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  Put the Blame Where it Belongs

  by cofty in

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  The Spaniard`s got a raw deal by it being called the Spanish Flu ,as it certainly did not originate in Spain
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Mistaken Ideas About What The Bible Teaches

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  let's add to the following list.

  jws are mistaken when they believe the bible teaches:.

  1. that their leaders somehow represent the faithful and wise servant.

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  As far as the name Jehovah is concerned I have to concede that the Roman Catholic Church certainly believed and accepted it, because its written in stone on Centuries old Churches as well as being in the Douay Bible .

  As far as the OP goes how about

  Counting time in field service?

  JW Clergy sponging off the congregations and not earning/ paying their own way ? Especially the top dogs who live very comfortably and their wives also ?
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  Happy 20th Birthday to JWD / JWN

  by Simon in

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  as sgt pepper sang, "it was 20 years ago today" ... that i made my first post on my first forum.. i obviously didn't put too much thought into what it should say although i must have burned 45 posts testing things and was too lazy to reset the counter before going live (?):.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/46/welcome.

  but somehow, it worked and grew and here we all are, 20 years on.

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  Happy Birthday / Anniversary JWD-JWN and a special thank you to you Simon Angharad and all of the moderators that are instrumental in running this forum and not to be left out are all the contributors that make this such an interesting and informative site.

  Kudos to all.
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  "We're In The Last Days Of The Last Days!"... So Say's Old Rubberface

  by pale.emperor in

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  have you seen this on jworg?.

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/coronavirus-report/.

  2 minutes in everyone's favourite clow, stephen lett, tells us all that this coronavirus means we're in the last days of the last days.. cool.

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  I can`t take this guy seriously ,how can any JW take him seriously and not LTAO ? He`s a joke .
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  Construction Projects During "The Final Part of the Final Part of the Last Days"

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  luke 21:11 11 and there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.. .

  mr. lett: if these are true signs of the last days, why does the society continue these expensive building projects?

  why not delay these projects and help all italians who have lost their jobs and are struggling financially during this pestilence?.

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  The GB of Jehovah`s Witnesses are more concerned about their building projects in Italy than they are concerned about the health and well being of the Italian citizens of the country or even their Italian fellow members / brothers and sisters.
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  Lots of One-Liners to put a smile on your face!

  by The Fall Guy in

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  enjoy.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwh5xubgkla.

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  Yeah I liked him ,I got a few laughs and a few smiles and a couple of grins.I even smirked at one time.
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  Joanie the Jehovah Witness Stripper

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

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  here's a video i had never seen of before.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnkm9xapswi.

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  That was a catchy tune and paul delivered it well.The missus liked it too.
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  Oz starting to shut down

  by joey jojo in

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  australia has closed gyms, churches, restaurants, pubs (oh no), beaches.

  most state borders are now closed.

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  Yep state borders are also closed and as P.M.Sco-mo said if you had planned a holiday in another state ? cancel it now as the borders will be closed.

  Thankfully the bottle shops are still open jj
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  Are YOU a JW parasite?

  by The Fall Guy in

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  every single member of the worldwide order of special full-time servants of jehovah’s witnesses (yb16 p. 176 2015 grand totals) – which includes all of the governing body, all bethelites, every jw missionary, every circuit overseer, and all special pioneers – are worse than people without* faith!

  because they have all signed a vow of poverty which renders them as parasites, living off other people's earnings.

  where in the bible is that a “principle”?

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  I personally knew of pioneers who received dole money from the govt because they were out of work , they never looked for work ,they were pioneers slaving for the Watchtower society.

  They applied for jobs they knew they could never get and were not qualified for just to meet the govt.s requirements for being eligible to get the dole money.

  Their reasoning ? It`s Satan`s system of things so we are justified in taking advantage of it .

  Of course they were parasites of the community they lived in. Sponging off of the government.

  I even believed that back then ,when I was a firm believer in the nonsense .
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  Have you Witnessed a Change in People's Life-Style / Behaviour where you Live?

  by smiddy3 in

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  i certainly have , over the normal week i go to one of two clubs where i have two beers over a couple of hours ( i pace myself ) and catch up with a few friends .

  one of the clubs every hour goes around to disinfect everywhere people make contact with pokies /machines or whatever we might touch.and they also now have limits as to how many can be in a certain area at any one time.and that applies to both clubs ,except one does not disinfect every hour.. today, their were far fewer people in this particular club that i attended that is usually bustling with patrons on a saturday either drinking gambling and socializing .not today.

  and a strict rule of how many could be in a certain area at any one time .. and i agree with all of this , its necessary .and i will be monitoring my own activities as need be.. what have you noticed in your neck of the woods.?

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  Thanks for all of the replies so far ,it seems like its pretty comparable wherever we are in the world ,we are all in the same boat .And most people are abiding by the rules and taking notice of the advice from the appropriate authorities keeping everyone as safe as they can.

  However not everybody abides by the rules as the following discloses

  .Some out of the way country towns have had small busloads of people from the major cities come into town and buy up as much as they can and then depart.

  Of course then the locals who live and work in the town have found the shelves empty and they are left without.

  Now ,the supermarkets and local stores want to see I.D. to verify you are a resident of the town before you can shop their .

  I can`t verify this but rumour has it that some small shopkeepers will not take cash anymore ,all transactions are by card only .For fear that the virus could be transmitted by the coins or paper money

  Has this sort of behaviour happened where you live ?