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  "The Best Convention Ever" - 2020 starts today

  by bats in the belfry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dress up for the show.

  ... and now please be seated.

  proudly presenting your 2020 convention program.. ... and, thank god, for the ff button on my player.

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  Dress up for the show. ... and now please be seated. Proudly presenting your 2020 Convention program.
  

  ... and, thank God, for the FF button on my player.

  BITB
  
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  Noah’s flood

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a few years ago at one of the conventions, there was a talk on gods remarkable creation.

  one of the slides showed a giant sequoia tree, approximately 5000 years old!.

  later another talk was about noah etc.

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  bats in the belfry

  

  Our dry planet
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  Noah’s flood

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a few years ago at one of the conventions, there was a talk on gods remarkable creation.

  one of the slides showed a giant sequoia tree, approximately 5000 years old!.

  later another talk was about noah etc.

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  bats in the belfry

  "Thus, new mountains were thrust upward, old mountains rose to new heights, shallow sea basins were deepened and new shorelines were established." w68 7/15 p. 421 - Was There an Earthwide Flood?
  

  Quite an interesting read: From Noah's Ark to Australia
  

  BITB,
  
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  Would Watchtower Ever Risk Setting Another Date

  by Number 6 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there was a 50 year gap between the failed dates of 1925 and 1975.. memories fade, people die, and who cares what was said 50 years ago.. most jw's now in the religion werent there when 1975 was a thing.

  even my mother who was baptized in 1974 who i do remember speaking about it back in the day, can barely remember what the fuss was about.

  for active jw's who are doing all there studying online now, its practically impossible to find any wt contemporary reference to 1975.. i read recently (sorry i cant source it right now) that at the time, even watchtower may have taken the view that even if they knew 1975 was wrong, the short term gains would far outstrip those who left leading to an overall net gain so it was a risk worth taking.

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  Say ... when is the next "Jubilee Year" due to be upon us?
  
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  dump google

  by phoenixrising in

  1. social
  2. current

  i have noticed as of late that google searches are heavily filtering searches and shopping.

  i know they keep track and monitor your activity but when i can not find things or articles because they don't fit googles bs naritive its time to leave.

  duck duck go is my replacement.

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  RE: "Dump Google"
  
  ALT Google (Privacy search, foremost w/o Captcha): Take your pick!
  
  https://duckduckgo.com
  https://fireball.com
  https://gibiru.com
  https://infinitysearch.co
  https://metager.org
  https://peekier.com
  https://swisscows.ch
  https://yippy.com
  https://www.ecosia.org
  https://www.etools.ch
  https://www.findx.com
  https://www.mojeek.com
  https://www.privado.com
  https://www.qwant.com
  https://www.startpage.com
  https://groot.ssuiteoffice.com
  
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  Miss Piggy----Thrown Out of Zoom Meeting!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  miss piggy was thrown out of the zoom meeting because she was showing to much cleavage.. https://docdro.id/s9jhehton her way out she grabbed the co's briefcase and gave him the finger.https://docdro.id/szfjix4then miss piggy jumped into her hot rod and is delivering all the co's secret documents to the neighborhood.https://docdro.id/bed59f8if you are on the email list, these documents are already in your email.

  so just keep eating your buttered popcorn.2020-04-27--broadcasting meetings2020- information notice of broadcasting congregation meetings2020-notice of broadcasting2020-information on broadcasting congregation meetingspetra!.

  https://docdro.id/i8d4tli.

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  ... thanks a bunch for delivering the payload. Just keep it coming.

  BITB
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  MANUAL!--2020-04 SFL.

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2020-04-addendum letter.. https://docdro.id/n0hm6tg.

  2020-04 shepherd the flock of god elder manual.

  https://docdro.id/llechtz.

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  bats in the belfry

  ... anyone here knows what it means:

  WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF
  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
  

  Made in the U.S.A.

  Where was done what? Methinks all the contributors to the book are located in NY State (GB & FDS helpers).
  
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  Will "social distancing" help JWs wake up.

  by Tantalon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with the existing and still to come covid19 lock downs in many countries i wonder if not being obliged to attend meetings and field service will give many jws the opportunity to clear their mind a little and start to see the cracks.

  i know they will be expected to log on to their devices but with no one other than family to monitor this it could be a circuit breaker for many.

  of course the fear of end times pestilence may counter that.

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  They GB is fighting this any way they can. So says the March 16, 2020 letter from the UK HQ: "It is also the Governing Body’s earnest desire that bodies of elders continue to conduct regular, weekly congregation meetings." Lest you be able to start thinking on your own.
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  So where's the the food at the proper time?!

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so we are a couple weeks into this crisis with the meetings being cancelled.

  and you would think the fds would have provided the sheep with helpful spiritual guidance in these times of need.

  wtf do they have jw broadcasting for then?

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  The abbreviated, no fluff, version:
  
  If you do not have access in your language to all the publications that are produced, will you become spiritually undernourished?
  No.
  
  If you do not have access to material that is published on jw.org will you become spiritually weak?
  You can remain spiritually strong whether you have access to our Web site or not.
  
  Ref.: WT Library

  
  
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  As of March 16, 2020 the German Government has prohibited the gathering of all religious groups (Covid-19)

  by bats in the belfry in

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  2. beliefs

  google translation from the government website:.

  the federal government has agreed with the federal states on guidelines for a uniform approach to further restrict social contacts in public life.

  grocery retail, weekly markets and delivery services, pharmacies, drugstores, banks, petrol stations and wholesalers remain unaffected.

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  Google translation from the Government website:

  The Federal Government has agreed with the federal states on guidelines for a uniform approach to further restrict social contacts in public life. Grocery retail, weekly markets and delivery services, pharmacies, drugstores, banks, petrol stations and wholesalers remain unaffected. Bars, clubs, theaters, museums, cinemas, zoos, sports facilities and playgrounds will be closed for the time being. In addition, gatherings in clubs, sports and leisure facilities, as well as gatherings in churches, mosques, synagogues, and gatherings of other faith communities are prohibited for now.

  +++ Montag, 16. März +++

  Die Bundesregierung hat mit den Ländern Leitlinien zum einheitlichen Vorgehen zur weiteren Beschränkung von sozialen Kontakten im öffentlichen Leben vereinbart. Der Lebensmitteleinzelhandel, Wochenmärkte und Lieferdienste, Apotheken, Drogerien, Banken, Tankstellen sowie der Großhandel bleiben davon unberührt. Bars, Clubs, Theater, Museen, Kinos, Zoos, Sporteinrichtungen und Spielplätze werden vorerst geschlossen. Darüber hinaus sind Zusammenkünfte in Vereinen, Sport- und Freizeiteinrichtungen sowie Zusammenkünfte in Kirchen, Moscheen, Synagogen und Zusammenkünfte anderer Glaubensgemeinschaften fürs Erste verboten.