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  Kids Without Rules

  by minimus in

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  i see a lot of kids that rarely get discipline.

  they are allowed to do whatever they want and if someone says something to them they don’t want to hear, they blow them off, ignore them or engage in disrespectful talk.. what’s wrong with today’s parents??

  they are producing a generation of entitled brats!.

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  The trouble today is, with Kids Without Rules is largely because kids are having kids, IMHO .
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  Unpredictable Certainty

  by joey jojo in

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  with this pandemic upon us now in full bloom, its not surprising that religions are trying to entice their flocks back, with ' we told you so' rhetoric.

  the truth is, these events happen every so often and we should expect them.. another term for this unpredictable certainty is a black swan event, that is, a rare event, that has wide ranging, often devastating effects.

  we know bad things will happen, sometimes very bad things but we just don't know what, how or when.

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  We could use theocratic warfare ? "Time and unforeseen occurrences befall us all " , "there`s nothing new under the sun" ?

  JJ ,I couldn`t bare to see a 4 day old post with no replies .LOL
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  Young children and Corona @ jw.org OMG

  by Gorbatchov in

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  exploiding children for jw.org.. remember i was a young child, 40 years ago i wrote an article about the bible, from watchtower and awake sources.. still wish i never did.

  my teacher gave me hell and said no more of this shit.. since then i was scared for being a jw.. now, i read this, shit hit the fan again.. https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/young-witnesses-become-resourceful-evangelizers-during-pandemic/.

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  Not exactly N-G ,the millions of gullible witnesses around the world have a variety of reasons for getting anybody back into the religion.

  Their gullibility lies in the fact they don`t realize that the GB of JW`s is only interested in that the more people "in" the religion the more money is contributed .
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  Coronavirus outbreaks at any Bethels?

  by careful in

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  does anyone know of any covid-19 diagnoses within any bethels/branches/remote translation centers?.

  it would be interesting to see what the gb's policy is when this happens.

  i suppose it's bound to happen sooner or later..

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  Just like he protected his chosen people the Israelite`s / Jews from the time he became their GOD from the scourge of Leprosy ?

  Numb.12:10 ,Le.13:2 , Deu. 24:8 , 2KI.5:3 ,27 ,Lu.5:12.

  So going by past experience Jehovah won`t be protecting anyone at any of the Bethel`s and in the case of Miriam it was god who gave her Leprosy .

  And I laugh at those who say God Jehovah is protecting the GB and others by moving out of New York ?

  Jesus Christ he only moved them less than 55 miles away ? Not to somewhere like Australia which has a pittance of infections compared to America .
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  Why do Jehovah`s Witnesses Shun fellow believers When God and Jesus never shunned even Satan ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  scholars generally agree that it was written between the 7th and 4th centuries bce, with the 6th century bce as the most likely period for various reasons.

  the book of job .. so according to jw`s about 6,000 years ago satan rebelled against jehovah god ,did jehovah disown him there and then shunning him ?.

  apparently not as we can read from the book of job centuries later that satan could still come and go freely before the throne of jehovah in heaven .job 1: 6. and apparently he could still do this for centuries later ,that is coming to and fro before jehovah because according to the jw religion he wasn`t cast out of heaven for another 2,000 years until the 20th century .. now in the case of jesus much of what is said about jehovah and satan also applies to jesus before he came to earth.. but even when he was on earth he didn`t shun satan either in fact he allowed satan to lead him around according to the bible account.luke 4:13 so the devil having concluded all the temptations retired from him until another convenient time .so it wasn`t jesus calling the shots here it was satan .. mark 1: 13 he ,jesus, also shared 40 days in the wilderness with satan letting him tempt him .. so their was no way either jehovah or jesus ever shunned satan the devil according to the bible writings.. and when jesus ascended to heaven after his sacrifice he along with his father jehovah still had association with satan the devil until he was cast out of heaven 2,000 years later ,according to the jw`s..

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  scholars generally agree that it was written between the 7th and 4th centuries BCE, with the 6th century BCE as the most likely period for various reasons. The book of Job .

  So according to JW`s about 6,000 years ago Satan rebelled against Jehovah God ,did Jehovah disown him there and then shunning him ?

  Apparently not as we can read from the book of Job Centuries later that Satan could still come and go freely before the throne of Jehovah in Heaven .Job 1: 6

  And apparently he could still do this for centuries later ,that is coming to and fro before Jehovah because according to the JW religion he wasn`t cast out of heaven for another 2,000 years until the 20th Century .

  Now in the case of Jesus much of what is said about Jehovah and Satan also applies to Jesus before he came to earth.

  But even when he was on earth he didn`t shun Satan either in fact he allowed Satan to lead him around according to the Bible account.Luke 4:13 So the devil having concluded all the temptations retired from him until another convenient time .So it wasn`t Jesus calling the shots here it was Satan .

  Mark 1: 13 He ,Jesus, also shared 40 days in the wilderness with Satan letting him tempt him .

  So their was no way either Jehovah or Jesus ever shunned Satan the devil according to the Bible writings.

  And when Jesus ascended to heaven after his sacrifice he along with his father Jehovah still had association with Satan the devil until he was cast out of heaven 2,000 years later ,according to the JW`s.
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  Does this song sound familiar

  by joe134cd in

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  https://youtu.be/k8l1y9wccee.

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  Not to me .
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  Interesting documentary on oil and renewables.

  by JimmyYoung in

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  i don't like micheal moore at all but he produced this doc and it is exactly what i have been saying about the renewable energy myth for years.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk11vi-7cze&feature=youtu.be.

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  I will have to watch this later when i can spare an hour 40 min ,shouldn`t be too hard with this lockdown .
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  Great. Like the Concentration Camps, it seems Corona Virus is boosting not reducing the Jehovahs' msg?

  by Isambard Crater in

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  their official web site says that national television stations and radio stations in africa were happy to broadcast the memorial and even other talks!!

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  Of course they would say that without providing any verifiable proof of such a claim.

  And the gullible will believe it no doubt trusting in men .Ps.146:3
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  Experience given @ Phillipines Memorial Talk on JW.Org

  by smiddy3 in

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  and i would like as many as possible to view it and comment on it as possible because i cant believe they are still pulling this shit and the rank & file are still lapping it up .?

  in this year of 2020.. i`m sorry i do not have the nouse to make a link or attachment or whatever and hope someone can do so .. i know, i had doubts about looking at it also , its on jw.org ,whats new or something phillipines memorial and an experience was given their about a young pioneer girl that had eyesight problems and how she got her doctor and hundreds more to go on line to watch the special talk .

  and they even went on to say they had 30,000 non jw`s log on to the special talk.?

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  An old time friend from the past sent me this link a week ago trying to encourage me to come back to the religion and asked me what I thought of it ?

  I said I would if she could reply to my 2 questions first fair enough ? So far I haven`t heard back from her and I will let you know if and when I do.

  The 2 questions I asked her was to do with Jehovah`s name and the Christian Greek Scriptures ,especially the KI publication the WT brought out ,the word for word Greek to English that didn`t have an equivalent greek word for Jehovah .

  And the other one was to do with the charge that was given to Christians ,followers of JC to witness about Jesus with over 20 such scriptures and not one saying anything about being a witness for Jehovah anywhere in the NT.

  Over the years she has always still kept in touch, a little bit eccentric and we had a lot to do with her family and mine. And she is not backward in coming forward about having a go at the Elders that she doesn`t agree with .
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  New York Times: ‘People Would Be So Receptive Right Now, and We Can’t Knock on Doors.’

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/us/politics/coronavirus-jehovahs-witnesses.html.

  the pandemic has put a stop to the activities of one of the nation’s most visible religious groups, jehovah’s witnesses.. read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/us/politics/coronavirus-jehovahs-witnesses.html.

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  How much money do these 2 have and where did they get it

  I`ll bet they have a lot of money stashed away somewhere and seeing that none of them work in the real world they must siphon off some of the contribution money ,maybe a tithe ,they could justify that ,how else can they afford designer tailor made suits ,pinky rings and expensive watches that they wear ?

  And no doubt deck their wives out the same way.

  2Thes.3:10-12 ......".they should eat food they themselves earn."