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  According to History

  by Gorbatchov in

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  according to history, now only a reichstag fire is needed to eliminate democracy.

  it is very likely that this will happen.. g..

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  A bit over sensationalizing are we not ?
  
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  J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature

  by IWant2Leave in

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  i'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.

  i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.

  my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.

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  The WTS leaders (GB) dont want the devoted members to see the old WTS literature because they might find out the WTS/JWs leaders (GB) are corrupt apostate sinners.

  The various aspects of controlling information is there in the JWS by its top orchestraters for obvious reasons. Strive to control incoming information is an important endeavor with most religoius cults, without it you may lose followers completely.
  
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  J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature

  by IWant2Leave in

  1. watchtower
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  i'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.

  i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.

  my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.

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  Finkelstein

  The leaders of the JWS (GB) are the real ones who dont want present JWS to read any of the organization's old literature.

  They just might realize what a tainted fraud they are involved in/with as a commercialized religious publishing house.
  
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  Organized Rioting Across America Due To A Black Man’s Death

  by minimus in

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  cities across america have been pillaged and destroyed these last few days.

  a white policeman has been charged with murder of a black man.

  protests have been organized across major us cities and horrible riots have occurred.

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  It all seems a bit nonsensical now being that the officer(s) involved were fired and the main cop is now charged with murder.
  

  What if the guy who died was a white guy and the officer was a black man ?

  Floyd was physically resisting arrest which took three police officers to take him down.

  The bystanders that were close by watching the event and voicing their own opinion were causing some interference which might have caused the police to loose focus to what they were doing.

  I dont think the main cop was really trying to kill Floyd but he lost awareness how long he had his knee on Floyd's neck causing to him to loose consciousness.

  If he is charged with murder that would be an injustice to the cop, involuntary manslaughter yes.
  

  If Floyd's autopsy reveals he was high on drugs which facilitated his death, this is going to make even more a difference in court..
  
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  Resurrection, Reconstruction? What is it? It never made sense to me. Your opinion.

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  i never had much faith in whatever resurrection was.

  what appealed to me about jw doctrines was the rejection of the "it's a mystery" defense of the indefensible.

  when i would ask how going into non existence could be reversed when all the atomic parts of who we are had been scattered for thousands of years, the answer was "jehovah can do anything".

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  One way we can tell or verify the resurrection is fictional mythology is that Jesus said to the people at the time that many would not experiences death.

  ummmmm ??? It would appear that didn't happen
  
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  Resurrection, Reconstruction? What is it? It never made sense to me. Your opinion.

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
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  i never had much faith in whatever resurrection was.

  what appealed to me about jw doctrines was the rejection of the "it's a mystery" defense of the indefensible.

  when i would ask how going into non existence could be reversed when all the atomic parts of who we are had been scattered for thousands of years, the answer was "jehovah can do anything".

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  Finkelstein

  Quite an acknowledgment to make when its realized its all based upon hearsay.

  What about all the other expressed stories that were told by other ancients about their own select gods, were they also all factually true ?
  
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  Resurrection, Reconstruction? What is it? It never made sense to me. Your opinion.

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
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  i never had much faith in whatever resurrection was.

  what appealed to me about jw doctrines was the rejection of the "it's a mystery" defense of the indefensible.

  when i would ask how going into non existence could be reversed when all the atomic parts of who we are had been scattered for thousands of years, the answer was "jehovah can do anything".

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  Finkelstein

  That's what faith and beliefs are about, believing in the irrational and the improbable no matter what is established to a appealing degree..

  Humanity has been asking the gods for help with sickness and death for thousands of years, who knows maybe this will continue on for another thousand years. ?

  In the mean time I think its better to deal with the probable to what we have within the known and accepted physical world.

  Waiting for the gods of ancient times to help us out is not really a good wager to make wholly based upon the inspired imaginations of few men who lived a long time ago.
  
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  Did ancient Hebrew's get hign during temple

  by Fadeaway1962 in

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  https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-discover-cannabis-biblical-site-1874790 .

  would explain daniel and ezekiel and their visions.

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  Some ancients believe their dreams were visions handed down to them from their gods.
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  Do You Think We Will Ever Get Back To “Normal”?

  by minimus in

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  i hope that within the next several months we will get back to some type of normalcy.

  will restaurants ever get filled again?

  will you ever be able to sit at a bar or go to a concert or broadway show?.

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  Kosonen the prophetic nutter is back
  

  Trying to make fictional mythological prophesies written 2000 years ago to are modern time is a trite foolish and intellectually dishonest .

  Voiding oneself from reality is a crippling folly for humanity to take, we should always respect those who try to live in reality instead abstract delusions, are very survival depends on it.

  Please stay in your nuthouse Kosonen
  
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  Do You Think We Will Ever Get Back To “Normal”?

  by minimus in

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  i hope that within the next several months we will get back to some type of normalcy.

  will restaurants ever get filled again?

  will you ever be able to sit at a bar or go to a concert or broadway show?.

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  One should have a sense of empathy to those who lost their jobs, particularly in the air line industry, the cruise lines, hotels, retail, wholesale outlets and hospitality etc.

  There is no doubt there is going to be an ongoing economic down fall out this whole affair, which may take awhile to fully recover.
  

  My suggestion to those who lost their chosen jobs and dont see them coming back for the foreseeable future, is quickly get trained into another profession.

  Invest yourself toward something that is active, keep your eyes and ears open.