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  My report from the "trying my patience" DC

  by nowwhat? in

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  embedded in the cleveland ohio convention.

  pre covid attendance was always 7k+ this year 4500.. 37baptised mixed bag.

  less then half were children.. as far as patience goes, it can certainly help you be a better person when dealing with others but needless to say, this having patience waiting for jehovah is pure b.s.!

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  If Jehovah were to solve mankind’s problems now, it could appear as if Satan’s rulership were having a measure of success. They really went on about that. No one could provide any explanation of why Jehovah solving problems would appear that it was Satan. Wouldn't God solve the problems and also provide proof that it was HE would did it?

  Ever get the feeling the guys in the writing department have running bets, as in "who can get the most outrageously absurd, nonsensical, transparently stupid statement past the 'GB helpers' and actually into print?"

  Somebody won a case of MacCallan by slipping that little nugget in there.

  Let's see how well that logic works in other areas:

  If a lifeguard were to save a drowning child, it could appear that lifeguards were not needed after all, since no one ever drowns.

  If a football team's goalkeeper were to block his opponents scoring attempts, it could appear that goalkeepers were not needed since the other team wouldn't score.

  Well done, anonymous WT writer!

  The gauntlet is down - which one of you writers can top that over-the-top codswallop!
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  Only one weekly meeting?

  by mikeflood in

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  new wt october 2023....first an article remembering 1923....they make changes, the had a "prayer, praise and testimony weekly meeting".. after an study article about obey, specially paragraph 18.. i have a wild guess, next year, just one weekly meeting for the borg..

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  Midweek meeting is where they read off all their announcements, including disfellowshipping announcements. Seems pretty unlikely they'd want to read off names of those DF'ed at a meeting ostensibly for the "public".
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses Open Historic Museum in Edo

  by Bangalore in

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  2. friends

  jehovah’s witnesses open historic museum in edo .. https://punchng.com/jehovahs-witnesses-open-historic-museum-in-edo/.

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  FFGhost

  Yet of course, they rarely highlight the fact they had very different teachings in the past and kept changing them.

  LOL, that's the thing.

  They keep harping on and on about their "rich spiritual heritage" and old books, old phonograph records, old radio broadcasts, etc.

  But if anyone of today's JWs would spend a non-superficial amount of time actually reading or listening to what was taught 100 years ago, or 75 years ago, or even 50 years ago, they'd immediately think it was some sort of "apostate conspiracy to make us look bad" or some such.
  

  Their "museums" and "libraries" are stuffed with books that you are just supposed to admire the covers of, not actually read.
  
  
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  Watchtower And Taxes

  by Bangalore in

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  *** w94 11/15 pp.

  "in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

  " so said 18th-century american statesman and inventor benjamin franklin.

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  If Bethel pursued JW child abusers with the same vigor and determination that they do for tax avoidance, they'd have by far the cleanest organization on the face of the earth.
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  Is AI going to change the world?

  by Reasonfirst in

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  had lunch with a friend, whose a lecturer in the accounting dept.

  of one of australia's best universities.

  he told me he expects to lose his job at some point in the next 5 years, as the accounting dept, will disappear, as all accounting will be done by ai programs, so why teach it.. if his fears are correct, that means that any profession that involves the mind, may one day face the same future.

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  Human writers, both male and female struggle to create believable characters of the opposite gender.

  I thought it was pretty easy:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBz0BTb83H8
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  What Did the Following People Have in Common?

  by no-zombie in

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  2. bible

  what did the following people have in common?.

  1 job2 the widow of zaraphath3 naaman4 the samaritan leper (one of the 10 lepers)5 the roman army officer of capernaum6 cornelius and his guestsnone were ...israelitesjewish convertspart of the abrahamic covenantchristianspart of a christian congregationin a dedicated relationship with godorbaptizedhowever ...all were directly given holy spirit or individually blessed by god ... even though, they were not part of 'jehovah's organization'.take time to think what this really means.luke 4:24-29acts 10:34-35.

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  JWs believe that non-JWs are "individually blessed by God", when they pray for help and then 5 minutes later (as the stories always go) a JW couple knocks on their door and offers them a "Bible" study.
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  Is WT Using ATTENDANTS At The Conventions To Be: "TOY COPS"

  by HiddlesWife in

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  i have heard from a few ppimis and several pimos that the attendants who are stationedly-assigned to the front entrances of the borgvenues (cahs and other arenas) have been checking to see if any persons (members and non-member visitors) have badges.

  on the other hand, if these persons don't have one, this is what i was told that these dubs do this: corral around the non-badge-wearing individual and interrogate he/she/them plus questioning them, "why are you here?!".

  also, even if that person or persons have an invitation plus showed it to these dubs, these toy cops still do that procedure.

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  Please note that flasks and metal cutlery of any sort are not permitted.

  LOL. You expect us to endure 6 hours of monotone dribble without a little liquid reinforcement?
  
  
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  Lots of empty seats at Jehovah's Witnesses Convention in Tucson, Arizona

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  https://youtu.be/5926nhzyz90.

  the jehovah's witness 2023 convention theme is, ''exercise patience''...by looking at the attendance at this tucson, arizona convention, it should be changed to, '' jehovah's witnesses...running out of patience''.

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  I watched the streamed US Convention a few weeks ago. Not sure where it was recorded but there were 1,500 - 1,600 depending on the day. Only 4 baptised.

  It was in an assembly hall in Connecticut, Newburgh I think.

  It was curious, attenadnce dwindled as the days went on. Friday, which typically has the lowest attendance, had 1800 or 1900. By Sunday afternoon, less than 1600 were on hand to hear Rubberface McSteroid's last talk.
  
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  Why didn't God create us to be obviously different?

  by SydBarrett in

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  a silly question since i'm an atheist but one i thought of as a kid jw.

  why weren't human's created to be obviously different from animals?

  among believers there is some sort of universal hierarchy.

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  FF Ghost evolution?

  Well yes, of course, but how would a JW answer?
  
  
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  Why didn't God create us to be obviously different?

  by SydBarrett in

  1. jw
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  a silly question since i'm an atheist but one i thought of as a kid jw.

  why weren't human's created to be obviously different from animals?

  among believers there is some sort of universal hierarchy.

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  why, if we were not intended to get sick, do we have the mechanisms for coping with it when we are.

  Similarly, why are penguins, polar bears, etc. built to handle extremes of temperature if the entire earth was designed to be a temperate tropical paradise?