all scripture is inspired of god and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, that the man of god may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.. most scholars don't think paul wrote 2 timothy.. every time i here a witness quote this verse, i will be reminded of the irony.. -undisputed-.
1 thessalonians.
galatians.
Isn't there an alternate way of translating that verse, something like "the scriptures which are inspired by God are beneficial..."
...implying that some of the scriptures were not inspired by God, so their value may be lesser.
Or am I misremembering?
this is "return to jehovah video" from this weeks meeting.
the use fear to gain more people back in the truth?
what are your thoughts?
https://wetransfer.com/downloads/1b5fd97a37524735de3c44841bec9c8120200414110244/6a723a.
Has anyone been able to determine the changes / updates / additions / deletions?
It seems they just provided the new book without any indication of what has been changed.
with some extra time on my hands (putting it mildly), i decided to try planting some vegetables using these things called earth boxes.
they are basically rectangular tubs with the soil suspended a few inches from the bottom using a screen and you put water into the bottom and you just add water through a tube to the bottom and the plants get their water from beneath instead of adding water from the top.
then you put a plastic covering around the plants so that weeds don't grow.
I've used them - tomatoes work really well, but zucchini not so much. They need lots of space and the box just isn't big enough.
But they are perfect for tomatoes.
this is "return to jehovah video" from this weeks meeting.
the use fear to gain more people back in the truth?
what are your thoughts?
I thought it was pretty funny, after all the "It's urgent! Urgent I say! Now is the time to return! No time to waste! NOW! NOW! NOW!!!!!!!" comments....
...at the very end, you see "Copyright 2015"....
Huh. I guess it wasn't quite so "urgent" after all.
I dunno, maybe it's me, but after 141 years of Watchtower messages of "Soon! Urgent! Soon! Urgent!", the sense of urgency seems rather....un-urgent.
i thought it was a strange coincidence that there was a weapons lab right near the supposed wet market where it started.
china needs to pay for this one way or the other.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/state-department-cables-coronavirus-origin-chinese-lab-bats.
Another source:
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2020/04/coronavirus-escaped-chinese-bioweapon-heres-what-pentagon-says/164612/
“At this point it’s inconclusive, although the weight of evidence seems to indicate natural, but we do not know for sure,” Milley said.
i thought it was a strange coincidence that there was a weapons lab right near the supposed wet market where it started.
china needs to pay for this one way or the other.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/state-department-cables-coronavirus-origin-chinese-lab-bats.
I know most of y'all don't much care for the Washington Post, but it is being reported there as well.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/14/state-department-cables-warned-safety-issues-wuhan-lab-studying-bat-coronaviruses/
There's lots of questions that the Chinese government will never answer, as long they have an interest in not answering them.
i'm generally not a trump fan but i do agree that things that affect the entire country should be handled in a centralized manner.
trump is stating that he will dictate when the states can open up again.
many governors, dems and reps, are fighting that saying that they have the power, not the president.
I think States have too much power in the national scenario and constitutionally should be limited.
Well thank [the deity of your choice] that the constitution addresses the issue!
Amendment 10:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
recognizing that their states have one integrated regional economy, delaware governor john carney, new york governor andrew m. cuomo, new jersey governor phil murphy, connecticut governor ned lamont, pennsylvania governor tom wolf, and rhode island governor gina raimondo today announced the creation of a multi-state council to restore the economy and get people back to work.
this announcement builds on the states’ ongoing regional approach to combatting the covid-19 pandemic.. the coordinating group – comprised of one health expert, one economic development expert and the respective chief of staff from each state — will work together to develop a fully integrated regional framework to gradually lift the states’ stay at home orders while minimizing the risk of increased spread of the virus.. https://news.delaware.gov/2020/04/13/governor-carney-and-five-governors-announce-multi-state-council-to-get-people-back-to-work-and-restore-the-economy/.
meanwhile on the west coast:.
It is legal to do so.
In the absence of a coherent & rational federal response, it seems to be the best solution.
i’ve always noticed that the local jw leaders like to give as little notice as possible for local meetings and expect you to drop everything and rearrange your life to fit their agenda in.
i’ve noticed this more during the pandemic.
we are not given the codes and time of memorial until a couple hours before meeting.
I dunno, sounds more like the local elders there are incompetent, or lazy, or both.
