thankfully my best friend who got this terrible malady is doing well after being in the hospital for more than two months!
i see some people who are still petrified over this virus.
they are still virtual prisoners in their own homes.
i think a lot more people already have it--without knowing. therefore--we will all get it sooner or later: its fatal in those who over-react to it.
Here in the UK the reported death numbers are misleading: of those that have died, have died with the virus in their body..but its not the cause of their death. Mostly its just old age.
i also think its been around a lot longer than since late last year.
does the information about mandatory donations in this post sound accurate to you?.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/i1gews/new_letter_1000_donations_are_mandatory_now/ petra!
i wonder if they really do close down those congs that dont pay enough or dont meet the suggested donation.
i believe a light has to be shown on the elderly, forget blm.
sure, blacks are being mistreated by law enforcement at times, but there are hundreds of millions of people on a daily basis having no regard for the elderly by not wearing masks in the middle of a pandemic.
they believe the elderly have to be casualties for the economy and getting normalcy back.
ok buddha--i'll bite.
basically--youre right.
here in the UK there are--what--100's of 1000's of over 70's in care homes. many are fully funded by the state--even though they own their own homes and have some savings. so--yes they are a drain on the economy.
the upside is the healthcare sector gives employment to at least the same number: a 20 bed care home could easily have more than that number of staff.
so if all those old folks give up the ghost there will be a corresponding rise in unemployment.
for the record--i'm 72, and am married to a much younger woman--who is the manager of a care home. aint i the lucky one.
knorr, franz, henschel et al must be spinning in their graves....https://www.jwstuff.org/.
best life ever ? what about the next life ?
this is the ONLY life.
i promised mom i'd pioneer for a year after graduating hs.. but!
i didn't say where.. i chose a small store front kingdom hall in kane pa, one of the coldest places in nw pennsylvania.
they were impressed with their frosty weather.
the house i was born in--in 1948..didnt have an inside lavatory--or a bath or hot running water. lived there for 9 years. this was in Birmingham UK.
when i drive by the kingdom hall i grew up attending at but, was sold directly to a church, i get angry.
the elders who handled the sale didn't even remove the watchtower shaped bricks on each side of the sign near the street so, now they advertise for a baptist church.
how many times as i grew up i heard things like: you should not do work ( such as clean carpets for a church) you wouldn't want to work at a cigarette making plant or a facility that makes bombs for the military.
UK sales website
jesus must be turning in his grave. just proves what we all know---the watchtower is in it for the money.
i've never thought about it before, but isn't it some sort of blasphemy and extremism to use a god's name in the official name of your religion?.
g..
i sat in recently with some relatives for the sunday meeting.
the talk was given by a bethel speaker, who at one point quoted john 20:25.
“but he said to them: “unless i see in his hands the print of the nails and stick my finger into the print of the nails and stick my hand into his side, i will never believe it.”.
JC was dying on the cross stake.
he calls out to Peter
"Peter--come unto me"
"yes Lord" replies Peter--and fights his way past the Roman guards to get to Jesus...who gasps:
"Peter..Peter..'
"yes Lord"
"Peter.....i can see your house from up here "
look at the new york post online today and watch the videos of mayhem and destruction to the city with fires all over manhattan.
the police vehicles are being destroyed and torched and the rioting just goes on and on.. i regularly went to nyc sometimes once a month for years.
now, who on earth would want to go to this hellhole??.
in the UK we had all the riots in Lozells Birmingham....but that was 35 years ago.
a young man in somerset in england, under massive pressure from financial and relationship issues lapsed into mental illness.
he was unlucky enough to have as his support system the local congregation of jehovah's witnesses.
one of the symptoms of his illness was the use of tobacco.
it is very difficult--long winded and expensive to " import" a "foreign" spouse into the UK.
i'm in the process--and we are now 4 years in to the 5 years settlement route, which will have cost me about 10,000 pounds overall. there are conditions to meet--including a minimum income or other financial means. like many other Brits--i knew nothing of all this when we first met and started a relationship.
