Posts by tiki

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What Do You Think About Banning Plastic Bags?

by minimus in

jw
friends

we need to save the planet so we have to stop using plastic bags!

in massachusetts, the new law will be going into effect soon.

if you go food shopping, you only cat get paper bags.. what is your opinion of the state banning plastic bags?

tiki

I like wtwizard's response....there is way too much cheap useless junk in this world. Leather shoes last, are more comfortable and look better than cheapo plastic ones for sure.

Regarding the Massachusetts initiative, I have been using my reusable shopping bags for years. What I wonder is if this ban includes the rolls of plastic bags you put your produce into.....if so shopping for fresh fruit and produce not already packaged is going to present a problem....or are they going to provide small paper bags? I am 100% for doing everything in our power to live naturally and lessen our carbon footprint....but I am not fanatical about it. Reasonable care...and a very big problem imho is the excessive wastefulness that has enveloped our culture...fomented by greedy corporations perpetually finagling to find ways to cheapen goods and hike prices....things don't last so we are on a hamster wheel of buying and trashing. That waste is not conducive to a healthy environment.

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Ford versus Ferrari

by jhine in

so after the unqualified success of my last review ( green book ) l thought that l would try again .

l went to see ford versus ferrari / le mans 66 according to where you live .

now l am no petrol head and talk of motor racing usually makes my eyes glaze over but this film is about much more than laps on a circuit .

tiki

Native New Englander USA here......what is a Brummie?

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What Did You Do With All Your Meeting Clothes?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i literally had dozens of suits.

i still have more dress clothes than anyone i know.

i did give some suits and clothing away and to be honest, i still like wearing a nice suit.. brothers and sisters, are all your “ meeting clothes” still in your closet?

tiki

Punk....belly the size of a small planet....hahaha!!!😝

I never distinguished much between meeting and work clothes so mostly no issue. But...oddly enough....I have still hanging in my closet the dress I donned when I attended my last meeting....and left after the talk because I had no WT and they had a bunch of extras and when passing them out avoided me. I don't know why I keep it...I never wore it again and likely never will...some sort of weird reminder of freedom from the mind twisting religion.

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School task on Jehovas Witness

by Balder in

i am writing an essay on jehovas witness and i have a question for you.

what does a normal day of a jehovas witness consist of?

how is your day different from other's?

tiki

There is a bible text with the religions commentary that families are encouraged to discuss together daily. The weekly meetings as mentioned above are to be prepared for and attended...participation in those meetings is encouraged....be it commenting on material under discussion or doing parts on stage. The field service is personal choice as to when one does it, but groups are generally scheduled on weekends when most are free from work/school.

Celebrating holidays is considered wrong as most have what is considered pagan origins. Children in school must not (are not allowed) to participate in patriotic things, as this is considered worshipping the state as opposed to worshipping God. Association with those outside the religious circle is discouraged....proper choice of friends is only from among those of like faith. Moral excellence is important, so many forms of modern entertainment are frowned on.

Personally I have been out of the religion for many years so I am not up on current processes...I do know much reliance is put on their website and much information streams from there.

If you want first-hand info you could attend a meeting at their local kingdom hall...but beware...there will be a mad rush to convert you.

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2--New Talks--If you Want them!

by Atlantis in

2 new talks if you want them.. .

2019-s-34-e-38--how can you survive the end of the world.

https://docdro.id/knfjplo.

tiki

Omg....just opened that picture....that cart has gotten important apparently.....made it into the schematic. Don't see a depiction of someone dropping $$$$ into a box however.

Is it me or is this group getting exponentially more pathologically bizarre?

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2019 Service Year Report Grand Total

by Listener in

the watchtower is thrilled with the amount baptised in the 2019 service year.

they are reporting an increase in publishers of 103,208 from the 2018 year.. this is what they have posted under global news on their website -.

2019 service year report includes largest baptismal figure in 20 yearswe are thrilled to announce that during the 2019 service year, more than 300,000 individuals were baptized as jehovah’s witnesses.

tiki

I wouldn't attach any importance to their numbers...they just want to present a glowing picture. It is of no importance in the grand scheme of things.

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Why is Life Expectancy in the USA So Low Compared to Other Countries?

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

i was looking at the world health org.

report and it shows the us ranks 37th in the world (tied with albania) for combined male/female life expectancy.

the top 5 were japan, switzerland, singapore, israel and spain, all around 83 years.

tiki

The purer the diet the healthier...Americans have been industry victimized into consuming way too much processed foods containing all sorts of poisonous crap. The more chemical additives, the less actual nutrition and consuming empty calories does not satisfy, so more and more is eaten.... Then laziness is the order of the day. Technology has replaced body movement. Now they are advertising voice activated faucets...you don't even have to walk across the kitchen to get the water.

Good health and longevity are dependent on several factors....diet and proper exercise....uninvolvement in high risk activities...and inheritance.

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JWs: No Infant Baptism! (just children)

by neat blue dog in

here's a new article that came out:.

do jehovah’s witnesses baptize infants?no.

the bible does not endorse infant baptism.

tiki

If you cannot legally enter into a contract...if you are a minor....baptism is illogical and should be considered invalid.

I was almost 17 when dunked and I most assuredly did not at that time fully grasp the lifetime ramifications. And I am no moron.

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are the witnesses now considered "clergy " ?

by lancelink in

years ago when i was a jw, one of their cornerstone teachings was that they were nothing like babylon the great.

i remember being taught that the witnesses not using any type of clergy class distinction was proof that they had the right religion.. well, recently we had this article in the local paper, and an elder who was no doubt the presiding overseer tried to use the clergy class excuse to get out of answering questions regarding a child abuse case.

here is the statement that really got to me.

tiki

I recall in the draft era of Vietnam the brothers would get out of serving if they had the "clergy" classification...I think....Terry would know....they had to be pioneers and have some role in the congregation..then they would be allowed to be clergy worthy....

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No Need To Preach In Every Country Anymore

by pale.emperor in

speaking to a pimo from my hometown yesterday.

he told me that in the watchtower study (10 nov 2019) regarding “the great tribulation” the elder on the platform said that there’s no need for jws to preach in every country in order to fulfil the prophecy, and therefore the org has already fulfilled that prophecy.

and that there’s nothing else left to wait for now but for “the great tribulation” to come.. gasps of delight came from the audience.. has anyone else heard this?

tiki

Well....with no printed literature to place and nobody really knowing what the "teachings" are anymore...fs fizzles out...so of course...the work is done!