Posts by *jeremiah*

WHAT will the next 10, 20, or 30 years bring? It can be frightening to contemplate the future in this age of terrorism. Technology is booming. Globalization has made many nations interdependent. Will world leaders unite and pave the way for a brighter tomorrow? Some people say yes, hoping that by the year 2015, leaders will be able to stem the tide of poverty and hunger, reverse the spread of AIDS, and halve the proportion of those without access to safe drinking water and sanitation.

I was wondering where they got this date...2015. What people are saying that leaders will be able to stem the tide of poverty and hunger, etc, etc, by 2015? I'm wondering where they are getting this.

Maybe the WT's inside men in the UN are telling them this.

BTW-that whole article is weird. The WTS just finished the end of false religion campaign and gave most members the impression that this system can't possibly go on another year or two or even five. In fact we have all heard that they think the campaign just might start armageddon. Now look at the first sentence of the article. What will the next 10,20, or even 30 years bring?

....fishy. very fishy. not that that surprises me or anything, just pointing it out.

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Hambeaks Extremely Heartbreaking News

by Sparkplug in

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friends

our friend hambeak just got the most dreaded phone call from his jw child.

the news was passed on as he was asked for by name and not as"dad" and let known that "they" just called to let him know that his other son, brian, age 26, is dead.

he was in a car accident.

jeremiah

Prayers are with you and your family Hambeak.

I'm so very sorry.

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There's Something About Mary

by *jeremiah* in

is mary becoming one kind of a bridge to unite religion?.

personally i see this trend in the news more and more.

the pope is currently in turkey and here is an excerpt from a recent speech:.

jeremiah

More Mary news:

"Pilgrim statue visits inmates"

Nearing the end of its three-week tour of Guam, the International Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima made its way yesterday to visit men and women who could desperately be seeking any of the good fortune that is said to follow the statue.

http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061204/NEWS01/612040303/1002

"Rwanda: Thousands Pray At Marian Shrine As Jubilee Year Opens"

http://allafrica.com/stories/200612010959.html

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[Fluff] - Celebrity Crushes!

by daystar in

i'll admit that for as far back as i can remember, i've picked up little crushes on celebrities.

i think one of my first crushes was on olivia newton-john after seeing her in grease at 5 years old and later in xanadu.. i've had crushes on:.

jennifer connelly (labrynth)gwyneth paltrow (hook briefly and later emma)cate blanchett (elizabeth, pushing tin)meredith salenger (the journey of natty gann, but especially, especially, in dream a little dream)kate beckingsale (much ado about nothing, cold comfort farm (not underworld, though she's smokin' in that.

jeremiah

Scarlett Johansson

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The Watchtower After Hours: Phone Sex!?

by Anitar in

well, it's good to know what the watchtower's priorities are these days.

they're facing dwindling numbers in the industrialized nations, a growing number of child abuse lawsuits, a pedophile database of over 23,000 members just waiting to be exposed, and what do they have on the front page of their website?

phone sex!!.

jeremiah

Sir82,

exactly what the heck kind of phone does that dude on the left have

Yeah, I think that guy likes to "kick it old school".

We need to 'pummel our body

I don't know if this is the best choice of words, I'm mean, after all isn't that what happens during phone sex? A light pummeling of gratification.

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There's Something About Mary

by *jeremiah* in

is mary becoming one kind of a bridge to unite religion?.

personally i see this trend in the news more and more.

the pope is currently in turkey and here is an excerpt from a recent speech:.

jeremiah

Is Mary becoming one kind of a bridge to unite religion?

Personally I see this trend in the news more and more. The Pope is currently in Turkey and here is an excerpt from a recent speech:

Benedict said in his sermon: "From here in Ephesus, a city blessed by the presence of Mary Most Holy -- who we know is loved and venerated also by Muslims -- let us lift up to the Lord a special prayer for peace between peoples."

The Koran describes Mary as the virgin mother of Jesus, whom Muslims consider the greatest prophet after Mohammed, and some Muslims -- especially women -- visit shrines to her.

Here is the entire article if interested: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-11-29T132936Z_01_L28626797_RTRUKOC_0_US-POPE-TURKEY.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C2-TopNews-newsOne-4

Muslisms, Catholics, and some Protestant denominations seem to be venerating her more and more. Many believe in her appearances (apparitions) throughout the world and tens of thousands make pilgrimages to those locations.

It seems as if the Pope can't seem to make a speech anymore without mentioning her. Some non-Catholic religions are beginning to follow the Catholic example of venerating Mary.

Here's another recent news article entitled "The Power of Mary": http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006611260589

Thoughts,...comments?

Also, I wonder the role of cults in this emerging trend. I recently scanned the WT's article "Should you Pray to the Virgin Mary?" Apparently the WT's stance is in opposition to veneration of Mary at this time. I wonder, though, If Mary continues to appear and maybe performs some huge miracle, will cults like the WTS form "new light" to come to more of a venerable belief in her?

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Society laying the groundwork for "new light"?

by sir82 in

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in the january 1 2007 wt, there is the following quote in one of the articles regarding the "first resurrection" (there are a few other posts on that article already):.

it seems that resurrected ones of the 24 elders group may be involved in communicating of divine truths today.. this may be the most significant sentence in the article (haven't read it in its entirety yet).

i don't recall seeing anything like it in print before.. seems to be laying the groundwork for a "flash of new light", to be exposed probably whenever the last of the 3 old-timers hanging on (barr, barber, jaracz) drop off:.

jeremiah

I agree, it sounds very much like spiritism. Maybe their occultic roots are going to be coming more and more outwardly apparent.

Alice Bailey was a turn of the century spirit medium who wrote a collection of books from a "higher power". She wrote much about a new age or a coming new world and a new enlightenment. The UN cherishes her work too.

I can't help but see parallels and I think the convergance of these type of ideas will only grow closer and closer together.

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:Ahem: If you could imbed one scripture or short message into...

by SixofNine in

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....the concrete of a turkish bath to be used by the pope, what scripture or short message would that be.

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ps... need your responses in the next 6 hours or so ;)

jeremiah

8 " 'These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
9 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are but rules taught by men. -Jesus, Matt.15

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:Ahem: If you could imbed one scripture or short message into...

by SixofNine in

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friends

....the concrete of a turkish bath to be used by the pope, what scripture or short message would that be.

.

ps... need your responses in the next 6 hours or so ;)

jeremiah

"Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.-Jesus. Matt.13

15 For this people's heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.- Jesus, Matt. 13