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  Maddison, WI Shool Shooting - 3 Dead

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  like the one in tennessee, this one in maddison, wi, was done be a female.

  the police chief points out that: .

  “yes, i don’t know whether [the shooter] was transgender or not, and quite frankly, i don’t think that’s even important.

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  freedom of the press is not something these Countries enjoy.

  Not according to the organisation, Journalists without Frontiers (an organisation much concerned with censorship of the media). Their experience has been quite different.

  https://rsf.org/en/2024-world-press-freedom-index-journalism-under-political-pressure

  Anyone who thinks that Britain is on a par with China when it comes to freedom of the press really ought to think again! Bloody Hell - the USA ranks lower on the World Press Freedom Index than does the UK.
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  Reddit thread - ‘Organization Finally Suggesting to Plan for Retirement’

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this information is supposed to be in the upcoming march wt.

  (i don’t go on jw dot org).

  it would sound like they are hinting at a change in thinking.. in my opinion, any such change would be yet another slap in the face to faithful pimis along with those other recent changes.. there are so many heartfelt responses on that thread and a lot of justified anger.. don’t know what to say except that i’m so glad i never listened to the religion all those years ago.

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  Beth Sarim

  Absolutely!

  According to Raymond Franz in Crisis of Conscience, the then President of the WTS even admitted that.
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  Pidgin English

  by markweatherill in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://www.jw.org/hwc.

  i just discovered this translation into 'hawai'i pidgin' and for some reason found it very amusing.

  they even dubbed the caleb and sophia cartoons into this dialect.. not because i look down on pidgin speakers in any way, more about the way translations like this are revealing and telling in unintended ways..

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  Rivergang

  Bribie,

  You have a PM
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  Pidgin English

  by markweatherill in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://www.jw.org/hwc.

  i just discovered this translation into 'hawai'i pidgin' and for some reason found it very amusing.

  they even dubbed the caleb and sophia cartoons into this dialect.. not because i look down on pidgin speakers in any way, more about the way translations like this are revealing and telling in unintended ways..

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  Rivergang

  If English is your first language, the Papua New Guinea "Tok Pisin" language is not too difficult to pick up.

  For example, a roadside sign at one of PNG Power's hydroelectric power stations reads:

  LUKAUTIM GUT: ("Look-outim Good" i.e. Pay Attention)

  Draiv isi ("Drive easy" - used in this context, "easy" means to drive both slowly and carefully)

  Rot bilong man-wokabaut ("Rot" = Road, and "man-wokabaut" i.e. man-walkabout = pedestrian)

  What the last sentence is saying is that, within the plant, pedestrians have right of way.

  (It must be said, though, that Pidgin is not "baby-talk or similar; it is a language in its own right, and grammatical errors are quite possible - just like in any other language)
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  Your First Christmas Tree, Christmas Lights, Other Christmas Decoration/Custom

  by NotFormer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as someone who never grew up in the shadow of the wt, i love reading accounts of people who began to wake up and think that the wt wasn't all that it represents itself to be*.

  and especially when they see that the things that they were told to avoid were harmless at worst, and quite often fun.

  christmas is a prime example.

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  The cynic in me might say “The main role of Christmas is to give everyone an excuse for a booze-up.”

  However, the reality is in fact quite different. In my adopted family ( going on 22+ years now), it is more like an annual family reunion. Always held on Boxing Day, there are 50 -60 people in attendance - with the number growing yearly as more of the younger set get married and have families of their own.
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  Is Jesus the Creator?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that's what the word says.

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  colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

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  Joey,

  
  
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  If you live in Canada, they are taking away your Guns, to send to Ukraine.

  by liam in

  1. social
  2. current

  history is full of examples of governments disarming their citizens , only to be brutally betrayed.

  what follows is a litany of blood that happened after disarming citizens.

  1911: turkey; citizens disarmed – 1.5 million armenians were slaughtered.

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  Yeah, well, get a group of firearms buffs together, and we could easily go on all day about the benefits / shortfalls of the various types of guns, rifle calibres, cartridge loads, bullet types and similar such matters. (Particularly if alcohol is also being consumed during the course of these discussions!).

  One thing that does need to be said, however, is that even the humble shotgun should never be treated as a joke. For example, these have been used to effect in warfare, with one such case being during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)

  Armed with a Savage Stevens pump action shotgun is 3/10661 Private (Pte) Charles (Charlie) Ernest ... | Australian War Memorial

  They must have done something right during that twelve-year long struggle, as it is one of the very few Communist Insurgencies which was defeated by the Western powers. (In this case, Britain and its Commonwealth).

  PS: I don't now intend to enter into any sort of debate about the merits of this or that type of firearm (whether or not alcohol is being consumed!).
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  If you live in Canada, they are taking away your Guns, to send to Ukraine.

  by liam in

  1. social
  2. current

  history is full of examples of governments disarming their citizens , only to be brutally betrayed.

  what follows is a litany of blood that happened after disarming citizens.

  1911: turkey; citizens disarmed – 1.5 million armenians were slaughtered.

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  By military definition, an Assault Rifle is one which is “capable of controlled automatic fire at intermediate ranges”. (ie. ranges up to 300 metres).
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  Is Jesus the Creator?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that's what the word says.

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  colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

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  joey

  👍
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  Is Jesus the Creator?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that's what the word says.

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  colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

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  Rivergang

  I live at the same latitude as Jerusalem in Texas and sheep are outside year around,

  That in itself means nothing at all. For example, the place where I grew up is on the same latitude as the south of France - however, its climate is not at all Mediterranean. (At times, more like sub-polar!)

  There are, in fact, six other factors aside from latitude which determine the climate of a locality:

  - Its altitude, aspect, distance from the sea, relief, plus direction of prevailing winds and the presence (or not) of ocean currents are each at least as important as its latitude.

  None of this as exactly rocket science, either - more like what high school students learn during Grade 10 Geography.