Posts by Diogenesister

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JWs who are now paying the price of following the cult.
by mickbobcat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my in-laws are two such people.

people who pioneered and did not work and try to save, instead they made just enough to get by and waited for the end to come.

now my mil is in palliative care and the state is paying for her keep, my fil lives in a dilapidated home and can not keep it up.
Diogenesister

Longhair GalThe generation before them (the Greatest Generation) has very few still surviving.
The generation before the "baby boomers" is called "The Silent Generation". The *"greatest generation" was the one before that.
*Always thought that was a funny term for group that encompassed the Nazis, Stalin's henchmen and the Vichy French.
Personally I think the Boomers were the greatest generation. They bought us kicking and screaming into a modern world of equality, took us to the moon and founded the computer age.
NB I'm gen X
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Three children families stop step decline in Mormon membership
by joe134cd in
1. jw
2. experiences
i just posted this on a seperate thread, but i think it deserves its own thread.

this is with regard to the pew survey that states “2 out of three 3 born into the jehovah’s witness faith.

will not remain in the faith as adults.”.
Diogenesister

This is why I can't accept JW numbers joe134CD . If the Mormons need three children families to prop up numbers, and we know JWs don't have a lot of children and certainly are not making converts ..how can JW numbers have remained at 8 million for over ten years? Even with PiMO's included, It's just not possible!
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False members numbers
by asp59 in
1. jw
2. experiences
is watchtower faking there member numbers?

i live in europe.

for the last 15 year's probably 25 person i knew or more were df, pimo, left by own will, inactive.
Diogenesister

WT wizard couldn't agree more.
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Hines v. Watchtower
by DNCall in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
this could be a big one.

sexual abuse case naming the gb as co-defendants.

watchtower's response is due on january 21, 2022. here is the docket: https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/documentlist?docketid=t1yahx0ao9yz84iphf0ypa==&display=all.
Diogenesister

Watchtower obviously don't trust their own useless lawyers for this one.
NB Jan...nothing to do with you I take it?☺️
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False members numbers
by asp59 in
1. jw
2. experiences
is watchtower faking there member numbers?

i live in europe.

for the last 15 year's probably 25 person i knew or more were df, pimo, left by own will, inactive.
Diogenesister

At this stage they have to be using numbers of baptised individuals who haven't been df or DA. It's just not possible that numbers have remained at 8 million for the last, well, I don't know how many years.
In fact someone that worked at a branch headquarters (Russian, but possibly worked in Germany, this was before the ban) stated he knew for a fact, because they'd collated figures, that the number was nearer 5 and a half million. And that must have been five years ago.
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Alec Baldwin Shot a Woman Dead
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
so alec baldwin shot a woman dead on set and seriously injured another man.. what do we put this down as?

a tragic accident?

maybe ... except that implies no one was to blame.. the more you find out, the more it seems that this was due to negligence and lack of attention to safety.
Diogenesister

Pete I know nothing about guns being a Brit (only fired one WW2 gun belonging to a paranoid relative at 12😳the bullet lodged in Sid Barret's shed) but that video about gun safety is about the most sensible I've seen.
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Alec Baldwin Shot a Woman Dead
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
so alec baldwin shot a woman dead on set and seriously injured another man.. what do we put this down as?

a tragic accident?

maybe ... except that implies no one was to blame.. the more you find out, the more it seems that this was due to negligence and lack of attention to safety.
Diogenesister

StephaneLaLiberte If you are physically fit to work and don't, this likely shows issues with Mental wellness and/or drug dependencies.
Thank you! Nobody wants to be homeless...nobody doesn't want to have a job, a career, a life for goodness sakes.
The majority of people in this situation either have mental health issues, are personality or learning disordered, or have serious addictions and often concomitant history of abuse and/or PTSD.
Pete Having said that, the Senorita above appears actually brain damaged. A president with dementia hires someone he's just dragged off of the street, judging by her answers...WTF!!😳🙄
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A bit of history ... for you history buffs
by RR in
1. jw
2. friends
i wasn't sure where to post this.

not sure why i'm posting this.

it's only going to add fuel to the fire.
Diogenesister

Wow! I'm guessing the conspiracy theorists will definitely run with the idea that the Watchtower has a long a chain of spirit anointed providing young girls at the proper time
( In bad taste I know😬)
55
Alec Baldwin Shot a Woman Dead
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
so alec baldwin shot a woman dead on set and seriously injured another man.. what do we put this down as?

a tragic accident?

maybe ... except that implies no one was to blame.. the more you find out, the more it seems that this was due to negligence and lack of attention to safety.
Diogenesister

This is the "Armourer" who sounds like she had zero training except to go with her Dad to movie sets on "bring your kid to work" days!
https://www.tmz.com/videos/2021-10-22-102221-hannah-reed-1277447/
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Alec Baldwin Shot a Woman Dead
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
so alec baldwin shot a woman dead on set and seriously injured another man.. what do we put this down as?

a tragic accident?

maybe ... except that implies no one was to blame.. the more you find out, the more it seems that this was due to negligence and lack of attention to safety.
Diogenesister

What if a well known celebrity who was a staunch right wing republican did this while working on a movie set, would they be labeled in the same manner ?
I've got to admit I agree with everything you said simon but I think it's got bugger all to do with what side of political spectrum actor is etc.
It's the second on set death I've heard of in the last year or so. A walking Dead stunt man was pushed 20 ft on to a concrete floor because someone "forgot" to check if the soft-land mattress was underneath.
These people get paid a fortune but still can't do a common sense job.
Whose the senior, most experienced person on set with all the clout?
You have your culprit.