I don't always agree with you Cofty but honestly? It's depressing. This will be the third surreal election in which any sort of pretence of genuine public service seems completely absent. You couldn't make it up.
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Biden running in 2024 🤣
by LoveUniHateExams ini've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.
apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.
his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..
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Bethel Scandals
by XBEHERE inanyone have some to share?
i'll start:.
when i was there the worst i heard was a thief going around stealing the $90 out of some other bethelite's lockers the day we all got "paid".
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Slidin Fast
Had a friend who was so wild with weekend parties and over drinking that he was asked to leave.
I had a friend who did the same and became a Bethel elder.
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Christmas Decorations at the Kingdom hall
by Simon ini can't remember if i've told this story before .... but back in the day, in irlam congregation (northwest england, uk, cheshire #1 circuit i think) we used to rent a kingdom hall for many years before we eventually built our own.. preston hall.
ah, the memories .... it was primarily used as a community hall for old folks, but we had it friday night and sunday morning.. there was a loft and fold-out ladder and we used to store the chairs up their.
every meeting, there would be an assembly line of all the "lads" to pass the chairs down and set them up, then collect them up and pass them back up at the end of the meeting.
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Slidin Fast
I went to a cong that met in a community hall. Come Christmas the decorations were hung every where. We would take them down then re-hang the when we left.
That felt like a compromise but we got quite good at it.
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Ramapo
by Mit123 inhow much is ramapo going to cost?
my daughter in africa meets in a cow shed for her meetings.
i wonder how many khs in africa they could build if they dropped ramapo?.
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Slidin Fast
Maybe one day we will have "Dubland" complete with rides and immersive experiences. We have Disneyland, WT "museums. Sophia and Caleb are being almost merchandised in every Bethel around the world.
How a once misguided but sincerely held message is being trivialised!
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A word in Stephen Letts Ear: Counterfeit Words Millstone Research
by Diogenesister ini had to post this on jwdotnet.. probably one of the best exjw videos i've ever seen.. watchtower criticism is jehovah's witness advocacy!.
https://youtu.be/0-ybkhglmkg.
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Slidin Fast
Can't access it. Continuously more character checks in an unending sequence.
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Deaf Aotearoa flooded with complaints about Jehovah's Witness church
by OrphanCrow indeaf aotearoa flooded with complaints about jehovah's witness churchkashka tunstalllast updated 15:22, october 6 2015deaf aotearoa has asked the jehovah's witness church to respond to claims of a deaf information database.new zealand's deaf community is fed up with unsolicited house calls, claiming the jehovah's witness church is targeting deaf households.deaf aotearoa has received multiple complaints from around the country and says church members visited certain homes because they were aware a deaf person lived there.
the organisation released a statement on monday, saying it was looking into the possibility the church holds a database listing the details of members of the deaf community.jehovah witness spokesman rod spinks said there was no such database and deaf people were not being targeted.the deaf aotearoa statement was posted on the group's facebook page, and received a flood of comments from frustrated people.one woman said a group of jehovah's witnesses had come to her house and asked "for the deaf person who lives here.
" she said they refused to explain how they had her details and didn't visit her neighbours.another said church members had turned up at her work and asked for her by name.hamilton man royce flynn said he had been visited six times over the last nine months, despite repeatedly saying he was uninterested in the house calls.he said the church members were always able to sign and also brought deaf people along, which lead him to believe he was being singled out.flynn said contacted local police, who told him it was a privacy issue and referred him on to the office of the privacy commissioner.he said he had been been in contact with local labour member of parliament sue moroney.deaf aotearoa acting chief executive jill dean said complaints about the church were a recurring issue.
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Slidin Fast
This is a really interesting and informative thread, really worth resurrecting, absolute incontrovertible evidence of WT lying.
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CSA Victom Speaks Out
by LostintheFog1999 ini happened to come across this video at the beginning of the week.
you feel so sorry for this poor woman who experienced csa and then the hardheartedness of the elders (what's new there) when she needed genuine love and help.. https://fb.watch/j1qacgxphi/.
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Slidin Fast
Has this legislation moved forward? The bishop spoke persuasively but I felt covered in slime having heard him. The three ex dubs spoke clearly and logically. I hope they win out.
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"Mankind's Search for God" book
by My Name is of No Consequence inthis book was published around 1990, but was never studied (to my knowledge).
does anyone know the reason why?.
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Slidin Fast
[Edit.. There is a chapter on Islam]
I am probably confusing that with another publication that was aimed at Hindus I think and the promise was that they would follow it with something aimed at Muslims. It was that that never materialised.
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"Mankind's Search for God" book
by My Name is of No Consequence inthis book was published around 1990, but was never studied (to my knowledge).
does anyone know the reason why?.
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Slidin Fast
As I remember it was released with great self congratulation but never studied. Correct me if I'm wrong but it omitted Islam from the story. A promise was made at the time of release that a separate publication would be prepared on that subject, we are still waiting.
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Turkish & Syria Earthquake Victims approach 40,000 WT Says:
by Slidin Fast inyou couldn't make it up.. "tens of thousands affected by devastating earthquake in turkey.
a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southeastern turkey early monday, february 6, 2023. later, a magnitude 7.5 tremor hit the same region.
a number of significant aftershocks have been felt in the region.
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Slidin Fast
You couldn't make it up.
"Tens of Thousands Affected by Devastating Earthquake in Turkey
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southeastern Turkey early Monday, February 6, 2023. Later, a magnitude 7.5 tremor hit the same region. A number of significant aftershocks have been felt in the region. Over 21,000 people have died, and more than 74,000 people have been injured.
Effect on Our Brothers and Sisters in Turkey
Sadly, 1 elderly sister in the city of Adana was killed
A brother, his wife, their child, and a relative remain trapped under rubble in the city of Adiyaman
3 homes were destroyed
17 homes sustained major damage
17 homes sustained minor damage
1 Kingdom Hall sustained major damage
1 Kingdom Hall sustained minor damage
Relief Efforts
Responsible brothers are providing much-needed spiritual assistance to those affected by the disaster
2 Disaster Relief Committees have been appointed to oversee relief efforts"
I don't minimise the affect on the witnesses but highlighting one death in a tragedy of this size on the basis of religion is offensive. Is any group on earth so unloving?