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  Upcoming Neutrality Talk Oct 26, 2020

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  thanks petra and atlantis for providing the latest announcements from the watchtower.. they are telling congregations to replace the 15 minute local needs talk in the midweek meeting of october 26th with a talk on neutrality.

  i am not sure if this is due to there being a usa election on tues 3rd, november or because of their worldwide preaching campaign targeting government officials.

  it does sound like it is due to the usa election due to comments about propaganda and political promises.

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  That’s how I interpret the scripture

  There's your problem right there

  Or at least that's what the GB would tell you 😉
  
  
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  Worldwide preaching campaign targeting government officials.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anybody know what this message will contain ?

  is it designed to provoke a response that will bring persecution on the religion ?

  or is it just going to be some meaningless weak campaign to get the rank and file all excited about it and achieving nothing.. or is it going to suggest to the government officials that this mob could very well be the next jonestown /wacol incident and we need to act now.

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  millions of dubs will cream themselves over hitting Satan's system hard with a message.

  Lol just like they thought some random talks Rutherford gave were specifically prophecied in the book of Revelation 🤔

  likely screw with the mail in voting

  But the post office needs the money right now, so it's not a total loss, buying all those stamps 😉
  
  

  
  
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  The Spiritual Food Box!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the spiritual food box.. .

  https://www.jw.org/en/library/series/how-your-donations-are-used/a-small-box-that-delivers-spiritual-food/.

  petra!.

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  neat blue dog

  Looks identical to the GL.iNet GL-AR750 mini router. (With the name covered up).

  You're right. Right there in the website you can see the logo clumsily covered with an asymmetrical piece of tape that you can see through 😏

  But no, they invented the thing. Rumor has it that a top Netgear executive was impressed at their work and was given a fiiiine witness.
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  Another suspect JW experience

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the latest jwdotorg experience tells of using video conferencing to hold congregation meetings inside jail for prisoners.

  it says that the prison director himself and his wife have also started attending the zoom meetings and quotes him as saying.

  “these meetings are of great importance for the spiritual and emotional well-being of the prisoners during this period of social isolation.

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  neat blue dog

  The latest JWdotORG experience tells of using video conferencing to hold congregation meetings inside jail for prisoners. It says that the prison director himself and his wife have also started attending the Zoom meetings and quotes him as saying

  “These meetings are of great importance for the spiritual and emotional well-being of the prisoners during this period of social isolation. Also, it’s remarkable how the meetings contribute to creating a peaceful environment among them. Undoubtedly, Bible education helps us to fulfill our objective of transforming prisoners into useful members of society.”

  Unless he's already a JW, using such expressions as "Bible education" seems a little weird. I dunno, maybe I'm a little suspicious but JWs have been known to pad out their experiences to say the least.
  
  
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  When Russell Met Rutherford (A Play)

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the scene openssetting: beth sarim is a ten-bedroom mansion in san diego, california________curtain rises.

  night has come to beth sarim mansion as president joe rutherford (the "judge") sits cleaning his pistol and sipping whisky from a flask on the edge of his silk sheets at bedtime.

  (rutherford heads up the watchtower bible & tract society).. there is a knock at the bedroom door.____________.

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  You're a great writer Terry, thanks again.
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  Have you done anything like this ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  many,many years ago i went into a florist shop and ordered a wreath and a sympathy card to be delivered to my home .the sales lady looked at me and saw that i wasn`t very old and offered her condolences to me .. i apologised to her and said oh no ,nobody`s died ,it`s just that my wife has been going off lately about her turning fourty ,so i thought i would commiserate with her by doing this.. on the other hand when i turned fourty i went out and bought myself a pair of ice skates ..

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  We got a friend of mine a wheelchair
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  Needing to Questions Elders to Help Husband Understand

  by Unlikely-pack-6349 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my husband insist that i talk to the elders.

  it is something i 100% plan on doing for the simple fact of my relationship with him.

  i know some of you may disagree but it seems like the best option for us.. problem/question: .

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  Bottom line: there is no way this ends well. If you ever did bring up Elders letters, it would only be distracted by the fact that you aren't supposed to see them, plus that you only could've seen them from 'apostate' sources and therefore they're probably edited to make the org look bad. If you have to meet with them, and if you have to bring something up, I think Magnum gave the best advice.
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  Poll/ So Who Do You Think Will Win The Presidency?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have always felt trump will win again.

  i just don’t see biden winning.. what’s your prediction?.

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  I don't think it's a toss up anymore like in decades past. The Democrats have gone so far left and have shot themselves in the foot so many times in the last few years that Trump has a serious edge I believe.
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  Study Book

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is the watchtower's current study book?.

  is it what does the bible really teach?.

  is it what can the bible teach us?.

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  Your second guess was right, "What Can the Bible Teach Us?"

  At first it was touted as a simplified alternate version of the What Does the Bible Really Teach, but soon after it was announced as its' replacement.
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  Why you Should wear a mask.

  by Giordano in

  1. social
  2. current

  from health and science in the week august 14, 2020. page 21.

  "scientists know that face masks can prevent infected people from spreading the corona-virus to others.

  now research suggests that masks can also protect uninfected wearers, by reducing the risk they'll get seriously ill from the virus--or even catch it in the first place.. virologists suspect that people wearing face coverings inhale fewer airborne viral particles, making it easier for their immune system to fight and defeat the intruders.. in one seafood plant in oregon where masked were widely used, 90% of all cases were asymptomatic.. likewise, the asymptomatic rate was above 80 percent on a cruise ship where passengers were issued masks.".

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  This is an interesting concept I haven't heard before, namely, that wearing a mask results in asymptomatic contraction followed by immunity. The question though now is:

  Is asymptomatic contraction already likely with or without masks, because correlation isn't causation?