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  The length of a public talk

  by Farmer Jim1 in

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  does anyone ever wonder the good they could have done instead of giving a public talk for 45 or 30 minutes?

  i remember giving my first public talk aged 18 and even then i was thinking ' this is just me making up half truths trying to blind people with jw propaganda'.

  fast forward 15 years to when i gave my final public talk and i was so close to seeding the 30 minutes with ideas that could possibly wake people up but i never had the guts.. in that 30 minutes i could have done so much real good for a person instead of spreading this awful religions dogma.

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  Nikolaus

  Until the 1970s, there used to be a short break for smoking a cigarette between talk and WT-session.
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  Does praying for “all those who are in positions of authority,” include the 'deep state' and all subsequent coverup's?

  by was a new boy in

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  definition of deep state.

  : an alleged secret network of especially nonelected government officials and sometimes private entities (as in the financial services and defense industries) operating extralegally to influence and enact government policy.

  the power of the deep state comes from experience, knowledge, relationships, insight, craft, special skills, traditions, and shared values.

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  Nikolaus

  This Is the reason the forum isn’t growing anymore. It is just stupid.

  So true. So sad.
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  Why isn't this forum growing like reddit exjw??

  by nowwhat? in

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  admittedly it 90% crap over there but still they are up to 80k in subscribers.

  over here it's the same half dozen or so that posts something, including myself.

  why is that?.

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  Nikolaus

  Maybe because of the strong political tendencies here.
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  Theresa Graves Dies

  by El Kabong in

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  i think she was the one who gave up a tv career in favor of being a jw.

  confirmed on yahoo news:.

  thu oct 10,10:24 am et.

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  Nikolaus

  This news is 20 years old.
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  Movies that used the term Jehovah Watchtower or Witnesses!

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  indiana jones 3...we had elders going to this movie.

  life of brian stoning people who say jehovah...so funny!

  even "supergirl" where someone knocks on the door of the secret hideout and the villain says "if that's those damn jehovahs witnesses again!

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  „Perfect World“ with Kevin Costner as an escaped convict who takes a young JW boy hostage and become the father figure for him and let‘s him experience some freedom.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  original reddit post (removed).

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  Nikolaus

  Coincidence, that the two topics pop up near each other?
  
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | September 2022 Prove Yourself Trustworthy

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  the watchtower—study edition | september 2022. elders do not reveal confidential matters to their family members (see paragraph 11) .

  elders who are known to keep a confidence are “a hiding place from the wind, a place of concealment” for their brothers.

  (isa.

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  Nikolaus

  In my old congregation there was an Elder that confessed that he had a device on his (old analog) telephone that his wife would use to listen to confidential calls.
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  Vienne----------Smiles----------Atlantis!

  by Atlantis in

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  vienne:.

  from time to time we do this vienne.

  if grandpa wrote something that sounded uncomfortable or was too harsh, then you just let old grandpa apologize right up front with no questions asked.

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  Nikolaus

  We love you all too! Some people feel that the members of this board are the only real family they have.

  Unless you are a called „lefty“. Then you will be treated like shit here, too, and there is no repectful disagreement.
  
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  Rutherford's Coup

  by RolRod in

  1. watchtower
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  a new book on the events of the 1917 schism titled rutherford's coup is officially out on amazon.. authored by rud persson.

  description.

  raised a baptist, in 1906, joseph franklin rutherford, a provincial missouri attorney with a shrewd and scheming legal mind, became a baptized “bible student.” in 1907, rutherford became the legal counselor for the group's legally chartered corporation, the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania.

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  Nikolaus

  Would anybody share Prof. Penton's e-Mail adress, please. I would like to give some feedback on his foreword. Thanks.
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  UK Contaminated Blood Scandal

  by Simon in

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  up to 30,000 people contracted hiv and hepatitis c in the 1970s and 80s after being given blood treatments or transfusions on the nhs.. thousands have since died.. it just goes to show there is no such thing as a sure thing.. the wts may be wrong about their blood doctrine, and their bible interpretation to justify it, and how they enforced the rules about it, but ultimately may be correct in claiming that "bloodless surgery" was a safer option medically.. canada also had a contaminated blood scandal, where 30,000 were infected with hepatitis c and hiv.. in other news, paying for blood from high-risk donors is a bad idea.

  who knew?

  well apparently the people behind the schemes did, and that's why they covered it up.. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61929986.

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  Nikolaus

  My advice? Do everything you can to avoid one!

  That is true of any medical treatment and surgery. All have their risks and potential negative side effects. It is usually the result of a balanced risk assessment, accepting the smaller risk over the bigger one.