Posts by talesin

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If you like dark humour, with an atheist twist, this will make you bust a gut. The Book of Job, by DarkMatter2525

by talesin in

my room mate just introduced me to the darkmatter2525 channel on youtube.

hilarity ensued.

enjoy .

talesin

fmf, it's my first taste, and I REALLY like it!

FTB - I'm so glad this gave you some strength. We need to laugh, when times are hard. You will be in my thoughts this Sunday!

tal

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Seeking advise on going to college/university

by joe134cd in

here is the current situation of an acquaintance of mine.. age early 40s.

currently lost her good paying job.. managed to find another reasonably quickly.

although be it with not good money but with the possibility of been able to take an adult apprenticeship which would increase her pay over time.. she is also looking into going to university in the new year.. here is the question i have bearing in mind the above scenario.

talesin

Post-secondary education is a MUST.

Whether that is in the form of a university education or community college, should depend on your aptitude and the future availability of jobs. That's just my two.

: )

xx

tal

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Seeking advise on going to college/university

by joe134cd in

here is the current situation of an acquaintance of mine.. age early 40s.

currently lost her good paying job.. managed to find another reasonably quickly.

although be it with not good money but with the possibility of been able to take an adult apprenticeship which would increase her pay over time.. she is also looking into going to university in the new year.. here is the question i have bearing in mind the above scenario.

talesin

This is interesting.

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Seeking advise on going to college/university

by joe134cd in

here is the current situation of an acquaintance of mine.. age early 40s.

currently lost her good paying job.. managed to find another reasonably quickly.

although be it with not good money but with the possibility of been able to take an adult apprenticeship which would increase her pay over time.. she is also looking into going to university in the new year.. here is the question i have bearing in mind the above scenario.

talesin

Morning all! Just here to say hi and join in the discussion

by park ave boy in

jw
friends

i'm happy to join every ex-jw.borg site i can and support in whatever way i can.

i now regularly donate to these sites when available.

i'm bitter but i don't hate jws because they were brainwashed like we all were.

talesin

Welcome!

When I spoke of it to the only JWS I know, they said 'there are imperfect men in Jah's organization. He will take care of them.'

** puke **

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Seeking advise on going to college/university

by joe134cd in

here is the current situation of an acquaintance of mine.. age early 40s.

currently lost her good paying job.. managed to find another reasonably quickly.

although be it with not good money but with the possibility of been able to take an adult apprenticeship which would increase her pay over time.. she is also looking into going to university in the new year.. here is the question i have bearing in mind the above scenario.

talesin

It's important to look ahead 10-15-20 years to see if the skills she is now attaining, will still be marketable. I know the GC website has prediction tables, and they can be found elsewhere online.

That's just one part of this decision-making process.

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Good books to read?

by thedepressedsoul in

i read crisis on the conscience and i am about to start, "who wrote the bible?

does anyone have a list or great books to read for anyone searching for the real truth?

i've only ever seen the world through a jw lens and i am excited to see what other view points are out there!

talesin

Why repost the same thread 10 minutes later?

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Good books to read?

by thedepressedsoul in

i read crisis on the conscience and i am about to start, "who wrote the bible?

does anyone have a list or great books to read for anyone searching for the real truth?

i've only ever seen the world through a jw lens and i am excited to see what other view points are out there!

talesin

There's a really good Philosophy textbook called 20 Questions. It's available on Amazon, or you could check with any University bookstore or message board and get a cheap used one.

It's a really good start, and as a text, gives questions for pondering after each section (yes, there are 20 questions/sections).

EDIT 'cause this disappeared.

You may also want to check out Dr. James Penton's books. He was a born-in, strong JW family. First book is while he was a JW, other writings are after he left. He writes about JW history.

While still a member, he wrote Jehovah’s Witnesses in Canada: Champions of Freedom of Speech and Worship (1976), a history of the religion's struggle for religious freedom under Canadian law, in which he claimed that much of the political and theological attacks on the Watch Tower Society had been grossly unfair. He subsequently appeared on a national current affairs television program in Canada defending the religion's doctrines and denying its leaders were guilty of false prophecy.[11] The book gained brief mentions in the society's magazine The Watchtower (quoting a Toronto Star review) and three years later in a Yearbook article about the Witnesses' history in Canada, although Penton later wrote that he found it curious that the society refused to quote directly from it or otherwise mention it in publications or conventions. "As a result," he wrote, "some Witnesses manifested direct hostility towards it. On occasions I was openly criticized by particularly narrow Witnesses with 'trying to make money on the brothers' or 'trying to make a big fellow out of myself'."[12]
He began work on Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses soon afterwards, but halted his research and writing in 1979 after developing concerns over what he viewed as a growing punitive response of the religion's leadership to doctrinal dissent from within its ranks.[3] He resumed work on the book after his expulsion and it was published in 1985. In 2004 he published Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich: Sectarian Politics under Persecution, which highlights what he claims are discrepancies between the religion's official history of its opposition to Nazism during World War II and documented facts. Historian Detlef Garbe, director at the Neuengamme (Hamburg) Memorial, criticized Penton's "new theory" that in the 1930s the Watch Tower Society had "adapted" to National Socialism's anti-semitic aggression. Garbe suggested Penton's interpretation reflected a "deep-seated aversion" against his former religion and that "from a historiographic viewpoint Penton's writings perhaps show a lack of scientific objectivity".[13]
Penton has also edited two journals, written five articles about Jehovah's Witnesses and also wrote the Canadian Encyclopedia's entry about the religion.[14]

Enjoy!

tal

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Condescending theist tries to comfort fellow exjw's by telling them life isn't worth living without Sky Daddy

by cappytan in

jw
friends

this guy took over the exjw meetup.com group i follow and just sent out this email to all of us.to all members : i stepped in as an organizer to save the group in the hopes of connecting with other believers.

it appears that after leaving jehovahs witnesses you all have given up your promise to spend the rest of your lives serving god.

that now your free to just do whatever you want!

talesin

There's some religious guy who started a bunch of exJW groups a few years back on facebook. Examples: Ex-JW's From Maine, Ex-JW's from Atlantic Canada, ad nauseum. Turns out he was recruiting for his church (imo). I don't belong to any groups about JWS , but I do look in on some of the open ones if something in a friend's feed catches my eye. He is still VERY active in the exJW community ........ and I'm not sure he's even an exJW himself.

Wow, some of my disappeared - so, moral of the story is, beware of poseurs who are just trolling for 'lost sheep'.

xx

tal

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J.W. Women Should Stop Wearing Mascara!

by The Searcher in

the wtbts/ org dictates to its subservient followers what constitutes a bible truth/principle and what does not.

example: it-1 p. 319 birthday - ".....there is no indication in the scriptures that faithful worshipers of jehovah ever indulged in the pagan practice of annually celebrating birthdays.

the bible makes direct reference to only two birthday celebrations, those of pharaoh of egypt and herod antipas.

talesin

All women should stop wearing mascara. It's not healthy to wear gluey substances so close to your eyes - think about it. "But it's been tested on animals, it's safe!" Yet another reason to boycott it - and by the way, you actually trust cosmetics companies? BA HAHAHAHA! Okay, then, but back to my script. That's only common sense. to refrain from putting chemicals so close to one's EYES. Doesn't mean people will *do* it.

But what you are talking about was most likely kohl, which does not cause physical harm to one's eyes when it is used to darken the surrounding skin.

:P

( Searcher, just injecting a bit of off-the-wall levity, no insult intended! : D )