Posts by DesirousOfChange

My mother had the CO visit this week. He told them to expect the Great Tribulation right after this COVID thing has passed. I told her I thought Jesus said it would come "when you least expect it". WTF?

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Do you have any evidence that the GB had bad intent?

by AlainAlam in

do you have any evidence that the gb had bad intent?

as opposed to blind faith/cognitive dissonance and honest mistakes.. i'm inclined to think they have the best of intentions and are just wrong (primarily because the bible is wrong), but i'm willing to consider the evidence otherwise..

DesirousOfChange

"I think what AlainA is trying to assert on this thread is that the GB men or past presidents of the WTS were just misinformed good willed and well intended people."

By and large, I think that is true of at least some of them. The older GB members were as mystified by the doctrinal "spins" of Freddie Franz as were most of us. Remember they were all uneducated, socially inept men. And, it wasn't until the clock ran out on many of those things (ie, this generation not passing away) that it became evident (at least to anyone not completely blinded) that Freddie had been all wrong all along. I think most of them died happy that death was finally relieving them of the pain of their cognitive dissonance.

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Nice Street Interviews Just in Time for the Memorial

by Sea Breeze in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqwh_usezpu&feature=youtu.be.

DesirousOfChange

Good (lack of) "social distancing".

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Zoom compromised

by Butyoucanneverleave in

the washington post has an article titled thousands of zoom video calls left exposed on open web.

i wonder if the witnesses know this.

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DesirousOfChange

Once again the Borg's decisions seem to be lacking "wise direction" as one would expect to have when being directed by God.

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3M Corporation-- You are Absolutely DISGUSTING - I hope you are sitting down when reading this

by RubaDub in

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i was watching the local news in the background and i heard a guy talking about 3m and how florida was getting screwed.

i didn't hear the whole report.. later, i was switching through the channels and i saw the same guy talking to tucker carlson (fox news).

come to find out he is the federal cdc equivalent at the state level.

DesirousOfChange

For what it's worth, Trump says he is pissed and said 3M will pay the price. He signed some war powers act or something and said he can force them to manufacture the masks. I guess we will see.

I'm betting on Trump on this one.

3M is gonna get fucked.

(Remember he kindly convinced GM and Ford into production of ventilators. I would think he would just have to say there would never be another GM or Ford vehicle purchased by the US Gov't.)

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Do you have any evidence that the GB had bad intent?

by AlainAlam in

do you have any evidence that the gb had bad intent?

as opposed to blind faith/cognitive dissonance and honest mistakes.. i'm inclined to think they have the best of intentions and are just wrong (primarily because the bible is wrong), but i'm willing to consider the evidence otherwise..

DesirousOfChange

Thanks Cofty!!!

GREAT RESPONSE!

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What do you think of the ransom as proof of Jehovah's love?

by AlainAlam in

consider these excerpts from the bible and the publications:.

“no one has love greater than this, that someone should surrender his life in behalf of his friends” (joh 15:13).

“for hardly would anyone die for a righteous man; though perhaps for a good man someone may dare to die.

DesirousOfChange

At this point in time, I tend to agree with Nelson Barbour (who was the early cohort of Chas Russell): Christ's death was no more a settlement of the penalty of man's sins than would the sticking of a pin through the body of a fly and causing it suffering and death be considered by an earthly parent as a just settlement for misdemeanor in his child."

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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

by Simon in

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this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

DesirousOfChange

Nearly 50% of the cases in the US are in the NYC and surrounding area.

Still the increases do not appear to be going up exponentially s they were previously. The graph Simon posted yesterday is encouraging.

Can anyone tell me if it's OK now to shower or are we still under the "Wash Your Hands" Order?