The five groups will be banned from receiving federal funding and could lose tax concessions, including charitable status.”
New light alert!
It's quite amazing how often "new light" is prompted by changes in tax laws or a loss in a court case.
Posts by sir82
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24Bringing Reproach on Jehovah's Name
by cofty inall my jw life i was reminded constantly about the importance of not bringing reproach on jehovah's name.
decisions on whether or not to disfellowship an individual often turned, not on the seriousness of the sin, but on whether the incident was public knowledge and had resulted in bad publicity for the congregation.
i recall a middle-aged lady being reported to the elders for shoplifting a sweet worth less than £1- and the elders' insistence that a judicial committee must be formed because the store manager and staff knew that she was a jw (i successfully argued that all she needed was support for her dreadful family life, but that's another story).
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They Are Going To Start Clamping Down With Staying At Home - Local Needs + GB Update #4
by thedepressedsoul inmany of us have watched the gb #4 update.
most of us jumped for joy when they basically said that there will be no meeting in person for a long time to come.. one aspect we overlooked was how hard they hit home the "love of neighbor".
how this "love" is what makes a true christian and as a result our love for our neighbors will motivate us to stay at home.. well now they released a letter that is instructing all kh's to view this video during their local needs part.
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sir82
You show your face for the first two minutes and then shut down the video and go and cut the grass.
In our congregation fully half the attendees shut down the video for the whole meeting. I strongly suspect there are adult beverages and other "stuff" going on.
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COVID-19 won’t go away until Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton are in the Oval Office
by hoser init’s no secret that the mainstream media runs the show and that they can’t stand trump.
for good reason because trump has been demeaning to journalists on several occasions.. life lesson for donald trump: don’t make fun of people that have the power to destroy you!
nobody likes getting laughed at.. don’t get me wrong.
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sir82
For the record:
Covid-19 doesn't care who the president is.
Covid-19 will be around long after January 20, 2021.
Covid-19 won't stop spreading exponentially in the US until people figure out that wearing / not wearing a mask is not a political statement, it is the only current practical treatment available to slow the spread of the disease. Wearing a mask is a medical treatment, it is not a referendum on "constitutional rights".
That is all, carry on.
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How Could We Have Been So Heartless?
by BluesBrother ini am addressing here those who, like me, spent decades in the organisation that we called “the truth”.
perhaps like me you were brought up in it from an early age.
looking back now i wonder that i could have been so heartless as to believe that the mass slaughter of billions of people was “good news”.
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I think that idea bothers the vast majority of JWs, who are not really psychopaths.
But they cope with it by either not thinking about, or rationalizing that "Jehovah would never do evil, if those people die it will be because they really did deserve it...somehow", or maybe that Jehovah wouldn't actually have to do much killing, people would slaughter one another. Or as SBF said, there would be a lot more who "made the cut" than just baptized, active JWs & their kids.
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You were a manly elder!
The wanna-be's had those bags but with wheels and a telescoping handle.
It takes a real man to heft a 40 pound book bag with one hand into the Kingdom Hall.
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Texas Governor Abbott Wants Bars Closed at Noon Today
by RubaDub inyes, he a republican.
but come on.. am i expected to come in, have a couple of shots, a few beers and leave by noon?
what time should i arrive, 9:30am?
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sir82
Over 41,000 new cases in the USA yesterday - highest ever.
Nearly 6000 new cases in Texas alone yesterday.
Florida has had its 19th consecutive peak in average new cases. New cases Wednesday: 5511. New cases today: 8942.
Meanwhile, at this very moment, the head of the coronavirus taskforce is giving a self-congratulatory speech on C-Span.
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As Biden Struggles, Hillary Waits For The call
by Bangalore inhttps://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/495371-as-biden-struggles-hillary-waits-for-the-call.
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any thoughts about this?.
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sir82
Latest polls in 6 states Trump won in 2016:
https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1276117986449948674
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Polls (6/8-18):
FLORIDA: Biden 47% (+6) Trump 41% .
ARIZONA: Biden 48% (+7) Trump 41% .
NORTH CAROLINA: Biden 49% (+9) Trump 40% .
PENNSYLVANIA: Biden 50% (+10) Trump 40% .
MICHIGAN: Biden 47% (+11) Trump 36% .
WISCONSIN: Biden 49% (+11) Trump 38%
Quite a struggle.
If this holds until election day, Trump has virtually no path to victory.
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I’m Seeing Some Trump Fatigue Out There
by minimus ini’ve heard from a few trump voters that they are getting tired of the whole trump thing.
one person yesterday said he lies.
another person said she hears from her clients in her business that the constant drama and push back from all sides against trump is fatiguing.. i remind people that before this worldwide pandemic, we had the best numbers in jobs.
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https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1276117986449948674
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Polls (6/8-18):
FLORIDA: Biden 47% (+6) Trump 41% .
ARIZONA: Biden 48% (+7) Trump 41% .
NORTH CAROLINA: Biden 49% (+9) Trump 40% .
PENNSYLVANIA: Biden 50% (+10) Trump 40% .
MICHIGAN: Biden 47% (+11) Trump 36% .
WISCONSIN: Biden 49% (+11) Trump 38%
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Caleb can say mephibosheth
by road to nowhere inthat was this weeks video.
but the elders cant say: liberry, pitcher, aks, pronounsiation, mono-tone-us, unconscience.
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Chrishendum (or Christiandum)
Psalm 83 "versus" 18, Matthew 24 "versus" 14, etc.
Viligent and digilent.
Diction coaches, these guys ain't.
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JW Response to COVID
by optimisticskeptic ini haven't been on here in quite some time so i apologize if i missed a similar thread already (i did look for one :) ) anyways, just to be clear i think the jw response to covid in general has been really positive and proactive and they've done really well trying to educate people on covid, doing zoom meetings, etc to prevent spread within the congregations.
the part that i find interesting is how compliant and non-apocalyptic the branch has been during all of this.
even as someone who's a bit of a skeptic i found myself wondering if this might be the beginning of the end between covid, economic upheaval, and blm.
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Oh I agree with you, but they can continue fantasizing that they are "God's channel" and "Christ's viceregent" while squirreled away in a lakeside compound and shooting out videos every couple of weeks.
But...
They can't feel the drug-like rush of "life or death" power of [to-disfellowship-or-not-to-disfellowship] remotely. All JW judical meetings are to be "held in abatement" per GB directive until it is possible to meet in person at a Kingdom Hall. They have a pathological need to know they are in control, they need to feel it. If no one can be disfellowshipped, that need is not being met.
They also can't feel the adrenaline rush and ego boost of having 10,000 or 50,000 or 100,000 adoring adherents hanging on their every word at a convention, then bursting into long rapturous applause, then seeing the hours-long greeting line of swooning JWs who just want to touch the fringe of their outer ill-fitting garments....
Eventually those primal desires will drive them to return to "normalcy" as soon as they can do so without appearing to be stupid or careless.