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Jehalapeno
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Putin Speech LIVE STREAMING: 'Russia Ready To Attack With Oreshnik Missiles' | NATO | Ukraine War!
by Littleleslie inputin speech live streaming: 'russia ready to attack with oreshnik missiles' | nato | ukraine war!
(times of india).
russian president vladimir putin warned of more strikes on ukraine with intermediate-range ballistic missile oreshik if strikes with western-made missiles on russia continue.
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Shunning--newest directive
by stan livedeath inso just what is the latest directive on shunning?.
asking for a family member.
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Jehalapeno
but has the cult relaxed the rules recently?
Depends on your individual situation. I’m neither disfellowshipped or disassociated, but I was a known and active apostate for a time so I was being shunned by all my former friends and shunned by family.
However, after the changes in March of last year, my father reached out to me to extend an olive branch. Of course he wants me to come back to the organization, but I made it clear I just don’t believe it anymore. However I was very respectful of his beliefs and said I thought some of the recent changes were steps in the right direction.
After that conversation, we continued to talk weekly, I visited them in person for a week a few months ago, and next week I’m seeing them again.
The major on paper change is that you can greet and talk to disfellowshipped people at the Kingdom Hall now. However they still discourage unnecessary association outside of the hall.
Active Apostates are still considered persona non grata.
Interestingly, my father told me he doesn’t consider me an apostate anymore because I’m no longer actively opposing the organization. By the definition of the word, yes I’m an apostate. However, he, an elder of 40+ years, says that the organization considers someone apostate if they’re an opposer, not just someone that no longer believes.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)
by Simon inuh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
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Jehalapeno
Seems Lloyd got another burner account.
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Jehalapeno
Cope.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)
by Simon inuh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
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Jehalapeno
Here you go, Slim. This is just a sampling of their tripe
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Why do most Ex jW W‘s seem to be liberal?
by JaredScott-1977 ini’m just curious about this dynamic i don’t care personally one way or the other but i do have friends who have chosen to be conservatives and they get totally destroyed on social media pages for their choice.
it’s almost like a lot of ex jw w become as toxic and his judgmental as jehovah’s witnesses themselves what’s up with that?
i also know conservative ex jw’s that can do the same so again i’m not leaning one way or the other i’m just noticing factual observations.
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Jehalapeno
If you grow up in a cult that’s anti-gay, anti-sexuality, anti-abortion, where you’re discouraged from having wild parties, experimenting with substances, it’s easy to go full leftist socially after deconstructing your faith.
I experienced that after leaving. I didn’t know anything about politics, but I was full on Bernie Bro when I left. Then, the DNC did Bernie nasty in 2016, so I secretly voted Trump as a protest vote.
The aftermath of Trump winning is what made me shift right in my politics. I saw people acting towards lifelong friends that were Trump voters like JWs act towards apostates. And that triggered alarm bells.
2020 then made me shift politically again, and I’m a staunch anarchist now. Not anarcho-communist, but just anti-state.
Now, if I vote, which I did this year, I vote for the candidates that I feel will accelerate the culture towards a National Divorce or Balkanization of the Union.
I’m under no illusions - I do not believe an anarchist utopia is a realistic possibility. However, I think chipping away at the power of the state and supporting a culture of gradual decentralization is the most moral approach to politics. This is why I voted for Trump again. Rational self-interest.
This is my personal philosophy and I do not expect anyone to agree with me.
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Trump wins
by gavindlt ini am non political and have never voted but nonetheless i have been keenly watching to see how the trump presidential race unfolds.
i believe that his involvement in propelling or influencing a leaning toward bible prophecy will unfold.
how, i can’t say but something tells me that this anomaly and outlier being trump is highly signifiant!
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Jehalapeno
Anyone else enjoying the schadenfreude?
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)
by Simon inuh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
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Jehalapeno
There is an extradition treaty between the US and UK and a well-established history of exchanging suspects for trial.
And that treaty requires that the offense the suspect is being extradited for be illegal in both nations.
Stop trying to justify your far left Nazi rhetoric from your terrible authoritarian state.
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Deadpool 3
by Vidiot inso, it’s gonna be a marvel studios production.. i’m holding out for the following titles:.
”deadpool: agent of shield”.
”deadpool v spider-man: dawn of bromance”.
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Jehalapeno
Rumor has it Marvel cleaned house of activist producers a few months ago.
Lucasfilm still compromised, though.
But that rumor about marvel makes me have hope.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)
by Simon inuh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
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Jehalapeno
Meth teeth aside, I never noticed he had the Tom Cruise single front tooth thing. Weirrrrrd