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  Is the tide turning against covid vaccines?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
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  have you seen this video about the covid vaccines?

  have you got any views on the information?

  i find it worrying at least.

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  He is a heart doctor and he is talking about heart problems and their causes, so how is his expertise not relevant?

  His expertise is very relevant, but it's just not broad enough for the nature of the claim. It's one thing for a cardiologist to notice an uptick in myocarditis and suspect that a recent vaccination is the cause. But correlation is not causation and making a water tight case for the latter gets into other disciplines. That's why these articles are usually authored by several individuals from various fields
  

  Again, I'm not saying he's wrong, but there is going to be some pushback.
  
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  Is the tide turning against covid vaccines?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
  2. current

  have you seen this video about the covid vaccines?

  have you got any views on the information?

  i find it worrying at least.

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  TD

  The critique was written by someone who is not a heart doctor...

  Mahotra is actually pretty far afield himself here. As the reviewer noted, he did not acknowledge, let alone attempt to explain studies contrary to his interpretation.
  

  That is sloppy. and I've very surprised it got past peer review.

  Please understand, this does not automatically make him wrong, but it does cast a shadow over his interpretation(s).
  
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  Is the tide turning against covid vaccines?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
  2. current

  have you seen this video about the covid vaccines?

  have you got any views on the information?

  i find it worrying at least.

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  TD

  A critique of the sloppy methodology can be found here:

  https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/article-by-cardiologist-aseem-malhotra-made-unsupported-claims-about-benefits-risks-covid-19-vaccination/
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  Kongressnachlese 2022 - Kinder in Betten

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why is this a double post ?

  just curious as i don`t understand the language ?.

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  TD

  --Not seeing the duplication. (Maybe deleted?)

  This person did two posts after a 10 year hiatus.

  Kinder in Betten, which asked why the child in bed motif seems to be repeated so often in the 2022 convention videos

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  TV Glotz Congress, which made fun of the JW's who dress up, wear lapel badges, applaud and stand up to sing for a virtual convention that they're watching on their television.

  (The language is German)
  
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  Ukraine - Nato - US crisis

  by mikeflood in

  1. social
  2. current

  don't understand....but this crisis in ukraine seems to be getting out of control....i mean, everybody knows how to start a war..... by the way, as always, people at the borg are having a field day.....

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  Or is that just too simplistic a reason.

  People seem to prefer YouTube videos over boring, old print, so here is a rather depressing summary by a U.S. geopolitical analyst:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dllwF-ezTiU
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  Kongressnachlese 2022 - TV Glotz Kongress

  by + in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  also ich winke jeden tag meinem tv-gerät und wer von uns hat nicht schon vor wachtturmcomicsbildchen geweint.. wer an dämonen, vampire und wehrwölfe glaubt, der glaubt auch das sich der fernseher freut, wenn ich in seine richtung klatsche.

  wenn ich mir alleine vor dem fernseher ein kongressvideo ansehe, stecke ich mir auch mein namensschild an.. in zukunft poste ich nur noch selfies mit meinem fernsehgerät.. und wenn ich in zukunft vor dem fernsehgerät singe stehe ich selbstverständlich dabei auf – denn gott sieht alles, er hört alles und er riecht alles….

  kongressnachlese 2022. tv glotz kongress.

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  TD

  The OP is lampooning the sentiments expressed in the attached video. (Just in case that's not clear)
  

  Clapping, wearing lapel badges, dressing formally, etc for a virtual convention is kinda culty to be honest.
  
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  Kongressnachlese 2022 - Kinder in Betten

  by + in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  wieso werden von den zeugen jehovas auf dem diesjährigen kongress, kinder in betten gefilmt und diese filme im internet untereinander geteilt?.

  warum liefern jehovas zeugen auf dem diesjährigen kongress die vorlage das mit kindern im bett die bibel studiert werden soll?.

  warum liefern jehovas zeugen, in dem erwachet vom oktober 2007, dann eine der umfangreichsten und besten tipps im freien internet, wie man kinder erfolgreich missbraucht.. .

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  Warum liefern Jehovas Zeugen auf dem diesjährigen Kongress die Vorlage das mit Kindern im Bett die Bibel studiert werden sol
  

  Ich weiß nicht.

  Gute-Nacht-Geschichten sind in manchen Kulturen weit verbreitet.

  Vielleicht ist die Idee, diese Gute-Nacht-Geschichten durch Bibelstudium zu ersetzen
  
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  Babylon the Great and the last Pope

  by mikeflood in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what do you guys think of the evangelicals theory about babylon the great and the last pope...just starting this big book out of curiosity...like 500 pages...it seems there is a lot of different thinking from the borg.

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  Babylon the Great was 1st century Rome. (As Jeffro said above)

  Imperial Rome was personified as the goddess Dia Roma, which the Jews absolutely despised.

  The parallels between the "seven hill upon which the woman sits" and the "many waters" she sits by are unmistakable in depictions of the goddess, such as you will find on the obverse side of Roman coins.
  

  The premise of this book is a prophecy attributed to St. Malachy, centuries after he allegedly uttered it, so it's in a whole different league compared to JW writings on Revelation.

  You might want to take a look at what other books these two wingnuts (Horn and Putnam) have written.
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  Mormon abuse allegations

  by RolRod in

  1. social
  2. current

  mormons in the news covering up abuse allegations.

  https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/us/wirestory/mormons-meet-salt-lake-city-biannual-conference-90816632.

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  Perhaps:

  https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/mormons-meet-salt-lake-city-biannual-conference-90816632

  (?)
  
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  I'm Not Saying Americans are Stupid

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  but maybe they over-value their own abilities.

  c'mon, imagining you could fight a gorilla, lion, elephant, or bear with your bare hands?!?.

  this could be an amazing new reality tv show though ... "ok, bubba, you've just beaten a dog ... now for $16,000 do you want to fight a chimpanzee?

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  TD

  Interesting

  Chimpanzee and Kangaroo might be slightly explainable via media images of juveniles. (i.e. A lot of people, apparently many of them Americans, don't understand how big and strong an adult male of either species is)

  But grizzly and lion? You would think most people understand the concept of suicide. - LOL