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  Weekly Meeting Importance Being Reduced - Your Thoughts?

  by JWTom in

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  i am pimo, but now have 40+ years of being a jw as i was raised in a 3rd generation family of witnesses and continue to fake my way through things - fading as i can.. for the vast majority of my time as a jw, the meetings were the central focus for all jws to get teaching, association, information and so on.

  nothing was more important than being at the meetings!

  over the last 20 years starting with the elimination of the weekly book study in homes and continuing down to today - my opinion is that the value/purpose of the weekly meetings continues to be diluted or minimized.

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  stan livedeath

  if there are no more meetings--what will the society do with all those lovely kingdom halls ?
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  Dis/UNITED Kingdom?

  by BoogerMan in

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  england, wales, scotland & n.i.

  are independently making or changing the covid 19 lockdown laws/rules to suit themselves... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52600708.

  garden centres are opening in wales on monday, in england on wednesday, but by the looks of things, are far too dangerous to open them anytime soon in scotland or n.i.

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  stan livedeath

  there is no easy or quick fix to the problem. care of the elderly is expensive, and no one really wants to foot the bill.

  these deaths of people WITH COVID SYMPTOMS are mostly the elderly, and who is to say they would die naturally within a few weeks or months anyway? but--you can never tell. My (JW ) father went into a care home in jan 2013, after several weeks in hospital.When he was discharged--he was sent away with a "purple form", which really means do not resucitate if he had a life threatening episode. The care home manager said he didnt have long to go--weeks..maybe months. But--he regained strength--and lived till jan 2016. he was 94.
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  Another heart-worming story

  by StephaneLaliberte in

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  2. experiences

  today, i got an email from an old friend with a story told by brother andre ramseyer who attended training at patterson in england.

  a service dog regularly attended the meetings with his owner.

  when the owner passed away, the dog was given to another blind man.

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  stan livedeath

  heart worming ?

  maybe you mean dog worming ?
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  Dis/UNITED Kingdom?

  by BoogerMan in

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  england, wales, scotland & n.i.

  are independently making or changing the covid 19 lockdown laws/rules to suit themselves... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52600708.

  garden centres are opening in wales on monday, in england on wednesday, but by the looks of things, are far too dangerous to open them anytime soon in scotland or n.i.

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  stan livedeath

  just heard a bbc news report saying the low paid are more likely to die than the higher earners.

  the solution to that problem is easy--

  pay them more !
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  Trying to get my head around these go bags

  by phoenixrising in

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  2. beliefs

  when i was looking at prepping back in the 90s i was told by several elders that we needed to just rely on the org and jehovah and not prep.

  i started to put away vacuum sealed bags of rice beans and spices anyway.

  now they have this go bag crap.

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  stan livedeath

  wouldnt it be fun of the congregation told each of its members just to pack one kind of item...to avoid too much duplication. such as one packs tins of baked beans another packs candles, someone else packs light bulbs.. get the idea ?
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  Dis/UNITED Kingdom?

  by BoogerMan in

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  england, wales, scotland & n.i.

  are independently making or changing the covid 19 lockdown laws/rules to suit themselves... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52600708.

  garden centres are opening in wales on monday, in england on wednesday, but by the looks of things, are far too dangerous to open them anytime soon in scotland or n.i.

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  stan livedeath

  there is a home here not far from me--on the isle of wight, where some staff were camping out in tents in the garden of the care home. i did say to my wife--weeks ago--she might well have to end up living in for a while.
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  Dis/UNITED Kingdom?

  by BoogerMan in

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  england, wales, scotland & n.i.

  are independently making or changing the covid 19 lockdown laws/rules to suit themselves... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52600708.

  garden centres are opening in wales on monday, in england on wednesday, but by the looks of things, are far too dangerous to open them anytime soon in scotland or n.i.

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  stan livedeath

  there are 2 categories of care home resident in the UK:

  1: self funding. these pay the care fees themselves, care home owners like these...they can charge whatever they like---typically five to seven hundred pounds a week. the money may come from savings, pensions, help from family, but it often involves the sale of the clients own home. the care home owner hopes they live to a ripe old age, whereas family members cast a nervous eye on the rapidly dwindling inheritance.

  2: funded by the local authority. the fees are paid by the local authority: in other words--the taxpayer. the local authority has set amounts they will pay, depending on the level of care required. the fees are nowhere near enough, and contributions are expected from the client, or their family. often, the clients home has to be sold--to repay the local authority. or a charge imposed on the deeds if there is a surviving family member still living there. from my experience care standards are somewhat less, but it would be improper to suggest the taxpayers hope the client doesnt drag it out too long.
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  Jehovah? Oh dear.

  by Giordano in

  1. watchtower
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  some recent new friends on this forum like friend kosonen are fixated with god's name being jehovah...unfortunately they are wrong:.

  a quick bit of history:.

  "about the 13th century the term “jehovah” appeared when christian scholars took the consonants of “yahweh” and pronounced it with the vowels of “adonai.” this resulted in the sound “yahowah,” which has a latinized spelling of “jehovah.” the first recorded use of this spelling was made by a spanish dominican monk, raymundus martini, in 1270.. interestingly, this fact is admitted in much jehovah’s witness literature, such as their aid to bible understanding (p. 885).

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  stan livedeath

  i like the use of name and title--to serve as a kind of reminder..

  jehovah:god

  jesus:christ

  satan:devil

  rutherford:judge

  morris:turd.
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  Jehovah? Oh dear.

  by Giordano in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some recent new friends on this forum like friend kosonen are fixated with god's name being jehovah...unfortunately they are wrong:.

  a quick bit of history:.

  "about the 13th century the term “jehovah” appeared when christian scholars took the consonants of “yahweh” and pronounced it with the vowels of “adonai.” this resulted in the sound “yahowah,” which has a latinized spelling of “jehovah.” the first recorded use of this spelling was made by a spanish dominican monk, raymundus martini, in 1270.. interestingly, this fact is admitted in much jehovah’s witness literature, such as their aid to bible understanding (p. 885).

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  stan livedeath

  the hebrew language was written " backwards'--i.e from right to left.

  so YHWH should really be HWHY, which looks like HUWEE

  Hughie--sounds better to me..sort of American....
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  Dis/UNITED Kingdom?

  by BoogerMan in

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  england, wales, scotland & n.i.

  are independently making or changing the covid 19 lockdown laws/rules to suit themselves... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52600708.

  garden centres are opening in wales on monday, in england on wednesday, but by the looks of things, are far too dangerous to open them anytime soon in scotland or n.i.

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  stan livedeath

  my wife is the registered manager of a care home in the UK ( 20 residents ) its a nice easy job--except for the staff, many of which are worse than useless.

  yesterday, the night shift senior phone my wife at home to say she wouldnt be able to work last night--because she had a headache! a lot of phone calls to find a stand in --as usual--produced nothing. so my wife did the wakeful night herself--again.

  but here comes the farce. the night junior called her--offering the services of her sister as a stand in---untrained--no experience--cash in hand as she was on the 80% furlough.

  last weekend--a mighty row blew up in the home--the day senior found out the cleaner / junior night carer was doing hairdressing at home for paying customers--because SHE NEEDED THE MONEY. just how do you educate pork like these about personal safety and the spread of viral diseases ?. need less to say my wife ended up doing the night last weekend too.

  as UK care homes are in lock down--no visitors allowed, how do you think the virus gets in ? all care staff must be tested NOW.