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  Is there a new rule regarding disfellowshipped people?

  by HOTB in

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  does anyone have any information about a relaxing of the rules regarding family reaching out to disfellowshipped members?.

  i've heard of an elder being openly in touch with a long time disfellowshipped family member.

  apparently the term 'compassionate view' had been bandied about.. i can't find anything relating to this.. i'd be interested what the new rule is in when came into play.. hotb .

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  So you can only be " removed" for 90 days?

  Jan from Tam
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  Letter of Disassociation to Former Religions / Baptism Questions ?

  by HereIam60 in

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  this was prompted by some comments in another thread, but since it was somewhat "off" the original topic, i'm posting/asking seperately.... i was born in 1960, and baptized as a infant in a catholic church.

  obviously i have no personal memory of this, and only know, because i was told, and we had a family photo of my parents holding me before the baptismal font while the priest prepared to do the sprinkling.

  i was taken probably no more than 3 times to the catholic church in my early childhood and had no clue as to what was going on.. from the ages of 10 to 12 i attended a methodist sunday school, rarely the actual church service, but sang with the class in an annual christmas presentation in the church.. in the 1980s, studying with jehovah's witnesses, and considering baptism, i was told i had to write a letter to any religious group i had previously been involved with, stating i no longer wished any contact, wanted to be removed from their membership lists and witnessing as to why...(separation from satan's world, false religion, babylon etc.).

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  blondie , at least in my church we do have Bible Study groups. We meet in people's homes and Study how we wish.

  I'm sure that other churches do the same . Jan from Tam
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  Why do they want to kill all the White People?

  by liam in

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  the hatred against whites is escalating to an unprecedented degree.

  in south africa, they are calling for complete genocide of white people.

  for some reason they are targeting all the white farmers.. i’m so glad trump noticed.

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  Why do they want to kill all the White People?

  by liam in

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  the hatred against whites is escalating to an unprecedented degree.

  in south africa, they are calling for complete genocide of white people.

  for some reason they are targeting all the white farmers.. i’m so glad trump noticed.

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  Totally right Joey .

  The first people in S Africa were black . Europeans/ whites didn't arrive until 1652 . They then proceeded to treat the black population appallingly.

  A quick Google shows that these rumours of black on white genocide are rubbish. They have been circulating for years .

  Your point about Musk being S African is a good one , of course that has nothing to do with this has it 🤔 ?

  Yes S Africa is a fairly violent place to live , but that has probably been brought about by the blatant racism shown by the white settlers.

  I started a thread a while back saying that l was worried that there would be bloodshed in American Streets in the not too distant future. It seems now that Trump is trying to bring that about.

  Black vs White

  Religious vs Atheist

  Republican vs Democrat

  He's probably not bothered as long as it gives him a reason to impose Martial law and become the dictator/ King that he wants to be .

  Jan from Tam
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  Judge Arrested for Immigration Related Criminality

  by Sea Breeze in

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  breaking: fbi director kash patel has announced the arrest of milwaukee judge hannah dugan for obstructing ice during the arrest of an illegal alien.

  patel: "we believe judge dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, eduardo flores ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest.".

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  On Jan 6th over 130 people were injured, including police officers and some injuries were serious . Just how peaceful was that protest ?

  On the subject of Trump's hypocrisy he has been found guilty on 34 charges , he IS a convicted felon

  I know that his supporters will forgive him anything even his sexual " indiscretions" but to the rest of the world he is a criminal and hypocrite.

  Jam from Tam
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  Probability of Earth and life being how it is

  by ballistic in

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  there are some things we don't know about existence and whether the earth is a simulation or even a creation.

  but we can do some statistical analysis on it.. the probability of a planet like earth existing in the goldilocks zone and having a moon that perfectly eclipses the sun is extremely low, but it's not impossible.

  the habitable zone (or goldilocks zone) around a star is the region where a planet could potentially support liquid water on its surface.

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  Ballistic, there is an awful lot more to this fine tuning lark that the things that you mention . Atmospheric pressure for one thing needed to be exactly right.

  There is a book called The Improbable Planet written by an astrophysicist called Hugh Ross which describes how Earth got to be called The Goldilocks Planet.

  It's very sciency ( technical term ) and much of it went over my head . However well worth a delve into if this interests you as the amount of fine tuning needed is mind blowing .

  Jan from Tam
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  Judge Arrested for Immigration Related Criminality

  by Sea Breeze in

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  breaking: fbi director kash patel has announced the arrest of milwaukee judge hannah dugan for obstructing ice during the arrest of an illegal alien.

  patel: "we believe judge dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, eduardo flores ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest.".

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  Nice one Syd .

  OK DOC, I am happy to be put right on this.What do you think that l'm missing ?

  Jan from Tam
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  Judge Arrested for Immigration Related Criminality

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  breaking: fbi director kash patel has announced the arrest of milwaukee judge hannah dugan for obstructing ice during the arrest of an illegal alien.

  patel: "we believe judge dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, eduardo flores ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest.".

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  I mean that Mr Trump himself has personally pardoned people who took part in criminal activities on Jan 6th 2021 . However because they were acting on his behalf that's OK.

  The hypocrisy is breath taking. People are happy to turn a blind eye to that.

  Jan from Tam
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  Judge Arrested for Immigration Related Criminality

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  breaking: fbi director kash patel has announced the arrest of milwaukee judge hannah dugan for obstructing ice during the arrest of an illegal alien.

  patel: "we believe judge dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, eduardo flores ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest.".

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  So is someone going to have a word with Trump about his lawlessness?

  He seems to have a pass to behave how he likes . Certainly in some quarters.

  Jan from Tam
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  Live long and prosper: WT JULY 2025

  by raymond frantz in

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  2. bible

  "now more than ever, we need to focus on our hope.

  because we are living in 'the last days' and we all have problems that are 'hard to deal with.

  ' (2 tim.

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  Raymond thank you for clarifying that .

  Jan from Tam