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  The end is so close now....

  by punkofnice in

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  aren't they tiring out from saying this now?.

  a jobo pimi-lite i know has a terminal illness (no names, no pack drill), was told, 'hold on, the end is so close.

  the pimi-lite said they will need to hold on to their 'go bags(tm), then!.

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  In 1960 i was told that this system of things wouldn`t / couldnt last much longer that 5 years at the most ,32 years later I left .

  I look back and shake my head ,what fool am I .
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  Another silly Bible story....Joshua and the killing hailstones

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  ◄ joshua 10:11 ►.

  and it came to pass, as they fled from before israel, and were in the going down to bethhoron, that the lord cast down great stones from heaven on them to azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of israel slew with the sword.. .

  looks like the amorites came to the battle only wearing helmets.

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  And why did he ask the sun to stand still ? wasnt he aware that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa ? And spins on its Axis ?

  If jehovah had listened to Joshua to give the appearnce of the Sun standing still and actually stopped the earth rotating on its Axis ?

  Armageddon would be like a picnic in the park .
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  Special meeting next month (February 2020)

  by Jofi_Wofo in

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  2. friends

  it was announced today that we will have a special weekend meeting next month.

  it will be 3 hours long and will include some streamed content.. no explanation was given as to what the meeting will be about, only that it will be exciting and we will not want to miss it..

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  Welcome xena73 on this forum you will learn everything about Jehovah`s Witnesses that you would never hear at a Kingdom hall based on facts and not on maybe`s ,evidently`s ,probably`s ,reasonably`s ,etc.etc. without any " truth " to back them up.
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  Fundraiser: Pancreatic cancer : Raffle Man Utd shirt signed by team

  by Diogenesister in

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  you might have noticed some of my comments over the last few months have been a bit down.. you see my wonderful brother, marcus, is terminally ill with pancreatic cancer.

  to make things worse, as if they could be, he was finally blessed with his first child, liliana, 19 months ago and we're all absolutely heartbroken for this little girl.. my sister joined a running club some years back and she's finally got a place to run the london marathon 2020. she's donating money raised by the run to pancreatic cancer uk.

  they're currently researching for a test...its basically why the prognosis for this cancer is so poor, there are few very specific symptoms... until it's too late.. her footie mad boyfriend has got his paws on a signed man utd football shirt which they are raffling.

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  So sorry to hear this about your brother Dio....and thank you for the link,my thoughts are with you .
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  SuperBowl 54: US Sports vs UK Sports

  by Simon in

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  so a few things .... apparently it's superbowl 54, and also the centennial of the sport.

  erm ... i'm not a mathematician, but aren't there 46 superbowls missing?.

  americans claim that uk sport ("soccer", aka real football) is too low scoring.

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  SuperBowl 54: US Sports vs UK Sports,

  You guys don`t know what real football is until you have watched top teams in the AFL competing from down under Australia.
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  Kingdom Hall Trust Letters!

  by Atlantis in

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  just in case you needed these.. 2019-11-08-kingdom hall trust.

  https://docdro.id/gvdxn0c.

  petra!.

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  Dio.... They can add whatever they want to scriptures and the faithful will still blindly follow along with it,

  Deut.4:2.....Rev.:22:18
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  Watch Tower's Popularity

  by dydeonwl in

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  2. bible

  watchtower has been named as world's most published and circulated magazine in us.

  amazing.

  source:.

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  Years ago the Guiness Book of Records had a similar account of the most distributed books in the world and in the top ten were at least 2 JW publications ,one was "The Truth That leads To Everlasting Life " book and I think the other was "From Paradise Lost To Paradise Regained "

  This was many years ago.
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  Another silly Bible story....Joshua and the killing hailstones

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ◄ joshua 10:11 ►.

  and it came to pass, as they fled from before israel, and were in the going down to bethhoron, that the lord cast down great stones from heaven on them to azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of israel slew with the sword.. .

  looks like the amorites came to the battle only wearing helmets.

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  The Bible always seems to give the death of the Israelites as zero when its a war Jehovah blesses .

  Obviously its not though when you consider the death of Bathsheba`s husband .
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  Special meeting next month (February 2020)

  by Jofi_Wofo in

  1. jw
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  it was announced today that we will have a special weekend meeting next month.

  it will be 3 hours long and will include some streamed content.. no explanation was given as to what the meeting will be about, only that it will be exciting and we will not want to miss it..

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  They are masters at dangling the carrot in front of the faithfull to heighten expectations of some new revelation being revealed only to walk away afterward of feeling let down yet again.
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  THE IRISH TIMES: Judge orders blood can be administered to Jehovah’s Witness girl

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. medical

  https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/judge-orders-blood-can-be-administered-to-jehovah-s-witness-girl-1.4157892.

  a teenage girl who urgently requires surgery can, if necessary, be administered blood or blood products against the wishes of herself and her parents, all members of the jehovah’s witness faith, the president of the high court has ordered.. mr justice peter kelly said he was satisfied, notwithstanding the views of the girl and her parents, the orders are necessary for preserving the girl’s life and not to permit them would be “hazardous”.. the orders take immediate effect, he directed.. david leahy bl, for the hse, sought the orders in an ex parte application, one side only represented, on friday afternoon.. a solicitor for the hse told the court he had informed the girl and her parents of the court application and the parents had indicated they were not attending court to oppose it.. the solicitor said the parents were not objecting to surgery but, should a situation arise where the medical team wanted to administer blood or blood products, they could not agree to that and wanted the team to explore all other alternatives.. they had also said they wanted the best for their daughter and would not stand in the way of a court order.. mr justice kelly said court applications for leave to administer blood or blood products against the wishes of members of the jehovah’s witness faith, while not a regular occurrence, are not unusual.. he referred to a number of decisions permitting that to be done in “exceptional” circumstances.. on the medical evidence, including that antibiotic therapy had not reduced the infection and the serous risk of sepsis if surgery is not carried out, he was satisfied she needed the surgery.. read more: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/judge-orders-blood-can-be-administered-to-jehovah-s-witness-girl-1.4157892.

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  More importantly, how did any government in this world ever let a religious movement get away with this type of doctrine religious or otherwise when human lives are at stake .? How ?

  That is what gets my blood pressure up ? How ?

  This religious doctrine of the Jehovah`s Witnesses about saying no to blood transfusions and correct me if I am wrong only came about in the 1940`s or theirabouts.And then they made it a disfellowshipping offence if a JW did accept a blood transfusion which involves a cutting off from all family and friends they ever knew if they were born into the religion that was adopted by their parents. ?

  So in effect they are being blackmailed into staying with the religion otherwise you will lose all contact with family and friends if you leave the religion.

  We will all shun you.and you will be on your own in satans world.Is what they in effect say.

  How is it that no secular Government on this earth has never taken them to task for these cult like activities that has literally cost ex amount of human lives with their no blood policies and their untold number of marriage breakdowns in society ?.Not to mention of their number of suicides that are a result of their doctrines policies affecting young people. ?