I see a lot of apples, bananas, and tomatoes in most WT paradise depictions, and there is usually a snow-capped mountain in the background. The art department guys in NYC didn't get out much, or even garden or farm. lol. :)
Balaamsass2
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Questions about WT illustrations
by Beck_Melbourne inwhen i was a kid....i used to look at the wt illustrations of paradise conditions and would day dream about life in the new system....i later used this same technique (shame on me) to brain wash bible students.
however...as i grew up lol (apparently!
) the illustrations changed....and became more modern.
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Questions about WT illustrations
by Beck_Melbourne inwhen i was a kid....i used to look at the wt illustrations of paradise conditions and would day dream about life in the new system....i later used this same technique (shame on me) to brain wash bible students.
however...as i grew up lol (apparently!
) the illustrations changed....and became more modern.
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Balaamsass2
The Bananas must have arrived from Central America on the "Big Sailboat" my mom claimed we would have in the New System. :)
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Questions about WT illustrations
by Beck_Melbourne inwhen i was a kid....i used to look at the wt illustrations of paradise conditions and would day dream about life in the new system....i later used this same technique (shame on me) to brain wash bible students.
however...as i grew up lol (apparently!
) the illustrations changed....and became more modern.
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Balaamsass2
Is the guy with suit slacks and a tie, holding a level...the building inspector? :)
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What would happen to a JW for celebrating Christmas?
by Vanderhoven7 inmark jones writes:.
if they were spied upon and it was reported to the elders they’d be “invited” to a judicial committee whereupon they’d be cross examined in a locked backroom by three men acting as judge and jury to decide if they are guilty.. .
if the elders decide that they are guilty, they’ll then decide if the person is sorry.
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Balaamsass2
Will TWO Witnesses testify against you??
Will you confess...or deny and counter allege...insisting they produce TWO witnesses ? :)
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Questions about WT illustrations
by Beck_Melbourne inwhen i was a kid....i used to look at the wt illustrations of paradise conditions and would day dream about life in the new system....i later used this same technique (shame on me) to brain wash bible students.
however...as i grew up lol (apparently!
) the illustrations changed....and became more modern.
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Balaamsass2
Ah so many "JW Paradise" pictures to choose from... It is fun to let ones AWAKE mind ask pointed questions. Where are the ironed outfits from? Why Clothes? Just HOW did the big predators get to the mountains? What about the fresh vegetables? No roads? Ties? Suspenders? Lawnmowers? Hair dressers? Africa is a LONG way from the Rockies or the Alps...
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Questions about WT illustrations
by Beck_Melbourne inwhen i was a kid....i used to look at the wt illustrations of paradise conditions and would day dream about life in the new system....i later used this same technique (shame on me) to brain wash bible students.
however...as i grew up lol (apparently!
) the illustrations changed....and became more modern.
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Balaamsass2
Ahhh those "Paradise" pictures in all the publications. As a kid, I wondered how the African Lions got to the Swiss Alps and Canadian Rockies. I also wondered how the fruit lady got Bananas and pineapples to the same places. Mom said, "On big sailboats". "We will have sailboats in the new system".
lol.
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"We're in the last days!"
by BoogerMan innot just jw's, but countless others (evangelicals etc.
) are claiming that we're in the "last days.".
but........bible students/jw's have been spouting this fake message since the 19th century!!!!!!.
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Balaamsass2
St George...Great advice! lol. :)
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The Texas Border has been overpowered
by liam inin del rio texas, the border patrol can't hold back the invasion of illegal migrants anymore.
they have asked the biden administration for help, but they refused.
harris has promised to give all illegal migrants citizenship if she is becomes president.
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Balaamsass2
Take ANYTHING and EVERYTHING you hear or read about US immigration with a LARGE grain of salt.
Growing up in California EVERY spring busloads of agricultural workers went up and down the USA West Coast doing contract agricultural work as various crops matured. Every fall the buses went back to Mexico so the workers could spend the winter with their families. The most skilled and prized workers were asked to stay. My grandfather depended on them every fall for harvest.
Remember, California and most of the US southwest WAS Mexico until the Mexican War. (The US and Texans invaded Mexico :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War ). Mexican families spend a lot of money as tourists in California every year at Disneyland, National Parks, etc etc. Google RT airfare from Mexico City to LA...as low as $300. Visas and Passports are relatively cheap.
What is expensive and time-consuming is getting RESIDENCY if you are uneducated and poor. So some people steal/copy/buy IDs of Spanish surname Residents and get low-level physically demanding jobs. Wealthy employers deduct TAXES and EVERYTHING from these folks and they pay into every program, they will never be able to use as "illegals". I had a Hispanic police officer friend who had 3 illegals using his Social Security number. I asked him how did he stop it? He replied Why should I? When I retire I will get my state employee retirement and the maximum amount of social security from the efforts of 3 illegals!!! BING BING BING a bell went off in my head...I finally realized WHY with all the talk and Hoopla! Neither political party ever fixed the "immigration problem" in 50 years...because it wasn't a problem for politicians and big businesses...it has been replacing the SSI shortfall for YEARS... And it provides dirt cheap labor for nasty jobs big business and big farms need done CHEAP. Like Chicken processing for $7.25 hr. in the Deep South, produce picking, etc.
Can I prove this? Nope. But it makes sense to me after hearing both parties bang the drum about it for 50 years.
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"We're in the last days!"
by BoogerMan innot just jw's, but countless others (evangelicals etc.
) are claiming that we're in the "last days.".
but........bible students/jw's have been spouting this fake message since the 19th century!!!!!!.
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Balaamsass2
:) LOL I have been waiting for ARMAGEDON since I was 5. I am in my late 60s and MY END is right around the corner.
END DAY BELIEFS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MAN.
My Mexican PIMI JW cousin was all excited about the Mayan 2012 "End", and took her kids to the movie. She called me all excited! I asked her, I thought you believed the Mayans were Satan worshippers? If Jesus didn't know the day or the hour, you believe Satan did?.. lol She got mad. :)
"In late 2013 and early 2014, English-language media outlets widely reported that Ragnarök was foretold to occur on 22 February 2014.[153] Apparently patterned after the 2012 phenomenon, the claim was at times attributed to a "Viking Calendar"."
"apocalypticism is the religious belief that the end of the world is imminent, even within one's own lifetime.[1] This belief is usually accompanied by the idea that civilization will soon come to a tumultuous end due to some sort of catastrophic global event.[1]
Apocalypticism is one aspect of eschatology in certain religions, the part of theology concerned with the final events of human history, or the ultimate destiny of humanity (societal collapse, human extinction, and so on).[2]
Religious apocalypticism
[edit]Religious views and movements often focus on cryptic revelations about a sudden, dramatic, and cataclysmic intervention of God in history; the judgment of humanity; the salvation of the faithful elect; and the eventual rule of the elect with God in a renewed heaven and earth.[3] Arising initially in Zoroastrianism, apocalypticism was developed more fully in Judaic, Christian, and Islamic eschatological speculation.[1][4][5][6][7]"
But WAIT there's more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypticism
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The World Health Organization Prostitude
by raymond frantz inhttps://youtu.be/ksw9ujgm2i0?si=ruesgp-s6evmpdik.
as a second pandemic is now in the horizon mpox or monkey pox as they like to call it, it is important to scrutize the advise the governing body provided last time around with covid and how they sided 100% with the governents and their medical directives and lockdowns and how they imposed one-sided narrative in congregations around the world even threatening elders who refused to obey their direction....
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Balaamsass2
Monkey Pox is a bunch of hoopla in my opinion.
So far it is just skin to skin contact, primarily sexual.
So unless you live in a big city (and touch everything) or plan to visit the Congo for sex, I see no reason to get worked up.
My personal opinion.