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  What Is Your Opinion Of Melania Trump?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  i think she’s very intelligent and dignified.

  plus, in my humble opinion, i rate her as the most attractive first lady ever..

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  Just because I think Melania showed poor judgment wearing the "I really don't care" jacket does not mean I like Hillary.

  I find it odd that people always think that criticizing one means endorsing the other. I intensely dislike Hillary Clinton and everything she stands for. Remember, when starting this thread, Minimus asked: "What Is Your Opinion Of Melania Trump?" not: "What Is Your Opinion Of Hillary Clinton?"
  

  FYI: Whenever I criticize Hillary to any of my family members that love her, they automatically assume I support Trump, which I don't.

  Something to think about.
  
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  What Is Your Opinion Of Melania Trump?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think she’s very intelligent and dignified.

  plus, in my humble opinion, i rate her as the most attractive first lady ever..

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  Simon: it's hard to judge without knowing someone or knowing someone

  That is very true. I don't know her. But I can draw some conclusions based on her public behavior. Her tone-deafness is apparent from actions such as wearing the "I really don't care. Do U?" jacket during her trip to McAllen, Texas. Context counts.
  

  Also, the complete irony of her "Be Best" anti-bullying campaign is palpable in light how how her husband treats other people. C'mon, Donald Trump is the self-proclaimed Cyberbully-in-Chief.

  
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  What Is Your Opinion Of Melania Trump?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think she’s very intelligent and dignified.

  plus, in my humble opinion, i rate her as the most attractive first lady ever..

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  I find it very disappointing that the major thrust of the comments on this thread are more concerned with the appearance of the FLOTUS and not the quality of her character. But what should I expect from people that support a reality tv star as President?

  (I predict many “Dislikes” and no genuine dialogue or discussion from the members of the Trump cult in response to this comment.)
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  Watchtower attempts 997 mind trick segue to 1914

  by Darth FayDehr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  fancy a mind trick?

  here’s 2 for the price of 1; if you only want watchtower’s trick, skip to the next paragraph.

  you may need to write this down or use a calculator:.

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  jp1692

  Think of any date in the last 1000 years: 1111

  Swap the digits around anyway you like to come up with an earlier date: No can do!

  Now subtract the earlier date from your original date: 1111 - 1111 = 0
  
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  Watchtower attempts 997 mind trick segue to 1914

  by Darth FayDehr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  fancy a mind trick?

  here’s 2 for the price of 1; if you only want watchtower’s trick, skip to the next paragraph.

  you may need to write this down or use a calculator:.

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  jp1692

  I wrote down: Uriah.

  Isaiah 8:1-2 - The Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.” So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me.
  
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  What Is Your Opinion Of Melania Trump?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think she’s very intelligent and dignified.

  plus, in my humble opinion, i rate her as the most attractive first lady ever..

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  New releases at annual meeting??

  by _Morpheus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this has been mentioned in passing but it seems to deserve its own thread.. this year at the rc, no releases.

  instead they wait to drop them at the annual meeting which isnt a even simulcast event.

  what is their thinking?

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  I, for one, really appreciated this thoughtful point from the new publication, Apply Yourself to Reading and Teaching. In Study #9, Appropriate Use of Visual Aids, we are reminded of this important point:

  • Make sure that your listeners can see the visual aid
    

  This is so helpful, because -- you know -- that might not have occurred to us!
  

  (See the highlighted portion at the bottom of the screenshot):
  

  
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  There will be no fifth generation of jw’s in my family.

  by longgone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i’m happy to say that, yet as always with the wts there is a price to be paid.

  i’ll explain how this is working out.there’s a new development in the family that’s making the final break possible, and sadly is where the penalty for leaving is going to happen.

  only one person of all the jw family history is left that could start a fifth, he’s my nephew.

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  Well that's something worth celebrating!
  
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  Have you seen this appalling new Caleb and Sophia video??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this manipulative new caleb and sophia video has got me so angry!!.

  the level of cultiness has just gone to a whole new level!.

  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/make-jehovah-god-happy/.

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  jp1692

  Okay, that video is epically messed up on so many levels it's hard to know where to begin ,..., but I'm going to just point out one really absurd bit of totally whacked manipulation:

  • How in heaven or on Earth would deliberately NOT answering a math problem which you know the answer to Make Jehovah Happy?

  Really. That's just stupid!
  
  
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  John Ceder used my satire about annual meeting for real

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry guys,.

  the gorby satire fake report of the annual meeting with the coincidence about russia, is used for real in john cedars yt channel.. please concider it for well prepared satire.. and not much more.. g..

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  I for one really appreciate John Redwood's candor in admitting his mistake and explaining why and how it happened.
  

  John Redwood: This is a lesson learned, and rest assured we would never accept such information for a JW Survey article without obtaining confirmation from multiple sources ... is our practice.
  

  Absolutely, using multiple sources to confirm information is important practice which all of us should follow. The more important the information and/or its consequences, the more important it is that we properly source it.
  

  The problem here was that they relied on a single source which they believed to be reliable and so they got suckered.
  

  John Redwood: Unfortunately, all of the information we received came to us within 24 hours or less of taping the Watchtower in Focus program, and we had little time to investigate that specific portion of detail related to the annual meeting.

  Many journalists -- and regular people too -- have fallen into the trap of being in a rush to judgment and a bigger rush to publish. It's just asking for trouble.

  But, hey: it happens!