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  The bitter irony of revolutuions

  by Bill Covert in

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  editorial in local paper by victor davis hansen , a classicist and historian at the hoover institution stanford university.. this is something i think you folks would find interesting.

  unfortunately i am computer challenged due to the effectiveness of church shunning policies cutting off access to kids and grandkids educating me.

  so if some one would be able to pull up and post the editorial, i think it would be of interest.

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  BluesBrother

  As The Who used to sing

  "Meet the new boss

  Same as the old boss"

  (Won't Get Fooled Again)
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  The Cry of Peace And Security

  by jwfacts in

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  2. beliefs

  a bit late in coming, but i have a new article on the cry of peace and security at https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/peace-and-security.php.

  this was prompted by trump using the term peace and security a few times in 2017 and 2018, and the excitement this generated amongst jehovah's witnesses.

  i would love to see other quotes you like on this topic, or texts and experiences..

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  BluesBrother

  The belief in the cry of Peace and Security as the precursor to Armageddon is still very large in Witness minds . I hear it whenever world events favour the idea......less when things go back to normal.
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  Beards in the WT: Africa too

  by neat blue dog in

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  as many know, african languages have for decades been given their own alternate cover with black people.

  their cover for the 2020 wt#3 also includes a bearded man.

  this can not be a coincidence.

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  BluesBrother

  I have always known that the illustrations are localised in African languages ....it is no secret.

  Without knowing the context of the illustration, are we sure this is a picture of a JW family,? The wife and daughter are wearing hijabs
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  new situation in world helpful to org?

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sometimes new situations can provide cover for one’s mistakes or intentions.

  for example, suppose that i crack the windshield in my dad’s car one night.

  i go home, park the car in its usual spot in the yard, and go to bed without telling my dad because i’m scared and i’m trying to think of a way out of the situation.

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  So they sell off K/Halls soon, while property prices are deflated and have money in tne bank which is being deflated ?

  Meanwhile they haemorrhage members and gain no new ones since their is no congregation community to keep them together and no preaching work to reach out to people.

  No , the G/Body may not be bright but they are not that stupid....
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  What did Russell and the Bible students say about racism?

  by Fadeaway1962 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  featured on jworg , what does the bible say about racism?

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  and a video , johny and gideon: once enemies, now brothers , two men from south africa.. what did russell and rutherford have to say about racism in the congregations ?.

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  Whatever the Watchtower said in the nineteenth century about race , it reflected the prevailing viewpoint of its time. I am not aware that it advocated segregation but in areas where that was necessary to avoid a backlash, it went along with it .

  In South Africa in my memory their view was that the preaching work was all important and not to be sidetracked by local inequalities. They did a work-around and had black and white congregations.

  I am not saying that was good or bad, but that ipwas their judgement and they mixed as soon as the law allowed
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  Gorby has to admit

  by Gorbatchov in

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  2. friends

  for the first time in my life, i have to admit that the world is rapidly deteriorating.

  first i saw a decline in democracy worldwide.

  elections were a tough battle every time, unfair too.

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  Yes ,the scene of the world is changeable, unpredictable,not always what we want ....but was it not ever thus?

  This may be remembered as a “Summer of discontent “ and like no other most of us have experienced.. but is it harder to handle than say, 1940 or any year in WW2 ?

  Times have been worse in times past . Have a beer and cheer up!
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  Saving Money While Stuck At Home

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so you're stuck at home, you may be worried about your income, welcome to the world of filling your stuck-in-the-house time with saving some money!.

  here in canada, our energy costs are going up because we have a carbon tax.

  today, in the middle of the crisis, trudeau is raising it by 50%, probably as some perverse "thank you" to all the truckers delivering vital goods.

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  We are saving money alright, no opportunities to go out and spend it in coffee houses and the events we would have gone to if it were not for the virus. It is a quiet, boring summer,but a cheap one.
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  The National Anthem

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recent controversies in america brought this to mind , although i don’t want this to become a political thread , rather to discuss the wts rules that stop a jw showing respect for the national anthem.. the watchtower says that doing so is an act of idolatry, giving worship to the state or its icon.

  as such witnesses remain seated when the anthem is played.

  in britain people simply stand quietly to show respect, there is no hand gesture.. when i was a boy, every cinema show and theatre concluded with the anthem,being played .usually it was orchestrally with no words sung.

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  My reasoning was similar to the post above by 'Desirous of Change' , I went to a football International and saw the crowd standing for both anthems. That showed me it was a simple respect, not submission or worship.

  After all 1 Peter 2,17 says " Have honour for the king" . To deliberately sit down as dubs do is disrespectful.
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  The National Anthem

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recent controversies in america brought this to mind , although i don’t want this to become a political thread , rather to discuss the wts rules that stop a jw showing respect for the national anthem.. the watchtower says that doing so is an act of idolatry, giving worship to the state or its icon.

  as such witnesses remain seated when the anthem is played.

  in britain people simply stand quietly to show respect, there is no hand gesture.. when i was a boy, every cinema show and theatre concluded with the anthem,being played .usually it was orchestrally with no words sung.

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  BluesBrother

  Recent controversies in America brought this to mind , although I don’t want this to become a political thread , rather to discuss the WTS rules that stop a JW showing respect for the National Anthem.

  The Watchtower says that doing so is an act of idolatry, giving worship to the State or its icon. As such Witnesses remain seated when the anthem is played. In Britain people simply stand quietly to show respect, there is no hand gesture.

  When I was a boy, every cinema show and theatre concluded with the anthem,being played .Usually it was orchestrally with no words sung. Therefore every time we went out we had to skidaddle out quickly or we would be caught in a difficult situation. The alternative was to brave it and sit tight feeling the eyes of everyone glaring at you.....

  What about you? Have you suffered difficulties as a dub due to this issue. Is it the same in other countries?
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  How many of you would actually believe a child abuser would let his crime be watched by minimum two witnesses?

  by Thinkforyourself in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  in many closed religious cults, sects or globally widely spread religions, sexual abuse on big scale is revealed and covered up by the religious authorities.

  in the jw, the culture is to deal with these matters within the org itself, and the rule is, "no crime can be proven without the presentation of at least two witnesses".

  men made the rules, men commit these crimes and men defend them and even forse these children to meet and talk to their abusers.

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  Of course not. Nb. I have never seen a claim that abusers won’t lie.

  you need one witness if the victim speaks up . Unless the abuser is so careless to be overheard by a sibling, it is not going to happen.