i 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.
Well, Riley, your alternative is Chemo with a 5% success rate. Depends on how you rate your chances? If only Steve Jobs new this, he might still be with us today. On average this is the cost of Chemo:
Yup, all in all, life's a bitch, then you die!
hope 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..
i 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.
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:
w98 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.
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)
w98 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.
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.
w98 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.
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).
i 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!.
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:
https://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.
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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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..
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:
https://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..
Armageddon in Pidgin English = Big Buggerup!
