They are just evolving to keep up with the upcoming generation. Just like any business, they are doing all they can to survive as long as possible. As long as the monies and wills keep coming in, the brainstorming will continue.
pistolpete
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New JW study book / method announced on JW Broadcast
by Funky inso did anyone catch the january jw broadcast?.
it's the "spiritual content" of what would have been introduced in the october annual meeting, had the october annual meeting taken place.. morris, splane, and jackson introduce a new jw study publication: "live forever eternally - an interactive guide".. details were sparse, but apparently it is a 256 page book (when in actual printed form), primarily designed to be used in its electronic form, stuffed with links to videos.. it is designed to be "just one book" to be studied prior to baptism, where "all 60 questions that baptism candidates have to know" are found in just one place.. the purported reason is to make jw "bible" studies more "productive", i.e., lead to more baptisms.. splane brought out the governing body's "great concern" that 10 million+ "bible" studies are conducted by jws every year, but the number of baptisms has been stuck at 200,000 - 300,000 per year for decades.
so the thinking is, this new book + a "new method of conducting studies" (again, no real detail, but apparently it involves more "discussion" and less "question and answer").. want to know my thoughts?
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Why Do Some People Wear A Mask While Driving Alone In Their Car?
by minimus incan anyone explain this to me??
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pistolpete
I asked someone why they wear a mask in the car. Their answer was that the virus is in the air. So it's just that some people are misinformed on how the virus spreads. An to be honest, I don't think the person even knows what a virus is because that person used the term "Plague."
There is a lot of people out there that never finished High School and don't use the internet. Their life is based on what they hear on the street.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_school_dropouts_in_the_United_States
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A TAWDRY history: WatchTower and Vaccines
by Terry indo jehovah's witnesses have a common sense approach to science and medicine?the history of the watchtower religion will shock you in this regard.read on!clayton j. woodworth, co-author of the infamous seventh volume of studies in the scriptures, "the finished mystery" (1917).
in 1919 he became editor of a magazine called "the golden age," which is now known as awake!.
woodworth was, to be as fair as possible, the king of all looney birds.. the golden age became a forum for the most extravagant claims about science.
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pistolpete
"Vaccination never prevented anything and never will, and is the most barbarous practice. . . . We are in the last days; and the devil is slowly losing his hold, making a strenuous effort meanwhile to do all the damage he can, and to his credit can such evils be placed.
Back in those days people sure were into the Devil. Everything bad was ascribed to the Devil.
In the meantime the Devil today ..............
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Announcement December 3, 2020 FOR CONGREGATIONS
by pixel inannouncement.
december 3, 2020. for congregations.
1. covid-19 vaccine information: several covid-19 vaccines may soon be approved and.
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pistolpete
They do tell you what happens to the animal test subjects, namely, death and infertility.
LOL-------Imagine two years down the line we start getting reports of some people having these side effects
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2020 was the best year for the Pandemic!
by pistolpete inthe watchtower sees the pandemic as a wake up call for inactive jehovah’s witnesses to wake up before it’s to late.. it’s a wake up call for all worldly people to takes sides with jehovah’s organization before the great tribulation breaks out world wide.
it’s a wake up call for all apostates to beg jehovah for mercy, meet with the elders, confess their sins, and accept the discipline meted by the elders, and (possibly----maybe----you may be concealed in the day of jehovah’s anger.).
on the other hand reality teaches us another thing.
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millie210
So we had a 2,902,664 Total deaths, including those who died from Covid, and we had approx. 3,791,712 Number of births in the USA. That means the United States came up with almost a million (889,048) extra mouths to feed in the coming year, with less food and water considering the lock down also included farmers who are responsible for feeding the nation.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/births.htm
On the other hand there were 1,858,678 deaths WORLD WIDE DUE TO COVID and between 140 million to 150 million BIRTHS in 2020.
Meaning we ended the year 2020 with 148,141,322 EXTRA MOUTHS TO FEED and needed fresh WATER TO DRINK.
https://ourworldindata.org/births-and-deaths
It seems to me that the News Media, instead of focusing every day on how many people have died of Covid, they should be more focused on how in the world are we going to be able to provide fresh drinking water and food for our population EXPLOSION!
It seems like Al Gore was the only politician that cared about saving the earth and spearheaded several groups to fight wastefulness----------------OH WAIT I FORGOT!
https://www.thegwpf.com/content/uploads/2017/08/Screenshot-2017-08-04-07.19.02.png
A new analysis by the National Center for Public Policy Research found that Gore's Tennessee home "guzzles more electricity in one year than the average American family uses in 21 years."
In one month last year, the report found, Gore's home consumed more electricity than the average family uses in 34 months.
The electricity used just to heat Gore's swimming pool would power six homes for a year.
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How many TRUE BELIEVERS do you think are left in the Organization?
by pistolpete ini have a few jw relatives who are true believers.
by this i mean, they believe with all their heart that 1914 was the beginning of the last days, that this is the last generation, that we are in the very last of the last hour of this system of things, and that you should obey the governing body even if it does not make sense.
all of them are in their 60s and up into their 90s there is nothing you can say or show them to convince them or even cause a small doubt that the wt is not god organization.
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slimboyfat
True believers are often not concerned with the minutiae of doctrine. They believe the story as a whole because it makes sense to them and all the people that matter to them believe the same thing.
they can live with that, because the overall picture makes sense.
That's a pretty good assessment!
With that in mind, what would you say---Is the WRONG WAY to approach a jw-(say a relative) to help her/him wake up??
Perhaps pointing out "Things" why the Watchtower is wrong" ---is not a good idea. Like pointing out the Child abuse cases.
What about instead pointing out "Why the Bible is not God's Word." since that is not attacking the Organization. What's your opinion on this?????
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How Life May have Started on This Planet Without YHWH
by fulltimestudent insome may be interested in this research from the scripps research institute.. this research and its conclusion builds on previous work, quote: "in a study published in the chemistry journal angewandte chemie, they demonstrated that a simple compound called diamidophosphate (dap), which was plausibly present on earth before life arose, could have chemically knitted together tiny dna building blocks called deoxynucleosides into strands of primordial dna.. the finding is the latest in a series of discoveries, over the past several years, pointing to the possibility that dna and its close chemical cousin rna arose together as products of similar chemical reactions, and that the first self-replicating molecules -- the first life forms on earth -- were mixes of the two.".
read more at this science daily web-site .... link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201228095428.htm.
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pistolpete
Magnum
pistolpete writes that he thinks this being (or these beings) are dead
Just to clarify a little bit further, my musings about these intelligent Beings that created life on earth and my belief that they are long gone---------- Are Not The Same as the “One” who Created Everything else.
That’s another story of who that being is and where he is now.
But in regards to the Beings that created life on earth and are long gone, this is why I feel this way.
The DNA and RNA that supposedly were responsible for life starting on earth---Were already here to begin with. DNA is not some bumbling creation as compared to the way “Some” life on earth was created.
DNA is a very complex molecule that carries genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses. Just taking the time to study it for a few months elicits wonder and amazement.
Then you have RNA which is another wonder and just as complex as DNA.
“The DNA molecule has often been described as the most efficient information storage system in the entire universe. The immensity of complex, coded and precisely sequenced information written on the DNA is absolutely staggering. The evidence speaks of intelligent, information-bearing design”
These two complex molecules were already here on earth.
And just like any student who walks into his first year of Chemistry lab, -------everything needed to experiment, gain knowledge, create new substances, and pass the course is provided by the College. The student doesn’t have to make Chemicals, Glassware, Scales, Safety equipment, and etc., because those items have already been created by other “Intelligent” life, and provided by the College to the student wanting to experiment or learn.
I also don’t think that the Intelligent Beings responsible for life on earth were the same ones who created the Earth. Most people who believe that the same one who created earth is the same one who created life on earth. This is the result of believing in the God of the Bible who is said to have created all things, so it their default position the ONE Being created all.
It’s very difficult for people with this belief to consider other possibilities.
Even though we see many examples here on our planet. They are called projects. When a skyscraper is built, you have many minds contributing to the project. An engineer, an Architect, a plumber, electricians, and so forth all contribute to an immense project like a skyscraper. Why would it be difficult “TO CONSIDER” the Possibility that perhaps “Many” were involved in creating Life, The Earth, and so on. All these Creators are working within the Platform of “Already Created Items” that already exist.
Now let’s consider just life on earth. As we examine life on earth, we see what seems to be a lot of bumbling mistakes. An owner’s manual would have have helped avoid billions of mistakes that have led to billions of years of suffering by both humans and animals.
It doesn’t take a lot of logic and knowledge as a creator to know that creating animals that need meat to survive, like the lion will cause a lot of havoc among the docile and tame animals. It also doesn’t take a lot of knowledge from an omniscient creator to put fail save systems on human birth that will prevent birth defects.
If everlasting life was not meant to be,then a compassionate Creator would have created a system in humans that would skip the old age effect. In other words no losing your eyesight as you get older, no losing your hair, not getting wrinkled as the years go by, not losing your physical appearance or strength, as this is very demeaning to one’s mental health.
Instead a compassionate Creator would have made human life in such a way that minimized pain and suffering up to the last day of life. In other words, and internal clock set between 100-200 years as an example. Once that timer hits-----then just an abrupt death without the suffering old age brings. Just like a brand new car that suddenly stops after eight years. Without the rust that eats away at the metal.
It seems like the reason there were no owner’s manual for humanity was because the creators didn’t know “fully” what they were doing.
Today we as humans know better than to “create” some tool, like a vacuum cleaner and not include an owner’s manual on how to use it efficiently and safely. Only a complete moron would make some tool for sale without any support from the maker. The only way this has happen today is when a company makes some item and sell millions, then goes out of business. No more support!
Perhaps this is why there is no support for human life----those Being who created life on earth are long gone.
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How Life May have Started on This Planet Without YHWH
by fulltimestudent insome may be interested in this research from the scripps research institute.. this research and its conclusion builds on previous work, quote: "in a study published in the chemistry journal angewandte chemie, they demonstrated that a simple compound called diamidophosphate (dap), which was plausibly present on earth before life arose, could have chemically knitted together tiny dna building blocks called deoxynucleosides into strands of primordial dna.. the finding is the latest in a series of discoveries, over the past several years, pointing to the possibility that dna and its close chemical cousin rna arose together as products of similar chemical reactions, and that the first self-replicating molecules -- the first life forms on earth -- were mixes of the two.".
read more at this science daily web-site .... link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201228095428.htm.
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pistolpete
I personally believe in a creator and all life on earth is the result of intelligent design.
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Now that all the cat claws are out and ready to strike, let me elaborate.
By creator, I don’t mean God or Jehovah. But something or someone with intelligence. Maybe even a “Group of Beings” with intelligence, involved in some project.
What was the purpose of creating life one earth? I have no idea. There doesn’t seem to be any communication of sorts, or some sort of manual on how to run things on this planet, let alone on why all life was created.
If I was to explain what life is all about based on the hard evidence I see around me, and consider the history from the past that we’ve been able to save and study, it would seem like the creator was more like a kid with an ant farm. Or Creators with a sophisticated lab!
Life on earth does not evoke good intentions. The way some animals are designed to be docile, friendly, harmless, and other animals designed to survive by killing the docile, friendly and harmless animals speaks more of some kind of lab experiment. One that has compassion absent from it.
Humans are worse because we kill for other reasons besides food. We kill for power, jealousy, to steal, to rape and a hundred other reasons. Is this what happens when the animal has higher cognitive functions?
With this in mind, I think the creators might have been looking for answers to certain possibilities. Is it possible for a creature of higher consciousness like that of a human mind, that is capable of transcending animal instincts, able to evolve to the point where the self destruct qualities of the need for power, jealousy and etc. can be completely eliminated?
I also think these creators that are responsible for life on earth are long gone----dead for a better word.
Just like today we have buildings that were created thousands of years ago by Human Creators. Yet these creators have been gone or dead for thousands of years.
For example; The Tarxien Temples. Year Built: between 3600 – 2500 BCE – Location - Tarxien, Malta
I think religion is keeping us humans from transcending. The belief in an afterlife is a good excuse to commit atrocities and still believe all is forgiven in the afterlife whether that be heaven or paradise earth.
But if everyone realized this was the only life we get, we would be more careful on the way we live our lives, instead of wasting time seeking the approval of some man-made deity and enriching the pastor, clergy, or Organization claiming to represent the rules of that deity.
I don’t think humans will ever know how life got started on earth unless some outside source gives us the information. But I’m sure there will be more stories on how it all got started.
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2020 was the best year for the Pandemic!
by pistolpete inthe watchtower sees the pandemic as a wake up call for inactive jehovah’s witnesses to wake up before it’s to late.. it’s a wake up call for all worldly people to takes sides with jehovah’s organization before the great tribulation breaks out world wide.
it’s a wake up call for all apostates to beg jehovah for mercy, meet with the elders, confess their sins, and accept the discipline meted by the elders, and (possibly----maybe----you may be concealed in the day of jehovah’s anger.).
on the other hand reality teaches us another thing.
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pistolpete
The Watchtower sees the Pandemic as a wake up call for inactive Jehovah’s Witnesses to WAKE UP before it’s to late.
It’s a wake up call for all worldly people to takes sides with Jehovah’s Organization before the Great Tribulation breaks out world wide.
It’s a wake up call for all apostates to beg Jehovah for mercy, meet with the elders, confess their sins, and accept the discipline meted by the elders, and (Possibly----Maybe----you may be concealed in the day of Jehovah’s anger.)
On the other hand REALITY teaches us another thing.
Had the Pandemic hit just 15 years ago, 2005) we would NOT have had the technology to create the MRNA vaccines.
Had the Pandemic hit in 1990, we would NOT have had the internet where scientists and doctors could communicate with each other.
Had the Pandemic hit in 1976, we would NOT have been able to read the Genome of the Virus
Had the Pandemic hit any time before 2020, then instead of 1.4 million deaths world wide, the count might of been in the 100s of millions, possibly billions, considering that most of the world population lives in close quarters cities. And the entire world transportation, and food delivery system would have co-lapsed by now leading to desperation and world anarchy.
But in reality, the last 20 years have been especially good considering that mankind in General has attain more wealth than ever before. For the average citizen, child mortality, undernourishment, Global poverty, and Illiteracy has come down tremendously, and these are good measures for quality of life for your average citizen.
There has been fewer wars than ever before which is why it took over 2 million years of human prehistory and history for the world's population to reach 1 billion, and only 200 years more to reach 7 billion. People are just not being slaughter left and right or starving to death in great numbers, like in the past.
The problem with Dooms day rhetoric is not just Jehovah’s Witnesses, but the Media also needs to broadcast DOOMSDAY Scenarios every single day in order to make money and stay in business.
The Media’s constant barrage of Doom and Gloom, feeds the mindset of Jehovah’s Witnesses belief system. It also creates an environment that breeds Cult growth among populations.The Media actually has to create Dooms day scenarios. Other wise there would be no need for them.
See video below for more information
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Suckers!
by hoser inpoliticians and the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses have much in common.
somehow the rules don’t apply to them the same as the poor saps on the bottom of the heap.
1976-governing body after playing up 1975 to the flock and some making life altering financial decisions.
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pistolpete
That's the reality of how the human species behaves and how the world really works. This is why so many do whatever they can to attain POWER.
The Bible says Knowledge is better than anything else.
But in real life Knowledge WITHOUT POWER-----is useless.
Lex Luthor: Books are knowledge and knowledge is power, ........The bittersweet pain among men is having knowledge with no power because... because that is *paradoxical*
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