Posts by sir82

But now I am writing you to stop keeping company with anyone called a brother who is sexually immoral
or a greedy person or an idolater or a reviler or a drunkard or an extortioner, not even eating with such a man. For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Do you not judge those inside, while God judges those outside? “Remove the wicked person from among yourselves."

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Letter writing question

by carla in

so the jw's are no longer goind d2d but instead are writing letters- my question is what return address are they putting on the letters?

their own or the kh?

the kh's in our area have no mailbox and therefore no mail can be delivered or returned to a kh.. thanks in advance!.

sir82

Some use the KH address if it has a mailbox.

Some congregations rent a PO box.

Some JWs probably put their own home address.

Others might just leave the return address blank.

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I’m Seeing Some Trump Fatigue Out There

by minimus in

jw
friends

i’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.

sir82

Poster said "cases", not "deaths". My stats also refer to "cases".

I agree death count has been dropping, but keep in mind that the death rate lags behind the new infection rate. I expect to see a jump in death rates in mid-July or so.

Oh, and regarding increased testing:

Yes, of course, more tests = more cases confirmed, BUT also keep in mind that the positivity rate of the tests is also rising.

So some of the increase is due to "increased testing", but the increasing positivity rate of test administered indicates that the disease is spreading and is not controlled.

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I’m Seeing Some Trump Fatigue Out There

by minimus in

jw
friends

i’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.

sir82

new cases have been steadily declining the past 6 or 7 days.

???

What stats are you looking at?

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html

Those are the 6 highest days (6/30 thru 7/5) in the US since the start of the pandemic, surpassing the prior peaks in April.

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Prince Andrew & Jeffrey Epstein, WTF

by Simon in

in fact, several "wtf"s, not least - why were you visiting a convicted pedophile after his release from prison, never-mind having any contact with him in the first place when his preoclivities seemed to be an open secret.. and the best he can some up with is "i don't remember"?

you don't remember?

there's a fucking photo of you with one of the victims and accessories to the crimes you dumb fuck!.

sir82

Ghislaine Maxwell will start to sing to the authorities to minimize her prison time.

Assuming she doesn't suddenly become "suicidal"....

...coincidentally at the same time that security cameras malfunction and guards happen to be on a coffee break.

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Jessica Leigh Collins - do you believe her story (Epstein)

by Anony Mous in

as i was researching some stuff about this epstein guy and came across postings about jessica leigh collins.. her twitter has most of her story: https://twitter.com/midnitemj but it is actively being suppressed by twitter - a regular search on twitter doesn't get her account as a result and none of her posts have been seen by more than a few hundred people.

many media outlets have tagged her as "russian troll" while she doesn't seem anything like it.

it certainly is way too detailed and is going on for way too long to be a troll nor is her story being artificially trended or upvoted, fact is, the posts have virtually no upvotes or retweets even though people elsewhere claimed they tried.. what i can gather is that she came out about being trafficked by epstein but quickly found out that nobody is actually interested in her story.

sir82

Hopefully Maxwell lives long enough to testify / flip.

There are some big names, BIG names, on both sides of the aisle, who are extremely nervous.

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Food Boxes given out by Society

by JustChillin in

anyone else get a food box delivered by local congregation to your door - allegedly by the society?

weird.

i looked online and found a couple of youtube channels saying the society is taking food from food banks and giving it only to their congregations.

sir82

You want to know what's funny?

They keep stressing here that this is "practice" for when the "great tribulation" begins. They are testing their "distribution networks".

But....but....but...isn't the "great tribulation" when "the governments" decide to "destroy" all "false religions"?

How is it that "the government" wants to "destroy" a religion, but simultaneously provides free food for the members of the religion they are trying to "destroy"?

I can't figure it out. Must be too "deep".

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As Biden Struggles, Hillary Waits For The call

by Bangalore in

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/495371-as-biden-struggles-hillary-waits-for-the-call.

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any thoughts about this?.

sir82

More "struggles" for Biden in swing states that Trump won in 2016.

The [Russia / Taliban / bounty] issue is not yet reflected in these numbers.

Numbers at 50% or higher are highly significant, Trump campaign would have to change the minds of voters in order to win (rather than convince undecideds).

Election is ~4 months away.

https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1278275369146212352

NEW

@ChangePolls

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@CNBC

Poll (6/26-28):

#Arizona: Biden 51% (+7) Trump 44% .

#Florida: Biden 50% (+5) Trump 45% .

#Wisconsin: Biden 51% (+8) Trump 43% .

#Pennsylvania: Biden 50% (+6) Trump 44% .

#Michigan: Biden 48% (+5) Trump 43% .

North Carolina: Biden 51% (+7) Trump 44%

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Bringing Reproach on Jehovah's Name

by cofty in

all 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).

sir82

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.