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  What JW Subjects Interest You The Most On This Site? What Doesn’t??

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i like subjects that delve into the history of the religion and proofs that the witnesses are not the true religion.

  i’m not so much into apologists saying we need to go to meetings, especially if the poster looks like a scammer trying to get ex jws going.

  what subjects interest you ?

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  I find that if I can find an old poster or thread that I like I can click on that poster and find viewpoints interesting to me. I follow through that thread a lot of subjects. I could go to search the sites information base and come up with stuff but it is almost easier to google it with the websites name and the subject. I like to say google is your friend.

  If I didnt have family still "in" I would let go of this site; but because of the political bias on some threads but have learned to leave the thread almost immediately or I get too stressed.
  
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  Will You Take A Covid Vac!

  by minimus in

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  yes.

  right now i would like to see how good the vaccine really is.

  i’ve never taken a flu shot and so far, no flu..

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  My husband is elderly and is dealing with lung cancer. He doesn't need me bringing any germs into the house. I am in my early 70s and am overweight and have high blood pressure. We will be taking the shot as soon as the doctors say OK.
  
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  Jesus speaks in third person

  by menrov in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i stumbled on john 17:1,2 which reads in net version:.

  17 when jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said, “father, the time has come.

  glorify your son, so that your son may glorify you— 2 just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.. if jesus had a close relation with his father, would you not expect to read something like this:.

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  It might have been 3rd person Thursday.
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  why crown of thorns

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  most here know that story elements in the jesus story are drawn from the ot.

  countless elements of gospels are cut straight from the descriptions of ot characters like moses, joshua, samuel et.al.

  an interesting suggestion involves a passage that was the very last straw for me years ago.

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  Totally weird scripture, I had to look it up. It has to be the strangest thing in the bible I have ever read.
  
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  Party Poopers (my Radio Play)

  by Terry in

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  party poopers a radio play.

  cast of characters.

  (narrator) terry (a crow wrangler).

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  I was wondering how you were going to escape Terry. Party poopers indeed.
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  A Tale of Revolting Horror!

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  note to readers:at one time i used to hang out at the local starbucks where i did my writing at a table just outside in a large indoor office center - a kind of indoor patio.

  the entrance to several other businesses and a bank was accessible only through this spacious public area.every day one particular person became a person of interest.

  eventually the oddity - the strangeness of his behavior became a fascination and a puzzle.the following story stems entirely from witnessing the movements and stillness of this eccentric man - and led me to weave the story in the manner of h.p.lovecraft.enjoy!_______________________________________________________________________.

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  Terry, I love your writings... you should have saved this for Halloween.
  
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  The latest “special” campaign!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. beliefs

  well, here ya go.... dd 🙄.

  https://www.8newsnow.com/community/jehovahs-witnesses-begin-global-campaign-distribute-electronic-magazine-in-november/.

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  I remember "special WT & Awake" in the 60s twice a year. Same old, same old.
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  Am I going way out on a limb? Why the USA is doing poorly with COVID

  by frozen2018 in

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  2. friends

  i saw this time article: https://time.com/2938158/youth-fail-to-qualify-military-service/.

  if 71% of youth are in that bad of shape, would it follow that the entire population is in bad physical shape to begin with?

  what happens if a virus such as covid-19 infects an unhealthy population?

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  Germans are very concerned about ventilation, open windows in the winter (5 minutes every hour in public buildings without acceptable ventilation)... Dilutes the virus load. Very strict tourism restrictions. Quarantine 10 days after landing or negative test after 5 days

  There has to be more that they are doing but that's what I found with a short google search.
  
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  Don't forget to take Sauerkraut for COVID-19 ?

  by was a new boy in

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  2. medical

  fermented foods may lower your risk of covid-19 death.

  countries that consume higher amounts of traditionally fermented foods have lower covid-19 mortality rates.

  according to german researchers, significant changes in the microbiome caused by modern life and low fermented food consumption may have increased the spread or severity of the disease.

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  I agree that some supplement's can help. I have a condition called Vitiligo and I cant get a tan or make much vitamin D because of a lack of melanin in my skin. Live in a sunny area and I have low levels of Vitamin D. The information out there say most cases of Covid in the hospitals are very low in Vit D. I have been taking it for several years and have doubled my dose from once a day to twice. I have been taking 2,000 mg tablets.
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  Would You Like To See Your Police Departments “Defunded”?

  by minimus in

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  do you think it’s a good idea?.

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  So what happens and every building has a security person or department. Then they wonder why the rent doubled and insurance is impossible to pay.