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  North Korea threatening to bomb Guam...

  by mikeflood in

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  crazy kim again....could happen?

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  Excellent article!

  Our problem is that Trump has no "skin in the game" There have never been any personal consequences to his actions.

  The idea of having to kill someone to activate the codes would probably work with Trump. Given the way he fires individuals by proxy, I doubt he'd have the guts to kill someone with his own hands. This might even work with Kim Jong Un.

  In the case of Putin, I think he'd readily kill someone without compunction. With him, I think you'd have to have him press a button that instantly erased all his billions stashed all over the world.
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  North Korea threatening to bomb Guam...

  by mikeflood in

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  crazy kim again....could happen?

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  This is like saying no to having an infected appendix removed because it will hurt.

  This is all well and good if you're willing to kill hundreds of thousands of South Koreans and possibly subject Japan to nuclear fallout on the unproven assumption that NK has nuclear missiles ready to go.

  If you happened to be vacationing in Seoul with family and friends, would you be so ready to sacrifice your life and theirs on that assumption?

  It's easy to be brave when you have nothing to lose.
  
  
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  Me and my schools band

  by Akid48 in

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  so i made this to take off some of the anxiety of what i have to tell all my friends when i have to go to my band camp i have to go to.. so i play tuba in my school i love it i had made friends that are now close friends.so i am number 1 or 2 when it comes to how good we play so when placements for what band your in for next year i was put in to honors band my aunt said good job but when we went to the meeting for it she got mad saying she thinks it to much for me going into school early than i do staying at school later and some things she said was right but the thing that got her mad is that i might not be able to go to the meetings after home work etc and she went more into the jw things on school.. the thing that gets me mad is that know i have to think of a way to tell my friends that i im out of honors band because of jw reasons.. one more thing is i cant do many things i suck at sports and many more butt playing the tuba was the one thing i could say im good at than video games but it seems like at high school i might have to drop it :(.

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  If the rehearsals for band only occasionally conflict with meetings, I would encourage you to speak with the band director and explain your problem.

  In my experience, allowances can be made if the director is aware of the dilemma, especially if you are an asset to the ensemble.

  The only problem would be to miss a meeting due to a performance, but surely you could go to another hall for that particular meeting, on the rare occasion that a conflict arises.

  After all, where did the musicians on the JW recordings come from? I suspect a great number were involved in music during their high school years.

  All the best to you!
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  North Korea threatening to bomb Guam...

  by mikeflood in

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  When asked how can anything be tougher than fire and fury, he replied "We'll see."

  Translation " I don't have a clue".
  
  
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  New Research at AJWRB

  by Lee Elder in

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  the latest research article published at ajwrb estimates the number of jehovah's witnesses who have died from following or being coerced to follow watchtower's blood policy.

  the numbers are staggering.

  http://ajwrb.org/jehovahs-witnesses-and-blood-tens-of-thousands-dead-in-hidden-tragedy.

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  Has anyone here been in a congregation where someone was disfellowshipped for receiving a transfusion and later reinstated? I would certainly go that route if it meant saving the life of myself or a loved one.

  I'm constantly amazed that people are willing to be disfellowshipped to get out of a bad marriage, yet will sacrifice their life to avoid a transfusion and subsequent disfellowshipping. Does the Bible say that one is beyond redemption if they accept blood?
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  New Cringe Worthy Music Video From July Broadcast

  by JW_Rogue in

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  the song is supposedly about marveling at god's creation but instead includes over the top adoration of the elders, conventions, and family worship.

  lol getting a brother who sounds like a wannabe josh groban only adds to the cheesiness.

  https://youtu.be/tzxf25gvs_m.

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  Reminds me of what you hear after someone says "please hold" on your telephone.
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  Speaking of the 144,000...................

  by The Fall Guy in

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  ...........why would an all-powerful christ, whom the bible describes as having been given "all authority", need 144,000 other king/priests as "helpers" to run his universal organization?

  (matthew 28:18) .

  1 corinthians 15:25 - "for he [not 144,000] must rule as king until god has put all enemies under his feet.".

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  Also, their having been humans will enable them to understand and sympathize with us. They know what it means to be tired, worried, discouraged. They know the effort needed to become more patient, kind and merciful.

  Unlike Jesus?
  
  
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  Marry only in the Lord

  by Jules Saturn in

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  the second half of 1 corinthians 7:39 reads "...she is free to be married to whomever she wants, only in the lord.".

  so we all know that scripture for being doctrine for witnesses when they select a marriage mate and how they are strictly encouraged to marry amongst themselves and look down upon or marked if they marry an outsider.

  i have a friend who met a worldly man and when it came to light, her father gave her the option to end the relationship or to marry him, and she chose the latter.

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  I would think they'd welcome an opportunity to create another convert, when the wife showed the unbeliever how much better the JW lifestyle was.

  Who wouldn't want to be one of the happiest people on Earth?
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  Stupid Illustration

  by FedUpJW in

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  so as i sit here listening to the sunday morning bs session the elder on the stage yapped about religion and that there can only be one religion leading to god.

  he used the illustration of a bicycle wheel.

  it has many spokes and they all lead to the center.

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  Only having one spoke explains the veering in many directions and occasional crashes of Jehovah's chariot.
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  JW Parents and kicking out their children

  by NJ501 in

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  is it a common practice for jw parents to kick their children out of the home, if the child doesn't want to be a jw.

  (even though their not disfellowshipped they will still get kicked out for not going to meetings etc.??).

  do other religions encourage kicking family members out this as well?

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  I don't want to leave and live an immoral lifestyle either.

  It depends upon your definition of immoral. I think it's immoral to abandon your children. Besides, believe it or not, you can be moral without being a Witness. I prefer people who are moral out of true conscience and principle, rather than fear, and there are far more of them than there are Witnesses.

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