Never in my wildest imaginings did I ever think when I was in that the meetings would be online or over video. When I saw tablets being used for the studies I was on the way out with my head tilted to the side like a dog trying to figure out what in the hell they were doing.
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7Venting: Nah, this isn't a CULT. we will just get dressed up and meet on video
by goingthruthemotions init's so pathetic, oh how they believe there so special.
my wife said " this shows alot when the borg stops assemblies" i said it show alot when alot of venues, governments and other religions shut down stuff.
what do i hear......crickets back.
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Have you Witnessed a Change in People's Life-Style / Behaviour where you Live?
by smiddy3 ini certainly have , over the normal week i go to one of two clubs where i have two beers over a couple of hours ( i pace myself ) and catch up with a few friends .
one of the clubs every hour goes around to disinfect everywhere people make contact with pokies /machines or whatever we might touch.and they also now have limits as to how many can be in a certain area at any one time.and that applies to both clubs ,except one does not disinfect every hour.. today, their were far fewer people in this particular club that i attended that is usually bustling with patrons on a saturday either drinking gambling and socializing .not today.
and a strict rule of how many could be in a certain area at any one time .. and i agree with all of this , its necessary .and i will be monitoring my own activities as need be.. what have you noticed in your neck of the woods.?
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On my drive home this evening the town was (about 30,000) dead. Very few vehicles on the road.
In the local paper today, 10 - Covid-19 cases in the last few days. Tests started arriving this Wed-Thursday as told to me by a gal that works in HR at the hospital.
A real-estate company in town apparently sent out a letter last Monday to tell their tenants that if they are unable to pay rent, even due to job loss, you will be evicted. Even though there is a freeze on evictions, in this state. They quickly retracted it Wednesday. Supposedly, from what I've heard from various places in town, most everyone that rented from them banned together and got something done.
Today I heard more talk about fighting the local government, armed if necessary. People are scared and its was bikers talking this. Bikers (not bicyclist) when they start talking this way usually mean what they say. So its unnerving at best. People are banning together.
Some stores have gotten sneeze guards installed at the check out stands.
Stores here are getting restocked again and have gotten strict about over purchasing. So the shelves are filling back up some.
Tuesday I was at the store and there were two teenagers "pretend coughing" on the isle next to me and laughing, while an elderly lady stood at the end of the isle just about to reach the panic attack point. It pissed me right off and I went up to them and told them to "knock it the F' off or get the F' out." The employees came over and had my back. The teenagers left and then the employees helped the lady get what she needed.
I personally as I'm sure many others are seeing the shift that people are taking this seriously now.
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Simon's Forum Is More Than Just a Forum!
by Atlantis infriends:.
simon's forum is much more than just a forum where we come to expose the watchtower.
it is a place that simon wanted people to be able to come to, to receive help, support, or find a compassionate listener.. this forum has exposed the watchtower more times than any forum on the net.
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Bump!
Yes, thank you Simon! When I posted a few months ago about my son your words of support meant the world to me. I will never forget it!
Thank you for the Covid-19 Thread! Its been very informative and needed.
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Have you Witnessed a Change in People's Life-Style / Behaviour where you Live?
by smiddy3 ini certainly have , over the normal week i go to one of two clubs where i have two beers over a couple of hours ( i pace myself ) and catch up with a few friends .
one of the clubs every hour goes around to disinfect everywhere people make contact with pokies /machines or whatever we might touch.and they also now have limits as to how many can be in a certain area at any one time.and that applies to both clubs ,except one does not disinfect every hour.. today, their were far fewer people in this particular club that i attended that is usually bustling with patrons on a saturday either drinking gambling and socializing .not today.
and a strict rule of how many could be in a certain area at any one time .. and i agree with all of this , its necessary .and i will be monitoring my own activities as need be.. what have you noticed in your neck of the woods.?
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Yes. In addition to what others have said, because its about the same. People are also losing their jobs left and right.
Then there the ones that still have a job literally hatefully rubbing it in peoples faces. I saw that earlier in the week. Some of those people are now out of work. I would laugh but I'm busy trying to calm myself and survive.
Even though there is a rent freeze here. Some places will not honor that. The good news to that is the courts are closed so they cant evict anyway without a judge. For now.
Stores are doing a decent job of re-stocking , as best they can.
My doctors have started using video appointments and or phone visits.
Less traffic. Ironically, less law enforcement.
Senior center closed. Public places closed. Tourist stuff closed.
The hwy I live on says 'Locals only'.
Denial, I see lots of people in denial. Though that is fading.
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What SHOULD have woken you up ?
by Phizzy infor myself, there is an embarrassingly long list of things that really should really have woken me up, fully.
it was a long process for me, as a mind controlled born in, things i simply did not agree with, or knew were downright wrong, that built and built, and, eventually i woke up, after 58 bloody years in !.
but just mainly for fun, what should have woken you up ?.
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Many things.
At 10yrs old when 3 elders questioned me for hours about being molested by my jw grandfather. Every. single. detail. Like they were getting turned on or some shit. Nothing a 10 yr old should ever have gone through. The icing on the shit cake of a meeting is I got privately reproved for not screaming out. What in the world were they thinking?
At 17 when I got dfed for marring a non witness.
At 18 when I strangled an elder outside for spanking my son and they so much as didn't say a word to me. So you choke someone and no one says anything. But get fucking molested or marry an outsider than apparently your worthy of death spiritually and physically.
When my wife cheated on me with my best friend in the cong, three separate times and each time the elders didn't want to "stumble" her as she wasn't baptized yet, but the guy was baptized and they did nothing. You have got to be kidding me. So nothing was done to either one.
I could name more but I won't.
They all know how I feel about about it where I grew up, and it does give me immense satisfaction to know that if they ever saw me in person that they would most likely break their neck trying to run. Because they know I'd break it for them anyway. Glady! Anyday! And happily go to prison for life. It is literally for peoples safety I don't go back to where I grew up.
That sure took any pity I might be feeling towards their plight right out of the equation.
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Its so crazy that so many of us were so indoctrinated that certain things didn't wake us up sooner.
If there was a devil I'm sure his religion of choice would be the JWS.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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They're setting up a two hundred bed field hospital a few miles from my house. I'm not big on conspiracy theories but this is making me wonder if somebody knows something they're not telling us.
I think its just due to Seattle being ground zero in the USA, with more cases of COVID-19. Ships on the way too, if they haven't arrived already.
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Due to the umm, err, loose nature? of Seattle's law structure (That's as nice as I can put it) Its a do what we say not as as we do kind of of place. But we said a lot of nothing. Lovely.
All you have to do in Seattle is tell someone you don't recycle your plastic and that should take care of anyone coming around you. LOL. Easy social distancing.
In a state where more people believe in Sasquatch than they do there own local representatives (JK, sortof), It comes as no surprise that "conspiracy" is on the tips of peoples tongues.
Conspiracy's are abound everywhere right now. I wouldn't worry to much about it. Not much one can do anyway except try to keep a level head. And that's looks like its hard for folks everywhere during this pandemic.
Even for me, as I wait for my personal Sasquatch to come rescue me. It better hurry before I shapeshift into a chubracaba and run off into the wild. I got to have a sense of humor, its not been a fun week.
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Generally Speaking Do You Trust Your Government?
by minimus inas a us citizen, i am usually a bit skeptical of what comes out of the mouths of government officials.
often they may speak the truth but i’m not convinced of whatever they are saying as being 100% true.
do you believe your government implicitly?
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Why do people think that Trump seems to be the only elected official on the planet. Why is he the go to on a general question about government? There are many governments.
Generally speaking I do Not trust the government. Any small group of people(government) that sends their solders to die and get maimed in war but can't take care of them when they get back from war, fighting so that the upper echelon can even have a government is some sick ass twisted shit.
Is it really "government" ? Or is it all just big business? They just say whatever it takes to get elected. Or simply say screw it and buy their seat in office. I'm not even sure one could be an 'elected official' unless they were well versed in lying.
I'm sure there are exceptions.
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The zoom app
by Fadeaway1962 inthere going to start using the zoom app for the meeting ,got to go a help my aged parents to set it up.. i'm not very good at the technical stuff is there any way of hiding your self on the app or is this a way of them checking to see who's listening to the meetings.. thought fading would have been easier during this virus.. thanks.
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Fadeaway1962- is there any way of hiding your self on the app or is this a way of them checking to see who's listening to the meetings.
From Zoom:
To hide yourself, click anywhere on your video window (the one showing yourself), and then click on the three dots that appear in the upper right hand corner. Select "Hide Myself" from the menu that appears.
Show/Hide self view: Show or hide your video feed on the Zoom Room's display. If video is turned off, this will show or hide your name or profile picture.Read about here https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360021921032-In-Meeting-Controls
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What are your favorite film clips?
by LoveUniHateExams inhey, guys - how ya doin?.
so, what are your favorite movie clips?.
gimme your best movie clips, please, ladies and gentlemen.. here's one of mine ….
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Airplane scene where one of the passengers flip out. / On that note you may all line up to slap me when I start freaking out like this. Lol
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JW.org coronavirus response - The Four Horsemen
by Badfish inhave you guys seen jw.org today?
the main article is entitled “the four horsemen of revelation.”.
looks like the pale rider has arrived..... .
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caves
It must really please the 'loving god' jehober to see all the turmoil and panic among his earthly children just so jw's can have something to write about!
I keep noticing that they(GB) never say great tribulation has begun. They dance all around it. Unless that has just changed?
How could someone worship a god that creates "children" and then punishes them for "crimes" they never committed. What a and sick twisted god/father that would be.