Posts by Erich

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The END is NIGH??

by Samdownunder in

i watched a fascinating documentary tonight called "the corporation".

it exposed the development of big business in modern day and their greed and corruption of the world.

many of the scholars and experts conceded that by the year 2025, we truly would not have any water left to drink and they discussed the ruination of the rainforests and other important resources as well.

Erich

Hello all.

I think there are two different things.

On the one side there is a global disaster: religious, social, financial, political, environmental. Leading to a situation the bible calles "armageddon" - we do not know the manner HOW it would be fulfilled. Sure: the world thereafter have to be different. There ist no way back to the "old state" of the world, because there are too many inconsistencies. If the surviving people would go the establish a "new world" on the SAME fundamentals as before, the system would collapse in the same way as before; faster, earlier. Then you have got the same mess. No, that is no way out. We INDEED need a totally new global system, based on new paradigmas.

On the other hand, there is the question of the role the WTBS will play in the new system. Look at the words in the bible:

"Many will say to me in that day: "Lord, Lord, did we nor prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?" And yet then I will confess to them: "I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness".

E.

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The END is NIGH??

by Samdownunder in

i watched a fascinating documentary tonight called "the corporation".

it exposed the development of big business in modern day and their greed and corruption of the world.

many of the scholars and experts conceded that by the year 2025, we truly would not have any water left to drink and they discussed the ruination of the rainforests and other important resources as well.

Erich

In addition to my post above:

The WTBS is not in the position to publish ALL dangerous problems. If they do, they would get sued to pay hundred millions of dollars indemnity payments. Greedy lawyers are waiting on opportunities and contingency to sue before the courts.

Futher: Dont watch the state of the world through US-american spectacles. 90% of the world is living in chaotic disastrous circumstances.

There are corrumptive and inhuman situations all around of an amount and a level nobody of you all can imagine.

E.

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The END is NIGH??

by Samdownunder in

i watched a fascinating documentary tonight called "the corporation".

it exposed the development of big business in modern day and their greed and corruption of the world.

many of the scholars and experts conceded that by the year 2025, we truly would not have any water left to drink and they discussed the ruination of the rainforests and other important resources as well.

Erich

If all the water gets poisoned, we'll filter it out. If the air gets polluted, we'll filter it out. The increase in technology is helping us cope with the mess we create from previous technology

Okay: maybe regarding pollution of water. Or air. But that are small parts of the entire problems. Some expert studies show us absolutely non-solvable problems today (cannot be "filtered out" !!):

1) The chaotic finance, economy and currency system. All currencies bases on debts. All states and countries all around the world have high debts. The debts are so high that they cannot be paid by future generations. There is a shear opening more and more.

2) The chaotic political and ideological ideas the world is built therupon. Terrorists, religious fundamentalists and so on..

3) Greedy corporations (global players) are exploiting material resources as well as mental and creative resources in a manner has no example in the whole history of mankind. Note: The turbo-exploitation of PATENTABLE new ideas is as same dangerous as wasting material resources (oil, metals etc.). Future generations have too few possibilities on owning intellectual property. Their life will be boring, poor, disastrous, if only 1% of the mankind owns all resources available. As a result, they will be "slaves" of rich agents, advocates, bosses, managers, and anonymous corporations; instead of living a free and successful life. And that situation will get worse and worse year by year with no chance for an end...

E.

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Overpopulation in the "Paradise" Earth!

by Leolaia in

jw doctrine teaches that the 1,000 years of christ corresponds to "judgment day," and everyone who has not already been judged will be resurrected from the dead.

the exceptions would be those who died during the flood, the destruction of sodom and gomorrah, and a few odd individuals.

but that's only the people living today.

Erich

Hi.

I believe to the existence of "parallel universes" which solve the problem. Read the books of Hugh Everett III

or David Deutsch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Deutsch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_universe

E.

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What's that 70's hit that sounds like elvis but it's not?

by avishai in

it's driving me nuts.

the guy sounds like elvis, but it's not, the song was a hit, i believe in the early 70's.

dammit!!

Erich

It's driving me nuts. The guy sounds like elvis, but it's not, the song was a hit, I believe in the early 70's.

I believe it was SHAKIN STEVENS you meant.

E.

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C.T. Russell Claimed Modern Inventions Were Harbingers of the Millennium

by Kenneson in

the april 15, 1915 zion's watch tower, page 126 has an interesting brief article entitled "the typewriter and progress" that is certainly worth perusing.. "amongst the great inventions of our day is the typewriter.

it came upon the market just forty years ago, in 1874, as a merchantable and usable convenience, after having been seven years in process of development.

the bible, we believe, marks the same year, 1874, as the beginning of the harvest of this age.

Erich

Interestingly, the recent developments in technology and science, though extremely important for the future of mankind, do not impress the WTS very much;-( I wonder why.

minimus:

Um, they don't like the internet (for some reason).

Thats right.

But they are urgently recommended to take a look at the millions of new patents laying dormant in the patent archives. If once those many patent rights expire, new developments will swamp over many new-economy-branches, and will change all life on earth in way nobody does imagine in the very moment. For instance, look at stem cells research. Or research on cloning technology. The entire genetic technology branch is nearly paralysed by an inflation of patent rights. There are TOO MUCH PATENTS. The entire field of "epigenetics", the key to obtain ever-lasting youth, is totally PUZZLED with patents.

Similar concern patent problems impact other branches, e.g. software technologies. The WTS has go no mere idea what is going on in that matter. If some JW, as an insider in this matter, would go to write a letter to the WTS, they only would shake their heads. Thats the fact..

E.

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C.T. Russell Claimed Modern Inventions Were Harbingers of the Millennium

by Kenneson in

the april 15, 1915 zion's watch tower, page 126 has an interesting brief article entitled "the typewriter and progress" that is certainly worth perusing.. "amongst the great inventions of our day is the typewriter.

it came upon the market just forty years ago, in 1874, as a merchantable and usable convenience, after having been seven years in process of development.

the bible, we believe, marks the same year, 1874, as the beginning of the harvest of this age.

Erich

Interestingly, the recent developments in technology and science, though extremely important for the future of mankind, does not impress the WTS very much;-(

I wonder why.

E.

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WT makes everything a conscience issue

by stillajwexelder in

the wt would make everything easy for themselves if they made everything a conscience issue -i know i have stated this before but it is so true.

they would save any lawsuits, they would stop losing people, the brothers would be happier , no dfings, no judicials, less burden on the elders, brothers training their consciences - i just can not see a downside

Erich

Because your sin would kill you, but you are dead so you are forgiven?

...ThaiPost

There is a contradiction, I never can understand. You presumably get resurrected one time with ALL your memories and experiences stored in the "new brain" you will have, the org says. Okay. But the next problem: Your deeds (and sins of course too!) you`ve done while you were living became stored otherwise too: Look at thousands of pictures, recordings, letters, articles or postings you wrote into your computer (the CD`s will survive too). And besides, your deeds (and sins) you `ve done are stored then in all the "new brains" of your resurrected friends, acquaintance, relatives and so on.

How can anybody say your sins are forgiven with your death, and there would begin a new chapter of live (the 1000-year-period) where ALL IS FORGOTTEN WHAT YOU EVER HAD DONE ??

No I cannot believe this. If you had been a child molester in 2001, and you would get a resurrection in 2560 because you died before armageddon;-( then your environment will be entirely informed about your SINS. Okay! And they will get treated from your environment in a kind they are aware of your sins you made 2001, and you will get tested severely. Thats absolutely sure!

E.

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MY BOSS TOLD ME THAT MICHAEL JACKSON...

by TresHappy in

is going to be the father of quadruplets...anyone else heard this?

Erich

MICHAEL JACKSON is going to be the father of quadruplets...anyone else heard this?

No, thats a liar, a hoax. Rather, he got octopussies. E.

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Can I withdraw a Disassociation?

by Woman know your place in

jw
friends

i'm new to the site, and wonder can anyone advise me..... two years ago i decided to leave the jws, and when i met with the elders to inform them, they told me they had grounds to disfellowship me (i told them i doidnt believe in god and had slept with my boyfriend.....for full story see my profile).

at the time i thought that telling them would just mean that i could get on with my life and they would know that i was not a jw... i thought that you could only df a person who wilfully sinned against god.... well i didnt believe in god, so how could i wilfully sin against him?

anyway, as i said, the elders wanted to df me, and, not wanting to be seen as a sinner, i wrote a letter of disassociation detailing my reasons for not believing ahead of the dfing.. so did the elders have grounds to df me?

Erich

woman know ...

Hi. When I read your story I felt a cat came up from my stomach..

Dont let your head hang down. There will be a positive outcome, believe me!

With all my best wishes and prayers

E.