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  Google threatening to pull search engine from Australia

  by joey jojo in

  1. social
  2. current

  government is saying google should pay fees to news media for aggregating news.

  google says they will geo-block australia from search if forced to.

  raises some interesting questions about how dependant we have all become and how entangled google is in our lives.

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  joey jojo

  To be fair, if you relying on social media platforms for emergency warnings, you probably need to re-assess your emergency plans.
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  C T Russell and His Numerology.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i came across this older wt which i assume c t russell wrote the article.

  unlike modern practitioners of numerology who calculate a value for each letter of the alphabet, russell simply adds up the number of letters in each word to arrive at [horror of horrors] 666.. and he lists there on the page each one of the organisations that must accordingly be part of the great harlot with 18 letters [in english] in their titles, because 18 is clearly 6+6+6 or 666!

  strangely he hasn't stopped to think about another possibility for an 18 letter title.

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  joey jojo

  Despite clearly saying the number is a mans number- or the number of a man, the preceding verse also mentions that you need the mark of the beast to buy or sell. A lot of people seem to think it is referring to Caesar Nero and it certainly makes sense ( to me anyway) if the mark of the beast is simply Nero's image stamped on coins.

  As a jw, I was taught that the number is 6, written 3 times for emphasis. This is blatant misinterpretation, as the number is translated as six hundred and sixty six. For whatever reason, jw's even feel the need to twist a basic bible verse like this one. They literally ignore what the verse says and make up their own interpretation.
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  The Bible speaks of the "Unforgivable Sin" ? What is it ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any jehovah`s witnesses or ex jehovah`s witnesses even know what that sin is ?.

  why is such a statement in the bible if its not identified what that sin is ?.

  were the authors of the book just playing with peoples heads ?

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  joey jojo

  King David wilfully sinned more than once, including but not limited to adultery and murder. He can't claim blissful ignorance, he had direct access to Gods prophet, and yet he seems to have been forgiven and holds an esteemed position in the lineage of the messiah.

  Of course, a lot of other people lost their lives because of his actions but that's a story for another time. 🙄
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  Robbing your child of a normal upbringing

  by RiverPeace in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  happy to be joining you!.

  i am a 75 year old, who was baptized in 1968. had the full-on jw experience.

  elder since 1974. reg pioneered 20 years.

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  joey jojo

  Hello RiverPeace

  At least you accept the consequences of your decisions- my parents still cant do that despite my Mother leaving the org 3 decades ago.

  My advice would be to encourage him, find ways to make him feel valued. You didnt have a normal parent/child relationship, you didnt spend your time investing in your childs future by helping him pursue his dreams and encouraging his strengths, try and do that now.
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  A 'typical JW' story

  by joey jojo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am friends with an elderly 'worldly' woman, who was unaware i am an ex-jw.

  she employs a jw husband and wife pioneer couple for odd jobs around her house- mowing, cleaning etc.

  the couple has been working for her and her recently deceased husband for years.. just before the 2019 international convention, despite the fact that the husband was fighting his last battle with illness, the couple kept asking him to attend the convention with them.

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  joey jojo

  I am friends with an elderly 'worldly' woman, who was unaware I am an ex-jw. She employs a JW husband and wife pioneer couple for odd jobs around her house- mowing, cleaning etc. The couple has been working for her and her recently deceased husband for years.

  Just before the 2019 international convention, despite the fact that the husband was fighting his last battle with illness, the couple kept asking him to attend the convention with them. They were a friendly couple and didn't mind the request but understandably, couldn't attend due to illness.

  Now here is the 'typical jw' part.

  The woman I am friends with believed the jw couple to be genuine acquaintance's. They had been involved with the elderly couples lives for years. They had persistently asked the couple to attend meetings and found no problem with talking about their jw faith, yet despite that, my friend didn't judge them, she and her husband simply accepted them for who they were. They are wealthy, staunch, well- mannered church going catholics by the way.

  When her husband died, she was hurt that the jw couple did not attend the funeral because it was held in a catholic church. They had pestered them for years about attending conventions and meetings, yet couldn't offer any basic, human respects in return.

  It makes me think that all the hours spent witnessing, all the videos, magazines and zoom meetings that jw's feed into their brains, couldn't help them recognise real friendship when it is staring them in the face, or offer any real support. Any good opinion my friend had of the couple, built up over years was diminished - just like that, once the jw's showed their true colours.
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  Buy a Bible

  by joey jojo in

  1. social
  2. humour

  this is probably an oldie.

  buy a bible, never read it- you're probably a catholic.

  buy a bible, read only the parts you find interesting - you're probably an evangelist.

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  This is probably an oldie.

  Buy a bible, never read it- you're probably a Catholic.

  Buy a bible, read only the parts you find interesting - you're probably an evangelist.

  Buy a bible, read it all, study it, research it - you're probably an atheist.
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  "ONCE YOU SEE THE TRUTH YOU CAN`T UNSEE IT " Take note JW.ORG

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  inspired by a previous post i wrote and thought it deserved a place of its own .. i hope it helps people on their journey out of the wt/jw religion .. their is no going back after discovering the "truth" about the wt/jw religion.. its the path of freedom from enslavement to a man made religious organization that was born in america, a nation that has spawned numerous charlatan religious organizations, especially in the 1700`s to 1900`s .and even beyond..

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  A persons mind - once expanded, cannot return to its original dimensions.

  I love this quote but can't remember who said it.
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  Watchtower Society's progression of Pirate Black Beard after his resurrection

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  good news from god!.

  lesson 6. .

  what hope is there for the dead?.

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  joey jojo

  His uniform survived a couple of centuries amazingly well after being buried.
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  The Trolley Problem

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so you've probably heard of the ethical dilemma question which is a thought-experiment where you imagine there is a runaway train-trolley, a junction with a lever that you can pull and two tracks - one with 5 workers on it and another with just 1, but no way to warn them.. all you can do is pull the lever, or not, thus allowing 5 people to die or through your direct action sacrificing 1 to save them.. what should you do?.

  this sort of thing may seem silly but it comes up in real life.

  should a self-driving car for instance, faced with a certain collision, chose which pedestrians to run over?

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  joey jojo

  Haha- the kid decided to leave no witnesses.
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  Are We Now Living in a POST-Science world (at least politically?)

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if your sex is only what you say it is, without any reference to biological reality, .

  your race can be only what you say it is, without any reference to biological reality.. .

  is this repudiation of science?

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  joey jojo

  Gender issues are starting to become a headache. I believe I read that science recognises 6 genders. These are male and female of course, and then variations of hermaphrodites. I think most people can understand that not everyone is made the same physically.

  The problem arises when your senses and life experience are telling you that the person in front of you is clearly male, yet is requesting you refer to him as 'her' , or 'they'. What if they decide they are xenogender? And yes, xenogender people already have their own flag. They dont relate to normal male, female, non-binary descriptions, no -they are too special for that. They relate to concepts, or spirit animals and feelings, when they describe their gender.

  Then you have hormone blocking used on children to prevent the onset of puberty, which to me falls into the same category as witnesses refusing blood transfusions for their children, when a child , according to the law, cannot understand the gravity of their choices, especially in regard to an optional medical procedure.

  It is so frustrating trying to discuss this issue with people that believe its fine.

  You have triggered my inner spirit tiger Terry- I have to lie down for a while.