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  Who Do You Think Will Be The Nominees For President In The Next US Election?

  by minimus in

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  i think trump will be the nominee for the republicans and the democrats... i have no clue.

  i hope bernie sanders runs again and wonder if hillary would dare go for a rematch..

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  Minimus, Bloomie thinks he's smarter than everyone because HE IS! Whatever his faults (hot-tempered and a bit of a grump), he's a stand-up guy, highly principled, and a mensch...
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  Who Do You Think Will Be The Nominees For President In The Next US Election?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think trump will be the nominee for the republicans and the democrats... i have no clue.

  i hope bernie sanders runs again and wonder if hillary would dare go for a rematch..

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  Of the potentially available candidates, Mike Bloomberg rates perhaps the highest, although ethnicity and his assocation with the liberal East Coast establishment would likely limit his appeal in the flyover states. Otherwise, on the merits, he's head and shoulders above everyone else.
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  Twelve days in Spain -- Nary a JW Cart in Sight

  by Room 215 in

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  2. experiences

  just concluded a twelve-day holiday in spain... seven cities in twelve days -- and not one sighting of a jw cart..

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  Just concluded a twelve-day holiday in Spain... seven cities in twelve days -- and not one sighting of a JW cart.
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  they changed it a year ago

  by galaxie in

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  2. beliefs

  just spoke to an elder at the carts, whilst discussing the gb (faithful slave) he informs me they are nowpart of the 'domestics'?

  anyone have any 'new light' on this?.

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  If I recall, David Splane commented that their 2013 self-appointment was partly to disabuse the rank-and-file anointed out in the boondocks that their status as partakers empowered them to contribute doctrinal input. Whatever, it realy amounts to nothing more than a blatant power grab, a la Rutherford .
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  Trenton (NJ) Regional Convention --- Anyone Go?

  by Room 215 in

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  i'm hearing about 5,900 in attendance/37 baptized...

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  I'm hearing about 5,900 in attendance/37 baptized...
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  Weird love letter in the summer convention

  by purrpurr in

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  2. beliefs

  in this summer's convention theres a video showing the tale of a rather geeky plain looking brother whose relating the tale of how the prettiest girl in the whole school fancied him (!

  ) and sent him a love letter, the letter is read and it says .

  "i think we would get along,i'm attracted to you, i like your personality, and that's not all, i think we could have fun together.

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  Totally cringeworthy and poorly acted, as is most of the stuff shown at the convention.
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  Anybody here still believe in the bible?

  by Mel Morris in

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  i'm a current bible student of jw's looking to chat with someone about biblical doctrine.

  i'm not interested in talking with an apostate or a fader, i'm just a person looking for answers and wondered if there are any neutral voices in this forum who have good insights into the bible.

  i currently talk with a couple of jw's on a personal level from my congregation and they are knowledgeable to a certain extent, but i dare not ask them certain questions because, as you know, the congregation has a culture of fear that impacts trust and openness, especially concerning biblical doctrine or the societies teachings.

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  Hi Mel, welcome to the forum.. "as you know, the congregation has a culture of fear that impacts trust and openness, especially concerning biblical doctrine or the societies teachings."

  Well said, friend...
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  JWs Outlawed in Russia

  by minimus in

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  they are banned!.

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  While I oppose any government's ban on relgious freedom, I must say that Moscow's contention that JWs are "extremists" is not without merit. (Imagine a Russian prosecutor in court entering into evidence the 2016 convention videos of little Sergei the voilin prodigy being pressured by his dad into refusing a scholariship to a prestigious conservatory, or the JW mom that refuses to answer her disfellowshipped daughther's phone call...how would that play to a jury?)
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  JW Door-to-Door Notekeeping Attracts Scrutiny of EU Authorities

  by Room 215 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a newly- enacted eu gdpr privacy protection law, to become effective from may 25, has apparently prompted jws to file suit in protest: .

  (translated from the italian) .

  source: ex-jwblog: http://testimonidigeovachiedono.blogspot.com/2018/05/le-note-di-casa-in-casa-sono-illegali-per-il-gdpr.html):.

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  There's an update in today's news: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/eu-court-order-jehovahs-witnesses-to-comply-with-data-protection-rules/
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  This year’s convention

  by lastmanstanding in

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  2. beliefs

  two things i noted at this year’s rc.

  1) the new teaching with respect to matthew 25:45 which was applied equally to the rank & file jw.

  this teaching is also found in the watchtower study for last sunday.. then he will answer them, saying: ‘truly i say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of these least ones, you did not do it to me.. 2) the new armageddon video which was a big shift.

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  God forbid that they should ever come to acknowledge that Christ's parable was intended to blessing all those doing good to our fellow humans with whom we share this tiny planet.