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  Jehovah's Witnesses no longer count time. How is this news affecting moral and meeting attendance at local congregations?

  by Balaamsass2 in

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  no more watchtower and awake mags every 2 weeks to place.

  no private home book studies.

  no more "essential" spiritual food meals 5x a week.

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  Gives new meaning to the phrase "buying time."
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  No more REPORTING field service!!!!!!!!!

  by BoogerMan in

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  this is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!

  reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.

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  Teddnzo: It just shows the Bible can be interpreted in many different ways.

  Which is not a good endorsement. The most important communication in the history of the universe, upon which the eternal outcome of billions of people depends, should really be so clear as to allow no confusion.

  Or... god wanted this. Which is quite terrifying, when you think about it.
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  Index of Evidence for Evolution Threads

  by cofty in

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  re-posting this for reference.. #1 protein functional redundancy comparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things..

  #2 dna functional redundancy comparison of the dna that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy..

  #3 ervs endogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins..

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  EasyPrompt: He is coming shortly.

  People have been waiting on this for centuries. And they almost always expected "shortly" to refer to a period within their own lifetimes, or not long after. The book has changed very little --if at all-- during this whole time. Yet every attempt to use it to predict the day of reckoning has been wrong. Probably hundreds --if not thousands-- of predictions over the course of two-thousand years. All wrong, every time.

  I don't think it can be trusted.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

  by Simon in

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  uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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  Simon: I wonder how much of his "wages" are also pissed away on only-fans and porn?

  Good point. How much of his Patreon "salary" is being spent by his wayward penis? We must assume that he has yet to obtain mastery over it.
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  Index of Evidence for Evolution Threads

  by cofty in

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  re-posting this for reference.. #1 protein functional redundancy comparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things..

  #2 dna functional redundancy comparison of the dna that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy..

  #3 ervs endogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins..

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  I don't think it's any surprise that a white man living in the 1800s would have such outdated ideas about race and sex, or that such notions would show up in his work. This is pretty much the history of mankind. As we progress, we can strip away the bad ideas and test what remains. Indeed, you can remove such content from Darwin's work and still have the early foundation for what is known today about evolution.

  It is more than 150 years now, since his book was published. Much of his work has been expanded and built upon, and some has been replaced as more knowledge was gained. The consensus amongst scientists today is that there is no question that evolution explains the diversity of life, and that it is a normal part of biological life. There are differences, to be sure, but these are similar to the differences in any of the sciences- at the leading edge of discovery and understanding, competing hypotheses are being put to the test.

  That is the essence of the scientific method- show your work, and keep pushing forward. Today's questions become tomorrow's answers. Some of what is hypothesized today will be discarded as we learn more. Those who feel that it is wrong are free to challenge any part of evolution. But if you can't show your work, you won't get far.
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  Why do Catholics pray to Mary/saints?

  by BoogerMan in

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  a very good friend of many years told me that he prays to mary and makes requests.

  i didn't try to discuss/debate the subject - his choice - but wondered how catholics would view these scriptures: .

  (john 14:6) jesus answered, “i am the way and the truth and the life.

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  Hi ChildofGod89. I am not religious.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses no longer count time. How is this news affecting moral and meeting attendance at local congregations?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no more watchtower and awake mags every 2 weeks to place.

  no private home book studies.

  no more "essential" spiritual food meals 5x a week.

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  There should be some interesting conversations if they start asking each other how many hours they did the past month. Everyone will try to stretch that 15 minutes of talking with a neighbor to 10 or 20 hours of time spent trying desperately to convert people.
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  Norway JWBorg news - WTBT$ demands subsidy despite their loss of religious status

  by EasyPrompt in

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  https://cne.news/article/3755-norwegian-jehovah-s-witnesses-demand-subsidy-despite-their-loss-of-religious-status.

  jesus never demanded "subsidies" from the government to share truth.

  wtbt$ leaders love the god of their bellies/selfishdesires - having others provide communes for them in opposition to christ's direction.. .

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  "We're convinced that god is going to kill you all pretty soon, and we'll be there to bury your mangled corpses with smiles on our faces. But until then, would you mind sending us some of that sweet, sweet money?"
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  144 year-old mystery finally solved

  by Tahoe in

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  "After more than a century of serving as the voice of god on Earth, we just discovered that Jehovah isn't a ventriloquist."
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

  by Simon in

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  uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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  All any prospective girlfriend needs to do is read those letters he wrote to his wife. Then, after they pick their jaw off the floor, they will think "he will probably do that to me."