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  Have You Lost Any “Friends” Because Of Your Political Views?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i have lost a couple of fb friends.

  i have had conversations with many of my friends regarding politics and since we generally view politics in the same way, there is little dissension.

  however i do have some friends that don’t see things properly, my way, and i still like them.🤗lol....i know of some families that have stopped talking to each other because of something as stupid as political differences..

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  the girl next door

  These past few months, my own feelings and thoughts on things have been the greatest disturbance to me. Nevermind what everyone else is saying.

  I have gone off of social media and refuse to listen to the news anymore.

  Yet here I am posting in this forum.

  I chalk it up to being somewhat of a lifeline to a community I like to believe I have much in common with when much of the time I still feel like the outcast the cult wishes for and like a lonely orphaned child in the real world.

  The world around us may be going through a rough spell. Honestly, its nothing like the suffering as a JW and the long journey to find the way out for most of us.

  Politics evolve. Even our own views on them will over time. Surviving a cult is an experience unique to each of us and should bring into balance any challenges we face moving forward through life and politics and the individuals we will interact with along the way.
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  P. Ms Letter to non subscibers to Redress Scheme

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  spotted this article this morning.

  i will try to post a link.. jtg.. australia.. institutions refusing to join the national redress scheme are "doubling down" on the crime of child sexual abuse, prime minister scott morrison says.. mr morrison and social services minister anne ruston have warned institutions they may lose funding and tax concessions if they fail to sign up by tuesday's deadline and will be named and shamed.. "all institutions are doing in not joining is doubling down on the crime and doubling down on the hurt," they said in a letter to 25 institutions.. "we consider it to be reprehensible that you have failed to sign up to the scheme.".

  the jehovah's witnesses is among the organisations that has refused to sign up, arguing it does not have the institutional settings of other faith-based institutions that the redress scheme is designed to cover.. senator ruston is set to name the non-participating institutions on wednesday, when she will announce what action the federal government will take against them.. "we urge you to join the scheme not because of concerns about being identified, but because it is the right thing to do," the minister and mr morrison said.. "it is the right thing to do by survivors and their families and it is what every, decent, honest, australian demands.".

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  Stephane-

  Your arguments are accurately strong. However, the court of public opinion will weigh differently. And speaking as someone with close family ties to the continent I can tell you the fall out for JWs is exponentially worse than any law of the land could compel.

  This is no accident and the commission knows very well how its agenda will ultimately hurt the JWs (and others like them) bottom line across the states of Aus.

  Revisit this theme in 5 years time and I assure you the JWs wont be a blip on the map of organized religion on the island.
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  Aunt Jemima and Mrs.Buttersworth Need To Be Destroyed!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we have to get rid of these racist relics.

  i propose that we destroy all these bottles of syrups and burn every pancake box !

  we need to get rid of anything that reminds us of anything negative concerning slavery.. in boston they decapitated the head of christopher columbus and got rid of his statue.

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  Both have a knee to their throat until death.
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  Do You Believe Polls Saying Trump Will Lose To Biden?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a new fox poll says biden is up by 12 percentage points.

  of course, most other polls say trump will be trounced this time around.. do you think the polls might be right this time?

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  Trump has been captivatingly entertaining.

  More people are interested in politics today because of him.

  To me thats a win.

  Of course it is like a train wreck you can not stop watching. But hey?
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  Is Silent Lambs and Bill Bowen still relevant?

  by HappyDad in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  when i joined this forum in 2004, silent lambs was a very important venue for those who suffered the crime of child abuse in the jehovah's witness religion.

  bill bowen was instrumental in exposing a lot of the cover up along with barbara anderson.

  i was wondering if silent lambs is still relevant and does it still help abuse victims?.

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  Bill was a pillar in the ExJW scene for many many years and no reason not to still consider him so. He helped a lot of people.

  Like every prominent ExJW he came with his controversies. It really doesn't bother me.

  Bill and those like him can not carry the torch forever. They blazed a trail. It's up to younger generations to pick up the ball. And they are.

  I find satisfaction seeing these hard ballers fade away out of the limelight. It means they are probably completely free from the dark shadow the Watchtower cast over our/their lives.

  An Ex ExJW is to me one of life's greatest accomplishments.
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  What is Truth?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  2. bible

  ravi zacharias just passed away the other day.

  this is his defense on jesus being the truth.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n77d4dugp4.

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  I didn't even click on the link above, but I think a lot of atheists may have the existence of Jesus wrong.
  

  Prominent historians agree that Jesus existed.

  However, when historians focus on the life of Jesus, they discover a Jesus completely different from the one portrayed by popular culture or by religious texts.
  
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  Do You Believe Polls Saying Trump Will Lose To Biden?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a new fox poll says biden is up by 12 percentage points.

  of course, most other polls say trump will be trounced this time around.. do you think the polls might be right this time?

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  "Allies-turned-critics"

  Haley said the President's decision to remove US troops from northern Syria during Turkey's plans to launch a military offensive in the region would equate to the US leaving its Kurdish allies "to die."

  After Trump tweeted: "Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!"Haley replied, "This is so unnecessary."

  In December 2017, Haley said that the women who had accused President Trump of touching or groping them without their consent "should be heard." On October 9, 2018, she tendered her resignation as the U.N. ambassador, which President Donald Trump accepted.
  
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  Do You Believe Polls Saying Trump Will Lose To Biden?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a new fox poll says biden is up by 12 percentage points.

  of course, most other polls say trump will be trounced this time around.. do you think the polls might be right this time?

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  Trump allies-turned-critics including several of the men and women Trump hand-selected to lead agencies across the federal government.

  Former Defense Secretary James Mattis

  Former Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer

  Former White House national security adviser John Bolton

  Former White House chief of staff John Kelly

  Former White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster

  Former Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert

  Cliff Sims, former special assistant to the President and director of White House Message Strategy

  Omarosa Manigault Newman, former director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison

  Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci

  Gary Cohn, former National Economic Council director

  Former White House counsel Ty Cobb

  Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley

  Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

  Former US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker

  Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions

  The anonymous author of a 2018 New York Times op-ed and book "A Warning"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Aunt Jemima and Mrs.Buttersworth Need To Be Destroyed!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we have to get rid of these racist relics.

  i propose that we destroy all these bottles of syrups and burn every pancake box !

  we need to get rid of anything that reminds us of anything negative concerning slavery.. in boston they decapitated the head of christopher columbus and got rid of his statue.

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  Hot in Phoenix?
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  Aunt Jemima and Mrs.Buttersworth Need To Be Destroyed!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we have to get rid of these racist relics.

  i propose that we destroy all these bottles of syrups and burn every pancake box !

  we need to get rid of anything that reminds us of anything negative concerning slavery.. in boston they decapitated the head of christopher columbus and got rid of his statue.

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  the girl next door

  I too live in an area 99.9 percent white.

  It's often referred to as the hills have eyes.

  Don't get too worked up. You have at least 30 extra days before the zombies reach you.