Mysterious
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Bringing Children Into This World
by Mysterious insince leaving the jws how has your opinion of "bringing children into this world" changed?.
it floored me the other day to hear a 19 year old non-jw say she didn't want to bring kids into the world because of the state it was in.
it struck me as a very jw thing to say, or at least something i would not expect from a young person..
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virtual kingdom halls, the future of dubdom?
by Mysterious inhttp://virtualkingdomhall.com/enter.html.
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just think no more buildings, land taxes, travelling speaker expenses, potential bad association, deviation from the main script..is this the future or will they continue to be technophobes?.
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To feel you "can"
by Mysterious inwhat a remarkable feeling on leaving the organization, and yet a bizzare one.
to have the feeling that you "can" do anything you want.
that there is time, energy and resources to devote to achieving the goals you set out for yourself.
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J-dar?
by Mysterious inyou've heard of gaydar what about j-dar?
do you seem to have the instinctive ability to detect when other jws are present by subtle clues others around you miss?
i recently sleuthed out a male jw young adult living in our building.
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Using School Assignments to Give a Witness
by Mysterious inanyone remember all the examples of youths being encouraged to work something about the jws into school assignments on abortion, evolution, volunteer work etc?
i remember cheekily ending an essay with "remember the theory of evolution is just that, a theory" in about 8th grade but that was about it.
i did just get a fantastic a grade mark on my philosophy paper on shoudl parents have the right to refuse life saving medical treatment for infants and children too young to decide for themselves.
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Paragraphs Please - Your Online Pet Peeves
by Mysterious inwhat are some of your forum pet peeves?.
paragraphs - please use them.
i'm sure you have something to say but if it makes my eyes bleed i pass.. capitals - i don't know about you but i think this just looks juvenile but no worse than this.
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Anyone's doctor force their hand about being listed as a JW?
by Mysterious ini remember when i was in high school i went to the doctor about something completely unrelated to surgery or blood and as a matter of updating my medical records he made a point of listing me as a jw on it.
he never asked me if he could / should and i was in no position to object in front of my mother without explaining myself.
not to mention i would look wishy washy about my faith in front of the doctor.
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Why not baptize at the kingdom hall?
by Mysterious inlots of churches baptize those willing right at the church why do you think the jws don't do the same?
would it be too "discouraging" in congregations where there were no new ones baptized for a long time.
maybe they are trying for a bandwagon effect?
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Dabbawala
by Mysterious ini just saw something on them on the discovery channel.
they basically deliver millions of lunches from all over india every day at lunch time and pick up from people's homes.
it was just absolutely crazy to watch.
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cult personality type?
by Mysterious inanother thing that has been intriguing me lately is the idea that cults can help sway people towards a certain personality type more towards a judging personality for example, or becoming more feeling rather than thinking.
i know my meyers-briggs type changed from istj when i was a jw to intj after i left.
i was curious if anyone else was aware of a similar shift in their actual measurable personality traits..maybe putting on the new personality is literal?