Fernando

Joined

• started 191 topics
• posted 3,609 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Fernando

• 
  42

  Copy of my DA Letter

  by airborne in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is my first time posting here, although i have been a visitor to it for around a year.

  after doing a simple google search under "jehovah'switnesses" over a year ago, i found ttat.

  i was deeply unhappy with the congregation and decided to educate myself, and boy what an education i have gotten so far.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Fernando

  Welcome airborne, and thank you for sharing and posting; especially your DA letter.

  In my humble opinion, and from my personal perspective, this is the best DA letter ever, and on so many levels.

  • Articulate
  • Well considered
  • Respectful
  • Balanced
  • To the point
  • Brief (1-page max)
  • Very hard to forget/ignore/rationalise
  • Factual
  • Insightful
  • Plain
  • Simple
  • Renders ignorance inexcusable
  • Irrefutable (without compromising honesty and good ethics)
  • Unapologetic
  • Fearless (Matt 10:32,33)
  • Duty of care (to warn)

  What are your thoughts of making copies available to every JW you know?

  Greetings

  Fernando

  SEQ, Australia
• 
  6

  Were we drug addicts?

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i imagine drug addicts have a similar adiction.

  you can not imagine life without a fix.

  or was it we had addictive personalities?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Fernando

  I do believe so NHAH.

  The same mechanics at work, at least in part.

  That is one reason why it is hard to help family and friends that are still trapped.
• 
  40

  Reflections on 1 year WT Free-breaking the chains...

  by MissFit in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi everyone.. i just realized that it has been over a year since i discovered this site and started to recognize i was shackled by invisible chains.

  i am still in the process of chipping away on those chains.. i posted on another thread how these threads here are like little time capsules.

  the moment, the emotions, the attitudes are all there frozen.. .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Fernando

  Hey MissFit, well described. I imagine the journey is similar for many here on JWN; it certainly has been for me too.
• 
  59

  Want to make Money $ with a Web Site?

  by sarahsmile in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  has anyone had success with a high traffic website or blog ?.

  it might take a team of people to accomplish.. ads pay and people count, lots and lots of people.

  does jehovahs-witness.net make money every time someone looks at the web site?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Fernando

  I would hazard a guess that Simon earns at most 1% of what he otherwise could when he donates many hours of his precious time to the labour of love that is JWN which generously and voluntarily serves atheists and believers alike.

  How many hours would you and I be willing to work for one hundredth of our hourly rate?

  If it is such a headache-free money-spinner, why did Simon once consider closing up shop?

  Of course, I too would appreciate more civil behaviour from those JWNers that pray for my conversion to atheism.

  And seriously, there have to be better ways to make money than elusive (and illusive) traffic from thousands hundreds of visitors busily ignoring adverts.
• 
  36

  A silly thought on freewill...

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was mythought on " freewill" and made me think...i need " air" to breath..so how was i born with freewill?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Fernando

  If God exists, and I believe he does, then the existence of atheists would seem to prove free will, to my mind at least.
• 
  9

  What Happened to my DEAR FRIEND?

  by NoMoreHustle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i first learned about the bull $#@!

  about the cult that i am in, i reached out to my good friend who brought me into this organization through a study.

  this man is wonderful human being & i thought would be understanding to my struggles.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Fernando

  Once we have invested too much in a scam we strangely develop a vested interest in supporting it at all costs to save face.
• 
  36

  If Jehovah God Really Loved Humans & This Earth How Might He Show It?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  supposing that you might say that you believe in god, how might a god of love, show that he really cares about us all?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Fernando

  Provide a sociological map, which if followed, would begin to elevate the human race from a primitive Type-0 civilisation.

  Grant us free will and autonomy, allowing us to choose to heed or ignore the map, as we observe and contemplate the consequences, of each option.
• 
  11

  Training aid for Call Centre ops/phone training free on Kindle....

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this isn't shameless advertising because right now it's free to download.. i have put together a brief basic training manual to help folk to learn skills for answering the phone or going to work in a call centre.

  (yes.

  i have trained people in this in real life).. please download it while it's free for kindle.. thanks mr p the punk.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Fernando

  Unky Punky, I gave it a crack, but Amazon says not downloadable in Australia due to copyright...
• 
  11

  Poster with basic math on shunning - for JW parents

  by Fernando in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  your thoughts on such a poster?.

  (http://religions.pewforum.org/reports says: "jehovah's witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious tradition.

  only 37% of all those who say they were raised as jehovah's witnesses still identify themselves as jehovah's witnesses.").

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Fernando

  Thank you all for the suggestions, improvements and valid observations.

  Paul (JWFacts), I wonder how it might be possible to get the facts right as you have, and still be brief enough for a poster...
• 
  10

  help! i'm lite on the lingo

  by venting in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is the borg?

  what are dubs?

  i know i'm forgetting some.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Fernando

  Hey venting!

  Just in case this is a serious OP...

  Borg, I believe is a reference to the mindlessness and high control nature of the Watchtower ORGanisation, and a possible reference to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_%28Star_Trek%29 .

  Dub I believe is short for "Jay Double You" or JW. Again a bit of a reference to the mindlessness imposed on the worshippers of the golden calf (the Watchtower bORGanisation and its website JW.org)