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  King of the North / South predictions

  by Gorb in

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  during my jw.org lifetime since 1970 (2008 we faded out of it all) i read and heared a lot of the king of the north and the south.. but about an aliance between the two kings, that was not a jw.org scenario, wasn't it?.

  g..

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  ElderBerry: WT predictions always proved true

  Is it Opposites Day or something???
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  PIMA is best so it’s not a shock to the system if the tower collapsed

  by JohnR1975 in

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  2. beliefs

  i know most people here are totally out and that’s fine.. many these days are staying physically in for the social life and that is also fine.. i feel being fully mentally in is dangerous as it could be such a shock mentally if or should i say when the tower collapsed.. im sitting in the fence like so many others here.

  mentally agnostic if god exists or not and if the bible is his word.. when i talk to people who are physically and mentally still in i can tell that they so need it to be true.

  i’m worried for them when they wake up to the fact that they have been lied to 1914 wasn’t true 1975 wasn’t true 1999 wasn’t true and now here we are 2025 it’s all not true.

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  JohnR1975: Ita far as safer to be physically in for the amazing social life and the fact they are so well taken care of

  I have to agree with the others: if you think JWs enjoy an amazing social life and are well taken care of, then you really need to get out and discover what it's like to have an actual social life and true personal and financial security. Most JWs are trapped in a kind of social hell that they have to pretend is normal so that they don't go insane.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

  by Simon in

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  uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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  One problem he has is that his heart isn't in it anymore. And so, he doesn't have anything new to offer. I think he has the energy and motivation to make videos about himself, but he lacks charisma and he has nothing to say that would keep people coming back.
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  Top Jw YouTube channel

  by Mit123 in

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  2. friends

  looks like panda tower has overtaken cedars with 116mil followers.

  is he the top jw youtuber?.

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  Hasn't Evans bought large blocks of "subscribers" in the past? I suppose he can always buy his way back, if that is how he measures success. His video views have lagged behind those of a number of other JW channels for some time now, haven't they?
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  Depression and big pharma drugs

  by Anonymous666 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i'm going to drop a bomb shell here for all you who think you know something about depression.

  most depression cases are being cause by the food and drug administration.

  they are putting things in certain foods that they know will affect certain people especially those who have gluten problems.

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  I'm almost afraid to ask, but... how, exactly, does the FDA 'put things in food' and give people drugs that make them want more drugs?
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  In the past 24 hours, the world has been breaking into fragments. What will be the Outcome??

  by liam in

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  2. current

  new german chancellor merz has won the election.

  trump congratulated his victory but the response was not what trump expected.

  merz condemned america, saying that america seemed to be aligning with russia.. he also expressed doubts about nato’s future.. he is now advocating that germany must gain independence from usa.

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  Vidiot: So… what if “Make America Great Again” really means “Make America a Superpower Again”?

  If there's one thing Trump knows, it is marketing. People argue over what is meant by "great" and whether the USA was ever great, depending on the metric used. Trump's whole marketing plan is to complain that politicians have gotten so complacent and corrupt that it has dragged the nation down, thus his plan to pull it out of that tailspin.

  I never thought that he would really try to "drain the swamp." He admitted that he was a creature of that same swamp, after all. And I don't think he made an attempt at it in his first term. I think this is more of a revenge tour than a legitimate attempt at fixing our government structure, and I think the task is all but impossible. But I'd also love to see a forced shrinking of the federal government; having the curtain pulled back on at least some of the corruption that is wasting taxpayer money would be a bonus.

  This all comes with the obvious caveat: anything that his administration finds that might get Republicans in trouble will almost certainly be ignored in favor of targeting the political left. He won't really drain the swamp as much as he will filter out some of the waste and corruption. And, depending on how things go in the next two/four years, any progress he manages to make might simply be unwound by the next administration.
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  In the past 24 hours, the world has been breaking into fragments. What will be the Outcome??

  by liam in

  1. social
  2. current

  new german chancellor merz has won the election.

  trump congratulated his victory but the response was not what trump expected.

  merz condemned america, saying that america seemed to be aligning with russia.. he also expressed doubts about nato’s future.. he is now advocating that germany must gain independence from usa.

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  I wouldn't say that we gave away billions to Ukraine (although there is the matter of the tens of billions that seem to have "disappeared"). The money might even be considered well-spent (again, except for any that was possibly stolen) if it helped to expose Russia's weaknesses and give them a bloody nose on the international stage (an injury that will feel a lot less painful if he gets what he wants from these negotiations, which seems likely).

  Trump is taking advantage of Ukraine's (and the EU's) plight to get a favorable long-term deal out of it. The idea is that, if the USA has a vested (economic) interest in keeping it independent, it is worth it to Ukraine to agree to the deal. But if the deal does not include boots on the ground, it will remain very vulnerable to future Russian agression. If there is anything that shows us that Trump is not a politician, (or not a typical one, anyway) it's his willingness to make such baldly lopsided offers, knowing that there's a good chance he will get what he wants.

  I'm curious how future administrations (especially Democrat administrations) will deal with all of these changes. But I'm in no rush to find out. There is one thing for sure: when Trump speaks of putting America first, he is doing so honestly and unapologetically. That's refreshing, to a degree.
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  In the past 24 hours, the world has been breaking into fragments. What will be the Outcome??

  by liam in

  1. social
  2. current

  new german chancellor merz has won the election.

  trump congratulated his victory but the response was not what trump expected.

  merz condemned america, saying that america seemed to be aligning with russia.. he also expressed doubts about nato’s future.. he is now advocating that germany must gain independence from usa.

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  EU and NATO nations contributing more to their own defense and security can only be a good thing in the long run. Many people decry the way the USA meddles and plays "world police." One way to push back against that is to become less dependent on the USA for their safety. Time to start increasing their military budgets and growing their armed forces. Rip that bandaid off now.
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  On the anniversary of Anthony Morris' Resignation

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  strange that after 2 years we still don't know the facts about anthony's resignation.

  grant davus writes:.

  the announcement.

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  If it is true that he is dealing with cognitive decline and the response from the rest of the GB is to bury him, I have to think that one of two things must be true:

  1. He was one miserable asshole.

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  2. His fellow GB members are a collection of miserable assholes.

  Why not explain that he was stepping down due to health? That would be perfectly reasonable.

  I hope that he was pushed out in some sort of power struggle. If the GB are the kind of people who would treat him like this because of mental decline, that is very, very messed up.
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  When God Hates something or certain things are we expected not to do it 100%?

  by Longlivetherenegades in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when god hates certain things does that mean you are not expected to do that particular thing or certain things 100% .

  1. god hates divorce does that mean we are not expected to divorce at all?

  (hint: jesus allow divorce) .

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  According to the Bible, the only thing that god will not forgive is blasphemy against the holy spirit (Matt 12:31).