I’m wondering if a lot of JW’s ( especially older ones), wouldn’t participate in anything having to do with religion such as this survey, that doesn’t come directly from the “ slave” governing body. Hence the low “ age average”. They don’t trust “ Satan’s world” especially with information about their religion.
Pete Zahut
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The 2020 Census of American Religion 07.08.2021
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.prri.org/research/2020-census-of-american-religion/.
more than one-third of muslims (39%), white mainline protestants (37%), buddhists (37%), and the religiously unaffiliated (36%) have at least a four-year college degree.
another 19% are catholic, 2% are latter-day saint, and less than 1% each are jehovah’s witnesses or orthodox christians.
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Tony Morris Needs Money
by Vanderhoven7 inlooking for a laugh.... listen to this gal's response to tony's encouragement to donate.. https://youtu.be/mvjv__r7xaw.
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Pete Zahut
Love this lady...I'd love to be her friend. She is saying what so many JW's would love to shout at the top of their voices during the meeting. Instead they repress the urge and take anti-depressants (children's chewable prozac) and or sedatives, turn to alcohol or beat their kids out of frustration.
"Whatca' gonna' do Tony...come get me??" OMG...priceless.
"Tony need to make another trip to the liquor store...Tony need to give my parents some receipts!"
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Steven Hassan on CNN today
by dropoffyourkeylee ina little surprised to see steven hassan interviewed today on cnn about the anti-vax believers and cult tactics.
here is the link:.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/10/02/steven-hassan-cult-misinformation-anti-vaxxers-ndwknd-vpx.cnn.
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Pete Zahut
I look on the internet and there are people who have proof that there was no moon landing, Kennedy was killed by the CIA, the government is storing UFO's, the Sept. 11 attack on the Trade Centers was an inside job, the Democrats are running a child sex ring, the Government is trying to increase control over us, the Covid vaccine contains a micro-chip etc etc etc....
I went to a JW meet-up a few years ago and met a (40 something )former "brother" who seemed completely normal, told me his JW horror story and about his new career and his life since then. Later that evening we spoke again and he began talking about how he'll never trust religion again because he found out that the earth is actually flat and religions believe it's round because the Bible says so in Genesis etc. He began presenting facts and figures that proved to him without a doubt that the earth is indeed flat and that we've all been part of a hoax and nothing could convince him otherwise.
In terms of Covid, I didn't want to get a vaccination. I figured that I probably wouldn't get it but I probably wouldn't be too bad off if I did since I'm in good health and keep fit etc . All I know is what I see. My wife supervises a staff in a local Hospital Lab. The Hospital was completely renovated less than 5 years ago. Three weeks ago because of the Covid deaths, they installed commercial air conditioners in the Hospital Chapel and have converted it into an additional Morgue. Almost all of the patients she is seeing have not been vaccinated. They are not all elderly. There have been children and young people but most are middle age and they are dying. Last weekend one of her JW family members (heavyset 53 year old male) died of Covid. He lives/lived in a small rural town a few hours from us and he and his JW family were /are anti-vaxers. They all got Covid but he didn't make it. Our next door neighbor is a Neonatal RN and has been run off her feet for the last year and a half treating pregnant women with Covid who have gone into labor too early because they are so sick. The babies are premature and have to be separated from the mothers
I was vaccinated 5 months ago and apart from a sore arm, there have been no problems. Our family and everyone I know I has been vaccinated and no one (including several front line healthcare workers), has had Covid or vaccine side effects . I figure that if the FDA and our Government is truly F'd up enough to give 300+ million of it's own people a risky vaccination just to control them, as some people believe, then we've got bigger worries than Covid.
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New Media Center
by asp59 inii wonder if you are a jw how new media center goes along with this text.. 1 corinthians 3:6-9new international version.
6 i planted the seed,(a) apollos watered it, but god has been making it grow.
paulus planted.
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Pete Zahut
They believe their videos will "plant seeds" that JW's will water and God will make grow and therefore a new media center is necessary. Somehow the generations that have come and gone since Jesus was on earth, managed without videos. Suddenly they're a necessity.
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Annual Meeting
by sove inis it the annual meeting this weekend?
any insights on "new light" or new releases?.
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Pete Zahut
Family members watched the Annual Meeting via zoom. Photos posted on Instagram show them sitting in front of their screen in meeting attire and floral arrangements (like the memorial) in place. Anthony Morris is on the screen and everyone has their iPad's open to some designated information. They are feeling "privileged".
The word is ....wait for it....Jehovah is providing "spiritual gems" at the right time and his love is "crystal clear". The running theme is "Stay alert spiritually and follow the Channel"
(Around our area the word Channel....sounds very familiar because the one time famous Hollywood actor Linda Evans and her partner JZ Knight started a cult and built a huge lavish compound. I think they originated the whole idea of "channeling" when she was supposedly in contact with a 35,000 year old warrior named Ramtha? They got rich off of it and the compound had horse barns that had wall paper and crystal chandeliers ( What is it about cults and their propensity to isolate themselves on acreage and surround themselves with grandeur? Why are they always so worried? ). This group also liked to predict catastrophes and also admonished their followers to stock up on provisions and be ready. Sound familiar? )
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GENDER PRONOUNS
by JohnTron72 injust to put it out there, the whole gender pronouns idea being pushed by the lgbtq+ minorities is just a way to try to hide the sin of homosexuality.
if you can void people talking about your true sexual identity then it seems there is no sin anymore if two they or them of the same sex are together.
example of the coverup: ("i don't identify as either gender"), so the kids i'm raising in a lesbian relationship need not speak of me as a mom or any other female term and we all don't have to feel any stigma attached to the true terms so, any shame we might feel is hidden anyway.
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Pete Zahut
I heard a comedian say that when it comes to gender and sexual orientations there are now so many varieties and stages a person can be in, the word Bisexual is now considered insensitive and politically incorrect because it only includes two of the options and excludes all the others.
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Listen to iHeartRadio: Former JW Daniel O'Brien talks about "JW's: "Shut Up and Be Blessed - Was I in a Cult?"
by AndersonsInfo injehovah’s witnesses: “shut up and be blessed“ - was i in a cult?
iheartradiohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-was-i-in-a-cult-86443370/episode/jehovahs-witnesses-shut-up-and-be-87444917/https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-was-i-in-a-cult-86443370/episode/jehovahs-witnesses-shut-up-and-be-87444917/?cmp=web_share&embed=true.
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Pete Zahut
Thanks for posting this !
I found the comments on how "love bombing" works ,as well as about why so many JW's have depression, were particularly well put.
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Mating inequality
by hoser inthis is the latest problem in north american society.
mating inequality.
there are now more women college graduates than men in the us.
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Pete Zahut
eah, lead the self centred life and bring in the prolific procreators from 3rd world countries to keep up the population count.
,I think if you reread my comments, you’ll see I have no problem with people having children. You indicated that those who don’t are leading the self centered life and I disagreed. Having children could be considered just as selfish as you indicate not having them is.
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Mating inequality
by hoser inthis is the latest problem in north american society.
mating inequality.
there are now more women college graduates than men in the us.
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Pete Zahut
but there is also the deliberate duty bound situation where grandparents, nations even, want their genes, their traditions, their lived on properties, their worth projected into the future,
So once again, having children is just as self centered as choosing not to have children. Everyone else's wants, needs and beliefs are taking precedence over that of the child who will be brought into the world . He/she will be born for the benefit/pleasure of someone else, rather than because someone wanted to generously and unselfishly give the gift of life to another human.
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Mating inequality
by hoser inthis is the latest problem in north american society.
mating inequality.
there are now more women college graduates than men in the us.
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Pete Zahut
yeah, lead the self centred life and bring in the prolific procreators from 3rd world countries...
How is not having kids any more "self centered" than having kids is ? Seems to me most of the time when someone intentionally brings a child into the world, it's because they wanted/needed a child to further their own personal happiness or to answer some inward calling/urge. I've never heard someone say that they wanted a baby because they wanted to be generous and share the gift of life with someone. Typically (not that it's wrong) they're thinking of their own pleasure or how the baby's life will impact, their own.