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  PART TWO of AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE BY A PRACTICING JEHOVAH'S WITNESS

  by Sparks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  while you are sitting there reading this, there are literally hundreds of thousands of young males and females all over the world [ mostly in america / canada and england] sitting in their grotty little smelly bedrooms or flats, designing computer viruses that they will up-load onto web-sites to cause anonymous innocent peoples computers to malfunction.

  these creeps spend literally weeks,months or even years hoping to make a computer viruses that will get into peoples computer bios to completely destroy their computers.

  they never see the peoples anger, frustration and distress.... the damage can cost each person about 1,000 [ $1,660.74 ] or more to replace a basic new laptop or tower.

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  sitting in their grotty little smelly bedrooms or flats,

  He lost me here. He might steal a line or two from "A Clockwork Orange" but he's no Anthony Burgess. I smell troll.
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  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?

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  From what I understand the income stream from running a website is a lot like the income stream from any other kind of writing: people who don't do it think you make tons of money, people who do know better.

  JeffT <-- has made $975 in three years as a freelance writer
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  Is new light coming again?

  by justme67 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just turned in my resignation letter to my congregation a few weeks ago.

  last week, 2 elders called me to say they received my letter and would like to meet with me to discuss my concerns.

  in my letter, i said i had found out about all the child abuse cases that were going on and that i didnt agree with their policy of disfellowshipping.

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  I would have said "If you guys knew what I know, you'd be right behind me. Unlike you, I can tell you what I know. Would you like me to start now?"
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  Is new light coming again?

  by justme67 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just turned in my resignation letter to my congregation a few weeks ago.

  last week, 2 elders called me to say they received my letter and would like to meet with me to discuss my concerns.

  in my letter, i said i had found out about all the child abuse cases that were going on and that i didnt agree with their policy of disfellowshipping.

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  I would have said "If you guys knew what I know, you'd be right behind me. Unlike you, I can tell you what I know. Would you like me to start now?"
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  Any recent wack-a-doodle elder comments in your congo lately?

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  our go-to wack-a-doodle elder moved to a new congregation a few years back.

  the position has been vacant since then.. we had an elder move in a few months back.

  he appears to be angling for the position of resident wack-a-doodle.. at last night's service meeting, he said (paraphrased): "as a congregation, we've been busier than ever before with our special campaign.

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  Gregor, I think you're talking about the tract campaign that started in the fall of 1973. The tract was released right after a drama about Jericho at the summer Internaional Conventions. Rumor had that there would be seven such tracts with the last one in the fall of '75. I remember it well, because that was my first convention, I was baptised that fall. Everybody went crazy speculating about that!

  Wife and I started our exit 15 years later after sitting through a talk about how our children shouldn't waste there time on education since the end was coming so soon.
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  Sunday's NA meeting

  by Pistoff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  she begins:.

  i have never spoken before in a meeting, and i am nervous.

  i am one week away from having 6 months clean.. at sunday nights meeting, millie spoke for the first time, and it made me consider again the merits and pitfalls of belief.. me, i have been in recovery since the mid 80s and have recently begun attending na meetings again, just to feel more sane and to be there for newcomers; i know how great it was to have people at meetings with time when i started going.. halfway through her sharing, she said:.

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  Pistoff

  For starters, I dislike using the term "cult." It's been my experience that most conversations on the subject tell me more about the people talking than they do about cults. Everybody's idea of a "cult" translated as "people who think differenly than I do." I prefer to talk about "high control groups" or "toxic societies" as these terms are more descriptive or what a group does.

  Having said that, to answer your question the big identifier is look at what actions are incorporated into the structure of the group. In the case of JW's, disfellowshipping, shunning and the sanctions against asking questions or holding different opinions are integrated into the official structure of the organization. Most of the elder's manual is devoted to discussion of these issues. At the same time, there are no tangible benefits to being a JW; and a lot of tangible disadvantages, such as seperation from the community and no higher education.

  Shunning and removing people are not integrated into the structure of AA, although some individuals can still be control freaks. I tell people not to judge AA by one or two groups, to shop around some and find one that suits them. The odds are not good with any treatment program, but there are still a lot of people like me around, who have benefited from the program.

  Personally, I see a world of difference between AA and the Watchtower.
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  Modern European History-What Topics Are Covered

  by Band on the Run in

  1. social
  2. current

  i want to audit classes starting tmw.

  is this a standard topic?

  were any parts particularly difficult?.

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  Check the course descriptions. I took a year of European history a long time ago. (If I remember correctly) The first semester covered the period roughly from the Renaissance to the Napoleanic Wars. The second picked up there and ran to about WWII. I also took a course on Russian history. The Russian history course was great, the early European history was good. The late European history was hard to follow during the period of the 1848 revolutions - or maybe I just wasn't paying attention. Best history class I took was East Asian history, taught by a former CIA agent.
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  Come on! Tell it like it is. People are LYING when they tell you, "I've read the Bible."

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  go ahead.

  tell me.. "i've read the bible cover to cover.

  i don't believe you.. it is damned near impossible!.

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  I've read the entire Bible all the way through in three translations (King James, NWT, and NIV). I've read the NT in two more (New English and The Messenger). I've read parts of it in the Amplified Version and New American Standard.
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  Sunday's NA meeting

  by Pistoff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  she begins:.

  i have never spoken before in a meeting, and i am nervous.

  i am one week away from having 6 months clean.. at sunday nights meeting, millie spoke for the first time, and it made me consider again the merits and pitfalls of belief.. me, i have been in recovery since the mid 80s and have recently begun attending na meetings again, just to feel more sane and to be there for newcomers; i know how great it was to have people at meetings with time when i started going.. halfway through her sharing, she said:.

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  I've heard there is a big difference between East Coast and West Coast meetings. What you are describing would never be tolerated at any meeting I've been to.
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  Sunday's NA meeting

  by Pistoff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  she begins:.

  i have never spoken before in a meeting, and i am nervous.

  i am one week away from having 6 months clean.. at sunday nights meeting, millie spoke for the first time, and it made me consider again the merits and pitfalls of belief.. me, i have been in recovery since the mid 80s and have recently begun attending na meetings again, just to feel more sane and to be there for newcomers; i know how great it was to have people at meetings with time when i started going.. halfway through her sharing, she said:.

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  JeffT

  Friday night I marked 9 years of sobriety thanks to AA. If you don't like it don't go there. We aren't banging on doors looking for recruits. You can keep drinking if you want for all we care.