Posts by jhine

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News story claims: "Jehovah’s Witnesses" are QAnon believers"

by Balaamsass2 in

i was googling the subject and came across this story.

i just had an incredible phone conversation with a long-time jw who has strong "q-anon" "sovereign citizen" beliefs.

the wife(first gen) says she is not surprised.

jhine

Two things occur to me.

1 Only American JWs buy into this surely? So the percentages given aren't for worldwide membership.

2 Reading stuff ( admittedly on social media of different kinds ) l have wondered about a second civil war breaking out . This thought is based on the deep political , racial, religious and economic divides in America.

Now reading the Qanon stuff about , " patriotic Americans " it seems more likely when a fair proportion of the population take this seriously.

Am l very wrong in thinking that there is a chance even that armed conflict could break out in the USA?

Sincere question from someone who finds all this perplexing and worrying.

Jan

9

Will the next James Bond be........

by BoogerMan in

.......a disabled black, non-binary, homosexual, transsexual, environmentalist vegan?

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all bases need to be covered.

jhine

Idris Elba has been mentioned, which is fine with me . However he may be a bit old now and not have many films in him .

As a woman l DO NOT want a female Bond

That would be plain wrong .

Jan

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Can you list the positive points of being a JW as against the negative points of being a JW in your experience ?

by smiddy3 in

i was a twenty y/old when i converted to the jw religion and was a problem drinker and i was a chain smoker .when i was baptized at a circuit assembly a year later , my conversion and change in lifestyle was given as an example of the effectiveness of incidental witnessing to the audience.. so i can point to the 2 positives becoming a jw .. 1.i gave up smoking.

2.i gave up drinking for a while ,but because i still had association with my wife`s and my family who were not jw`s ,i learnt to control my social drinking when i started again.. and i have been a responsible drinker ever since ,even though i left the religion 29 years ago.. the negative points of being a jw in my 32 years of being one ?

are far too great to list here .. love to hear your thoughts..

jhine

Punky you dark horse. Evensong wow .

I go to the very traditional sung Evensong service at my church In Amington Tamworth. You are welcome any Sunday 5pm . It would be great to meet you.

Jan

26

Rutherford and dinosaurs

by jhine in

sorry if this has been discussed before but on quora someone asked if rutherford had said that dinosaurs had been taken to venus .

i assume that the questioner had heard it somewhere and wanted to check it out.

i've never come across this before is it true ?

jhine

Wow , just when l thought that it couldn't get any odder.

Jan

26

Rutherford and dinosaurs

by jhine in

sorry if this has been discussed before but on quora someone asked if rutherford had said that dinosaurs had been taken to venus .

i assume that the questioner had heard it somewhere and wanted to check it out.

i've never come across this before is it true ?

jhine

Sorry if this has been discussed before but on Quora someone asked if Rutherford had said that dinosaurs had been taken to Venus . I assume that the questioner had heard it somewhere and wanted to check it out.

I've never come across this before is it true ?

Jan

17

Disfellowshipping

by jhine in

so last night my bible study group was discussing the healing of the blind man in john's gospel.

ch 9 .

the man's parents were reluctant to say much on the subject.

jhine

Dagney which orthodox religions do this apart from orthodox Jews ?

Jan

17

Disfellowshipping

by jhine in

so last night my bible study group was discussing the healing of the blind man in john's gospel.

ch 9 .

the man's parents were reluctant to say much on the subject.

jhine

So last night my Bible study group was discussing the healing of the blind man in John's gospel. Ch 9

The man's parents were reluctant to say much on the subject. " He is of age , he will speak for himself. "

Vs 22 " His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders , who had already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue "

Vs 34 " ........ and they threw him ( the healed man ) out. "

My NIV study Bible commented that being thrown out of the synagogue would probably mean being socially as well as spiritually ostracized.

Of course l was struck by the similarity to the WT disfellowshipping someone. So it seems that they are following an old Jewish practice, who knew ?

Jan

25

Back to the Meetings------Back to Covid.

by pistolpete in

a lot of pimos are reporting that returning to the meetings is backfiring in that covid is spreading among the members returning.. post;.

so last saturday was my first meeting back in person and well it completely backfired.

last night i got a text from my group overseer saying that someone in the hall tested positive for covid and that we need to get tested(great 🎉).. honestly i kinda expected this.

jhine

Here in the UK churches are back to normal. Yes we're hearing of some cases but not just in church members . It's still in the community generally so you can catch it anywhere.

Also when people have it most are not too bad , just like a bad cold . My daughter just got over it . She doesn't come to church so she got it - well who knows where?

Jan

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New Discovery at Mt. Ebal: the earliest historical instance of the name of God

by Terry in

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https://youtu.be/guzbxzdpflo.

jhine

I think that everyone else has known that for years have they ?

Jan

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Punkofnice Gig

by BoogerMan in

@ punkofnice - .

oscar wilde was an irish poet who moved to london in the late 1800's where he became famous.. his brother toby who was a songwriter, decided to emulate his brother and traveled to england to seek fame & fortune also.

he chose lincolnshire as the base for his songwriting, and settled in the town of bourne.. it was here where he wrote his most well known song, "bourne toby wilde.

jhine

Groan . 😬.

Boogerman did you want to start an awful joke thread? Cus l can help .

Jan