Mr.Finkelstein
I think we have another one on the forum
Mr F--Why are you heavily inclined to use ad hominem arguments??
Were you in the Watchtower organization for many years?
pistolpete
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Why is it that all the Presidential Candidates are not addressing the most dangerous problem we face?
by pistolpete inon january 13th, 2018, an emergency warning appeared on phone screens across hawaii, alerting everyone: .
ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii.
seek immediate shelter.
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Why is it that all the Presidential Candidates are not addressing the most dangerous problem we face?
by pistolpete inon january 13th, 2018, an emergency warning appeared on phone screens across hawaii, alerting everyone: .
ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii.
seek immediate shelter.
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pistolpete
resolute Bandicoot
Tulsi Gabbard was ousted out of the Presidential Race by her own party.... because she would have been better suited to the other party and she did not score high enough on the psychopathy index to be a good politician.
Unfortunately I agree with your assessment, especially;
she did not score high enough on the psychopathy index to be a good politician.
We need another political party that's in the middle of Republican and Democratic.
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Why is it that all the Presidential Candidates are not addressing the most dangerous problem we face?
by pistolpete inon january 13th, 2018, an emergency warning appeared on phone screens across hawaii, alerting everyone: .
ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii.
seek immediate shelter.
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pistolpete
On January 13th, 2018, an emergency warning appeared on phone screens across Hawaii, alerting everyone:
BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
“The ensuing 38 minutes were fraught with panic and terror, as families were forced to make excruciating decisions about who to call and where to go. Such emotional triage is the stuff of apocalypse-themed blockbusters, but rarely is it real life. When the ballistic missile never arrived and the panic subsided, there was one element of truth to the false alert:
it wasn’t a drill. It was simply a monumental mistake.”
Tulsi Gabbard who was running for President and lives in Hawaii discussed in an interview how it felt when the alert said;
YOU HAVE 38 MINUTES BEFORE DETONATION!
There was only time to do ONE thing and one thing only,-------hug the ones you love ---and cry real hard!
This was the main reason Tulsi Gabbard was running for President. She saw a nuclear threat as the most dangerous problem that not only Americans face, but the whole world of mankind. Here are some interviews where she points this out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcx2cazikU0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4YgvBGJR9k
But nobody seems to care. Everyone is more interested in Trump’s “Grab her by the Pus**” expose. Free healthcare for illegal immigrants, Green New Deal and get rid of cars, planes, refrigerated air, BLM, allow citizens to riot and burn down cities, Defund the police, get rid of Social Security and Medicare and let the government decide what medical treatment you should get, give a universal income to every citizen including illegal immigrants of between $1000-$2000 every month.
And let’s not forget---confiscate all guns by forced buy back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vEnTjs2RV0
Tulsi Gabbard was ousted out of the Presidential Race by her own party.
When this happened, I felt like all our Candidates running for the most powerful office in the USA were no different than the Governing Body of Jehovah’s witnesses. They were in the race for the power and not really about helping the people.
In the meantime, if you keep up with what is happening, Not in the USA or the UK but around the world in places like North Korea, India, Pakistan, China, Israel, Russia, and many small terrorist groups that are trying hard to get a hold of nuclear materials to build a dirty bomb, You will come to the realization that peace is hanging on a very thin string.
According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the worldwide total inventory of nuclear weapons as of 2019 stood at 13,865
Three states that have conducted overt nuclear tests, and are possibly still doing it, are India, Pakistan, and North Korea. And there is not a single thing the USA, Russia, or China can do about it.
It would take only10 Nukes, in strategic places to bring down the entire world economy, the medical infrastructure, and disrupt the weather system of the entire planet for several years.
100 Nukes would kill about 5-6 billion humans on the planet within a year. Some instantly, others more slowly from radiation poisoning, starvation, sickness, anarchy, etc. The survivors would have to start everything all over again.
They would have to figure out how electricity works, heating and cooling, how to make automobiles, start from scratch and learn how to create vaccines, xray machines, blood pressure medicine, pacemakers, airplanes.
But first, for the next several hundred years they would have to focus on just one thing,-------SURVIVE!
Then after several hundred years, maybe thousands of years, they would have to build the infrastructure to make things like laboratories, engineering plants, telephones, computers, hospitals, fill them with doctors.
But by then all the knowledge of doctors, engineers, scientist, mechanics would be dead and long forgotten.
It would take centuries, perhaps millenniums to get back technological wise to where we are today.
Right now we are in a little Pandemic that has killed so far 772, 681 people world wide, mostly elderly and those with an underline health condition, and yet it has brought the whole world to a standstill. For a while there was no toilet paper, meat was scarce, groceries shelves were empty, guns and ammunition was sold out in just about every gun shop because people were scared and ready to kill their neighbor.
Imagine what a small nuclear war would cause in your area. A war started by someone crazy enough to push the button regardless of the consequences, like Kim Jong-un
A reminder that a nuclear threat is still very real regardless if we believe it or not.
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“The Asiatic Mind” — Watchtower 1956
by slimboyfat insearching instances of the word “simplify” in watchtower literature, i stumbled across this.. the asiatic mind finds it difficult to accept new ways, to simplify and to make advantageous changes.
they fear conversion and dislike others’ offering them help.
many continually live in a realm of unreality and refuse to face modern facts of life.
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pistolpete
The Asiatic mind finds it difficult to accept new ways, to simplify and to make advantageous changes. They fear conversion and dislike others’ offering them help. Many continually live in a realm of unreality and refuse to face modern facts of life.
Yea, " - Many continually live in a realm of unreality and refuse to face- the real facts of life.
Watchtower Nov 2020 campaign quote;
Jesus will accomplish much more than any human ruler ever could. He will be assisted by 144,000 corulers, who are chosen from among mankind.
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Worldwide Campaign Nov 2020
by Listener inthanks petra and atlantis for sending the latest letter regarding the watchtowers plan for a worldwide campaign in november this year.
i am wondering what they are planning to achieve from this campaign, particularly their focus on sending the watchtower 2020 no.
2, titled "what is god's kingdom" to politicians, governments (and tribal leaders) around the world.. it would appear that this is their answer to governments who have put them in the spot light for their bad policies, particularly their handling of child abuse.
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pistolpete
Now Watchtower wants to go after the governments to incite them
Didn't they do this with RUSSIA!
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Worldwide Campaign Nov 2020
by Listener inthanks petra and atlantis for sending the latest letter regarding the watchtowers plan for a worldwide campaign in november this year.
i am wondering what they are planning to achieve from this campaign, particularly their focus on sending the watchtower 2020 no.
2, titled "what is god's kingdom" to politicians, governments (and tribal leaders) around the world.. it would appear that this is their answer to governments who have put them in the spot light for their bad policies, particularly their handling of child abuse.
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pistolpete
waton
Bc: Then let wt call that campaign:
" Make Watchtower great again "OK--that's funny.
You forgot the Red Hat
Just remove the name; "America" and replace with the name----WATCHTOWER.
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Worldwide Campaign Nov 2020
by Listener inthanks petra and atlantis for sending the latest letter regarding the watchtowers plan for a worldwide campaign in november this year.
i am wondering what they are planning to achieve from this campaign, particularly their focus on sending the watchtower 2020 no.
2, titled "what is god's kingdom" to politicians, governments (and tribal leaders) around the world.. it would appear that this is their answer to governments who have put them in the spot light for their bad policies, particularly their handling of child abuse.
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pistolpete
TIME FOR ACTION! The world needs better rulers and a better form of government. And that is what our Creator has promised! God has set up a Kingdom, or government, that will replace all human rule, and “it alone will stand forever.” (Daniel 2:44) This is the Kingdom for which millions have been praying. (Matthew 6:9, 10)...
This message in printed form and instructions to distribute to government officials is proof that the leaders of the Watchtower are just as indoctrinated as the rank and file. They really believe that the "Deity" Jehovah did set up a Kingdom in 1914 and we are in the last of the last days.
This explains why they do all the crazy things that they do that make absolutely no sense. They really believe with all their heart, mind, and soul, that they "Are The Chosen Ones" and the Great Tribulation is just about to start.
In another 5 years more rank and file will wake up, and more old true believers will die off. Leaving the Organization even smaller and weaker than today.
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World Wide Work Resolution Doubled Overnight
by JW_Rogue induring covid-19 crisis our hall decides to double the amount sent to hq from our local account.
the resolution is unanimously supported, no questions asked.
has anyone else had this happen?.
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LongHairGal
When you said the elders approached the family with the ‘dire’ situation and asked if they could contribute a little more..I wonder what the criteria was that they were approached?
Hi LHG
I think the criteria in this case is that my relative is one of those persons that wants to do the right thing;
"In the eyes of Jehovah"
In other words, they are using his Belief in God and his sincerity on doing the right thing----against him, to guilt him into donating.
I asked him if he thought it would be fair to me to use his credit card to donate considering that I am helping the family financially to pay the rent and buy groceries.
He agreed it would not be fair to take my money because he was in need and then use his credit card to donate to the kingdom hall which had been closed since March.
So he called one of the elders and explained to him that it wouldn't be fair considering that I was paying their rent and buying them groceries.
He said they told him;
"Well, that's between you and Jehovah. We all have to answer to him if we support or don't support "His" organization.
He told them; ----"I understand"
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Why go online
by asp59 inso why do you think org went online?
they were selling khs left and right for years.
plus video talks and new building for filming videos.
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pistolpete
I think they realized that everyone will have internet access and just having a basic website would only get people online and then they would start looking around more.
I agree RubaDub, and this is what people will find online once they start looking around
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Why go online
by asp59 inso why do you think org went online?
they were selling khs left and right for years.
plus video talks and new building for filming videos.
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pistolpete
I think the Zoom meetings give them greater psychological control - they can analyse eye movement, vocabulary, willingness to engage.
Anna, who in the Kingdom Hall is going to do this?-----------The Elders?
Most of the elders barely finished High School. They don't know anything about psychological control. Analyzing eye movement would probably be considered demonic by most JWs. And Vocabulary willingness to engage is just considered "spiritually weak"
The Watchtower is going online because they have no choice. The world changed right before their eyes and there was nothing they could do to stop the change except to jump on the band wagon or just become obsolete more quickly.
