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  Ruin those Ruining th Earth

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it has been mentioned before but since we have been discussing environmental issues on another thread, i thought it might be timely to discuss rev 11:18 which has recently become a popular text for those christians concerned about environmental threats of pollution and climate change.

  is this passage being interpreted correctly?

  did the writer somehow anticipate the modern environmental situation, or did he intend something more in keeping with the bible's general concerns of morality and sin?.

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  neat blue dog

  I think it means morally as well, as Genesis 6 says about the preflood world that it was "ruined".
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  As Seen On TV....Have You Ever Tried Any Of Their Products?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you have , was it worth what you paid?

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  Some people like to be sold to for some reason, the experience gives them confidence it seems. But you pay for that.
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  JW earworms

  by neat blue dog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you ever find yourself starting to hum a jw tune subconsciously?

  several times while driving alone i started singing one of them, and then i get to an offensive lyric which jolts me 'awake', and i say something to myself like 'no!

  if anybody heard they'd think i was a few bricks shy of a load 😆.

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  Not familiar with that one, have a link?
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  As Seen On TV....Have You Ever Tried Any Of Their Products?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you have , was it worth what you paid?

  ?.

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  neat blue dog

  No stick frying pan: now sticks worse than a regular pan

  Mini security camera: glitches and had identical construction to cameras you can get on eBay for 5 bucks

  Facial hair trimmer: breaks after a year, and a no name drug store trimmer outlives it by years
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  JW earworms

  by neat blue dog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you ever find yourself starting to hum a jw tune subconsciously?

  several times while driving alone i started singing one of them, and then i get to an offensive lyric which jolts me 'awake', and i say something to myself like 'no!

  if anybody heard they'd think i was a few bricks shy of a load 😆.

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  Songs are a very easy way to get ideas straight into the subconscious mind.

  Russell agreed:

  “The singing of the truth is a good way to get it into the heads and hearts of God’s people.” - Zion's Watch Tower

  there are some other melodies that I still appreciate for its artistic value

  Likewise. I'm already a fan of orchestral and folk music, and I think that the Kingdom Melodies series (which was virtually all instrumental only) was filled with brilliant compositions that strayed from the straightforward notes in the songbooks.
  
  

  I don’t believe that any of the lyrics produced by the JWs are strong enough to appeal to me even on a purely artistic level.

  Again, agreed. Most lyrics are horrible, just blunt force teaching.
  
  
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  JW earworms

  by neat blue dog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you ever find yourself starting to hum a jw tune subconsciously?

  several times while driving alone i started singing one of them, and then i get to an offensive lyric which jolts me 'awake', and i say something to myself like 'no!

  if anybody heard they'd think i was a few bricks shy of a load 😆.

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  neat blue dog

  Do you ever find yourself starting to hum a JW tune subconsciously? Several times while driving alone I started singing one of them, and then I get to an offensive lyric which jolts me 'awake', and I say something to myself like 'no!' or 'shutup!'. If anybody heard they'd think I was a few bricks shy of a load 😆
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Came to My Neighborhood

  by Juan Viejo2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  for nearly two years i have not seen any jehovah's witnesses going door to door in my neighborhood.

  that was not the case when my wife and i first moved here (north central oregon).

  in fact, our neighborhood was visited at least once every 4 to 5 months - even in the coldest winter months.

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  Yeah, they still call it "pioneering", but instead of 70-120 hours, now it's 30-70.

  And yes, all sorts of fudging takes place. One RP in my Hall counts time going grocery shopping with older JWs under the heading of helping them. And then there's the classic phone call method, where you call a return visit early in the morning when of course they won't answer, then count your time driving and through the service meeting. Then on breaks and lunch, pass out a tract and keep the time going.

  Bottom line: The almost 2 billion hours a year counted in 'service' is a joke, and it's no wonder that the JW's growth rate is just about the average of the general population, i.e. most getting baptized are kids who were raised as JWs, like most other religions.
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  wt and money

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well she went off to the big convention this morning.

  as she left i ventured a bare tiny 'dont give them money' 'they have millions.

  ' she spun back, (we are on pensions.).

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  Have you shown her news articles with real figures in the millions from Court judgments?
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  JW defense fail

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  it's a little long, but if you have a chance, read this court transcript of a sleazy jw lawyer's interaction with a judge and others.

  in the course of defending wt, he uses theocratic warfare non-stop, but the court sees right through him and it's both pathetic and infuriating:.

  https://jwsurvey.org/child-abuse-2/breaking-news-watchtowers-defense-collapses-jehovahs-witnesses-reproved-for-failure-to-report-child-abuse-settlement-with-fessler-reached.

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  But where did I find this transcript? An "apostate" website. Because of information control, no good JW will see things unless they're on mainstream news.
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  JW defense fail

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  it's a little long, but if you have a chance, read this court transcript of a sleazy jw lawyer's interaction with a judge and others.

  in the course of defending wt, he uses theocratic warfare non-stop, but the court sees right through him and it's both pathetic and infuriating:.

  https://jwsurvey.org/child-abuse-2/breaking-news-watchtowers-defense-collapses-jehovahs-witnesses-reproved-for-failure-to-report-child-abuse-settlement-with-fessler-reached.

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  Do these settlement amounts ever "leak" out?

  What I would love is a law that requires non-profits to announce at all public meetings the amounts of any court judgments and also out of court settlements.