Topics Started by ozbrad

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Bohemian Rhapsody
by cofty in
1. social
2. entertainment
been to see the new film (movie) tonight.

outstanding!

brought back lots of memories.
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How long since your last memorial?
by NewYork44M in
1. jw
2. friends
this is my 15th year without going to the memorial.

based on comments, it seems i did not miss anything.

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Hooray! Bound volumes in the trash!
by stillin in
1. watchtower
2. bible
my wife has held onto them like they were family heirlooms.

we are cleaning and clearing out accumulated stuff and i pointed out that there is the cd-rom library now and that the society has made revisions and really doesn't want us to be reading the old stuff.

she said that even though there have been changes to the teachings, the wrong understanding served its' purpose at the time.
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Will Artificial Intellegence Make The Human Race Extinct?
by Brokeback Watchtower in
1. social
2. current
i think it is inevitable.

i don't worry about it but it just seems that the human race is going down a road that they can't make a turn off.. they are probing/discovering how the human mind works and produces intelligence down to the individual molecule.

now with the invention of the super quantum computer soon we will be able to build even better artificial intelligence greater than our own, so it will be easily able to out smart us because will we be a bunch of dumb apes first discovering how to make fire in it's eyes.. it will have it's own different agendas than us humans.
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2017 Service Year Report Grand Totals
by Drearyweather in
1. jw
2. friends
2017 figures released to bethel families worldwide:.

peak publishers: 8,457,107. total baptized: 284,212 .

regular pioneers: 1,225,279 .
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Do They Still do Door-to-Door as Much as Before?
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
since the advent of the trolleys do the majority of jws still go door to door like we used to?.

do they still have meetings for field service on sat mornings and sun afternoons where most head off to the local territory while one or two go to do trolley work or has the importance of door to door work reduced?.

with the reduction of printing wts and awakes what will they offer at the doors?.
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The Watchtower's Real Crisis
by JeffT in
1. jw
2. friends
when discussing the watchtowers financial problems, i've generally been of the opinion that they probably are not in a real financial crisis.

i've come to believe that money may be something of an issue, but its wrapped up in a much larger problem.

this came to me this morning when reading about the annual meeting.. i think the society's leadership is just plain out of ideas.
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JW Stumper Questions - List You Best Here
by pale.emperor in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hi guys.

sooner or later we're going to get a jw knocking on our door.

just like when we were jw's doing the knocking, it's good to have a question prepared to get them thinking about their own beliefs.
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How Do You Feel About Trump's Tuff Talk To Korea To Make Korea Behave?
by Brokeback Watchtower in
1. social
2. current
i know or think i know that trump is bluffing and acting very bully like with threats of unleashing his power as commander and chief a military with super weapons.

but why bluff with such boyish stupidity?

i think mr trumps barginings skills are at an all time low and so the threats of violence and retaliation for misbehaving according to the whims of a narcissist.. my confidence in him is at an all time low, talk about cave man club you over the head approach to problems this guy takes the cake.
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floods in eastern Australia.
by zeb in
1. social
2. current
after cyclone debbie pounded her way across the queensland coast she then dropped massive amounts of rain onto the land.

one area just west of mackay was hit with a metre of rain in 48 hours.. lots of damage towns going under lives lost.. go the abc.net.au/news..