It's a close horse race between two old white guys in their 70s during a pandemic duking it out for the world's most stressful job. COVID, strokes, dementia, or a heart attack could choose the winner in Nov.
Balaamsass2
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Do You Believe Polls Saying Trump Will Lose To Biden?
by minimus ina new fox poll says biden is up by 12 percentage points.
of course, most other polls say trump will be trounced this time around.. do you think the polls might be right this time?
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Why do Jehovah's Witnesses avoid examining their own religion? An interesting read from Scientific American Magazine.
by Balaamsass2 infor a long time, i thought pimi (physically in, mentally in) jws were unique in their inability to simply type and read the latest "google" news results about "jehovah's witnesses " or "watchtower".
however, it appears it is not uncommon for a large portion of the population purposefully to avoid facts...on purpose!
"why do people avoid facts that could help them?.
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Balaamsass2
For a long time, I thought PIMI (Physically in, Mentally in) JWs were unique in their inability to simply type and read the latest "Google" news results about "Jehovah's Witnesses " or "Watchtower". However, it appears it is not uncommon for a large portion of the population purposefully to avoid facts...on purpose!
"Why Do People Avoid Facts That Could Help Them?
"Several studies suggest that individuals widely prefer to remain ignorant about information that would benefit them when it’s painful—and sometimes when it’s pleasurable"
"Related research points to a similar conclusion: We often prefer to avoid learning information that could cause us pain."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-people-avoid-facts-that-could-help-them/
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Goodbye and thanks for all the fish
by SuperMarioDiMaggio inok folks, it's been almost two weeks and despite logging a fault, i cannot update my profile on here.
yet i need to run off now as i have exciting godless, hedonistic stuff to do 😉; so i'm leaving my details in this message in case any jws from the past (whose brain eventually started working, like mine) wish to get in touch:.
my email: [email protected].
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Balaamsass2
I hope you drop in occasionally to visit and post. (I see you also love to sail and watch the stars.)
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Was Mary Magdalene an apostle?
by neat blue dog inthe new article about mary magdalene says:.
the catholic church calls mary .
“the apostle of the apostles” because she was the first to bring news of jesus’ resurrection to the apostles.
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Balaamsass2
I pay the extra $5 a month on my Amazon Prime to get the History Channel. I watched a fascinating show called "Banned from the Bible" (it is still available). About the Apocrypha and other very common letters and books available prior to the "Official" versions accepted in the third century. Some were written by....drumroll....women. :) (Ever wonder WHY JWs toss all that nasty stuff "false religion" accepted in the 3rd century...but KEEP the books those bad guys wanted in the Bible...???)
Really got me thinking. I highly recommend History Channels':
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In love with disfellowshipped JW
by Amberlou ini started dating a coworker who is a divorced jw.
found out he was disfellowshipped, and he was trying to figure out how to make things work.
i am not a jw, and his family is not supportive of the relationship.
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Balaamsass2
He is already serving the JWs worst punishment. If you guys want to date do it ...now. Read a couple of books on getting out of cults and Ray Franze's book "Crises of conscious". Read the website JW Facts and ask him to explain why they are wrong. You may actually make his life better. Tell him upfront you do not want to join a cult or convert. Plan fun things on Sundays.
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Is it me or is John Cedars channel becoming a self important circle fest
by phoenixrising ini still like the commentary on the jw.org monthly’s, i can skip through some parts.
but it seems like he is pushing too hard to put out videos and the quality is getting very low on the content..
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Balaamsass2
I am glad he got a little $$$, I was getting tired of looking at that old stone basement wall with a few roots poking out. :) I do wish he would cut down on the number of posts and length. The good stuff and funny stuff gets buried.
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Organized Rioting Across America Due To A Black Man’s Death
by minimus incities across america have been pillaged and destroyed these last few days.
a white policeman has been charged with murder of a black man.
protests have been organized across major us cities and horrible riots have occurred.
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Balaamsass2
Well.....getting a tad nervous. Busloads of protesters, many from out of state along with a hodgepodge of semi locals are getting frothy a few blocks away. At least 2,000 +. This was unexpected.
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J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature
by IWant2Leave ini'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.
i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.
my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.
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Balaamsass2
:) Great thread! lol. I remember my JW mom prominently displayed her set of Russels "Studies in the Scriptures" in the living room used for the local book study group for all to see so she could brag about how long she had been a JW. (Next to the 1930s family photo in front of a sound car).
So I just grabbed them one day when I was about 17 and read a ton of bat shit crazy stuff about Egyptian Pyramids foretelling the future. Great illustrations that I showed her over dinner. :) She jumped up like she had seen a ghost and said: "Don't read that old crap! It will knock you out of the truth!!!!! " lol :)
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Organized Rioting Across America Due To A Black Man’s Death
by minimus incities across america have been pillaged and destroyed these last few days.
a white policeman has been charged with murder of a black man.
protests have been organized across major us cities and horrible riots have occurred.
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Balaamsass2
Out of state "protesters" arrived today by busses in our town. Protests are scheduled for tomorrow. Most shops are desperately hanging on since COVID lockdowns. Owners were installing plywood tonight and closing stores in anticipation. We have a very small minority community in our small California town. I hope nothing happens. These same "protestors" (Anarchists") were run out of a small Oregon town a couple of days ago by armed residents performing a counter-protest. The protesters seemed to have exited sheepishly on videos.
Who is paying for the gas and bus rental, food, and lodging? The custom shirts? Bolt cutters and crowbars? Molotov cocktails and spray paint? Pallets of bricks have been dropped in advance at some venues. $$$$ ????
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Aysha King's Mother and the JWs.
by Lost in the fog ini apologise if this has already been posted.
i have been dealing with family issues and haven't been following every post for a couple of weeks.
do you remember about 6 years ago that kid in the uk whose jw parents took him out of a hospital for proton beam treatment for his cancer and ended up as the subject of an interpol police search?
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Balaamsass2
? Is this the British version of the Jerry Springer show? "The Sun"? This couple seem to be in the limelight for 6 years now? Poor kid.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11530647/ashya-king-brain-cancer-mum-spain-split/