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  Pioneers, Elder's Wives most self righteous. Etc.

  by Overrated in

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  as a jw did you have a pioneer sister/elder's wife who was the biggest busybody, self righteous, arrogant pus in the circuit?

  who would look down on others and treat people like crap.. without giving to much away, i experienced one that knew everyone in circuit.

  and if she or her husband saw or heard something they didn't like it was " you know what the bible says" regardless if it was in there or not.

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  Rivergang

  The bible writers where on some sort of stuff when they wrote the bible, don't you think?

  Bloody good stuff, too, I reckon it was!

  
  
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  Sound Familiar?

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
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  a republican congressman voted his conscience to impeach trump.

  the results might surprise some of us.. "my dad's cousins sent me a petition - a certified letter - saying they disowned me because i'm in 'the devil's army' now," kinzinger said in a phone conversation on thursday.

  "it's been crazy, when you have friends - that you thought were good friends that would love you no matter what - that don't.".

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  MMM,

  Fair comment.

  Although not resident in the USA, I ,too, am most interested in matters like the question raised by the OP. While I am unlikely to comment any further, I will be following this discussion with keen attention.
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  Sound Familiar?

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a republican congressman voted his conscience to impeach trump.

  the results might surprise some of us.. "my dad's cousins sent me a petition - a certified letter - saying they disowned me because i'm in 'the devil's army' now," kinzinger said in a phone conversation on thursday.

  "it's been crazy, when you have friends - that you thought were good friends that would love you no matter what - that don't.".

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  Rivergang

  I regret to have to say the I have been through a divorce.

  No single event caused that, just several decades worth of resentment which accumulated finally to explosion point.

  (Back then, I had never even heard of “conflict management”)
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  Sound Familiar?

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a republican congressman voted his conscience to impeach trump.

  the results might surprise some of us.. "my dad's cousins sent me a petition - a certified letter - saying they disowned me because i'm in 'the devil's army' now," kinzinger said in a phone conversation on thursday.

  "it's been crazy, when you have friends - that you thought were good friends that would love you no matter what - that don't.".

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  Rivergang

  Human relationships are subtle, and small things do count. A marriage failure could well have its origins in a crisis brought about from something as (seemingly) inconsequential as the matter of meals.

  As in many things, timing is all important in conflict management. If allowed to fester for too long without being effectively managed, then the consequences are likely to be drastic (eg. War)

  Then again there are those around who thrive on conflict, and have no desire to see it peacefully resolved.
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  Jwism is social/communism, bad for society.

  by Overrated in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  working with my brother who is still a jw that jwism is a disaster for it's people and even life threatening by it's rules.

  and to live a true free life, the best is to thing to do is leave it..

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  Rivergang

  The religion of the JWs certainly could be life threatening, particularly if illness or injury left you in need of a blood transfusion.

  Not sure, though, if the religion of the JWs is the same thing as Communism?

  (Unless you are here using the term “Communism” as something of a political sweat-word, rather than an accurate description of ones politics!)
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  Sound Familiar?

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a republican congressman voted his conscience to impeach trump.

  the results might surprise some of us.. "my dad's cousins sent me a petition - a certified letter - saying they disowned me because i'm in 'the devil's army' now," kinzinger said in a phone conversation on thursday.

  "it's been crazy, when you have friends - that you thought were good friends that would love you no matter what - that don't.".

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  Rivergang

  Conflict is inevitable.

  It is how it is handled that determines the outcome.
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  Sound Familiar?

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a republican congressman voted his conscience to impeach trump.

  the results might surprise some of us.. "my dad's cousins sent me a petition - a certified letter - saying they disowned me because i'm in 'the devil's army' now," kinzinger said in a phone conversation on thursday.

  "it's been crazy, when you have friends - that you thought were good friends that would love you no matter what - that don't.".

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  Rivergang

  “Divides” of some sort or other are almost inevitable, as nobody is likely to agree about every single thing. Then add to that those who feel obligated to say “black” just because they heard another person say “white”, and the rest is not hard to imagine. I believe it is called “human nature”.

  “Popular Sovereignty” might be a laudable ideal, but almost impossible to ever achieve.
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  Sound Familiar?

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a republican congressman voted his conscience to impeach trump.

  the results might surprise some of us.. "my dad's cousins sent me a petition - a certified letter - saying they disowned me because i'm in 'the devil's army' now," kinzinger said in a phone conversation on thursday.

  "it's been crazy, when you have friends - that you thought were good friends that would love you no matter what - that don't.".

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  Rivergang

  ShotWhileTryingToEscape,

  Hear, Hear!

  ”let the discussion become deeper, not hotter”

  Too true!
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  Sound Familiar?

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a republican congressman voted his conscience to impeach trump.

  the results might surprise some of us.. "my dad's cousins sent me a petition - a certified letter - saying they disowned me because i'm in 'the devil's army' now," kinzinger said in a phone conversation on thursday.

  "it's been crazy, when you have friends - that you thought were good friends that would love you no matter what - that don't.".

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  Rivergang

  There are many parallels between religious fanaticism and political; with one example being suicide bombings.

  During the first Indochina War (1946-1954), Communist Viet Minh forces employed “Death Volunteers” to breach the barbed wire entanglements. ( Any other army would use a Bangalore torpedo). This is well described in Bernard B. Fall’s work “Hell in a very small place - the siege of Dien Bien Phu, 1954”.

  The political fanatic can be every bit as dangerous as the religious one - and even at the very best, just as big a pain in the @$$.
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  U.K. Nurse Vaccinated With Covid Shot Has Covid Weeks After Getting Vac!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  someone i know from england is a nurse.

  she told me there was an outbreak at the hospital and she got the virus after being vaccinated.

  she said she was told it probably would have been much worse for her had she not gotten vaccinated.

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  FFGhost

  ”Hard science and facts are merely a distraction on a thread like this”.

  I think you might have nailed it there!