Posts by Anders Andersen

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Memorial 20.20

by inbetween09 in

how do congregations in times of corona curfews handle it ?.

there should be a video of the talk on jw.org for the general public.

are publichers just encouraged to watch it on april 7th?

Anders Andersen

In order of preference as decided by the GB and communicated to the congregation by letter:

Regular meeting in the KH
Smaller groups meeting in private homes for a proper meeting
Smaller groups meeting in private homes to participate in a local Zoom meeting
Individuals joining local Zoom meeting from home
Smaller groups meeting in private homes to watch the live stream on JWorg
Individuals watching the JWorg live stream from home

Where I live KH have been closed, and people can only receive max. 3 visitors at the same time, and all have to maintain at least 1.5m distance at all times.

They have started to use Zoom for meetings.

Which means the Memorial will be (very) small groups and individuals joining the local Zoomemorial.

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Question For People Being Put Onto A Ventilator - How Is It Powered?

by Simon in

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imagine you or a loved one have to go onto a ventilator and are given the choice of how it should be powered.

what are people picking?.

coal or oil powered energy.

To add: for each choice to be made today, I would choose the best available (or even only available) option. In the mean time I'd be in favor of working towards having more and better options available in the future.

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Question For People Being Put Onto A Ventilator - How Is It Powered?

by Simon in

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imagine you or a loved one have to go onto a ventilator and are given the choice of how it should be powered.

what are people picking?.

coal or oil powered energy.

Anders Andersen

It's a bit silly question.

Would those in favor of coal and oil refuse a ventilator powered by 'green' electricity when they need it?

And you who don't want to be stabbed with a knife in the streets, would you still refuse being slit open by a surgeon when you need surgery? No? Ha, hypocrite!

I think 'gotcha' questions like these are disingenuous and don't help us make a better world together.

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If You're Just Here to spread Your TDS, It's Time to Say Goodbye

by Simon in

if all you want to do it deliver a constant whine of "orange man bad" then find someplace else to do.

it.

frankly, i can't be bothered with the bullshit anymore.. honestly, your politics and the whole virtue signalling woke brigade has actually started causing real deaths and was ruining life for many before that.. if you can't control your disease, then i'll do it for you.. it's not open for debate..

Anders Andersen

I agree with those who say that discussing politics may be a useful part of an exjw forum, because it's another aspect of breaking free from the 'neutral' (haha yeah right) cult.

The problem though is that politics is a very location-bound topic.

Most countries do not have Trump as president.

So for many here the pro/anti Trump stuff isn't too interesting anyway.

Most countries also don't have two-party system that seems to have evolved in a toxic situation in which nobody seems able to cooperate and many people don't even sincerely try to understand the other's point of view. (Some comments in this thread are sad examples of that).

Sure, it takes practice. But with so many politicians and media showing exactly how civil discussion should not be done, I'm afraid it may be hard for people in general (and that includes us) to have civilized, meaningful conversations on (USA) politics.

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If You're Just Here to spread Your TDS, It's Time to Say Goodbye

by Simon in

if all you want to do it deliver a constant whine of "orange man bad" then find someplace else to do.

it.

frankly, i can't be bothered with the bullshit anymore.. honestly, your politics and the whole virtue signalling woke brigade has actually started causing real deaths and was ruining life for many before that.. if you can't control your disease, then i'll do it for you.. it's not open for debate..

Anders Andersen

The term has been used by Trump supporters to discredit criticism of his actions, as a way of reframing the discussion by suggesting that his opponents are incapable of accurately perceiving the world.

Interesting. Labels like these (I guess the anti-Trump crowd uses similar labels for the pro-Trump crowd) seem to resemble the way the Borg labels critics. Attack the person, not their argument.

Then again, what do I know about USA politics.....not much really.

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If You're Just Here to spread Your TDS, It's Time to Say Goodbye

by Simon in

if all you want to do it deliver a constant whine of "orange man bad" then find someplace else to do.

it.

frankly, i can't be bothered with the bullshit anymore.. honestly, your politics and the whole virtue signalling woke brigade has actually started causing real deaths and was ruining life for many before that.. if you can't control your disease, then i'll do it for you.. it's not open for debate..

Anders Andersen

I for one would very much welcome a forum feature that would allow me to mute certain forum sections (politics & current affairs, I'm looking at you), and forum members actually posting their remarks and rants on politics and politicians in the appropriate section.

I'm here for the JW related stuff, and quite tired of all the conversations and rants about (mostly USA) politics.
Would love to be able to skip that content when looking at the 'hottest' and 'latest' posts...

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Great Trib is Starting!

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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just received a text yesterday...lovebombing to return with so called proof of the gt starting...scaremongering at its peak!.

"hey.

missing you at the meetings.

Anders Andersen

What a piece of crap article Washington Post.

They're all in favor of freedom of religion and equality, but only for themselves.

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9 Files Arrived Today--(As of March 24, 2020)

by Atlantis in

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9 files arrived today.

(as of march 24, 2020).

2020-03-16--maintaining congregation meetings2020-03-16--public ministry during covid-192020-03-17--cancellation of branch visit2020-03-17--kingdom hall maintenance 2020-03-19--covid-19 events in kingdom halls2020-03-22--announcement2020-03-17--gbr--seldom-worked territory survey 20202020--setting up zoom manualzoom--online video-conferencing and meetingsall in zipped folder:https://we.tl/t-0tvs24jmlh petra!https://docdro.id/mzoh1pv

Anders Andersen

Consideration for Pioneers and Field Missionaries:
The Governing Body understands that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ministry of auxiliary pioneers, regular pioneers, special pioneers, and field missionaries may be affected significantly.
Please be assured that the elders will take into account these unusual circumstances when reviewing the service activity of these individuals.

Oh great. I thought the doctrine says Jehovah knows everything the dubs do in his service, and is loving and understanding. But not a word about Jehovah here. Only the GB trying to appear reasonable with their rigid corporate regulations, trying to get in Jehovah's seat.

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After the Covid-19 crisis: what will happen?

by Gorbatchov in

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what will happen after the covid-19 crisis?.

- economy with all the stand still corporations, people without work and mass injections of support money?.

- politics with the end of globalisation, closed borders and new geopolitic friends (italy / china russia), lack of support and working together in eu and local politics, did the current politician the right thing?.

Anders Andersen

I hope that governments, companies and above all people will

continue in the spirit of compassion, generosity and kindness that seems to be flourishing these days,
seize the opportunity to make long overdue changes that help us fight the climate crisis. If we can stop travelling to save ourselves from a virus, we should be able to do the same to save our species and planet.

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Suspension of Meetings and Field Service in Your Area

by RubaDub in

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here, in our congregation in south florida (miami), no meetings, no field service in our congregation.. what is is like in your area?.

rub a dub .

Anders Andersen

Here (The Netherlands) no meetings or FS. Circuit assemblies are canceled for the whole service year.

Congregations are now starting up try outs with Zoom (video calling).

Oh and yesterday the government announced that people aren't allowed to welcome more than 3 visitors in their homes, and all festivals, events, gatherings are now forbidden (before only events with 100+ people were forbidden) until June.

This means that the Memorial cannot even take place in field service groups.