Posts by sir82

Are there anybody on this forum who is knoweldgeable enough with expertise in this area to make
an informed opinion as to the effectiveness if any ,this drug has on the virus ?

I'm certainly no expert, but there's 2 new studies reported on in the JAMA and NEJM:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/11/health/hydroxychloroquine-doesnt-work-coronavirus/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=link&utm_content=2020-05-18T02%3A01%3A06

A new study -- the largest of its kind -- shows that hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by President Trump, does not work against Covid-19 and could cause heart problems.
The study was published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It follows a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine that also showed the drug doesn't fight the virus.

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Do Jw's Dress up in meeting clothes for Zoom meetings?

by jeremiah18:5-10 in

i am just curious if anyone knows whether the "friends" still are required to wear "meeting clothes" for attending meetings through zoom?

such emphasis on dressing in a godly manner over the decades, would be interesting if some attend in pajamas or their work clothes, no makeup, etc....

sir82

Well, they are "dressed up" from the waist up, the part that shows on the Zoom screen.

All bets are off below the waist, though. I think there are more than a few shorts, yoga pants, etc.

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People in England were easiy convinced to believe....

by BoogerMan in

....that a mass killer was roaming their streets.

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now theyre struggling to believe the grim reaper is not so grim and it's safe to go outside again.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-52669441.

sir82

the fit & healthy were put under house arrest. Absolute lunacy!

I can't wrap my head around comments like this.

It's been 2 frig-wigging MONTHS that we've known about asymptomatic carriers fer gawd's sake.

How is it possible that breathing creatures with an IQ at least in double-digits haven't heard that "fit & healthy" persons can be asymptomatic carriers and, if wandering about in crowds, can infect dozens or hundreds of other people in a matter of hours?

Is it ignorance? Short attention span? Intentional cruelty? Abject neanderthal stupidity? SMDH

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Kingdom Hall Scheduler

by Thetruthhurts in

i'm sure there's already topics on this but i couldn't find one so i'm starting my own.

is the kingdom hall scheduling program new?

is this where they are entering all of the members data now?

sir82

Cell phone carrier?

No one needs to know that. Something fishy there.

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Hilarious JW Wikipedia edits

by neat blue dog in

jehovah's witnesses are funny in that most have no objective, self-aware view of themselves.

they think they are the center of the universe, that their beliefs are undeniable facts, and are generally very entitled.

yet another added this:.

sir82

They think they are the center of the universe, that their beliefs are undeniable facts, and are
generally very entitled.

LOL. Yep.

Did you know that World War 2 was started by Satan himself, personally, for the sole reason of attempting of exterminate all JWs?

Oh, how about this one? JWs were having so much success in the 1950s, starting Bible studies with housewives who would then convince their husbands to join them, that Satan prompted economic downturns such that "houswives" had to go out and get jobs. Thus, no one was at home when JWs called there, and so they were not able to start so many Bible studies.

Oh there's a million stories like these.

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Ancient Hebrews Got Away With So Much

by Tim207 in

why wasn’t judah punished for sleeping withtamar?

even though she had the legal right to an offspring by his family he still thought he was sleeping with a prostitute.

if it is wrong to even think of having relations with a woman similar to the “sin” of watching pornography why wouldn’t what judah did be wrong?

sir82

Wealthy males in the dominant ethnicity got away with, at times, literal murder.

A piddling little thing like "sleeping with your daughter-in-law because you think she's a hooker" wouldn't even rate a 2-line story in the Jericho Times.

Funny how little things change in 3000+ years.

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Trying to get my head around these go bags

by phoenixrising in

when i was looking at prepping back in the 90s i was told by several elders that we needed to just rely on the org and jehovah and not prep.

i started to put away vacuum sealed bags of rice beans and spices anyway.

now they have this go bag crap.

sir82

All the "go bag" stuff happened after Hurricane Katrina.

Thousands, probably tens of thousands, of JWs were forced to evacuate their homes, sometimes ending up hundreds of miles away. There was no organized system of checking up on anyone, so it was the perfect opportunity for JWs to "fade".

The organization was, and is, utterly horrified that they might be forced to loosen even slightly their stranglehold grip on control & power over their adherents, so now there are orders for every congregation to have a "disaster plan", including giving your phone numbers and out-of-state contacts to the elders. So in case there is another Katrina-scale disaster, the elders can hunt you down. No more easy fading.

The "go bags" are part of the protocol for those congregation disaster plans. But as noted, by far the most important piece of that plan, from the WTS perspective, is making sure that contact information for every publisher is up-to-the-minute current and in the hands of the BOE.

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My latest letter to WT demanding correction from their side

by Kosonen in

jw
friends

brothers and sisters associated with the watchtower society may 9, 2020. i have tried to inform you of the necessary adjustments you ought to take in order to truly be in the truth.

but my efforts have remained fruitless.

you well know the biblical procedure.

sir82

Ooh, a demand!

I'm sure they'll get right on it....

...right after they answer the 48.987 other letters from other cranky ex-members telling them what exactly what they've got wrong.

Lotsa luck.....