Topics Started by Slidin Fast

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Bible Reading Schedule, Dumbed Down?
by Slidin Fast in
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2. friends
has any body noticed that the bible reading schedule has been reduced to one chapter per week.

does any one know if this is a policy change or something temporary?

at this rate the complete cycle will take 22 years plus..
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1975 !
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how many of you here remember 1975?

i hope the newer generations never forget.the true believers got shamed for it.

those who were hedging their bets, fared much better.
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Space just got Girl-Bossed!!!!
by DATA-DOG in
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the founding members of the:.

advanced.

taskforce.
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The Cat's Penis -Was It Designed
by Slidin Fast in
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2. friends
how about a series of articles along the lines of the "was it designed" series in borg.org.

here's one with a little help from chatgbt.. the cat’s penis — was it designed?.

cats are graceful, clever, and agile.
Hanami Picnic, Is it for Christians?
by Slidin Fast in
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just watched a program about the reverence japanese people have for cherry blossom.

they love it and consider the sakura cherry tree sacred.

two indications eight there, "reverence" ,"sacred".
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Vintage Tape Recordings
by Slidin Fast in
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i have come across several official reel to reel magnetic tape recordings of material from i think the 1958 international convention at yankee stadium and polo grounds nyc.

the speakers are knorr and franz.

i have no machinery to play these but love them or loathe them, they are history.
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A message from Barbara Anderson re: the health state of her hero, her husband, Joe Anderson
by jwleaks in
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2. friends
from barbara:.

my dear husband, joe anderson, has had very real problems with his short-term memory for at least a year which really worried me.

as his mental health deteriorated, i decided to have our local longtime physician talk alone with joe during an office visit last september.
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Conversion Therapy for Gay Bethelites in Poland (?)
by Jensus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
recently, there was a rather accurate report on jw on german tv station "sat1".

you find it on their streaming service joyn.. https://www.joyn.de/serien/jenseits-des-glaubens-zwischen-religion-und-verblendung/1-2-die-zeugen-jehovas.

there was one piece of information that was new for me: a former bethelite explained that he realized that he was gay.
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Norway didn't fall for it
by Jalisco in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
la norvegia non è caduta nella trappola della torre di guardia di agosto.. https://files.accessjw.org/s/sdzfgcgk4bi48jb.
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WT brags about suing indigenous peoples and winning!
by Slidin Fast in
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i know we get a bit cynical and hard boiled about the exploits of wt inc. but this takes the biscuit.

apparently these ecuadorian indigenous people objected to being targeted by the sect.

so wt inc rode in and guess what?