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  Trump and the MEMO

  by ducatijoe in

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  2. beliefs

  those of us here wasting our time trying to show who trump really is .... it's like trying to reason with all those still in the organization.

  they have found a new person to fill their heads with lies and control they way they think.

  in many ways this ts amazing to me.. i am out of the wbts and free.

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  kairos

  Trump is proving that there is a swamp in DC.
  
  Get ready to lose your minds.
  Justice is coming. The memo is going to be released.

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  You are watching history in the making.
  Wait until the Trump DOJ drops the hammer.
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  "‘Alien’ manuscript from 15th-century decoded using AI"

  by glenster in

  1. social
  2. current

  voynich manuscript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/voynich_manuscript.

  scientists have harnessed the power of artificialintelligence to unlock the secrets of an ancientmanuscript that has baffled experts.. discovered in the 19th century, the voynich manuscriptuses “alien” characters that have long puzzled crypto-graphers and historians.

  now, however, computingscientists at the university of alberta say they aredecoding the mysterious 15th-century text.. computing science professor greg kondrak and graduatestudent bradley hauer applied artificial intelligence tofind ambiguities in the text’s human language.. the first stage of the research was working out themanuscript’s language.

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  kairos

  A favorite topic.

  I hope something amazing is revealed.
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  "To whom do you belong?"

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  prompted by one of our fellow posters- jrjw who started a thread asking how to remove "kingdom melodies" from our head, this song title came to mind!

  (sorry for the earworm everyone😉).

  it got me thinking.

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  kairos

  Kingdom Melodies suck.
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  What was your trigger to waking up ?

  by CovertsadJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  good afternoon , .

  i wanted to ask everyone here , what was your trigger to waking up ?

  i have been waking up for a long time , but in looking back it’s hard for me to look at one event and say “ ah ha “ , i think mine is like a slow leak - like a crack in a damn - and then hold on , because after that it’s just a flood of information.

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  kairos

  I had finally had it with the local hypocrites.
  
  I couldn't take it anymore.
  It was only after leaving that I gave myself permission to research.
  That sealed it.
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  Changing verses in the new RNWT to suit an agenda

  by freddo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it's increasingly obvious to me that part of the reason for the "new" rnwt of 2013 is to increase the authority of the organisation and the gb.

  yes, the old one was becoming dated but they have taken opportunities (liberties?

  ) with translation to increase their control.. an obvious one is micah 6 v 8 where "to cherish loyalty" has replaced "and to love kindness".

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  kairos

  Removing John 8:1-12 keeps down the questioning about men judging each other.
  
  
  
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  Why are the GB and JWs scared of "apostates" and "research"? Romans 8: 35-39

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was just pondering this passage of scripture:.

  romans 8:35-39 (new world translation).

  35 who will separate us from the love of the christ?+ will tribulation or distress or persecution or hunger or nakedness or danger or sword?+ 36 just as it is written: “for your sake we are being put to death all day long; we have been accounted as sheep for slaughtering.”+ 37 on the contrary, in all these things we are coming off completely victorious+ through the one who loved us.

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  kairos

  I read this and came to a conclusion that troubles me deeply.
  
  The JWs are the persecutors. The ones that judge. The ones that follow men ( putting trust in nobles instead of God ). Forgive? no, punishment.
  
  When people at the door would tell us the most unbelievable thing we'd ever heard:
  "Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christian". We'd scoff with full arrogance on display.
  
  *Spoiler Alert*

  They were right...

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  Also Romans chapter 8 contains many warnings about 'fleshly desires', etc.
  Which JWs have a big problem with organizationally for over a hundred years.

  Cuts to the heart
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  The FISA Memo, To Release Or Not To Release

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  was the doj, nsa, and fbi weaponized?

  the biggest scandal of this era, or a false alarm by the gop?

  i am skeptical what will come of it, however, some very strong reactions and words are coming from its existence and those who read it, also the fight to keep it secret is telling (reminds me of any cult trying to prevent people from reading damaging information).

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  kairos

  I still wonder: Anyone has an idea what might be in the memo?

  
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  Sure. The previous administration used the various agencies to attempt to fix the election.
  They not only found nothing, now they are getting caught and will be going to prison.

  Sweet, huh?
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  It’s My Anniversary!

  by jp1692 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today is the four year anniversary of the last time i set foot in a kingdom hall.

  it was the day of the kool-aid issue of the wt!

  “at that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.

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  kairos

  I had exited just a few months prior to that article.
  After seeing it, I immediately got a sick feeling that many will die because of JWs.

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  That WT quote is the gift that keeps giving, in that it will continue to wake up doubting JWs that start doing WT research.
  
  There is no reasonable way to interpret those directions from the GB.
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  How much paper has the WT used to print its publications?

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so... i am doing a crazy stat: how many pieces of paper has the wt ever published?.

  i don't have the answer yet, but.... i do have the approximate answer for the awake!

  and the watchtower magazines.... get ready... it's a whopping 1.1 trillion pages!.

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  kairos

  Then add in the paper, envelopes and postage involved in the Russian 'letter writing campaign' that back fired....
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  Are JWs capable of a genuine discussion?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was just pondering whether jws are capable of having a calm, in depth discussion about religious or faith topics?.

  i have just finished listening to a great podcast by "dogma debate" (dan) episode 333. this fantastic, in-depth conversation between a theist and an atheist was a masterful example of how a dignified conversation can take place without it resorting to abruptness or even nastiness.. jws on the other hand seem incapable of having such discussion without ending up in the following ways:.

  1)they get dogmatic and defensive if a differing view is presented.. 2)if the conversation doesn't go their way, they cut it short saying something like "well, we had better agree to disagree" or the like.. so why the arrogance?

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  kairos

  sadly, this describes most conversations with my still-in wife.
  
  < she's going to wait on Jehovah >

  I asked her if that means following whatever the GB tell you to do and believe until you die?
  
  That didn't go over very well.
  Let's chalk that up to a 'what not to do' example...