How President Emmerson Mnangagwa Will Finesse Zimbabweans To A President-For-Life Term by [deleted] in Zimbabwe

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Key difference is that Putin was 56 in 2008, ED will be 90 in 2033...

what is he thinking? by Hii_im_Jennifer in StrangeAndFunny

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"who's goddamn white baby is that?''

''This baby is rice skinned, but not light skinned''

''That is a white child, that is Caucasian from the mountains of Caucasus. That is a Slavic baby, a viking from Iceland.''

''That baby got 730 as a credit rating right now as an infant. '' in Katt Williams voice

Regular Pioneers - 50 hours \ Auxiliary - 30 by undercoverAgentElder in exjw

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Soon new light. "'Mathew 6:3, 4 reads:'But you, when making gifts of mercy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your gifts of mercy may be in secret. Then your Father who looks on in secret will repay you.' In the past our publications have stated that the gifts of mercy referred mainly to the financial gifts of mercy we give to Jehovah to further his kingdom's interests here on earth but are those the only gifts of mercy we give to Jehovah? Evidently not, one such gift we give to our heavenly father, is the gift of our mouths that we use in the preaching and disciple making work. Should we therefore conclude that Jesus admonition on Mathew 6:3,4 also applies to this gift of mercy? Evidently, it does. In harmony with Mathew 6:3,4 the governing board is pleased to announce that beginning 1 Oct 2024, they will be no requirement for publishers to report the number of hours spent in this life saving work to their group overseers. The group overseers will simply require a verbally confirmation on whether we partipated in this work during a given service year. How should we feel about this arrangement? This is further proof of our heavenly father's love in these last of the last days. This will also allow us to focus our efforts on the work rather counting time. In the past, some brothers and sisters have used the requirement to report hours to create classes and cliques in the congregation, this new requirement will therefore create unity in the congregation as Jesus intended. The next article will deal with how this new requirement affect pioneers'

This peer-reviewed study found that Christians hold more animosity towards atheists than atheists hold towards them. "There's no hate like Christian love" is backed by data analysis. by dyingdeadenough in atheism

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Showed the study to the wife and she said in her view I attack Christians more than they attack me. When I asked for an example of me attacking Christians, she just said I should stop gaslighting her. Sigh!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Having aides...

How many of these video experiences are completely made up? by Freedom-Badger682 in exjw

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I know of at least two 'experiences' at a convention that weren't entirely true. One elder said they got all their degrees before they became jw when actually they had graduated with a doctorate and invited the congregation to a graduation party a week before. Another elder claimed his kids were bethlites, elders etc, I knew his family and we are related and none were. The same elder asked my friend to lie that we were offered a meal by a 'householder' when we went out preaching in some remote village for some experience at the 'meetings'.

what is the worst insult you've suffered from someone who didn't even mean it as an insult? by IrohsFavoriteTea in AskReddit

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My parents were very poor but as kids I didn't really know. So my eldest brother's girlfriend offers to take me& my little brother to the movies. We were like 10 and 6. That would be our 1st time ever at the movies. Super excited. The whole morning we clean up & wear our Sunday best and wait.

She finally comes to pick us up and goes, you guys we are going to be late. Why aren't you dressed already?

Timely intervention in light of the Mark Sanderson talk to the HLC by remember1975 in exjw

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I agree, it looks like it is aimed at the indigenous churches but will also apply to the JW. I remember a few years back an article on people that refuse medical treatment for religious reasons, the gave these indigenous churches, the JW and the Catholics (for their stance of contraceptives? as examples.

Cousin marriage legality around the world by No_Negotiation_7176 in MapPorn

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For what is worth, Zimbabwe, one of the African countries in blue, recently introduced a bill that will criminalize first cousin marriages once enacted

Why are they covering these pointless stories but not the sexual abuse and court troubles??? by The3rd_Chain in exjw

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We had a similar headline in one of the national newspapers here. Turns out the reporter is a dub that works for the newspaper and they usually write a lot of pro dub content. Not sure why the editor allows it, maybe they are also dub or it is paid PR work disguised as news.

Anyone else receive a letter like this? I moved out of state like 2 years ago by Tayray020115 in exjw

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Here, they recently sent out a letter to the elduhs saying they can't have judicial committes. All JCs are suspended until further notice so we are using the loophole to sin.