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  World's oldest person Emma Morano dies at 117

  by jp1692 in

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  the world's oldest person has died in italy at the age of 117, reports say.. emma morano was born on 29 november 1899 in the piedmont region of italy.

  she was officially the last person born in the 1800s still living.. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39610937.

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  The world's oldest person never dies.....
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  Anyone know what the special talk is this weekend?

  by charity7 in

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  non jw so thank you for bearing with me.

  do special talks happen with individual congregations or is it throughout?

  i was told by my husband that i had to go with him and the rest of his family to the special talk that was happening this weekend.

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  Always used to be a Special Talk soon after the memorial to mop up any interest new/curious ones....I can't mock them as many are sincere .
  
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  When did the Iron Age start according to the Bible? You'll be surprised!

  by Crazyguy in

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  read this over at reddit so the credit goes to the person over there but in genesis 4:22 it's say one of the offspring of adam knew how to work with iron roughly 130 years after the creation of man.

  now historians and scientists say man didn't figure out how to use iron until about 1100 bc, man we're we wrong!

  it's also interesting that cain is building a city when there like 10 people on the planet and nimrod goes on to build the tower of babel only about 100 year after the flood.

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  The Iron age began when they put creases in trousers. Obvious....
  
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  Attending the 2017 Memorial

  by Disassociated Lady 2 in

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  2. experiences

  after contemplating whether or not to attend the memorial this year i finally went.

  this time last year i had been reinstated and within weeks the elders summoned me to the kh to interrogate me about my past and place of residence.

  i was angry with them and lost my temper and stood up to them.

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  After I had been DF , for 'brazen conduct,' ( as I had taken one of my late wife's carer's out for a daytime meal to thank her for her help, and refused to admit it was wrong to do), I continued to attend the meetings for around 8 months or so. All that time, a certain well grounded and respected elder ( a genuinely intelligent and sensitive man as it happens) always came over to acknowledge me and pat my shoulder. His kindness and obvious concern stood out compared to other so called christian elders who at my Judical hearing seemed unable to comprehend basic human kindness.There are genuinely caring and compassionate men in the congregations, ( and women too.!) but most seem afraid to broach corporate policy and act human.
  
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  Was it just me or was something different about the memorial last night?

  by kpop in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was the first memorial that i declined to do any work for the memorial.

  i was assigned as a parking attendant after getting downgraded from doing the sound and had no intention of doing either task but i had to attend for my family and continuation of my fade.

  i sat there last night listening to the talk and couldn't help but shake my head as my brain attempted to process the bs.

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  locally hall was busy, but that's just because two congregations have now reverted to just one, as finances and attendances fall. Apparently talk was dull in the extreme and a friend of mine who attended told me that most rushed to leave after....
  
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  We hid from JW's !!

  by Phizzy in

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  well, not exactly hid, but we did what homeowners used to do to us when we were door knocking as jw's.. they trundled in to my street about half past four this afternoon, delivering memorial invitations, one jw lady who i have known since she was born, looked right at me through my street facing window, it was then i realised who they were.. i was semi-naked having just come in from sunbathing, and mrs phizzy said " i am not going to the door if they ring".

  i said "well, i can't be arsed to get dressed so they can just ring !"..

  eventually they sent a youngish lady who i did not recognise, she rang the bell, we did not answer, so she shoved the invite through the door.. i kind of feel strange about this, if they come to my door i usually chew the fat with them, but it also felt kind of liberating to just ignore them.. i do feel that they will think i was too cowardly to answer the door, which i know is not so, i simply could not be arsed, but then, who cares what they think ?

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  I was working in a garden , one of several in a small open cul de sac locally , and the owners were sitting on garden bench close to the pavement, when a JW, an elder, was calling on homes. He rang each doorbell, and waited a little, but got no replies, as most people just ignored him. I knew most were in at the time as I'd seen them! Then he came to my client's home. He didn't see me watching him a few yards away. He rang the bell, I heard it ,but the clients didn't. He then walked right past my client's and said nothing!! He could have had an informal chat, invited them to the memorial, or even just acknowledged them, but he did absolutely nothing!!! What a waste of time witnessing has become these days. No effort to reach people. I couldn't believe it when he just walked past them!!!!! This man is a wel known 'senior' elder. I guess because he was on his own he could get away with just a token service effort....To think when I was 'in', I never ignored anyone, and made effort to talk with everyone...Things have changed a lot in the few years since...Why??
  
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  JW.Org claims they have fullfilled Jesus command to preach in all the inhabited earth.Have they really done that ? I dont think so.

  by smiddy in

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  apart from the fact that they have mainly followed in the footsteps of christendom before them what virgin territories have they ever gone to that christendom before them has not gone to .

  i would think none.. how many lands ,countrys ,are their that they have never made any significant inroads into ?.

  we are not talking about token service in any of these countrys in major cities , but a real door to door witness to every individual householder that gets it every few months as in western lands.. some that i can think of : north korea ,mainland china , bangladesh ,india , pakistan , jordan , israel , iran , syria ,burma ( sorry cant think of the new name ).

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  critical times hard to deal with v whenever they are saying peace then instant destruction is upon them. Take your pick. Bad news events means end is near, good news means end is near. Delusional..
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  Number of Muslims protesting London terrorist attack = ZERO. Number of Muslims protesting forced Mosque closure in France = HUNDREDS

  by kpop in

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  2. bible

  so it is now two days after another islamic terrorist attack.

  how many muslims are in the streets protesting and condemning this evil?

  how many are marching in all the big cities condemning this in mass protests?.

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  I, too, waited for the genuine Muslim community to come out and condemn publicly the attrocity. But nothing. Why? Does their 'religion' condone it? If not, then they should be openly saying so. Their silence is deafening.........and baffling.
  
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  Looking forward to going to Memorial this year!

  by kpop in

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  2. friends

  i have some tricks to play.

  i know it may sound childish but i feel that creating havoc and forcing the memorial to be postponed will be the highlight of the night!

  wish me luck!.

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  Not good idea. Show respect for others beliefs etc. To do otherwise is to invoke repercussion. Live and let live. Rise above any impulse to be nasty. There's enough stupidity in the world already, why add to it?. Be good!!
  
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  Thorn in the Elders' Side

  by IronSharpensIron in

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  2. beliefs

  i've been out of the jw for some time.

  but i was just recalling this guy that had formerly been an elder, but had not agreed with the rest of the elders on some issues and had stepped down.

  he continued to go to the meetings, make comments at the hall and be critical of the elders.

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  Yes, several. In my 30+ years in, I've known several very fairminded and human elders. They stood out as able to listen to both sides of any discussion without being partial. They had hearts. They didn't always automatically agree with everything that came from the GB and often expressed constructive criticism of other 'superior' self appointed elders. Sadly most have died. They were very much missed.