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  Would you sacrifice yourself?

  by Half banana in

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  under roman rule, which covered a large part of the civilized world around the mediterranean, to be a trouble maker or a magician or an insurrectionist was a capital offence.. to live back then in a civilised society was a boon.

  naturally for the sake of law and order certain compliances had to be met to as part of the social bargain to be a roman citizen.

  among them were included the requirement to respect the “genius” or spirit of the emperor, not to be an atheist and to respect the roman gods.

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  I would not!
  But its all about people feeling they are part of something bigger than them, and that they are sacrificing for the greater good.

  Also, there is always a "great reward" your gonna get, (heaven, everlasting life, 40 virgins..)
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  Well...It's 2018 and still no ''Armageddon''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  1972 : we started studying with the jehovah's witnesses when my uncle became an elder and put fear into our family that armageddon was close.

  1974 : my mom, my brother and i were all baptized after all the convention talks and watchtower magazine articles that 1975 would likely end this system of things.

  1999 : being told that the year 2000 was going to mark the 6 thousand years of mans existence and that the 1000 year kingdom in the new paradisewould come in the year 2000.

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  It's coming the day after Next Tuesday!
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  Did You Go To Meetings in Very Inclement Weather?

  by minimus in

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  living in new england means having lots of snow and cold.

  elders were very reluctant to cancel or reschedule a meeting due to the weather.

  i lived 3 towns away from the kingdom hall and if it was icy and treacherous my vote would always be to cancel the meeting....and forget about rescheduling!.

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  As an Elder, I did my best to get meetings canceled when it was bad out.

  For a long time, it was because of safety issues, and just the hardship on older ones and ones with kids.

  Near the end (when I was PIMPO), it was because I could not STAND being in a KH.
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  Repeal of Internet Neutrality. How will it affect surfers?

  by Fisherman in

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  today the fcc voted against internet neutrality..

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  Having been in the industry for more than 20 years - Yes this is very bad for the average person and for small to midsized companies, and to any new innovation.

  Also if you think the effects happen overnight, you are not understanding the situation at all.

  And to be clear, the FCC didn't rule against it - the Trump Appointed FCC chair who was put in place to specifically do this pushed it over the falls.
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  Flat earth vs round earth

  by Jrjw in

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  my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

  what are people's thoughts on this?.

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  Of course he is a Troll!
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  Conspiracy theorys

  by atomant in

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  its great to see new subject matter being injected into the room of late and would be good to see others contribute by opening new threads on their favorite topics.heres a few examples.9/11.

  ufo's.

  atom bombs are they real?

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  I saw a Leprechaun yesterday!

  Lets talk about how Unicorns are real!
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  Nice quote

  by Gorbatchov in

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  with christmas gorby had a good talk with his jw father about “time tends to fly” and how everything changes.. he concluded: “if our grandparents would visit the kingdom hall now, they would headshaking left the building and never returned.”.

  it says something, does it?.

  g..

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  What does the WT say about the DANGERS of Gradualism?

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  Is it 16?

  by Jrjw in

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  hi can anyone tell me if it's true the society says parents must take their child to meetings until they're 16 even if they don't want to?

  my ex is being a pain about me not forcing my 12 year old to be a witness.

  he doesn't know i'm becoming inactive at moment so i have to be careful how i word things to him.

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  incognito - I was an elder for 20 years, there is no written rule about that in the USA.

  Parents have the responsibility to "train up their children," and obviously there is massive pressure for early baptism. But there is no edict that a parent MUST bring kids to the KH until they are 16.
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  Is Happiness Without Religion Possible?

  by Brian J in

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  according to the 11/2017 study watchtower.......apparently not.

  is it really true that one can be happy without religion?

  certainly an individual can be happy without false religion, but a person cannot be truly happy unless he has a relationship with jehovah, who is described as “the happy god.” (1 tim.

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  Those poor unhappy 1 Billion Atheists :(
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  Awakening, on "The Quiet Earth."

  by compound complex in

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  one of the most memorable, and beautiful, cinematic conclusions .

  .. and beginnings?.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2hnftqqko0.

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  Compound Complex - That is my hope as well.