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Shunning and who does it?
by Giordano in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
only the most gross and controlling religions shun...... it's a tool for coercing someone to shut up and go along or lose contact with friends and family.. they often don't know why they have to shun a family member or a friend just that they are compelled to do so or suffer the same punishment.......... that's a criminal act by the way........ it's coercion.

coercion means you are being forced to act in a certain way where you would normally not be inclined to act in that manner.. "family estrangement is the norm in jehovah's witness families.

every jehovah's witness suffers from shunning - either you're being shunned, or you have to shun.
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Why you Should wear a mask.
by Giordano in
1. social
2. current
from health and science in the week august 14, 2020. page 21.

"scientists know that face masks can prevent infected people from spreading the corona-virus to others.

now research suggests that masks can also protect uninfected wearers, by reducing the risk they'll get seriously ill from the virus--or even catch it in the first place.. virologists suspect that people wearing face coverings inhale fewer airborne viral particles, making it easier for their immune system to fight and defeat the intruders.. in one seafood plant in oregon where masked were widely used, 90% of all cases were asymptomatic.. likewise, the asymptomatic rate was above 80 percent on a cruise ship where passengers were issued masks.".
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Pioneering for real
by Giordano in
1. jw
2. experiences
i promised mom i'd pioneer for a year after graduating hs.. but!

i didn't say where.. i chose a small store front kingdom hall in kane pa, one of the coldest places in nw pennsylvania.

they were impressed with their frosty weather.
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Jehovah? Oh dear.
by Giordano in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
some recent new friends on this forum like friend kosonen are fixated with god's name being jehovah...unfortunately they are wrong:.

a quick bit of history:.

"about the 13th century the term “jehovah” appeared when christian scholars took the consonants of “yahweh” and pronounced it with the vowels of “adonai.” this resulted in the sound “yahowah,” which has a latinized spelling of “jehovah.” the first recorded use of this spelling was made by a spanish dominican monk, raymundus martini, in 1270.. interestingly, this fact is admitted in much jehovah’s witness literature, such as their aid to bible understanding (p. 885).
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How the JW's can improve the street work!
by Giordano in
1. social
2. humour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rirdoittodm.
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No Religion is growing
by Giordano in
1. social
2. current
(cnn)for the first time "no religion" has topped a survey of americans' religious identity, according to a new analysis by a political scientist.

the non-religious edged out catholics and evangelicals in the long-running general social survey.. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/13/us/no-religion-largest-group-first-time-usa-trnd/index.html.

ryan burge, a political scientist at eastern illinois university and a baptist pastor, found that 23.1% of americans now claim no religion.. .
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New Year's Day Party
by Giordano in
1. jw
2. experiences
for what it's worth:.

we just held our 3rd annual new year's day party.. we kept the list down to thirty invites this year with the provision that they could bring guests.

so the final count was well up there.
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Did the WTBTS really print this stuff?
by Giordano in
1. social
2. entertainment
i am not going to delve into the opinions and information provided by the good folks on this forum on matters of health and science in another post.

instead i want to make clear that the wtbts provided a fountain of information on this subject.

feel free to add any other misinformation you received.
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A Chief of police who is shunned
by Giordano in
1. social
2. entertainment
my wife and i have enjoyed a series of books by linda castillo.. the main character is chief of police kate burkholder.

she was born amish but left in her late teens.

she gets her life in order and becomes a police woman.
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Yes the WTBTS wrote this stuff
by Giordano in
1. social
2. entertainment
this was posted about two years ago.

we have a lot of newbies who deserve to know what the society actually printed.. yes really.

after meticulous research here are the documented scientific pronouncements from the wtbt$.. note: the golden age became the awake magazine.. the reference twtp is the way to paradise a 1924 book by w. e. van amburgh, who was the secretary/treasurer of the watchtower bible & tract society for 43 years.