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  Coronavirus / Covid-19 - The canary in the coal mine

  by JimmyYoung in

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  2. current

  is anyone prepping by buying food that has a long shelf life?

  i have been messing with it for years.

  buying fat free powder milk, bullion cubes, rice, beans dried, and other things that has a shelf life of 25 years.

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  Its always practical to have substances to live off from if there is a environmental calamity such as earthquake, floods, storms etc.

  So yes I store nonperishable food items, water, a cooking devise, candles, a first aid kit, backup battery packs for cell phones, a portable generator for home appliances or whatever.

  Having some cash stored away too is advisable for if the electricity goes down so does the debit card / credit card buying capability which you may have to have to buy things.

  This absolutely has nothing to do with the fear mongering aspects coming from the JWS religion, this is based upon reality of facts and consequences.
  
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  When many of the GB are dead in 10 years

  by HiddenPimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what will be their new plan?.

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  Yes, it's known as "the sunk-cost fallacy": The more you have invested in something, the more sacrifices you have made for it, the less likely you will objectively evaluate it and the more likely you will feel more convinced about it because the alternative view that you are wrong is too horrible to live with.

  Well said Steve2
  

  The top GB men will bullshit up something as they always have done in an effort to keep the organization on going and realistically part of that is for themselves.

  Going back to people such as J Rutherford and the men who followed him these were the men who had so much to gain out the organization than anyone else, so one should assume the reasons and drive behind their individual efforts.
  
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  Avatar

  by Verenda in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  how do i change my avatar?

  i have tried uploading an image but nothing seems to be working.. thanks.

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  The software called Gravatar used work for this site, it might still ,check it out. You basically pick a picture you want to use from your own computer, upload it to their site and copy it over to here.

  https://en.gravatar.com/support/what-is-gravatar/
  
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  News Reports are "Apostate Lies"

  by truth_b_known in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  with the most recent investigative news report show entitled "the witnesses" i noticed a number of posters whose family members are pimi refer to such shows as "apostate lies.

  " even the governing body (possibly loesch) made such a statement (possibly on jw broadcasting).

  i was thinking of how to reply to such a statement.. first, ask "who is the apostate?

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  Its a valid confirmation of cult thinking, as not to trust information from outside of the organization /cult, particularly about its own internal operations.

  They postulate that apostates are inspired by Satan to harm Jehovah's chosen organization.

  Worldly institutions like Public news casts are always informed .
  
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  Name one POSITIVE thing you took from your experience as a Witness

  by geodude in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was thinking about this at work the other day, and realized the one positive thing i can truly credit the jws with: .

  i have no fear of public speaking.

  i was a shy kid, fat, clumsy, with crooked glasses and worse teeth, who wore hand-me-downs in one of the wealthiest counties in all of america, who sat still while classmates got up to salute the flag or recite the pledge of allegiance.

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  How to develop critical thinking skills toward received information.

  I think its worse for a child to be in this cult from birth for as a child your automatically receptive to any incoming information directly offered from your parents..

  Having fair and balanced open skepticism to all written words is a valuable asset for the individual and humanity.
  
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  When many of the GB are dead in 10 years

  by HiddenPimo in

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  2. beliefs

  what will be their new plan?.

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  The continuum for the WTS/JWorg in the future will be to continue propagating more fear and ignorance, using the bible and the basic belief in the bible which still some people still appeal to..

  This is basically what the WTS has been exploiting all these years going back to the late 1800's.

  Why will they do this is incumbent to the power, money and lifestyle the top GB have and want to retain for themselves.

  These men have their hands on millions of dollars and a vacuous amount of power, so much so its like they were living gods ruling in their own Kingdom.
  
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  When many of the GB are dead in 10 years

  by HiddenPimo in

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  what will be their new plan?.

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  Bullshit some more, unfortunately there are enough naive, gullible idiots in the world that will believe them and the support goes on.

  They are already down playing the 1914 date, so will that year get the final boot out of the JWS theology once and for all ?.

  I think it will one day for in doing so it released them from the following generation(s) problem.
  
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  Illustration in todays WT

  by road to nowhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  quick glance.

  the guy working the cart has a skinny suit.

  i assume they stage things so where did the sports car come from?

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  5. looks like a girl in school saying no evolution is wrong, the bible offers different information on how mankind came into existence and since the bible is the word of god we know it must be true.

  6. looks like a sperm whale inside a public aquarium, yes there many sperm whales in public aquariums around the world .
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  Italian translation needed for Watchtower Letter!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2020-02-19 letter.

  italian translation needed to verify if the coronavirus has suspended the preaching activity.

  i think that is what this letter is about.. .

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  The WTS has always leveraged the imposition of fear to back their doctrine of mankind living in the last days and the associated signs.

  Fear if the biggest tool this organization uses and exploits along with human ignorance.

  So them exploiting this corona virus fear to their advantage in not surprising.
  
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  Italian translation needed for Watchtower Letter!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2020-02-19 letter.

  italian translation needed to verify if the coronavirus has suspended the preaching activity.

  i think that is what this letter is about.. .

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  Jesus prophesied that the last days would be marked by an increase in natural disasters, including epidemics (Luke 21: 11)

  Part the self indulgent stupidity and ignorance of JWS is that in factual reality mankind has had deadly viruses occur before biblical times right to this day, some wiping out huge amount of populations . ie. the Black plague

  Diseases and plagues were once considered by the ancients as punishments from the gods for sins and behavior to the inflicted.