and you know God hates drug fueled orgies
Then I suspect that would be one area in which we would differ.
DesirousOfChange
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Covid19 vaccines
by Beth Sarim inthe breaking news in canada today is the rollout of the pfizer/biontech vaccines.
perhaps we can put this pandemic nightmare to bed soon.. i hate to rain on the parade, but we yet are not clear of any allergic reactions, side effects there might be as they roll out.
but, just have to wait and see...to state the obvious.
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Predictions of The Org in one year.
by Overrated ini predict that in a year kingdumb halls will be replaced by zoom.
they will still have assembly halls but will charge a heavy entry fee.
baptisms will continue to be so low that would not be worth counting.
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DesirousOfChange
The years fly by a lot faster than they used to do so. But then, that's probably because I'm a lot older.
Point is, a year isn't much time. I don't think changes of any consequence will take place within the next 12 months.
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Wake up Republicans! Wake up Jehovahs Witnesses
by UnshackleTheChains inhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/03/donald-trump-coronavirus-record-deaths-silence.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2020/10/22/child-abuse-institutional-care/.
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DesirousOfChange
shocking that almost 3000 people lost their lives in one day in the US because of making masks political.
IMO more people are complying with the mask mandates than ever before. So WHY are the numbers rising so dramatically? Why are the more radical States having higher numbers? Why are Democrat celebration parties exempt?
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ExElder Friend Had To Go To His Former Kingdom Hall and this what he told me!
by minimus inhe was the secretary before he resigned years ago.
he has a business that kept him involved with the kingdom hall.
the hall was sold to another church.
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DesirousOfChange
I would call WT legal and tell them they are about to get kicked in the ass with a shit load of lawsuits for compromising confidentiality.
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European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dismissed numerous JW tax cases against Armenia
by Corney inby three decisions handed down over the last year, the strasbourg court has declared 12 complaints, all named "christian religious organization of jehovah's witnesses against armenia", inadmissible.
the cases concerned imposition of value-added tax (vat) on imported literature - on 67 shipments received between 2007 and 2015, to be exact.
in short, the organization claimed that, first, the shipments should be tax-free pursuant to article 12 of the freedom of conscience act ("monetary and other gifts received by religious organisations, as well as income received from citizens shall not be subject to taxation"); secondly, the customs authorities arbitrarily determined the customs value of the imports based on, for example, the prices the bible society of armenia (affiliated with the dominant armenian apostolic church) sold imported religious literature.. up until march 2007, there were constant problems receiving regular shipments of religious literature, which should be tax-free but which customs arbitrarily reassessed at unpredictable higher values and then imposed a value-added tax of 20 percent.
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DesirousOfChange
Regardless of ones opinion of JWs, this is an example of Government oppressing religious freedom.
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Friend Is Worried About My “Mental Health”...lol
by minimus inone of my tennis friends who happens also to be a nurse, told me today that he is concerned about my mental health because i support donald trump.
i believe he got shafted but i also recognize that very little will probably change regarding his being re-elected.
this man voted for the “green” candidate and said he personally agrees with most of trump’s views but he thinks he’s morally corrupt.
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DesirousOfChange
Still hoping (quietly) for a "December Surprise".
Not really expecting it at this point. But hoping.
Kinda like I hope I win the $300 million Power Ball.
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I miss old posters!
by Biahi inblondie, flipper, shirley w, where are you?
did this site get too republican for you?
i just take those threads with a grain of salt..
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DesirousOfChange
Exactly.
Overlook the political tripe being served up here if it gets your panties in a twist. You don't have to agree with everything posted.
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JDub Beer
by HappyDad injust thought i'd put this out there.
this is from a brewery in sarasota, florida..
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DesirousOfChange
I thought the official JDub beer was Bethel Lite
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Covid fatigue advice from mom
by road to nowhere inwife just listened to this new one on jworg.
it put her to sleep.
it has lots of experiences, says to maintain a routine, next month they will probably say to break routine (they should, better idea).. it has the maddening footnote: "jehovah is god's name".
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DesirousOfChange
There should be a footnote that says these experiences are made up
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How much do Elders actually get along with each other?
by Davros ini was reading in the shepherding book that elders should “ cultivate and maintain friendships with one another.”, and thought to myself “bulls$it!” i remember that most of the elders in my old congregation were nothing but nasty asses.
i know it may vary from congregation to congregation, but do elders generally get along with each other behind closed doors in elders meetings?
or, are they often in conflict with each other?
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DesirousOfChange
It just hit me as I was reading this OP again that the greatest animosity I saw between elders was always between the elders of two (or more) congregations that shared the same Kingdom Hall. Those "other elders over there" were always the shit disturbers.
Anyone see that?