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  most important event in the 20th century

  by scotoma in

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  june 28 1914 archduke ferdinand was killed by a serbian government sponsored assassination team.. this was the trigger event of world war i. actually some have called it world war (part 1) followed less than 30 years later by world war (part 2).. in retrospect this was a useful date for jw's.. it has propelled them for 100 years.. of course jw's have massaged their predictions about the significance of 1914 over the years.. do you feel that jw's would be what they are today without that great war?

  do you think that the shooting down of the passenger plane over east ukraine will be an equivalent moment that pushes putin into a corner where he will have to fight the west?

  in other words will we look back on that event as the beginning of world war (part 3)?.

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  Jignat;

  I've read just about everything Pinker writes. I am habitually pessimistic. Your comment is obviously optimistic to you. You make a vague estimate of the possibility of overt war between the USA and Russia. Saying the possibility is "remote" lacks a numerical estimate of its probability. Even if the probability of it was .001 I would consider that intolerable when considering the consequences. Remember the USA felt the Japan situation in 1945 was serious enough to use nuclear weapons. And of this date the USA and Russia both have a first-strike policy if they feel they have no other choice.

  On a positive note the US intelligence just made an announcement that they have no proof of Russian involvement of taking down the aircraft.

  "There won't be a Perry Mason moment" is how it was described.

  This is probably because Europeans aren't on board with more sanctions and they want to give Putin a chance to save face.
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  most important event in the 20th century

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  june 28 1914 archduke ferdinand was killed by a serbian government sponsored assassination team.. this was the trigger event of world war i. actually some have called it world war (part 1) followed less than 30 years later by world war (part 2).. in retrospect this was a useful date for jw's.. it has propelled them for 100 years.. of course jw's have massaged their predictions about the significance of 1914 over the years.. do you feel that jw's would be what they are today without that great war?

  do you think that the shooting down of the passenger plane over east ukraine will be an equivalent moment that pushes putin into a corner where he will have to fight the west?

  in other words will we look back on that event as the beginning of world war (part 3)?.

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  scotoma

  steve2,

  I almost forgot about the atomic bomb. But that was an extension of WWII.

  WWIII would take up where WWII ended - widespread use of nuclear weapons.
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  most important event in the 20th century

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  june 28 1914 archduke ferdinand was killed by a serbian government sponsored assassination team.. this was the trigger event of world war i. actually some have called it world war (part 1) followed less than 30 years later by world war (part 2).. in retrospect this was a useful date for jw's.. it has propelled them for 100 years.. of course jw's have massaged their predictions about the significance of 1914 over the years.. do you feel that jw's would be what they are today without that great war?

  do you think that the shooting down of the passenger plane over east ukraine will be an equivalent moment that pushes putin into a corner where he will have to fight the west?

  in other words will we look back on that event as the beginning of world war (part 3)?.

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  jgnat:

  Of course they aren't talking direct confrontation. You don't tell your enemy you are going to attack them. You just do it. Otherwise you lose a strategic advantage.

  Pinker sits in an ivory tower. When powerful nations feel they are threatened they kill. World wide wars need world wide alliances.

  If you attack the member of an alliance they will all join the fight. The attack on Iraq and Afghanistan was a coalition forming an ad hoc alliance.

  It has happened recently and it can happen again.
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  most important event in the 20th century

  by scotoma in

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  june 28 1914 archduke ferdinand was killed by a serbian government sponsored assassination team.. this was the trigger event of world war i. actually some have called it world war (part 1) followed less than 30 years later by world war (part 2).. in retrospect this was a useful date for jw's.. it has propelled them for 100 years.. of course jw's have massaged their predictions about the significance of 1914 over the years.. do you feel that jw's would be what they are today without that great war?

  do you think that the shooting down of the passenger plane over east ukraine will be an equivalent moment that pushes putin into a corner where he will have to fight the west?

  in other words will we look back on that event as the beginning of world war (part 3)?.

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  scotoma

  June 28 1914 Archduke Ferdinand was killed by a Serbian government sponsored assassination team.

  This was the trigger event of World War I

  Actually some have called it World War (Part 1) followed less than 30 years later by World War (Part 2).

  In retrospect this was a useful date for JW's.

  It has propelled them for 100 years.

  Of course JW's have massaged their predictions about the significance of 1914 over the years.

  Do you feel that JW's would be what they are today without that Great War?

  Do you think that the shooting down of the passenger plane over East Ukraine will be an equivalent moment that pushes Putin into a corner where he will have to fight the west? In other words will we look back on that event as the beginning of World War (Part 3)?
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  Seventeen-and-a-half glorious minutes with the irrepressible Mr Lett

  by rory-ks in

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  can't...tear...my...eyes...away.... .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx8db7m5mzq.

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  scotoma

  Some meanings of a pinkie ring:

  "Wearing a ring on the little, or pinky, finger of the hand can have any one of a number of meanings, some of which are mutually contradictory. It may also have no other significance at all beyond the personal preference of the wearer.
  
  Homosexuality
  In the 1950s through the 1970s, wearing a pinky ring was sometimes used as a covert sign of male homosexuality. Judy Grahn in her book "Another Mother Tongue" writes that in 1959, the year she came out, that rings worn on the pinky were known as a secret way to communicate homosexuality.
  
  Engineers
  American and Canadian engineers sometimes wear a steel or iron ring to signify oath-bound membership in an engineering fellowship.
  
  Signet Rings and Aristocracy
  The signet ring, a type of ring bearing a family crest and used to seal letters and mark other documents, was traditionally worn on the little finger. As a result, rings worn on the little finger became associated with aristocracy in general.
  
  Organized Crime
  Members of organized crime are reputed to wear pinky rings as well. In more recent times, hip-hop artists with a "gangsta" style adopted pinky rings in imitation of their Italian-American counterparts.
  
  Luck
  Some people believe that wearing a pinky ring can bring the wearer luck. Gamblers, in particular, are prone to sporting one."
  
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  "Another Mother Tongue;" Judy Grahn; 1984
  
  Order of the Engineer
  
  The Iron Ring
  
  "The New York Times;" Ba-Da-Bing! Thumbs Up for the Pinkie Ring; Jan. 23, 2000

  My personal belief is that Letts pinkie ring is an old secret decoder ring he got in a Kracker Jack Box

  when he was 7 years old. He believes it explains the scriptures to him.

  Jehovah put him in his position to test his people.

  Out of courtesy to him they shouldn't have a guy like that anywhere near a microphone. It is like poking fun of a hunchback.
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  Are we living in the best time in human history, and on the edge at the same time?

  by Fernando in

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  personally i believe we are.. your thoughts?.

  how will it turn out?.

  what can/should we do?.

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  You simply cannot ignore the change that nuclear weapons have brought about.

  You may be able to eradicate a disease and confine it to a single sample in a test tube.

  But you can't eradicate the people who know how to make nuclear weapons.

  We forget that the USA used nuclear weapons 69 years ago because they felt that it was better for Japanese civilians to die than American Soldiers.

  The world ISN'T the same.
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  What's missing from this list of technologies used by JWs

  by scotoma in

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  this topic has been discussed before but it is interesting to look at it in the light of the new book god's kingdom rules.. 1903 news paper sermons.

  1914 photo drama of creation.

  1922 radio.

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  scotoma

  I don't know if my original post was clear.

  The list of methods and years they were introduced is a direct quote from the new book.
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  Pleading with my Captors

  by not bitter in

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  i have always had bonkers dreams and i remember a lot of them, even some from my childhood.

  i have the common dreams of flying and being chased all the time.

  and i used to dream about demons but not for a very long time.. but heres the thing, i often dream that i've been captured and about to be tortured or murdered and the rest of my dream is about me negotiating my freedom and promising all sorts of things if they will only let me go free.

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  scotoma

  When I was interested in Fritz Perls Gestalt Therapy I used to find his method of analysis useful.

  He felt that everything in the dream is YOU. You are the prisoner and the captor.

  You might want to create a dialog between the prisoner and the captor.

  Captor: "I'm not going to let you go"

  Prisoner: "Please... Let.. Me... Go"

  This is a classical Top Dog-Underdog scenario.

  You need to identify with the power side and figure out what or who you refuse to let go.

  Who or what are you clinging to.

  Eventually you will realize that you have the power to abandon your captor and take its power back into yourself.

  You need to identify your imaginary security tied up with your captor. There is something in your life that you want to free yourself from and at the same time you are afraid of losing your security.

  All dreams come down to varieties of this dilemma. You need your enemies for something.
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  What's missing from this list of technologies used by JWs

  by scotoma in

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  2. friends

  this topic has been discussed before but it is interesting to look at it in the light of the new book god's kingdom rules.. 1903 news paper sermons.

  1914 photo drama of creation.

  1922 radio.

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  Sir82:

  Right about radio. TV pushed radio out completely by 1955.

  Although they have occasionally used TV it was as Blondie mentioned in connection with a convention.

  If you were to poll JW's you probably wouldn't find many that have seen a JW TV presentation. Certainly nothing worth of their claimed mission. Especially when you compare it with Pat Robertson's empire.

  I suppose the angel in mid heaven could always make the rocks talk as a last resort.
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  What's missing from this list of technologies used by JWs

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this topic has been discussed before but it is interesting to look at it in the light of the new book god's kingdom rules.. 1903 news paper sermons.

  1914 photo drama of creation.

  1922 radio.

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  scotoma

  This topic has been discussed before but it is interesting to look at it in the light of the new book God's Kingdom Rules.

  1903 News Paper Sermons

  1914 Photo Drama of Creation

  1922 Radio

  1933 Sound Cars

  1936 Placard Work

  1954 Motion Pictures

  1990 Videos

  1997 Internet

  2011 Metropolitan Witnessing

  What ever happened to TV? TV is still the main source of information for the worlds population.

  They skipped over TV. Didn't Jehovah like TV?

  Or was he still making up his mind when according to wikipedia:

  In 1961, M.G. "Pat" Robertson , son of Virginia United States Senator A. Willis Robertson and an attorney-turned- Southern Baptist minister, purchased the dormant channel 27 license. Under the ownership of Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network , the station returned to the air on October 1 as WYAH-TV , with "YAH" standing for " Yahweh " according to some sources (including Pat Robertson's autobiography, Shout it From the Housetops )

  There you have it. Jah's first TV station 1961.

  What would the Watchtower look like if they would have broadcast 24-7 around the world with their own satellite or even leased time on a satellite?

  Look at how they segue into the internet.

  Page 74 of (kr-E) "As the 20th century drew to a close, radio no longer played a primary role in spreading the good news. However another technology emerged that made it possible to reach an audience of unprecedented size"