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  The Worst Year to be Alive? Answer: Most likely to be 536 CE

  by fulltimestudent in

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  i was a witness, since the early 1950's, to the relentless claims of the wt society (then synonymous with jws) that this was the worst of times to be alive.

  if i had been more questioning and less accepting, i would never have become a shill for these apologists pf the murderous yhwh and his accomplice jesus,.

  so how interesting to see today an opinion in science journal that:- .

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  I happen to watch a few channels about history. I haven't read the 536 piece yet but on one of the vids I watched, a body of an african american was accidentally unearthed in a iron coffin. At first, they thought it was a recent murder because the body was so well preserved. But then the iron pieces the excavator had mangled was found to be a coffin. When the archaeologists got there they were at first excited, then they were horrified. The body was covered with small pox pustules and they quickly called The Center of Disease and quarantined it in case there was still active viruses.

  The small pox wasn't viable, but they showed pictures of what small pox did to people. It was terrible. I hadn't realized how awful it was because I thought chicken pox was similar to it. On the lady that had died 150 years ago, it was all over her body and they even found that was on the lining of her brain. Very painful way to die. So a vaccine was made and by 1980 -83 it was eradicated. But many had died and suffered from it.

  The witness at work refuses vaccinations and I pointed out to her, she probably would have died if she hadn't taken it back then. In fact if no one took vaccinations, small pox would still be around. I remember taking the sugar cube for polio when I was a kid.

  So many terrible diseases are cured or controlled today.

  And of course, watching the history channels shows that humans can be cruel and vicious at any age in our history.
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  Tag teams of Cart Sitters

  by days of future passed in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  one sunday, we took our dad out for lunch.

  since it didn't open till 12:00, we were going to have to kill time.

  this restaurant is situated with other businesses around a small park and when we parked, we noticed there was a cart to the right in the park.

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  One sunday, we took our dad out for lunch. Since it didn't open till 12:00, we were going to have to kill time. This restaurant is situated with other businesses around a small park and when we parked, we noticed there was a cart to the right in the park. It sat on the grass, barely touching the cement sidewalk and across from it sitting on a bench, was two brothers. One was infirm and had his walker (I think), parked across from him too.

  Most of the people in the park were not in that area but to the left, where children had a small activity gym to play on. We decided to walk my dad around the park so we went to the left so he could enjoy watching the children play. We then continued on the sidewalk around the park and came up to the next corner of the park to find another cart. This park holds music events and such so this corner had a cement area with benches and picnic tables. Behind the cart on one of these tables, sat two young women. They weren't actively doing the cart at that point, but a couple who were mexican. The husband was down on one knee with the bible open, in front of a mexican man on the bench. The bro was effectively blocking him from escaping and I felt embarrassed to be seeing it. Meanwhile, the two young sisters were just sitting there smiling. So at this point, there were six witnesses in this park, 4 manning the carts and two in the wings.

  As we went just 10' away, there was another table and lo and behold, another couple was there with their tablets. The sister looked up with a studied gaze at me looking at her. Then she and her buddy (husband?) went back to their tablets. So that makes 8 in the park. I guess they were waiting their turn along with the young ladies.

  As we went back towards the restaurant, another older sister stopped by to chat with the first two witnesses that we had seen.

  I haven't seen so many witnesses at one place in many years. Where I live, only the mexican witnesses do a slow stroll down the street to check on spanish speakers. Only have seen 4 at a time.

  I feel like I should have a sheet that marks off certain bird species.

  • Married pioneers - 4 check!
  • Single sister pioneers - 2 check!
  • Oddly situated publishers - 3 check!
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  Worst Fire in California history

  by 3rdgen in

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  2. friends

  in terms of destruction.

  52,000 people are evacuated.

  started thurs.

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  If any of us "in" ones went on our own and took water, food, and stuff we would probably be censured for not following theocratic order. RTN

  How true. They want to be the ones that get the glory. Too bad, with no where to go and people camping in parking lots, they could have donated the assembly profits to help out the displaced.

  But that would have made the GB's pockets cry.
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  Conversation with my Dad today concerning the Leah Remini show

  by joe134cd in

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  joe : i don’t quite know how to tell you this dad.

  dad : what daughter .

  joe : dont get mad or offensive, but there was a documentary that aired a few nights ago on prime time tv in the usa concerning the jws, and there was some very nasty stuff mentioned, and it certainly wasn’t positive toward the organisation.

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  I'm not going to bother saying anything to my mother. She wouldn't have even heard of the Scientology part or that there was a part on JW's. She's a hopeless case and like with your dad, what good would it do?

  My youngest sister has taken to hiding where she is now living so I can't even try to discuss this with her.
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  For those who are athest, or non-christian, how did you come to this decision?

  by Tameria2001 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm not asking this question to cause an argument or accuse, but i am honestly just wondering?

  for those of you who are now atheist or non-christian, how did you come to this decision?

  i hadn't given this much thought until about a year ago.

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  Once you have proof that their actions are the opposite of what they preach, (The Watchtower) then you start

  1. Examining their teachings vs the bible and find they don't match.
  2. See the bible and it's teachings in a different light.
  3. No longer excuse God or his followers for the terrible atrocities they commit.
  4. Have an enormous upheaval of what life is and what you believe about it.

  I believe there was something that created life here, but not by any perfect all knowing God.
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  The Jehovah's Witnesses religion founded upon aggressive opportunistic people.

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  taking a reflective look back onto the founders of the jw religion such as c t russell and j rutherford we can see very opportunistic people who were avowed to themselves more so than being actual true bible interpreters and adherents.. indication of that is just how closed in these men were in their individually devised theology such as pyramidology, end times doctrine, jesus has returned and so on, where there was no effort to substantiate these claims from outside sources by other christian religious organizations .. c t russell was not an trained bible theologian by any imagination he just absorbed any outside information that he thought was engaging or provocatively interesting and went about publishing what others had found or expressed.

  j rutherford was one these people who was lured into what russell was preaching and saw what the wts was as a publishing house and grab it including the money that russell had put into it.. the literature circulation and distribution continued on from him, what is realized now is the wts/jws preaching gospel work is not an faithfully accurate preaching according to scripture.

  more or less the wts leaders created a working cult around its own public sales representatives in the pretense of preaching the gospel of jesus christ.

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  Opportunists are worse than criminals. Because an opportunist can be a family member or friend that sees an advantage and takes it no matter who is hurt or takes a loss. You just don't expect it. The world is rife with them unfortunately.
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  Cart Witnessing along with dramas on the big screen?

  by Tahoe in

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  2. friends

  https://youtu.be/f40ukvgjsqw.

  is it the first of april already?.

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  Makes you wonder if they play it on the weekend and sell popcorn. I wonder if the WT will think it's a good idea (hey but wait, they didn't think of it) or put out a memo - No thinking outside the box we put you in.
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  Can you ever see a time when Govt`s of this world will attempt to abolish all religions ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. friends

  we are now in the 21st century of our common era with its insights into the potential of what can be achieved in the near future to benefit mankind for years to come .. the co-operation of governments around the world on so many levels has never been better than it is today and it is at least encouraging to see this .. whether it has to do with the climate , the environment ,food production ,safe water for all ,and the better health for all in the near future, and in the future space exploration.

  however the problem today is still religion !

  in its many extreme forms that divides us in no ways that politics divide us .. politicians learn how to compromise and work with their opponents for the greater good ,whereas religions don`t.. religions divide humans like no politicians ever did well not to the extremes religions will go anyway.. is their going to come a time in history when governments politicians say enough is enough and try attempt to abolish religion ?.

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  It is the opium of the people

  I heard that many many years ago and didn't understand it. Now I get it. Especially after seeing a documentary about very poor people that lived where drugs were grown. They didn't have enough to eat, even the babies. So they would give the children opium so that they didn't feel the hunger. Everyone was addicted to the opium. It made their life bearable.

  Until death is gone, there will be some kind of religion. Religion dulls the pain of death like the opium. Unfortunately, the ones who make religion a successful business, are sociopaths at best.
  
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  Article: Jehovah's Witness child sex abuse survivor urges examination of NZ church

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108217408/jehovahs-witness-child-sex-abuse-survivor-urges-examination-of-nz-church.

  tom hunt18:56, nov 11 2018. it started with movies and bowls, but soon luke hollis was a young boy performing sexual acts on a jehovah's witness man four-times his age.. to hear hollis, now 28 and living in wellington, talk of the ordeal that tormented him for years during his childhood in england, it is remarkable how matter-of-fact he is.. but he is the first to admit he has a vendetta against his former church.. he wants to see jehovah's witnesses held accountable and he wants the church to apologise.

  but mostly, he wants it to fully shed its "two witness" rule – a policy he argues makes the church a beacon for child sexual predators.. read more: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108217408/jehovahs-witness-child-sex-abuse-survivor-urges-examination-of-nz-church.

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  Massey University senior lecturer Heather Kavan, who researches religion, said while the Jehovah's Witness church was not necessarily a "hotbed" of sexual abuse, when it did happen it could be worse for victims who were manipulated into fearing the offender as well as God.

  "As well as this, it's more traumatising for a survivor to report abuse to the Jehovah's Witnesses than it is to report it to the police," Kavan said.

  "One survivor who spoke to the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse said that going through three criminal trials was easier than going through Jehovah's Witnesses processes."

  It's a very well written article. Just shows what kind of "love" the JW religion really has.
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  Favorite Classical Pieces, Sonatas, Concertos, Etudes etc...

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ... filling in holes in my cds.

  give me composer, work, key if possible.

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  This might fall into the "classical" category or not. When Xanthippe mentioned The Steppes of Asia, I remembered this piece of music from Mongolia. The lead musician is playing a Morin Khuur, a two string instrument. The finger placement is interesting because they go above and below the strings. It always sounds like a voice to me because the notes bend.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPyS4kxDpcc