DesirousOfChange

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  What Type of Future do YOU look forward to?

  by Revealed in

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  or dread?.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Getting older is not for sissys. But this life is the only one I have to live, so looking to make the best of it. I do think that the near future (and that's really all I have left as there is not much of a distant future if you're my age) will be somewhat better if the Progressives are prevented from furthering their agenda for the next year and the GOP sweeps the House & Senate. Then we'll have a "status quo" where neither party can do much -- do much damage, that is. Things seem to run along much better when there is that balance or power and it takes real cooperation and diplomacy to change things. Sadly, usually in the matter of governing, doing nothing often seems better than anything our politicians actually do.
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  Armageddon house?

  by exjwlemming in

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  the other night, my wife and i were driving through a upscale suburb with old, large, beautiful homes.

  there is one house that my never jw she really likes.

  as we drove by the house, i turned to her and said, "that's your armageddon house.

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  DesirousOfChange

  We just bought the one we wanted. Couldn't wait any longer on Armageddon.

  
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  2021-November-S-147-Announcements And Reminders!

  by Atlantis in

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  2021-november-s-147-announcements and reminders.

  english and german.

  https://www.filemail.com/d/jyqtggmagakcdrq.

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  DesirousOfChange

  I don't know what else to say. ~ Pete
  

  How about........
  

  
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  The Poor the Wealthy and the Middle Class

  by Simon in

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  the poor spendthe middle-class savethe wealthy invest.

  the unique circumstances of the lockdown and stimulus checks has highlighted these differences in stark ways.. on one hand, you have jumps in sales and valuation of companies like foot locker and nike, as people spend their "free" government money on sneakers.

  they blow it on useless tat.

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  DesirousOfChange

  J Paul Getty once said (I only heard this from a long time ago) "Money doesn't buy happiness, maybe unhappiness."

  Guess he died a very unhappy billionaire.

  But, did you notice that he did NOT give all of his money away to charity? So, I think he decided he'd rather be rich and unhappy vs poor and whatever.
  
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  Help with 1975 please

  by jhine in

  1. watchtower
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  i answered a question on quora about jw flip flops .

  i mentioned, amongst other things , the 1975 debacle.

  how witnesses were told that armageddon was coming in the fall of that year.

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  DesirousOfChange

  The real question is:

  
  Why did it take us (at least me) over FORTY YEARS to see thru all this BULLSHIT?
  
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  The Shat Heard Round the World

  by Simon in

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  did it really happen?

  i keep seeing it on twitter .... did biden really ... have a bathroom accident ... in the vatican?.

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  DesirousOfChange

  How embarrassing it must be to have him as a nations leader.

  I recently saw a guy wearing a mask that said:

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  So true. Especially, I think, if you are a Veteran.

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  The Poor the Wealthy and the Middle Class

  by Simon in

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  the poor spendthe middle-class savethe wealthy invest.

  the unique circumstances of the lockdown and stimulus checks has highlighted these differences in stark ways.. on one hand, you have jumps in sales and valuation of companies like foot locker and nike, as people spend their "free" government money on sneakers.

  they blow it on useless tat.

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  DesirousOfChange

  People who make a big deal about wealth never ask how happy people are.

  Because being wealthy does not guarantee you happiness. But then, neither does being poor.

  I recall a JW woman who divorced her very rich and successful JW hubby because their love had died so she could marry her "love child" or "soul mate" (another JW with whom she was infatuated) who was charming, witty and talented (but broke). As you would suspect, that infatuation didn't last all that long and she eventually divorced him too. She told a close friend that it had been much easier being miserable and rich than it was being miserable and poor.

  Just saying.......
  
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  Help with 1975 please

  by jhine in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i answered a question on quora about jw flip flops .

  i mentioned, amongst other things , the 1975 debacle.

  how witnesses were told that armageddon was coming in the fall of that year.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Everyone who was old enough to think in the late 1960's & early 1970's was well aware that the JW Leaders (I do not refer to CJ -- LOL) were preaching THE END was coming in 1975 (+/-). There was NO DOUBT about it. My parents were about to purchase the business where he had worked for years. They secured the loan and backed out because THE END was sooo close!

  Dad retired still working for others and making them rich and is now dead. THE END (of his life) did indeed come! But still no New World!
  
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  The Poor the Wealthy and the Middle Class

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  the poor spendthe middle-class savethe wealthy invest.

  the unique circumstances of the lockdown and stimulus checks has highlighted these differences in stark ways.. on one hand, you have jumps in sales and valuation of companies like foot locker and nike, as people spend their "free" government money on sneakers.

  they blow it on useless tat.

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  DesirousOfChange

  The thing that stops most people is they fact that it takes twenty years or so for this to start showing significant gains.~ Jeff

  What I came to understand is that the first million is the hardest to save, but it gets easier each time.

  Thus I just gave up on the first million and have starting investing on the second million.

  [Cymbal clash]
  
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  Help with 1975 please

  by jhine in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i answered a question on quora about jw flip flops .

  i mentioned, amongst other things , the 1975 debacle.

  how witnesses were told that armageddon was coming in the fall of that year.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Desirous of change, if that article affected your life, then that falls solely on you. ~ Ratt

  Naturally we are all responsible for our decisions. When we trust what some well-tended friend recommends (about a restaurant, a person to date, whatever) and find out we don't share their opinion, it was still our decision to give it a try.

  What that Awake! article makes clear to me is that WT/GB clearly have no voodoo hocus-pocus Holy Spirit directing them. It would be impossible to be wrong so many times (1914/1918/1925/1941/1975/2000). However, if you believe the Bible is God's Word then you should heed it's counsel at Deut 18:20-22 --

  20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.”

  21 You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?” 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.

  YES they have claimed to be Jehovah's modern day prophet (like Ezekiel).

  Even Jesus gave the warning that should be clear that JW's are NOT his (or God's) representative. Luke21:8 --
  

  He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.