nelly136:
Sure, Gold would be better than nickel..;-)
No, the main problem is the currency value decrease. EURO decreased -compared to the US-dollar - more than 30% within 3 yrs (the date when it became virtual currency). This fact generated an increasing inflation in most EU-countries.
And this goes on meanwhile ALTHOUGH there is US-dollar-crisis (evoked by the Sept.11 and the NewEconomy-weakness..)
Posts by Erich
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by gilwarrior inwell at the beginning of the year the euro is the national currency of the member of the european union (execpt for great britain, denmark and norway, i think).
anyway i just want to know what you all think about this.
especially those of you who live in europe.
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What would you think if?
by getingout inif a dud came to your door and said, we no longer shun ex members let's become friends again.
if the wt said the preaching work has ended.. if wt encouraged the members to vote in all elections.
if the blood ban was removed.
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sexyTeen:
Erich: end of the world.
Hi.
I am active JW too, since 1984 baptized.
Let me explain: My hope is the transformation of the current world-situation, and the establishing of a new righteous world order where no wars, hunger, and diseases are existing, and where the death will disappear. That´s the prophecy of the bible.Further, the bible tells us, that the wicked ones would have no everlasting future in that new system called Kingdom of God. They are not allowed to live forever in the same way as the good ones.
Thats clear because we cannot need fights, wars and destructions again when we are on the way to build our new paradise here on earth with the help of God.
That`s the main message of the bible.
But I DO NOT THINK THAT 6 BILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL GET DESTROYED IN ARMAGEDDON THROUGH A GREAT SLAUGHTER.That`s nonsense. Jehovah is a kind and merciful God, and HIS intention is that as many people as possible should survive to the new world system.
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EURO
by gilwarrior inwell at the beginning of the year the euro is the national currency of the member of the european union (execpt for great britain, denmark and norway, i think).
anyway i just want to know what you all think about this.
especially those of you who live in europe.
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I am Austrian.
Very affected of change from Austrian Shilling to EURO !
Great problems!
My mother (86) has no chance anymore to grasp the new currency...
Further problem: 1 EURO = 13,7603 (former) Austrian Shillings !
So, one must be a mathematical genius that one can calculate quickly...;-)Besides, all people have to buy new money-bags, because the EURO-cent-coins are 3 times more(!) than before, and 3 times heavier than before...
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Bush Pushes King of North
by proplog2 insouth.
north.
south's pushing there is no more said about the king of the south.
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Gozz.
Or you could've seen it 'looking' into the future. That's a possibility..
No that doesn`t work.
It is against physical, mathematical, logical and natural laws God has given.A prophecy can only be fulfilled, if YOU - or a higher being through that you was given the message - is able and have the power to let it fulfill !!
The only exception would be a "time-travel" into the future (and returning, of course).
Ask Mr. Stephen Hawkings. Maybe it`s possible...lol
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What would you think if?
by getingout inif a dud came to your door and said, we no longer shun ex members let's become friends again.
if the wt said the preaching work has ended.. if wt encouraged the members to vote in all elections.
if the blood ban was removed.
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Okay nelly.
If they (JW`s) are allowed by the WTS to vote in a "worldly" democratic election, they actually must have permission to vote in a "theocratic" election too... isn`t it so?...lol -
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What would you think if?
by getingout inif a dud came to your door and said, we no longer shun ex members let's become friends again.
if the wt said the preaching work has ended.. if wt encouraged the members to vote in all elections.
if the blood ban was removed.
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SexyTeen:
If the WT said the preaching work has ended.[quote]
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[quote] >I'd be excited because the end is here.>
Hi sexyteen.
What do you mean?
Do you mean you `d be excited, because there is
a)the end of the world in armageddon or
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Bush Pushes King of North
by proplog2 insouth.
north.
south's pushing there is no more said about the king of the south.
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proplog2.
>I don't believe that prophecy necessarily
implies the existence of God<
Very peculiar.You do not believe in the existence of God, though in Bible Prophecy and
in Book of Revelation ?
I tell ya one thing:
You can make any sort of prophecy coming true if you have the power to get it fulfilled. If there is no source for such a power, then is no fulfilling of prophecy. Logical, or not ?
E.g.: You can say to your neighbor: Tomorrow evening your house will burn! It will burn, because you have got the ability and the power to set his house on fire!
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Need JW Jokes!!
by Francois inan ex-jw friend called last night wanting as many jw jokes as he could get.
i only know the one about the difference between a vw full of jws and a porcupine: with the porcupine, the pricks are on the outside.. he liked it, of course, but he needs more.
i think maybe he's giving a speech somewhere about jws, and that would be in keeping with his life's mission.
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A regular ("plain") publisher, an elder and a bethelist entered a full-packed congress-hall one after another.
Finally, after a longer searching, the publisher found a free seat and sat down.
In the same moment, he cried out before pain: A long rusty nail had drilled him into his ass.
" Oh bloody shit! These trolls! Early in the morning, at 3 o'clock, I had to stand up from my bed driving here as fast as possible to find a car-parking place here, and a free seat in the hall. And now that happens! And I also have hunger and thirst, but there is nothing to buy. Even a toilet cannot be found. Christian love should be that? I'm going home again, bye!
Furiously and in rage he left the hall.
Now, after he was gone, the elder came and also sat down on the chair.
A paroxysmal jerk went through his body. With iron expression, immovable, without twitching with any eyelash, he got up, set his tie right, took flock- and service-book, ballpoint pens, and bag, and whispered in the ear of his seat-neighbor: " Sorry. Dear brother: I have to stand up and leave the hall again. Unfortunately, I forgot the manuscript I had prepared for my talk this afternoon. I wish you a nice and edifying day"! With stiff steps, he moved his body up to the exit.
After some time the bethelist came and took a seat on the chair. The smile in his face became brighter, and expressed luck and contentment. Oh, isn't it wonderful and encouraging, brother", he whispered to the ear of his seat-neighbor: " to perceive the splendid experiences, that, day by day, come through the invisible spiritual channel of God...?" -
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Ta-da! We didn't get shunned.....this time
by Mulan inwe were in the liquor store yesterday, and a former jw friend of ours walked in.
he looked right at me, and i could tell he was going to shun me, but looked again, and i smiled at him, and said "hi b_ _ _" he returned a greeting, walked over to my husband, who was looking at some whisky and shook his hand, and they chatted for a bit.. so, we decided that it must be okay to talk to us, as long as we are in a liquor store.
marilyn (a.k.a.
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LB:
Well, one young lady that got re-instated told me the only reason she came back was because of my greetings. She felt that I had "softened her heart".
Yes, LB. That is exactly that many of us experienced many times...
Collective "administrative" shunning and df'ing is UNBIBLICAL.
It is absolutely contraproductive for increase of Christian Love in congregations.But the WTS obviously doesn't grasp it.
They refer to 1.Corinth.5:11-13 and 2.John 20, but there did never exist a sort of shunning or df'ing through a COLLECTIVE order from higher functionaries (elders), that was administrated and supervised...
It was always INDIVIDUALLY performed, and subject to ones own conscience, sense and perception.
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"A sense of urgency"
by Norm inthe above phrase is one of the most cherished in the watchtowers huge arsenal of tools for manipulation.
it is used to work the average jehovah's witness into a sort of frenzy and keep them there.
come, lord jesus.revelation 22:20. watchtower, october 1.
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prolog2:
JW's adamantly refuse to talk about the nearness of the end. Instead they declare that the resurrection is the real hope - not living through the Great Tribulation.
They - the WTS - deny the (meanwhile even) scientific proof for:
a) the current radical change of the world (though many "worldly" politicians and economists day by day trumbone it out even in magazines and newspapers), because the change doesn't match with their imaginations and views.. and
b) the possibility of attainment of everlasting youth and life,
because obviously it get attained through scientific skills, and not through a miraculous impact by God. And this doesn't match with their (biblical ???) imaginations and views too...
They think, in that case Jesus Christ's ransom sacrifice would have been in vain - an error, because God is in the position to use scientists skills as "vehicle" to make HIS intentions come true...