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Diogenesister
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SuperBowl 54: US Sports vs UK Sports
by Simon inso a few things .... apparently it's superbowl 54, and also the centennial of the sport.
erm ... i'm not a mathematician, but aren't there 46 superbowls missing?.
americans claim that uk sport ("soccer", aka real football) is too low scoring.
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How the hell did Tony Morris get to be a GB member.
by JimmyYoung inthis guy was not a born in and did not really work his way up from the very bottom.
he kind of got some kind of fast track.
its a bit strange.
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Diogenesister
I agree Snare & Racket and having two āplantsā.....I mean sons in Bethel, probably also ātype Aā personalities, to smooth the way probably helps, too.
Id say he greased a fair few palms alright....heās often bragged his family is rich (not really true by the way). His wife was āborn inā so she may have had an influential uncle or something.....NB Toni had only been baptized 6 months when they got married so I highly doubt he was at least a ministerial servant (remember his awful talk?) at the time!!!
edit: Pete za hut I was thinking that too. Born ins are trained not to say boo to a goose if theyāre not in charge so he would have found it easy to get them all ship shape and in line!!š¤£On the other hand a convert is more likely to put their foot in it and not pick up the myriad unspoken cues witnesses notice. It also looks good to have a few converts in the ranks given their theology. If everyone at the top was raised in it doesnāt fit with their idea of what the true religion should look like.
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How many here believe the WTS really has has 8.5 million followers / 8.5. million members
by Hotpepper ini think it's closer to 5 million with all the selling of kingdom hells and branch bethel's all over the world.
it's even hard to get a hard copy of the lastest craptower or afake mag now in new york city..
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Diogenesister
Yes I think as Slim and TruthBKnown have noted, I think that it would depend how you define a JW. In terms of people who believe to a lesser or greater extent, itās the ātruthā? I think thereās definitely 8 million.
If weāre talking how Watchtower defines a JW, attends most meetings and submits a FS report every month? I would say that number is less than they claim...at least in the North Western countries. However unfortunately Iād say many whom watchtower would term inactive still contribute financially.
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Diogenesister
Ive got an O scale flying Scotsman and a smallish set Iāve built up from childhood.
Dad was big on them. When my parents argued and he took out the big guns it would always be āI sold my railway set for you!!!ā(to buy their first house lol)Iāve been to the Brighton expo they hold once a year for model rail enthusiasts although my kids were more into the Daleks lol.welsh steam railway
of course we love the Ffestiniog railway!
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The end is so close now....
by punkofnice inaren't they tiring out from saying this now?.
a jobo pimi-lite i know has a terminal illness (no names, no pack drill), was told, 'hold on, the end is so close.
the pimi-lite said they will need to hold on to their 'go bags(tm), then!.
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Diogenesister
Because weāre so DEEP into the END of the LAST of the LAST DAYS...
Is the latest mantra.
Next year it will be : Because weāre even DEEPER into the END of the LAST of the VERY LAST DAYS....
And after that it will be DEEP into the VERY DEEPEST of the END of the LAST of the VERY, VERY LAST DAYS ...and so on ad infinitumš
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Watchtower is Messing With That "Dracula" Dude Again!
by Atlantis inwell, here we go with "dracula" again!
( massimo introvigne).. .
breaking: jehovah's witnesses have hired known cult apologist massimo introvigne to write a 21-page "expert opinion" defending the witnesses for their child abuse mishandling.
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Diogenesister
Dr. Massimo has really got his wires crossed in that Awake article classing watchtower with The Quakers or Baptistās (although I realise some Baptist sects are OTT and effectively cults}
Thank you JW leaks I couldnāt post that report though I tried
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Article: Jehovah's Witnesses leaders ordered to pay rape victim £62,000 damages
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/jehovahs-witnesses-leaders-ordered-pay-17661919.
jehovah's witnesses leaders ordered to pay rape victim £62,000 damages.
the woman was raped by a fellow jehovah's witness after going door-to-door evangelising near cardiff, glamorgan, 30 years ago, mr justice chamberlain heard.
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Diogenesister
In Britain thereās another legal system working in secret, with no training, no consequences, medieval attitudes to women and children and whose decisions are in reality entirely arbitary and often reliant on who youāre related to. It also has a power far greater than secular courts of law held over the heads of both accused and victim - the power to take away your loved ones.
Time it was stopped entirely frankly.
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Watchtower hires Satanism author & Dracular society member Massimo Introvigne to defend them in Dutch CSA
by Diogenesister inhi guys...well watchtower gets wackier and wackier!.
so watchtower has hired the author of several books on satanism & self proclaimed 'vampire' society member(!
) vlad...i mean massimo introvigne to defend them against a report by two academics recommending the dutch govt investigate jws.
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Diogenesister
Are we talking the Dracula Society that had horror legend Christopher Lee as president?
- If you go to Kim & Miley's channel she has a photo of Massimo dressed as Dracula! I'm not sure they're academics that study the myths and legends associated with the count & I'm guessing they're really fans of the book but he definitely belongs to the look her end of "fan-Dom" & takes it to another level of 'belief'!!
From his wiki:
- was the Italian director of the Transylvanian Society of Dracula, which included the leading academic scholars in the field of the literary and historical study of the vampire myth.[43][44] In 1997, J. Gordon Melton and Introvigne organized an event at the Westin Hotel in Los Angeles where 1,500 attendees came dressed as vampires for: "creative writing contest, Gothic rock music and theatrical performances".[43]
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Watchtower hires Satanism author & Dracular society member Massimo Introvigne to defend them in Dutch CSA
by Diogenesister inhi guys...well watchtower gets wackier and wackier!.
so watchtower has hired the author of several books on satanism & self proclaimed 'vampire' society member(!
) vlad...i mean massimo introvigne to defend them against a report by two academics recommending the dutch govt investigate jws.
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Diogenesister
Sorry unable to post CESSNR poster
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Not invited to congregation āget togethersā. They finally said it
by solomon inwe donāt get many invitations to congregational social gatherings.
we donāt attend midweek meetings and miss about 1/3 of sunday meetings.
we go in service at least once a month.
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Diogenesister
There was an elder on the same street doing the same thing as me and he took three years . His house looked like a frat house with all the people coming and going. He is 60 years old. Stupid.
Although to be honest I'm glad he has a Home for his old age. Remember when he's 70 the org "won't require his services" and, especially if he gets sick and struggles to attend meetings, you'll see fewer and fewer visits.