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  Return of the Dub (plus surprise guest)

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. friends

  return of the dub (plus surprise guest)dealing with just one frisky, bright-eyed jehovah’s witness is a handful.one on one is manageable.

  two jw’s is more like juggling chainsaws or french kissing alligators.i had a return visit the other day and now, the jw was returning the 2nd time, but with another dub.what would my strategy be?

  that’s how the day was spent.

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  problemaddict 2

  I enjoyed reading these. I instinctively understand the exhaustion, and the feeling of tenseness in those circumstances. My guess is that Earl would like to hang out again, but that the big dig he brought with him might convince him you are "not rightly disposed".
  
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  Mexico Earthquake - Tsunami Alert

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  a magnitude 8.1 earthquake has struck off the pacific coast of mexico triggering tsunami alerts.. mexico is also threatened by hurricane katia with winds of 90mph which is expected to hit the east coast later today.. earthquakes, hurricanes, solar flares, nuclear threats - our jw relatives are going to be so excited..

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  I already have JW's filling up FB with

  "I hope our brothers are ok" - 15 people died so far but.....F em....they weren't JW's

  "We are privileged to know exactly what is happening here" - It was an earthquake.

  "So exciting!" - People getting excited for what they hope is the end of the world is so cute......and horrific.

  "earthquakes in one place after another" - *Ahem* Earthquakes are no more common than ever before in history. Our ability to measure them has incresed quite a bit, and the destruction they cause is greater because of our population boom.

  Its driving me nuts. No empathy for their fellowman. Just concern for the brothers and "excitement" for everyone to die.
  
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  Does anyone under the age of 25 know what KFC stands for? (What about WT or JW?)

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as we have seen, the society has so smoothly rolled out the rebranding of the organization in just a few short years!.

  (in fact, i remember a thread post here a few years back, where it was mentioned that all halls are going to get the jw.org signs on them.

  it was initially laughed off and doubted) https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/279409/jw-org-signs-put-on-all-kingdom-halls-new-directive.

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  Korean Fried Chicken.........and its delicious.
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  JWs Among the Least Educated in the US

  by jp1692 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  september 6th, 2017: a just released research survey shows once again that jehovah's witnesses are among the least educated people in the united states: .

  america’s changing religious identity.

  it is also interesting to note how jws rank in the categories of: income, insurance coverage and homeownership.

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  The only real consistency in their beliefs are that going to college is a waste of time. Its held truer than multiple doctrines considered "core".
  
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  Judge orders Jehovah’s Witness to release molestation files

  by cobweb in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/aug/30/citylights-judge-orders-jehovahs-witness-release/#.

  judge orders jehovah’s witness to release molestation files.

  eighteen years of horror in linda vista.

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  This is dragging on. Sheesh. Imagine having to relive this for so long as a victim, and then to be questioned by JW attorneys. Its ugly.
  
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  Just A Thought Regarding The Bunker Video

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as ridiculous as the bunker video was, a few things popped into my consciousness as i was riding the train today.

  firstly, why did they go to all the expense and effort to not only create a bunker, but to furnish it like a living room complete with coffee table, armchair, shelves etc?

  i mean, a bunker should be a bunker... boxes of tinned food, tools, medical supplies, emergency gear etc.

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  Everyone wants to feel special I suppose. JW's lap this stuff up. I did as well as many of us here. i sometimes ask myself why in hindsight. I think its just that it was exciting, and I felt special. I don't know.

  Of course the amount of questions a thinking person would ask themselves while watching this is a long list indeed. But if you do that......you are just "FAULT FINDING". Big independent thinking red flag that is.
  
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  Why a young father left the JW's

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  three part story in germany's der tagesspiegel (26 july 2017).

  why a young father left the jehovah's witnesses (part one)he believed.

  to the end of the world, the mission, the community.

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  Great read. Happening in a lot of places all over the world. We need to keep getting information out there in peoples primary languages.
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  Columbus Circle monument could be next statue to go

  by freemindfade in

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  christopher columbus could be next on the monuments chopping block.. the 76-foot structure honoring the explorer at columbus circle should be among the statues reviewed by the city for potential purging, city council speaker melissa mark-viverito said on monday.. http://nypost.com/2017/08/21/columbus-circle-monument-could-be-next-statue-to-go/.

  if this goes on, these people are just validating what the orange one said, where will it stop?

  how will people 200 years from now look back on us?

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  I feel like this is a red herring. The confederate statues of their war heroes in places like Charlottesville, are not from the civil war era. They were largely made and erected in the south, during the Jim Crow era, to remind people of color whose land and country it really was.

  the statue of Lee, is being placed in a museum. So its only being removed from a place of honor. He isn't being removed from the history books, and of course now in Jr High and early high school when the civil war is discussed and the merits of the players in that war are discussed, we have another item with which to debate and help our high schoolers see different sides of an issue.

  Is there the potential for abuse? Yes. Do some people not even know or understand what might be a reasonable gripe versus an unreasonable one? Yeah. But most people are far more reasonable.
  
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  Demonic content being used in the "Remember the Wife of Lot" video?

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  sadly it's in german, but i've been reliably informed of the crucial relevance of the moon, butterflies, owls, geckos, & mirrors in spiritistic practices - all featured in the "slave's" offering!

  perhaps someone with a knowledge of german can provide a more detailed analysis.. according to this guy's forensic examination of the video, it uses spiritistic practices and symbolism repeatedly.

  far too much to be a coincidence?

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  Nah. Just slick production value with special effects meant to impress the sheep. Thats it. This hidden imagery narrative has got to stop. It comes off as unhinged.
  
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  ESPN reassigns commentator Robert Lee over 'name coincidence'

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  wish this was fake news, but its not.

  for everyone thinking whats the big deal with marxists anarchists forcibly pulling down old offensive statues, this is the slippery slope we are walking onto... fools... please read 1984 people.. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41022954.

  espn has removed a sports commentator from covering an american football game in charlottesville because he has the same name as civil war general robert e lee.. stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/c782436dc86c4489b3948663ffc029db.html

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  Yeah this action on the part of ESPN sounds a bit silly. I doubt however they are going to ruin his career. It seems like an unnecessary reaction, but it won't impact him. They will put him on another game.

  The argument here really is nonexistant. Nobody is "erasing history". Robert Lee will remain in history books, be studied by military strategists, and this very statue will be placed in a museum. He is simply being removed from a place of honor, since he fought against the united states, to enslave people who now reside freely in this country as citizens.

  Is it a slippery slope? I don't know. I think a tiny bit of common sense exists believe it or not. A few people pulling down statues is really a minority of people who are even opposed to their being there. Some people need a light push to vandalize. I am not defending that. But the town leaders voted, and Lee goes into a museum. I don't see the issue honestly. If we were destroying it, burning the history books, or anything of the like, I would certainly be against it.