it is rare to get such a startling, sparkling, perfect example of this.. here is a snippet of a conversion going on at jwtalk.net regarding israel/gaza:.
http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/16268-peace-security-news/.
every one who is in the world today and dies tomorrow is in line for a ressurection.this is their best way of being in the new world.
I wonder how many jws would go along with the org if it turned violent? The preaching has stagnated, we can save more by killing them and sending them straight to paradise.
if the experiments by milgrom and zimbardo are anything to go by, probably the majority. Especially after so lng being brainwashed.
trends include self-driving clean vehicles and temporary leasing rather than buying vehicles (the driverless vehicle arrives to pick you up, and you drop it off at your destination).
the result?
1/8 the traffic on existing roads!
self driving cars are going to be legal in the UK from next year apparently. I like the idea, but then I really hate driving whereas some people love it.
the technology begin it has really accelerated the past few years, and I'm assuming the legal concerns regarding who's at fault in crashes must have been sorted too.
lol @ skinnedsheep. This is good though. As soon as cults get all apocalyptic it means they'll inevitably fall on their faces later.
moley i just loved your thread on life in the new system but i was also wondering what will happen if old testament patriachs such as noah, abel, moses and others decide they do not want to be jws in the new system will they be destroyed by jehovah and jesus after all of their faithful service?
i have always wondered about this because they are not guranteed everlasting life until they past the final test after the 1000 year reign of jesus.
what happens if moses is angry with jehovah after he is reserrected and cannot believe it took so long 4000 years for the great tribulation will he be wiped out instantly.
After 1000 yrs of picking fruit and stroking a panda everyone will be glad to call it a day, including the patriarchs.
I seem to recall the armageddon in the dark being in an illustration. Might have been in the revelation book.
As Woody Allen once wrote if reality isn't real and everything is an illusion I definitely overpaid for my new carpet.
the watchtower study to be considered this sunday, august 3, 2014 (using the magazine dated may 15, 2014), titled are you moving ahead with jehovahs organization?, in paragraph seven (on pages 27-28), talks about the number of people baptized in recent years:.
7 where do those making up the great crowd come from?
they are being brought together because of what jesus foretold as part of the sign of his presence.
Haha, yeah tell us how that goes. You've got more chutzpah than I ever did to give that answer.
The 'we don't boast in numbers' bit made me laugh. They constantly boast in numbers, and had just done it a sentence before!
so i was watching shark week a little while ago and i got to the episode on prehistoric sharks.
they, of course, discussed megalodon, but they also talked about other sharks that were vicious, precise hunters.
then i started thinking about other prehistoric creatures..... t-rex, raptors, etc...... all vicious animals.
I used to be told that the earth got overgrown and god put dinosaurs to eat and trample it in preparation for Adam. This despite the fact they died out 65 million years before. It was probably a hold over from the 7,000 yr creative days idea. Even then anyone with a garden will tell you it can get overgrown in a few months! Seems like overkill to create thousands of new species cos ur a crap gardener, and then create carnivores to eat all the herbivores while they're trying to do the gardening work. A lot of my family still think dinosaurs are made up so I suppose that avoids the whole argument.
one of the parts had a skit with 3 or 4 young brothers playing a game of "what i will look forward to in the new system".
one wanted a house by the beach.
one wanted a house in the forest.
Listener - that's really interesting 'new light', I wasn't aware they had revised their stance it. I know a lot of JWs had a major problem with the resurrected not being able to marry. The org must have had a constant postbag of letters regarding it down the years.
It's funny when the article says the bible doesn't give an answer about the earthly resurrection. That's because there is no scripture that mentions an earthly resurrection
So as it stands the resurrected come back male and female with all their bits intact but they're unsure if they can marry and have sex? Seems quite cruel.
I'm pretty sure i sent a DA letter some years ago but nothing ever happened. My dad was PO or secretary at the time so maybe he intercepted it. I never brought it up and neither has my family. Don't see why i have to play by jw rules anyway so just drifted. Not bothered if I'm DF'ed. It might sound harsh but I'm just waiting for the older ones in the family to die off. It might give a jolt of realisation to the younger ones.
it seems that in every war or revolution, 'most' of the participants are men and young boys.
aside from the occasional female suicide bomber.
does this have something to do with their religion and/ or cultural traditions?
Look at any nature documentary, who is fighting? Males.
