Government is not a religion. Though some religions are governments.
Governments are an emergent property of a complex social species. People who work together are better able to survive than people who don't work together. Within any community, it's in everyone's best interest to help each other out. And when there's a destructive element to that society it's in everyone's best interest to remove that destructive element.
People aren't "in" societies. People ARE societies.
with the jw rebranding program in full swing, who do you think is behind all this?
i'm not certain the governing body came up with these ideas.
at least not the old guard which died off around 2009.. given the fairly recent articles in the kingdom ministry and watchtower about the dangers of the internet and having the latest gadget, this rebranding effort can't have been in the works for much more than three years.. the makeover is slick...very slick...and very clever.
Wow, amazing how much the JW site and the Mormon site look alike. It would be really easy to confuse the two. Same color scheme and layout . . . and "bible based" BS. Mormons got the JWs one upped with the family search they can do for Genealogical and family history. Pretty slick I gotta say.
When I start a religion (to make gobs of money) I'll be sure to borrow that feature. Any one want to buy my new age woo?
dr. jena barchas-lichtenstein is an anthropologist who received her doctorate through ucla.. https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jena-barchas-lichtenstein/43/427/702.
in 2013, barchas-lichtenstein submitted the paper "when the dead are resurrected, how are we going to speak to them?
": jehovah's witnesses and the use of indigenous languages in the globalizing textual community as a partial submission for her doctoral dissertation..
if getting ready means putting on a suit........ you might be a j.w.. if going out to the field has nothing to do with grass, baseball diamonds, or football ......... you might be a j.w.. please continue my friends.......i know ya got some.....; ).
If you think highlighting sentences in a paragraph is "studying" . . . You Might Be A JW.
If you've ever pretended to tie your shoe while someone's giving a toast . . . You Might Be A JW.
If you're an "ordained minister" but you can't even name the twelve apostles . . . You Might Be A JW.
If you bring up the topic of beheadings during your coworkers birthday party . . . You Might Be A JW.
i believe the average rank & file are illiterate when it come to the bible because they are so used to using the wbats cliff notes... even though i believe the bible is a fiction novel, at least be able to explain a novel you hold is such high regard: i mean jesus!!!
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the leaders of russia, germany, france and ukraine are slated to meet in minsk (the belarusian capital) tomorrow to discuss a ukrainian peace plan!
some countries such as hollande believe there is going to be a total war.
when they met last year in the same place, they had put forward a peace plan (a ceasefire, withdrawal of artillery, prisoner exchanges and other concessions) that were never fully implemented!
I see no indications that the situation is about to escalate beyond more sanctions on Russia. THe US and EU are playing the long game and using a controlled and methodological system to slow, halt, and turn back Russia's annexation. Talk of "total warfare" is laughable.
The US and Russia are not going to have a nuclear exchange over Ukraine. As WOPR found out in the movie Wargames - the only way to win a nuclear war is by not playing.
with all the buzz about the jw public witnessing cart it has escaped the notice of all but the most studious researchers that the wt carts were actually started by pastor charles taze russell.
a careful examination of one of the most famous photographs of the 1906 san fransisco fire, caused by the preceding earthquake, reveals a wt cart.
further investigation brought the researchers attention to bible student sister myrtle jenson, shown on the left of the photograph, and facing away from the camera, looking down sacramento street.
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they just put up a link to watch a replay of the "new kh meeting", here some screenshots.. .
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hot tub time machine 2. paul blart mall cop 2. the avengers 2. the woman in black 2. maze runner 2. ted 2. magic mike 2. sinnister 2. pitch perfect 2. hotel transylvania 2. .
taken 3. insidious chapter 3. the hunger games part 4. alvin and the chipmunks 4. mission impossible 5. fast and the furious 7. star wars 7. paranormal activity 9. jurassic world.
terminator genisys.
hot tub time machine 2. paul blart mall cop 2. the avengers 2. the woman in black 2. maze runner 2. ted 2. magic mike 2. sinnister 2. pitch perfect 2. hotel transylvania 2. .
taken 3. insidious chapter 3. the hunger games part 4. alvin and the chipmunks 4. mission impossible 5. fast and the furious 7. star wars 7. paranormal activity 9. jurassic world.
terminator genisys.
This is JUST for 2015!
