when they come to your door knocking... the best way to preach back is.... handing them a comic book when they hand you a watchtower magazine..
Answer = quote Jesus from the bible and tell them "The Truth" that they are preaching a tainted commercialized version of Jesus's gospel new order (sinning apostasy) by supporting the men who run and operate the Watchtower Corporation/JWorg.
This has been a lying and corrupt religoius publishing house and it still is pretty much to this day.
student (age 6-18) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of 0.0001% as a percentage of their peers.
they died from influenza-involved illnesses at a rate of 0.0005% in 2018.. workforce (age 19-55) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of .01% as a percentage of their peers.
they died from influenza-involved illnesses at a rate of .007% in 2018.. retired (age 66-77) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of 1% as a percentage of their peers.
The fact remains that these shut downs have directly reduced the number of deaths and cases of Covid-19. If they weren't installed the number would have grown exponentially.
Governments had the choice of letting this happen or letting the economies falter and it will for awhile to be sure.
Here is a link to the recent reports to the virus world wide .......
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/?utm_campaign=homeAdUOA?Si#countries
student (age 6-18) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of 0.0001% as a percentage of their peers.
they died from influenza-involved illnesses at a rate of 0.0005% in 2018.. workforce (age 19-55) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of .01% as a percentage of their peers.
they died from influenza-involved illnesses at a rate of .007% in 2018.. retired (age 66-77) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of 1% as a percentage of their peers.
Going back to what Simon said, how is the healthcare system ie. medical doctors and hospitals, cashing in when most of these institutions with their workers are shut down ?
The health care insurance companies both private and government run like in Canada and England are doing well because the number of people being treated has dramatically dropped since the shut down.
The only ones who are really cashing in this pandemic are the manufacturers of PPE devises.
student (age 6-18) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of 0.0001% as a percentage of their peers.
they died from influenza-involved illnesses at a rate of 0.0005% in 2018.. workforce (age 19-55) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of .01% as a percentage of their peers.
they died from influenza-involved illnesses at a rate of .007% in 2018.. retired (age 66-77) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of 1% as a percentage of their peers.
Seems to be a lot speculation and play down by people to the low number of deaths in opposition to the shut down tactics by governments, but would be spoken if the governments didn't shut down the social interaction of populations to how they did given the easily transference of the virus ?
I've heard some people say well the old are going to die eventually so let them, by people who are not of that age group of course.
student (age 6-18) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of 0.0001% as a percentage of their peers.
they died from influenza-involved illnesses at a rate of 0.0005% in 2018.. workforce (age 19-55) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of .01% as a percentage of their peers.
they died from influenza-involved illnesses at a rate of .007% in 2018.. retired (age 66-77) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of 1% as a percentage of their peers.
Lets think in practical terms and realize that if these shut down procedures were not issued there would a lot more deaths that would have occurred, maybe even you or someone you loved ie. family member.
Then what would say and question to your local governments to why they didn't shut things down ?
Its easy to criticize if you missed the virus and the potential lethal consequences.
student (age 6-18) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of 0.0001% as a percentage of their peers.
they died from influenza-involved illnesses at a rate of 0.0005% in 2018.. workforce (age 19-55) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of .01% as a percentage of their peers.
they died from influenza-involved illnesses at a rate of .007% in 2018.. retired (age 66-77) deaths from covid-19-involved illnesses are projected at a rate of 1% as a percentage of their peers.
Should we close the national school system for a disease with a projected .0001% student fatality rate when we left it open for a different disease with about five times that rate (i.e. the 2018 flu season)?
The problem with schools opening is that there are also a high number of adults who work in schools as well parents involved., there is the possibility of transference by children to adults to be considered.
This whole subject of shut down not only has to do with who will get the virus to their effect but who will transfer over the virus to others, which can be a real deadly game to play around with.
Shut downs are starting to be removed with precautionary measures thankfully.
The other concerns at hand will be the financial cost to small businesses and unemployment, not to mention the blooming tax bill which is going up and up.
a thesis: the discursive construction of freedom in the watchtower society.
https://ris.cdu.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/24632569/thesis_cdu_24577264_chester_h.pdf .
be aware, this thesis, although supremely stimulating, thought-provoking, fascinating, attention-grabbing, remarkable, noteworthy, and appealing, the author made use of out of the ordinary, worthy of note, and fascinating words and statements that, for the reader of average intelligence (like me), make for laborious reading.
Its a good studied analysis of how the JWS religion works, its operative structure as a collective human endeavor .
Make no mistake about it the leaders of the WTSJWS thought carefully how to lure people to the literature the organization published and to the organization's own operative core as a religoius publishing house for their own appealing desire and sustenance.
does there seem to be a higher incidence of infidelity amongst the jws?.
my brother, who is an active jw and ministerial servant, has an elder friend who was recently disfellowshipped for having an affair with another sister in the hall.
it turns out this sister was divorced a few years earlier from a "worldly" man who had an affair on her.
Just to add upon TGND's comment , you generally see a lot of divorces as well because of the pressure to marry before sex, which makes JWS divorces on par with the general population in the under 25 age group.
In comparison you might see less fornication and adultery in other relgoius groups like the Amish or Mennonite
.......just saying
i was 20 years old and at bethel for just a couple of months.
i was really depressed, as i was finding out what bethel was really all about.
i drank a whole bottle of cold duck, after a long hot subway ride back to brooklyn.
I used to be heavy drinker but not any more, its very bad for your health.
If you want an temporary uplift or help in sleeping, some alleviation with pain, I'd suggest some edible marijuana.
You'll temporarily be happy, you wont be a mouthy out of control asshole to others, you wont wake up the next morning and feel like shit with a hangover.
This is Doctor Finkelstein's advise.
Not to say I dont drink a cool beer on a hot day.
i have been thinking and was eventually wondering about the following:.
did the flood and all wars in the scriptures eventually bear the fruits that god hoped for?
is evil gone among humans?
The bible eventually became an open book of self interpretation, that's why there are hundreds of Christian based sects in existence today.
Self interpretation is how these sects came to be such as the JWS, this sect was built and expanded by literature proliferation, where the leaders self interpreted the bible for themselves, which happen to involve a publishing house they owned and operated.
The model is such, create your own interpretation then coerce and lure in others to believe these unique interpretations, demean all other interpretations or doctrines and you have a structured organized religion ie, JWS
