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  The State of the Labour Party

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  so, we've recently had local elections across the uk on may 6.. mayoral elections, elections for councillors, and the hartlepool by-election.. labour did pretty well in wales, the snp did well in scotland, and the conservatives killed it in england.. hartlepool, a city that's been labour for 50 years, voted in the tory candidate.

  hartlepool voted for brexit in 2016 (70%) and the labour leader, keir starmer, thought it was wise to offer up a labour candidate who is a kent-born remainer.

  labour has seriously lost touch with its voter base, that base being traditional working class people.. it is now a party for students, social activists and the perpetually-offended, and trendy self-hating middle class people.. labour will continue to get its ass handed to it in elections until it actually starts listening to ordinary people, the voters.. and ordinary people aren't interested in woke nonsense such as preferred pronouns or taking the knee.. there has been much labour naval-gazing recently following the elections but i'd be surprised if anything is learned.

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  Phizzy

  What does a hard left Corbynite stand for, and what a trendy metropolitan supporter of Starmer please ?

  And is there a group in the middle of these ?
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  The Fly (1986) - David Cronenberg's masterpiece

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i first saw this film when i was 11. i'm not gonna lie, the prosthetic make up on jeff goldblum used when he was becoming a fly/man mashup kinda scared me.. it's a film that i own and have seen many times.

  out of all the cronenberg films i've seen, this one definitely stands out for me.

  i think it's cronenberg's masterpiece.. the plot is as follows: scientist seth brundle is trying to make teleportation possible, and meets a female journalist (ronnie quaife) who is keen to get the scoop.

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  Phizzy

  Just as a bit of fun, see the earlier version with Vincent Price, it is quite a laugh , especially at the end !

  I love the Cronenberg version, very well done, proper entertainment, and well acted to the point that the viewer is really emotionally involved.
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  Interesting Find with Chronology

  by Kelley959 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i hope this is in the right area.

  i've been studying the 2520 days/years 607/587/586 debacle.

  for a while now i have felt 1914 was wrong.

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  Phizzy

  Of course 607BCE is wrong. The whole 2520 years thing is TOTAL NONSENSE too of course. The "seven times" in Daniel 4 were fulfilled, came to an end, in that Chapter !

  You have to use some incredible mental gymnastics verging on the insane to extrapolate anything further.

  The Book of Daniel is basically a bit of a scam anyway, it pretends to have been written in the 6th Century B.C.E but was written toward the middle of the 2nd Century B.C.E being completed in 164BCE, so even the Seven Times were not a Prophecy ! they were talking about an event from Centuries before the writer's time and work.

  His little book is a thinly veiled attack on Antiochus Epiphanes 1V, the writer has an attempt to predict the death of nasty old Antiochus, being unaware that it had already occurred when he wrote, and that he got the details wrong.

  A failure as far as prediction and prophecy goes, but maybe it did its job Politically at the time ??

  This is a good little thing to remember : No 607 = No 1914 = Today's Governing Body are self appointed Charlatans.
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  How to hug: a BBC guide

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  there is now a guide from the bbc on how to hug, seeing as the uk government has now officially given us permission to indulge in this normal human behaviour.. yep.. a guide on how to hug.. not creepy, weird or orwellian at all, lol.. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9587759/bbc-slammed-creepy-weird-guide-safer-hugging-pandemic.html.

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  Stan, you are almost as naughty as me ! that is FUNNY !!
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  Do you still debate with JWs?

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was talking to an ex-jw.

  not been out as long as i have.. cut a long story short, i came to realise that i can no longer be bothered to debate jws if (on the rare occasion), i have encountered them.. i think that because i am somewhere circling a nihilistic atheist it seems pointless.

  i just don't have the energy because i rarely even think about jw related garbage.

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  Phizzy

  I never used to approach them at Carts and things before Covid, and of course they are told by the Cong. not to call on me, so I would not get the chance to discuss things in person.

  Even on-line, I now leave it to others, I cannot be arsed. I found in the early days of leaving when I did debate with them , that the only effective way was to get them to tell ME what they found doubtful about the Org. then I would stick to talking about that one aspect, and direct them to JWFacts or similar. Probably a waste of time doing that I reckon.

  My thinking now is that if anyone is determined and blinded enough to stay in, I will not be able to help them. I have offered help and encouragement to a number who upon waking up have asked me for advice, which was a pleasure, I know how valuable it was for me when I first left to get good advice.

  Good to hear from you Punkie ! Keep on Rockin' !!
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  Degree of Effectiveness of JW Letter Writing Form of Witnessing

  by Disillusioned JW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a newspaper article quotes a jw as saying "every (letter) i put in the mailbox, i feel, 'ah, this could reach somebody.

  '" the article also quotes her as saying "we are accomplishing even more now than we were door-to-door because this way everybody in the house gets a chance to pick up that letter and respond to it.

  it just feels good.

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  I think many people will look at those Letters as creepy and rude. Claiming to be someone's "neighbour" when the address of the sender is NOWHERE near you is obviously a Sales Ploy and is deceitful.

  I would doubt there ever will be any notable success, perhaps not even any measurable success, for the JW's with this waste of time effort and cash, but the Org does NOT care.

  The Org evidently does not want new recruits, it wants to shrink to a core of loyal JW's, but it wants to keep the present members busy so they don't start to drift away. Anything that makes them feel as though they are doing something worthwhile.
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  ''Humorous Preaching'' coming near you soon

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. social
  2. humour

  ''what is jehovah's witness' favorite band?''.

  i give up!

  what is jehovah's witness favorite band?.

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  My local drug dealer started dressing up as a Jehovah's Witness so he wouldn't arouse suspicion.

  He got arrested after the police saw people actually letting him in.
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  Watchtower takes parody poster to court.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  another youtube presenter falls foul of the wt society's legal team.

  the watch tower copyright lawsuit targets creator of "dubtown" lego animations.

  https://www.toptutorials.co.uk/watch-tower-copyright-lawsuit-targets-creator-of-dubtown-lego-animations-torrentfreak/.

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  Phizzy

  This sort of pathetic, humourless legal move by the Org could add to the Cognitive Dissonance of active J.W's.

  Deep down a JW may wonder: " Why do they want to hide what we are ? ". As usual, such people will shove thoughts like that to the back of their mind, but that is the place where they fester and grow , until they actually inflict a kind of pain, and the JW will have to act upon those feelings.

  I know, that is what happened to me.
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  With a whimper, not a bang

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the thread about old timers got me thinking about trends i see with the watchtower.

  i've changed my opinion about where the organization stands.

  when i joined the religion in 1973 it was dynamic, even the small congregation i attended sent out three or four pioneers.

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  Phizzy

  " Unless it completely rebuilds itself the Watchtower will die of boredom." I think this is so very true.

  Also relevance to people's lives is an issue, once a JW starts to ease off from the Mouse in a Wheel life that the Org demands of its adherents, she or he realises that the Org has little relevance to their day to day life, couple that with the incredible boredom of the Meetings, what is needed at that point is some sort of trigger, and they will be off.

  Another thing that is even more of a problem for those who want to keep the org going is that the young ones have in the main seen through it, and the older ones are dying off, and yet the Org now has no real way to attract new recruits.
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  Ah, Jonah. 3 day air supply explained ?Whale sharks gulp down air to float vertically while feeding

  by waton in

  1. social
  2. humour

  here from new scientist magazine: .

  whale sharks gulp down air to float vertically while feeding.

  life 12 may 2021by christa lesté-lasserre.

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  Phizzy

  Another example of Gospel writers using a Motif from the O.T perhaps ? I doubt Jesus spoke those words and it was remembered and passed down to the Gospel writer.

  Our great Poster Leolaia has a Post, or probably more than one, of the many Motifs used by the Gospel writers that come form the O.T.