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  Uh Oh, It's 2022 - That Means It's Time For ...

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  ... soylent green!.

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  FFGhost

  IIRC, Edward G. Robinson's last film role.
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  R movies

  by road to nowhere in

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  2. friends

  witnesses never watch r movies.

  but they understand references to wood chippers and banjo music.. other than that the rating system is not worldwide .

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  Witnesses never watch R movies

  LOL. Just like they "never" engage in oral sex, get pass-out drunk, or watch copious amounts of porn.

  The more accurate statement is "never admit to" unless caught.
  
  
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  Gog from Magog

  by Kosonen in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i saw an other thread about what the wt says who or what gog is.. my speculation is based on the following:.

  in the end un will get the power for a short while, as taught in the wt literature.

  this is based on revelation 17:12-14: "the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings for one hour with the wild beast.

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  In the end UN will get the power for a short while, as taught in the WT literature.

  Dude.

  In the end, the UN has never had the authority nor the ability so much as enforce the legal operation of a lemonade stand.

  Much less "destroy the world empire of false religion". Whatever that means.

  You are living in a fantasy world.
  
  
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  Roy Baty my Bethel Roommate and Pioneer Partner

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  roy baty died three days ago.

  i had a strange connection to roy.

  i pioneered with him in kansas and he was one of my bethel roommates.

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  There was a poster here by that name years ago:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/users/5563/roybatty

  Or was that a "tribute account"?
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  "The End is Imminent" - Tony Morris, 2017

  by Smiles in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  2017 tony morris jw gb.

  "the end is imminent!".

  timestamp (06:00).

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  After 140+ years, using the word "imminent" somehow loses its impact.
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  GB 2021 Update #10 - "get vaccinated"

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  am the turd comes the closest to just coming right out and telling jws they have to do it.

  he says, 'there's no need to worry, just keep doing what works: wear masks, wash your hands and get vaccinated when possible'.

  the busybodies are going to be even more insufferable now than they have been.

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  He said that 25,658 have died from Covid. Is that worldwide? That is 3.2% of the 800,000 that have died.

  The 25K dead JWs are the worldwide figures.

  Worldwide, the number of deaths attributed to COVID is ~5.4 million. 805,000 is the amount for the US only.
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  Commenting Ban?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you think the watchtower will ban commenting at the meetings one day?

  if you are pimo, you might want to try to make some comments to make others think about the “truth”!

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  Nah, it's one of those "real" requirements to determine who is "worthy" of "special privileges".

  The WT "literature" says that to qualify to be an elder or MS you need to meet the requirements of 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1, but here are the "real" qualifications:

  -- 10+ hours of field service reported per month

  -- Note: Doesn't matter whether you actually do 10 hours - the only important thing is to report it

  -- Also note: you should be "visible" in the ministry - at least occasionally support group arrangements.
  

  -- Attendance at every meeting, including commenting

  -- Not a problem for or an embarrassment to the congregation in general and the elders in particular

  -- Your family meets or at least comes close to the above requirements

  That's it. The requirements at 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 are so vague and unremarkable that virtually any JW male who can breathe with his mouth closed meets them. And of course qualities such as intelligence, kindness, generosity, empathy, reasonableness, etc. are not only irrelevant - they are practically disqualifying factors.
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  Would You Like To Be God?

  by Ultimate Axiom in

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  2. beliefs

  we know there are a few on this forum who think they are, but consider this for a while.

  if you are god, you are omniscient, therefore you have nothing to learn.

  nothing to research, investigate or explore as there is nothing you don’t already know.

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  How do you fill an infinite number of years being all knowing, all powerful and all alone?

  Sounds like a recipe for insanity.

  Come to think of it, that would explain a lot......
  
  
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  Geoffrey Jackson- soliciting?

  by molybdenum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i listened to geoffrey jackson’s latest talk “assisting our brothers materially “.

  jackson presented some arguments, one of which was….jesus did not stop the widow from putting money in the contribution box in the temple.

  basically saying regardless of your financial situation you have to donate.

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  That was a bizarre talk.

  The whole time i was thinking "he is addressing some very specific criticism from <somewhere>."

  Somebody really got under his skin, or someone on the GB, and Jackson was elected to deliver the message.

  They usually don't give two hoots about what "apostates" think. What prompted this strident defense?
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  2020’s are already a Train Wreck for JW ORG

  by Reservations in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as the title says, we are nearly at the end of the 2nd year of the 2020’s, and already jw org is not only a car crash, but an absolute train wreck.. i’ve watched the annual meeting 2021 already, and it seems the gb are in fighting, morris openly disagreeing with lett, that is massive, and it’s something that has largely not been commented on by this community.

  covid-19 is not going anywhere, any trial meetings will surely be shut down, now omicron is doing the rounds.. it looks highly likely we will see a second negative growth year.

  “young ones” are waking up by the masses.

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  The likelihood that a 20yo is anointed is low.

  I know of a JW in his late 20s who was baptized at age 17 and started partaking of the emblems at his next Memorial - I don't think he had turned 18 yet.

  Today he is pretty much accepted as a "regular JW". He is a pioneer and MS.

  That might be an outlier, but I think it demonstrates that there could have been one, or a handful, of teen or 20ish JWs who started to partake in the early 90s. Yes I know the "atmosphere" was different then, but it's not outrageously far-fetched.

  By the way, Sanderson is 3 years younger than Cook. Given the low-stress sheltered lifestyle in the Warwick compound, both could easily last into the 2050s.