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  Corona beer sales vs coronavirus ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  i`m just curious as to whether the corona beer sales have plummeted since this coronavirus has spread in different parts of the world .. it wouldn`t surprise me if sales had a nose dive since this outbreak and just wondered if anybody has any information concerning this ?.

  word association plays a big part in many peoples lives..

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  Corona virus causes headache, difficulty breathing, and fever.

  Corona beer causes loud talking, craving for Taco Bell and waking up in bed with people you don't know.
  
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  JW satire piece in The Babylon Bee

  by frozen2018 in

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  i enjoy satire.

  from the babylon bee:.

  https://babylonbee.com/news/fbi-introduces-new-jehovahs-witness-protection-program.

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  The two guys in the background of the picture look like Mormon missionaries to me.
  
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  May WT study edition: full of king of North and South / Rusia

  by Gorbatchov in

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  jw.org is on collision course with russia.

  the may wt study edition is full of prophesy related to the time of the end and what we have read so much in isaiah and jeremia bookstudy publications.. they found their enemy again.

  jw.org needs enemy's to exist.

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  What does the near future hold for Jehovah's Witnesses, a new slogan for the Watchtower: "Redefining "soon" for over one hundred and thirty years."
  
  
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  How do you feel about Social Media?

  by caves in

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  i personally hate it!

  i've tried for years to find a way to enjoy it, but i do not.

  i tried.. at the end of the day i feel its just people getting there ego stroked and miss-information.

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  Okay, so what is this old fart missing in this question? Aren't we ON social media here? We're a bunch of people talking to each other over the internet. I would take that as evidence that we like THIS social media. Or are FB and twitter the only things that count?
  
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  Do You Support Police and Law Enforcement?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  recently black lives matter representatives have encouraged people to spit in law enforcement officials foods.

  some people are going into police stations and trying to kill innocent officers.

  federal officials are marked for death because they try to administer the law.. what is your opinion of this type of lawlessness?.

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  Rub, I think you're conflating two different shows. Car 54 was a sit com. I was 10 when it came out, and remember watching it.
  

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_54,_Where_Are_You%3F

  There was a show that was dramitic recreations of actual incidents, I can't find it right now.

  One of these days some cops somewhere are going to decide to just stop working for a couple of days so that everybody will appreciate what they do. I wouldn't blame them at all. Restaurant workers who spit in the food should be charged with assault. If the customer is a cop that would be assaulting an officer.
  
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  I want to try something new, any ideas?

  by Tameria2001 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  normally when jws come to my door, i very quickly tell them i'm not interested in the jws.

  and for about a year or so they don't come until that time passes.

  well, they came by today, but this time i decided to not tell them to go away but had a nice conversation with the two that were at my door.

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  I've stumped them a couple of times with a question: How can they be Christians if there offical doctrine teaches that Jesus is not their mediator? Every time their response is "Of course we teach that Jesus is our mediator," to which I say "When did that change?" They will it hasn't and I refer them to the 1979 and 1989 Watchtower articles and invite them to come back after they look that up.

  None of them ever come back, I hope that I gave them something to think about.
  
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  They Are Already Talking About Impeaching Trump Again!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  because he voiced his opinion on roger stone’s recommended sentencing as being grossly unfair, the democrats are talking about impeachment.. do they really think that impeaching him will mean that a democrat will get into the white house??.

  it is crazy!!

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  How many times did the Republicans vote to repeal Obama care? Maybe the Democrats are going to try to break that record by impeaching Trump 150 times.
  
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  My kids are watching Atheist Content on Youtube!

  by Miriam in

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  i was looking at my children's watch history on youtube when i saw that they were watching atheist content!!!

  what should i do?

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  How old are the children? If they are young you could watch with them and talk about the parts you disagree with (note I said talk WITH them, not at them). If they're teenagers, the fastest way to get them to watch more is to forbid it. If they're over 18 why are you telling them what they can watch, and more importantly why are they listening to you?
  
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  Offshore Leaks Database!

  by Atlantis in

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  offshore leaks database.. posting this to find out information.

  https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/search?utf8=%e2%9c%93&q=jehovah%27s+witnesses&e=&commit=search.

  petra!

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  Probably meaningless. The bank account is in Aruba (or that is the bank's HQ) and the entities are in Aruba and Barbados. Unless the WTBS is flying in boxes of cash it's a couple of local accounts for local entities.
  
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  Algebra

  by HappyDad in

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  2. friends

  what the hell?

  it's after 4 am here in minnesota and my brain just won't shut down.

  of all things....in the middle of the night,algebra is bugging me.

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  JeffT

  I did poorly at math in grade school. My first run at college I majored in English because I knew I couldn't cut it in the STEM classes. Nine years after I graduated college I went back to study something that people would pay me to do. A year later I had a certificate in business managment with an emphasis in accounting. I spent the next tweny-six years of my life doing Algebra every day. Somewhere along the line I got good at it. I suspect that most people on this thread actually use algebra at lot more than they think.
  

  Our college finance system (at least here in the US) is more f****D up that our medical insurance. It's a device for turning the future income of students into the current income of college profs and staff. The loan program makes no distinction between majoring in brain surgery and Lithuanian Art History. So we send people into the world with no job skills and $100k in debt and wonder why they are struggling.