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  Hobbies

  by peacefulpete in

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  2. friends

  i think it's been a while since this was asked.

  tell us your hobbies, interests, pastimes, whatever you find enjoyable as a diversion from work and school.

  i am lucky enough to live in a small cabin on a lake, i enjoy rowing my old boat and fishing, i play with car projects, and we travel as much as we can.

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  smiddy3

  I used to play Table tennis at lunch time in a few places where

  I once worked and when I retired I joined a Seniors Citizens group that had a TT group which I became a part of and I also at the same time joined a Keenagers group that had Table Tennis on the agenda.

  And participated in that for a number of years.

  I have now been a member of a Men`s Gym at the local Health Clinic 3 doors away from my home for the past couple of years.

  Not only my body benefits from these exercises but so do my eyes

  If you know what I mean ,wink ,wink,nudge ,nudge ,say no more ?

  let the reader use discernment .
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  Australia 2021 Census: why did JW grow?

  by shepherdless in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi all, some may remember about 5 years ago, i did a few articles on what the australian census of 2016 said about jw and some other religions.

  i have been meaning to add a bit on the 2021 census; the more detailed results have only been available in the last month or so.. an obvious question is why and how did jw numbers increase between 2016 and 2021. it is reasonable to assume the pandemic had a role.

  the data doesn't fully answer that question, but it does show that a lot of over 35 y.o.

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  smiddy3

  Thinking back to when I became a JW in 1960 their were about 60 thousand members in the religion and now there are about 84 thousand did I read that correctly ?
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  ...AN ELEPHANT in my pajamas (an alternative way of seeing the world)

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  an elephant in my pajamas.

  by the age of 2, i began noticing comedy was a verbal violation of logic.. in fact, groucho marx taught me an important way of applying my thinking in terms of logic and humor.

  by the age of 2, i had been taught to develop a bias toward “what was obviously logical” and to omit all else.. that was a social bias.

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  That was a great post Terry ,I had a real laugh at those quotes.

  Drinks are on me .
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  How get out of watchtower?

  by Hellothere in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  how do you get out of watchtower?

  am i supposed to write letter to bethel or local congregation telling them i don't want to be a jw anymore?

  how are the steps.

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  smiddy3

  IMHO if you do send a DA letter to the congregation or to HQ they will dishonestly imply that you hate the people in the congregations that are JW`s as well as the organization.

  So just be aware that maybe the case , otherwise just fade and be non committal whenever anyone asks you why aren`t you going to meetings anymore .
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  God Has Only One Visible Organization on Earth!

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why is it important to some that god only have one visible organization to represent him on earth?

  why is it important to jehovah's witnesses that people recognize their organization as such?

  what makes a witness more moral or righteous or save-worthy if they accept that it is his one and only organization?

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  But what was God's crucial single visible organization from 300 AD to 1800 AD i.e., before Russell came on the scene?

  The Roman Catholic Church of course ,what other organization lasted that long ?
  And is still in existence

  And their are currently about 1.3 Billion members .
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  Russia's War on JWs and other Cults Intensifies.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. social
  2. current

  what this guy publicises many russians will believe is solid truth.. i wouldn't want to be a jw in the former ussr countries these days.. https://bitterwinter.org/russia-sensational-revelations-jehovahs-witnesses-prepare-an-anti-putin-coup/.

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  The once flourishing Soviet republic of Ukraine has been turned into a Nazi hell by the American occupiers. I can say with absolute certainty that the United States is carrying out genocide of the population of Ukraine. They methodically send Ukrainians to their death under the pretext of confrontation with Russia, they shoot and hang, or corrupt Ukrainian children in towns and villages. It is scary to watch when our troops enter the villages, and there are dozens of hanged children”—hanged by “the United States and NATO.”

  https://bitterwinter.org/russia-sensational-revelations-jehovahs-witnesses-prepare-an-anti-putin-coup/

  This guy`s lost any credability if he had any in the first place hasn`t he ?
  
  
  
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  Resolution in Korean assembly in 1971

  by pokertopia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to jehovah's witnesses.

  we express our position on [jehovah's witnesses] under the [watchew tower bible and booklet association] as follows.. .

  1. jehovah's witnesses claimed that jesus christ was brought back in the fall of 1874 rather than 1914 and planned people to come out of the established church, so this organization is regarded as a false prophet.

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  Was that north korea or South Korea ?
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  CSA and the UK Catholic Church.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the comments underneath the article are almost as interesting as the article.. .

  https://mercatornet.com/secrecy-confession-england-wales/81615/.

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  Doesn`t common sense tell you to report child sexual abuse to the appropriate authorities regardless whether it was a mandatory requirement or not ?

  Oh I forgot, common sense and being a JW doesn`t compute !

  I should know I was a JW for 32 years .
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | December 2022

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | december 2022.

  6 jehovah has created us to find enjoyment in our work.

  (eccl.

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  smiddy3

  Sounds like it will be just like society today . Builders ,carpenters ,Plumbers ,sewerage workers, schools ,teachers, factories of all sorts to produce materials ,food ,clothing , transort industry`s etc,etc,etc.

  Not to forget brewery`s
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  Who will Survive Armageddon?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  breaking news....there is hope for good hearted non-jws!!!.

  according to sergio:.

  are jehovah's witnesses the only ones to be saved during the end time?.

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  smiddy3

  The Governing Body / Watchtower speak out of both sides of their mouth .