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  Scottish Queen of Woke Resigns

  by cofty in

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  first new zealand's dictator resigned and now nicola sturgeon the first minister of scotland has announced her intention to go.. nobody is certain exactly what the trigger was but there are plenty of possibilities.

  the final straw may have been her 'gender recognition' act that would have made it possible for anybody 16 and over to legally change their sex on a whim.

  the vast majority of scots were opposed but she battered the legislation through holyrood regardless.

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  And to think, that back in the day, the mantra was firmly believed that "The Camera Does Not Lie"!
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  Scottish Queen of Woke Resigns

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  first new zealand's dictator resigned and now nicola sturgeon the first minister of scotland has announced her intention to go.. nobody is certain exactly what the trigger was but there are plenty of possibilities.

  the final straw may have been her 'gender recognition' act that would have made it possible for anybody 16 and over to legally change their sex on a whim.

  the vast majority of scots were opposed but she battered the legislation through holyrood regardless.

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  It would seem the term “dictator” has become a political swearword rather than an accurate description of anything much at all.
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  The "Time of the End"

  by Rivergang in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those who still hold to the belief that the last 109 years have been part of "the time of the end", consider this: .

  https://www.science.org/content/article/why-536-was-worst-year-be-alive.

  it would have been quite understandable if those alive during the middle of the 6th century ad believed the "end was nigh.".

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  It would seem that almost every generation has experienced its "Eve of Destruction" moment - as demonstrated by this video clip from 58 years ago:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLsElbW9Xo

  PS: Not to be viewed by either:

  1) Minors.

  2) Wowsers.
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  The "Time of the End"

  by Rivergang in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those who still hold to the belief that the last 109 years have been part of "the time of the end", consider this: .

  https://www.science.org/content/article/why-536-was-worst-year-be-alive.

  it would have been quite understandable if those alive during the middle of the 6th century ad believed the "end was nigh.".

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  Beth Sarum,

  But of course!
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  The "Time of the End"

  by Rivergang in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those who still hold to the belief that the last 109 years have been part of "the time of the end", consider this: .

  https://www.science.org/content/article/why-536-was-worst-year-be-alive.

  it would have been quite understandable if those alive during the middle of the 6th century ad believed the "end was nigh.".

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  For those who still hold to the belief that the last 109 years have been part of "The Time of The End", consider this:

  https://www.science.org/content/article/why-536-was-worst-year-be-alive

  It would have been quite understandable if those alive during the middle of the 6th Century AD believed the "End Was Nigh."

  - Particularly when the sun appeared to have switched itself off!

  Civilization was set back for almost a century and things were never the same again; with the Eastern Roman Empire by then set on an irreversible path of decline and eventual collapse.
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  My experience as a JW for 37 years. I dogded the bullet that many of you experienced .

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi friend`s ,i just had to share my experience ,and surely there must be others on this board who had similar experiences that i had.. i was a jw for 37 years ,been out for about 20 years or so .however we as a family never had the problems that so many of you seem to have had .. none of our, my wife and i , immediate families have ever been jw`s.. i converted when i was about 20 years old in about 1960 and as i say remained in converted my wife and brought up two sons in the "truth" for about 37 years .. my 1st and 2nd congregations i attended in melbourne aust.

  were very conservative and not very wholesome looking back.. however moving interstate to s.e.queensland in redcliffe was a whole new experience.. it was far more liberal and relaxed.. i befriend a couple of elders and ms `s who enjoyed an ale or two which was right up my alley.. and we went on camping expeditions on both fraser and moreton islands ,both just off the coast of brisbane.. i was a ms for many years there never pioneered or served where the need was great and always had steady employment in the world which probably kept my head above the clouds so to speak.. none of my family ,wife two boys and their wives are jw`s ,we have all left many years ago.. anybody else had negative effects of being a witness for many years ?.

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  Lucky you!
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  Hour requirements

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recall having to go in the ministry, not just saturday but strongly encouraged to go out sunday after the meeting.

  then they had the lame idea to organize evening witnessing, or maybe before the midweek book study.

  it could be minus 40 and there would still be a group organized.

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  Bad experiences re. “Evening witnessing”.

  Many persons were too afraid to open their doors of an evening, and even the ones that did were most unhappy to see us there. (A number were actually terrified out of their wits).

  The only place I saw “evening witnessing” used successfully was in the single accommodation of a construction camp. Even there, we were careful to time matters to just after shift change time.
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  Is Russia Bluffing?

  by Fisherman in

  1. social
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  “supplies of offensive weapons to the kyiv regime would lead to a global catastrophe,” state duma chairman vyacheslav volodin said.

  “if washington and nato supply weapons that would be used for striking peaceful cities and making attempts to seize our territory as they threaten to do, it would trigger a retaliation with more powerful weapons.”.

  what is russia implying?

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  The four typical responses to a threat are fight, flight, submit or posture. In any conflict, there is always a fair bit of that last one in evidence! (Whether it be an altercation between two rival states, or a pair of bulls facing off in a paddock, the general idea is much the same).

  In many ways nuclear weaponry is like the poison gas of an earlier generation of warfare. That is, almost as great a hazard to the side which fires it off as it would be to its intended target. This still would not necessarily prevent somebody from being tempted to use it, though - and that “somebody” could well be Vladimir Putin!
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  Former Jehovah's Witness in Osaka shares regret over abusing son in name of religion

  by Tahoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230119/p2a/00m/0na/033000c .

  osaka -- a former jehovah's witness, who spoke about her regrets over abusing her son in the name of religion, is among many people coming out about their experiences linked to children being raised as "second-generation followers" in the wake of the assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe.. the woman in her 50s, who goes by the pseudonym ryoko, lives in the western japan city of osaka.

  even after 30 years, she still remembers her son crying and the pain she felt on her palm as she spanked her child over her lap as punishment for not sitting still at a religious meeting.. although she contemplated whether she should really spank her son, aged 2 at the time, she followed the teaching that "it's for the sake of the child to hit them.

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  Will it ever penetrate through the concrete?

  Sitting still through two hours of a mind-boringly numb “meeting” is a challenge even for an adult, let alone a small child. Other religious groups at least have the sense to provide a more suitable “Sunday School” environment for children. Not this bloody lot, though!
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  Front row seats watching the collapse of watchtower

  by Indoubtbigtime in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i’m a pimo ministerial servant and i won’t fade because i want to keep my front row seats watching what happens next few years.. my predictions are that this current governing body will slowly die off and the current younger helpers will be the next gb.

  they will eventually have new light that they were wrong about 1914 and the overlapping generations.. the new light will be something on the lines of the last days are now because of king of north king of south pushing each other etc etc.

  they will do their very best to burry old literature and try to change the past trying to make it sound like they were right all along just as they have done for 150 years now.

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  As for me, I was barely able to keep up when I was PIMI. I can't imagine being PIMO and having to schedule so much time around the meetings and field service, or trying to convince people to study with the JWs when I do not believe in it myself. It's a bridge too far for me.

  My thoughts exactly!