Posts by wizzstick

It's hard to say what is exactly the impact will be. But it will be profound. The guy pointed out this story and said, why tell your kids to train to be lawyers? Why get your kids to train to be teachers?

So yes - the sci-fi vision of Terminator robots will likely not happen, but the job market will go through a collosal change over the next 10 years.

Scary/exciting times!

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Has anyone else seen this video on JW Broadcasting?

by NikL in

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so i was checking out the website to see what the february broadcast was all about before i watched it with my jw wife.. on the front page was this video.... https://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodbible/pub-jwbai_201607_1_video.

i watched it and pretended i had never been a jw.. if you pretend you don't understand their particular language it makes for a interesting (if not vague) watch.. btw i've seen several of the actors before.

jw version of movie stars?

wizzstick

Just vomit inducing. It's all about guilt.

And what about that poor girl? Anything about her feelings? No she's not worthy of our concern. She's a worldly person.

What is clear is how the video makes The Equation of Power:

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Genesis Lifetimes and Numerology

by schnell in

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out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.

7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

wizzstick

It is made up.

It's Numberwang!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/qjOZtWZ56lc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

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Genesis Lifetimes and Numerology

by schnell in

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out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.

7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

wizzstick

No, that is what a literalist does.

No that's what a rational person does.

you have a metaphor for all of mankind

If Adam's a metaphor how do you know that the numbers associated with him are literal, metaphorical or just made up by some person 2,000 years ago and repeatedly changed in later translations?

which is interesting happenstance relating to a few weird things and nothing more.

Right ok.

So this is just playing with numbers.

No problem - whatever keeps you entertained.

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Genesis Lifetimes and Numerology

by schnell in

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friends

out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.

7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

wizzstick

with Adam's lifetime reducing to 12

You're assuming that the information about a) Adam and b) how long he lived for, is accurate.

Any actual evidence?

My lifetime reduces to 12. Should I worry? Or am I in the money?

yeah, I'm gonna take a stab

Right - so basically this is all a guess.

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Genesis Lifetimes and Numerology

by schnell in

jw
friends

out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.

7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

wizzstick

I can absolutely show a relationship between old occult stuff and the scripture that people cling to under the impression that it is saccharine, divine, and literally true. (Ezekiel 1, for starters.)

Go for it.

But undeniable evidence please. No interpretations.

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Genesis Lifetimes and Numerology

by schnell in

jw
friends

out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.

7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

wizzstick

They mean nothing more than what you attribute to them.

With over 7 billion people on the Earth that means you could have over 7 billion viewpoints.

I simply can't seen the attraction. Imagine people intrepreting the craters on the moon. Endlessly debating about different crater's widths and shapes, and coming up with different interpretations of what they mean.

Wouldn't you be - WTF?

That's me with numerology.

Just...WTF.

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Genesis Lifetimes and Numerology

by schnell in

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friends

out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.

7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

wizzstick

Why?

Why even think that there is something in 'numbers' in the Bible?

Just...why?

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New BBC Panorama doc maybe be coming

by wizzstick in

on a ex-jw fb group this post went up in december.

been meaning to copy and paste it on here.

the op on fb said they were happy for it to be shared:.

wizzstick

Hi,

On a Ex-JW FB group this post went up in December. Been meaning to copy and paste it on here. The OP on FB said they were happy for it to be shared:

Yesterday a couple of us in this group met up with a BBC investigations correspondent who was involved in the original Panorama program in 2002. He and a colleague, both very experienced investigative journalist who have worked on high level programs would like to do a followup to the original program.

He asked if anything had changed in the way JWs handle abuse since the program, and we were able to give him information about the Australian Royal Commission, the Charity Commission and all the abuse cases in the media since then. Sadly no change in policy from JWs and in fact with the shunning element it has got worse.

He was quite shocked and fired up and his wanting to 'doorstep' elders who will not get involved in giving evidence was quite reassuring. However, although this request for a future program came from them, he and his colleague must 'sell' the idea and show the need for it, and he asked for our help. They need cases of abuse that have been mishandled :i.e not reported to the police or where an abuser went on to abuse others. Because of the nature of the program, they need people who are willing to go on camera with their story. A further caveat at the start is that since this will be handled by BBC Scotland, if at least one case comes from Scotland they have a better chance of getting the program started and will move to cases further afield.

He has given permission for victims to contact him and then maybe decide later if you feel able to continue with the program, but as I think you will appreciate.....this is a great opportunity not to be missed if at all we can provide source material. If you think what happened to you could show that JWs are still the same and you dont mind speaking about it, he would like to hear from you.

Right now he is involved in investigative matters regarding another abuse scandal at football clubs so is busy but wants to get started on our situation and feels it might be March or April when realistically he can do something,but it wont happen if we cannot provide cases where there is evidence so if you could think about it, talk to anyone who you might know would be willing to come forward, he would be grateful.
He is Mark Daly and his email is [email protected]

If there are any ex-JW's that would be ok to share their stories on camera then contact the journalist above.

The 2002 documentary is up on You Tube if you wish to see it:

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