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  The right to not be exposed to ideas I don’t like or agree with?

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ok, i would like to submit to the forum the following question: in abstract, do you think that there is a right to not being exposed to ideas that you don’t like or disagree with?

  please think it through and its implications on both ends of the spectrum.. it’s not the right to conscientious objection to do something you vehemently disagree with; it’s not about the liberty to chose which ideas you want to embrace or advocate.

  it’s something different.. given that, as exjws, we understand the importance of being exposed to different opinions in order to form our own opinion, should someone claim the right not to be exposed to opinions or ideas that they don’t like?

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  road to nowhere

  Those WBC idiots were denying the right of assembly and religion for others

  I can counter an argument, think about the matter brought up if I cant I need to reassess my thinking. Being badgered is different
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  Independence Day Was A Shame

  by minimus in

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  this year independence day , the 4th of july, went mostly unnoticed.

  the weather didn’t help for many but besides that, the day was looked upon by news media and politicians as very negative.

  there is nothing wonderful about america that should be celebrated!

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  My right leaning news went back to the jingo and flag waving mode. The other side is we would be canadians given their ideas about revolution.

  Lots of fireworks this year and police are non existent.

  Both sides will not recognize that you can substitute upper class aristocrat and petty kings (african) for "white man " and get the same scenario.
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  Vice President Kamala Harris…your thoughts??

  by minimus in

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  good pick?

  bad pick?

  helpful to president biden?

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  Looks are not the problem. We had one of the ugliest presidents with a horrible personality but he was not beholden to the powers behind the throne.

  The power structure that manipulates politics is the problem.
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  2021-July-S-147-Announcements And Reminders!

  by Atlantis in

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  2. friends

  2021-july-s-147-announcements and reminders.

  english and german.

  https://www.filemail.com/d/rscphytdmrtfyau.

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  Actually, I am grateful for fewer publications
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  Why dont practicing JWS cant accept the fact that the Watchtower Corporation is a commercialized false prophet ?

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to the majority of people who investigate the activities of the wts from its beginning history there were obvious false proclamations and doctrines propagated by the wts.. a matter of fact the wts produced a long list of literature that posted proclamations on the front cover and went into detail of things that were suppose to happen, from jesus returning changing the world in which we live and so on.. wonderful things one might say but not factual or either theologically correct .

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  I remember a story of a householder who did have a quarter. Instead of donating the magazine the publisher had to let it go and send the person to destruction.
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  Will there be a sense of urgency in 30 years?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's pretty easy to see how current events would have any jw convinced the end is imminent, but i just don't see how there could be a major push for zealous service, pioneering, etc.

  decades into the future.

  even if (when) world events happen periodically that could scare the r&f, there are now countless hours of hd video of jw leaders saying how close the end is.

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  There was a sense of urgency 30 years ago, 60 years ago. Parents remembered urgency 90 years ago.

  The difference right now is the aging core, the internet, and the 8 clowns being in the limelight
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  What aspects do you view most favorably about the WT and/or its religion?

  by Disillusioned JW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  even if you disapprove of much about the wt and/or its religion, what aspects do you view most favorably about the wt and/or its religion?

  for me one of the things i view most favorably about the wt and its religion is its extremely strong insistence that jws never intentionally kill another human being.

  i especially appreciate that regarding those who have been born, but i think some abortions of human embryos might be justifiable.

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  The racial harmony us one of the few things they have right. Note that you will still find racial cliques, along with the "moneyed". The morality preached along with committed marriage is good, even though not practiced in reality

  The religion I was born into has changed immensely. Some of the changes I notice comes from my maturity and being in a suburb instead the core city where I started. The city had salt if the earth who would give the shirt off their back, the burbs will too, except it has a $ attached.
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  Help needed: Elders should contact authorities immediately if KH are damaged?

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hello.. i remember some time ago someone brought up a letter to congregations or some other similar instruction, instructing the elders to "contact the authorities immediately" if something like a robbery or trouble came upon a kingdom hall.. does anyone remember that?

  and what was the source of that instruction please?

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  It is telling what stood out to me:

  Use of volunteers can save valuable funds

  Accounting department
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  Victorian couple who tested positive for Covid and travelled to QLD during lockdown are JWs?

  by Ruby 1976 in

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  2. friends

  has anyone heard this?

  ive been told multiple ex jws have confirmed it but no one seems to kow their names so im still skeptical..

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  This treatment is absolute bullshit. Australia should have revolted along with the USA. Not that the powers here are not willing to impose their will on we peasants
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  Money for sell of KHs

  by asp59 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  has anybody seen a chart or documents abouth money they supposedly spending in africa building halls?

  as there selling millions worth of halls around the world.

  they claim it's for africa.

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  road to nowhere

  It has been mentioned. A mud hut has no resale value. I liked the halls of yore, repurposed log cabins, adobe, rented bibgo halls. Real personality and a reflection of the local brothers when there was love and community.