Posts by DesirousOfChange

There are currently roughly 20 million unemployed and underemployed Americans, all of whom want full-time employment with competitive wages and good benefits.

I say BULLSHIT!

I pay $19.50/hr for unskilled labor and cannot hire people who want to work. Many admit they are drawing unemployment (and working on the side for cash) and making more money for not working.

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JWs Were Right About Something

by minimus in

jw
friends

they used to say the world governments would turn on religion.

i think this part is coming true.

however they also said since jehovah’s witnesses were going to be the only religion left the governments were going to focus on the “eyeball”of jehovah, his people.

DesirousOfChange

Dr. Rachel Levine is highly qualified and experienced for the role she has been nominated. She also happens to be a practicing Jew. She also is transsexual. Her exwife is also a doctor. A psychologist who encourages "self-discovery, self-acceptance and improved self-confidence".

(S)he is obviously fucked up mentally and has been unable to even accept who (s)he is. Many who pursue psychology are attempting to heal themselves. Guess it's still "a work in progress".

(And we should teach our kids that this is "normal"?)

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2021...what do you foresee?

by minimus in

jw
friends

do you think the world will be a better place?

more civil?

kinder?

DesirousOfChange

$5 a gallon gasoline ( petrol)--if only! we pay a lot more than that in the UK. ~ Stan

It was $1.88/US Gal here until Biden got elected. It's now $2.09 or higher (saw $2.28 yesterday) and the man is only in office one day.

You folks in the UK have obviously been getting f*cked longer and harderer by your politicians than us in the US. Surely there is no higher cost to refine oil there than here. Plus you don't have to ship it halfway around the world.

Also consider that the US is 40x larger than Britain. We likely drive a little further in the average day/week/year and it has a greater impact on our personal finances. AND, we LOVE our SUV's.

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Stay Trump Stay

by Vanderhoven7 in

trump has his supporters.

https://youtube.com/shorts/uflc5szrrgo.

DesirousOfChange

Now THAT IS FUNNY!

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I've been shot

by FatFreek 2005 in

yes, the long-awaited vaccine entered my bloodstream yesterday at 5 pm.. as steve martin humorously remarked, "good news/bad news.

good news: i just got vaccinated!

bad news: i got it because i'm 75.

DesirousOfChange

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Stay Trump Stay

by Vanderhoven7 in

trump has his supporters.

https://youtube.com/shorts/uflc5szrrgo.

DesirousOfChange

After 4 years of Biden's Party introducing false accusations ie, Russian Hoax and the two BS impeachments, plus illegal spying thanks to the lies in the Steele Dossier, do you really think Trump should be "respectful" and attend the asshole's inauguration? Nah, he did the "right thing" by symbolically "flipping off" Joe and his cronies. The Swamp Culture will continue to try to ruin Trump. Trump supporters will never forget this nor be swayed to the "dark side" however I fear the Deep State will "rig the system" in the next two years so that there is no chance to derail their Global World Plan.

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JWs Were Right About Something

by minimus in

jw
friends

they used to say the world governments would turn on religion.

i think this part is coming true.

however they also said since jehovah’s witnesses were going to be the only religion left the governments were going to focus on the “eyeball”of jehovah, his people.

DesirousOfChange

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

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What are the Society's rules when confronting a disfellowshipped person at a funeral service?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

what are the society's rules when confronting a disfellowshipped person at a funeral service?.

are there specific rules or watchtower articles that must be followed?.

i have been to three different wakes/funerals where a disfellowshipped person attended with different results.. 1. ten years ago my first cousin passed away.

DesirousOfChange

I'm the guy (even as an elder) in case #2. Jesus yielded and ignored the law when speaking with the Samaritan women at the wall. "By law", he should have been put to death. Regardless of what you think about the JW DFing rule (frankly I now think it's bullshit) but even as a JW, "yielding" to show your sympathy to someone who has lost a loved one is THE RIGHT THING TO DO. Shunning them is a BAD witness to others and it hardens their resolve to NEVER "return to Joe Hoover".

JW's as in Case #3 are self-righteous pompous assholes.

In Case #1, I agree with your assessment that JW Elders think they have the authority to just "take over" and enforce their rules and their thinking. FUCK 'EM if they're not paying the funeral bill (or insert whatever occasion).