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PRESIDENTIAL predictions...let the prognosticators have their say!
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
my only prowess in making predictions stems from my 77-years of life in the united statesgrowing up under president truman, eisenhower, kennedy, nixon, .....etc.

etc.i was a widdle kid sitting in front of a tiny black and white tv set when the very first broadcastsof political conventions, deal-making, debates (nixon vs kennedy), assassinations (jfk, rfk, martin luther king, etc.

) i grew up with duck and cover under my elementary schooldesk, the cold war, the iron curtain, the korean war, the vietnam war and i went to federal prisonas a jw conscientious objector while hippies, flower children, political activists protested and universitystudents were fired up on by troops.i grew up reading newspapers (2 of them).
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Biden calls Trump supporters garbage
by moomanchu in
1. social
2. current
a comedian in a comedy sketch at a trunp rally joked that the island of puerto rico is a floating island of garbage.. what to do???

potus pappy joe to the rescue!!

he sounds the alarm, comes out swinging and calls trump supporters, actual people, garbage.. .
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OPEN LETTER TO THE GOVERNING BODY OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
by Raimundo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i wanted to share with you a letter that is circulating in some spanish-speaking congregations.

it is about the covid-19 vaccine and the governing body.

there is an english translation that i got today and i put it in the links.
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Jehovah’s Witness deserved the right to refuse blood transfusion, Europe’s rights court rules
by Bangalore in
1. watchtower
2. medical
jehovah’s witness deserved the right to refuse blood transfusion, europe’s rights court rules'.

https://www.courthousenews.com/jehovahs-witness-deserved-the-right-to-refuse-blood-transfusion-europes-rights-court-rules/.
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Ages of each user here?
by ukpimo in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm interested to know the age demographics here.

it must be significantly different to other exjw forums.

it would be a damning report for watchtower if most of us appear to have left for decades.. you don't have to mention your exact age, you could always say "in my 50s".. i am in my 70s.
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Who told the first lie?
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.
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Q about Jesus' sacrifice
by oncebitten in
1. jw
2. friends
i have several jw family members.

i have been shunned many years now.

i was not baptized, but i was indoctrinated as a child.
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When JW.org drops 607BCE...
by Nathan Natas in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
probably everyone else thought of this long ago, but i, being an "independent thunker" thunk of it just a coupla weeks ago.. we all know that since the year zero (on the fredfranzian calendar) the wtb&ts has defied archaeology and insisted that jerusalem was destroyed in 607 bce, even though the physical evidence shows that 587 bce is a more likely date.

in fact, the book "the gentile times reconsidered: have jehovah's witnesses been wrong all along about 607 bce?

" by carl olof jonsson and rud persson made this conversation public.. it is a difference of 20 years.
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Prediction: I think the Blood Policy is about to change.
by underground in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i’d like to start out by saying this is my opinion.. i believe that the organisation is about to make blood transfusions in any form a conscience matter.. they will still ban the eating of blood.. they will gaslight everyone by talking about how it is so much safer now.

and will say something along the lines of how our stance protected us from the aids crisis etc.. and i believe this change is going to happen before the annual meeting 2024.. i think the annual meeting will announce they are scrapping the midweek meeting and instead we get to watch a streamed talk at home through a revamped website similar to the way netflix works.. obviously take my opinion with a hefty pinch of salt..
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What exactly IS 1914 these days?
by Halcon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it's no longer a year tying to the present (the old pre-1995 generation belief).

realistically, that's the only reason why it mattered.

and if it doesn't really matter what it is anymore, why would jw not do away with it?.