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  Why do they want to kill all the White People?

  by liam in

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  the hatred against whites is escalating to an unprecedented degree.

  in south africa, they are calling for complete genocide of white people.

  for some reason they are targeting all the white farmers.. i’m so glad trump noticed.

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  Anony Mous : From a pure historical perspective the whites are the natives,

  The whites were never the native population. They primarily came from Holland and Britain, but there were others living there when they arrived who are commonly known as the San and the Khoisan.

  Anony Mous : the ANC is a party of tribes that started invading about 200 years ago, after the white population had already settled.

  There are whites in the ANC as well as blacks. It is a political party, not a race. Further, certain black tribes had already moved into areas east of the Kei river when the whites arrived, and so it was the whites invading areas east of the Kei river after the black population had settled there.

  Anony Mous : People seem to forget that Mandela went to prison for killing white and black farmers,

  Mandela went to prison for treason, not for killing white and black farmers.

  hoser : Seems like it’s just a violent place to be.

  It has had a violent history with a lot of wrongs committed by both black and white. But what attacks there have been on farmers have been crime-based rather than political. They are easy targets because they are isolated and have property. The notion that there is a politically motivated genocide of white farmers is something no South African believes except those who want a ticket to the United States.
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  Is the Governing Body hunting down PIMOs? LEAKED survey for select congregations in Canada

  by liam in

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  it seems like the organization is hunting down pimos.

  maybe the mark o donnell lawsuit is just the beginning.. this leaked survey in canada is asking some very weird questions from select publishers.

  all i can say is that this will help wake up some pimi straddling the fence.

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  This survey seems to be quite extensive as a number of congregations have been invited to take part in South Africa as well.
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  The pope's cousin is a JW

  by loosie in

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  sorry i can't get the file attachment to work

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  + : Wobei die Cousine die Zeugin Jehovas war, 2013 verstarb (siehe das Foto mit dem Grabstein).

  Good point. So it was not referring to Steffie Brzakovic .
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  The pope's cousin is a JW

  by loosie in

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  sorry i can't get the file attachment to work

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  Thanks for these references, +. It does put a slightly different complexion on things.

  An English translation of the Zeit Online report of 1 June 2023 reads :

  Cousin of Benedict XVI apparently rejects inheritance because of lawsuit

  Not much is known about Benedict XVI's estate – only that a civil lawsuit is part of it. According to a report, a cousin therefore does not want to accept the inheritance.

  According to media reports, a cousin of the late Pope Benedict XVI will not accept the inheritance because of a claim for damages against the former head of the church. This is reported by Correctiv and Bayerischer Rundfunk, citing the cousin's daughter, who represents her mother because of her advanced age.

  According to the daughter, the former private secretary of the late Pope, Georg Gänswein, had written to her mother in April and introduced himself as Ratzinger's "executor". Gänswein had written in the letter, which BR and Correctiv have obtained, that Ratzinger had "not named a personal heir". Therefore, according to the "Vatican-Italian succession regulation, the closest relatives" would come into question as heirs.

  The clergyman wrote to the cousin that she would co-inherit the pending civil lawsuit against Ratzinger if she accepted the inheritance. How high Ratzinger's inheritance is and how many heirs share it, Gänswein reportedly did not write.

  Lawsuit against four defendants

  The background is a civil lawsuit by an abuse victim against the alleged perpetrator and representatives of the Catholic Church. This so-called declaratory action is directed against four defendants: the repeat offender Priest H., the archdiocese and the former archbishops Cardinal Friedrich Wetter and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

  After the death of the Pope Emeritus, however, the proceedings against him are suspended until it is clear who will succeed him. The Traunstein Regional Court had postponed a first hearing date in March because no heirs of Ratzinger had been identified by then.
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  bomb for jehova italy

  by andr in

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  italy meets another bomb in front of the kingdom hall, after having caused a scandal on tv, now it is also dangerous to go to the hall.

  here is the image of the press release.

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  Balaamsass2 : What was the scandal?

  A journalist of the Italian Mediaset program, Zona Bianca, had visited the same Kingdom Hall with a hidden camera and included her report on national television during one of six episodes of their "Investigation into the World of Jehovah's Witnesses" in February and March this year. It may have been the program of 16 March to which the branch office refers. There was a thread on these programs in February.
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  What does the Catholic church think of JW?

  by Halcon in

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  on a trip to rome a few years ago i asked my friend (who is roman and jw) what the catholic faith thinks of jw.

  he simply stated that jw is tolerated by the church but that really not much thought is given to them.

  is there an official stance on jw by the catholics?

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  Habemus Papam!
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  Christians and War and the Role of Conscience (a work in progress)

  by Terry in

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  christians and war and the role of conscience ______________ christian integrity vs duty to superior authority from the federal government’s povthe u.s. government saw jw’s as one group within a larger group of men refusing military service within existing law - for reasons of deeply held convictions.

  we jw brothers weren’t the only ones affected, as evidenced by this list.. quakers.

  jehovah’s witnesses.

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  Sea Breeze : I think any man who "categorically" refuses to protect his family (and his neighbors) from harm is a coward.

  The man who you gave as an example of courage was neither defending his family or his neighbours. He was fighting against those his government had declared were the enemy. You are confusing cowardice with conscience, and murder with courage.
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  Christians and War and the Role of Conscience (a work in progress)

  by Terry in

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  christians and war and the role of conscience ______________ christian integrity vs duty to superior authority from the federal government’s povthe u.s. government saw jw’s as one group within a larger group of men refusing military service within existing law - for reasons of deeply held convictions.

  we jw brothers weren’t the only ones affected, as evidenced by this list.. quakers.

  jehovah’s witnesses.

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  Sea Breeze : Fortunately, not everyone is a coward.

  What an ignorant comment. Are you suggesting that all those who refuse to kill others or to engage in war are cowards? Or that it requires more courage to kill others than to refuse to do so?
  
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  What does the Catholic church think of JW?

  by Halcon in

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  on a trip to rome a few years ago i asked my friend (who is roman and jw) what the catholic faith thinks of jw.

  he simply stated that jw is tolerated by the church but that really not much thought is given to them.

  is there an official stance on jw by the catholics?

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  slimboyfat : On a tangent, I’m interested in the claims floating around that pope Benedict’s resignation in 2013 was invalid because of the wording he used and therefore Francis was an anti-pope.

  That is interesting, slim, but I think it is just a fringe movement in conservative Catholicism and without widespread support. I am by no means an authority on this, but I understand there are a number of conservative Catholics who don't accept the Second Vatican Council and believe that all subsequent popes, including Pope John XXIII, are heretical. If I am to draw an analogy with JWs, I would say this is akin to not accepting that the GB is in itself the "faithful and discreet slave", rather than the entire remnant as was understood prior to 2012.
  
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  The Watchtower's Distortion of Proverbs 11:9: Replacing 'Godless' with 'Apostate'

  by raymond frantz in

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  from this week's life & ministry:.

  in proverbs 11:9, the new world translation reads:.

  "by his mouth the apostate brings his neighbor to ruin, but by knowledge the righteous are rescued.".

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  raymond frantz : The Watchtower, however, chooses to substitute "apostate," a word that does not appear in the original Hebrew, inserting it into the Old Testament text where it simply does not belong.

  Strong's Lexicon says :

  The Hebrew verb "chaneph" primarily conveys the idea of moral and spiritual corruption or pollution. It is used to describe actions or attitudes that deviate from the holiness and righteousness expected by God. The term often implies a turning away from the covenantal relationship with God, leading to a state of defilement or apostasy.