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  No more Questions from MINIMUS

  by was a new boy in

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  minimus former jw, prolific poster on jwn died.. minimus.

  joined 19 years ago.

  started 4,139 topics.

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  Simon

  So sad to hear this.

  The thing that sucks about running a community site that is well over 2 decades old is that we're all that much older too, and some of us reach the end of our journey.

  There have been many over the years, people that share a slice of their life with us, that you may not know personally but kind of put a virtual face and voice to.

  It's often quite poignant to look back on old topics and posts and remember that there was a real-life character behind them, whether you agreed with their opinions or not. Minimus contributed a lot of them to this site which is why his passing will have such an impact.

  The saddest thing is that we never get to say "thanks" for all they shared or goodbye.

  RIP Min
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  Will there be enough good questions on JWD now that minimus is gone?

  by slimboyfat in

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  a thread in honour of our departed friend minimus.

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  Simon

  I see what you did there. A fitting tribute :)
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  Resurrection after a death sentence in the OT?

  by EdenOne in

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  i have a question for those more versed in biblical history than i. .

  knowing that a belief in a resurrection on messianic times was a later jewish belief ... but still ... did the ot jews believe that someone served a capital punishment / death sentence would be elegible for future resurrection?.

  meaning: when coding the torah, did its writers intended that the capital punishment also be understood as an obliteration for all eternity?.

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  Simon

  According to the WTS, the whole judgement thing happens well after Armageddon. People will be resurrected, whether they were good or evil, as long as they haven't already received "a witness".

  So the JWs believe that Hitler, Stalin, Mao and all the other mass-murderers from history are due a do-over.

  Bat. Shit. Crazy.
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  The dumb liberal idiots keep getting dumber

  by mickbobcat in

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  now ac is racist.

  lmfao.

  https://www.vox.com/22638093/air-conditioning-worsens-climate-change-ac.

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  Simon

  Told you - fake news!

  The FBI have already debunked the "Trump called an army to take over the US" claptrap.

  https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-fbi-finds-scant-evidence-us-capitol-attack-was-coordinated-sources-2021-08-20/
  

  My money was on "he said to drink bleach!" or "he called the KKK fine people!", maybe even "Russian collusion!"

  But I knew whatever you came up with would be some bullshit you've been fed by the media and fell for, because you lack the intelligence to see when you have been fooled and lied to not once, not twice, but over and over and over again.
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  The dumb liberal idiots keep getting dumber

  by mickbobcat in

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  now ac is racist.

  lmfao.

  https://www.vox.com/22638093/air-conditioning-worsens-climate-change-ac.

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  Simon

  Yeah, I think there are two groups - the cynical manipulators and the blind, dumb followers. The latter are the "true believers", the leaders tell people to do one thing but their behavior says they obviously don't believe it themselves.

  Whether that is not wearing masks and social distancing at private gatherings while mandating it for others, or buying multi-million $ luxury beachfront-properties that they claim will be underwater in 10 years time.

  It's a clever trick to get the followers to go into battle on their behalf, similar to how the JWs will defend the WTS to the death.
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  The dumb liberal idiots keep getting dumber

  by mickbobcat in

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  now ac is racist.

  lmfao.

  https://www.vox.com/22638093/air-conditioning-worsens-climate-change-ac.

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  Simon

  maybe liberals are getting dumber but still not as dumb as the idiots who follow Trumpolini for sure!

  You tested positive for TDS.
  

  No examples, just an empty claim (countdown to some debunked fake-news in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...)
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  The dumb liberal idiots keep getting dumber

  by mickbobcat in

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  now ac is racist.

  lmfao.

  https://www.vox.com/22638093/air-conditioning-worsens-climate-change-ac.

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  Simon

  Remember when "environmentalist" democratic candidate Bloomberg did the double whammy of using an SUV and then sticking an air-conditioning unit through the window so it would be nice and cool for when he did eventually get into it? (i.e. it's running when it's empty).

  Do as they do, not as they say.

  
  
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  The dumb liberal idiots keep getting dumber

  by mickbobcat in

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  now ac is racist.

  lmfao.

  https://www.vox.com/22638093/air-conditioning-worsens-climate-change-ac.

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  Simon

  Add to that rocks, pencils and ... well, I forget the others - just think of any inanimate object, yup, "it's wacist!"

  The only things that they don't claim to be racist are their own racist government policies and their own leaders wearing blackface.
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  Daughter joining JW

  by gary in

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  2. experiences

  my fifty year-old daughter is studying to be a jehovah witness.

  i am her catholics father.

  just wondering because they are not allowed to associate with worldly people.

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  Simon

  How they behave often comes down to individuals and the attitudes in the local congregation.

  Sounds like she has some hard-core relatives, so they may put pressure on her to only associate with other believers.
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  The Stupidity Of The Biden Administration Knows No Bounds

  by Simon in

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  so picture this, you are suddenly withdrawing troops after 2 decades in a country and, well, its all gone to shit.. how do you ensure that your vulnerable citizens and allies can get out when the airport is surrounded and no one can get through?.

  option 1: it's a trick question surely?

  you don't get yourself into this mess in the first place - you withdraw the citizens first, not last, duh!.

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  Simon

  So the latest snafu, that even CNN appear to have picked up on, is that the Biden administration, who couldn't foresee the Taliban takeover of Kabul with 20 years notice somehow managed to identify the suicide bomb maker and drone-strike his house within 24 hours of the attack.

  Hmmn?

  Really?

  One minute the intelligence is so piss-poor they can't see the bleedin' obvious as tens of thousands of armed militants advance, or realize what would happen if the withdraw troops and abandon an airbase prior to extracting civilians, and the next they can suddenly use telepathy to identify people at the drop of a hat?

  Or could they?

  Of course they just launched a drone strike against any house, it didn't matter which, simply to distract from the bad news for Biden. But it turned out to be a house with women and kids in and they blew a half-dozen toddlers to kingdom come, the youngest being a 2 year old girl, all so Biden could try to save face on TV and look like he's "doing something" and "in command".

  What an evil incompetent asswipe. Hope he falls head first down the steps of Airforce 1 and breaks his dumb racist corrupt neck live on TV.

  Dump the body in a ditch, it's all he deserves.