They are not taking into account that those people who are drinking more, are not drinking more, but are drinking at home instead of pubs, bars, and other locations.
Tameria2001
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People Are Drinking a Lot More When "Locked Up" in Their Homes
by RubaDub init was amusing the other evening on the local news to see the increase of drinking due likely to people having to basically stay at home.. the news crew went out on recycle day in a couple of areas during the week.
they showed the general neighborhoods (but not the specific houses).
the reporter walked down the street and looked into the recycle bins.
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Have You Isolated Yourself Because of the Virus 🦠?
by minimus insome people i know have not gone out of their houses in weeks.
some will walk near their homes and run right back in.
meanwhile, i go food shopping and i see tons of people, many with masks and gloves on..
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I have and it is really starting to stink. Tomorrow (April 2) will be two weeks was the last day my husband worked, so now we only venture out when we have to, which is about once a week.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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Tameria2001
I was watching from my community a televised town meeting regarding the Covid-19. The subject came up about capacity rules for bars and restaurants. At the moment the new rules are Bars and restaurants are required to observe an occupancy rate of no more than 50% of the total occupancy rate as set by the Fire Marshal. Tables are required to be at least six feet apart. This is subject to change when the need arises according to CDC rules.
The topic of religious services also came up, yes it was asked, and the answer was that there will be no changes to religious services. After reading about what happened in Italy, and North Korea, and how that was spread so rapidly in those locations because one person came home and went to their church and exposed many many people. Why did they exclude religious services from these same set of rules?
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War question
by tmkm130 inhi, my father is a jehovah's witness.
my sister wanted to do something nice for him and decided to have a shirt made with the ship he was on when he was in the navy many years ago.
he was not in the war, but he said that he can't wear it because jehovah's witnesses don't believe in war.
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Tameria2001
This might get you started on why he said that. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102002078
The Watchtower tells their members that they are no part of the world, meaning they don't get involved in quite a bit of things, the military is one of those things. I remember when I was a JW one of the things I was told that if a person became a JW, and they had anything such as a cross that was a family heirloom, they would have to destroy or throw away that item.
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Pedophiles and Sex Offenders Are Fighting Back Against Their Victims!
by BucketShopBill inuse your search engine to locate all the lawsuits pedophiles are filling up the courts with to say the "sex registry is unconstituional", "pedophlia is a choice like homosexuality is" and reclassification of their crimes.
consenting male adults is their choice, how can a five-year old boy give his choice to have sex with a forty-five year old male?
you hear things as time passes by, i had the chance to listen to a legal professional say that if gay marrige was approved pedophiles would be banging at the door to get recognized as a social norm.
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Tameria2001
The problem with their logic that they were born that way, the problem is that their victims did not have a say so in the assault. Before you know it, it will be the rapist who will attempt the same as the pedos. But when you think about it doesn't that make pedos rapist as well?
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JW's had a reason for wanting to be banned in Russia?
by Terry ininteresting video.
i'd like everybody's thoughts on this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrlfvxinte8&fbclid=iwar2omsj1dkm7rzxcyjblkd9aqnnp5xmijrxoc-rfaoh7ucfgvwlpkiynofs.
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Tameria2001
I watched most of it, and he talked about why Russia ban on the JW, and it was over the files on the criminal who are hiding in the organization (murders, pedos, rapists, and so on). Russia spent something like 10 years investigating the JWs, and they were paying attention to what other countries were going through with them.
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Tameria2001
I'll repeat what neat blue dog said, No, because what they teach is a lie. One thing I don't have time for is and that is when someone is jerking my chain, life is much too short for that crap.
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Will you attend the Memorial 2020 ? - Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
by bats in the belfry in... or rather listen to the advice on their jw news website:.
show love to others.
while we all know the importance of attending christian meetings and participating in the public ministry, if you are sick, it is best to stay home to avoid infecting others.
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The last Memorial I ever attended was 1996, that was a whole 5 years before I officially left the Watchtower. That was 24 years ago for me this year, so no.
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What triggered your awaking?
by Fadeaway1962 ini was listening to a radio show about a jw women who had been disfellowshiped , her daughter cut off all contact ,must admit at the time i thought so what.. then this man phoned up and explained he was disfellowshiped for asking about jws being ngo in the united nations during 90s till early 2000s when a newspaper exposed them , i still thought he's a apostate but looked it up found the article then found this forum and even more info..
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Tameria2001
My awakening was back in 2001, and it was one of those years, If it can go wrong, it will go wrong, type of year. We had just moved into our home (rental) and everything was breaking down, all our appliances (we owned those) and both our vehicles. To top it off my eldest son at the time was only 5, was having some serve medical issues, that required him to be hospitalized.
Fortunately, our appliances were still under warranty, and the man who sold them to us came to our home to repair them. While he was there we got to talking and told him about what was going on. He (not a JW) said that his wife has a saying, she would say when you have a lot of things going wrong, someone or something in the universe is trying to tell you something.
A couple of days later I was reading through the bible when I came across the scripture at Deuteronomy 18:21 & 22 where it talks about false prophets, and something clicked in my mind like a light bulb turning on. My mother became a JW back in the early 1970s to survive Armageddon and to be reunited with my older sister (who died at the age of 5) in the fall of 1975. After that, I really dug into really researching everything, and 3 months later my husband and I sent in our DA letters. It was shortly after that 9-11 happened, I learned about the Watchtower NGO/UN connection, and a news article on TV came out about the pedo issue in the Watchtower. If I was still in by the time the pedo issues were being exposed, I would have for sure left it at that point.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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Tameria2001
Does anyone know how California has been affected currently, especially around southern California? I just learned that my son has been transferred (military) to the area. I don't know any more than that.