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  If Whites Are Inherently Racists.....

  by minimus in

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  does that mean that blacks are too?

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  Anna Marina

  That's discrimination. Everyone does it when they discriminate between a £5 and a £10 note.
  
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  If Whites Are Inherently Racists.....

  by minimus in

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  does that mean that blacks are too?

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  Anna Marina

  Critical Race Theory is a postmodern framework by which all institutions and dynamics of society are analyzed in terms of race and hierarchy.

  I'm not certain but I think legislation has been passed in USA to stop Critical Race Theory being used. If you are an organization wanting funding, to get your funding you must not ascribe character traits, values, moral/ethical codes, privileges, status, or beliefs based on race.
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  2020 Meeting Content/Schedule - Anyone know what is coming?

  by JWTom in

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  2. beliefs

  hello all - no 2020 midweek meeting content has been published yet.

  anyone know or hear of what will be changed for 2020 due to the pandemic?

  even my pimi family (i am pimo) is scratching their heads wondering why we are still reviewing content from 2017-2019 that talk about all the future plans, field service, etc etc etc....that have all been derailed due to covid-19.

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  Well if you are scratching around for info... I have heard that new ministry arrangements will involve 2 publishers at the door (normal - except for when the family of 5 all want to work together). One stands back and observes the householder's body language to assess whether or not the person is interested.

  So if in days to come you hear that pitter patter of feet at your door, now is your time to put all that excellent training you received at the Theocratic Ministry School to work. You can make good use of gestures and they will try to interpret your gestures.
  
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  HELP!! Just Woken Up - Fanatical Mom wants to report me

  by Scarlett_Martin in

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  2. experiences

  i've just been introduced to this site by a pimo friend of mine.

  this will be my first post on this website.

  i need help, and he told me you guys are a very supportive community.. i'm a female in my mid twenties.

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  Anna Marina

  You have to learn how to protect your feelings.

  You know it's wrong - don't look to the elders for help and don't recognise their authority. The only authority they have over you is what YOU give them.

  You have not wasted your life, you have learnt a lesson and its good to understand how con tricks are played so you can avoid them happening again. Watchtower is not the only media organisation that plays games with spin and peer pressure.

  Take one day at a time. Respond to the moment rather than trying to think too far ahead. You might forsee things that never happen which make you panic. Treat everyone as you would like to be treated yourself but be cautious.

  I know someone who has just got their ENTIRE family out (multiple generations plus some others and maybe even more to come). The key to getting them out was BE KIND, BE A PERSON OF INTEGRITY and BE PATIENT. Just as you want freedom to think for yourself so does that other person. So don't assume you will lose your family but if the worst should happen:-
  

  Mark 10:29,30

  Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news, Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.
  
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  Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

  by Simon in

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  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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  So far in UK I have had x2 reports from people who have had spoken to nurses who work in the hospitals.

  The nurses say that there is very little work taking place in the hospitals.

  One of the nurses said she felt that more was being made of Covid 19 than was necessary.

  A taxi driver who has been running patients to and from a hospital said that he had noticed that the usual long 4 hour plus wait in Accident and Emergency had now gone down to about 2 hours.
  
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  Audio/Video Production Center

  by Rattigan350 in

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  new audio/video production center.

  http://www.jw-avcenter.org/.

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  So sad. Building for the projection of illusion in so many languages.

  Going forth to spread the Fake News about God's Kingdom.

  (Matthew 24:4) . . .And in answer Jesus said to them: “Look out that nobody misleads you. . .
  
  
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  If a JW becomes inactive is he then labeled as an apostate?

  by Pallbearer in

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  2. beliefs

  i have heard a rumor that if a jw becomes inactive he or she is considered to be an apostate.

  is this true?

  has anyone here on this forum had such an experience?

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  Anna Marina

  Inactivity is fine providing you are in good standing. Even if you can't be bothered to put in a report the elders will make one up for you and not tell you they have done so.

  You might say to an elder, "I have done nothing this month." Then they will say, "but you must have done something you can count time for, even if you can't remember." Then they'll help you to remember.
  

  However if start questioning Watchtower doctrine and quoting scriptures straight from the Bible - that's it. You are suspicious. Just like if you say the name Jesus a bit too often, you might be an apostate.
  
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  TODAY is my 51st ANNIVERSARY of going to prison. I was 20 years old.

  by Terry in

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  today is my 51st anniversary.

  of going to prison.. i was 20 years old.

  i stood before district judge leo brewster and made a plea of "guilty".

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  Terry - thank you from me too for posting this very interesting information.
  
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  Idolatry and usage of JW.ORG logo

  by KSFernando in

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  can anyone give difference between cross and pendant with jw.org logo?.

  further this logo has become the main identification of a kingdom hall.. can someone give bible reasoning behind this?

  against or favour..

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  Anna Marina

  The CO's wife turns up wearing those earings and sets a trend? Hmm no. I can't even imagine a CO's wife wearing those earings. Maybe they'll get worn by one of the shadow characters on a demo video.
  

  I think they'd love the pens though. Brolly, yes. Mouse mat - yes. Face mask - not sure. Might be ideal for a Zoom talk - sis appears wearing JW facemask and pretends to witness to someone working in a shop.
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  Has Anyone Gotten Disfellowshipped Here and For What??

  by minimus in

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  sex issues seem to be the number one reason but apostasy is right up there too.

  even if you weren’t disfellowshipped , do you know why some people you know were disfellowshipped?

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  Anna Marina

  You feel free to be pedantic Slimboy. I stand educated and enlightened on the subtlties of spelling.

  I can be pedantic too - I insisted to the GB that the number 3 really, really was the number 3. I got thrown out for that.

  I also had an issue with the number 2 - if you put a 0 after it, like this 20, it changes the value by 18.