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  UK Tax cut for the wealthiest

  by BettyHumpter in

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  Social Media is facing the First Amendment in the US.

  by Fisherman in

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  law makers in the us want to pass laws that apply the first amendment of the us constitution to social media forums such as tiktok and youtube that have banned poster for speech and content violations.. in the us, 1a usually applies unhindered to traditional public forums (such as sidewalks and parks) with restrictions only as to time place and manner..

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  Example:

  Texas passed a law stating that social media platforms cannot "ban" users for posting content of a political nature.

  https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/16/texas-social-media-law/

  What this means is a private entity is being told they must allow users to post whatever they want if it is a political view. So, this means social media would have to allow users to post false information (e.g. "The Big Lie"). The U.S. Constitution is being applied to a private party when it is only applicable to government.
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  ARMAGEDDON

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  can i ask please especially for all who are pomo?.

  we've taken a decision similar to revelation 18:4 to get out of the watchtower and not share in its sins.. how many of you still believe that god will one day terminate the world's many systems by means of an armageddon?.

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  Lost in the Fog:

  Here is my personal experience -

  I have been studying religion, Christianity and others, from a historical point of view since I left the Watchtower in 2010. Here is what I can tell you in brief:

  The Jewish religion is a mythological fairytale like any theistic religion (for examples of non-theistic religions see Buddhism and Daoism).

  All events in prior to the two kingdoms of Israel are manufactured stories.

  1. The Israelites are a Canaanite tribe that worshipped El of the Ba'al pantheon of gods. El evolved into YHWH during the period of Persian (Babylonian rule).
  2. Egyptian, Persian, and Greek religion all influenced the Jewish religion. The evolving belief in the afterlife and whether or not there are other spirit beings from God is evidence of this.
  3. There is no proof of a Biblical Jesus outside the Bible.
  4. There is no proof of a Jesus being resurrected outside the Bible.

  In short, Judaism is the professed foundation of Christianity. YHWH is as about as real as Osiris, Ahura Mazda, or Zeus. Therefor the Armageddon of Revelation is as about real as Zeus fighting the Titans.
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  Vince Deporter has passed away.

  by Las Malvinas son Argentinas in

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  2. friends

  exjw and artist (sponge bob) vince deporter has passed away at 63.. vince was an intense yet sweet guy.

  we didn’t always agree but he’d always swing by later and either smooth things out or just move on.

  he held no grudges.. he’ll be missed...

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  I am sorry to hear of his death, but I am happy to know he freed himself from the Watchtower. Safe travels, Vince!
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  An army of volunteers and a convoy of trucks and heavy equipment headed to Florida as we speak!

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no not the watchtower, but franklin graham's samaritan purse!

  nothing on the website as of noon friday edt.

  evidently all the resources are tied up making their next movie.

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  I am sure there will be prayers of "go in peace and be well fed" offered on behalf of only the JWs in Florida from the platforms of many local Kingdom Halls.
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  Sister In "Pants" Carrying the Microphone--Brother in "Jeans" out in Service!

  by Atlantis in

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  click the image to enlarge.. sister carrying microphone at kingdom hall in pants!.

  https://postimg.cc/jdjysmgt.

  brother in blue jeans out in service.. https://postimg.cc/z36bj89h .

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  I was too mesmerized by the number of empty chairs at the meeting to even notice the young woman carrying the microphone in pants.
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  Another congregation closed

  by hoser in

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  15 years ago there were 5 congregations now there is only one and it is still struggling.

  congregations closing their doors doesn’t mean business is good.

  it looks like this last one to fold had no young witnesses, they either left the religion or moved.

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  Imagine trying to explain to your young child's school teacher that the reason little Johnny JW's grades are slipping is he doesn't get enough sleep as the soonest he gets to bed on a meeting night is 10:00PM.

  The one thing the Hateful Eight has always lacked is love for their own people. How ironic that the only mark of a Christian is love. Not faith. Not obedience. Love.
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  Yet another mo' money video!

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (in the what's new section) apparently jehovah is still failing to provide the necessary funds so have to beg and petition men for support even though we said we'd never do that!.

  new angle, if you want to make friends with jehovah and jesus we need more of your unrighteous riches .

  apparently jehovah is in the protection racket now.

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  Here are some things that should be tracked to calculate statistics -

  1. How many times a month does the Watchtower ask for money?
  2. How many (what percentage) or articles ask for money?
  3. How many videos (what percentage) ask for money?
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  Ecclesiastes 12:12,13

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
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  whenever you think of your time in the organisation you'll remember all of the books.

  every year at a convention, new books brought out.

  shelves at home groaning under the weight of multicoloured covered wts books!

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  We didn't realize it because we were too busy thinking we were in the right and everyone else was in the wrong. Nothing negative would ever applied to the Watchtower. It's a stroking of the Ego.
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  It was good enough for C.T. Russell.....

  by BoogerMan in

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  2. bible

  ....but not for jw's!.

  w70 4/15 p. 250 -"in 1870 charles taze russell...was not satisfied with the sectarian [jw's are sectarian] explanations of the bible given him, so he started a bible-study class with several of his friends....".

  km 9/07 p. 3 question box - "does “the faithful and discreet slave” endorse independent groups of witnesses who meet together to engage in scriptural research or debate?

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  Independent bible research groups only lead to one thing...