Scientists make findings and then interpret them for us, we have to be prepared for new knowledge to change those Scientist's views.
Like Covid, Masks, Locking down the world economy and Social distancing.
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Neanderthals carb loaded, helping grow their big brains
by Disillusioned JW insee https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/neanderthals-carb-loaded-helping-grow-their-big-brains .
the article says in part 'the study is “groundbreaking,” says harvard university evolutionary biologist rachel carmody, who was not part of the research.
the work suggests the ancestors of both humans and neanderthals were cooking lots of starchy foods at least 600,000 years ago.
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Do local JWs want in-person meetings back in your congregation?
by JWTom ini realize many here think that in-person meetings will return as soon as things are safe with covid.
but many acknowledge it will likely be 2022 or later when this happens.. surprisingly, many pimi jws in our congregation are not shy about saying they are fine with zoom meetings forever and do not want to go back to in-person meetings.
many speculate similar thoughts that are on this site....such as a combination of in-person and zoom meetings.
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Surprisingly, many PIMI JWs in our congregation are not shy about saying they are fine with Zoom meetings forever
forever-----like in the Paradise Earth!
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Awake Magazine - No Longer Being Printed?
by JWTom insomeone made reference in another post that the awake magazine had ceased publication.
maybe i missed it since i have not been on here as much in the last 6 months.
is this true?
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Kingdom Halls will probably reopen soon since things are starting to turn somewhat back to normal now that much of the USA population has received a Covid-19 vaccination.
😂😂😂😂
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The WT will now produce a Jesus Movie (Series)
by HowTheBibleWasCreated ini'm actually looking forward to their warped view of matthew, mark, luke and john for this.
the drama from 2015 wasn't that bad.
however.... yeah steven lett mentions othe films about jesu are plagued with false religion.
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First Jesus Movie to encourage faith
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U.S. Announcement at CLAM w/o March 3 - Donation of Trailers Needed
by JWTom inat our clam meeting this past week there was a rather lengthy announcement asking for the donation of travel trailers.
needed to be at least 22 feet long and not older than a 2005 model year.
lots of other details were in the announcement about what was desired related condition of the trailer, etc.
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I heard that the Governing Body hired Governor Andrew Cuomo to help them figure out what to do with the old bethlites. And he had a plan.-------TRAILERS!
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Awake Magazine - No Longer Being Printed?
by JWTom insomeone made reference in another post that the awake magazine had ceased publication.
maybe i missed it since i have not been on here as much in the last 6 months.
is this true?
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Well let's see!
There hasn't been door to door preaching for over a year
All kingdom halls have been shut for over a year
There hasn't been a convention for over a year
They aren't printing and books like they used to every year
They sent hundreds Bethelites home
Got rid of DOs
Pioneers don't have to do the required hrs.
Practicably all the young jws are leaving once they turn 18
They are selling tons of Kingdom halls every year-so they aren't expecting a Great Crowd to come in
And the child sex abuse continues
What was the question? Oh that right, "Have they stopped printing the Awake Magazine
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I Will Give President Biden Credit
by minimus inhe’s really implementing the democrats agenda!
he’s wasting no time !.
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Disillusioned JW
The vast majority of the homeless ones I see living 'on the street' (many in tents) are men and I wonder why that is the case.
This guy explains how the divorce laws have tilted to favor the women. At least in the USA
Read the comments to get an idea what young American men are feeling about marriage.
Example;
A wise man once said, “love is grand, but divorce is a 100 grand” ..
Not getting married in your 20's and 30's is like missing out on buying the last ticket for the Titanic.
The wedding ring is the world’s smallest handcuff
Behind every successful man is a woman that was waiting at the finish lineNever sign a contract with someone who benefits from breaking it.
People tell me “you wanna die alone?” My reply “well I’m not trying to take anyone with me”
"They say marriage is an institution. So is Alcatraz. You can't compare marriage to prison. Yeah, you're right. The warden doesn't max out your credit card."d every billionaire there's a woman wanting to make him a millionaire !
When I was a young man I got ribbed relentlessly by my married friends for not joining the club. None of them are married today but in my case, I didn't lose half my wealth or a family business to be single. -
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Watch this, and don’t shoot the messenger...
by DATA-DOG inhopefully i’m doing this right and it will display for you.
this is an interview with michael yeadon, former vice president and chief science officer of pfizer.
of course he has been attacked, slandered, shunned, ect, and this will never be allowed on social media, but he has taken the time to appear in an unpaid interview.
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Diogenesister
Yes If someone could explain what possible advantage a government would have for instigating all this.
Studying how America handled the Covid virus tells us a lot about Government. America is comprised of 50 individual Sovereign States. Each with its own State Legislature. Under the terms of Article V of the U.S. Constitution, State lawmakers retain the power to ratify Constitutional amendments which have been proposed by both houses of Congress. Which include lockdown laws.
Each State can also form their own laws that differ from the other States. A good example of this is Gun law. In some States like New York, California, Chicago, it’s almost impossible for a citizen to have a carry permit for a Gun. In other States like Texas, Florida, Arizona, it easy for a citizen to have a carry permit and own a Gun.
Each State has their own Governor that acts sort of like the President of the USA.
If a person with a legal carry permit in Texas drives to New York where it is illegal to have a carry permit, that person can go to prison for a long time, because the Governor in New York is like a dictator whereas the Governor in Texas is not, and both States haves their own Sovereignty with their different set of laws.
When Covid appeared in 2020, the World went crazy. Reason being is that all the medical experts were contradicting each other. Some were saying this and others were saying that about the virus. In other words—they were being “Human” which basically means---they know very little----including the experts-------but act like they know everything.--------Sort of like the Governing Body of jws.
Government Knows even less. So each Government of each State had to calculate and reason which expert sounded like he knew what he was talking about and apply that idea to his own Personal State that he governed.
Some State Governors studied the case and Others Governors didn’t study the case and choose to go by their instincts.
Some Governors like Governor Cuomo of New York felt like the best thing to do was lock up all the elderly together in nursing homes. Surprise thousands of elderly died.
Governor Gavin Newson of California decided to go to extremes and lock down everything and made sure anyone, including one lone surfer miles out in the sea, and by himself be arrested for breaking his laws on lock down. Governor Newson and his family were exempted of course from any lock down.
What you said is actually happening in many Democratic States. Many of these State Governments are being recalled and replaced with other Government
usually, with one accord decide to place fear in the hearts of their populace, drive apart families, close businesses and cause a financial downturn which will likely ensure they themselves are voted OUT in the next election.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PNGy0-UREs
On the other hand there were many States that decided not to go to extremes in locking down the State. Instead they decided to open up the economy, and warn the elderly and those with medical condition that they were at risk and needed to isolate themselves from everyone and make arrangements for food and other necessities.
One Governor that did this was in Florida and his State is prospering to the extreme. He has even filed several lawsuits against the Federal Government for certain lockdowns.
So the lock down and fear by some Governors is because they are ignorant, or stupid, or power hungry, or just plain crazy and like to see people suffer.
Other States were fortunate to have a Governor that choose no lock downs. Some of those States had less deaths than those who did lock down the entire State.
Others had the same death as those who did lock down their entire State but their economy didn’t crash.
Here is the thing I learned. Don’t live in a State where your Governor is stupid, ignorant, power hungry, or just plain crazy, because it could cost you-your life or your livelihood.
So all these lock downs were not planned, but some individuals are using it as an opportunity to enrich themselves and want to continue the lock-down.
Example; I have a store that sell groceries and other needed household items, you and a thousand others have as brick and mortar store that sell groceries too. The Governor is my brother or close friend. I tell my brother that if he locks down all the one thousand stores for a year or three, then all the customers that bought groceries from those stores have no choice now but to buy at my store, and my profits will ZOOM!!!!
I promise my brother 40% of the profits if he keeps the lock down for as long as possible resulting in both of us becoming RICH when the hysteria is over. In other words----keep pushing the fear to the masses.
What incentive do you see here for the lock-down and certain stores that continue to remain open.
(Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
And who keeps the thousands of homes that have defaulted because both husband and wife lost their jobs because of the lock down.(Banks)
And who made around 26 billion in profits in 2020 because of covid. (You know the vaccines were not free)
NOW APPLY THIS WORLD WIDE TO EACH GOVERNMENT IN EACH COUNTRY.
https://www.businessinsider.com/pfizer-vaccine-sales-revenue-profits-3-point-5-billion-2021-5?op=1
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Remember how it felt before you woke up. Living forever in a Righteous World.
by pistolpete ini woke up early in life.
it’s not because i was smarter than my brothers and sisters.
in fact, reflecting back, i actually don’t know why i didn’t embrace the watchtower teachings?
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how many JWs are secretly fearful (or even convinced) that they won't be deemed worthy enough to be there?
I remember hearing the speaker at either the Convention or Kingdom hall use this scripture.
(Zephaniah 2:2, 3) All you who are not proud, come to the Lord.
You who obey his laws, come to him.
Do what is right. Learn to be humble.
MAYBE---- you will escape
on the day the Lord shows his anger.WHAT THE THELL---MAYBE!!
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Remember how it felt before you woke up. Living forever in a Righteous World.
by pistolpete ini woke up early in life.
it’s not because i was smarter than my brothers and sisters.
in fact, reflecting back, i actually don’t know why i didn’t embrace the watchtower teachings?
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I woke up early in life. It’s not because I was smarter than my brothers and sisters. In fact, Reflecting back, I actually don’t know why I didn’t embrace the Watchtower teachings? I want to say the internet---but not really.
One thing I do remember is my Grandmother sitting me on her lap and talking to me about how wonderful life would be in the paradise earth. She didn’t talk about the animals so much. But she kept painting this picture that in the New World, I wouldn’t have to worrying that someone was going to break in our house and kill mom and dad. She told me that in the New earth, no one would kidnap little girls and do bad things to them. She told me that I wouldn’t have to worry about losing my mom and dad to sickness. (By age 6 I had already witnesses some of these things in the News)
Since one of my friends died in the first grade of school, grandma knew that I was aware that death took little kids like me, so She kept painting this picture that I would never have to worry about dying in the New World..
Even to this day, even though I know the Bible is a fairy tale book and the Watchtower is a religious cult, Sometimes When I’m in bed and everyone is asleep, I imagine what Grandma used to tell me.
It’s was a wonderful feeling believing that everything was going to be ALL-RIGHT. You actually sleep better.
There was this soothing comfort that if mom and dad died, --it wasn’t the End. I would eventually see them again. It really makes you fear Nothing.
Someone asked what 60 and above old jw believers are thinking with all the changes in the organization. Well I still have a lot of family that are jw hard core believers, and they are 60 plus years old.
They talk to me because I was never baptized. So I ask them what they think of all the changes in the Organization. No more Awake mag. No more yearbook, no Door to Door, no Kingdom Hall meetings, no Conventions.
When they answer, they have this look in their face,---the same look I HAD, when I was a little kid and imagined how comforting the promise of a New World was to me, when Grandma explained what it would be like to live there.
They don’t care about the changes. Instead they talk about seeing their wife again. They are anxious to see their daughter that died years ago. They talk about being young again, and they do so with this smile on their face. You can almost feel that they are imagining themselves being young again.
They remind me----or maybe they are reminding themselves, that in the New World there will be no more crooked Presidents, no more crooked Politicians, and no more corrupt leaders anywhere in the world. They talk about not having to struggle just to survive. No Crime anywhere. Not a single animal will be abused. Nice housing for everyone. No one will have a baby with cancer or birth defects.
But the most important thing to them is that they will be reunited with those they love-----and lost.
I can't blame them. The feelings that a person goes through when they lose their wife, or mother, Their child, is almost unbearable. Or what about widows. I've talked to some, and when they really open up, and tell you their feelings, they make you cry.
Then I remember a book I read a couple of years ago, recommended on Reddit. CAPTIVES OF A CONCEPT-by Cameron.
And basically the author said that all jws were victims.
I thought about this for a while and realized that one of the definitions for VICTIM is;
one that is tricked or duped
Everyone that has been or is a JW wasn’t given all the information to make an appropriate, correct, decision.
And not every JW has what it takes, whether mentally, emotionally, or physically to escape the DEEP INDOCTRINATION, that holds them CAPTIVE.
Just like not every single girl that is kidnapped at a young age and used as a sex slave has what it takes to escape that type of life. The kidnappers usually ingrain in the young child that leaving will only lead to death.
So I know the hard core jws do some crazy things like shun their children, refuse blood transfusions, (although that seems to be disappearing little by little) and other crazy stuff.
But I feel empathy for them. Had they been given all the information beforehand, I doubt anyone would join the Watchtower Organization.
But the allure of a New World, where righteousness is to Dwell, and death will be no more, can be a very strong incentive for someone who has lost their children, their wife, or their husband in death.
The changes in the Organization the past decade or more is Nothing compared to that comforting feeling that went through your mind when you still believed---IT WAS THE TRUTH!
More than anything else-----I feel great pity for them.
