i was watching the local news in the background and i heard a guy talking about 3m and how florida was getting screwed.
i didn't hear the whole report.. later, i was switching through the channels and i saw the same guy talking to tucker carlson (fox news).
come to find out he is the federal cdc equivalent at the state level.
I am justifiably cynical. I've been hearing in the news the last few weeks how our "great" american companies are turning out more products like masks to help out in this situation. I wasn't swallowing that. I was thinking that the sad truth is that many companies and individuals do what serves them best. What you posted backs up my cynicism.
3M probably wanted to brag about how it had helped out in this crisis. So much for that.
what the hell is the problem with the famous “men of old” in the bible?
for some strange reason those old geezers (and some not so old) could not recognize who they were screwing?.
my wife was listening to this week’s bible reading about jacob, laban, and the sisters leah, and rachael.
I never understood the Lot account. He was old and so drunk he was unconscious. How did he get an erection, or how did his daughters get him erect? Also, how did they both get pregnant over the course of just two nights? Did they both just happen to be fertile at that time?
And one more thing - they were both virgins. Seems that their first times would have been painful and awkward.
prudent decision even if the pandemic is over you are going to have people that.
lost jobs can't afford to go.
not allowed any vacation time rest of year.
Are you saying that they are officially cancelled, or are you predicting that they will be?
hey all,.
i'm day six of isolation, confirmed to have coronavirus.
i have been seeing very sick cv positive patients over the last month in my a&e role (emergency physician) it was inevitable i would contract it.. just wanted to give some symptom and treatment advice, it's anecdotal but may help.. started as sore throat and headache, then croaky voice, then dry cough, then episodic transient fevers, all this over the first few days.
Thank you much! Very informative. Wish you a speedy recovery.
not only do they want everyone dressed up for the zoom meetings( which i won't do) they decided to keep the zoom meeting at 1pm sunday!
so they don't upset their spiritual routine!
ugh!
It's not about spiritually; it's about control and keeping JWs on the never ending wheel of mindless busy work so they won't have time to question or think for themselves.
I realize now that I would I have been far more spiritual if I had not been a JW. I spent 35 years toiling as a JW with no time for real spirituality.
i haven’t posted here for years as i have now moved on and am satisfied with the choice i have made to leave watchtower.
however in light of the coronavirus and people in australia and other countries being asked to stay at home i became concerned for a witness sister who lives in melbourne alone who is 88 years old.
today i gave her a call as i don’t trust the local witnesses to care for her.
I would tell her not to worry over it. If the JW God is who he says he is, then he knows her feelings and will handle her situation in the best way. She's guaranteed happiness [according to JW belief (I wish I could believe that)], so she will fit in and feel at home wherever she ends up - earth or heaven.
just received a text yesterday...lovebombing to return with so called proof of the gt starting...scaremongering at its peak!.
"hey.
missing you at the meetings.
lancelink, i remember that, too. It was sometime before 1986, and it was about the fact that the UN was declaring 1986 to be The International Year of Peace. When the announcement was made at the end of the district convention where I was in Tennessee, you could hear a pin drop. JWs made a big deal about it. And then it came and went and nothing happened.
petra, would you check and see if atlantis has the app video?.
hi arnold:.
yes, he has the "choose your apps wisely" video and once you see it you will never forget it.
Thank you much, Petra & Atlantis!
Just watched the video. Sickening. Cult. They're so worried about the rank and file learning the real truth.
They act like they're so concerned about "the flock". 'Oh, somebody might steal your info if you use one of these unauthorized apps.' Hell, they stole my whole life - cost me literally millions in missed wages and missed retirement opportunities and other missed opportunities.
just saw this , sent to me in an email.just another way of trying to encourage me to come back coz this is it!
they are doing all they can to still reach out to people despite the lockdown!
i am appalled but at the same time ,i can very well remember when i used to be doing the same thing when pimi thinking i am really helping people , giving them a positive hope , something to look forward to n all.. amazing how thoughts and mind sets once opened changes so drastically!.
"We hope this letter greets you well." Does that even make sense? Letters don't greet, do they?
people are not willing to accept the popularity of the watchtower and awake as these magazines belong to jw.
a listing site has declared the watchtower the most popular magazine in the world.. source: https://tingtopten.com/2020/01/top-10-most-popular-magazines-in-the-world/.
in comment section of this link people are abusing again jehovah's witnesses.
That rank is meaningless. I saw evidence of that for decades. Most JWs didn't read (or read all) of the mags. Of the ones that were actually placed in the field, most were not read or given a second thought. Stacks and stacks ended up lying around unplaced/unread at JWs' houses. Stacks were left at laundromats, hospitals, etc. and probably thrown away.
I, myself, as a believing, zealous, regular pioneer, had hundreds at my house that were never placed. Same with my zealous pioneer JW grandfather. Same with my other JW relatives. Same with my JW friends. Same with mags at the Kingdom Hall.
