Rivergang

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  Do we have "original" indipendent documents proving that Rutherford was an alcoholic?

  by psyco in

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  i was wondering if you could prove with "original" independent documents that rutherford was an alcoholic.... .

  i read penton, but since he is a former jw he could not be considered an independent source.... .

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  If it was beer the container would be on its side and there would be a spigot.

  Note the pump on top

  Actually, in the time and place where I grew up, vertically mounted beer containers were in common usage. Made out of stainless steel, and with a "pump on top", they looked just like a slimmed-down version of the one in that Boozerford Rutherford photograph. (The container in that photo looks to be of about 4.5 Imperial gallons in capacity. Those that I remember held 2.5 Imperial gallons - i.e. 11.35 litres).
  

  Another thing that I vividly recall about those containers was that they were very popular amongst the booze-artists of the time!
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  BBC poor grammar - but FUNNY!

  by BoogerMan in

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  "hamburg police shoot man with axe ahead of euros match.

  " https://www.bbc.co.uk/news.

  why don't german police just use guns?.

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  They might sport a university qualification in journalism, yet cannot spell correctly if their lives depended on it.

  Contrast that with my late mother, who -along with her siblings - never even attended high school. Yet, they were all meticulous with their spelling. By Crikey, but if one of their sons or daughters made a spelling mistake, the reaction was almost as if you had printed a naughty word!
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  JWs obtaining fake degrees from a US institution to teach English as a foreign language

  by truthseeker in

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  teaching english as a foreign language in asian countries is quite popular for those looking to travel and explore and make some money.

  if you have the tefl qualification you're pretty much good to go and don't need a degree.i don't know how lucrative these overseas jobs are but i do know one jw from my congregation in england who decided to move to the caribbean and teach english as a foreign language.

  i'm not knocking this individual.

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  There is a similar institution in Australia.

  Located in Tasmania, it is called “The University of Lower Crackpot”.
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  Famous current and former Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Balaamsass2 in

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  it's fluff clickbait...but...what other famous people are current or ex-jws?.

  famous people you didn't know were jehovah's witnesses.

  story by stars insider.

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  Rivergang

  Serena Williams , with a child born out of wedlock ; a bloody good advertisement for the holier-than-thou Jehovahs Witnesses.

  Keep up the good work!
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  Generation Alpha

  by Gorb in

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  being generation x myself, with 2 teenagers in generation alpha, i see a lot difference between generations.. generation alpha has totaly different views.

  my first reaction at home about the current conflict between gaza and israel made this clear.. what an automatic reaction is for a generation x is a disaster for generation a.. result was my first shock about myself, generation x. do i see the global and local issues still clear?!?

  why became my teenagers so wise persons with a more balanced world view?

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  Younger persons, I guess, not yet old enough to have seen the full picture. (And let’s face it, HAMAS has well and truly one the propaganda war).
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  JWs Tortured in Russia

  by blondie in

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  https://www.upi.com/top_news/world-news/2024/06/16/russia-tortures-jehovahs-witness/3971718239875/ .

  russia is amping up to severe torture for jws.

  i don't think this is appropriate behaviour for anyone..

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  Agreed.

  You couldn’t call the perpetrators of those acts “animals’, as that would be an insult to animals!
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  BBC poor grammar - but FUNNY!

  by BoogerMan in

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  "hamburg police shoot man with axe ahead of euros match.

  " https://www.bbc.co.uk/news.

  why don't german police just use guns?.

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  Rivergang

  This dumbing down of reporting is not just confined to the UK. While going through some of my father’s old things, I came across a newspaper cutting from the year 1959. The contrast in standards between that and modern reporting was startling.One of the reasons I no longer read newspapers!
  
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  God, one person, or three?

  by slimboyfat in

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  the trinity doctrine says god is three persons in one being.. yet the bible says god is one.. gal 3.20 a mediator, however, implies more than one party; but god is one.

  niv.

  gal 3.20 now a mediator is not for just one person, but god is one.

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  An argument which has been raging for over 1500 years, and unlikely to be resolved anytime soon.
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  Who Was The Biggest Jackass Circuit Overseer You Ever Met?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  there was on older white-haired circuit overseer in houston around 1989 or 1990. last name started with a w i think.... not sure though.

  even the most brain-dead robotic elders told me he was offensive.

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  PS: @ozziepost

  I remember Neville Bromwich giving talks at one of our circuit assemblies. However, we never had him as Circuit Overseer (not in my time, anyway). Perhaps we didn't miss much?
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  Who Was The Biggest Jackass Circuit Overseer You Ever Met?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there was on older white-haired circuit overseer in houston around 1989 or 1990. last name started with a w i think.... not sure though.

  even the most brain-dead robotic elders told me he was offensive.

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  @ozziepost

  Happy to be corrected as to the spelling of “Cyclone Rex’s” surname!