Parents became JWs when I was 8 and I disassociated when I was 38.
My wife was born in and disassociated with me at 35.
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New York Times: ‘People Would Be So Receptive Right Now, and We Can’t Knock on Doors.’
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/us/politics/coronavirus-jehovahs-witnesses.html.
the pandemic has put a stop to the activities of one of the nation’s most visible religious groups, jehovah’s witnesses.. read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/us/politics/coronavirus-jehovahs-witnesses.html.
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dubstepped
"People would be so receptive right now" = Translation: People are scared and vulnerable right now so maybe we take advantage of them at their lowest. They are feeling bad so we can sell them our hope and rope the poor bastards in.
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is this real? Wife got an email from here group elder about daily check in's
by goingthruthemotions inso this elder is super brainwashed, as is his wife.
she actually made a comment that she wished antmo 3 was her dad and that he is so cool.
oh my god, i threw up in my mouth.
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dubstepped
Daily calls would indeed be "peculiar" outreach. I like what the girl next door said, they're trying to flatten their own curve. There is NO reason for daily calls by them. None. That's control, not some sort of loving check-in.
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Coronavirus Positive
by snare&racket inhey all,.
i'm day six of isolation, confirmed to have coronavirus.
i have been seeing very sick cv positive patients over the last month in my a&e role (emergency physician) it was inevitable i would contract it.. just wanted to give some symptom and treatment advice, it's anecdotal but may help.. started as sore throat and headache, then croaky voice, then dry cough, then episodic transient fevers, all this over the first few days.
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dubstepped
Take care of yourself and I hope you feel better soon. Also, thank you so much for risking yourself to help others.
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Legal Concerns About "Zoom" Meetings!
by Atlantis inthis whole "zoom" thing has got me wondering whether some of it is legal or not.
if a person has to dress up for a zoom meeting the way the watchtower dictates, doesn't this really go "beyond" cult?.
even the cults who committed mass suicide were able to dress the way they wanted for their meetings.
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dubstepped
If they show up willingly and voluntarily, they can't complain. And everyone's surprise about them dressing up at home is ridiculous. Most probably want their video on to see their friends. They see it as part of respectful worship. I think they're absolutely a cult, as do many others, but that doesn't mean everything they do is culty. The faux outrage seems like a giant reach to me.
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Zoom Can Control My Home Camera? Maybe Some Tech Help Needed.
by RubaDub ineven though i am partially in the it area of business, i don't understand here how people are saying that someone can control a camera through zoom.
so if i am sitting with a shirt and tie, someone on the other end can can control the camera and see that i am naked from the waist down and periodically have an itch?
or quickly move to the side and have a beer?.
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dubstepped
@RubaDub - You don't have to apologize to me, I don't care if you have your camera on or not. I'm just telling you what the options are from someone that uses it most days. Don't want it on? Don't do it. I'm not part of the cult and just shared my experience using it. I wouldn't go to their garbage on video or off it. You do you within the circumstances you live in. Good luck with it. I wouldn't want to play these games either.
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Zoom Can Control My Home Camera? Maybe Some Tech Help Needed.
by RubaDub ineven though i am partially in the it area of business, i don't understand here how people are saying that someone can control a camera through zoom.
so if i am sitting with a shirt and tie, someone on the other end can can control the camera and see that i am naked from the waist down and periodically have an itch?
or quickly move to the side and have a beer?.
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dubstepped
@Simon - My point was from the admin of the group chat, that they can't turn your camera on. I can request someone to do it, but I can't turn it on. The average person isn't going to know how to get around measures to turn it on, so your congregation elder won't either. I don't see the grand conspiracy here that many are intimating.
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Zoom Can Control My Home Camera? Maybe Some Tech Help Needed.
by RubaDub ineven though i am partially in the it area of business, i don't understand here how people are saying that someone can control a camera through zoom.
so if i am sitting with a shirt and tie, someone on the other end can can control the camera and see that i am naked from the waist down and periodically have an itch?
or quickly move to the side and have a beer?.
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dubstepped
Zoom existed long before the JWs used it. Nobody can follow you with your camera. They can't even force you to turn it on. You can have a static image, your name, hell you can even just call in on your phone using the meeting ID and a phone number.
People will be clumsy with it and that can be funny, or just annoying. But you can turn your video off during the meeting, it's only engaged while in a meeting, you can mute your mic, use a static image, create a background, use a green screen and get creative, use many types of devices, etc.
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Happy 20th Birthday to JWD / JWN
by Simon inas 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.
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dubstepped
Happy birthday and thank you for all of the hard work that goes into this. I know that coding and maintaining the site is enough work, moderating can really take it out of you though. This is the place where I first woke up and now I get to help others do the same and I'll never forget that.
Any idea how many members you've had over the years? That would be an interesting number showing how many have been impacted, even if some were just trolls or what have you. It still made an impact.
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2020 Memorial - No Need To Actually Have The Emblems
by pale.emperor inover at jw talk they're saying because they're having to hold the upcoming memorial at home, they dont need to actually have the emblems.
apparently, listening to or watching the talk is the thing that counts.. "do this in rememberence of me" apparently means watching tony morris on your phone give a talk.. this begs the question... "what's the point?
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dubstepped
Lol, shows how dumb and pointless it is, doesn't it. I wonder how they'll work the present doomsday circumstances into the outline. Please let the speaker go off script and show his ignorance.