Posts by Vidqun
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37News of fires out of control in California
by ballistic inhope everyone near to the region affected in california is ok. it's shocking to hear of the destruction.
these affected areas are some of the places i visited when i came on a tour of the us.
malibu, santa barbera, la, santa monica, hollywood and so on..
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JW Vaccine mandate: The contrast between voices of reason and confusion
by ukpimo ini was reading an intriguing post on the exjw reddit, a forum i do not with to sign up for, as i'm not interested in the internal politics of reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1hwlja8/the_governing_bodys_letter_that_shook_bethel_and/.
another post counteracted this one, driven by the "conspiracy theory" card.
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Vidqun
If the oncologists give up on you because of pancreatic cancer, what do you do? As some did, they went on the following regime. Today they are cancer free. If you are desperate, it's worth a try:
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Who's got it wrong - Daniel or the evil slave?
by BoogerMan inw98 2/1 p. 22 par.
16 - "what of the dead who are resurrected on earth?...they also will have to love the name of jehovah, ministering to him, offering acceptable sacrifices......".
(daniel 9:26, 27) "and after the 62 weeks, mes·siʹah will be cut off, with nothing for himself.....and at the half of the week, he will cause sacrifice......to cease.
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Vidqun
I do believe your commentaries got it wrong. Antiochus did not destroy the temple or Jerusalem: "And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed." (Dan. 9:26 ESV)
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Who's got it wrong - Daniel or the evil slave?
by BoogerMan inw98 2/1 p. 22 par.
16 - "what of the dead who are resurrected on earth?...they also will have to love the name of jehovah, ministering to him, offering acceptable sacrifices......".
(daniel 9:26, 27) "and after the 62 weeks, mes·siʹah will be cut off, with nothing for himself.....and at the half of the week, he will cause sacrifice......to cease.
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Vidqun
Jesus would also refer to the phrase “abomination causing desolation.” In both Matthew and Mark this expression is connected to the destruction of Jerusalem, and the demise of the Jewish system. In so doing, he refuted the interpretation found in the book of Maccabees, indicating that the verses in Daniel, which include the phrase “abomination causing desolation,” point to a future date.
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Who's got it wrong - Daniel or the evil slave?
by BoogerMan inw98 2/1 p. 22 par.
16 - "what of the dead who are resurrected on earth?...they also will have to love the name of jehovah, ministering to him, offering acceptable sacrifices......".
(daniel 9:26, 27) "and after the 62 weeks, mes·siʹah will be cut off, with nothing for himself.....and at the half of the week, he will cause sacrifice......to cease.
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Vidqun
Depending on how you define "acceptable sacrifices." Jesus' sacrifice is once for all time, therefore animal sacrifices would be phased out (Hebr. 10:12). Now it is the sacrifices of lips and good deeds: "With such sacrifices God is well pleased." (13:15, 16).
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YouTube advice on “Types of People to Avoid”
by LongHairGal ini was doing some heavy duty binge watching on youtube.. there are lots of helpful topics including ‘how to declutter your home’, ‘things you shouldn’t tell people’ and several videos on ‘types of people you shouldn’t have in your life as well as types of behavior you shouldn’t tolerate’ (especially after a certain age).. what i got out of it (most i already knew but was nice to see it mentioned):.. first, you should live life authentically, especially at an older age.
you should be free of other people’s opinions, judgments and expectations of you.
you should be free of this as you have accumulated enough wisdom in life to know what serves you and that other people’s opinions do not define you; you should not be guilt tripped into doing favors or being exploited (financially or time wise) by anybody manipulative or irresponsible, etc… walking away is not ‘selfishness’ but ‘self care’.. it was mentioned in all of them to remove people from your life who are critical and fall into these negative categories whether they be family or other.. (the name of jehovah’s witnesses was nowhere mentioned - but i was struck by the fact that all these negative things appear in spades in the jw religion (and probably in some other religions as well).. watching all of this just reinforced what i knew for many years: ..the best thing i did was to ‘fade’ from the religion and get out of that environment!.
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Vidqun
LongHairGal, it boils down to removing toxic people from your life. Here's a list of their qualities. Surprise, surprise! The Witnesses as a group qualifies in all respects:
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KING OF THE NORTH ATTACKs 0.001% OF JWS
by raymond frantz inhttps://youtu.be/qn2dewyxlzu.
forget about ufos and orbs darting through the skies of new jersey, or the peculiar fog and bizarre weather gripping parts of the world lately.
none of that is on the watchtower’s radar.
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Vidqun
IMO the big picture is still developing: A unipolar grouping vs. multipolar grouping give you a bipolar world. And that is exactly what is happening. Anglo-America and allies vs. Sino-Russia and followers are diametrically opposed to each other. While the United States as hedgemon is diminishing, the King of the North "shall become ruler of the treasures of gold and of silver, and all the precious things of Egypt." According to the prophecy, the Cushites (black nations) and Libyans (Arabic nations) become footstep followers of the King of the North, which is happening right now (Dan. 11:43 ESV). Precious things [commodities] of Egypt, i.e., the world will come under control of the King of the North. Sure looks that way.
Anony mous, just a reminder. Ukraine is a proxy war waged by NATO. None of NATO's wonder weapons have made a difference. I think the Russians are doing quite well, having so far taken over approximately 20% of Ukraine (and counting). But of course, if you follow the war through MSM, then: "Ukraine is winning!" And as Lindsey Graham used to say: "Let's fight the Russians to the last Ukrainian. It's a bargain!" And now there's the Oreshnik. Seems like nobody wants to take it on.
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"Yahweh" pronunciation is more correct (w60 8/1 pp. 453-455)
by psyco in.
https://wol.jw.borg/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1960561 (substitute .borg with .org)furthermore, today in every jw publication the tetragrammaton is rendered as yhwh which is more preserved by yahweh than by jehovah..
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Vidqun
Here's Nehemian Gordon, a Karaite Jews opinion. According to him Jehovah is not that far from the truth. He explains why he thinks so:
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Pidgin English
by markweatherill inhttps://www.jw.org/hwc.
i just discovered this translation into 'hawai'i pidgin' and for some reason found it very amusing.
they even dubbed the caleb and sophia cartoons into this dialect.. not because i look down on pidgin speakers in any way, more about the way translations like this are revealing and telling in unintended ways..
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Vidqun
Armageddon in Pidgin English = Big Buggerup!
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Are You Confident With Covid Vaccines and What Officials Say Is The Right Thing To Do?
by minimus inmost of my friends have gotten the vaccines and are quite confident that it’s just what the doctor ordered.
i’m not confident with dr. fauci.
i don’t like the fact that the makers of the vaccines are not held responsible if someone taking the vac develops an illness or even death.
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Vidqun
poorly educated halfwits telling highly educated people they don't know what they are doing
Yup, Riley. For a change, most halfwit JWs were encouraged to take the vaxx, which means they listened to the highly educated people to their sorrow. Notice what's happening in Australia. Their vaxxes were especially contaminated by plasmid DNA from the manufacturing process. Safe and effective you say!