Having a high IQ doesn`t equate with having common sense or critical thinking skills.
smiddy3
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What is your IQ? Does it Matter?
by Sea Breeze ini had an aunt that had rheumatic fever as a child and only had an iq the high 70's.
but, absolutely no one was able to bs her on an emotional level.
she had an uncanny ability to see through people's bs.
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What are some of the weird teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses, past and present?
by Vanderhoven7 ini just picked up a few from mark jones as follows:.
i see is that the vast majority of jws don't seem to understand what their religion actually teaches.. the more controversial or embarrassing doctrine - although still official doctrine that has never been rescinded - is just not talked about anymore in the magazines.
there are dinosaurs living on venus.https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2fowhx/dinosaurs_on_venus/.
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smiddy3
Are ex JW`s here aware that 6000 years of human existance on earth ending in 1975 was preceded by an earlier timeframe of 6000 years ending in the late 1800`s ?
Something to do with a calculation error of some prior bible scholar ? or some such thing ?
It is recorded in one of their publications somewhere .
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Coercion at its worst: religious mandated shunning
by Yomama inby patrick haeck any comments on article?.
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smiddy3
I too would like a follow up on this outcome
Religion gets too many "free" out of jail cards for my liking simply because they are a religion.
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Merry Christmas Everyone
by jhine ini don't think that it's too early to start this thread so .
merry christmas everyone.
maybe people could share christmas music or clips to get us all in the mood.
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smiddy3
I am pleased to inform you I have received 2 cards in response to my cards I sent thank you guys. One a week or two ago and the other one arrived today. G.N.,and H.G.
Thank you.
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1988 Devine Justice convention
by Dwnundah ini would like to confirm when (month?
) and where the 1988 devine justice assembly (lang park?
) was held in brisbane, queensland.
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smiddy3
Welcome Dwnundah ,I remember being at many Conventions at Lang Park and I was present at the one where a bomb scare took place.But I can`t remember what year or month it was .I also attended some conventions in Melbourne ,Sydney , Adelaide and Hobart over the years. 1960- 1993
But don`t ask me what names and dates they were .LOL
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Merry Christmas Everyone
by jhine ini don't think that it's too early to start this thread so .
merry christmas everyone.
maybe people could share christmas music or clips to get us all in the mood.
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smiddy3
I sent about 8 Xmas cards to one`s I shared with a couple of years ago when we last did it .This was in early December ,all went to overseas and I`m just wondering because of Covid whether or not they got there or if they are still in transit ?
Otherwise I`m going into deep depression because I haven`t yet had one response from anyone I sent them to and certainly not one card back yet.
My ego has taken a real dive right now.
However for the rest of you guys ,I hope it`s not too late to wish you all a very Happy and prosperous New Year , and i `m sorry I couldn`t send you all a Xmas card.
Take care
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smiddy3
I`m sorry to see you go USTC ,I know your not pro JW and maybe have had enough and need to leave all JW ex as well behind .
I wish you well in the next chapter of your life .
Take care
smiddy3
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Tennis Controversy in Australia
by smiddy3 inapr 20, 2020. novak djokovic sparks a backlash after publicly opposing the covid-19 vaccine.
he says: “personally, i am opposed to vaccination, and i wouldn’t want to be forced by someone to take a vaccine in order to be able to travel.”.
asked by sky news australia anchor danica de giorgio why djokovic was granted the visa in the first place, the home affairs minister said: “they’re entirely separate processes”.. “to gain entry to australia you need both – you actually need the visa, which is determined quite separately, and then you have to meet the entry requirements,” she said.. “i know that people are putting the two issues together, but the visa application process and the granting of a visa is very separate to the additional entry requirements that every traveller needs to meet to be able to enter australia.”.
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smiddy3
The latest i see is that Djokovic has had his Visa cancelled once again ,is this going to be the end of the farce ?
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Door to door again?
by Zeds Dead indo you think the jdubs will start up the door whacking again one day?.
there has to be many inside the org that are dreading having to do that again and as for the general public seeing this, it’s hard to imagine.
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smiddy3
I think D2D is over and they will become a televangelist religion in the near future.
Their already primed to do this with their new video / movie studio.
There will be more variants of Covid taking place sooner or later and we will just have to learn to live with it for a very long time.
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Interesting field service experiences
by asp59 inany one that have a funny or unusual experience from field service?
maeby you visited favela brazil.
the hood in the usa.
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smiddy3
In the 60`s I went on rural territory with a group ,i was relatively new in the "struth" at that time and as we were approaching a farm a voice yelled out to us that the place was under quarantine and not to come any nearer ,I said some stupid thing that it didn`t matter and we just wanted a couple of minutes or so.
He then said if you come any closer I will shoot you . That`s when we turned around.
Many years later in another state i called at a door and before I could say too much my arm was up my back and I was trotted back out to the street.