thanks petra and atlantis for providing the latest announcements from the watchtower.. they are telling congregations to replace the 15 minute local needs talk in the midweek meeting of october 26th with a talk on neutrality.
i am not sure if this is due to there being a usa election on tues 3rd, november or because of their worldwide preaching campaign targeting government officials.
it does sound like it is due to the usa election due to comments about propaganda and political promises.
I particularly like the way publishers are told to use their own personal letterheads, as if they, as individuals, are the ones who dreamed up the campaign.
I suppose they want it to look like it's the deeply held, personal conviction of each letter writer, as opposed to an order from hq.
i understand it’s a cult.
but what makes an intelligent person actually believe they have the “truth” as taught by jehovah’s witnesses??
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Zizek trilemma:
Loyalty- - - - Honesty - - - - Intelligence
You can have 2 qualities but not 3, because the third doesn't make sense. Helps explain people living under communist regimes and cults, and the mental tricks they need to cope.
will we ever be able to congregate together for a concert or a theater?
will we forever be wearing a mask at walmart?
will restaurants and bars allow people to eat drink and simply hang out?.
Every pandemic/ epidemic has changed what normal once was and this will be no different.
he was serving as a special pioneer in queensland but was transferred to sydney 2012 i belive.
ratehr decent chap, liked peugeot cars...just wondering if anyone knows him and how is he doing..
Nice work anony mous😁
there is either a conspiracy against blacks in this country and police are out to get them or it’s that they are getting caught breaking the law and often times refuse to obey police authority.
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Redvip,yep, everyone knows there are consequences for actions and choices. If a white scumbag, drug affected, violent offender got injured or worse while being arrested or incarcerated, I doubt there will too many tears shed by any other person, white or black, let alone violent protests and destruction of other people's property.
Yes, it's sad and regrettable that persons life screwed up but like you said, that's one less loose cannon in the world.
there is either a conspiracy against blacks in this country and police are out to get them or it’s that they are getting caught breaking the law and often times refuse to obey police authority.
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Simon, you mention the danger of group identity politics.
Almost certainly because of growing up as a jw, I totally agree with you. Group identity is dangerous. Even if someone naturally identifies with one group more than another, the challenge is to not allow that group to dictate your thoughts, feelings and particularly your treatment of others.
During the blm protests, so many times, self righteous protesters have bullied and intimidated others, forgetting all about equality and freedom of speech.
today's article prods active jws to participate in the effort to reactivate us backsliders.. unfortunately, it fails to prepare the participants to adequately address the real reasons so many have left and want nothing frtherethan to be left alone: the un and child abuse scandals, prophetic failures; dumbed-down, increasingly specious and simplistic verbiage in literature and talks, the cult of personality and unwarranted veneration of those 8 singularly unremarkable members of the gb, etc., etc..
A persons mind, once expanded, cannot return to its original dimensions.
there is either a conspiracy against blacks in this country and police are out to get them or it’s that they are getting caught breaking the law and often times refuse to obey police authority.
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Maybe someone can refresh my memory.
Which year was that riot that occurred because a white, drug affected ex con was killed by police?
the watchtower—study edition | october 2019. .
study article 41. stay faithful through the “great tribulation”.
14 during the great tribulation, a change will take place regarding the brothers who take the lead on earth.
Is it early pre-conditioning for the time in the future, when the org has no one that can officially call themselves anointed?
Is it a 2 way bet that allows the org to continue, while being led by 'capable brothers' while the world continues on long after armageddon should have taken place?
the ark encounter located in kentucky (opened in 2016) is a large representation of noah's ark based on the genesis flood narrative contained in the bible.
it is 510 feet (155 m) long, 85 feet (26 m) wide, and 51 feet (16 m) high.. .
genesis 6: 14 so make yourself an ark of cypress[c] wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_wooden_ships
Most of the largest modern wooden ships had metal bracing - they still weren't seaworthy and they are all smaller than the alleged size of Noahs Ark.
