Posts by sir82

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1975 and 1981?

by Steel in

is it true that in 1975 the watchtower falsely predicted the end of the world and a great number of the membership quit and just a few years later they turned disassociation into disfellowshipping?

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Removing Mr. Trump from office.....

by mikeflood in

former fbi deputy director mccabe confirms: there were discussions within the department of justice about invoking 25 th amendment to remove trump from office.... .

i mean the us democracy isn't a third world country, a least the people involved should be reprimanded, they acted like trying a coup d'etat..

sir82

I remember this! Back when the silver bullet was Cohen.

All in due time

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/08/politics/michael-cohen-new-york-interview/index.html

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Thirty years a tower slave

by rickroll in

i was with my brother in law when we were in service and given this book.

i have posted on this before but it got me to thinking.

it was taken from us by the local elder we talk to about it.

sir82

There's tons of reviews of it on Amazon - that should give you a pretty good idea of what to expect.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=thirty+years+a+watchtower+slave&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

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Our Spiritual Heritage of Failed Expectations

by neat blue dog in

last sunday's watchtower tells the story of a man who:.

was baptized in 1908 at the age of 20. he was very confident that he would soon receive his reward.

in fact, when he proposed marriage in 1911, he told his prospective bride, pearl: “you know what is going to happen in 1914. if we are going to get married, we better do it soon!” did this christian couple give up the race for life when they did not receive their heavenly reward in 1914?

sir82

What Half Banana said.

It's really quite sad - I'm on the far end of middle age, and I think of all the JW adults that I knew as a kid, hundreds of them, all believing they would literally "never grow old".

Now, they're all dead, or dying, or suffering from dementia. It's probably worse for the handful still mentally aware - imagine that you literally believed you'd never grow old - and here you are, 80 or 90, broken body, pain, grief, knowing you've got at most a year or 2 of misery & pain left before you too die....

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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Watchtower’s Certiorari Plea

by Jerome56 in

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/19-40.html.

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sir82

Another anti-WT precedent.

Betcha this one doesn't make "Proclaimers Vol. 2".

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

by nowwhat? in

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!

sir82

Not too far from 40 years for me....

Oh, and not only was I not supposed to graduate from high school, I wasn't ever supposed to finish elementary school (1975 & all).

Sir82 of the "old codger" class.

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Mercury, (the Messanger) on Monday.

by waton in

in 5 weeks, it will be monday the 11 st of november, armistice day.

during the ceremonies around 11 o'clock, am, there will be a transit of mercury in progress., a mini eclipse.

a sign in the sky for war- or peace makers.

sir82

Yeah, I don't think even "eclipse glasses" would be of much help if you try to watch the "Mercury Eclipse".

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1934 Yearbook hard to find

by rickroll in

i have been looking for one and they go for a lot when i do find them.

to the tune of 200 bucks.

are they that rare?.

sir82

I think this page is more interesting:

https://archive.org/details/1934-JwYearbook/page/n133

Addressed to the Nazis:

"...the very high ideals held and promulgated by the present national government are set forth in and endorsed and strongly emphasized in our publications..."

"...Instead, therefore, of our literature and our work's being a menace to the principles of the present government we are the strongest supporters of such ideals."

Once again, for emphasis, the above words were written by the leadership of Jehovah's Witnesses, and addressed to the Nazi government.

Again...Nazis. NAZIS!

Sheesh.

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1934 Yearbook hard to find

by rickroll in

i have been looking for one and they go for a lot when i do find them.

to the tune of 200 bucks.

are they that rare?.

sir82

Is that the one where Rutherford expresses his admiration for Hitler? If so, that would make them in high demand, which would drive the price up.

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New building

by asp59 in

you think the new building addition to warwick ,that will house 1000 audiovisual and art production volunteers is a push to go online with the meetings?

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sir82

They're already churning out dozens of videos a month - granted, a large number of them are just of the "point a camera at a talking head" variety, but still, they're producing an awful lot with what they have now.

Maybe they're going to branch into some sort of "entertainment" shows? Like a weekly series about uber-dubs who always "set a good example" despite "Satanic attacks"? Or the adventures of Norm & Nelly Need-Greater as they traipse to Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Mozambique, etc.?

Or maybe more movies than the once-a-year convention dramas?