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  ex-jw-uk

  by bigmac in

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  2. friends

  i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.

  i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?

  i've already found several by reading older posts..

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  a flag if the poster is happy with it under the avatar would be a good idea.
  
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  DIY Store encounter

  by The Fall Guy in

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  2. humour

  when i walked into a large b&q diy store, a big guy in an orange overall came right up to me and said, "do you want decking?".

  i thought i'd better get in first, so i punched him as hard as i could..

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  from Marx Bros movie'
  "Yes I have just come back from the south Pacific and took lots of pictures of the native girls but they are not developed yet".. old society matron faints.
  
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  Famous Movie Quotes You Like

  by The Bethelite in

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  2. friends

  the last lines from the movie platoon.

  "i think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves, and the enemy was in us.

  the war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjD_cpFc69E
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  Famous Movie Quotes You Like

  by The Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the last lines from the movie platoon.

  "i think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves, and the enemy was in us.

  the war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days.

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  Colour sergeant Bourne reporting.

  "There's Zulus Sir, thousands of them.." from "Zulu" movie 1964.
  
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  The Unbelievable Just Happened!

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from my cong .

  something uneblievable just happened.. i am pomo for a while not too long though.

  while we were away (i and my best friend for the weekend), i received several texts from my 2 friends, from my ex-cong ,who are pimi(but starting to have doubts) who have been asking me questions about the jdubs.the texts seemed quite urgent n serious, so got the lowdown .at the weekend meeting , 3 families walked out!.

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  "I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone." Robin Williams

  "Loneliness is worst when you are in close propinquity with some one who has ceased to communicate." Germaine Greer.

  or when your closest companion is the black dog... zeb.

  I long to hear of a convention where a whole heap of people walk out.
  

  
  
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  OCT 2019 Watchtower - Survival dependant on loyalty to JW Leaders

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there is so much wrong with the newly released october, 2019 but that's not unusual.

  what stands out is there statement claiming that survival through armageddon depends on loyalty to those 'taking the lead'.

  since they claim there will be a point during the gt that they (the gb) won't be physically around, jws must still be loyal to jw leaders.. whats interesting in this article is that they make it clear that they, the governing body are going to take part, from heaven, in the war of armageddon.

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  "There's also a picture in this magazine of Jesus coming with the Angels and 144,000 to destroy the wicked policemen who are about to shoot at the JWs. The JWs are all dressed in meeting clothes."

  This publication will not go down well with the Police.. anywhere..
  
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  OCT 2019 Watchtower - Survival dependant on loyalty to JW Leaders

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there is so much wrong with the newly released october, 2019 but that's not unusual.

  what stands out is there statement claiming that survival through armageddon depends on loyalty to those 'taking the lead'.

  since they claim there will be a point during the gt that they (the gb) won't be physically around, jws must still be loyal to jw leaders.. whats interesting in this article is that they make it clear that they, the governing body are going to take part, from heaven, in the war of armageddon.

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  zeb

  so they are going to be so organised to what?

  • go public witnessing when (perhaps) there is social upheaval and its life dangerous to do so?
  • to see fellow jw are safe and fed?
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  are they saying they will be no longer around but ruling (gasp!) from heaven? whats that? Move over Jesus.
  
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  "Basics of Blood Management" by Dr. Petra Seeber and Dr. Aryeh Shander - Inaccuracies and Myth

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  patient blood management arose out of bloodless medicine and alternatives to blood transfusions.

  pbm has been accepted as the standard of care in australia and has been implemented into the health care systems of other countries such as canada.

  a prominent promoter of pbm has been aryeh shander from englewood hospital in new jersey.

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  If I may raise a couple of things here.

  • In my wt learning days no one ever told me of this blood things origin, ie when it started or that it was a flip flop as with organ transplants.So the teachings are flawed by indecision.
    
  • so i was left to assume it was a belief from earliest times.
  • Its my life observation that jw as a group are among the unhealthiest of people. They are sedentary and have no participation in any active sport.
  • Their understanding of nutrition is poor.
    
  • so when such a person and possibly with obesity issues goes under the knife the doctors are pushing up hill for a good outcome but I readily accept that otherwise healthy people dont normally need surgery.
    

  also I have had surgery and the thoracic surgeon said out right he preferred not to use blood as a matter of course due to reactions that could occur.

  In my case they used blood 'harvesting' recycling through filters and back to me. The hospital required 2 (just two) units of blood to be on stand by in case of 'catastrophe' which I agreed to. It was not used.

  and what is the wt acceptance of parts of blood further shattering their doctrine and this thing called 'hemo-pure' which and I believe is derived from bovine blood.. yoiks!
  
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  There's nothing to watch on TV anymore ???

  by RubaDub in

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  do you find yourself, as i sometimes do, skimming through channels on the tv remote and not finding anything interesting to watch?.

  growing up, we only had four channels on our tv (nbc, cbs, abc and pbs).

  and yet there always seemed to be something of interest to see.. sadly, i often find myself watching shows where some guys are auctioning off storage lockers, killing alligators, picking junk from peoples' garages or barns, catching tuna, towing cars, driving trucks on the ice, catching crabs, running pawn shops ... etc etc etc.

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  tv is much the same here in Oz.
  
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  Hey G.B., how do I get saved at Armageddon?

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  study watchtower september 2019, page 12, par.

  16 - “....to be saved at armageddon, we must show that we “know god” and that we “obey the good news about our lord jesus.” (2 thess.

  1:7-9) we “know god” when we know his likes, dislikes, and standards.

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  zeb

  Please correct me, but I understand the name Jesus is the latin form of Yeshuah..?