Posts by stan livedeath

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Happy 20th Birthday to JWD / JWN

by Simon in

as sgt pepper sang, "it was 20 years ago today" ... that i made my first post on my first forum.. i obviously didn't put too much thought into what it should say although i must have burned 45 posts testing things and was too lazy to reset the counter before going live (?):.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/46/welcome.

but somehow, it worked and grew and here we all are, 20 years on.

stan livedeath

i cant say this site helped me leave the watchtower--a had started to leave 50 years ago! but i first joined as bigmac 10 years ago. i log in most days, but sometimes i wonder why i do--its as if the cult still has some influence on my life. but then there are members who never have been dubs..go figure that out !

the site definitely convinces me the watchtower cult is just a money making con: that there is no god and the very idea of living forever in a brave new world is just escapist fantasy.

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Rumor of Religion wanting to contact Inactives

by LongHairGal in

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i saw a post on reddit from somebody claiming to be an elder that the jw religion wants to contact all inactives.. some of the responses indicate that some were contacted or had close friends or relatives being asked for their contact information.

some of these people have been out of the jw religion for many years and have moved on.

the ones contacted said the jw informed them about cancelled meetings (as though they would care).

stan livedeath

old bums on new seats--$$$$$ kerching in the box.

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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

by Simon in

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this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

stan livedeath

Simon--all pubs clubs cafes restaurants even gyms closed as of last night. ( UK )

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Have you Witnessed a Change in People's Life-Style / Behaviour where you Live?

by smiddy3 in

i certainly have , over the normal week i go to one of two clubs where i have two beers over a couple of hours ( i pace myself ) and catch up with a few friends .

one of the clubs every hour goes around to disinfect everywhere people make contact with pokies /machines or whatever we might touch.and they also now have limits as to how many can be in a certain area at any one time.and that applies to both clubs ,except one does not disinfect every hour.. today, their were far fewer people in this particular club that i attended that is usually bustling with patrons on a saturday either drinking gambling and socializing .not today.

and a strict rule of how many could be in a certain area at any one time .. and i agree with all of this , its necessary .and i will be monitoring my own activities as need be.. what have you noticed in your neck of the woods.?

stan livedeath

i wore a pair of disposable surgical gloves when i went to tesco this morning--because of that trolley handle. there was plenty of loo rolls--but no fresh or frozen meat, chicken, or fish...and--no bulk packs of cans of lager. but i got most other stuff i needed. just a regular shopping run.

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Have you Witnessed a Change in People's Life-Style / Behaviour where you Live?

by smiddy3 in

i certainly have , over the normal week i go to one of two clubs where i have two beers over a couple of hours ( i pace myself ) and catch up with a few friends .

one of the clubs every hour goes around to disinfect everywhere people make contact with pokies /machines or whatever we might touch.and they also now have limits as to how many can be in a certain area at any one time.and that applies to both clubs ,except one does not disinfect every hour.. today, their were far fewer people in this particular club that i attended that is usually bustling with patrons on a saturday either drinking gambling and socializing .not today.

and a strict rule of how many could be in a certain area at any one time .. and i agree with all of this , its necessary .and i will be monitoring my own activities as need be.. what have you noticed in your neck of the woods.?

stan livedeath

theres got to be more to this than governments are saying. in the UK there are 5,000 known infected and 233 dead--a fraction of the cases and deaths we get from flu each year. yet the government has launched measures that will cost billions yet ruin countless businesses.

whats going on ?

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What SHOULD have woken you up ?

by Phizzy in

for myself, there is an embarrassingly long list of things that really should really have woken me up, fully.

it was a long process for me, as a mind controlled born in, things i simply did not agree with, or knew were downright wrong, that built and built, and, eventually i woke up, after 58 bloody years in !.

but just mainly for fun, what should have woken you up ?.

stan livedeath

i dont think i was ever asleep. i had no choice as a kid. then--from mid teens i went along with it for a few years to please others. then i began to please myself. ( no--not pleasure you dirty minded lot ).

it never occurred to me whether the cult was right--or not. i just wasnt interested.

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Last night's local needs

by Fadeaway1962 in

the memorial each family to have wine and unleavened bread to pass around (isolated bro who's a recovering alcoholic).

limit watching the news regarding the virus look on jw.org and the gb will keep us informed (they know better than medical professionals).

ministry suspended but use any opportunity to speak to people and give them a jw.org card(the virus still active on card).

stan livedeath

are they allowed to neck the wine afterwards ?

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Venting: I absolutly dispise the JW religion with all my heart

by goingthruthemotions in

i absolutly hate the jw religion.

i hate the fact that my wife whom i love with all my heart is so brainwashed by them.

i hate them pos's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stan livedeath

i despise the cult alright---but not the rank and file. they are you and me one day.....

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Can You Believe This Insanity From Lett!

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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can you believe this gibberish coming out of their mouths now; specifically from the clown-horse's own mouth :.

"things unfolding around us are making clear that ...(wait for it).."we are living in the final part of the last days, undoubtedly the final part of the final part of the last days,shortly before the last day of the last days"!!!!!!!!!!!!.

i wonder what next...ummmmm...final part of the final part of the final part of the finalpart...(on a recurring loop), you get the idea!.

stan livedeath

i think he should resign when it all blows over.

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The zoom app

by Fadeaway1962 in

there going to start using the zoom app for the meeting ,got to go a help my aged parents to set it up.. i'm not very good at the technical stuff is there any way of hiding your self on the app or is this a way of them checking to see who's listening to the meetings.. thought fading would have been easier during this virus.. thanks.

stan livedeath

can we all log in to this ? could be an absolute riot!