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  Special Talk in Europe this weekend

  by BoogerMan in

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  does anyone have any info about this, and if it's being transmitted in the uk?.

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  Were there contribution boxes?
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  Kingdom Hall Bomb

  by Dr Jekyll in

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  old news but uncle bruce wanted it dug up.... the guardian.

  22nd july 1985.. man killed in blast.

  at sydney service.. from richard yallop in melbourne.. one man was killed and 70 people were taken to hospital after a bomb exploded yesterday during a jehovah's witnesses service in a kingdom hall in the sydney suburb of lurnea.. the explosion occurred close to the speaker's dais just as mr. david winder, a visiting elder from the sydney suburb of prospect, had begun his address on loyalty to god and the family.

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  We had to don coveralls and search under the stage every day at the convention.
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  What decade or era in human history do you like the most or would have liked to live during?

  by Fisherman in

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  in the us, the 60s and 70s was a great time to be alive except for getting drafted if you wanted to be that age.

  they were music years,  greatest movies, fun, simpler and enjoyable days—also except for the d&ugs.

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  History is fascinating. Being USA centric, the expansion years, exploring new areas. 1830s, or cowboy era, 1880s. Am I still 75? Or 25. Same wife? Without modern medicine we would both have died or be severe crippled. Of course I pucture myself as the Marlboro man sans cigarette but probably would be a clodhopper.
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  NASA: Humans Back to the Moon

  by Gerard in

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  nasa plans return to moon by 2020

  "this vision aims to return humans to the moon, and then to use it as a staging point for a manned mission to mars.

  i wonder if jws will be required to canvas those areas too.

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  We have hd tv now. It will take a better sound (no sound?) stage to fool us.
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  WT Style Pacificism

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  episode 203 of netflix ... i am a killer looks at the murder of christopher chavez in texas.

  christopher chavez was a 22 year old ministerial servant and a born-in son of an jw elder.

  after a thursday night meeting and a quick bite to eat afterwards with friends at a local restaurant, he was kidnapped, taken to a gas station and forced to drive his killers around for hours while they were in the back seat.

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  Tough spot. I know a gun store with armed staff that was robbed. A group that has the drop on you is hard to counter. Qweeksdraw dont work.

  An assumption would be being let go after the ride. Too bad it didn't work. How would you have countered? Bern shot sooner?
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  When The SHTF.

  by Lost in the fog in

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  we have several non-jdub friends who are busy stockpiling foods and goods for the impending societal collapse.

  some are happy enough to be called preppers, others are not, but say that looking at the deteriorating condition of the world that it's only a matter of time before the shtf and they want to be prepared to protect themselves and their families when it happens.. contrast that to the jdubs who are actively telling people that the end of the world is coming, but aren't preparing in a practical way because they have been brainwashed by a "jehovah has always protected his servants" mindset from the gb at hq (who laughingly have no reason to be concerned because they're hoping for a quick getaway up to heaven when the jw 'end of the world' comes!).

  the most the average jdub has is a go-bag rucksack in case they have to quickly leave their house in the event of a natural disaster like a flood or a wildfire.. isn't it better to be safe than sorry?

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  The jw go bag is to get you to a refugees center only. Then let whomever take care of you. It depends where you live if it will be flood, wind, earthquake, fire. Add in kids away at school, dad at work, traffic gridlocked, cell phones out. Know your neighbors even if not witnesses. Bosnia showed no single man survived, took cooperation and taking lives. The preppers never consider the life expectancy of a grunt soldier. 30 minutes. So that 9 with 5 mags, and your thousand 5.56 are overthought. As for hunting, rats, mice, grasshoppers, worms, and snares, no noise.

  In The big deals an old man and woman will not last long anyway. Sayonara. I will have to disable any gun I can not take.
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  No funeral

  by road to nowhere in

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  i have run across another jw death where the final wishes are for no service.

  3rd or 4th instance.

  another wanted a celebration of life which the elders squelched as far as i know.

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  Just had another yesterday in the local hall. No services, estranged family. Died in care home, few if any visitors. Not sure but he may have died alone, complete with dementia which comes and goes, maybe nobody holding his hand. Im guilty there too

  What bugs me is the better off comments. True no pain or worries and ( big if) there is a resurrection hope. I was told the same for my dog. Damnit! Not better off, just NOT.

  Another losing an adult child, not a witness. So no attending the funeral; why did I ask?
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  Fun Day For The Citizens Of Haddington

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the scottish jdubs are having tours of their refurbished hall.

  won't that be a super fun day for the people of haddington!?😂.

  "hello, here's the foyer leading into the main hall, there's the ladies, gents, and baby changing facility.

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  Very much a nice looking building. Has some character unlike the beige architecture, or worse the fast food style.

  They can't even give away mags now
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  No funeral

  by road to nowhere in

  1. jw
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  i have run across another jw death where the final wishes are for no service.

  3rd or 4th instance.

  another wanted a celebration of life which the elders squelched as far as i know.

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  Blues. I meant funeral in the general sense of remembrance. I cant remember the last time the body was present or displayed.

  Nowwhat. The adjustment was barely an improvement. I really hated the: "so and so wanted me to tell you---". No he didn't. The last memorial at the hall actually had applause like a sunday talk. Tacky! The zoom messes were even worse.

  A wake ( surely pagan), or celebration of life is better.

  As I said, some people seem to be pimo and their last wishes reflect it. I am because of family, especially the old ones who need the delusion intact. If I am donated, stuffed, frozen; I wont b e there to witness it.
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  No funeral

  by road to nowhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have run across another jw death where the final wishes are for no service.

  3rd or 4th instance.

  another wanted a celebration of life which the elders squelched as far as i know.

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  I have run across another JW death where the final wishes are for no service. 3rd or 4th instance. Another wanted a celebration of life which the elders squelched as far as I know. If the family did one we were not told.

  Are these pimo people? Or disappointed in the false promises?

  Years ago an elderly man converted, his family stated they would not attend a memorial so the elders refused to do any service because there was no one to witness to. That really hurt his friends at the hall.

  I fully intend to not have a talk. Cheese, wine, and a few memories. As stated here before, JW funerals are the worst. Be it noted that a family does not get closure without some sort of remembrance.