folks: as you probably all know, it has been speculated that the whole universe, or cosmos, started with what has been called "the big bang.
" but, i've thought up some other terms for the "bb".
how about the big boom....or, the big kaboom....or, the big explosion...the big ignition...or...the big cosmic fartation.
The Calvin and Hobbes comic strip discussed the Big Bang theory back in the 1990's and came up with the term "Horrendous Space Kablooie (or HSK)." I love it! According to the wikipedia article about the comic strip, some scientists and universities still use the term in a kind of "tongue-in-cheek" reference.
Here's to the HSK! Makes more sense that any religious fairytale.
i had a legal divorce from my ex wife( law of the land).
i was told not to expect to get remarried because my divorce was not legal to watchtower.. my divorce and situation seem to be a talk of gossip and even a many local needs talks.
i wanted to take some more schooling to get a better job, there was a local needs talk on higher education and it's dangers.
The "straw that broke the camel's back" for me was the crap in the "Revelation Climax" book about the angels' trumpets foretelling various WT conventions in the 1920's. I could hardly believe they expected people to swallow that tripe.
Then I read Ray Franz's Crisis of Conscience and that confirmed for all time the decision I had already made.
The Truth© is not the truth. Never was. What's worse, the organization has gone from merely being filled with religious error to becoming a prime example of an authoritarian mind-control money-grubbing cult ruling over its sycophants with greedy iron hand while masquerading as God's spokesmen. It could give the most egregious televangelist in history a run for his money.
….for the anniversary of george floyd’s death per president biden.
smh .
George Floyd was a career criminal and habitual thug. Not a suitable role model for anyone. But more importantly, he was not "killed" because he tried to passed a counterfeit twenty. He was arrested for doing so, and then resisted arrest. He got so out of control that the cops took him out of the squad car and placed him on his stomach. His pre-existing medical conditions and his swallowing illicit drugs as he was being arrested are the real reasons he died. The cop's knee over his neck did not kill him.
Still, it was a mistake to not raise him to a sitting position, and I fully agree that the cop showed a complete indifference to his welfare and a total disdain for him as a person. But it was not murder at all. I could agree it fits the description of negligent manslaughter with depraved indifference.
hi friends,.
are here still some oldtimers from the earlier jwd time?
gorby .
I don't know if I'm considered an old-timer, but I did join 16 years ago. I don't post a lot, but I comment or even start a thread when I have something to say. I try to check in to at least browse every day or so. This site has done me a world of good, and I thank Simon for making it available.
hi simon!.
i updated my macos to bigsur 11.3 this morning.
i'm not sure if safari was updated, but my current version is 14.1. i thought all went well, but when i tried to sign in to jwn using safari, there was no sign-in block to click on.
Hello again, Simon!
Please disregard the above. I'm not really sure what I did to get it working, but all is back to normal now. Could it be that I enabled JavaScript? If that's not it, I don't what happened but I'm sure glad everything is working now.
My best to you and yours.
under the radar
hi simon!.
i updated my macos to bigsur 11.3 this morning.
i'm not sure if safari was updated, but my current version is 14.1. i thought all went well, but when i tried to sign in to jwn using safari, there was no sign-in block to click on.
Hi Simon!
I updated my MacOS to BigSur 11.3 this morning. I'm not sure if Safari was updated, but my current version is 14.1. I thought all went well, but when I tried to sign in to JWN using Safari, there was no sign-in block to click on. I can read posts just fine, but of course cannot comment because I cannot sign in. Is this some conflict between your software and the recent "upgrades"?
I am writing this on Firefox, which so far seems to be working normally. Please reply to my registered email address, [email protected], just in case I cannot access your reply here in Technical Support. I'd really appreciate any suggestions you may have.
Warmest regards,
Mark Newsome
aka "under the radar"
i find it interesting that we live in a cancel culture.
the influencers go after abraham lincoln, uncle ben , aunt jemima, the flag, the national anthem, people they perceive as not following their agenda.
in the midst of all of this, rap music and its dehumanizing culture are off limits to talk about.
I think any music that encourages violence against anyone else should be banned. I don't care about words that "offend" others. I care that many rap "songs" glorify if not encourage violence against "hoes" and cops in particular. No one should exposed to that kind of garbage. Political correctness be damned.
australia: jehovah’s witnesses to join redress scheme for child sexual abuse survivors.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2021/03/03/jehovahs-witnesses-redress-scheme/.
Like almost everyone knows, they only joined the redress scheme to protect their "charity" status. It's all about money, just like everything else the Borg does.
Even though they joined, and tooted their own horn for doing so, you can bet they'll fight tooth and nail over every single claim. They will almost certainly coerce, badger, and even threaten the victims to get them to give up their claim or accept a far less amount than they were entitled to. "Why would you want to take away dedicated funds that could do so much good? You are robbing Jehovah!"
hi friends i`ve finally got an appointment to go to hospital tomorrow ,pre-admission for my hip replacement surgery.. so if you don`t hear from me ever again ,it means i`ve carked it .lol, should i even joke about that ?.
so its goodnight from me till who knows when ?.
Good luck, smiddy3! Looking forward to seeing you back on here with a full report on how wonderful your surgery went. Take care.
talk outlines you might want and a lot of them are dated 2020.. .
https://filetransfer.io/data-package/i3fcrbfc#link.
let me know if anyone wants the "original" zion's watch tower issues in pdf and searchable.
Hi Atlantis! You are amazingly generous! Thank you so much for making this invaluable research material available to all. Have a great day, my friend!
