http://mp3skull.com/mp3/stephen_lett.html .
119 minutes
are you kidding me? are you trying to kill all of us here?
I can't sit and listen to 119 minutes of some cult governing body member or any other cult member talk about what he thinks others should do or what they should think.
Now that I think about it I can't even listen to 1 minute.
andersonsinfo is reporting the following news about the "criminal charges and indictment of the watch tower society in australia" by taking some extracts from different parts of jehovah's witness, steven unthank's blog site, http://www.jwnews.net.
please go to the blog to understand the "indictment" and for detailed reading there is much more information found in a:.
pdf version of the 664 page document "the submission 2011" being the:.
If this does happen and the FDS are legally implicated by Victoria I think what we'll see is a new prophecy developing. Some scripture in Revelation with another modern day fulfillment thing going on. What could it be?
which syestem do you think works better?
capitalism or communism.
i think none of them work.
Maybe what we really need is "God's Kingdom" LOL
I'm sure that's what any Jdub would say if they were to weigh in on this discussion.
I think democratic socialism is what most of us have to some degree or another right now.
getting the mix of capitalism and democratic socialism just right is usually the problem.
PS to psychotic parrot
hunter gatherers were communal groups but you don't see too many of them around anymore except maybe in the Amazon rainforest.
which syestem do you think works better?
capitalism or communism.
i think none of them work.
Capitalism is driven by greed which is not necessarily all bad as long as it is tempered by some compassion for man. Not all capitalists have that compassion so it then becomes necessary to regulate greed so it doesn't loose sight of man's overall state.
Communism is a form of forced altruism and it cannot compete with capitalism because the main drive of man is survival and survival of the fittest has always been the norm.
Communism fails because workers who have guaranteed jobs at companies with little or no competition fail at providing products and services at consistent quality levels. For example, in Estonia when it was a Soviet occupied country it took up to 6 months to get phone service. There was no motivation for the State phone company and it's employees to provide services in a timely basis.
Controlling Capitalism is a tricky issue. It has to be done so as not to limit competition in a global market yet it has to protect those that are in its grasp. The market itself is the best way to control capitalism. When the market is educated and makes good choices in acquiring it's needs from capitalists with a social conscience then more capitalists will do what's necessary to deliver to that market.
The "green revolution" is a good example of how this works. For decades car manufacturers produced vehicles that were large, guzzled fuel, and made the corporations a lot of profit. The market consumed these vehicles so the manufacturers made more. Expensive fuel has changed the markets demands and so now the manufacturers are listening and acting. The reasons vary but the outcome is always the same. The market drives capitalism it's really not the other way around.
In what way do capitalists try to take control of the market? The simple answer is advertising if a capitalist economy can sell it's consumers on a product they win.
Communism on the other hand has shown repeatedly that it has no chance of succeeding. Capitalism always takes over.
So my quick answer is and this is what I think man is trying to do in many parts of the world. Capitalism with a social conscience but this can only be accomplished from the bottom up. Consumers have to be informed. They have to make purchasing decisions based on the overall good of the earth their fellow man and their health.
Let's take food for example. We need to become informed as to what we consume and once we make the right choices we will drive the big capitalist corporations to our wishes and needs. This is already taking place with organics and fast foods. For example how many here would regularly eat at MacDonald's?
PS if you answer is "I would" then I recommend the movie "Food Inc."
it's good education.
Capitalism is the only thing that works.
i know the book study arrangement had been deleted in 2009, however, i am hearing that a similar meeting has been ressurrected and being called the "congregation book study".
http://www.jw-archive.org/2010/09/usa-2010.html?m=1.
can anyone clarify, please?.
BUT(and this is a big one), there is a "mandatory" Weekly Family Worship Night.
Just curious, how the hell do they make it mandatory?
may 1, 2011 watchtower, page 8.
"i feel like i've gone from owning a piece of paradise to owning a toxic waste dump" (reference to rev.
11:18, 'god will bring to ruin those ruining the earth').
You are so correct.
If one wants to carry that to extremes, one could say just about everyone living today is having a part in ruining the earth including the WTBTS and their buildings and cars and and printing plants.
just wanted to drop in and share the good news that i have been accepted to "the big city university" this fall.
sorry i haven't been around much lately, this is a busy semester as i'm just getting on with a really exciting life.. wow, has my life changed as i look back over the years!
and jwd/jwn has been an important part of the positive direction that my life is now headed.. my previous thread and history are in the private section for members.
Great news Billy, congrats
djeggnog invited me to start a new thread about the blood doctrine, which i am happy to do here.
his objection was my statement,.
"i've seen the blood video, a deceiving mix of scripture, fearmongering and pseudoscience, with plenty of lab coats in view.
if you've seen it what did you think of it?
does it seem like we might be missing something?.
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If you've seen it what did you think of it? Does it seem like we might be missing something?
just saw that on the evening news .
are they all having babies now or what ?
is there any stats on how many have left ?.
As LWT said on another thread on this topic when he was quoting randy waters well, I'll let you look at it bottom of page
