I`d be in favour of banning Russian sponsored sports of every description .However if a Russian competed in a sport for some other nation I wouldn`t have a problem with it .
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Peak Cancel Culture
by Simon inwe seemed to have reached peak cancel-culture.
now, we get to try to cancel the citizens of an entire country for something their government chose to do.. really, we can't allow russian individuals to compete in sports?
to live a life?.
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Where are the Jehovah's Witnesses in Afghanistan?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inreligion in afghanistan.
blue mosque in mazar-i-sharif is the largest mosque in afghanistan.
an estimated 99.7% of the afghan population ( 40,218,234 ) is muslim and most are thought to adhere to the sunni hanafi school.
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smiddy3
It is my belief that by far the majority of JW`s come from the poaching off Christendoms missionaries who have laid the groundwork in western lands. ?
Lands such as those with big Catholic strongholds such as Spain Italy Portugal etc.
Where they did make some inroads in non Christian lands such as Japan ,it was off the back of Christian missionaries who paved the way before them.
The Jehovah`s Witness religion are parasites.
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I received a letter from an unknown JW yesterday.
by smiddy3 inlovely handwriting .it had an e-mail supposedly to the cong.that didn`t work and a p.o.
box for the congregation.?.
he/she wanted to share a positive message to me.quoting rev,21:34.then goes on to say ,"because death mourning and pain don`t exist in heaven these scriptures are referring to future conditions on earth and goes on to quote isa,55:11 ,job,14:14,15 ., and acts.24:15.. then the invitation,if i would like to know more ,to visit the jw.org website .and signed itself sage.. wtf ?.
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lovely handwriting .It had an e-mail supposedly to the cong.that didn`t work and a P.O. Box for the Congregation.?
He/she wanted to share a positive message to me.quoting Rev,21:34.Then goes on to say ,"because death mourning and pain don`t exist in heaven these scriptures are referring to future conditions on earth and goes on to quote Isa,55:11 ,Job,14:14,15 ., and Acts.24:15.
Then the invitation,if I would like to know more ,to visit the JW.org website .and signed itself Sage.
WTF ?
I was going to point out Rev.12 :7 that a war broke out in heaven ,and in wars death suffering and casualties occur just to see what he/she would say to that ?
Oh well ,they don`t/wont put their own e-mails on these letters so you can`t contact them ,obviously they cant witness anymore or they dont have the conviction of their own beliefs.?
I feel like saying that in a reply to the congregation.
Any thoughts ?
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Fearmongering news on JW.ORG : Russia Invades Ukraine
by RULES & REGULATIONS inrussia invades ukraine.
in the early morning hours of february 24, 2022, russia began a military invasion of ukraine, despite the efforts of world leaders to avoid war.
how might this military conflict affect the world?
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smiddy3
What significance do events like this have according to the Bible?
What you have identified their could fit quite a number of fundamentalist religions beliefs R&R not only the Jehovah`s Witnesses as your probably fully aware.
So what I`m pointing out here is that JW`s don`t have an exclusive insight or revelation from GOD/ Jehovah in interpreting world events as fulfillment of Bible prophecy in our day.
Something that probably escapes the average Jehovah`s Witness is that their are many ways to "witness" it doesn`t have to be only or exclusively door to door .
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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smiddy3
I can`t believe so much time and posts have been given to this guy by so many people on this site.?
I`ve only had so much of a cursory look at one or two of his videos and never really got into them .
Am I missing something here ? 79 pages ?
Bloody hell ! I just realized I`ve joined the mob !
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Attendance increasing?
by redvip2000 inthe time is at hand!
quickly run to get shelter is jellohoba's ark.. yup it's here again, a newly minted crisis for the org to capitalize on.
i'm sure jdubs are buzzing with excitement on the prospect of the big a arriving with the russia invasion crisis.
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smiddy3
Yes the Dubs thrive on crises , they never learn ! The whole world has gone from one crises to another since Cain Killed Abel / humans walked the planet.
And they will continue to do so until they wipe us all of the map JW`s included in a Nuclear Holocaust.
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The Watchtower—Study Edition | May 2022
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | may 2022. study article 19. revelation—what it means for you today.
15 satan instigated an attack on the anointed brothers who were taking the lead in the kingdom-preaching work.
prominent ones among them were the figurative “two witnesses” spoken of as being killed.
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smiddy3
And what the IBSA /JW taught and preached back then in the 1920`s is not believed or taught today by the JW`s?
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Why would any Nation Govt. in the world want to attack Jehovah`s Witnesses ? I ask you.? They are an insignificant little religion that doesn`t even preach from House to house anymore
And if you could do a survey and ask householders in any part of the world what Jehovah`s Witnesses preach to them in their H2H ministry when they did D2D ,they wouldn`t have a clue .
All they know about JW`s is that they don`t take blood transfusions and they get me out of bed on a Saturday or Sunday mornings when i`m trying to catch up on sleep for working all week , that`s about it.
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Tall el-Hammam
by Jerryh ini was never a jw so rarely post here, maybe to ask a question sometime.
just by an occasional visit it seems most regulars have found the bible untenable not only in its jw redaction.
i get that so please don't view this as an attempt to debate.
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smiddy3
I`m not going to go through all of those reports just tell us what your point is in a nutshell ? And what is that to do with the Bible ?
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An upcoming Watchtower article saying if people Pioneer Jehovah will provide!
by LongHairGal ini saw the post on reddit and the thread got many responses..can anybody believe the religion is still saying this??
it has to be as plain as day that so many jws are poor and struggling today because they never got a career or decent job years ago.. sadly, there are still witnesses who believe money will fall from heaven if they are in the full-time ministry.
they expect some miracle to occur..but, we all know the truth: people in the congregation will be hit up for yet more money for another bunch of irresponsible people pursuing poverty.
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Very true LHG ,I thank my lucky stars ,figure of speech mind you ,I don`t really in case someone takes me literally ,
I always had a work ethic ,that you need money to survive in this world until God stepped in .Even though I was a die -hard JW I still believed you had to have a good paying job as a back up ? And I was fortunate enough to land one after much pursuing it. I think I applied for the job I finally landed after 3/4 attempts and they gave it to me and said I was a "True Aussie Battler"
I worked there for 28 years .before retiring. And we now own our own home paid outright.
I laugh when I hear about JW`s who say I`m going to live in this house or that house after the big A ,There will be no electricity ,gas ,sewerage ,internet ,etc,etc,unless their are people to man these utilities ?
They think Jehovah is a magician who is going to provide these things ?
The Bible clearly shows Jehovah God has never ever done anything of the sort
Whatever man has ever achieved it`s always been what man has accomplished on his own.
Never anything ever to do with a God