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  Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

  by Simon in

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  this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

  latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

  the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

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  CDC has now recommended that all events of 50 and more people be cancelled if they’re occurring in the next 8 weeks.
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  Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

  latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

  the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

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  Funny how this message gets shouted down.

  i guess you don’t have anyone in the risk bracket that you love or care about.

  Some of us do, so STFU and if you might have been exposed or have flu-like symptoms, stay home for 2 weeks for the safety of your neighbors
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  I'm tired of the org misquoting scholars to support there heretical NWT

  by yogosans14 in

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  day after day jws are constantly fighting with me over the internet that the nwt is the most accurate translation and then they prove it by quoting scholars from the watchtower magazines.

  they tell me i'm biased and there rendering of john 1:1 as "a god" is approved by scholars but i have researched there so called "supporters" and i have found they have tooken what they said out of context to twist the scriptures to there liking.. .

  dr. julius r. mantey (who is even recognized by the watchtower as a greek scholar since they quote his book on page 1158 of their kingdom interlinear translation): calls the watchtower translation of john 1:1 "a grossly misleading translation.

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  Just wanted to say what a pastor at my church said this past Sunday. "Jesus is 100% God and 100% man. Just because we don't understand it, doesn't mean it's not true."

  Doesn’t mean it IS true, either.

  Why do you people hold JWs to a higher standard of evidence than your new religions?

  You’ve just traded one set of answers you can’t question for another.
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  Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

  latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

  the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

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  When do you think investors are gonna start getting more rational and stop the selling spree?
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  Jehovah's Witnesses DENY the Physical Bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ

  by JW Answers in

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  the jehovah's witnesses are taught by their organisation that christ's body was disposed by jehovah god, they deny the physical bodily resurrection and explain that he rose again as a spirit creature.

  as we take into account what the watchtower teach, i explain from the bible that christ rose again from the grave in his body, and showing forth that the jehovah's witnesses are in error.

  in this video i cover:

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  Maybe the 7 bowls in revelation weren't bowls, but bowels instead.
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  JW apostate site taken down why?

  by JimmyYoung in

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  i have read one place that the jwapostate.com was taken down.

  why?.

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  Jehalapeno

  Probably something as simple as the url not being renewed.

  
  
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  Recommended Reading for ExJWs: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

  by Jehalapeno in

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  first off, this is a book you want to read.

  avoid the movie franchise at all costs.

  horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".

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  I agree, The Fountainhead is more accessible.

  Being a professional in the arts, I especially appreciate it.
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  Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

  latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

  the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

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  Jehalapeno

  Two cases announced here in the Tampa Bay area.

  https://www.fox13news.com/news/governor-provides-details-on-states-first-two-coronavirus-cases-both-in-bay-area
  
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  Recommended Reading for ExJWs: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  first off, this is a book you want to read.

  avoid the movie franchise at all costs.

  horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".

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  In her philosophy she expressed that there is no such thing as altruism, that everyone exists for their own selfish needs.

  This is incorrect. She thinks that altruism is a negative thing rather than a positive thing.

  And her definition of "selfish" has to do with "rational self-interest."

  She argues that the ultimate moral value, for each human individual, is his or her own well-being. Since selfishness (as she understands it) is serious, rational, principled concern with one's own well-being, it turns out to be a prerequisite for the attainment of the ultimate moral value. For this reason, Rand believes that selfishness is a virtue.
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  Rand understands, though, that the popular usage of the word "selfish" is different from the meaning she ascribes to it. Many people use the adjective "selfish" to describe regard for one's own welfare to the disregard of the well-being of others.
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  For her, the truly selfish person is a self-respecting, self-supporting human being who neither sacrifices others to himself nor sacrifices himself to others.

  Read more: https://atlassociety.org/commentary/commentary-blog/4141-virtue-of-selfishness
  
  
  
  
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  Recommended Reading for ExJWs: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  first off, this is a book you want to read.

  avoid the movie franchise at all costs.

  horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".

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  Jehalapeno

  Stephen Hicks is a member of the Rand Society and I greatly admire his discourses on philosophy. I can't see me ever adopting full-blown Libertarianism.

  I prefer to keep my Libertarianism to my own life and where I make the most impact. I focus on my work, teach my kids that hard work pays off and show them that just because someone is wildly successful doesn't entitle you to what they've earned.