Posts by jhine

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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

Rattigan , celebrating holidays is obviously a personal choice but politics affects everyone.

Politics can influence the lives of the less well off not just in the country where live but in much poorer parts of the world .

Should we not take an interest if only to vote for those who we think will do the least harm in the world? None of them anywhere do that much good .

If people of integrity and compassion stood for political office surely the world would be a better place .

Someone wise said that for evil to flourish it just takes good people to do nothing.

Jan

22

What are your favorite foods for takeout/delivery?

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

any takers?

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jhine

Cantonese sweet and sour

Jan

34

History repeated: pre-1975 trend of selling homes to ‘downsize’

by LongHairGal in

jw
friends

i saw this thread on reddit.

i think the reason for this is that the 1975 fiasco is never mentioned in the jw religion.

nobody mentioned it to me when i came in the years after.. the problem with this is that all the sad stories were never told (or hushed up) of people who sold off homes, etc.

jhine

Pimoelder you say

" if the missing link is ever found or if there is ever found a half monkey half human skull then l will jump that side of the fence "

Does there have to be a fence ?

Jan

27

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

Isn't being a member of QAnon or just listening. to and agreeing with it's ideas dabbling in politics?

A rough outline of it's policies seem to be Republican heroes battling the Democrat satan worshipping, paedophile , cannibals .

Surely JWs aren't allowed to have anything to do with politics.

Jan

27

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

Really ? Gosh l thought that Aussies had more sense . Do you mean Australian JWs ?

I wonder how widespread this is ? Certainly the average Brit has probably never even heard of QAnon .

Jan

27

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