I wish I'd been 100 when I became a publisher.
fulltimestudent
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From reddit...How old were you when you became a publisher?
by Biahi ini was six, not given any choice.
i remember being in the old kh, and my dad told me the brothers wanted to talk to me in the back...i was terrified.
i actually thought they knew i didn’t want to be a dub, my dad told them to just add me as a publisher, so no back room meeting.
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Hymnal propaganda
by Vanderhoven7 inbeautiful tune, great artwork, powerful scare tactics .
https://youtu.be/wccbzgjjrsk.
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fulltimestudent
haha!! didn't know whether to laugh or cry thru that video - brought back so many buried memories. I used to get got so wrapped up in the talking about brothers being persecuted that I could hardly speak. And, when I had kids, the thought of them being tortured in front of me - scared me shitless. Fear can be a powerful motivator!
On the funny side (as is near always present in anything JW) at one circuit assembly, the Circuit overseer had carefuly arranged a little bit of play-acting on persecution, I was a bit player, and another young bro.was too. The scenario, had us in a cell together, we'd been beaten and that had failed, so those clever Satan inspired persecutors tried a different method, introducing a beautiful young girl (scantily dressed- now that was a difficult thing to arrange at a circuit assembly) who was supposed to seduce us ( A threesome ???? - were did the C.O get that from). We resisted!! (of course),
But after the play-acting was over - the other young bro. said to me. "I think if that was real, I'd try her out - and then I could repent. Which sent me off wondering what I would do!!
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What has SARS Cov 2 been doing since 2004?
by BoogerMan inin 2002-2004 - during its first time around - that "pandemic" killed 774 people worldwide and then "evaporated.".
strange how viruses "work.
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This is a link to a long discussion about the possible existence of Covid19 (the disease caused by this particular coronavirus,
The thorny question of the origin of SARS-CoV-2: Who wants to find out, and who does not?
The author is Otto Kolbl - described as:
Researcher/PhD student at University of Lausanne on health issues (now COVID-19), related media reporting; member of German Interior Min. COVID-19 task force.
It was published on a web-site called Medium, which seems to be have been started by the person who started twitter. A Wikipedia entry describes it:
"Medium is an online publishing platform developed by Evan Williams and launched in August 2012. It is owned by A Medium Corporation.[3] The platform is an example of social journalism, having a hybrid collection of amateur and professional people and publications, or exclusive blogs or publishers on Medium,[4] and is regularly regarded as a blog host.
Williams, previously co-founder of Blogger and Twitter, initially developed Medium as a way to publish writings and documents longer than Twitter's 140-character (now 280-character) maximum."
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JW vs. Mormon with regards to homosexuality
by Downtowner ini find it ironic that jw.org publishes an article about homosexuality on the day i received july 2020 issue if the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints magazine "ensign" which also has an article on same-sex attraction.
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regardless, the lds article comes across as more caring than the jw article although in the end members in good standing cannot act upon their same-sex attraction in either religion..
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Mr.Finkelstein - Quote: "Science can explain things where ignorance cant.
The ancients were not fully knowledgeable about huamn sexuality , they saw homosexuality as a detestable sin not something inherently biological.
Mr. Finkelstein, I appreciate the sentiments you express, and agree with the exception of the generalisation implied with the term "the ancients."
Sexuality in most ancient cultures did not see same sex sexualty as a 'detestable sin,' Its true that in Graeco-Roman culture some individual writers may have condemned homosexuality, but in general it was not condemned.
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What has SARS Cov 2 been doing since 2004?
by BoogerMan inin 2002-2004 - during its first time around - that "pandemic" killed 774 people worldwide and then "evaporated.".
strange how viruses "work.
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SBF - "Lots of meat markets are disgusting, in China and elsewhere (how we store and transport pigs and chickens, as examples) but if there’s good evidence that this virus originated from wild animal meat sold in a meat market (rather than from the laboratory in Wuhan which specialised in bat coronavirus research) then I’m very interested to hear it."
Wet markets and what I call semi-wet markets are common throughout the world. This ABC article (the Aussie govt owned ABC, not the USA ABC) describes them. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-17/what-are-wet-markets-in-china/12159920
I sometimes shop at one in Sydney in Ausstralia (located in Flemington) - here's a pik.
This is the main F & V market in Sydney and on saturdays it transforms into a retail market. Sells a lot of seafood that's why I'd call it a semi-wet market.
It used to be located close to the city. I worked there when I was a pioneer, much less hygienic in those days, When I was even younger I used to trap rabbits the family would eat the rabbits and I'd sell the skins to a guy who used to travel around to buy them. Lot's of rabbits then, the English released them in Australia and they become a pest. The govt. released the myxoma virus and that got rid of the English rabbit problem. I also recall my father catching and caging (to fatten them) a fruit bat and a black swan, so we could eat them,
Australia has also had some good luck escaping corona viruses on two occasions, The worst outbreak came from infected horses who caught it from bats. See the WHO description - https://www.who.int/health-topics/hendra-virus-disease#tab=tab_1
But you asked, " ... if there’s good evidence that this virus originated from wild animal meat sold in a meat market (rather than from the laboratory in Wuhan which specialised in bat coronavirus research) then I’m very interested to hear it."
I think that its a bit early to know too much (and also too close to political questions rather than biological questions) but I noted this news item today, on the web-site of one of Australia's media units.
"Spanish study finds coronavirus traces in March 2019 sewage sample."
If this study can be replicated it may confirm that the reports of 'mysterious" flu symptoms that may have been the corona virus affecting the world.
There's also reports (from a few months ago) that research at Cambridge University indicated that this virus came from further south than Wuhan. This report from the Hongkong based South China Morning Post.
Quote: "The first outbreak of the coronavirus could have happened further south than the central Chinese city of Wuhan as early as September, according to a team of scientists led by the University of Cambridge."
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Gorby has to admit
by Gorbatchov infor the first time in my life, i have to admit that the world is rapidly deteriorating.
first i saw a decline in democracy worldwide.
elections were a tough battle every time, unfair too.
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Gorbatchov: 1 Corinthians 7:31 - for the scene of this world is changing.
Yup! I wonder how many times that text has been applied to changes in socio-political structures of the world.
There were at least two plagues in the few centuries after Constantine legalised Xtianity. And many political threats and changes, the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the conflict between the Eastern Empire (Byzantium) and the Sasanian Empire - then the rise of Islam and the consequent collapse of Eastern (Asian) Xtianity. We still have the written fears of some Xtians who lived through those perilous times.
Now again, we live in a time of change, one political power feels threatened by the rise of another. Yup! its serious and the consequences could be very bad. How bad? Its like a poker game - wait and see what cards both sides hold.
And yes, there's a plague that some have not reacted to in a timely manner. (But, some scientists have been warning of this possibility for years). Australia has had two incidents of bat virus infections. - ( https://www.wildlifehealthaustralia.com.au/Portals/0/Documents/FactSheets/Mammals/Coronaviruses_in_Australian_Bats.pdf ) - One ( Lyssaviruses ) not so very serious, and one that could've become serious (the Hendra virus - affected horses and some people who handled them. ( See - https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Pages/hendra_virus.aspx ) From that reference you'll note that the intermediate animals, in that case, were horses and the close similarity to the current coronavirus threat - namely, Fever, cough, sore throat, headache and tiredness are common initial symptoms. In both those cases the virus the virus failed to mutate quickly enough to become dangerous enough for mass infection of humans.
There is doubt that we (humans) will be able to quickly make a suitable vaccine to protect humans, so possibly we will once again have to live with the possibility of being infected with a virus that may kill us. Or, maybe we get lucky and humans (generally) will be wise enough to throw all their energy into finding a way to prevent this type of viral infection. Well! maybe they wont also.
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A thesis: The Discursive Construction of Freedom in the Watchtower Society
by AndersonsInfo ina thesis: the discursive construction of freedom in the watchtower society.
https://ris.cdu.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/24632569/thesis_cdu_24577264_chester_h.pdf .
be aware, this thesis, although supremely stimulating, thought-provoking, fascinating, attention-grabbing, remarkable, noteworthy, and appealing, the author made use of out of the ordinary, worthy of note, and fascinating words and statements that, for the reader of average intelligence (like me), make for laborious reading.
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fulltimestudent
Thank you for posting this ... loved it. especially this comment from the Abstract,
Quote: "The conclusions rendered in this thesis through the above interpretive instruments align with the Watchtower Society’s historical trajectory and suggest that the Watchtower Society functions as the primate equivalent of eusocial insect colonies (superorganisms). Members subordinate personal aspirations for the common good of the Watchtower Society, regulated by discourses of fear, hope and love. Survival, longevity, productivity, belonging, meaning, and hope, emerge as the characteristic forms of Watchtower Society freedom."
How true that, "Members subordinate personal aspirations for the common good of the Watchtower Society"
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When Jesus went to sleep - How the COVID-19 virus spread so fast in South Korea.
by fulltimestudent inwhen the nt says that jesus decided to go back to heaven, izt recorded his promise that he would be with his followers all the time, presumably to care for them.. so let's see how this coronavirus spread so quickly in south korea.. note: this video has been made by a singaporean media group that calls itself 'mothership sg".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcwefiwckv4.
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It should be clear to all that "faith" in Jesus or YHWH does nothing to protect anyone from any danger. We all discovered that personally, but still some think that jesus/YHWH will be a magic charm against any sort of danger.
The useless 'faith' of the Korean "Mew heaven and New Earth" society can be seen in this photograph of a team of sanitisers disinfecting a sect church in Korea.
Today the number of Covid-19 infections in South Korea has reached over 5000, the second largest number of infections in the world (next to China) - and that horrible statistic is almost all a result of the stupid beliefs of this sect.
And, Australians and Americans may not be thrilled to know that there are branches of the sect in their respective nations.
Workers from a disinfection service company sanitize a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony where a woman known as "Patient 31" attended a service in Daegu, South Korea, February 19, 2020. Yonhap via REUTERS
The above image was published on the web-site of CNA (Channel News Asia) a government controlled media group in Singapore under the title, " Shincheonji: The secretive sect in South Korea's COVID-19 outbreak "
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When Jesus went to sleep - How the COVID-19 virus spread so fast in South Korea.
by fulltimestudent inwhen the nt says that jesus decided to go back to heaven, izt recorded his promise that he would be with his followers all the time, presumably to care for them.. so let's see how this coronavirus spread so quickly in south korea.. note: this video has been made by a singaporean media group that calls itself 'mothership sg".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcwefiwckv4.
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Its unlikely that the woman named as a 'superpreader' is the only source of the virus in South Korea, but the church seems to have been a major source of the infection.
We can only conclude that since Jesus promised to be with his followers, he either didn't care whether they became infected with the virus, OR that he went to sleep and didn't see danger that his Korean followers were in.
The church has branches in China, and some sources that there is a congregation of that church in Wuhan and that 200 members of the Korean church were in Wuhan in January. I cant verify that yet, but since this church is known for its missionary activity it is quite likely.
Here's a video about the church and its leader. You will likely quickly understand the source of some of his ideas. This video was made by the South China Morning Post - A Hong Kong Newspaper (But owned by Jack Ma, the founder of China's Alibaba Group)
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When Jesus went to sleep - How the COVID-19 virus spread so fast in South Korea.
by fulltimestudent inwhen the nt says that jesus decided to go back to heaven, izt recorded his promise that he would be with his followers all the time, presumably to care for them.. so let's see how this coronavirus spread so quickly in south korea.. note: this video has been made by a singaporean media group that calls itself 'mothership sg".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcwefiwckv4.
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When the NT says that Jesus decided to go back to heaven, izt recorded his promise that he would be with his followers all the time, presumably to care for them.
So let's see how this coronavirus spread so quickly in South Korea.
Note: This video has been made by a Singaporean media group that calls itself 'Mothership SG"