Posts by stillMS

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-0:6 negative growth 2020 service year

by Fadeaway1962 in

phttps://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=e&pub=syr20&srcid=share .

plus another increase in memorial partakes number etc .

stillMS

I've checked the KHs in India on the google maps. Firstly, it's hard to find any street views on the maps, so it's hard to evaluate what the KHs there actually look like.

But from my humble search, and footage I was able to find, it seems they're not the KHs in the common sense. It's more of some various real estate having little to do with standard Starbucks look in the West.

They're sometimes as close as 1 km from each other. It all looks more like a long-term real estate investment to the rapidly developing country (rather than a sign of extraordinary growth).

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The problem with Capitalism!---Billionaires

by pistolpete in

as imperfect and flawed capitalism is, it has worked better than other forms of economic and political systems-so far.

it’s very simple in “theory.” capitalism is an economic and-or, political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

in other words, keep government out of it as much as possible.

stillMS

The topic is very interesting to me. I've been thinking about similar things for quite a while.

My idea so far is that we as humanity should invent something different to address the problems raised. I'd like to see the discussion to move away from Capitalism vs Socialism/Communism holy wars (which sounds so 19-20th centurish :) ).

There are already some efforts to build the picture of our future - like by the weforum.org or the like. But they also have their flaws - so there's much work in this field, I believe.

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официальный сайт Свидетелей Иеговы в России

by mutabor in

официальный сайт свидетелей иеговы в россии https://jwrussia.news/news.html.

stillMS

Привет, дорогой брат!
Ты попал прямо по адресу ;)

28

How much do Elders actually get along with each other?

by Davros in

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i was reading in the shepherding book that elders should “ cultivate and maintain friendships with one another.”, and thought to myself “bulls$it!” i remember that most of the elders in my old congregation were nothing but nasty asses.

i know it may vary from congregation to congregation, but do elders generally get along with each other behind closed doors in elders meetings?

or, are they often in conflict with each other?

stillMS

I can add quite a recent story from my former congo.

My friend who is an elder now, complained me about his fellow-elder and his wife who are known to be bullies, slanderers and outright liars. When this whole conflict story had got to the CO's attention, he said, in effect 'Shut up, all of you - unless you both want to be removed!'

Now, they both quietly hate each other...

P. S.: It's so cute :)

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"extremism" -- What specifically did Russia ban Jehovah's Witnesses for?

by Pallbearer in

russia's reason for banning jehovah's witnesses is said to be due to extremism.

but what exactly does that mean, or refer to?

specifically, what practice (or practices) of jehovah's witnesses does russia consider to be extreme?

stillMS

I'd say 'ALL of the above' plus some other local (rational and not too rational) reasons

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2020-Articles Of Association--Bylaws--Notice Of Special Meeting! (as of 2020-11-25)

by Atlantis in

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2020--articles of association and bylaws--3 pages.. .

2020--notice of special meeting in december--8 pages.

if you are a jw read carefully before you sign.. .

stillMS

The retiring of our dear Atlantis and Petra will definitely make the Borg super happy.

Still, I'm very grateful to them and their team/sources for all the work they've been doing for years!

I would love to see them back to work, of course :) - but fully respect any decision they make.

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"She could have just walked out."

by Lost in the fog in

can you really imagine that a young teenager in a room full of stern grown-ups is going to say "i've had enough of this and i am walking out."?

i really hope it will go to trial.

utah high court weighs case of woman who says church made her listen to audio of her rape as a teenager.

stillMS

I wouldn't trust this sick and tricky lying bastards from the Borg to deal with any children in general, and with CSA in particular.

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If Whites Are Inherently Racists.....

by minimus in

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does that mean that blacks are too?

?.

stillMS

Thetruthhurts - did they tell you there were non-white slave-owners, and white slaves?

Did they tell you the world is not that uniform to make such broad statements like 'whites inherently having privilege that minorities do not'?

P.S. I too could go on about this but I'll stop here 🙂

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New Discord server.

by Mike1 in

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i recently created a discord server in order to create a community of exjw and associated ones.

the decision to create it came from a desire to have an inclusive and safe environment for those affected by the wt.

one in which we can share ideas and experiences, and meet other people with similar interests.

stillMS

The link doesn't work, though :)

We use Discord heavily in the Russian-speaking XJW-community for quite a while.

It's actually, quite a handy platform - as far as I can tell, so far.

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Zoom meetings, how long ?

by Phizzy in

i was wondering two things, 1: how long in total are the zoom meetings, i presume the sunday one is the longest ?.

and 2: if you use zoom for free, the session only lasts 40 minutes, so do they have an intermission so people can log back in, or are all jw's expected to pay for the "privilege" ?.

stillMS

I wonder will they even ever end. Or all the Kingdumb Halls will go for sale...

Smth like "GB loves you and cares for your health. Reports from all over the world show the great feedback about Zoom meetings. So, dear bros and sis we've decided to keep holding all our meetings online, bla-bla-bla. Click the DonateNow button at the top right. Love, your 8 GB-Tubbies"