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  Jordan Peterson - Messiah or Poseur?

  by cofty in

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  a jp video came up on my youtube feed last week - he was on a panel in front of a huge audience and some poor disturbed guy ran on stage and started crying and wailing to peterson that he needed his help.

  it was agonising to watch.. what was even more disturbing was the comments section.

  i do not exaggerate when i say that dozens of people were extolling peterson's wisdom as if jesus had come again.

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  hoser

  I agree with what he is saying. We have become a nation of victims. People need to take responsibility for their actions.
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  After 60 Years She is Heading Out!

  by The Bethelite in

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  2. friends

  if you read my book "new boy" i talked about a girl i met in 1972 at a convention in allentown pa. i fell in love with her at first sight.

  however a problem came up a couple of months later, when i met and fell in love with my future wife, debbie.

  both women's mothers didn't like me at all (go figure) and it was literally a coin toss between the two women.

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  hoser

  It’s never to late.
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  Do You Use “ALEXA”?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i got the amazon echo dot and it’s pretty good.

  do you use it for anything?.

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  hoser

  I’d rather not invite big brother in my house to spy on me. The watchtower organization is intrusive enough
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  Watchtower Study March 2020.....Make peace with your brothers

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower—study edition | march 2020. .

  4 jesus taught us the importance of making peace with a brother who has something against us.

  (read matthew 5:23, 24.

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  hoser

  I think the demographics of a congregation are similar to any “worldly” organization. You have:

  1. Takers - those not ashamed to take advantage of other. These are on the top, bottom and middle of the economic pile.

  2. Givers - those with morals that are taken advantage of by number 1. They are easily guilted and shamed.

  The difference with the JWs is if you are being taken advantage of you it is difficult to get justice. You just have to suck it up.

  I did some office cleaning for a super pioneer couple many years ago when they were on a pilgrimage to bethell . I didn’t get paid until I pushed the matter with the elder husband. I got a check that I couldn’t cash because they spelled my name wrong. I asked for another check and finally got one after harassing them for a couple of weeks.

  This couple are now in the circuit work.
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  Notes From an Elders Meeting

  by WinstonSmith in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so in this past week i came across a stash of my old elder stuff.

  i've scanned a bunch of notes and agendas, and public talk outlines.. check out an agenda and my notes from the meeting here: https://imgur.com/gallery/qqmyczn.

  i’ve put an explanatory note on each image in imgur.

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  hoser

  Elders have to deal with a lot of bs. Not worth the effort
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  Amazon Foods

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
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  there are so many kinds of foods on amazon.

  i want to eat something different.

  what do you like to order on amazon?

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  hoser

  I don’t buy from amazon
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  IRAN - An inevitable clash of civilizations just up ahead (1953-1979)

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  satan peeks over the horizon in qatar :).

  arbitrary borders on a map of the middle east, post wwi.. .

  civilizations were uprooted.. .

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  hoser

  Halliburton

  That’s why the States were in Iraq. Halliburton owns the camps that feed and house the army.

  Major shareholder Dick Cheney

  Follow the money
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  The sky is falling- maybe

  by joey jojo in

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  i am actually not a 'sky is falling' guy, but i wanted to comment on the australian bushfires.. you may or may not believe the science behind global warming, however i personally put more faith in verified, scientific data than the words of fat cat, self-serving politicians.

  climate science has predicted, based on data, that we will see more prolonged, extreme weather events, higher average temperatures, rising sea levels due to ocean expansion and glacial melting.

  and this is exactly whats happening.

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  hoser

  The last two years were the coldest where I live. The coldest February on record. We hit -50 Celsius one day. I haven’t seen that since 1996. We had a cold rainy summer as well.
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  Self Driving Vehicles

  by TD in

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  i was so stoked about the whole idea a few years ago, but am having serious misgivings at this point.. what are your experiences / impressions / opinions?.

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  hoser

  it will make it easier to rob the beer truck if there isn’t a driver.
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  Russell's followers in British Columbia?

  by dubstepped in

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  2. friends

  so i was interviewing a guy for a podcast episode today and he went and saw his grandmother over christmas to gather some history.

  he wasn't raised a jw but it turns out his family was actually opposed to the jws because they went all the way back to russell.

  according to him (from her stories), they refused to follow rutherford and that's where the split took place.

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  hoser

  There were a group of Russelites in a rural area I used to live in (Canada also). I’m sure they are all dead by now as most were elderly 30 years ago. They were nice to us jws when we called on them in service.