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  Sunday January 15 is my 76th birthday. I answer some of your questions.

  by Terry in

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  happy birthday 2 me!!.

  sunday is my 76th birthday and i know that you want to know how it "feels" to have outlived my usefulness, to have lost my natural beauty (being reduced to wrinkles and flab), and constantly walking into a room not knowing why i'm there.

  you also are curious as to how i can continue to find a reason to live since none of my kids think my opinions have any possible value, most of my facebooks friends i wouldn't recognize if i tripped over them on my way into starbucks, and my monthly expenditure on bird treats exceeds u.s. spending on the military.

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  carla

  Wishing you a very happy birthday Terry!
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  It’s started COBE asking all appointed men if they are fully vaccinated

  by Indoubtbigtime in

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  there is a huge problem now in all congregations as the gb stubbornly will not do the u turn on staying fully vaccinated that many hoped they would do.. all congregations around the world the cobe has to ask all ministerial servants and elders if they are fully vaccinated (meaning no more than six months since last shot).

  there is a massive problem now with many many jdubs not getting their latest boosters and not wanting to stay fully vaccinated .

  but more serious than that is how the gb painted themselves into a corner with these vaccine mandates.. most governments did a u turn on the vax mandates but the gb can’t get out of this one so easily .

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  carla

  Blondie, I think they have to show evidence of vax but maybe it is by cong or whoever is in charge of such things? then they can say someone just took it too far and it wasn't due to the gb blah, blah, blah....
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  Serena Williams allegedly baptized this weekend

  by neat blue dog in

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  not sure if this is fake news or not..

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  carla

  Will she change her clothing choices now? I once sent a pic of her to a jw and they accused me of sending them porn! it was a shot of her in a see-through dress.
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  Is The Religion Of Jehovah's Witnesses Biblical?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  the answer is a definite no!.

  because every doctrine that is unique to jehovah's witnesses is not in the bible.

  the unique doctrines of jehovah’s witnesses are the ones that only jehovah’s witnesses teach.

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  carla

  Disillusioned, there is a difference between unity and unanimity. The early church was a lively place with much debate, one thought it was bad to eat meat and the other thought it was fine, to each his own for one example. The body of Christ has many parts and different functions to each.
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  Is The Religion Of Jehovah's Witnesses Biblical?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  the answer is a definite no!.

  because every doctrine that is unique to jehovah's witnesses is not in the bible.

  the unique doctrines of jehovah’s witnesses are the ones that only jehovah’s witnesses teach.

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  carla

  Has anyone ever become a jw by reading just the Bible? (and I don't mean their 'version' of the Bible)
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  Museum Pic

  by peacefulpete in

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  a lot of ink has been spilled on the topic of the cross.

  the wt felt it had uncovered some deep conspiracy when they found a number of words were used to describe how jesus was understood to have been killed.

  there was an extensive thread many years ago that in short strongly supports the conclusion that at least some nt writers envisioned a cross, while others had a tree in mind.

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  carla

  Medical evidence

  The Romans choice of using a cross over a stake was apparently due to the cross being able to extend the time it takes a person to die. By staying alive for hours or days the crucified person served as a warning example to others. The site centuryone.org/crucifixion2.html (February 15 2006) looks at some of these issues. Quoting research contained at F.T. Zugibe, 1984 Death by Crucifixion, Canadian Society of Forensic Science 17(1):1-13.6 it shows that on a cross, rather than a rapid death from asphyxiation death it can take hours or days to die from hypovolemic shock. On the other hand, death on a stake is rapid. Summarising research by P. Barbet 1953 Les Cinq Plaies du Christ 2nd ed. Paris: Procure du Carmel de l' Action de Graces;

  "Eye Witness accounts by prisoners of war in Dacchu during WWII reported that victims suspended from beams by their wrist, which were tied, expired within ten minutes if their feet were weighted or tied down and within one hour if their feet were unweighted and the victim was able to raise and lower himself to permit respiration. Death in this manner, which is one form of crucifixion, was the result of suffocation."

  The length of time Jesus and the other two survived after impalement shows they were likely supported on a cross by a sedile.

  https://jwfacts.com/watchtower/cross-or-stake.php
  
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  How Many of Jehovah’s Witnesses Are There Worldwide? FAQ Are You A Jehovah's Witness in REALITY

  by Longlivetherenegades in

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  from the faq as captured on the website with this question (how many jehovah's witnesses are there worldwide?

  ) led to this question of mine who do the organization sees as a jehovah's witness?

  the organization answers: .

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  carla

  I once asked a jw if I could get baptized just so I could then be df'd just so they would leave me alone! they didn't go for it.
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  Report a corruption in a Kingdom Hall

  by VictorGoh in

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  2. child-abuse

  how can i report a corruption in a kingdom hall?

  can i escalate this to the jw headquarter?

  any suggestions are appreciated..

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  carla

  As a ubm I wrote letters to NY and the issues did make their way back to local elders. Write as a non jw who heard about whatever is going on? Ask if this how all jw's behave blah, blah, blah.......
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  What hymns will you never hear sung in Kingdom Halls of Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  for sure you will never hear the national anthem of heaven below.

  do you know others?.

  https://youtu.be/gkovqfcdegu.

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  carla

  Biahi, what?!! oh my goodness that is terrible. jw's don't have any sort of program for children so they don't get to see the kids on stage singing right?
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  What hymns will you never hear sung in Kingdom Halls of Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  for sure you will never hear the national anthem of heaven below.

  do you know others?.

  https://youtu.be/gkovqfcdegu.

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  carla

  Children's hymn- Jesus Loves Me

  Jesus loves me! This I know,
  For the Bible tells me so;
  Little ones to Him belong,
  They are weak but He is strong.
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  The Bible tells me so.
  
  Jesus loves me! He who died,
  Heaven's gate to open wide;
  He will wash away my sin,
  Let His little child come in.
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  
  The Bible tells me so.
  
  Jesus loves me! loves me still,
  When I'm very weak and ill;
  From His shining throne on high,
  Comes to watch me where I lie.
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  The Bible tells me so.
  
  Jesus loves me! He will stay,
  Close beside me all the way;
  He's prepared a home for me,
  And some day His face I'll see.
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  The Bible tells me so