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  With these 2 long term building projects will it FINALLY wake up some jdub's?

  by nowwhat? in

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  with the ramped up rhetoric the last few years many were totally convinced the end would be here by 2019-20 .

  and instead of making due, the org.

  has burdened the brothers once again to donate and volunteer for the new and improved patterson and video production center to be completed by 2026!

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  sir82

  Didn't they say during the meeting that they expected all their buildings to survive Armageddon, or at least all their Bethel buildings?

  So it shouldn't make a difference to a brain-dead full-on JW believer if they say "it will be finished in 2026" - they'll just think "ah, so it will be finished after Armageddon".

  JWs have not "woken up" despite (literally) centuries of failed prophecy, thousands of cases of sexual abuse, thousands of needless deaths due to the blood prohibition, thousands of families broken up, thousands of JWs committing suicide....why would the mention of "2026" make any difference?
  
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  Annual Mtg Points

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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  matt 28: 19 is the year text.

  new understanding on joel ch 2 who are the locusts?.

  there is a new building addition to warwick in the works.

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  sir82

  That's it?

  What a dud of a meeting.

  Not much imagination or innovation in WT-world these days.
  
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  Trump Urges Ukraine and China To Investigate Joe Biden and His Son

  by minimus in

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  lol, president trump is clearly putting it out that he’s not too scared of impeachment..

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  sir82

  It shall be unlawful for--

  (1)  a foreign national, directly or indirectly, to make--

  (A)  a contribution or donation of money or other thing of value

  Asking the president of a nation to dig up "dirt" on a potential political rival is a "thing of value" for an election.
  
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  Trump Urges Ukraine and China To Investigate Joe Biden and His Son

  by minimus in

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  lol, president trump is clearly putting it out that he’s not too scared of impeachment..

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  It may be a bit shady and unscrupulous of an activity but illegal ?

  Yep

  https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-52-voting-and-elections/52-usc-sect-30121.html

  Elections § 30121. Contributions and donations by foreign nationals

  (a) Prohibition

  It shall be unlawful for--

  (1)  a foreign national, directly or indirectly, to make--

  (A)  a contribution or donation of money or other thing of value, or to make an express or implied promise to make a contribution or donation, in connection with a Federal, State, or local election;

  (B)  a contribution or donation to a committee of a political party;  or

  (C)  an expenditure, independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering communication (within the meaning of section 30104(f)(3) of this title);  or

  (2)  a person to solicit, accept, or receive a contribution or donation described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) from a foreign national.

  (b)  “Foreign national” defined

  As used in this section, the term “foreign national” means--

  (1)  a foreign principal, as such term is defined by section 611(b) of Title 22 , except that the term “foreign national” shall not include any individual who is a citizen of the United States;  or

  (2)  an individual who is not a citizen of the United States or a national of the United States (as defined in section 1101(a)(22) of Title 8 ) and who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence, as defined by section 1101(a)(20) of Title 8 .
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  New KHs Still Being Built!

  by blondie in

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  https://www.thereminder.ca/news/local-news/new-home-under-construction-for-jehovah-s-witnesses-1.23964617.

  flin flon, ca.

  according to statistics supplied by jehovah’s witnesses canada, about 85 jehovah’s witnesses live in flin flon, with around 100 people coming to each of the group’s biweekly meetings.. “we needed a new hall because the congregation has outgrown the old hall,” said congregation elder kelly flodell in a press release..

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  That Mark wasn't even an MS yet and in his late teens partaking of the emblems.

  Always wondered when he started to partake.

  In a sense, you have to admire his tenacity, being such a young kid and enduring all the side-eyes & snickers when he reached for the plate, year after year, but keeping his head down and not doing anything overtly goofy. Lots of self-discipline.

  There was no guarantee he'd grow up to be a GB member - in fact, in the 80's, everyone expected the end "soon" because of the [old light] generation teaching and it had been 70+ years since 1914.

  Don't get me wrong, he's just as delusional as any of the on the GB, but it's kind of impressive that he "stuck to his story" despite undoubtedly intense scrutiny & discouragement at the beginning.

  It's a shame he didn't / couldn't channel that tenacity to do something at least vaguely beneficial instead of following a silly "theocratic career path".
  
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  The Great Tribulation must be at least 3 years away

  by BourneIdentity in

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  2. experiences

  since they’ve announced the dates for the next 3 memorials, no talk about this “may be our last one!”.

  since they’ve announced the patterson construction project will take 3 years to complete.

  let’s also not forget when they designed warwick, they spent money on expensive energy saving technology to save millions in the long run, years and decades in the future.

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  with the Warwick compound serving as the de facto planetary capital.

  That's going to be a pretty miserable place to live without electricity.

  Generators? Someone will have to produce oil, refine it, transport it, etc. Where does the power to do all that come from, with virtually all Armageddon survivors having only a high school education?

  Well, it may be a miserable place to live, but at least the windows will be clean.
  
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  The Great Tribulation must be at least 3 years away

  by BourneIdentity in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since they’ve announced the dates for the next 3 memorials, no talk about this “may be our last one!”.

  since they’ve announced the patterson construction project will take 3 years to complete.

  let’s also not forget when they designed warwick, they spent money on expensive energy saving technology to save millions in the long run, years and decades in the future.

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  It's been "3 years away" for the past 110 years.
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  When is the AGM for this year?

  by no-zombie in

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  i'm sure that the agm is in october but has a date for it been released?.

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  Whenever it is, it will surely be the best one ever!
  
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  KH sale resolution, alternative

  by waton in

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  to the be read from the podium 2 weeks after the initial proposal, command from gb/branch :.

  we the central hall*** congregation resolve, in the forced sale, that the hall at no.

  1 first avenue *** be bought back from wtbt corp inc. and continue to be used by the current members.

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  If the elders & members of the congregation would be that anxious & willing to disobey the "faithful and discreet slave", what would be the point of continuing to attend meetings, whose primary objective is to convince the listeners to mindlessly obey the FDS?

  And if they're not going to attend meetings, why do they need a Kingdom Hall?
  
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  Satan is abyssed for 1000 years and when released, immediately asks...

  by The Fall Guy in

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  ... "has brexit been sorted out yet?

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  sir82

  That is a really good one.