Posts by Lost in the fog

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Is this really what happens?

by Theonlyoneleft in

hello guys,.

long time no see.

the other day i went out with my sister.

Lost in the fog

This is sort of the reverse to that.

We were told of a person who moved into our housing estate and had a window cleaner come to do her windows. As he was putting out his ladders he banged his arm and came out with a few F**ks.

This woman was shocked and said "I didn't think Jehovah's Witnesses swore."

"I'm not a Jehovah's Witness," said the window cleaner.

"Really?" said the woman, "I was under the impression that you must be. In fact I thought virtually every window cleaner in the county was. Because all of the Jehovah's I have ever met clean windows when they are not out knocking doors."

True story.

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Is Global Warming One of the Most Important Issues To You!

by minimus in

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just curious..

Lost in the fog

I am more concerned with my deteriorating health, and my poor finances. I just want to live a normal life for a few more years.

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Cause of Mass Shootings Mental Health?

by blondie in

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i have been sad to see so many groups and individuals say that the cause of these events are the mental status of the shooters.

i have looked over the backgrounds of these shooters, and few had medically identified mental health issues.

it is too easy to think that people shoot or kill other people because they are mentally ill.. actually, many or most people with real mental illnesses are most likely to be the victims of others.. i have been a volunteer with the organization called nami (national alliance of mental lillness) for 25 years now.

Lost in the fog

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/2/16399418/us-gun-violence-statistics-maps-charts?fbclid=IwAR1M4CZS3N-KPLqk6GBL_3eSZ-Sn9XJ3B4MuS5-6SiLjhUw6ORCqrWwsvh8

If mental health alone led to violent gun crime it'd be seen as a global problem. Strangely it isn't.

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Overlapping Generations

by Lost in the fog in

perhaps this explains why the gb have a fixation with time and chronology.

also why they keep their adherents in a prison away from the real world.

lol.

Lost in the fog

Perhaps this explains why the GB have a fixation with time and chronology. Also why they keep their adherents in a prison away from the real world. Lol.

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-fear-of-time-2671776

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Don't count on witnessing Watchtower's demise anytime soon.

by Roger Kirkpatrick in

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the fact that there are pomi ex-jws who have been disfellowshiped or inactive for years who still live in constant fear of armageddon indicates that watchtower will manage to exist in one way or another for years, if not decades, to come.

watchtower, like all other religious cults, operate on the premise that "you can fool some of the people all of the time...and that's enough!

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Lost in the fog

Slimboyfat,

But closing branches or bethels is not necessarily the same as selling the property. The one in Ireland ceased as a Bethel Home but is now used as a translation centre and a location for their new Kingdom Evangelisers training hub. The Bethelites have been thrown out onto the streets and the Bethel might have finished its role as the Ireland branch office but the building is still in use. Just saying.

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Refuting Russell and his Bible Students.

by Lost in the fog in

i recently came across this reprinted book in a friend's library.

i hadn't seen it before, but it appears to be a refutation of the teachings of russell and also of the seventh day adventists.

some interesting logic is used by the author mainly around the bible chronology used by russell in his books.

Lost in the fog

I recently came across this reprinted book in a friend's library. I hadn't seen it before, but it appears to be a refutation of the teachings of Russell and also of the Seventh Day Adventists. Some interesting logic is used by the author mainly around the Bible chronology used by Russell in his books. Even then he recognised the Bible Students were teaching falsehoods.

Interestingly (although elsewhere he says he is not being dogmatic but only suggesting) Mr Oppy concluded that the Kingdom of God would be established on the 20th day of September 1945.

I am attaching a couple of screenshots to whet your appetite if any of you want to look into it further.

https://archive.org/details/jehovahsfinished00oppy/page/6

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No 2019 Conventions in Ireland ?

by Phizzy in

i may have got this wrong, but using the dreaded jw website, they seem to be directing the irish j.w's to go to birmingham in england this weekend.. is this correct ?

they always used to hold two conventions in ireland, are there none in 2019 ??.

probably the irish ones actually, truly, made a loss, but think of all the travelling, including a flight or sea ferry crossing if i am correct.

Lost in the fog

Ireland already had its convention on the 2nd week of July. A time when the chosen hotel charges their highest summer rates and queues for food are literally out of the doors. I heard that if you went you had to take all your breakfast items off the buffet table at the same time, so by the time you got to your cooked breakfast it was stone cold. The hotel also I was told charge all children over the age of 2 as adult rates.

This is why a lot of Irish JWs find it cheaper to go to our English conventions in Newcastle, Manchester, and yes probably Birmingham, because even with the airfares added on it works out cheaper than what the WT has organised with one of the most expensive hotels in the Dublin area.

Court Rulings

by Lost in the fog in

‘everybody agreed they were guilty’: multi-million dollar verdicts deliver legal blow to jehovah’s witnesses - greenwichtime.

https://m.greenwichtime.com/news/article/everybody-agreed-they-were-guilty-14301610.php.

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‘Everybody agreed they were guilty’: Multi-million dollar verdicts deliver legal blow to Jehovah’s Witnesses - GreenwichTime

https://m.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Everybody-agreed-they-were-guilty-14301610.php

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Excellent piece on Watchtower's appeal to the Supreme court

by Diogenesister in

mark o'donnell ( john redwood) has outdone himself in this excellent piece on watchtower's appeal to the supreme court regarding their definition of clergy-penitent rights.. the case they are appealing revolves around gilbert simental, a known abuser who, although eventually removed as an elder, was allowed to remain in a position of respect, with the parents of his victims kept in the dark about the risk he posed to the children with whose care he was entrusted.

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anyway it's an excellent piece and well worth reading.. https://jwsurvey.org/news/jehovahs-witnesses-lose-california-child-abuse-case-appeal-to-u-s-supreme-court-part-one.

Lost in the fog

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/08/11/the-jehovahs-witnesses-want-the-supreme-court-to-help-them-cover-up-sex-abuse/

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Just picked up an original 20s copy of can the living talk with the dead. What are the pages with the craziest stuff?

by rickroll in

its the smaller hand book and fragile due to the acid over time.

looking to go though it as little as possible so if anyone knows what pages have the most crazy things i would appreciate it.

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Lost in the fog

I used to have one that belonged to my grandfather but when I was still in, gave it away to a circuit overseer I liked. If only I had known that I could have made money from selling it!