DesirousOfChange

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  No more Questions from MINIMUS

  by was a new boy in

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  minimus former jw, prolific poster on jwn died.. minimus.

  joined 19 years ago.

  started 4,139 topics.

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  DesirousOfChange

  RIP
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  The Truth about the Truth

  by Iamallcool in

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  if jw wants to know the truth about the truth, what will you talk about first?

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  DesirousOfChange

  Deut 18:18-22

  18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him. 19 I myself will call to account anyone who does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name. 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.”

  21 You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?” 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.

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  JW's have failed in getting even ONE prediction correct.

  Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
  
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by Iamallcool in

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  do jehovah’s witnesses take advantage of people in their low points in life?

  do you know of some good examples?

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  DesirousOfChange

  VERY LITTLE in the way of new recruits actually comes from "the territory", but what does is due to finding people who are suffering from dealing with death, divorce, job loss, etc. Yes, they get them while they're "down".
  
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  The dumb liberal idiots keep getting dumber

  by mickbobcat in

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  now ac is racist.

  lmfao.

  https://www.vox.com/22638093/air-conditioning-worsens-climate-change-ac.

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  DesirousOfChange

  I'd prefer to believe there was rampant voter fraud than so many stupid voters.
  
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  Three and a half more years of Biden ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  how is the biden administration doing so far?.

  biden reversed trump's plans for the border wall, and now america has thousands of illegal immigrants entering from mexico.. strangely, biden didn't reverse trump's plans for withdrawal from afghanistan, and instead pressed ahead with his own brand of lunacy, literally running away from afghanistan and abandoning its people to the taliban.. what is it with biden?

  is he senile or just incompetent?

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  DesirousOfChange

  What I want to know is who is voting for these idiots over and over again

  I'd rather believe there was voter fraud than this many stupid voters!
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  The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan is completely Joe Biden's fault, nobody else's

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  so, there's been a lot of talk on social media, blaming trump for the current crisis that began at the weekend.. it's a load of bullsh!t from deluded people who are desperate to blame anyone but joe biden, the idiot they voted for or at least wanted to win last november.. there is only one person, just one person, to blame: joe biden.. he has the heavy burden of making tough presidential decisions.. and after this debacle, it's reasonable to ask if he's up to making such decisions..

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  Creaky Joe knew that the Taliban could come back and overtake the country, killing any Afghan in their way. ~LOVE UNI
  

  This is where your scenario goes all wrong. Biden could not have known the Taliban were still a threat. Sleepy Joe doesn't even know whose basement he's hiding in.
  
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  Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

  by fulltimestudent in

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  in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

  more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

  will the taliban behave differently this time ?

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  DesirousOfChange

  De ja'vu all over again.

  (Remembering Saigon)
  
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  Debating Disassociation

  by B_Deserter in

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  it's been about 10 years since i posted here.

  a lot's happened of course.

  but here's where i'm at right now.. i was never (to my knowledge) disfellowshipped.

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  DesirousOfChange

  . . . . . . according to the rules YOU SET. ~ Pistol Pete

  I agree with those who say not to take that step to disassociate. We, too, are considered just "inactive" and probably "spiritually weak", thus while almost no former JW (conditional) friends reach out to us, they don't hesitate to talk if we meet in public, etc. And, almost none of our family is shunning us. To me "disassociating" is to play by WT Rules. They can toss your file.
  
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  ''Deliverance at Hand''. Now 15 years on &....

  by Beth Sarim in

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  ....and still no big 'a'.

  armageddon.. it was 15 years ago dubland was in lala dream-like almost trance-like state hanging on the notion the big 'a' was imminent.. it was ironic.

  ironic at that time was when.... i was starting my long waking-up process.

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  DesirousOfChange

  I think most jws knew something was not right back in 1995, but they still stayed in, confused and not knowing what the hell was going on.

  Doc raises hand.
  
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  Overweight Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by minimus in

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  what was your kingdom hall like when it came to overweight witnesses?

  i remember counseling some people on their drinking habits.

  a few snickered that if we were going to counsel them because they have had way too many at a wedding reception, what about very overweight witnesses that have a lifestyle of overindulgence?

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  DesirousOfChange

  Frankly, I don't think JW's (as a group) are any more obese than the average population. It varies some by location because there is a higher rate of obesity in low income areas (in and out of the JW bOrg).

  I can only speak for the USA. From my travels I see that Europeans walk their asses off. They oughta be skinny. Americans drive to their mailbox if they have a long driveway.