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  Awake 1976 - Should a Pocket Calculator Be in Your Pocket?

  by Ron.W. in

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  awake 1976 - should a pocket calculator be in your pocket?.

  somehow this totally zany 'bible based' article passed me by first time around!.

  anyone remember it?.

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  So funny I actually remember this really well.. Even as a young child I thought this sounded a foolish. I'll admit the grandparents who partly raised me weren't buying it, too. So I did have some sensible influences that allowed me to see at least the absurdities & extremes of the faith.
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  Reddit thread re Oct 2024 WT with picture of window washer - Theme knocking people who Planned

  by LongHairGal in

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  this thread currently has over 300 comments.. it shows a picture of an older man washing a window looking wistfully… then it talks all about how some may have doubts about not having planned and the situation they are in now that they are older, etc.

  it refers to others who did plan and who supposedly have ‘apparent’ financial security.

  in my opinion, the whole gist of this article is to make older witnesses feel better who did not pursue a career or plan well for retirement.. it tries to imply that those others who planned only have ‘apparent’ financial security - which is to say they don’t (?).

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  The obituary stated former Elder Arlen St Clair, fell to his death from a customer's roof while washing skylights. Arlen died while washing windows in his mid-70s. Lost his life, lost his shot at a "retirement", and lost his religion. The sad and rotten fruitage of Watchtower.

  Lord I wish a major news outlet would write an article about this tragedy

  My heart breaks. Talk about your brother's blood calling out to me from the ground! Sometimes we see Watchtower's crime's loud and clear. We can definitively demonstrate to authorities their moral bankruptcy and stop them in their tracks - such as CSA cases. The shunning of minors. Preventing JW parents forcing the blood policy on children.

  But sometimes their cruelty is more subtle, as in this case. Watchtower is responsible for this man's death and it's beyond disgusting. There are not words for their disgrace, here.🤬🤬🤬
  
  
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  Trump assassination attempt??

  by Diogenesister in

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  it happened at a rally in pennsylvania, apparently.

  he seems ok i've seen a photo of him bleeding from his ear.

  this is absolutely nutso....if it's too it doesn't surprise me the way they constantly describe him as "far right" and that his supporters are "maga republicans".

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  Does anyone know about this? It happened at a rally in Pennsylvania, apparently. He seems ok I've seen a photo of him bleeding from his ear. This is absolutely nutso....if it's too it doesn't surprise me the way they constantly describe him as "far right" and that his supporters are "maga republicans".
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  Avoiding Temptation As a Young Elder

  by TMS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was the summer of '72.

  i was 24 but had been the presiding overseer or congregation servant of a small congregation in the county seat of an arkansas county for about 3 years.. my regular pioneer wife of nearly four years was big and pregnant, with our attempts at birth control unsuccessful.. one of my wife's several bible studies was with a young woman named brenda whom my wife had encountered in door to door work.. brenda had two young children she could barely handle and was married to a very countryfied arkie named henry who worked as a chicken catcher, one of the most difficult jobs at the local chicken plant.. brenda eventually revealed that she'd been raised as a jw, but was never baptized, having left home to marry henry at age 14. she spoke of her family in texas, mentioning her mother and two older sisters, all jws she said.. one morning, just before the meeting for field service, we noticed a small car in kingdom hall parking lot.

  my wife and i were parked to one side of the hall in our aluminum nashua house trailer.. two young women got out of the car and soon joined us for the meeting for service, identifying themselves as brenda's sisters from texas.. the two girls, ages 17 and 20, were distractingly beautiful, with the eldest decked out like a magnificent southern belle including hat and heels, her high-end clothing accentuating her very obvious curves.. with no one else showing up for field service, it ended up just the four of us in the car group with the two texas girls in the back seat.. starting our time at a not-at-home, the 20 year old asked if she could accompany me to "hear my presentation.

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  Little blurry old pic no one will recognise....

  No surgery. Little make up, no fillers Botox or any of the awful things women do to themselves these days.

  ....ok I was a little in love with her..
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  Members of congregation know it’s not true

  by Mikejw in

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  2. experiences

  we have lonely old folks and even some not so old.. they know the gb are not who they claim to be.. but they stay in the congregation because they are lonely.

  i wonder what percentage of jws this is the case, i would guess a lot.

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  ragrantAddendum18 hours ago

  i am sorry you lost your wife, @tms

  but i'm glad you were able to have that happy time together

  🫶

  Here, here ❤️
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  Avoiding Temptation As a Young Elder

  by TMS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was the summer of '72.

  i was 24 but had been the presiding overseer or congregation servant of a small congregation in the county seat of an arkansas county for about 3 years.. my regular pioneer wife of nearly four years was big and pregnant, with our attempts at birth control unsuccessful.. one of my wife's several bible studies was with a young woman named brenda whom my wife had encountered in door to door work.. brenda had two young children she could barely handle and was married to a very countryfied arkie named henry who worked as a chicken catcher, one of the most difficult jobs at the local chicken plant.. brenda eventually revealed that she'd been raised as a jw, but was never baptized, having left home to marry henry at age 14. she spoke of her family in texas, mentioning her mother and two older sisters, all jws she said.. one morning, just before the meeting for field service, we noticed a small car in kingdom hall parking lot.

  my wife and i were parked to one side of the hall in our aluminum nashua house trailer.. two young women got out of the car and soon joined us for the meeting for service, identifying themselves as brenda's sisters from texas.. the two girls, ages 17 and 20, were distractingly beautiful, with the eldest decked out like a magnificent southern belle including hat and heels, her high-end clothing accentuating her very obvious curves.. with no one else showing up for field service, it ended up just the four of us in the car group with the two texas girls in the back seat.. starting our time at a not-at-home, the 20 year old asked if she could accompany me to "hear my presentation.

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  Betty Humpter Dear Penthouse Forum: "You'll never believe what happened to me........"

  Dear Penthouse Forum, the most absolutely beautiful, incredibly intelligent and talented Jehovah's witness pioneer is your centrefold this month.....gorgeous pictures taken in the Greek islands. Also now in her 60's she's very popular on the vintage 80's Babe's forums 😊
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

  by Simon in

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  uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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  ToHHey, after two years of almost-constant entertainment, it looks like he's run out of steam

  Aha but it's holiday time, remember! 6 weeks of school hols, to be precise. Great excuse to doom scroll on the sun lounger🤳🏻 while the ex wife runs around after the kids all day.🥵

  Mike exjwHe is a single lonely old man who has sexual frustration this is called incel which is an involuntary celibate.

  Problem with Cedars is that being a JW with the correct pedigree scored him a bride he couldn't have dreamed of had he been worldly. Now he expects (young) Dijana-style girls to fall at his feet and it ain't happening - wouldn't have back then and it certainly ain't now when you add 10 years (and 10 stone) to the equation lol.🍕🍟🍔🥞
  
  
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  I Visited Auschwitz Two Days Ago

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  auschwitz concentration camp in poland may not seem like a very happy vacation spot to visit.

  but, if you have a home, a family and your freedom - you will be far less likely to take these things for granted after visiting.

  we made the sobering decision to make the 2.5 hr.

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  Riley His facebook feed is nothing but this endless right wing tirade , most against trans-people

  He visits Auschwitz and talks about sad it is humans could do that to each other and then goes back to his endless tirade of shitposting.

  Riley right at this moment US politicians are rushing through a bill attempting to protect title 9 - (that's women's sports). It's beyond belief they are tearing down every protection women have fought for over the last 200 years - from Elizabeth Fry, who demanded women & children have their own prisons, to women's sports & safe spaces in DV refuges etc

  My own great grandmother, who helped raise me, was not allowed to vote until she was 30. That's how short a time it's been The younger generation take these hard won protections and rights for granted & casually give them away, so far from those days are they.

  Similarly, the current students at elite US universities are demanding Jewish students don't sit in the first 2 rows in class, so far from WW2 & the holocaust are they also.

  You are right in your sentiment, though, that those who don't learn from history are destined to repeat it. I just think you're looking in the wrong direction at this particular moment in time🤔
  
  
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  I Visited Auschwitz Two Days Ago

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  auschwitz concentration camp in poland may not seem like a very happy vacation spot to visit.

  but, if you have a home, a family and your freedom - you will be far less likely to take these things for granted after visiting.

  we made the sobering decision to make the 2.5 hr.

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  the major difference between jws and Nazism: JWs follow orders but always re-interpret them for their own localities, whereas the Nazis obeyed Hitler 100% and never dared deviate from their orders no matter where they were.

  UKPimo if you think people didn't use the Nazi race theories and its general tyranny to settle local scores and dispose of rivals/mete out punishment over petty jealousies etc, you don't understand human behaviour much.

  I agree Watchtower has a brass nerve comparing the suffering of its members - broadly caused by the fragile ego of their own leader - with what the Jews/gypsies went through.
  
  
  
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  photos not showing up

  by was a new boy in

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  great photo, doykl.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6277858037596160/je-sus-making-comeback-2024-convention.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5102163622100992/visited-auschwitz-two-days-ago.

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  Thank you Wozza ❤️

  Edit: I can see it Ron. I'm on an android.