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  Russia Uses Nerve Agent to Assassinate Spy

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  what started as news of a man and woman being found unconscious on a park bench 12 days ago is escalating into an international incident.. sergei skripal had worked as a double agent for british intelligence mi6 before he was discovered and imprisoned in russia in 2006. he was later flown to england as part of a spy-swap in 2010. on sunday 4th march he was discovered along with his 33 year old daughter yulia close to a shopping centre in salisbury.. since then the story has become increasingly bizarre.

  a policeman who was first to attend the scene also became critically ill and remains in hospital.

  government scientists at porton down have confirmed that the cause is a russian military-grade nerve agent novichok.

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  freddo

  "There are similarities between Russia today and Germany in the mid-30s."

  I dunno if I'd go that far - but I see similarities between Russia today and Russia in the mid-30s.
  
  
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  Cart observations from Cardiff South Wales

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was in a suburb of cardiff, capital of wales where it was difficult to get near to my customer's offices to deliver and install what i do.

  i had my car parked about a hundred yards away and had to make several trips with goods and tools past a local jw trolley cart.

  as i was working i didn't stop but observed much of the time from an upper floor office window.. in the hour or so i was there, on a warm sunny (for late february) lunchtime/early afternoon - right by a bus stop and several local shops, cafes and banks with plenty of people about - not one person stopped at the cart.. the two women at the cart i guess were about 50 and 75 respectively - pleasant looking motherly/grandmotherly types.

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  freddo

  I was back at this customer's premises today - just a flying visit to drop off some supplies and so I passed the same cart at just after 9 a.m. today and again at 9.15.

  Remember - busy shopping area, bus stop, banks, plenty of people about.

  Again no-one approaching the carts in the time I was within sight of it (only about 15 minutes this time, admittedly.) I had a busy day ahead so didn't engage them but get this ...

  THERE WERE FOUR OF 'EM!

  That's right - four JW's on one cart - all men in their 50's. Two stood yacking to each other the other two staring off into the distance.

  What a bleeding, utter and complete waste of time!
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  Russia Uses Nerve Agent to Assassinate Spy

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  what started as news of a man and woman being found unconscious on a park bench 12 days ago is escalating into an international incident.. sergei skripal had worked as a double agent for british intelligence mi6 before he was discovered and imprisoned in russia in 2006. he was later flown to england as part of a spy-swap in 2010. on sunday 4th march he was discovered along with his 33 year old daughter yulia close to a shopping centre in salisbury.. since then the story has become increasingly bizarre.

  a policeman who was first to attend the scene also became critically ill and remains in hospital.

  government scientists at porton down have confirmed that the cause is a russian military-grade nerve agent novichok.

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  freddo

  On the basis that it is Russia that has done this I can see why Putin or some high up Russian security service leader might do this.

  Pour encourager les autres.

  So that anyone thinking of being a traitor - even after "only" having served a prison term - knows that the axe could fall at anytime.
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  Social Media

  by Emily1987 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as some of you may remember from a previous post of mine, myself and my husband are in the process of fading.

  we began our fade in jan 2017 and haven't been to a meeting since may 2017. to say this time has been a struggle is an understatement.

  it has been a lonely time for us, losing all of our so called friends.

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  I think "curious&confused" explains it well. If he/she heard it at a recent assembly day then it will "roll" over the next six months and the uber dubs will get a'blocking on social media (and in real life.)

  You may find that like the vast majority of (non jw) people you will have less than a handful of REAL friends (and sadly maybe even close family) when the dust settles.

  But those REAL friends are worth a hundred fake ones.
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  Another One Bites the Dust!

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's goodbye to bristol - hengrove congregation of jw's and the inmates ... err ... members, will be sent to two other bristol congregations either side of it.. i'm told by two elders from bristol, england it is being disbanded on may 1st 2018. this is the 2nd congregation in this circuit to be disbanded recently - the 1st being portishead in late 2014.. hooray!.

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  To answer Stan. No. They already shared 3 to a hall but attendances were low in all 3 congs and they were the ones that got the chop, so now down to two.
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  Another One Bites the Dust!

  by freddo in

  1. jw
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  it's goodbye to bristol - hengrove congregation of jw's and the inmates ... err ... members, will be sent to two other bristol congregations either side of it.. i'm told by two elders from bristol, england it is being disbanded on may 1st 2018. this is the 2nd congregation in this circuit to be disbanded recently - the 1st being portishead in late 2014.. hooray!.

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  It's goodbye to Bristol - Hengrove congregation of JW's and the inmates ... err ... members, will be sent to two other Bristol congregations either side of it.
  

  I'm told by two elders from Bristol, England it is being disbanded on May 1st 2018. This is the 2nd congregation in this circuit to be disbanded recently - the 1st being Portishead in late 2014.

  Hooray!
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  PORTUGAL: Petition to terminate the legal entity of the Jehovah's Witness gets national news coverage

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the petition is now going on 537 signatures.. today the newspaper "diário de notícias", the leading non-tabloid newspaper in the country, gave the story front page coverage and a full page to the article inside.. here are the links to the pictures of the pages:.

  front page:.

  page 6 and article: .

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  Ah but it makes a difference to that starfish, Simon - and even if NYHQ have no concern it will concern the local branch, because typically outside the English speaking world very little jw activism little gets through.

  Portuguese is the language of Brazil and there is common interest between the two countries. And Brazil is one of the biggest jw "lands" with a "professed " 858,000 jw's.

  From little acorns and all that. AWARENESS is the first step.
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  My Dissociation letter

  by TJ Curioso in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi to everyone!i was summoned to the judicial committee and went.

  it was a respectful conversation from one side to the other.

  in the end i handed the dissociation letter in hand and a binding to each of the elders, with an article i wrote on the subject, "are jehovah's witnesses a destructive sect?

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  Fantastic. I loved ALL of your letter but enjoyed this bit especially:

  "While the Bible categorically affirms that Jesus is the mediator of ALL mankind (1 Timothy 2: 5), the Governing Body asserts that he is only the mediator of a small elite of Christians: the 144.000 anointed; and then these anointed place themselves as mediators between us and Jesus Christ. This is simply a theological aberration, not to say a blasphemy against Christ!"
  

  Bravo, Sir!
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  Circuit Overseer Meets with Elders and Ministerial Servants

  by accesible in

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  2. friends

  ¿necesitan los demás bosquejos?.

  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dvhuodkcahf6efu2xqxfk6o8ambqe5rm.

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  In answer to smiddy 3's question

  "Are their more pages than the 3 shown here ? as it doesn`t finish with the usual sign off ?"
  

  This is because after the E&MS meeting the MS's get asked to leave and the Elders' only meeting starts. So the first meeting finishes at the end of the conclusion on page 2. The MS's file out and immediately the CO will start page 3 with the elders only.

  So page 3 will be a "loving reminder" for the elders (in any congo) and at the end of page 3 they will finish with the CO outline and carry on with the specific stuff for that particular congo.

  You know - appointments/deletions + any particular problem like low hours etc.
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  avoidjw.org

  by Solaris11 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i heard avoidjw.org is under legal attack from the watchtower society.

  it's a shame because it's such a wonderful resource.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cmhopfvoim.

  does anyone know what is happening with this site?

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  AA wrote: "If it's truly nothing more than "Bitter Apostate Lies," then why go through the hassle of taking legal action? I don't get it"

  Because it is "Bitter Apostate Truths". That is why Watchtower attacks websites that are critical of them.