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  JW Broadcasting - simply a platform for narcissists?

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one thing i notice from sitting through a number of broadcasts is just how much these guys love their titles.

  it's always brother such-and-such, member of the gb, helper to the teaching committee, etc.

  it's never simply brother such-and-such, a local elder with such-and-such congregation.. it seems to me the witnesses are pretty quick to pick up on catholics who call their priests father, which at the end of the day is in much the same vein simply a title.. i suspect these titles point to a huge amount of narcissism of the part of those who revel in such titles, certainly it doesn't seem to fall in line with christ's advocation that the greatest amongst you should be be the least.

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  Vidiot

  JWTV has done everyone an enormous favor, IMO. 😏
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  JW Broadcasting - simply a platform for narcissists?

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one thing i notice from sitting through a number of broadcasts is just how much these guys love their titles.

  it's always brother such-and-such, member of the gb, helper to the teaching committee, etc.

  it's never simply brother such-and-such, a local elder with such-and-such congregation.. it seems to me the witnesses are pretty quick to pick up on catholics who call their priests father, which at the end of the day is in much the same vein simply a title.. i suspect these titles point to a huge amount of narcissism of the part of those who revel in such titles, certainly it doesn't seem to fall in line with christ's advocation that the greatest amongst you should be be the least.

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  Vidiot

  Remember the good old days when most of the GB actually kept a semi-low profile?
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  Let The Right One In (novel)

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  so, i've already posted stuff about the 2008 film of the same title, directed by tomas alfredson.. i rate that film very highly, so i thought i'd treat myself over the xmas holidays with the novel by john ajvide lindqvist.

  the book is a lot darker in some aspects - the film sensibly tones down the paedophile desires and exploits of haakan, the girl vampire's carer.

  nobody wants to see that kind of stuff on screen.

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  Vidiot

  Just personal taste.
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  Let The Right One In (novel)

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  so, i've already posted stuff about the 2008 film of the same title, directed by tomas alfredson.. i rate that film very highly, so i thought i'd treat myself over the xmas holidays with the novel by john ajvide lindqvist.

  the book is a lot darker in some aspects - the film sensibly tones down the paedophile desires and exploits of haakan, the girl vampire's carer.

  nobody wants to see that kind of stuff on screen.

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  Vidiot

  The remake is, IMO, better than the original.
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  List of Things We Were NOT Allowed To Do as JW's

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's my list of jw no-no's as i recall: .

  1. no giving or accepting valentine candy for students.

  2. no going to home coming football games.

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  Vidiot

  Biahi - “Make a shorter list…list all the things they ARE allowed to do.”

  Easy-peasy.

  1) Listen.

  2) Obey.

  3) And be blessed.
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  Let The Right One In (novel)

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  so, i've already posted stuff about the 2008 film of the same title, directed by tomas alfredson.. i rate that film very highly, so i thought i'd treat myself over the xmas holidays with the novel by john ajvide lindqvist.

  the book is a lot darker in some aspects - the film sensibly tones down the paedophile desires and exploits of haakan, the girl vampire's carer.

  nobody wants to see that kind of stuff on screen.

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  Vidiot

  Never read the book, but I loved the 2010 English-language movie remake.

  Me favourite part was when Abby literally tore Owen’s psychotic tormentors to pieces when they tried to kill him.
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  Andrew Tate on the news

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
  2. current

  i hadn’t heard of this guy, andrew tate, until a few days ago, when he was mentioned on novara media (which is practically the only news i watch).

  then i saw a clip with him where he explained why he moved to romania: he said he ‘likes romania because the police are corrupt and you can pay them off’.

  (practically a direct quote) i thought to myself at the time that sounded a bit complacent!

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  LoveUni - “…Twitter quarrel between a bigot and a retard…”

  That phrase might just be the funniest thing I’ve read so far today. 😄
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  Is The Religion Of Jehovah's Witnesses Biblical?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the answer is a definite no!.

  because every doctrine that is unique to jehovah's witnesses is not in the bible.

  the unique doctrines of jehovah’s witnesses are the ones that only jehovah’s witnesses teach.

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  Vidiot

  Is Watchtowerism “Biblical”?

  Probably not.

  But…

  …since things like slavery and genocide are arguably “Biblical”…

  …does it really matter?
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  How Many of Jehovah’s Witnesses Are There Worldwide? FAQ Are You A Jehovah's Witness in REALITY

  by Longlivetherenegades in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from the faq as captured on the website with this question (how many jehovah's witnesses are there worldwide?

  ) led to this question of mine who do the organization sees as a jehovah's witness?

  the organization answers: .

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  Vidiot

  Maybe at one point, their lawyers advised them that they might be able to stay solvent if they “managed the decline” by deliberately reducing product output, liquidating assets, and pruning the rank-and-file down to a more manageable level (i.e. just die-hard loyalists)
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  Jehovah's Witnesses lose registration as a religious community in Norway

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nb/oslo-og-viken/folk-og-samfunn/tros--og-livssynssamfunn/jehovas-vitner-taper-registrering-som-trossamfunn/.

  published december 22, 2022. the state manager in oslo and viken has decided to withdraw jehovah's witnesses registration as a religious community under the religious society act.. .

  we sent a notice to jehovah's witnesses about possible loss of registration on october 25 this year.

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  ThomasMore - “… they fantasized that they could make it as an ereligion, online only, but the pandemic convinced them that they cannot maintain the control if the R&F do not attend in person...”

  This…

  …is really hard to argue with.