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  NYTimes Article - Russia Moves to Ban Jehovah's Witnesses as 'Extremist'

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. friends

  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/world/europe/russia-moves-to-ban-jehovahs-witnesses-as-extremist.html?_r=0.

  vorokhobino, russia — a dedicated pacifist who has never even held a gun, andrei sivak discovered that his government considered him a dangerous extremist when he tried to change some money and the teller “suddenly looked up at me with a face full of fear.”.

  his name had popped up on the exchangalee bureau’s computer system, along with those of members of al qaeda, the islamic state and other militant groups responsible for shocking acts of violence.. the only group the 43-year-old father of three has ever belonged to, however, is jehovah’s witnesses, a christian denomination committed to the belief that the bible must be taken literally, particularly its injunction “thou shalt not kill.”.

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  ShirleyW

  Just saw it and was going to post about it myself, front page article too, but on the right side, where they have top breaking stories listed by time
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  Susan Rice Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel?

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-03/top-obama-adviser-sought-names-of-trump-associates-in-intel.

  what can we make of this?

  rice is on record being a racist and lying about benghazi, now this?

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  ShirleyW

  Two things:

  Hecce when you were a JW (or maybe you still are) I see from your post right above mine that you didn't buy the JWs don't care about black and white, we're all one serving Jah.

  and your posts remind me of someone who used to post here that used the picture of Jack Benny in his avatar, he used to post racist things about African-Americans.
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  My Anointed Grandma’s Wavering Faith?

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  some quick background information: my dad (her firstborn son) died unexpectedly this past october.

  his death has really hit our family hard.

  personally, i have not totally come to terms with this.

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  ShirleyW

  When I was a kid,the we only had one anointed brother in our hall. He and his wife left da troof about thirty or more years ago. They don't live to far from me, he said he finally realized that all their predictions and dates just don't add up.
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  whatever happened to rotation? wt study to April two.

  by waton in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  with all the emphasis on hierarchical succession in that wt, , what ever happened to mentioning of the refreshing, liberating "rotating of positions" period, the time of great increase?

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  ShirleyW

  There never was a scriptural basis for it. SV:

  I remember sitting in Yankee Stadium or that staidum in Jersey City when it was first announced, and of course every, newfangled light they come up with they always quote a scripture, I'm sure a few scriptures were read when they first introduced the rotation at the assembly.

  I remember my mother and a few others saying" oh, what a great arrangement, so that one brother can't get too haughty as to his being an elder for all his life" HA !! make me want to vomit just thing of that, and oh, by the way. . just what happened to that "loving arrangement"?
  
  
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  "Isn't it disgusting?", a sister said to me in service today

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "sorry, what's disgusting?

  ", i replied.

  "that thing we've just called on", the sister said in response.

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  ShirleyW

  So funny they label gays when out in service or around other Dubs, but I'm sure there's a few gay folks in their congregation, but then they say "Jehovah will clean out his organization in due time". I've told the story here many many times why I choose the moniker of ShirleyW. which shows the hypocrisy of homosexuals in da troof in the congregation I grew up in.
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  Is it possible that someone who gives really gushing comments might still be awake?

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  of the 50% of congregants who regularly participate, many of them give gushing answers about how appreciative they are, how wonderful jw.org is and so on, which makes me think nobody in my congregation is awake.

  but maybe it's possible for someone who comes across as super spiritual to be awake?

  i can't see how, though, as surely it's emotionally draining to fake it like that?

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  ShirleyW

  It's like the brother at the table in the restaurant with a bunch of other dubs, he has to give the longest prayer before the meal to prove how spiritual he is
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  Do You Know Any JWs That Were Wealthy AFTER They Became Witnesses?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the only witnesses i knew that had money were those that either had family businesses or had money before they got into the religion.

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  many try with the Ralph Kramden get rich quick schemes, but never pans out.

  They've sold every product under the sun but that doesn't last very long, just how many cleaning products can one person buy when you invite the same crowd to the same "gathering" ? Even had some elders in my area start some kind of insurance company which turned out to be a scam, which resulted in coverage in the newspaper media here and they were DFd
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  Bless Me, For I Have Sinned

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've just finished eating a slice of delicious birthday cake!.

  depart from me, for i am a sinful person.. tee hee hee.. sylvia.

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  ShirleyW

  and what's wrong that? I wish I had a piece, my sweet tooth is calling me tonight, but don't have anything like ice cream or cake to satisfy it.
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  Business Slow at JW Literature Trolley

  by Athanasius in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday i stopped at a local shopping center to pick up a few things.

  i arrived at 9:45 am and two jw ladies had already set up their literature trolley and had opened for business.

  but i didn't see anyone stopping by and taking advantage of their free literature.

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  ShirleyW

  Title of the post, Business Slow at JW Literature Trolly, is like saying the sky is blue.

  Tell us something we don't know.

  They gave out 2 rags that day, that's probably the most they handed out in the last 12 months.
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  Hello

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just want to say hello.. trying to master my new tablet given to me by my grandson.. yeah, i am bragging.. lol.. sylvia.

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  ShirleyW

  Hey there Miz Sylvie !