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  Do You Think People Should Be Scorned For Wearing A Red MAGA Hat?

  by minimus in

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  do you support free choice to wear a political hat or article of clothing?

  if someone wants to put a bumper sticker on their car in support of a political candidate or party, should they be able to do it without fear of being maligned or abused?

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  stillin

  Hey, Min, I see that there is now a nice red t-shirt that says MAGA across it! Beneath that it says, "Mexicans Always Get Across."

  I want one of those.
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  Old belief quietly discontinued

  by neat blue dog in

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  2. beliefs

  one of jws oldest beliefs, going back to the bible students, was quietly turned to old light in the latest wt.

  in questions from readers, it explains that when satan told eve 'you certainly will not die', he wasn't starting the doctrine of the immortal soul, but that rather came later, after the flood..

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  stillin

  Right. Despite what it sounds like he was saying, it actually MEANT something else.
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  highlights from Circuit Overseer Guidelines

  by neat blue dog in

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  i just finished looking through the circuit overseer manual, so here are some highlights.

  first up, regarding circuit assemblies:.

  if a brother is so extremely overweight that others would be distracted if he had a part on the program, good judgment would need to be used in deciding whether to give him an assignment.

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  stillin

  Data-Dog, "idiocracy!" I love it! So true that the best and brightest would eventually leave. (I think many of them pass through here)

  Here's another social structure that works for the JW's: mediocracy. Don't shine too brightly or you'll be called in on the carpet.
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  I was surprised today by what I saw a JW driving

  by days of future passed in

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  i was out thrift shopping where my sister lives.

  before i went in to the store, i went to donut shop a few doors down.

  as i walked up, there by the window was a family and others eating donuts.

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  stillin

  Well, good. Maybe he will "stumble" some by his worldliness.
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  Trump explains this generation

  by eyeslice2 in

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  glad to see the president making good use of visual aids again after his hurricane debacle.. .

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  stillin

  LV, I'm an NPR listener. They get the evil eye from right-wingers, undeservedly,IMO. I hear interviews on both sides of current issues on there.

  I wish there was more honesty in delivering the facts.
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  Trump explains this generation

  by eyeslice2 in

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  glad to see the president making good use of visual aids again after his hurricane debacle.. .

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  stillin

  LV, just search "Trump and Fox."
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  Trump explains this generation

  by eyeslice2 in

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  glad to see the president making good use of visual aids again after his hurricane debacle.. .

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  stillin

  There is a recent bumpy spot in the love affair between Mr Trump and Fox News. It seems that there are actually a couple of real journalists at Fox who feel that reporting facts is part of their job.
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  clinking of glasses

  by sosad1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello all - long ago i posted under sosad..... cant get back under that name so hello again.

  i though i remember in hte last couple of years that there was a change in the strict practice of not clinking glasses and toasting,,, that it was more of a conscience decision.. was i dreaming this?

  any help towards printed information on this subject is very much appreciated..

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  stillin

  Those evil pagans used to breathe, too! Maybe we should stop practicing things that the ancient pagans did!
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  Very happy young drum player

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i saw this young boy play the drums i was really impressed by his talent and the joy that he has.

  for some strange reason, i thought of how his life would change if his parents studied with the jdubs and became witnesses.

  i could see how the boy's life would change.

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  JW-land. Where mediocrity is the rule.
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  How a rumor of assassination spooked the Watchtower

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  president kennedy's brother robert excited the world as a candidate for president 5 years after jfk's murder.rfk, in turn, was murdered.the assassin's name was sirhan sirhan, he was palestinian.it just so happened the assassin's father, bishara, was a member in good standing as one of jehovah’s witnesses.so what?

  so this:this seemingly innocent fact would jolt jehovah's witnesses into a near panic.

  i know because i was there.here are the facts as i remember them.______the jehovah's witness, bishara sirhan unfortunately had a reputation in his neighborhood and community for being excitable, even volatile at times.

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  stillin

  Wow, Terry! I hadn't yet joined up with JW's in the sixties but the context that you share is a totally new perception for me. I had no idea that there was any connection to the assasin Sirhan. The ignorance among the Witnesses enables them to spin the current affairs into something directly relevant to themselves and that was a biggie!

  I wish I had known you back then. I'd love to sit down with you and just listen to you.