Posts by slimboyfat

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UKRAINE: are things SO bad......
by BoogerMan in
1. jw
2. friends
....that fighting-fit young ukrainian men are having to be evacuated - to accommodation in dublin city centre?.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqq2aj0lohu.

beats the rubber dinghies, i suppose..
slimboyfat

Why country takes more asylum seekers France or UK does anyone have the numbers?
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Jehovah's Witnesses in the news. "Serena Williams’ dad turns to ‘holistic healer’ & Jehovah’s Witnesses as $600k divorce....."
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
looks like "king" richard's empire is crumbling.

will watchtower, or his millionaire jw kids help him?.

"keeping the faith .
slimboyfat

I thought the story, from years ago, was that their mother was a JW but their father was not? And he was the one who pushed them to become tennis players not their mother. Is it true that their dad is a JW, did he become one recently, or is this a mistake? I find that most media “facts” turn out to be wrong. I would suspect they made a mistake here and it’s the mother not the father who is a JW. As for the rest of the “facts” in the story, who knows.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
slimboyfat

Looks like he’s going to take his patrons for a ride all the way to the bottom. He’s already begging for money worse than Lett on steroids. How much louder can he squeal?
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What does Watchtower think of being Medically Assisted in Death (MAiD)?
by Vanderhoven7 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there has been much political controversy in canada over the acceptability of maid.

what, if anything, has watchtower said about this issue?.
slimboyfat

There’re agin it
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
slimboyfat

Sorry for ignorance and laziness of this inquiry (not having listened or watched any of the videos) but I was wondering Danny are you Scottish?
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
slimboyfat

True dat!
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
slimboyfat

Lol the he’s now the go-to channel for the latest (two months old) “I can’t actually be bothered to research this” take on topics that have already been covered elsewhere by people who are actually interested in the subject. That’s a winning formula for sure. No wonder his support goes from strength to strength. Maybe he should subscribe to his own “charred hotdog level” and be done.
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Are the teachings of JW—consistent?
by Fisherman in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i would belief so but if you can point something out, it can be discussed.. i don’t mean what jw taught in the past that they later realized was not correct and amended.

—unless you think and can show something like that is relevant.. i’ve spoken to a lot of believers from different religions.

i don’t want to bash any religion here under this topic but their beliefs are inconsistent and their reasons are sophistry and made up and grounded on circular reasoning.
slimboyfat

The new “faithful slave” doctrine doesn’t make much sense, because it says only the governing body comprise the “faithful slave”, not the anointed as a whole, as taught for many decades. If true, that means the “faithful slave” itself was wrong about its own identity for most of its existence. If the “faithful slave” didn’t even know who is the “faithful slave” then how can they trusted about anything?
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
slimboyfat

Kurt Metzger is a HILARIOUS ex-JW comedian, and even has a routine talking about growing up as one.

Wow, Wing, I didn’t know that. I see him regularly on the Jimmy Dore show. I generally agree with his perspectives on the show. I’ve heard them talk about Mormons but not JWs.
Mike, just so long as you’re aware you’re as mad as a box of frogs that’s okay. 👍
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Myth of 1914
by peacefulpete in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the wt engages in history revisionism when insisting the world changed overnight in 1914. in fact the european power struggles that came to a head were centuries old.

millions of lives had been lost in the wars of the 19th century, with the world a powder keg the years prior to the assassination of franz ferdinand in june 1914 which is often said, albeit rather arbitrarily, as the start of the war that escalated over the next 4 years into the great war.

take a look at these two pages and ask if the wt's interpretation of history seems accurate to you.
slimboyfat

I don’t think comparisons with past performance are necessary the most relevant when considering the growth of religious groups. I find it more interesting to compare religious groups with each other at any given time because all religious groups are subject to the same society-wide forces of secularisation in the modern on age.
That being so, in western countries such as the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the growth of Seventh-day Adventists could fairly be described as very good in recent decades; the growth of Jehovah’s Witnesses as good; the growth of Mormons as poor; and the growth (actually decline) of many other religious groups (ranging from Presbyterians to Unitarians to Anglicans) as very poor, or extremely poor.
The growth of Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses may be down from the past, but both groups are doing very well in terms of growth compared with other groups. In a situation where many religious groups are shrinking by between 1 and 5% per year, should a 1 or 2% average annual growth really be viewed as a failure or any cause for alarm?