Posts by nicolaou

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Likes and Dislikes. How about making the identities known to the poster?

by nicolaou in

i haven't a clue if it's technically feasible but i think if you're going to hit the dislike button on a post you should be open to discussion with the poster.. just your own topics and posts of course.

what do you think simon?.

nicolaou

Now that you know who I am does that help

Well yes actually. It means I can ask you why you feel that way. Maybe I could clarify something I hadn't explained clearly or perhaps I'd posted something stupid and I could learn from a further discussion.

I didn't think it was such a controversial suggestion. Facebook reactions and Twitter likes are public, it's nothing new. Sure, there's the possibility of poor behaviour as FedUpJW suggests but we're a pretty well behaved bunch for the most part. We're certainly an older demographic.

I don't know, it was just an idea.

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Likes and Dislikes. How about making the identities known to the poster?

by nicolaou in

i haven't a clue if it's technically feasible but i think if you're going to hit the dislike button on a post you should be open to discussion with the poster.. just your own topics and posts of course.

what do you think simon?.

nicolaou

I haven't a clue if it's technically feasible but I think if you're going to hit the dislike button on a post you should be open to discussion with the poster.

Just your own topics and posts of course. What do you think Simon?

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Is 1914 still a major belief in JW land ? Or has it been abandoned ?

by smiddy3 in

i just wonder about this topic as it is now 109 years since that date and what was expected to take place has never happened ..

nicolaou

The Carrot of Paradise. I'm definitely claiming that 😁

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Is 1914 still a major belief in JW land ? Or has it been abandoned ?

by smiddy3 in

i just wonder about this topic as it is now 109 years since that date and what was expected to take place has never happened ..

nicolaou

1914 is still a core doctrine but there's nothing major about it. There's not one single teaching that really matters or that couldn't be abandoned, this isn't a doctrinally driven faith anymore.

It's a social religion. People stay for as long as they follow the rules. They can leave if they no longer want to follow those rules or be kicked out if they're caught in violation of them (I'm simplifying I know).

1914, blood, perhaps even shunning could be dropped and there would still be a core following.

Perhaps the carrot of Paradise is the one thing that couldn't go

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American Healthcare: How your system works

by Diogenesister in

canada has universal healthcare.

the consensus is that america never will.

can anyone explain why, please?

nicolaou

Diogenesister I asked the same question some years ago. The American way really does seem odd to the rest of us.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4969311363923968/could-any-american-posters-please-explain-this-brit-why-many-your-countrymen-hostile-obamacare

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What`s the reason some of you think JW`s are in decline ?

by smiddy3 in

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from what i can see no such thing is happening.i became a jw in 1960 and remained for about 30 years and the numbers of active jw`s today in the world are far greater than they were back then.. and here in australia the numbers are much higher than they were back then .. so i don`t see that their in decline or have any worries about losing support .. don`t the numbers speak for themselves ?.

is it just wishful thinking on your part ?.

nicolaou

I think you could argue that the Watchtower Society HAS died, jw.org is the tombstone on its grave. The religion I grew up in through the late sixties to the new millennium barely exists anymore.

90 hours for regular pioneers, 48 full issues of Watchtower & Awake! per year, PO's, CO's and DO's, midweek book study, in-person meetings only with Bibles in hand instead of iPads.

Door-to-door work instead of stationary passive carts. Magazine routes, S8's and RV's. Detailed (but admittedly insane) study material instead of the stultifying and infantilised cartoon propaganda spewed out now.

Honestly, if the shunning policy could be overturned so that young folks could leave without penalty or stigma I wouldn't care if their membership reached 20 million or more.

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The Org. covering up the SHUNNING POLICY !!

by Phizzy in

https://avoidjw.org/news/jehovahs-witnesses-mysteriously-deleted-shunning-videos/?fbclid=iwar3jjfsa3zx-4kxrdtjwopmzty-5wxhrxm1-gvjtp9j20ovqfpxh.

nicolaou

https://avoidjw.org/news/jehovahs-witnesses-mysteriously-deleted-shunning-videos/

Excellent article complete with the deleted videos.

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The Org. covering up the SHUNNING POLICY !!

by Phizzy in

https://avoidjw.org/news/jehovahs-witnesses-mysteriously-deleted-shunning-videos/?fbclid=iwar3jjfsa3zx-4kxrdtjwopmzty-5wxhrxm1-gvjtp9j20ovqfpxh.

nicolaou

Please tell me someone downloaded those videos before they were removed?

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Confirmed: CO Discourages Zoom

by XBEHERE in

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i can confirm that the co during one of his service talks stated that zoom is a provision for elderly, infirmed, as well as people who might need it on occasion due to health reasons, otherwise you are expected to be in person at meetings and in the ministry.

this had to come down from the top.

maybe they do not want to put it in a gb update or broadcast since that would be too public i suppose.

nicolaou

Hard to imagine the sorts of journeys WTWizard and others are describing just to get to a KH meeting in the US. I've been out for over 20 years now but wherever I've lived in the UK the nearest KH was only ever a few minutes away.

How is this knackered old horse of a religion still limping on?!

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Biden running in 2024 🤣

by LoveUniHateExams in

i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.

apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.

his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..

nicolaou

"I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait,”

“When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything."

“I did try and fuck her. She was married. I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. … I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn’t get there and she was married.”

Yeah it's hard to work out why he has so little credibility when it comes to his behaviour around women.