i was one of many witness children, who studied this book in english literature class.. having re-read it as an adult it addressed so many issues i have with the organisation.
including maniputive control, the re-writing of history etc etc.
so many of the characters in the book, resembled characters i have known in the organisation.. boxer- loyalty without questioning.. squeler- a character who doesn't care about truth, and uses rhetoric of language to twist truth.. clover-who silently questions decisions, but stays loyal.. if your young, or old i would suggest reading this small book, by george orwell.
The most impressive thing about the book is how it can be easily read by children and adults.
My favorite character was Snowball who was run off the farm. Long after he was gone he was blamed for any misfortune that occurred in the farm. This absent scapegoat reminded me of Goldstein in Orwell's book 1984; Obama nowadays (who is being blamed for any silly thing by the alt-right even after he's gone.) and finally, apostates from the WT.
so my friends have had free power for years thanks to solar panels and a great contract with power company.
they even get credits for having 20 panels on thier roof!
i put 18 solar panels on my roof cost $9900 dollars.
Bungi Bill,
That still requires a stable grid - as do wind turbines.
Why would a network of wind; photovoltaic; concentrated solar power with molten salt or hot sand (They collect energy in the day and have enough during the night to still produce power.) - why would all of these not be able to provide a stable grid? The more varied sources you have, each complimenting the other, the more stability you get.
Also, you may ask the Chinese why they're ramping up their production of windmills by about 50% per year. They already have 3% of their total needs met by windmills. They are also extending their grid to power far off regions in their country.
Bottom line, it's working in other nations.
so my friends have had free power for years thanks to solar panels and a great contract with power company.
they even get credits for having 20 panels on thier roof!
i put 18 solar panels on my roof cost $9900 dollars.
Bungi Bill,
...what happens during the hours of darkness?).
Windmills is the short answer. Offshore and inshore windmills together can provide a steady stream of electricity because there is always a wind at the ocean. 50% of the population in the US, and probably more in Australia, live within 50 miles off the coast which puts those windmills right where the grid is at.
You can also have gas powered plants to pick up any slack. They're already used at night when demand for electricity is higher. The idea is to have an 80% reduction in fossil fuel burning.
A high proportion of "distributed" generation (principally photo voltaic cells and wind turbines) creates great potential for system instability (as was revealed in last year's power blackout in South Australia).
It works in Europe. What are they doing differently from Australia? Besides, Malcolm Turnbull admitted that it was the weather (2:42 on the video) that caused that blackout there.
so my friends have had free power for years thanks to solar panels and a great contract with power company.
they even get credits for having 20 panels on thier roof!
i put 18 solar panels on my roof cost $9900 dollars.
Lost his mind,
There is no way to store solar energy. Simple as that. Unless you have the huge amounts of batteries at your home to do this.
Tesla is selling the Powerwall which is capable of storing enough energy to run your appliances if you have several of them.
Like solar energy batteries are quickly dropping in price as well as increasing in the amount of energy they store. Powerwalls have been declining in price.
The Powerwall is the white fixture attached to the outside wall.
An article on the subject:
http://www.businessinsider.com/everything-about-tesla-powerwall-2-battery-2016-10
good morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.
sylvia.
Snowbird,
Also, why did it take Adam and Eve so long to produce a son after Abel's death and Cain's banishment?
She had a 100 year long headache.
jehovah witnesses unaware they are fulling bible prophecies.
for many of us witnesses that have left either as stricken lost sheep or unlawfully disfellowshiped please consider that our brothers & sisters in the synagogues of kingdom halls are misled & need our help in trying to pull them out of the fire.
the test now on them is about just how they are treating their unlawfully excluded (disfellowshiped) brothers & sisters, as foretold at isaiah 66. at present they sit in judgement on us the growing great crowd who have come out & they are prepared with hard- heartedness to condemn their brothers & sisters to a final everlasting death, by running away as spiritual cowards refusing us a cup of life giving water (truth) matt 10: to explain the apostasy in their temple the disgusting thing in the holy place.
Wakeupcall2u, why don't you tell us a little about yourself and what you've gone through?
if you haven't seen the movie : the invention of lying, do..
Link?
some bibles use the term "worship" when refering to jesus...at times people did fall down and bow to him........this doesn't show he was god!
the greek term; proskeyneo, means to prostrate oneself, to bow down and show honour.
now, this was done for jehovah.....and his representatives....jesus israelite kings and priests....but for the honour of jehovah not as creature worship which even angels would refuse.. also i studied the non-biblical early church gospels which really does show a slow decline over 150 years, into the trinity as the watchtower claims...........although i still hate the watchtower society at least i learnt something that wasn't a lie..
When I think of the Trinity I'm amused by the fact that the "Holy Spirit" has no personality whatsoever. God the Father plays his role as father and God the Son plays his role as, ahhh, son. But the Holy Spirit is as bland as an impersonal wind.
next weeks watchtower.
'who is leading god's people today' is quite incredible.
i am so looking forward to blondie's comments on this one.
For every finger the Watchtower points at the sky there are three pointing back at them. It's all about themselves.
if you had to choose to belong to 1 religion, i was curious as to what any on the forum would pick.. i realize most here are likely atheist (i would have to say i'm agnostic), but if any would like to share their opinion, and maybe why?.
Pure Buddhism does not believe in any god but it still might be have mystical teachings that I do not ascribe to.
I would probably consider myself a worshipper of Gaia and the Cosmos in the same way that Carl Sagan believed. It would be a religion that sees evolution as a way for humanity to become a race of godless angels.
In other words, I would invent my own religion.
