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  Merry Christmas and Award for Worst Gift of Christmas Thread

  by GrreatTeacher in

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  merry christmas!

  it's 3 pm on the outskirts of washington, dc, but, hey, i've heard that santa is already busy around about australia and new zealand!

  so, merry christmas to you all!.

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  I must have said I enjoyed maltesers to the kids at some stage and for years I've been getting a box of maltesers from them. No one else at home eats them so I'm stuck with them. Fortunately there wasn't one in sight this year.

  One year, as a stocking filler I got each of our kids a giant 750gm (26oz) toblerone. They felt like they were eating toblerone forever and got sick of it pretty quick. They joke about it every now and then.

  Our Chirstmas went well and it's always lovely to have an excuse for the whole family to get together.
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  Just how much of a dramatic FLOP is this NEW LIGHT?

  by Terry in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1xpxxtqvys.

  your opinion, please, on the above video.

  1. before jesus, humans were judged either by the law (jews and converts) or by natural law (noahide law).

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  As far as I can work out, the old light is that if you practised vile things you would get a resurrection, as long as you weren't sinning against the Holy Spirit. Once you were resurrected, if you practised vile things then it would prove that you had been resurrected to a one of judgement. A resurrected could practice vile things but only for a short time, a number of years, maybe less than 100 years.

  With this new light, no one will be allowed to practice vile things during or after the 1,000 years. How sinful people aren't able to physically sin is a mighty feat but they want to create the 1,000 years as being peaceful and like paradise. You can't have people going around doing vile things and call that paradise.
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  AM III speech at anual meeting 2021

  by Gorb in

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  just downloaded and watched the am iii speech about expetations about the end.. all i think it is ment to temper the high expetations that the rank and file have build up because of the pandemic.. most jw think that the big end will come now.. gb must be anticipating the anti climax that will come.. it is a very rare speech, i can say, and am iii was in a realistic mood, the audience was laughing and he was thinking "you are idiots", so it seems to me.. g..

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  Slimboyfat - Although it does seem problematic if he was saying that Armageddon could be as late as 2020, because that would have contradicted the “generation” teaching at the time.

  Morris said he couldn't remember if he told his kids that Armageddon could be as late as 2020 before 1975. However, he told his kids that when it was a Watchtower teaching that 'this generation' would occur before the generation that saw 1914 passed away. I think he said they were sitting in the back of his car.

  He was either defying the doctrines of the Governing Body or he had just made the whole story up. Since he would never admit to lying then he has just given permission to all JWs that it's okay to not only contradict Watchtower teachings but it's also okay to make it public, as he did with his own kids and likely his wife.
  
  
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  Yesterday I applied to join FB ex JW in Australia

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. friends

  today i see that my application was declined with no explanation or if i could review the decision ?.

  or even ask why ?.

  any aussies on this forum members of fb australia ex jw`s ?.

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  Do you mean the Australian & NZ Ex JWs Support Group on Facebook?

  If so, a few years ago I asked about it on the Reddit forum and a member said I would need to email him so that he could put the request forward (as you need to be recommended). No doubt he checked out my posting history on Reddit.
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  Child pornography should NOT be automatically handled by a judicial committee

  by pistolpete in

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  new information added to the "shepherd the flock elder's book" .

  they have updated their policy on viewing child pornography.. from a congregation standpoint it is not viewed as child sex abuse and is something that should not be automatically handled by a judicial committee.

  it states that a person viewing child pornography should be strongly counseled.

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  Rattigan350 I just googled to find out whether it is or not and a legal firm has this to say

  The Answer: Googling the term "child pornography" is not illegal, but viewing or possessing any images or depictions of children in sexual situations is illegal. ... After all, possessing or viewing those types of images is illegal in all 50 states and federally, so they do not allow criminal activity as searchable.2 June 2021

  Another website (Stop it Now) has this to say

  As the sexual abuse of a child is illegal, any image depicting this is an image of a crime being committed. Watching child pornography is a crime. Everytime your brother watches child pornography, he is committing a crime. In essence, two crimes are being committed at the same time - a child being sexually abused and watching a child being sexually abused. Additionally, when child pornography is watched, it creates a demand for images of children being sexually abused and hence, more children are at risk for being sexually abused by the people who make these images.

  I would also add that child sexual abuse can also occur without touching a child. Non-touching child sex abuse does include watching child pornography. A woman who was sexually abused as a child and the abuse was filmed, stated that she feels violated time and time again whenever she thinks about these films being passed around. So, to be clear, viewing child pornography is absolutely child sexual abuse. For further information, please read defining child sexual abuse and defining child pornography.
  
  
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  Caption this WT picture!

  by Iamallcool in

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  "Mum, I found these online, the price is really good. Do you want me to buy you a pair as well, for Mother's Day?"
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  For New Ones!

  by Atlantis in

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  2. friends

  every day someone somewhere is being disfellowshipped.

  after the trauma of being cast out and shunned by relatives and friends, many exjw's start an investigation of the watchtower society.. they begin to collect every scrap of evidence they can get their hands on to prove they were lied to.. some of these archives may come in handy.

  if you need something and it is not in an archive somewhere, send me a pm and i'll see if we can get it for you.

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  I love your jolly sense of humour Atlantis and would like to thank you for all your tireless work.

  I am on your email list and can't thank you enough for all the interesting updates that you send.
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | January 2022

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | january 2022. during the great tribulation, gog of magog’s forces may try to assault us in our homes.

  but we can take comfort in knowing that jesus and his angels are aware of what is happening and will defend us (see paragraph 13).

  13. when gog of magog attacks, why will we appear to be vulnerable, but what reason for confidence will we have?

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  They can't even keep their story straight. They usually say that individuals won't be protected but the organisation as a whole will.

  As for stating that saving people will put God to the test doesn't sound right.
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  Are you open to having a count as to how many ex-JW`s on this site are vaccinated x2 jabs. ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. medical

  i`ll go first ,i have my vaccinated 2 jabs for the elderly.. if i`m not around in the next 3 months you will know why ..

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  Smiddy, we are in WA where the borders are still closed but it's not going to stay that way so hubby and I decided to get the AZ and it means we can travel to Victoria.

  Due to the closed borders, the second AZ jab is given 12 weeks apart as studies show that maximum protection is given by giving it at 12 weeks rather than earlier. They rushed the second jab over east due to the increase in infections.

  We are due the second jab at the end of the month.

  The Government will discontinue the supply of the AZ so if we have to get a booster it will be a 'mixed vax' which I'm not too happy about given that there's not much research available.
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  Screen time or Green time..

  by zachias in

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  "girls who spent less than an hour on screens and boys who spent less than 90 minutes on screens were not negatively impacted by it.

  but at higher amounts of screen time, their life satisfaction dropped significantly—they were less happy with their lives, and it got worse the more time they spent.

  if screen time went above 105 minutes per day for boys or 75 minutes per day for girls, their mental health also got worse.".

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  I hope not. There are many adults that work in front of screens all day.

  I wonder if this satisfaction rating given by boys and girls is not because of spending time in front of the screens but as a result of not finding satisfaction in other activities.