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  Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?

  by minimus in

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  i know bad cops exist in many cities.

  i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.

  however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.

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  Generally speaking I don’t give shit about the police, I’ve met so many bad ones, mostly traffic cops though. Funnily enough, I’ve had my residency raided by the state drug squad and they were all quite courteous at my house.

  I was driving a sports car 15 or more years ago, got pulled up by a female cop who gets to my car window and says, “Daddy’s car is it?”... a disgracefully unprofessional way to address me I thought. My father was dead and I’d worked my arse off at manual labour in the hot Aussie sun for years to afford the car.

  I do like Rage Against the Machines version of F*ck the Police
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  Why is Life Expectancy in the USA So Low Compared to Other Countries?

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was looking at the world health org.

  report and it shows the us ranks 37th in the world (tied with albania) for combined male/female life expectancy.

  the top 5 were japan, switzerland, singapore, israel and spain, all around 83 years.

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  So if I stop eating entirely, I'll live forever?
  

  Not forever but you might make Armageddon
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  November 2019 Watchtower (Would love to hear the comments in the hall)

  by pleaseresearch in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  from the november 2019 watchtower study edition.. how many of you would like to know what the brothers and sisters would respond to this question.

  also, if you went into a hall how would you like to respond to the question.. 8. how should we respond to lies?.

  8 satan, “the father of the lie,” uses those under his control to spread lies about jehovah and about our brothers and sisters.

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  I’d imagine the JW obsession over apostates will escalate dramatically over the next few years. That’s a multitude of messengers to shoot.
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  From ABC News - Australia

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this morning, this article appeared on our national online news channel; the abc.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-10/jehovahs-witness-abuse-exposed/11561776.

  no-zombie.

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  They can’t join the redress scheme because they’ve spent 100+ years bagging the shit out of governments and their initiatives. Only the WTS provides solutions, worldly institutions are ultimately controlled by Satan.

  Now the government and public want justice for child sexual abuse victims and the WT is going to hang itself on this issue. The idiots are embarrassing themselves in the court of public opinion it’s become a sick joke.

  I can’t see how they can join, not joining will be very detrimental on a number of fronts.
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  Why is it so important to them to let child molesters go out in the field ministry?

  by Eustace in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what's up with the watchtower society still letting those they know to have sexually abused children go out in the field service despite that being crucial to the ruling against them in the conti suit?

  they don't let men with beards go out in the field service in america with the justification that "beards are not the custom" and that therefore they "are not considered acceptable for christian ministers," but having sexually abused a child is somehow acceptable for a christian minister?.

  last i checked molesting children isn't considered socially acceptable according to the customs of the united states and certainly finding out that child molesters are allowed to be jehovah's witness publishers is a whole lot more alienating to potential converts than them seeing jehovah's witness publishers with beards.

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  The WT is run on yes-men not the content or character of individuals, they just want people who will do as they’re told.

  The best JW is always Brother Yes-man, who is out witnessing at every opportunity.
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  AM3 sighting

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's not much but anthony morris the turd had what i believe is his first official post-whiskeygate sighting, in a jwdotorg article that mentioned him giving a talk at a convention.

  getting quite a paunch there!.

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  He’s only trying to survive the obesity epidemic like everyone else, surrounded by cake and red meat.

  Meanwhile the billions starve.
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  I think I made up my mind

  by paradiseseeker in

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  2. friends

  a month ago i travelled alone to italy for three days and i had the opportunity to visit the beautiful florence and re-visit many parts of rome.. but most importantly, i had the opportunity to stay alone and think about my situation and to make up my mind.. i've had very clear for almost 5 years that i will eventually leave the religion, but i couldn't decide when.. but now i know : i will leave on april 20th, the day after the memorial.. that day i will talk to my parents (this is by far the hardest thing to do) and soon afterwards i will talk to my closest friends, then i will send my disassociation letter.

  i know that i will let them down, i will hurt them, most probably some of them will cry... but i need to live coherently for the first time in my life.

  i'm sure that living in this contradiction is affecting and will affect my mental health and it's time for me to help myself instead of others.

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  I just stopped going. No sporadic attendance or just the memorial, just stopped and didn’t explain why.

  If you want to have a honest conversation with your parents do so. I only gave genuine reasons to my parents and a single JW friend. Worked out for the best because years later I still rub shoulders with JWs, It’s like I’m an enigma to them.

  It’s your life and you are 100% right in wanting no part of JWs. Just don’t stress while you’re fading, try and enjoy life during the process.

  All the best.
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  New Poll : Trump 51% Approval Rating

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  more than half the country approve of the president.

  ( just thought you might wanna know)🤓.

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  But wasn’t President Trump going to destroy civilisation and the world as we know it?... or was that Ivanka?
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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  @MMM - Your failure to understand is now staggering.
  

  I gave 3 examples where I’ve seen disciplinary action was handed down, some time later in the discussion you handed out accusations of ‘projection’ against TM3.

  Go back, read and think.
  

  We know moderate elders are everywhere, especially in regards to alcohol.

  I have drank scotch with them after meetings and beers at work with them on meeting days. One thing they were all aware of is presenting themselves as sober always, especially to the conservative elders or MS families.

  This is because the more conservative position is usually favoured in the weakest conscience rules JW world.

  In one of the examples I gave days ago, an elder in my old circuit was going away for a camping trip with a few other couples and families. Loaded the wagon with booze, and was reported in doing so. After an investigation he was stood down as an elder. I gave two other examples of just things I’ve seen.

  Sir82, Cofty and a host of others have given pretty succinct summaries of the topic.

  Maybe take a break for a while, you might start thinking clearly.
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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  Drearyweather, you’ve been marked. Keep this brazen conduct up and you’ll be removed.