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  Shunning from different perspectives

  by jonahstourguide in

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  hi folks,.

  this interesting article on abc australia covers views of people ex-communicated or shunned by a couple of institutions.

  it also includes paul grundy's experience.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-25/the-australians-who-were-cast-out-of-their-religions/100306930.

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  pistolpete

  Of course if there is a Creator of humankind----that doesn’t mean he is Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omni- benevolent.

  There are actually tons of possibilities that would explain everything.

  It’s not far-fetch to believe that the Creator lived long enough to “Create” life on earth and then died.

  Just think of today how many Human Fathers and mothers are responsible for giving life and breath to their children, provide them with a home and in many cases provide them with a trust fund or insurance to care for their needs just in case they both die.

  The parents may die before the child becomes of age to understand things. These children Never meet their parents, never get to know their personalities, but the house the parents built is still in existence. They will never get to know their parents because they died long before they started to reason.

  Another scenario is that some parents have children and then abandon them and Never make contact with them because they just don’t care. They just want to be left alone and live their own life.

  Another scenario is life just happened by accident. And although mathematicians can give you and entire logical explanation that it is Near impossible for this to happen and they are correct, the fact is that ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN.

  Religious books like the Bible, the Koran, and the many stories of Jesus are simply stories written by humans to try to inspire hope to themselves and to others.

  Sensible reasoning tells us that a God who is All Powerful and REALLY CARED for all Human and animal life would never allow all the atrocities that have happened to Humans and Animals for thousands and millions of years just to prove whatever he needs to prove.

  If anything----it just proves he is limited in what he can do.

  As a human with some limited power, when I see a kitty or puppy hungry or hurt, I immediately drop everything and take care of it. When I see a human suffering, and I have the power to do something, I immediately stop everything and attend to his/her needs.

  Now I can’t believe that an All Powerful, Benevolent God that loves humankind would just stand back and watch all the atrocities that humans have committed mostly because of ignorance and lack of understanding.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_concentration_and_internment_camps#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_192-208,_KZ_Mauthausen,_Sowjetische_Kriegsgefangene.jpg
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  Ralph Walls implausible 2021 Convention field service story

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  another implausible field service story told by ralph walls at the 2021 convention.

  get ready for this unrealistic, stupid, dull and boring, made up fiction that is presented at this assembly.. some years ago ( tells a story but doesn't know exact date ), a brother ( doesn't give his name ) in mexico ( doesn't name the town) from the rurals, dressed in a very simple garb ( to show he was not showy ) knocked at the door of a palatial mansion.

  ( a very rich ''worldly'' person must live here ).

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  pistolpete

  ONCE UPON A TIME!
  

  https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/8af8b1c1-d361-47ae-bafa-6c284d0ea1f9
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  What’s Wrong With President Biden?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  i just watched excerpts from his cnn town hall event and something is seriously wrong with him.

  he can’t put together a sentence without getting lost, tripping on his own words, forgetting what he is talking about.……this is embarrassing.

  and it’s not because he has a stutter!

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  He is such an idiot, in 3 years he will not remember he was president.

  In three years WE MAY NOT REMEMBER HE WAS PRESIDENT.

  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-biden-rescind-sole-nuclear-capabilities

  
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  Serious Question: Are You Hearing About Anyone With The Flu Anymore or A Cold?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for years everyone was told they had to get the flu shot.

  because the flu was dangerous and it could even kill you.

  now, hardly anyone talks about the flu or having a cold.

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  Anonymous,great questions! Minimus is impressed

  Yea----Me too!
  
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  Love the don't use a gun for self defence by Gary Bro

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
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  i just watched that stupid talk by gary while e bro on not using a gun for self defense but it went deeper.

  i was that you don't defend yourself against violence.

  well ain't that great from an asshat living in a gated and guarded compound.

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  Bodily training is beneficial for little...' some how is twisted into "Don't work out."

  What a lot of jw men look like.

  
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  My JW uncle said a bad word!

  by pistolpete in

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  yep, i never heard him use profanity------ever.. a couple of us were invited to lunch, which in my case never happened before covid because i never got baptized.. but now i’m being invited by most of my jw family to family cookouts.

  and we never talk about kingdom stuff.

  they always ask questions about politics.

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  Recent studies estimate the total number of living and extinct kinds of land animals and flying creatures to be about 1,500.

  You’re pulling a Watchtower sting Sea Breeze. LOL.😂😂

  WHAT RECENT STUDIES?

  How many Recent Studies?

  Who are the Scientist involved in these studies?

  I remember as a teenager reading some of the WT magazines and realizing at 15 years of age what this meant.

  WT quotes;

  Prominent Scholars cite 607 as the real date Jerusalem was destoryed………

  Leading Doctors admit Vaccines are the devil’s……………….

  Well known Hematologist admits a blood transfusion cannot save your life……...

  They never reference a Name except once. I believe the Doctor they reference was someone who claimed to be a doctor in the 1300 hundreds A.D.
  
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  45K Death Count from Covid Shot Lawsuit

  by was a new boy in

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  https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/3c6a0774-cfad-46fa-aa97-af5aa5e74f00/jane%20doe%20declaration.pdf.

  https://renz-law.com/45k-whistleblower-suit.

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  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The Tennessee Department of Health reports 27 fully vaccinated people have died from COVID-19.

  These are among the state's more than 1,000 "breakthrough" cases. These are cases in which fully vaccinated people have contracted the virus.

  https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/27-fully-vaccinated-people-have-died-in-tennessee-health-department-says
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  45K Death Count from Covid Shot Lawsuit

  by was a new boy in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/3c6a0774-cfad-46fa-aa97-af5aa5e74f00/jane%20doe%20declaration.pdf.

  https://renz-law.com/45k-whistleblower-suit.

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  pistolpete

  I believe whatever Me.Wonderful says. He or She/ They/Them/Zimmzure whatever the hell seems very intelligent. Joined 3 days ago too..

  DD, it looks like Greta found us!
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhybAEYGnOc
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  My JW uncle said a bad word!

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yep, i never heard him use profanity------ever.. a couple of us were invited to lunch, which in my case never happened before covid because i never got baptized.. but now i’m being invited by most of my jw family to family cookouts.

  and we never talk about kingdom stuff.

  they always ask questions about politics.

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  pistolpete

  Yep, I never heard him use profanity------EVER.

  A couple of us were invited to lunch, which in my case never happened before Covid because I never got baptized.

  But now I’m being invited by most of my jw family to family cookouts. And we never talk about Kingdom stuff. They always ask questions about politics.
  

  But this time, Somehow the conversation about Noah got started. And my Uncle asked me if I ever wondered how Noah got the elephants into the ark?

  Not thinking--- I jokingly said; “Forget that, how did Noah fit 64 million animals into a wooden Ark that was only 1,400,000–1,500,0000 Cubic feet?

  My Uncle gives me this strange look;

  I knew I had blown it. I guess the shunning was back in place.

  But to my Surprise my Uncle asks; “What do you mean?”

  My other relatives also asked, what exactly I mean by 64 million animals?

  I told them that they have counted about 8 million different species.

  Who Counted them, they ask?

  I said; “They’ve been counting different species for a while. There are so many that the number keeps increasing every few years.

  So we went inside and turned on the computer. We looked at the Insight Book and it told us how big the ark was. We compared with what other articles like this one said, and I was vindicated.

  https://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/was-noah-ark-big-enough-to-hold-all-animals.html

  Every one of my jw relatives thought Noah only took two of each kind of animal. So the were trying to Mathematically squeeze 8 million animals into an ark that was only 1.5 million cubic feet. Which was kind of funny.

  But I pointed out that it was more than 8 million animals that went into the ark.

  HUH!

  So we looked up the Genesis account and it is said that;

  Noah was told to take in 7 pairs of Clean animals and 1 pair of Unclean.

  What’s interesting is all of them thought it was 2 of each animals. Raised in the WT organization and they never noticed that it was 7 pairs of Clean animals which makes a huge difference if you have 8 million different species.

  But Give or take 1.3 million----- There is actually more, they just haven’t counted them.

  So for simplicity say Half Clean and Half Unclean and according to this article about 8 million different species. (I know there is other estimates)

  https://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/how-many-species-on-earth

  I didn't bring up salt water animals in the oceans and Fresh water animals in the lakes or plants that needed to be brought in because most would die under water for a year. That would just be too much for them!
  

  So we started doing math.
  

  4 million x 7pairs equals 56 million individual animals

  4 million x 1 pair equals 8 million individual animals

  Total equals 64 million individual animals Noah had to squeeze into the ark, that was only 1.5 million cubic feet, within 7 days.

  About 9 million plus animals A DAY that Noah and his family had to squeeze into ark

  About 6 thousand plus animals A MINUTE--NON-STOP- that Noah and his family had to squeeze into the ark

  If I did my math correctly.

  Doesn’t include all the food FOR 64 MILLION ANIMALS FOR A ENTIRE YEAR with no refrigerator to keep the vegetation from spoiling.

  One of my Aunts saw the impossibility and said; “But Jesus reference the Flood”

  Everyone kept quiet, scratching their head.

  Finally my Uncle speaks out and says;

  We’re Fucked!

  Everyone starts going-------OH MY GOD----OH MY GOD----- YOU SAID A BAD WORD!
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  Are JWs Enjoying Not Having To Go To Meetings and House To House?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  since this pandemic, especially, are witnesses fine with never having to go to another meeting or assembly again?

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  pistolpete

  Announced at to US Bethel family this morning that the suspension of in-person organizational activities such as the use of Kingdom Halls and various in-person forms of the preaching work will need to remain in place until

  at least November 1-----------2079