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  COVID-19 another example showing local publishers/congregations are on their own?

  by JWTom in

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  my area is a large city spread across two u.s. states and multiple different cities and counties.

  the area of 2.5 million is covered by parts of 4-5 different circuits.

  many of those attending meetings are at-risk individuals with health problems or age related risk.

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  What they should have been doing is encouraging the jokehovians to, as individuals, stock up on household supplies and food for as long as they can afford to way back in January or early February. Not for Armageddon, for the coming shortages that are resulting from big companies restricting production and distribution of essential goods in the name of coronavirus. (And for the communism that will follow.) Also, they should have made it clear that any hounder or group of hounders that imposes communal supplies would be disfellowshipped on the spot for communism.

  But no, they carried on as usual. They kept on going to boasting sessions. They kept on going in field circus, wasting precious time and resources that could have been used to stock up. I am now hearing that it could well be 6 months to a year before it returns to anything that resembles normal, and that most likely it will end in total communism through the whole One World Totalitarian Government. RFID chips required through the whole globe. (The brain chip, not just the hand chip, at that.) No Internet, or at best a limited North Korea style internet. We will all be slaves, just like the greys. And they are encouraged to work relentlessly for that end instead of at least attempting to prepare?

  As for canceling field circus, that is just token. It is an unwritten rule that anyone that slacks off, missing boasting sessions at the Coronavirus Hall or opportunities to spread coronavirus through the whole territory, is "spiritually weak" and will be dealt with accordingly. This will lead to people going out spreading coronavirus through the whole territory, and to whole congregations, instead of spending these last few days and weeks trying to at least get a couple of extra jars of peanut butter or bags of rice or other grains. And, please donate your last funds to further this idiocy. If they can steal ice cream money from kids, they can for sure steal peanut butter money from families.

  If anything, instead of closing entertainment venues, they should just close all the churches and mosques (and synagogues, while they are at it) for this. Close down the bible and quran shops, while they are at it. Instead of bibles and qurans, we need food and cleaning supplies. I, for one, would rather have a can of Lysol or package of facial tissue or toilet paper than a whole truck load of bibles.
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  Witness with Corona in the local congregation

  by Gorbatchov in

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  the first witnesses with corona in the local congregation over here are reported today.. g..

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  One down, the rest of the congregation and the whole territory to go. This is what happens when they are stupid enough to require their members to continue going door to door during a pandemic. It takes one householder with the virus to infect one witless or a whole car group, who then spread it door to door. It also spreads through the whole Coronavirus Hall.

  And this goes for any religions that go door to door. It happened in South Korea, seeding a large cluster of the disease. And it will happen everywhere jokehovian witlesses continue their nefarious activity.
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  So where's the the food at the proper time?!

  by nowwhat? in

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  2. beliefs

  so we are a couple weeks into this crisis with the meetings being cancelled.

  and you would think the fds would have provided the sheep with helpful spiritual guidance in these times of need.

  wtf do they have jw broadcasting for then?

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  Two or 3 weeks without boasting sessions? I hope it is a year, or two years--or longer as they realize that this religion has done plenty more harm and no good.

  And I can find plenty of other places to get whatever spiritual food (or poison, whatever you want) online. There is plenty of both--and there is always that filthy bible you can get your spiritual poison from even without the washtowel and asleep rags.
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  As of March 16, 2020 the German Government has prohibited the gathering of all religious groups (Covid-19)

  by bats in the belfry in

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  google translation from the government website:.

  the federal government has agreed with the federal states on guidelines for a uniform approach to further restrict social contacts in public life.

  grocery retail, weekly markets and delivery services, pharmacies, drugstores, banks, petrol stations and wholesalers remain unaffected.

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  I bet that they will play the guilt card. People that walk 20 miles each way, through dangerous jungles and crossing rivers that have crocodiles, followed by a lockout and a beating when they get home, that never miss a boasting session? So what is a little government interference when they have plenty of references in their filthy bible that xians continued under threat of death? They will continue working to subvert this ban (and spread coronavirus while they are at it).

  And I hope they get slammed for doing this. Going in field circus at a time like now is akin to drink driving. Would you drink and drive? At least drink drivers only kill where they crash. With this, who knows how far their coronavirus could spread, and how many could die long after the "crash".
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  Hot off the press - Maintaining Congregation Meetings During COVID-19 Pandemic

  by pixel in

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  27:23; sfl chap.

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  "Reach out to inactive ones."

  So they can give their coronavirus to those who haven't been to a boasting session for a while? I think that defeats the whole purpose of the arrangement, and I will simply and rudely refuse by telling them in German that their whole program is bogus.
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  Whatever happened to tv.jw.org

  by cognitivedizzy in

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  looks like they pulled the plug on the streaming service 24/7 .

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  It always was garbage. Endless buffering and video blocking from this site--is that how we watch videos?
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  covid-19 Australia jworg style.

  by jonahstourguide in

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  2. friends

  hi all.. i wanted to post this somewhere that all could see it.. here is a letter being circulated in melbourne australia area.. covid-19 announcement dear friends, the local body of elders have agreed on the following actions in relation to today’s announcement.

  theocratic events at this stage congregation meetings will continue to run as normal.

  no publisher should feel obligated to attend congregation meetings at this time if they feel concerned or anxious about doing so.

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  "No publisher should feel obligated to attend congregation meetings at this time..."

  However, there is the unspoken rule that anyone that skips a boasting session for coronavirus is "spiritually weak". Those who go despite the virus (and despite getting it, spreading it through the whole congregation) are ballyhooed as "spiritually strong" and get extra points for "privileges".

  More hogwash. It is not worth it to attend a boasting session, even without coronavirus. The time and energy wasted does not get you benefits equal to or greater than what you are wasting. Throw in a pandemic, and it really is not worth it. This is a potentially dangerous situation--not only with a death rate that fluctuates between 2 and 9% and is higher among elderly and infirm people, but it could mutate into something that gives three months' suffering and kills more than 99%, including healthy young people. This is unpredictable--and the more people that donate their energy to this thing through reading and abiding by the bible or quran, or anything in the name of either of those filthy books, the more likely such a strain will come up or we will get communism as the result (which is, to me, even worse than outright dying).

  I can only hope they are smart enough to cancel the whole memorial. For a boring 45 minute talk and the chance to pass a plate and glass (touched by something like 200 hands--which one has the coronavirus?), you risk picking up the disease. They want me to go? They had better use field circus time studying German--I have something like 1 1/2 years' head start on them.
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  How was it possible that some members fall asleep or nod off during meetings?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  a while back, we had a saturday wedding reception for a brother and sister from our kingdom hall.

  the reception ended at midnight.

  most of us got home at around 1:00 a.m. our sunday public talk meeting started at 9:30 a.m. .

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  I have noticed more than drifting off to sleep at boring boasting sessions (presumably so my brain can be directly programmed to accept hardships). I have come back from a big, great, or grand boasting session feeling more drained than I would have been had I been at work during the same period. It is, in fact, worse to be at one of these things than to be at work washing dishes during the same period. This is because energy is being drained so joke-hova can use it to enslave us all.

  And it can be more than just a headache, especially this year. You catch whatever is going around more easily when you are drained like this. Not only you are exposed to more colds and flu (and coronavirus, as the case is this year), but your resistance is drained. This is far worse than going out in the cold without a coat (which puts a load on you that is roughly equal to briskly walking or running, which people do all the time without getting sick). Spiritual energy is drained, curses are directly placed on you directly from the bible (and you are half asleep, rendering you more vulnerable to those), and the virus is right there at the boasting session. And, with all those references to the extreme hardships suffered, your brain is programmed to get sick.

  I suppose that, in years ahead, there is going to be an even worse pandemic and they are going to reference 2020 when people continued holding boasting sessions and field circus despite coronavirus. They are going to say "We had a pandemic. Many places banned the work because of this. Yet, we persevered through that. We can, and we will, persevere through this one as well. Joke-hova will protect us now, as it did then."
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  CDC recommends no events of more than 50 people for next eight weeks

  by Quandary in

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  https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/487702-cdc-recommends-no-events-of-50-or-more-people-for-next-eight-weeks.

  let's see what "mother" directs in view of this latest news..

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  The organization doesn't care. The leaders are nicely quarantined in their safe spots, nice and safe so they can laugh at those who are dumb enough to continue while they drag their feet in issuing orders or issue the wrong orders.

  And since this is probably the stupidest excuse to go out, I advise everyone to not wait for an official notice. Do not go to the boasting sessions--even if the virus is still not in your area. (You are donating your energy to joke-hova to worsen the eventual communism that comes from the crisis, which leaves you more open to it when it does come). Do not go out in field circus, and I mean at all. No letter writing, no phone calls, no nothing. And especially door to door, where you are just searching for coronavirus to catch and spread through the whole territory. If you simply must give your energy to joke-hova, it is better to stream the boasting session on your device instead of going to the coronavirus hall. You still end up vulnerable, but you do not get exposed to the virus or spread it to others.
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  CALIFORNIA: Senior Citizens to Stay Home

  by compound complex in

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  sacramento — gov.

  gavin newsom called sunday for all senior citizens and residents with chronic conditions to isolate themselves at home, as well as for all bars, wineries and brewpubs to close, launching the state's most sweeping effort yet to slow the spread of coronavirus.. no other state has imposed such restrictions on residents age 65 and older.

  newsom said his orders do not come with enforcement but that he expects residents and counties to follow his protocols.

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  This is not a good time to unnecessarily venture into crowds. Even if all you get is "just a cold". For instance, I could pick up coronavirus and get "just a cold" from it, or nothing. Then, someone else could pick it up and get very sick. And if I got it, or spread it, through something as stupid as going to church, it definitely is not worth it.

  There are other ways to slow the spread. Coughing into your bare hands is absolutely the worst thing to do--a cough in the air (away from people) will go just so far, and that's it. In your hands, it can spread through dozens of surfaces. A cough in your elbow or a disposable tissue is better. Washing your hands with soap and water helps quite nicely, and is something I used to do when I was a dishwasher (to prevent spread of infections from dirty dishes to clean dishes). Staying away from places where people act like apes (and, from all the YouTube videos I have seen, Walmart comes to mind on this) also helps.

  And not smoking. If you smoke, now is a good time to use this pandemic to quit. The smoke lowers your resistance, plus the smoke you emit lowers others' resistance even if you do not have the virus. Then, the person exposed to your smoke gets exposed to the virus, and what could have been quickly squelched becomes a full infection. All because someone just had to have that cancer stick.

  If it isn't already too late, getting to the store before the crowds come is also a good idea. With the CDC declaring the pandemic, it might already be too late for that. Ordering things online might help (you still have to deal with delays due to demand issues). And, take your vitamins. Something so simple as starting 500 mg vitamin C and 4,000 IU vitamin D might throttle the virus if you get exposed. Other supplements that might throttle it include echinacea, elderberry syrup, oregano oil, schisandra berry powder, goldenseal, and astragalus. Taking some of these might throttle the virus enough for your immune system to take care of it. Then you do not become a case, you are not infectious or you are infectious for a shorter period, and it slows the progress of the whole pandemic.

  And this goes for everyone, not just the elderly. Obviously, stupid exposure is not advised for anyone. Even if you are 20 years old, never had a cold, and are in perfect health, you could pick up coronavirus on your clothing and spread it to the supermarket next time if you go to these stupid religious events. And I can't think of a stupider event than this upcoming April 7 wastefest. Perfect recipe for trouble. The public, coronavirus and all, is invited. You are crammed into close quarters with others that may be carrying this thing (and field circus is a great way to pick it up). You are going to handle two items that might be carrying the virus by the time you touch it, and then there is another 5-10 minutes plus the crowds to shove through to get home before you can wash your hands with soap and water. Your suit will probably also carry the virus.

  And for what? At least with a trip to the supermarket, you might come back with groceries. With this, you did nothing more than donate more energy for the reptilians to make this, and the communism that is the intended outcome, worse. More than before, I strongly urge that all that can skip this wastefest, should--whether you are vulnerable or not. Whether or not there is even a case in your area.