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  2020-Articles Of Association--Bylaws--Notice Of Special Meeting! (as of 2020-11-25)

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2020--articles of association and bylaws--3 pages.. .

  2020--notice of special meeting in december--8 pages.

  if you are a jw read carefully before you sign.. .

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  I would gladly share a cup of coffee over these files in the breakroom. Thank you for what you do.
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  Letter read cong is now an association

  by Yomama in

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  what does that mean?.

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  It means the cult is looking for loopholes to protect assets. It's always about protecting their ass-ets. Weaseling out of some sort of responsibility I'm sure.
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  Do You Ever Wonder Where Are They Now?

  by minimus in

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  i remember so many witnesses who were pretty liberal minded.

  i knew some that were the ones someone would talk to to get a “balanced “ perspective.

  they were not hardliners.

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  Many liberal JWs stay because they've made the cult what they want it to be rather than what it is. It helps them get by and they feel no reason to leave.
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  Politics and Hope

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so there are a lot of atheists on here.

  my question: where does your hope come from?

  that the right people will be put in political positions and will eventually form a utopian society that will meet all needs and we will have equality for all?.

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  I'm an atheist and unsure of why I need any sort of hope. Isn't the need for hope a religious value based on a fundamental brokenness and debt to a sky daddy? I see the entire premise of this thread to be lacking. I dont have need for some overreaching hope. I'm happy and living a good life. Many are. Those that aren't can look inward or toward a governmental shift if they truly live somewhere awful. There's a lot of false hope and comfort given by religion.
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  Election Day Violence?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you think there will be violence on election day tomorrow?

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  I think the media and certain people hope there is. All I hear is fear of the conservatives (white people with guns) while the reality of the violence this year has been all from the other side of the aisle. The news media is stirring the pot and just waiting to live steam all of it.

  I think something will happen, there are idiots out there being whipped up, but I don't think it will be a widespread chaos. Like said above, in the end most of it seems to be about stealing and getting free stuff than about anything substantive, at least from those participating thus far.

  I just hope whoever wins does so by a large margin without much question.
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  If a JW becomes inactive is he then labeled as an apostate?

  by Pallbearer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have heard a rumor that if a jw becomes inactive he or she is considered to be an apostate.

  is this true?

  has anyone here on this forum had such an experience?

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  No. Inactive are not considered apostates. Apostates are one that have left the JW faith, not simply the activity. I and many others were inactive for years and not considered apostates.
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  Everyone Around Trump Is Getting The Virus Including Joint Chief if Staff ...what’s going on???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is this just a coincidence?

  is trump a “super spreader”?

  is this a republican payback?

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  It's a highly contagious virus. What's to understand?
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  Do you think Social Media has been Bad or Good for a peaceful Society.

  by pistolpete in

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  2. current

  it does not matter if your political ideology leans to the far left, to the far right, or somewhere in the middle, we are all humans, and as humans, we are not immune to bias.. freeness of speech in the united states gives about 350 million citizens, plus an un-measurable amount of global citizens to say whatever they want and spread any ideology they want on social media, to sway their audiences to their line of thought.. social media is a very powerful platform.

  for example facebook has about 2.23 billion monthly active users .

  youtube has about 1.9 billion maus.

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  Life isn't binary and neither is social media. It's both good and bad, like most things.
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  The Fugitive, with David Janssen on Youtube

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  hey oldsters, remember the tv series from the sixties?

  david janssen was born to play that part.

  i was 7 when it first aired.

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  I'm not an "oldster", at least not old enough to have been watching in the 60's, but I watched reruns when I was a kid in the 80's, maybe in the early 90s as I went into high school years. I just caught it in whatever order I found it and whatever times I got to watch it but I remember it being a good show. I liked the movie too when it came out. Honestly I just remember the overarching story at this point, the one armed man, etc. Looks like quite a commitment to watch all of that but that's a good find.
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  2020-New-October-Elders-Manual-Addendum-and-S-147-Announcements! (as of 2020-10-02)

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  new--2020-october--shepherd the flock of god--elder manual.

  new--2020-october--addendum to elder manual.

  2020--october-s-147-e--announcements and reminders.

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  I was just looking for these. Please send to my PM, and thank you very much. I can't have coffee but I'll share a water, maybe an apple juice with you. :)