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  Why the change?

  by Fadeaway1962 in

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  2. beliefs

  possible cancelling the memorial after years of experiences of bro/sis under nazi , communist oppression and many other countries still conducting the memorial under threat of death that the governing body is listening to the superior authorities regarding this virus pandemic.. could it be that after taking control of the k/halls that the branch/governing body would be responsible for any disobedience to the civil authorities and liable for any deaths.. they would have left upto the local body of elders and encouraged obedience to god rather than men and a lack of faith in jehovah to protect his people..

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  I was thinking they would have the memorial in people's homes in groups of say 25 or so but the rumor is they are going to do a stream of the service and partakers can make arrangements at home.
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  FAKE-NEWS.JW.ORG

  by lastmanstanding in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the current “news” on jw.borg.

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/.

  look closely at he picture of “russian” police breaking in to what appears to be a utility shed.. first, you’d have to be a complete moron to believe anything you see.. the “police” are shown using a garden pic to open a door.

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  blondie, stillin, DD, JW_Rogue,
  Are you kidding? Do you want to say you really don't understand the difference between pictures, videos etc. clearly provided for illustrative purposes, and those presented as depicting real events and attributed to a government source?

  Can't speak for others but I was really just making a side point of how most of their photos and videos are fake. The footage I've seen from Russia looks very real and I have no reason to doubt it. The things going on over there are serious but WT is making it worse by saying openly in the study WT that brothers should hide literature and meet in secret. Seems they are trying to make more martyrs than necessary.
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  Question from yesterdays persecution article...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. watchtower
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  what are you resolved to do if under ban?.

  i wonder how many people were thinking about how that would be a great excuse to leave!

  finally, a good out, you were just too afraid of the persecution.

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  I just don't think they should be making martyrs out of people who could simply go on living their lives quietly. They can keep their beliefs, just not the organizational aspects. Seems like WT doesn't really care what happens because if some do get tazed or beaten it will bring more attention to the issue. It's sad that they are buying into it and putting their lives in jeopardy.
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  Question from yesterdays persecution article...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what are you resolved to do if under ban?.

  i wonder how many people were thinking about how that would be a great excuse to leave!

  finally, a good out, you were just too afraid of the persecution.

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  They forgot to mention the money laundering part in Russia.

  Are they still trying to get donations from these poor people? They should be taking any money they would usually donate and use it to help one another locally.
  
  
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  Question from yesterdays persecution article...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what are you resolved to do if under ban?.

  i wonder how many people were thinking about how that would be a great excuse to leave!

  finally, a good out, you were just too afraid of the persecution.

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  I think it is messed up that they are giving brothers direction which will put them in harms way. Will they really lose all belief if they aren't getting the latest WT study material? Just tell them to buy a different translation of the bible and to keep their personal faith alive. Idiots!
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  FAKE-NEWS.JW.ORG

  by lastmanstanding in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the current “news” on jw.borg.

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/.

  look closely at he picture of “russian” police breaking in to what appears to be a utility shed.. first, you’d have to be a complete moron to believe anything you see.. the “police” are shown using a garden pic to open a door.

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  Last man, I came to realize that ALL of the pictures in the WT publications are staged. They all have subtle little aspects that he Witnesses pick apart as though it had been a candid , spontaneous picture. Spontaneity is not welcome among the Witnesses. You might even say that the pictures are dishonest.

  The photos of people preaching around the world are the worst. They are always preaching in some tourist destination and the locals are very interested in the message. JWs even know that it is fake because it isn't like that in real life. My wife and I went to this local tourist spot, it's a large park with museums, fountains, gardens etc. There were lots of people there because they had an event with food trucks and live music. Everyone is having a good time eating, walking their dogs, hanging out on the grass. Guess who we see on the main plaza? Two JWs manning a literature cart. No one is talking to them, everyone is having fun except them. It was very sad.

  
  
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  Question from yesterdays persecution article...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what are you resolved to do if under ban?.

  i wonder how many people were thinking about how that would be a great excuse to leave!

  finally, a good out, you were just too afraid of the persecution.

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  What are you resolved to do if under ban?

  
  

  I wonder how many people were thinking about how that would be a great excuse to leave! Finally, a good out, you were just too afraid of the persecution. I mean hiding literature in your house? Buying an extra electronic device to store PDFs of "spiritual food"? Meeting in secret? Taking direction from people who place more importance on keeping you as a member than whether or not you get tazed? No, thanks.

  
  

  
  
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  Will we eventually evolve into “Creators” GODS?

  by I believe in overlapping in

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  humanity is slowly leaving behind ancient stories of a god who created adam and eve and punished their children for eating the forbidden produce.

  some people with vision like yuval noah harai, sam harris, elon musk, and others, caution the intellectuals of the world to tread cautiously in regard to artificial intelligence, (ai) development.

  most experts don’t share their viewpoint mostly because they think they know more than they do, and they think they are smarter than they are.

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  It seems to me that AI will be very useful for specific tasks as mentioned above but I don't really see how that would lead to any true self awareness or consciousness. I think for that to happen humans would really have to want it to for some reason.
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  Will we eventually evolve into “Creators” GODS?

  by I believe in overlapping in

  1. social
  2. current

  humanity is slowly leaving behind ancient stories of a god who created adam and eve and punished their children for eating the forbidden produce.

  some people with vision like yuval noah harai, sam harris, elon musk, and others, caution the intellectuals of the world to tread cautiously in regard to artificial intelligence, (ai) development.

  most experts don’t share their viewpoint mostly because they think they know more than they do, and they think they are smarter than they are.

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  AI is fine as long as a human is holding the power cord. To me what would really be scary would be some sort collective networked intelligence that merges with the human mind.
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  UPDATE: Wife Pretty Much Knows That I Don't Believe

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we had a nice long talk and i brought up some things that make me think that this isn't the "truth" and she somewhat agreed with me.

  i stuck with things i personally experienced or had knowledge of plus all the changes in recent years.

  she agreed on a lot of the points but still believes in god and the bible.

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  LOL Yeah, maybe in thirty years or so...