DesirousOfChange

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  Will God resurrect our beloved pets? What do you think?

  by Pallbearer in

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  the watchtower doesn't hold out any hope for us ever seeing our beloved animals again.

  i find it very difficult to believe that god -- a god of love -- would refuse to resurrect an animal that we had become so attached to.

  over the years i have bonded with no less than four (4) dogs, all of which were/are like family to me.

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  Dog gone!
  
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  Do You Believe In Polls?

  by minimus in

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  when you hear that the polls say.... do you really believe it??.

  i think polls can be and often are skewered.

  i don’t trust them..

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  In the United States, people don't count: the land does. ~ RubaDub
  

  Originally, only land owners could vote.
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  Global Entry / PreCheck at US Airports

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those who travel, such as attend international conventions (lol, i had to add a jw thing into this thread), do you have the precheck thing for the airports?

  this is the thing where you go in a separate line and don't have to take your shoes off and do all the things that most people do.. it does cost money, about $85 for 5 years.. but for those who travel internationally, the global entry thing is well worth the money.

  for only $15 more ($100 total for 5 years) it includes precheck within the us and then entry back into the us without the typical long lines at customs.

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  We have had Global Entry for 5 years, which automatically also gives us Pre-Check. Just renewed GE (which was very simple too). LOVE BOTH!! Yes, it's so much more convenient to bypass the long lines. It's worth it to us as we travel internationally multiple times every year. It's especially great if you fly into a large US airport on an international flight (ATL ORD, etc).
  
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  Do You Believe In Polls?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when you hear that the polls say.... do you really believe it??.

  i think polls can be and often are skewered.

  i don’t trust them..

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  jp -- 50% of the voters may say that, but the system to convict him is more like the Electoral College. The Blue State voters don't count.
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  New Wuhan coronavirus around.....

  by mikeflood in

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  2. current

  new coronavirus wreaking havoc.....first case detected in the us one hour ago....six deaths already in china.....hope it gets controlled soon.....

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  Don't tarnish all news outlets by the sensationalism of a few.

  Today it's difficult to tell if any quoted headline is from the Enquirer or from the NYT.
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  Just one foot in...

  by Jofi_Wofo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ...with one foot out.. *deep breath*.

  from day one, i've felt like i was one foot out of this religion, but it took me until over a decade to reach the point where i am ready to move on.

  i'm a newly registered user to this site.

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  Maybe it's time to play the "depression card".

  Aren't you depressed that the New World hasn't come yet, even though it was prophesied (repeatedly) over and over again in years/decades past?

  Aren't you depressed that you didn't prepare well enough for getting old in this system, since you truly believed the (false) prophesies that you would never get old or die?
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  Do You Believe In Polls?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when you hear that the polls say.... do you really believe it??.

  i think polls can be and often are skewered.

  i don’t trust them..

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  I definitely believe in poll dancers

  
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  My wife and I have begun our fade

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven’t posted in awhile.

  my wife asked me after the year 2000 came and went without fanfare(because the wt organization said all the “new world” would be here within this 20th century would end), “ what would it take for you to leave the truth?”.

  my reply was “ if i turn 60 in this “system of things”.

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  What would it take for you to leave the Truth?”. My reply was “ if I turn 60 in this “System of Things”. We both laughed!I turned 60. We are not laughing now. We stopped going to the meetings cold turkey, as I can not get over the fact we were misled and wasted some 40 years of our vital energies on a unfulfilled dream! ~ James Jack

  Been there. Done that.

  I too am angry over the years wasted chasing a fantasy -- a Panda Petting Paradise - that will never be a reality. It is absolutely amazing to me that anyone among the JW's is still doing it!!!! The only thing "everlasting" about the JW's promised Paradise is that it is "everlastingly" always "right around the corner".

  

  The time we once had to live our dreams and build our lives is gone -- wasted away supporting the false prophets of the WT. Fortunately, all of our children woke up to the scam even before we did. All are successful young adults, college educated, gainfully employed, and will never be slaving for WTS. As far as our grandchildren, I worry only about the crazy political climate that I see growing in this country. I think their future is uncertain because of it.
  
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  broke up with jw girl

  by aleale in

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  i met this girl last year in april .

  she ended up falling in love with me first , and i was surprised when she said i love you .

  i taught myself to love her back .

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  JW GIRL?

  
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  Wt. April 2020 Revised Joel Prophecy

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if this has been posted before, then my apologies..... article in april ‘20 wt changes the view of the locust swarm prophecy...formerly believed to describe the worldwide preaching by anointed.

  ”simply put, these verses refer, not to our zealous preaching work, but to the activity of the babylonian army that invaded jerusalem in 607 b.c.e.”.

  they also tie in the giving of holy spirit to the congregation at pentecost and thereafter.. the article is available to read in full on our least favourite website.. https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-april-2020/an-attack-coming-from-the-north/.

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  JW's will drink it al right up!

  IT'S FROM JOE HOOVER!