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  Religious Liberty EO

  by Richard Oliver in

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  what does everyone think of the new executive order on religious liberty?

  this would include a weakening of the johnson amendment so churches will be freer to either contribute to political campaigns and/or promote a candidate from the pulpit.

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  Corporations and unions contribute and promote politically​. Why should the state restrict the church's ability to do so?
  
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  2017 Regional Convention Outlines

  by accesible in

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  2017 regional convention outlines.

  https://drive.google.com/open?id=0bywm0b0qtwlstw8ws2litmhcrja.

  aquí están todos los bosquejos de la asamblea regional 2017 en inglés.

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  Sanchy

  Checkout this nugget from the 26th outline:

  
  
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  UC Berkeley Reverses order cancellation of Ann Coulter speech

  by blondie in

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  uc berkeley orders cancellation of ann coulter speech.

  officials at the university of california at berkeley on thursday reversed their decision to cancel a speech by conservative firebrand ann coulter.. the university had announced wednesday that it was canceling coulter’s appearance following several political protests in berkeley that turned violent.. but on thursday, the university said it had found a venue where it could hold the speech on may 2, instead of the original april 27 date.

  however, a leader of the college republican group that originally invited coulter said the university was placing strict conditions on the event, and he said his group intended to reject the new terms.. before the reversal was announced, coulter had vowed to go ahead with an appearance anyway.. that probably would have put security officials on high alert and might have sparked another showdown in struggles over campus safety, student views and ideological openness.. “what are they going to do?

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  Good.
  
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  Never Thought I'd Say This, But I've Found Something to Look Forward to in the Meetings

  by Sorry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my therapist inspired me to start looking on the bright side.

  even though i've pretty much given up listening to the bs and usually tune out the meeting by playing on my phone/tablet, i find the local needs talk oddly fascinating.

  probably because it's the only part that doesn't seem outlined to death (at least at our hall), and you truly don't know what you get.

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  A gate has never stopped a criminal from breaking in before, so it's naive to think living in such a place will make any difference in your safety.

  LoL! I love the local needs part because of nuggets like these.
  
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  How long has it been since you have seen your family?

  by Christian Gutierrez in

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  howdy guys!

  so how long has it been since you have seen your jw family or friends?

  or do you even care to have them in your life anymore?

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  Sanchy

  I'm in same situation as DesirousofChange. Wife and I have managed our fade so that our family still has contact with us. However, I've not spoken to any of my JW friends for almost a year now, or rather, they've not spoken to me.
  
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  Jehovah's protecting his people - Korea

  by no-zombie in

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  with the chances of war breaking out on the korean peninsula rapidly rising, i wonder if jehovah will save his people in seoul if kim jong-un decides to nukes it?

  or will their deaths just be written off by the governing body's writing department as another case of "time and unforeseen occurrence"?.

  while you might think that i'm being flippant or trivial here, i'm being quite serious.

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  Indeed, but they hold enough strings over NK to nudge them one way or the other.
  
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  Jehovah's protecting his people - Korea

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with the chances of war breaking out on the korean peninsula rapidly rising, i wonder if jehovah will save his people in seoul if kim jong-un decides to nukes it?

  or will their deaths just be written off by the governing body's writing department as another case of "time and unforeseen occurrence"?.

  while you might think that i'm being flippant or trivial here, i'm being quite serious.

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  North Korea may be the biggest threat to world peace at this time. They must not be allowed to have viable nuclear weapons. How do you stop them?

  Peacefully? I think only China can.
  
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  UK Memorial attendances up this year?!

  by Isambard Crater in

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  my congregation had around 25 more people at the memorial last night than last year, and the two other congregations i have family in all experienced a similar increase in about 25 more people present.

  umm, i'm surprised, having thought this year would see a memorial decline again.

  and i'm kind of disappointed..

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  JWFacts: This year I expect the growth to be more than that, probably more than 2%.

  I agree. JWs are buzzing with excitement over their perceived current end-of-world events.
  
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  Memorial - from disgusted to feeling sorry

  by UBM101 in

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  i went with my husband tonight for the first time.

  it was pretty appalling how they lied about the 144k and everyone else.

  then passing the wine and bread for nothing.

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  Drearyweather: I am currently discussing this with a family member

  Watchtower has learned enough from over a century of failed doctrines and prophecies to not show assertiveness in their predictions. However, the historical record reveals many of their concrete claims that never came true. Here's one such example:

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  Awake! 1961 Feb 22 pp.5,7,8
  "But then it also speaks of a group of people preaching about the righteous kingdom of God, a war of God against all wickedness, followed by a paradise earth without death - all to be realised in the twentieth century. ...
  That now-operating kingdom in heaven will, within the twentieth century, cleanse the entire earth of wickedness. ...
  Revelation 16:16 calls it the "war of the great day of God the Almighty," Armageddon. This war will come in the twentieth century. It will come right on schedule, as have the wars, food shortages, earthquakes and other events foretold. This generation will see its fulfillment."

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  Perhaps you can show this to your family member.
  
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  To those taking a stand and not attending the Memorial tonight

  by doubtfull1799 in

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  2. beliefs

  i salute you.

  many of you, like me, are probably under enormous emotional pressure, whether from a lingering false sense of guilt from your indoctrination, whether from "invitations," and assumptions that you'll naturally be coming, or whether from outright emotional blackmail, even begging and pleading.

  i am thinking of you whoever you are, all of you, even though i don't know you in person.

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  Thank you doubtful1799. This will be my first year not attending. My family will surely be extremely shocked and hurt, and I expect a renewed dose of shunning in the next few days. (I'm not DF, so treatment I get from family varies from day to day)