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  Chinese Rocket Falling to Earth

  by Simon in

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  as if the chinese haven't already done enough to the world recently, they have now let a 22 ton rocket go out of control and start falling to earth.

  it's going 18,000 miles an hour and no one knows where it's going to hit but if it isn't water then it might leave a scuff mark.. the good news it is shouldn't be canada, as we're too far north.. the bad news is, well ... are you in canada or the same latitude or more north?.

  chances are it will hit the pacific, but it's 2021 and the way things are going it could hit a major population area.. if it does hit anywhere with lots of people, i hope it twats the shit out of beijing..

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  I would not mind it it landed in Washington D.C.
  
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  2021-May-Announcements And Reminders!

  by Atlantis in

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  1.. announcements and remindersmay 2021-05-english-s-147-e. .

  this 2nd letter may only apply to the uk areas.. .

  5/3/21-e biannouncementmay 3, 2021for coordinators of the bodies of elders1.

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  Thank you both.
  
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  Narrowly focused, sometimes illiterate

  by vienne in

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  three of my sisters - there are five of us - were baptized as witnesses.

  one of them has gone from reading voraciously to only reading her textbooks and watchtower publications.

  this does not seem to be unusual among witnesses.

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  Anyone care to wager that the (I would suppose mostly frustrated) JW down voting posts will be back and thumb down the two comments immediately after my last one as soon as they login again?
  
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  Narrowly focused, sometimes illiterate

  by vienne in

  1. watchtower
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  three of my sisters - there are five of us - were baptized as witnesses.

  one of them has gone from reading voraciously to only reading her textbooks and watchtower publications.

  this does not seem to be unusual among witnesses.

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  Also, I notice that many Witnesses have poor grammar.

  I have noticed that also. I mentioned it in passing to an elder some years ago and the reply I got was, "Well, we don't want to give the appearance of being over educated or overly precise. It may offend someone new who does not have a good education and keep them from becoming one of Jehovah's Witnesses."

  My only thought now is that he must have been running ahead of Jehovah's chariot and the organization who now seem to rush to dumb things down to the lowest common denominator.
  
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  Systemic Racism: What’s Your View? Is it As Pervasive As Some Suggest?

  by minimus in

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  the president of the united states says we have to do something about this.

  many politicians and people agree that we are all affected by the scourge of systemic racism.

  what’s your view of this?

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  LOL, where did you get that from?

  You do know about a thing on computers called GOOGLE, don't you? You may want to try to learn how to use it!
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  Systemic Racism: What’s Your View? Is it As Pervasive As Some Suggest?

  by minimus in

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  the president of the united states says we have to do something about this.

  many politicians and people agree that we are all affected by the scourge of systemic racism.

  what’s your view of this?

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  I admit I have not read all comments. That said, a synonym of systemic is inherent. So systemic racism would be inherent racism. Those who claim that people of light complexion are inherently racist against dark skinned people are just plain wrong. NO ONE is inherently racist! I do admit I am getting more and more prejudiced against certain races simply because of the way they act. I do not see a lot of so called White people burning down businesses, looting buisnesses for things that have nothing to do with "poverty", attacking and beating police (some even dying from the injuries) and then perpetually whining about how misunderstood and mistreated they are.

  Several decades ago I worked with a Black man. We got along quite well. He was from the deep south of the U.S. He told me that when he grew up there were three kinds of people of African descent. The Blacks whom he said were productive, hard working, family oriented people. The coloreds who were pretty well on the same level as what would be termed poor White trash, trailer trash etc. And the nigger who was a lazy, welfare leech and bred indiscriminately and both the coloreds and the Blacks hated them. Now who was racist against those poor third class POC?

  I have had a belly full of POC, as the lefties love to call them, blaming everything that goes wrong in their lives on some unknown, unseen White person! It is time for them to pull themselves up of the floor and move on! And enough of the riots, and the violence. That only serves to inflame a (justified) reaction.
  
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  Was your faith in Armagedddon connected to current events?

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  remember when nixon resigned?

  the big a was here some said.

  remember 1986 and the "international year of peace and security?

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  How do you counter that, or can you?

  I think a good swift kick to the part of their anatomy that hits a chair when they sit down might be a good place to start.
  
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  Woke Oscars cringe

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  actors' acceptance speeches have often been a little dodgy - viewers don't care what political or social views actors may have, we typically appreciate actors acting well.. this year's oscars awards ceremony seems to be going above and beyond, however.. here's frances mcdormand's acceptance speech, in which she dedicates her victory to 'our wolf' and then howls like a bitch, lol.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_be0awgwk.

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  Are people in this forum really ok with this sort of tone ? 2021 and calling people ‘blacks’ and complaining about people of colour being on screen?

  Okay, I'll be your Huckleberry. What should we call them if not blacks? You did not like it when they were called, even by themselves, N---ers. You whine if they are called Negro. And the term "person of color" can also be used for Caucasians as they are WHITE, according to the PC crowd. And if they are a "person of color"...WHAT color? And I also do not like the idea of blacks being inserted into movies just because they are black and it fits the "woke" agenda. It is just as offensive to me and senseless as inserting QWERTY characters in movies and television strictly because they are "gay".
  
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  Joe Biden Scores Whopping 85 Percent Approval Among Those Who Watched Address to Congress

  by Disillusioned JW in

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  see the article called just in: joe biden scores whopping 85 percent approval among those who watched address to congress .

  i sure was impressed with it when i saw it..

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  JUST IN: Joe Biden Scores Whopping 85 Percent Approval Among Those Who Watched Address to Congress .

  JUST IN: joe biden Scores Whopping 85 Percent Approval Among Democrats Who Watched Address to Congress.

  There, fixed!
  
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  Headship and WT's Changed Understanding

  by Bobcat in

  1. watchtower
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  i don't think anyone has mentioned that the february 2021 study wt (p. 15, 16; par.

  8) changed wt's long standing view on headship within the congregation.

  wt used to view all baptized males as being the head of all baptized sisters.. this view led to such absurdities as a sister having to wear a head covering on a bible study because her baptized 10 year old son was sitting in on the study with her.

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  The Bible says, "15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering..."

  I have always had a bit of a bone of contention with this even though I am male. If a woman's hair is by nature longer than a mans, then it follows that her hair is her head covering. Not some goofy fast food napkin, not some scarf, not a hat.

  But of course if it were not for making idiotic rules the gibbering body would have nothing to do, because most people are probably intelligent enough to understand simple written words without a multitude of interpretations of men.