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  Simon- did the site go down yesterday?

  by joey jojo in

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  2. friends

  i tried a google search like i always do , jwd jw, and all i got was links to the official jw.org website.

  it seemed a bit suspicious so i thought id ask.. cheers.

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  Cheers Petra!
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  Simon- did the site go down yesterday?

  by joey jojo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i tried a google search like i always do , jwd jw, and all i got was links to the official jw.org website.

  it seemed a bit suspicious so i thought id ask.. cheers.

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  joey jojo

  I tried a google search like I always do , jwd jw, and all I got was links to the official jw.org website. It seemed a bit suspicious so I thought Id ask.

  Cheers
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  Upcoming Neutrality Talk Oct 26, 2020

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  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.

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  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.
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  Why Do Intelligent People Still Believe In The Jehovah’s Witness Religion?

  by minimus in

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  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.
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  Do You Think We Will Ever Get To “Normal” Again?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  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?.

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  Every pandemic/ epidemic has changed what normal once was and this will be no different.
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  Any info on Michel Knight Australia

  by Festus in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  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..

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  Nice work anony mous😁
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  Why Does It Seem That Black People Are Always Being Shot By The Police?

  by minimus in

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  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.
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  Why Does It Seem That Black People Are Always Being Shot By The Police?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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.
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  Today's WT Study: "Return to Jehovah" - Lots of Elephants in the Room

  by Room 215 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  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..

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  A persons mind, once expanded, cannot return to its original dimensions.
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  Why Does It Seem That Black People Are Always Being Shot By The Police?

  by minimus in

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  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?