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  Whatever Happened To The Flu?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  has the flu vanished?

  has it been replaced by covid?

  no one is talking about making sure you get you flu shots.

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  What if-----------THE FLU IS COVID!!!!!!
  
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  Child Smugglers Drop Children Over Border Wall

  by Bangalore in

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  2. current

  https://news.sky.com/video/smugglers-drop-children-over-14ft-us-mexico-border-wall-12262371.

  https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/03/31/exclusive-leaked-video-human-smugglers-drop-small-children-from-border-wall-in-new-mexico/.

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  My question; Are things really that bad in their Country that parents are willing to throw their 3 year old child over the border wall??

  If things were really bad in my Country, my children would stay with me regardless. I could not possibly throw my 3 year old daughter over a wall into another Country not knowing what would happen to her.
  
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  Jw.org on PBS-utah

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.pbs.org/video/jehovahs-witnesses-coping-with-pandemic-anxiety-yk0yvc/.

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  Interesting he said they pivoted from the preaching work to give people practical advice

  Let your loved ones die if they need a blood transfusion--PRACTICAL ADVICE

  Shun you children, husband, wife, parents if they don't obey the 8 old dudes in NY--PRACTICAL ADVICE

  Pioneer instead of furthering your education--PRACTICAL ADVICE

  AND MOST IMPORTANT-------HOW TO KEEP SECRET WHEN YOU DID THE UNTHINKABLE TO A YOUNG CHILD--------WE HAVE THE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE TO NAVIGATE YOU THROUGH THIS.
  
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  False memorial partakers deserve to die???

  by Jofi_Wofo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  every memorial, much emphasis is placed on making sure that only the (self-proclaimed) anointed partake in the emblems.

  this year, however, the speaker at my wife's congregation presented it as an even more serious matter.

  he likened it to individuals in ancient israel who sought position of the priesthood despite never been appointed by jehovah.

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  Bobcat

  As a side note, the elders have never said anything to me about it in the half-decade since. Not a word. (And I've been partaking ever since.) But they didn't allow me to remain an elder. By the next Memorial I had been deleted.

  That is hilarious, they removed you as an elder for PARTAKING!
  
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  What’s Your Favorite Type of Music/Songs/Singers???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i love r&b music, funk and soul, even some disco.

  i’ve been listening to retro soul radio out of london lately and the music is without commercial interruptions 24 hours a day.

  mostly 70s and 80s music.. i love everything from elvis presley to tom jones too.

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  I miss my Earth Wind and Fire songs.

  I didn't realize the main singer is dead. Sad!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=god7hAPv8f0
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  After 6 years of being shunned by parents, got invitation to memorial.

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the reply this son gave his father after being invited to the memorial is -----------priceless!.

  make sure to see the response by clicking on the arrow.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/mfbzrl/my_dad_reached_out_for_the_first_time_in_years_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3.

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  Too old to learn i guess.

  Never to old to learn Stan.
  
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  What’s Your Favorite Type of Music/Songs/Singers???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i love r&b music, funk and soul, even some disco.

  i’ve been listening to retro soul radio out of london lately and the music is without commercial interruptions 24 hours a day.

  mostly 70s and 80s music.. i love everything from elvis presley to tom jones too.

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  Well my girlfriend turned me on to the 60s - 70s and 80s. It's hard to believe that before I was born, there was Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye (will I be cancelled for saying his last name)

  Diana Ross, Stevie wonder, The Beatles, etc.
  

  What were girls like back then????????
  
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  After 6 years of being shunned by parents, got invitation to memorial.

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the reply this son gave his father after being invited to the memorial is -----------priceless!.

  make sure to see the response by clicking on the arrow.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/mfbzrl/my_dad_reached_out_for_the_first_time_in_years_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3.

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  The reply this son gave his father after being invited to the memorial is -----------PRICELESS!

  Make sure to see the response by clicking on the arrow.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/mfbzrl/my_dad_reached_out_for_the_first_time_in_years_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
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  Jw spokesman Says door to door preaching not coming back!

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/uaaztatkhkg.

  hope link works.

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  This is actually a Big deal. The door to door preaching work was the main basis for believing that we were living in the LAST DAYS.

  It is tied up with BLOOD GUILT according to the bible book of Ezekiel.

  This will be a WAKE UP CALL for about 70% of the JWs. Those 50 and under.

  There is no more basis for believing that the Great Tribulation is just around the corner. There is no urgency anymore.

  It will take a couple of years before it SINKS IN. There is going to be a shitload of cognitive dissidence in the congregations. But in a few years there will be a steady exodus out of the organization.

  I think the Leaders of the WT already knew this was coming.

  You can only CRY WOLF so many times before they start telling you---GO TO HELL!
  
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  Would the world be a better place without religion?

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know what you’re gonna say---------everyone has a right to believe whatever they want.. but the question above is not about everyone’s right to believe whatever.. the question is very specific------will the world be a better place----without religion.

  think for a while what the world would be like without any religion.. no conflicts between islam and christianity.. no conflicts between different sects of christianity.

  (example; jehovah’s witnesses vs catholics).

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  road to nowhere

  Human nature will find a way to have conflicts. Controlling personalities, greed, nationalities, race, tribes, intellectualism e. We all believe something whether we call it religious or something else.

  Human nature’s primary objective is to SURVIVE. It does this by adapting to its environment. It will do whatever it takes to survive and pass on its genes.

  “Humans” are hardwired to AVOID DEATH. This is natural as “REALITY” without being tarnished by “Religious Ideas” -------shows without a doubt that This Is the Only Life We Get.

  Nationalities, race, tribes, intellectualism, etc. will engage in war. But why?

  Because today-- all tribes, nationalities, race, ect., are driven to put their life on the line because Religion has sullied their reality of Truth----which is that we only have ONE LIFE----AND THERE IS NO OTHER.

  Religion today has manipulated the MINDS of humans with its promises of a second chance, an afterlife, a promise that death is not the end game.

  Leaders of tribes or Politicians of nations, use this manipulation of an afterlife to convince its citizens or nations or tribes, or races, that if they fight their wars, God will reward them with an afterlife, whether in heaven, earth, or some form of reincarnation.

  But now, take out the (“Second Chance, the Afterlife, the Reward after death” out of the picture)

  Then with this knowledge of reality, how many citizens would obey the politicians to go fight their war if there is no Heaven? How many tribesmen would listen to the Elder tribe leader if he ordered them to a deadly war, especially if they all knew Death ended everything? I assume they would kill the Elder tribe leader first instead of putting their ONLY LIFE on the line.

  To show how powerful Religious Ideas are and their effects on unnecessary death, consider, how many Jehovah Witnesses would continue to obey the Organization’s mandates if they all knew there was no such thing a resurrection into a paradise earth!----ZERO! Imagine the millions of blood related deaths and broken families that would be eliminated! Imagine if Muslims found out Allah doesn’t exist. Or what would Christians do if the President gave an executive order for all young men to go fight a deadly conflict -----for GOD, and COUNTRY, if they knew there was no such thing as a heavenly life.

  Yes humans would still fight and kill, but I would say that ETERNAL DEATH IS A VERY STRONG MOTIVATOR To avoid conflict to begin with.

  "Religion is the opium of the people" meaning that religions offer a better alternative to our current life.

  The only problem is that the better alternative only comes AFTER WE DIE, thus paving the way for greedy, power-hungry power to convince the masses to go fight their wars.

  neat blue dog

  Don't be absurd. Humans would always be disposed to conflict. If you think otherwise, you're as naive as John Lennon.

  Did you read the post? Or do you have difficulty reading?

  I said, quote; "Yes we would still have fights, famine, murder and more, but ….."

  My post was not about “Humans always disposed to conflict”