless, but if they work together they could actually be a minor annoyance.

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What do you think is the worlds worst movie ever m

by Waygooder64 in

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i am watching what i think is the dumbest movie ever put on film,the quick and the dead.

sharon stone (who i think looks great with no panties) absolutely sucked in this stupid movie.

whats with the plot of this yawner,its been done a bit too much.she was terrible and gene hackman must have needed the money when he signed on to do this groaner..just my opinion and we all know what they about opinions...they are just like assholes, we all have them and they all stink...

Abaddon

No one has mentioned Braindead.

A zombie slasher movie where the hero keeps the zombies off with a hover-mower and a deformed mutant baby scuttles round the place on all fours biting people.

Done by the same guy that did Lord of the Rings.

Braindead is in the "So bad it could be deliberate catagory".

AI sucked hugely. Popeye was vile. Dogma and Chasing Amy were cool. Dune is arguably a bit dull, but not that bad; any movie where you get to giggle at Sting in silly underpants can't be all that bad.

I think AI, by sheer dint of it being recent, sticks in my mind the most.

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this website

by little_lamb_on_a_hill in

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i just stumbled onto this website whilst messing about on the internet and i've taken exception to quite a lot of what i've seen here.

incase you think i'm some irate jehovah's witness idiot who's been offended by the terrible blasphemy that he's read on here, i'm not.

i was raised a jw, but now i'm not one.. first of all, given the url, i thought this website was in some way affiliated with the jehovah's witness organization, whereas in reality it seems from the posts i've read that most people here are either former jehovah's witnesses or soon-to-be former jehovah's witnesses.

Abaddon

lamb, this is dull.

Have you actually bothered to read up on cults?

Until you get what a cult or high control group is, and decide whether you think the JW's are a cult based on that, you're doing little more than wasting bandwidth.

You think this, you think that. But what do you KNOW?

And, if the fact that it hasn't effected you is the only thing that is important to you, leave the people who are concerned with it effecting other people to do what they think is right, whilst you do what you think is right, which would be... nothing.

And don't be so pathetic as to associate the activities of a minority of Muslims with the majority. Read underneath the headlines.

Realise that most of us loathe the organisation, not the people in it. It's dumb hating the individuals (unless they are such a person as to warrent it ANYWAY), as they are in a cult and not responsible for their actions.

I've met two people IRL who were 'over' it, having grown up a JW and exited by themselves. Except they knew diddly sqwat, had inane concepts about it, and were afraid of talking about it.

I think you've got something in common with them, and should join them on their cruise. I think they're going up the Amazon, but it may be Denial.

Of course, you may just be very very lucky, but pissing all over those who are less fortunate is bad karma, don;t you think?

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Questions about Satanism and the Occult

by Ashraven in

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i was just wondering what thoughts some of you may have on the topic of satanism and/or the occult.

i doubt that i am alone in my curiosity, being that we were told that the "practice of spiritism is detestable to jehovah" and all that, but now are free to explore as we wish.... i've actually embraced certain views after a few years of self-discovery, and now have zero fear in acknowledging the fact that i do find the subject interesting enough to practice.. i may or may not get "slammed" for having certain opinions.

just wondered if others have gone in an entirely opposite direction since leaving "the truth"... (i always hated it being called that...).

Abaddon

I find no more evidence of the existence of the devil than for the existance of god.

Therefore is all seems rather silly. If I had a subjective experience, I might change my mind. But until then...

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How to really ruin a Memorial...

by Abaddon in

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... me and my gf came up with a few ways to spoil the wine and busicuits ceremony last night, feel free to join in;.

taking a jar of marmite, and spreading it on the bread before taking a bite.. asking if there's any dips when they pass the bread.. asking the attendant who passes you the wine if there's any cheese.. faking an entire choking episode; taking the bread, gagging, choking, heinlich (sp?

) manuever, the lot.. take a good swig of wine, swill it like a wine taster, spit it out over the attendant's shoes, pass it back to him and say "it's corked".. start speaking in tongues after taking the emblems.. kneel when the speaker prays over the emblems, and then troop down to the front like a good little rc.. stick a condom packet on the tray of bread.. a few of those are a bit weak, and i honestly couldn't be arsed actually doing any, but it's fun to think of the faces... anyone else got ideas?

Abaddon

... me and my gf came up with a few ways to spoil the wine and busicuits ceremony last night, feel free to join in;

Taking a jar of Marmite, and spreading it on the bread before taking a bite.

Asking if there's any dips when they pass the bread.

Asking the Attendant who passes you the wine if there's any cheese.

Faking an entire choking episode; taking the bread, gagging, choking, Heinlich (sp?) manuever, the lot.

Take a good swig of wine, swill it like a wine taster, spit it out over the Attendant's shoes, pass it back to him and say "It's corked".

Start speaking in tongues after taking the emblems.

Kneel when the Speaker prays over the emblems, and then troop down to the front like a good little RC.

Stick a condom packet on the tray of bread.

A few of those are a bit weak, and I honestly couldn't be arsed actually doing any, but it's fun to think of the faces... anyone else got ideas?

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REUNION WITH JW SIS AFTER 20 YRS OF SHUNNING

by California Sunshine in

today is mar 25th.

ive decided to write about this and post it when im done.

dont know when that will be.

Abaddon

That's a wonderful story CS, thanks for sharing and all the best.