Hey Nancy and welcome. Yes, the 'counsel' not to gossip is lost in a group dynamic rooted in judging and reporting the behavior, 'tendencies' and 'leanings' of others.
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gossip
by Nancy1919 ini was once was told by an jw elder it was a rule not to gossip or swear as it could harm someone, but i guess the new light allows this.
it was bad enough when they were calling people worldly now i heard a jw gossiping about someone and it was mean.just another reason i would never go back.
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Fashion in Heaven
by peacefulpete inwhy is it that fashions are assumed to have stayed the same in heaven for thousands of years?
you'd think that after wearing the same boring robe for eternity you'd crave something different.
yet no, angels and god are still wearing the same white onesie they had when they vacationed on earth with abraham.
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Kaleb......I appreciate your post, even if I was trying to be humorous.
I made a thread some time ago about literary 'imagery' and how it is actually conceptually the same as use of art images. There is something so fundamental to human use of pictures, even word pictures. Vision plays such a huge role in comprehension.
Funny that even within Judeo/Christian aniconist faiths, believers imagine their deity with appropriate costuming. The 'image' is fixed and part of the appurtenance of holiness and divinity. I imagine since God is thought of as being very old his clothes must be too. If an artist were to depict Jesus in blue jeans and T-shirt, it is immediately perceived as disrespectful.
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Reddit thread: ‘This Cult is Dying and it Brings Me Joy’
by LongHairGal inthis is an excellent thread to read that i saw yesterday and the poster hits the nail on the head and tells it so well.
he is really knocking pimi witnesses and has a lot of well deserved criticisms about them.. he says he hopes at this point that they never wake up….
i am inclined to feel the same.
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Rather than obsessing about the death of the cult, focus on the life you are free to live.
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Fashion in Heaven
by peacefulpete inwhy is it that fashions are assumed to have stayed the same in heaven for thousands of years?
you'd think that after wearing the same boring robe for eternity you'd crave something different.
yet no, angels and god are still wearing the same white onesie they had when they vacationed on earth with abraham.
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Now you are just being silly.
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Fashion in Heaven
by peacefulpete inwhy is it that fashions are assumed to have stayed the same in heaven for thousands of years?
you'd think that after wearing the same boring robe for eternity you'd crave something different.
yet no, angels and god are still wearing the same white onesie they had when they vacationed on earth with abraham.
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Why is it that fashions are assumed to have stayed the same in Heaven for thousands of years? You'd think that after wearing the same boring robe for eternity you'd crave something different. Yet no, angels and God are still wearing the same white onesie they had when they vacationed on earth with Abraham. I'm sure they are comfortable, no concerns about short inseams or elastic waistbands. I imagine they are easy to loosen up after a good hearty meal of manna. No risk being seen with pants button undone!
But now that i think about it the Hindu heavenly beings have no fear of flare or color. They are decked with blues and yellows and greens from head to toe! Some might say fabulous!
I wonder......Luke 4:24:
While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.
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President-Elect Trump Tears Into Biden For Making World 'Vastly Dangerous'; World War 3 Warning!
by Esoteric inlive streaming i trump tears into biden for making world 'vastly dangerous'; world war 3 warning!!!
(times of india).
u.s president elect donald trump tears into joe biden for having made the world more dangerous than ever before with the threat of world war 3 closer than ever before.
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Targeted tariffs can work to protect domestic industry. The word itself is not a dirty word. Blanket or broad tariffs however simply cause hardship on citizens without choice.
I lived through that in Guyana, the autocratic president declared broad tariffs on imports. He skimmed the wealth and hid it in Swiss account. The economy was poor before but went into crisis. Nothing substantial was made in Guyana but poor grade rice, sugarcane and rum, lumber, and gold and diamond mining. Flour and paint was smuggled in from Surname. I remember a case where they filled the frame tubes of an old Bedford truck with flour. It got close to the point of revolution again when he died, and his Russian wife was declared the President. Everyone was a smuggler including JW missionaries and 'need greaters'. They would have barrels filled with baby clothes from thrift stores and rummage sales in America and Canada, and shipped as 'personal items' not to be sold. A few bucks at the customs dock and away you go. Anything or everything was sold to buy necessities, most of which were in turn, smuggled in as well. Dock workers hadn't been paid in months, same was true of police and teachers. Everyone was just surviving.
In short broad tariffs make the rich richer, both by lowering their income taxes and though their corrupt connections with the black markets. While the poor are forced to live without.
I'm not being an alarmist and suggesting the same will happen to that extent, but I am questioning why would one of the richest and educated counties in the world want to adopt regressive policies of a banana republic.
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President-Elect Trump Tears Into Biden For Making World 'Vastly Dangerous'; World War 3 Warning!
by Esoteric inlive streaming i trump tears into biden for making world 'vastly dangerous'; world war 3 warning!!!
(times of india).
u.s president elect donald trump tears into joe biden for having made the world more dangerous than ever before with the threat of world war 3 closer than ever before.
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Weekly U.S. All Grades All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices (Dollars per Gallon)
Anonymous...Take a look at this chart of oil prices over time. Global triggers, usually unrest in or near oil producing nations are a much larger factor than who the US president is.
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President-Elect Trump Tears Into Biden For Making World 'Vastly Dangerous'; World War 3 Warning!
by Esoteric inlive streaming i trump tears into biden for making world 'vastly dangerous'; world war 3 warning!!!
(times of india).
u.s president elect donald trump tears into joe biden for having made the world more dangerous than ever before with the threat of world war 3 closer than ever before.
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peacefulpete
Sorry, that was a pretty bad oversight on my part. I should have caught that. Ironically I was watching my stocks and distracted. Yes, the inflation adjusted price is $6.03. Even so the point is the same. Gasoline is cheap. And no Mr. Mustard, I was not arguing for government control. That was the point. The only way for a president to accomplish halving gasoline prices unilaterally would be through nationalization and subsidies.
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President-Elect Trump Tears Into Biden For Making World 'Vastly Dangerous'; World War 3 Warning!
by Esoteric inlive streaming i trump tears into biden for making world 'vastly dangerous'; world war 3 warning!!!
(times of india).
u.s president elect donald trump tears into joe biden for having made the world more dangerous than ever before with the threat of world war 3 closer than ever before.
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peacefulpete
$4.11 in 2008 equates to $31.89 in 2024. The fact is gas is cheap. The system works pretty well to isolate prices from typical inflation rates.
Inflation Calculator | Find US Dollar's Value From 1913-2024
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President-Elect Trump Tears Into Biden For Making World 'Vastly Dangerous'; World War 3 Warning!
by Esoteric inlive streaming i trump tears into biden for making world 'vastly dangerous'; world war 3 warning!!!
(times of india).
u.s president elect donald trump tears into joe biden for having made the world more dangerous than ever before with the threat of world war 3 closer than ever before.
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peacefulpete
Gasoline prices peaked at average of $4.11 July 2008. Propane was over $4/gallon. I mistyped 'oil' when I meant propane/lp. Regardless the point is that the President has very little to do with petroleum prices as they are determined globally.
The economic reality is that if investors feel that they are not going to get an ROI, they don’t invest, ....
Not sure if you are talking about stock prices or product prices. They are not the same. Stock prices are speculative, and investor driven. Oil prices are reactive, and producer and consumer driven.
The holding of unused leases absolutely does provide investor confidence for future potential and has an impact upon stock prices. Oil companies have rebuffed the notion that they are deliberately holding back production. Like most things the truth is in the middle. The holding of unused leases is a benefit financially AND a result of market conditions. Companies continue to accumulate leases when they are already holding many more than they presently need. This is not a conspiracy, it is business in an industry of finance and perception. Perhaps my last comment was not nuanced enough.
The problem (again if there actually is one) is not availability of land leases, nor BLM permitting, as is often tossed around, it is a reality that oil has costs to produce and distribute and oil prices are fixed globally.
Another reality, in Texas for example 90% of production (and leases) is on private land, actually most of the best reserves are also on private land. The 10% on Federal land are therefore a smaller factor than many believe.
Oil companies are not going to survive if they are forced to produce more than the market supports, nor will they survive if they are forced to sell only to domestic buyers at a discount. As I said earlier, those measures would require a nationalization (government takeover) of the industry and cost billions in subsidies.
In addition, labor shortages are also a factor according to this article. Why oil companies aren't drilling on those 9,000 land leases - Marketplace
