Posts by Ancientofdays

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Prediction: What Will Happen To Trump Now That Biden Will Be President?

by minimus in

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i think he will have to deal with the attorney general of new york amongst other things.

i do think he will not simply go away quietly ..

Ancientofdays

Is America now a "shit hole" country?

What ? .. Just because yesterday CNN stop the news and aired the new ephisode of "The naked gun" ?

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Prediction: What Will Happen To Trump Now That Biden Will Be President?

by minimus in

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friends

i think he will have to deal with the attorney general of new york amongst other things.

i do think he will not simply go away quietly ..

Ancientofdays

shots fired and death was already yesterday during the antics (antics because I saw Village People inside Capital Hill, but tragic indeed ..) ordered by the big clown .

Dems are responsable for that also ?

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What is the benifits to living forever?

by Jayk in

can anyone give me a valid reason for it?

growing old is a drag.

the witnesses idea of ever lasting life, that you will come back to your most youthful state is such a bs answer..

Ancientofdays

May I suggest to have a read to J.L. Borges's short novel "The immortal" , it's enlightening.

https://novelstales.wikispaces.com/file/view/The+Immortal+-+Borges.pdf

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international version 1 cor 5:11. but now i am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler.

do not even eat with such people.. if shunning is wrong.

.how does one explain this scripture?.

Ancientofdays

MrTheocratic,

Please, have a look to LEOLAIA comments in the linked thread.
between the best analisys I ever found on this subject: historical backgounds, contextualized and comments insightful.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/142548/can-have-some-help-re-shunning-scriptures-please?size=20&page=1

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Solomon's Temple construction, things you realize when no longer asleep.

by Crazyguy in

ok so in 1kings chapters 5-6 is where we have the story of the construction of solomon's most holy temple to god, the supreme god.

it says that to build this magnificent temple they used 30,000 men, 10,000 per month.

another 70,000 common laborers in the hills digging up stone and 80,000 stone cutting laborers.

Ancientofdays

Interesting topic.

Looking at Insight , volume 2 page pp. 1076-1083 lenght was 40 cubits , but 1King 6:2 and 2 Chronicles 3:3 stated lenght was 60 cubits.

Funny not ? One rare case when two Bible books agrees , then Insight disagre ..

Plan and materials. The temple, a most magnificent structure, followed the general plan of the tabernacle. However, the inside dimensions of the Holy and Most Holy were greater than those of the tabernacle. The Holy was 40 cubits (17.8 m; 58.3 ft) long, 20 cubits (8.9 m; 29.2 ft) wide, and evidently 30 cubits (13.4 m; 43.7 ft) high. (1Ki 6:2, 17) The Most Holy was a cube 20 cubits on a side.

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Nine Seconds that says it all. Have these elders any shame?

by Wasanelder Once in

what can i add?

this says it all.. elder on stand is mute till prompted.. .

i guess i could encourage you to watch to the end and a guest commentary, lol..

Ancientofdays

Someone may kindly post the transcript ? I can't catch the conversation clearly

thanks

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When a Witness claim the uniqueness of Bible and its accurate prophecies!

by abiather in

with the bulletin of atomic scientists moving its iconic doomsday clock up 2 minutes on 23.01.2015 (which means we are just three minutes closer to midnight in comparison to 17 minutes to midnight in 1991), and rapturewatch.net/timelines.htm predicting the end of the world as early as 2017, subject of last days is getting heated up again..

next time you have a witness boasts about the uniqueness of biblical propheciesespecially about last days, you can point the following photographic description of our times found in srimad bhagavatam, one of the ancient scriptures written even before the bible:.

1) religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the powerful influence of the age of kali (age of unrigteousness).12.2.1.

Ancientofdays

BluesBrother
It tells me that mankind has commonly foretold a "last days" marked by social upheaval and lowering personal standards. I don't believe that time to be now.....

This reminds me the recent article on The Guardian with subject The Declinism

http://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2015/jan/16/declinism-is-the-world-actually-getting-worse

This also would be good to show a witness, whe he claims "last day", hard time and so on ...

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Is Watchtower's stance against education only for North American witnesses

by wannaexit in

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i was reading on a european ex jw forum where some feel that watchtower's railing against higher education is primarily for north america issue.

this is due that many in usa and canada leave home to leave on campus.

it was mentioned that many young european jw attend universities and its not frowned on.. i found this odd because i heard what morris and losch said about education in italy.

Ancientofdays

wannaexit , was not aware you're from Italy.

Roberto Avon, you too.

Ciao bella gente !!!

di dove siete ? (in PM se volete)

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Is Watchtower's stance against education only for North American witnesses

by wannaexit in

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friends

i was reading on a european ex jw forum where some feel that watchtower's railing against higher education is primarily for north america issue.

this is due that many in usa and canada leave home to leave on campus.

it was mentioned that many young european jw attend universities and its not frowned on.. i found this odd because i heard what morris and losch said about education in italy.

Ancientofdays

I was reading on a European ex jw forum where some feel that watchtower's railing against higher education is primarily for North America issue. This is due that many in USA and Canada leave home to leave on campus. It was mentioned that many young european jw attend universities and its not frowned on.

This is the main line of reasoning from many JWs here in Italy, they would like their religion not to be considered an obsurantist sect.
My experience in 2008 , when I was MS, we held a meeting with elders and CO, and he gave a specific talk on higher education, and how to discourage parents in allowing their children attending university.
CO stressed a lot, really.
Moreover I know very well and I listened to the notorious Morris talk in Italy .
Then , there may be different situations in different congregations. For sure no privilege are assigned while a young brother is attending university.
I know very few JWs attended University , and almost the totality quit the "Truth" at some point during their educational cicle.

By listening Morris on tv.jw.org it is now very clear, and I'm happy they're exposed themselves, what is really scaring the Governing Body: it's especially about intellectual impact of higher education, and not sexual morality in the campus.
It's nice when Morris tells story about the conversation with the mother of a young brother attending university : "he now believes in EVOLUTION !! ... HOW SAD"
That makes clear what they really are : herald of obscurantist ideology. This is SAD !

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Well, it was your basic KH wedding, now 40 years later

by JeffT in

my wife and i still like each other.

fortieth is "ruby.

" since rubies aren't in the budget, we went to ruby beach for the weekend.

Ancientofdays

Jeff, just noted. Congratulations !

I was in my celebration same date as your. October 6th : 24 years.

I got my wedding at Assembly Hall.
At that time , in 1990, I though : what a privilege !!
ciao