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  Please Switch Off Your Critical Thinking

  by pale.emperor in

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  i have an uneasy feeling inside that something is coming this year or the next.

  perhaps a new big announcement that turns jwdom on it's head.. we've seen the statement in the watchtower november 15th, 2013 which said:.

  watchtower november 15th, 2013 - page 20, paragraph 17.. .

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  PE: I don't think we're to expect a Jonestown type suicide (although the blood doctrine is pretty close to suicide).

  Way more people have died from the JW/WT No-Blood policy than the 909 that died in Jonestown on November 18th, 1978.

  But because those deaths have been spread over time there has been little, to no, public outcry.

  Lee Elder has written an interesting article on this. In it, he shares an estimate by one Dr. Muramoto, an AJWRB Medical Adviser, wherein he indicates "that 33,246 Jehovah’s Witnesses died during this 56 year period" from 1961-2016.

  I have pasted the link below for the full article:

  • Jehovah’s Witnesses and Blood – Tens of Thousands Dead in Hidden Tragedy

  http://ajwrb.org/jehovahs-witnesses-and-blood-tens-of-thousands-dead-in-hidden-tragedy
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  Has the Governing Body EVER apologized for anything?

  by Wild_Thing in

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  geoffrey jackson testified to the arc that the governing body has apologized for things in the past, so an apology to sexual abuse victims is "perceivable".

  what has the governing body ever apologized for?.

  22 q. just on that point, mr jackson, has the governing body23 considered apologising to survivors of child sexual abuse24 at the hands of elders within the organisation?25 a. i haven't been in any discussions with regard to that.26 27 q. is that something that you foresee might happen ‐ in 28 other words, that an apology at least be considered?29 a. the governing body has apologised on other matters, so30 for me to say ‐ i can't speak collectively for everybody, 31 but we have apologised on things in the past, in other32 areas, so it is perceivable.. .

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  No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
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  Is Trump Doing Better Than You Thought As President!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know that some here detested him while others may have simply accepted the reality of who is president.. do you think he is better than you might have thought as a president?.

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  Never mind ...
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  Is Trump Doing Better Than You Thought As President!

  by minimus in

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  i know that some here detested him while others may have simply accepted the reality of who is president.. do you think he is better than you might have thought as a president?.

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  jp1692

  So now we're having a market meltdown of sorts.

  • Dow Jones down more than 1,100 at closing bell in historic plunge - (FOX News)

  "The Dow fell as much as 1,597 points in afternoon trading, the largest intraday drop in history. The blue-chip index’s 4.6% decline reflected its worst day since at least Aug. 10, 2011. Coming off its worst week in two years, the Dow wiped out its 2018 gains with its pullback Monday."

  If Trump was responsible for the soaring Dow isn't he also to blame for this epic downturn?

  Can supporters of Trump see that they can't have it both ways?
  
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  Is Trump Doing Better Than You Thought As President!

  by minimus in

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  i know that some here detested him while others may have simply accepted the reality of who is president.. do you think he is better than you might have thought as a president?.

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  Trump will be remembered as ... someone who ... created a new american (sic) order.

  And that is exactly the part that concerns students of history and human nature.
  
  
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  Is Trump Doing Better Than You Thought As President!

  by minimus in

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  i know that some here detested him while others may have simply accepted the reality of who is president.. do you think he is better than you might have thought as a president?.

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  Hey, Mussolini got the trains to run on time!
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  Sister may have had a slight heart attack, do I text her?

  by Xanthippe in

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  so my cousin phoned and told me my jw sister was taken to hospital with chest pains and it may have been a slight heart attack or possibly she's starting with angina.

  now as some of you know my sisters and brother have had little to do with me for 29 years.

  we've met at funerals, or arranged them, but i just thought today what if she did die?

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  That’s great, Xanthippe!

  Thanks for sharing the positive outcome.
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  Is Trump Doing Better Than You Thought As President!

  by minimus in

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  i know that some here detested him while others may have simply accepted the reality of who is president.. do you think he is better than you might have thought as a president?.

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  No way. He is worse—way worse—than I ever imagined and my expectations were low.

  He is dangerous in many ways. He isn’t even helping his base and yet many of them double-down and continue to support him.

  It’s frankly quite bizarre that not everyone can see this.
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  Is our universe just a hologram?

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
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  i was doing a shearch on physicist alain aspect, and came across this :.

  http://home.elp.rr.com/osiris/newpage1.htm.

  the universe as a hologramdoes objective reality exist, or is the universe a phantasm?.

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  SBF: believing in God in some sense is an acknowledgement of the limits of human understanding.

  WTF?
  

  How does "I don't know" mean "God did it!"?

  That is an illogical non sequitur.
  
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  Trump and the MEMO

  by ducatijoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  those of us here wasting our time trying to show who trump really is .... it's like trying to reason with all those still in the organization.

  they have found a new person to fill their heads with lies and control they way they think.

  in many ways this ts amazing to me.. i am out of the wbts and free.

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  FMF: jp I bet if you google "how Obama was like a cult leader", you will probably also find articles and books.

  I tried it. Here are the results, probably NOT what you expected:

  

  FMF: There is no doubt about Trump shortcomings, but the idea that all the people who voted for him or even defend him in any way are brainwashed deplorables is nonsense.

  Did I say that? No, I did not.
  

  BTW, just because I find the behavior of SOME Trump followers reminiscent of cult members does NOT mean I think they all are. Your conclusion is a logical fallacy. Also, it does NOT mean I liked Obama either. That is another logical fallacy.