Posts by GrreatTeacher

Just kidding. My parents have said that they'll get their shots as soon as they are offered, but I get a peculiar sense like they're talking to a worldy person and giving me the " right" answer, but there's something underneath that they are not saying.

I wish I could figure it out.

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Are there more Bethel layoffs in the immediate future?

by LongHairGal in

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i just saw a post on reddit: ‘wt are prepping the r&f for changes in the march/april meeting workbook’.. in the post the person noted what they read (for march 8) and it mentioned bethel adjustments and reference was made to 2015 when bethelites were let go.. if this happens (yet again) another bunch of people are being sent home to fend for themselves in the big bad world at an advanced age with little to no preparation.

even though this doesn’t surprise me, it could not come at a worse time with a global pandemic and massive job loss everywhere..congregations are already in turmoil because of so many who reached retirement age totally unprepared because they were told armageddon would be here before they reached that age.

this is in addition to all the other ‘needy’ and troubled types in the congregations looking for as$istance.. i hope any bethelites there have a plan and some people they can contact.

GrreatTeacher

A solid prediction.

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The Mysterious Missing Islam.....

by snare&racket in

i've discussed this before but not in this context alone.. i remember being about 14 years old, 1994 and starting a study in the uk with a charming muslim from the congo.

he was a very pleasant middle aged guy with a big family, two wives, always the most hospitable.

at the time the watchtower had a book on many religions, a thick red book called 'mankind's search for god' so i would read and discuss the section on islam with him.. interestingly, but not surprising, many details they had were wrong about islam and he would explain how and correct me.

GrreatTeacher

Well I feel stupid. I read "Congo" and thought it was was short for 'congregation' and wondered how there ever came to be "a charming Muslim from the Congo with. . . two wives."

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“He’s Not My President “

by minimus in

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it’s already happening .

biden was officially named president-elect yesterday.

i think trump exhausted all of his avenues to keep the presidency.

GrreatTeacher

He's just like the rest of us now.

He caught Covid, lost his job and now will be evicted from his house.

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Appeal REJECTED!!!!! (Canada - December 2020)

by lssjr in

translation - these two appeal files relate to the same judgment of the superior court, district of montreal rendered 27 february 2019 and rectified on 11 march 2019, which first rejects the request for a declinatory exception made by the appellant (wtpa) and which grants the request for authorization of a class action against the latter and against the other appellant (wtc), in addition to granting the status of representative to the respondent for the group described below:.

all persons who are or have been jehovah's witnesses and who allege to have been sexually assaulted in quebec, while they are minors, by a person occupying the role of elder (the subgroup of sexual assault by the elders).

all persons who are or have been jehovah's witnesses and who allege that they were sexually assaulted in quebec, when they were underage, by a jehovah's witness (the subgroup of sexual assault by jehovah's witnesses).

GrreatTeacher

It's nice to see the PDFs.