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  Joe Biden Scores Whopping 85 Percent Approval Among Those Who Watched Address to Congress

  by Disillusioned JW in

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  2. current

  see the article called just in: joe biden scores whopping 85 percent approval among those who watched address to congress .

  i sure was impressed with it when i saw it..

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  The jury pool are Democrats. The silly poll is typically tainted. If you asked Republicans if they liked Trump’s speech or Biden”s before the Congress , the overwhelming response was Trump hands down. Go to Hollywood celebrities and since the pool is tainted they will say they love anything the Dems say to like. Incidentally, I heard on the radio some other poll said Biden’s numbers were horrible. Lol
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  3 Types of People?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a rule, there are 3 types.

  one is the dramatic over the top person where a hangnail means you might have to get your finger cut off.. the second type is —who me, worry?

  i’m not going to let too much of anything bother me unless it really is armageddon.. the third type is the person in between.

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  All good ones!👌
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  3 Types of People?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a rule, there are 3 types.

  one is the dramatic over the top person where a hangnail means you might have to get your finger cut off.. the second type is —who me, worry?

  i’m not going to let too much of anything bother me unless it really is armageddon.. the third type is the person in between.

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  As a rule, there are 3 types. One is the dramatic over the top person where a hangnail means you might have to get your finger cut off.

  The second type is —who me, worry? I’m not going to let too much of anything bother me unless it really is Armageddon.

  The third type is the person in between. Fairly normal and not extremist.

  Does that pretty much sum up people in your opinion??
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  What affect did the 1918 flu have on the Bible Student Movement?

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  maybe someone has already brought this up, but a news article i ran across:.

  https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/health/churches-covid-1918-lesson-wellness/index.html.

  brings a question to my mind.

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  Actually there’s a lot of splinter Bible Students still around. Of course JWs used to view them as the Evil Slave Class.
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  Development of a False Prophecy

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  based on wt history of repeated false prophecies, here is the way these things seem to develop:.

  1. someone connects unrelated bible verses and comes up with a date for the end.. 2. this date is "confirmed" by outside information, such as pyramid measurements.. 3. they share this "hidden knowledge" with others.. 4. they develop a following of people who are excited to be the only ones on earth who understand "the deep things of god.".

  5. they promote the date.. 6. people laugh them to scorn.. 7. the faithful cry "persecution" and wait expectantly.. 8. as the date approaches, they get more and more excited.. 9. when the date is imminent, leaders get worried and start to hedge their bets through cautionary language.. 10. when the date comes and goes, they come up with some explanation (adam-eve creation gap, no year 0, etc.

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  Yes, they blame the rank and file for believing the BS.
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  The GREATEST—EMERGENCY RESPONDER-----JEHOVAH GOD!

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is not mine, and i check and didn't see me posting it in the past, but it’s appropriate with what covid did to the door to door preaching work.. considering we are living in the last days, and everlasting life is at stake……….

  and the only means of salvation ------is the preaching work……... why would jehovah allow door to door preaching to stop for a whole year-----maybe longer?????.

  all jehovah’s witnesses never noticed how dumb the door to door preaching work actually is.. jehovah is the greatest emergency responder.

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  Proven BS
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  Proud Parent - My son just got accepted to the University of Maryland!

  by GrreatTeacher in

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  2. family

  i'm so proud of my son.

  he has persevered through 2 years of community college.

  three of those semesters were at home because covid19 shut in person classes.

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  Congratulations!!!
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  What Do Today’s Jehovah’s Witnesses Really Think?

  by minimus in

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  when i was a witness i knew what my beliefs were and could defend my views, even if it really was wrong.

  i understood jw doctrines .

  i could define what the faithful and discreet slave was.

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  JW Tom u r right on
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  Woke Oscars cringe

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  actors' acceptance speeches have often been a little dodgy - viewers don't care what political or social views actors may have, we typically appreciate actors acting well.. this year's oscars awards ceremony seems to be going above and beyond, however.. here's frances mcdormand's acceptance speech, in which she dedicates her victory to 'our wolf' and then howls like a bitch, lol.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_be0awgwk.

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  My girlfriend and I always watched the different awards shows. The shows are so woke now, it’s just not interesting! I never have cared what an actor thinks. Like they should be preaching to us what we should think?? Please.
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  Headship and WT's Changed Understanding

  by Bobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't think anyone has mentioned that the february 2021 study wt (p. 15, 16; par.

  8) changed wt's long standing view on headship within the congregation.

  wt used to view all baptized males as being the head of all baptized sisters.. this view led to such absurdities as a sister having to wear a head covering on a bible study because her baptized 10 year old son was sitting in on the study with her.

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  Based on Blue’s brother, it doesn’t sound like anything is changed.