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  Zoom meetings

  by molybdenum in

  1. social
  2. humour

  being pimo i attend the meetings regularly over zoom.

  ( i have to as my wife is a dyed -in - the wool, and stick-in-the mud pioneer witness.

  i have no possibility of leaving as it would create havoc in my life and at 68 years of age i just don't want the hassle of having to cope with the ramifications of disassociating myself.

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  will be 69 next month ( Feb) and having been a witness most of my life I of course have had to celebrate my birthday privately since becoming PIMO ( about 10 years ago). I'm thinking of splashing out on a 30 inch monitor to replace my 10 year old 23 inch as a gift to myself. Eyesight is getting worse so a bigger screen might be a good idea. Any advice on that?

  Happy birthday Moly. I would get a bigger monitor than a 30 inch. My computer screen is a 36 in and my eyesight is perfect. I'm still in my early 30s. but hey who cares, buy what makes you happy.

  I wouldn't consider you a spinless coward, you're going to be 69 and you made a decision that you feel will get you the most out of life. It's not like some God out there is expecting you to leave the WT. And you leaving the WT would not make a bit of difference to the Organization.
  

  You know what they say about life.

  Dying in your thirties or forties? “Tragic.”

  Fifties? “Such a shame.”

  Sixties? “Too soon.”

  Seventies? “A good run.”

  Eighties? “A life well lived.”

  Nineties? “One Hell of a ride.”
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  Why does God need to be worshipped?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the bible exhorts us to “worship the one who made the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters.”—deuteronomy 4:24; revelation 14:7.. insight on the scriptures, volume 2 pp 1200-1202. worshipone of the hebrew words conveying the idea of worship (ʽa·vadhʹ) basically means “serve.” (ge 14:4; 15:13; 29:15) serving or worshiping jehovah required obedience to all of his commands, doing his will as a person exclusively devoted to him.

  (ex 19:5; de 30:15-20; jos 24:14, 15) therefore, for an individual to engage in any ritual or act of devotion toward any other gods signified his abandoning true worship.​—de 11:13-17; jg 3:6, 7.another hebrew term that can denote worship is hish·ta·chawahʹ, which primarily means “bow down” (ge 18:2), or do obeisance.

  (see obeisance.

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  pistolpete

  Not to mention god telling the people to give their silver gold, shekels and best meat to the very men talking to god for them!!!

  I smell a rat!!!🐭
  
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  GameStop - Great Seeing Short-Selling Hedge Funds Get Beaten Up

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  in case you haven't seen what's happened with gamestop and redditors.. these are the people who drive companies like blockbuster out of business and put people out of work.. but maybe the people have more power after all .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9toogruq7me.

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  B.t.w., I noticed that Fox News has not enabled comments on any of its GameStop stories. I wonder whether it is because this issue is one where the views of its audience are diametrically opposed to the powerful business interests it normally aligns with, and Fox is trying to avoid upsetting either side.

  What has happened in the past several hours is that it was revealed that Citidal the Hedge fund company that lost billions to the redditors, forced Robinhood and other to freeze trades and censure any messages on censure boards which is illegal. So some lawsuits have been filed against this illegal activity and the Hedge fund companies decided-------------------- to give Janet Yellen $800,000 dollars.

  Why is this significant?
  

  Because on November 30, 2020, President Joe Biden announced he would nominate Janet Yellen to serve as secretary of the Treasury in his Cabinet.

  Now all of a sudden the SEC decided not to investigate the Hedge fund companies illegal activity.

  Come to find out others in Political Positions of the current administration also have ties to the many Hedge fund companies who lost money.

  So instead they are going to investigate the redditors who are average citizens that banned together to take the hedge companies down.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K32XejdUmy0
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  Why does God need to be worshipped?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the bible exhorts us to “worship the one who made the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters.”—deuteronomy 4:24; revelation 14:7.. insight on the scriptures, volume 2 pp 1200-1202. worshipone of the hebrew words conveying the idea of worship (ʽa·vadhʹ) basically means “serve.” (ge 14:4; 15:13; 29:15) serving or worshiping jehovah required obedience to all of his commands, doing his will as a person exclusively devoted to him.

  (ex 19:5; de 30:15-20; jos 24:14, 15) therefore, for an individual to engage in any ritual or act of devotion toward any other gods signified his abandoning true worship.​—de 11:13-17; jg 3:6, 7.another hebrew term that can denote worship is hish·ta·chawahʹ, which primarily means “bow down” (ge 18:2), or do obeisance.

  (see obeisance.

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  An ALL MIGHTY---ALL POWERFUL-ALL KNOWING- GOD---has no need of worship.

  He creates and moves on to the next project.

  The Bible deity Jehovah or YHWH is a man made construct. With emotions only humans can understand like jealousy, anger, Boastful, bully of the worst kind, picking on weak mortal humans, unforgiving personality, etc.

  When the bible says YOU MUST NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, because it is a sin against God, but praises the wisdom of Solomon who had 1000 wives, or encourages and tolerated the "Having" of several wives like King David, etc, we can see that the dos and don't written in the bible are commands of men with a hidden agenda..
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  Keystone XL Pipeline & Watchtower Research

  by IWant2Leave in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  you may know that president joe biden canceled the permits for the xl canadian pipeline on his first day in office.

  this was a controversial move, and there has been discussion and videos floating around the office where i work.

  one of my co-workers showed a video of all the jobs being lost.

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  So Americans will suffer the next 4 years because the President is going to try to eliminate fossil fuels for good which is impossible, but look at who is going to benefit from this executive order.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoyUhj5sv9U
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  GameStop - Great Seeing Short-Selling Hedge Funds Get Beaten Up

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  in case you haven't seen what's happened with gamestop and redditors.. these are the people who drive companies like blockbuster out of business and put people out of work.. but maybe the people have more power after all .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9toogruq7me.

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  What the Redditors did to the hedge funds, is what the billionaires have been doing for years to the average citizens who invest and are hoping to save enough money for retirement.

  What happened the past few days is many Americans have come to realize that investment in companies as a way to secure a safe retirement, is one of the biggest cons run by elites. And this includes Democrats and Republicans who are part of the con. The stock market is not a real, honest entity.

  The video is a real opener on how the stock market works.
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0HvhZIyfag
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  How many TRUE BELIEVERS do you think are left in the Organization?

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a few jw relatives who are true believers.

  by this i mean, they believe with all their heart that 1914 was the beginning of the last days, that this is the last generation, that we are in the very last of the last hour of this system of things, and that you should obey the governing body even if it does not make sense.

  all of them are in their 60s and up into their 90s there is nothing you can say or show them to convince them or even cause a small doubt that the wt is not god organization.

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  "Loyalists" might be a better focus.

  he 100% believer, or even high percentage believer, can be shown that their beliefs are rubbish, if they open their closed minds, and they will leave, if it was only that they thought it was "the truth" that keeps them in. The loyal follower, as with any Cult, will stay until the end.

  That's an interesting perspective I never thought of.

  So with that in mind we have three groups associated with the organization

  Loyalists

  Believers

  And PIMOs

  Leaving out children under 18 who have no choice but to stay in until they are old enough to leave.

  PIMOs who are adults and know it's not the truth but still attend for whatever reason---Would they be consider Loyalists?? Since they still attend and support to a small extent? Does not matter how small or minimal the support is, -------it's still support for the WT organization.
  
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  It Looks Like Impeachment Is Dead On Arrival In The Senate

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most republican senators believe, as i do that you can’t impeach and convict a president unless he is in office.

  with the opposing sides thinking, perhaps obama, bush clinton and carter could have their records reviewed and face the political punishment of impeachment and conviction after their presidency ended too?.

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  26,000 troops will stay at the Capital until Trump is impeached. But there's more.
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxZ8rnXq81k
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  GameStop - Great Seeing Short-Selling Hedge Funds Get Beaten Up

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  in case you haven't seen what's happened with gamestop and redditors.. these are the people who drive companies like blockbuster out of business and put people out of work.. but maybe the people have more power after all .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9toogruq7me.

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  pistolpete

  Here are two interviews.

  One from Reddit co-founder and what he had to say on WallStreetBets

  Another from WallStreetBets founder and what he had to say about the average Citizen bringing a Hedge fund to its knees

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByFuJ9tB4tY

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH2GXmRDaSA
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  It Looks Like Impeachment Is Dead On Arrival In The Senate

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most republican senators believe, as i do that you can’t impeach and convict a president unless he is in office.

  with the opposing sides thinking, perhaps obama, bush clinton and carter could have their records reviewed and face the political punishment of impeachment and conviction after their presidency ended too?.

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  pistolpete

  Do they make this up as they go along??

  Of Course!
  

  From time to time deliberative bodies are forced to take action against members whose actions or behavior runs counter to the group's acceptable standards for individual behavior. In the U.S. Congress, that action can come in the form of censure. Censure is a formal and public condemnation of an individual's transgressions. It is stronger than a simple rebuke, but not as strong as expulsion. Members of Congress who have been censured are required to give up any committee chairs they hold, but they are not removed from their elected position.

  Not surprisingly, however, few censured politicians are re-elected.

  So after millions and millions of Tax Dollars to censure Trump-----He can still run for President
  

  https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Presidential+Censure