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  Hello everyone 😊

  by SuperMarioDiMaggio in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was a jehovah's witnesses for 15 years (1983-1998) in pietermaritzburg and durban, south africa.

  i was baptised in 1985; appointed a ministerial servant in 1987 (aged 21); refused military service on religious grounds in 1989 (served a three year community service sentence) and was appointed an elder in 1993 (aged 26).

  i wrote to the governing body in brooklyn four times between 1992-97, respectfully questioning the nonsense they were publishing about science and evolution (you can see all my correspondence and their hilarious replies here: http://bit.ly/jw-md-letters ).

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  Magnum

  Hey! Thanks for posting. I downloaded the material in the link you provided. Briefly looked over and I think it's going to provide for some interesting reading.

  Thanks again.
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  Spiritual Paradise Watchtower Style

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can you believe the presumption?.

  https://youtu.be/1mamt-krcnc.

  https://youtu.be/wjnk-mr_860.

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  Magnum

  Thanks for posting. Just watched and downloaded a copy for future reference.
  
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  In Grand Assembly (1988) pro-JW film

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anybody heard of this movie?.

  it's so obviously made by a jw under the pretense of being neutral but the gushing is ridiculous.. there's a clip from it here:.

  https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=898735346978554&id=241479099370852&anchor_reactions=true.

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  Magnum

  I don't remember ever hearing of it. The link doesn't work for me. I found it listed on Amazon, but it's currently unavailable: https://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Charles-Sinutko-Gregory-Juaren/dp/B000ELJ3J4. It's also listed at IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816531/.

  Would like to see it in its entirety
  
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  Another heart-worming story

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today, i got an email from an old friend with a story told by brother andre ramseyer who attended training at patterson in england.

  a service dog regularly attended the meetings with his owner.

  when the owner passed away, the dog was given to another blind man.

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  Magnum

  I have some really smart animals, but I don't think an animal could recognize days of the week. I don't think the dog could have known which days were Tuesdays and which were Sundays.
  
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  Theory of Wuhan virus being created in a viral lab now being considered

  by JimmyYoung in

  1. social
  2. current

  i thought it was a strange coincidence that there was a weapons lab right near the supposed wet market where it started.

  china needs to pay for this one way or the other.

  https://www.foxnews.com/world/state-department-cables-coronavirus-origin-chinese-lab-bats.

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  Magnum

  Supernerdboy, I agree with your post.

  I have no feeling one way or the other about whether China created the virus, but I think it's wrong to call those who consider the possibility "conspiracy theorists". As for the fact that Chinese Individuals have contracted the virus, well, I think the Chinese government couldn't care less about the rank and file Chinese and would sacrifice them in a heartbeat to serve itself.
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  Earth Boxes - Has Anyone Here Tried to Use Them to Grow Vegetables

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with some extra time on my hands (putting it mildly), i decided to try planting some vegetables using these things called earth boxes.

  they are basically rectangular tubs with the soil suspended a few inches from the bottom using a screen and you put water into the bottom and you just add water through a tube to the bottom and the plants get their water from beneath instead of adding water from the top.

  then you put a plastic covering around the plants so that weeds don't grow.

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  Magnum

  Thanks for the info.
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  Theory of Wuhan virus being created in a viral lab now being considered

  by JimmyYoung in

  1. social
  2. current

  i thought it was a strange coincidence that there was a weapons lab right near the supposed wet market where it started.

  china needs to pay for this one way or the other.

  https://www.foxnews.com/world/state-department-cables-coronavirus-origin-chinese-lab-bats.

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  Magnum

  joey jojo: Black plague, smallpox, Spanish flu, sars, mers,
  This has happened before and it will happen again.
  No conspiracy needed.

  Considering the history and reputation of the Chinese government, I see nothing wrong with exploring the possibility that it created the virus. To call someone who wonders about such a "conspiracy theorist" is, I think, at best, immature

  Individuals and governments can be and many are evil & self-serving. The term "conspiracy theory" has a negative connotation but I say it shouldn't. For thousands of years Individuals and various entities have "conspired" or come together to achieve certain ends. If I theorize that two or more entities worked together to achieve a goal, you can correctly call my theory a conspiracy theory. It doesn't make my theory wrong, and it shouldn't indicate that I'm some kind of nut job.
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  Earth Boxes - Has Anyone Here Tried to Use Them to Grow Vegetables

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with some extra time on my hands (putting it mildly), i decided to try planting some vegetables using these things called earth boxes.

  they are basically rectangular tubs with the soil suspended a few inches from the bottom using a screen and you put water into the bottom and you just add water through a tube to the bottom and the plants get their water from beneath instead of adding water from the top.

  then you put a plastic covering around the plants so that weeds don't grow.

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  Magnum

  I have seen excellent results with tomatoes, but don't know about anything else.

  Just curious - if I remember correctly, you're in Florida. I'm thinking about moving there. You said the growing season is coming to an end in the next few weeks. Why is that? Will it be too hot? I want to know because I was looking forward to growing stuff if I move there.
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  Anybody have news of Blondie?

  by BluesBrother in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we have all enjoyed reading the proliferation of posts by blondie.

  however, the latest one seems to be four months ago.

  i do hope that she is o k. .

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  Magnum

  I, too, wonder and miss her.
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  App message about jw.org HQ

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  got this week a message from a jw friend about the jw.org headquarters move to warwick.. the message shows how even rational witness (my friend is a rational businessman) share the jw emotional madness that's going arround the jw social media now.

  how sad!

  read for your self:.

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  Magnum

  If Jehovah can so clearly tell them when and where to engage in real estate business, why can't he tell them what a "generation" is? Why couldn't/didn't he stop them from printing all the BS they've printed over the last century that's come back to haunt them?