i am finishing to read the entire bible (nwt 2013) for my first time (my fault) and i wrote down hundreds, maybe thousands, of questions not clear to me, but one especially came in my mind meditating on god's name.. if i wanted to summarize the entire bible in one phrase i would say (even before the kingdom): god’s name sanctification.. god is jealous about his name.
he does everything for the love of his name, and he wants to be called and prayed using his name.
no doubt about all this (repeated several times in the bible), but it involves the pronunciation of his name.. god left us his name in the form of יהוה which is unpronounceable.
This matter remains extremely confusing for me!!!
That's what happens when you rely on a book whose fundamental Truth relies on a
Talking snake, a Talking donkey, a flying dragon
Magical Fruit
Invisible beings who materialize to rape beautiful women.
And a Name that everyone argues on the way it should be pronounced.
i woke up early in life.
it’s not because i was smarter than my brothers and sisters.
in fact, reflecting back, i actually don’t know why i didn’t embrace the watchtower teachings?
I then felt disappointment. I was not going to live in paradise. There was no New World and I would never see my dead mother again.
That's the worst thing about learning the Truth about the Truth----To find out that it was never really about us.
yeah, so apparently there's a black separatist group called black hammer.
black hammer has raised money to purchase 200 acres of colorado land for 'colonised peoples' (black and native american people) and create a communist ethnostate (no whitey allowed).. it's may 11 so it can't be an april fool joke, lol ….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcijfj50uai.
The spokesman I saw looked Spanish descent. If you think English colonists were brutal look at the Spanish ones.
All humans regardless of race, color,etc. are cruel, fierce, and ready to kill each other. That's just the reality of the human race. To be honest, I'm surprise we've lasted this long after we discovered Nuclear weapons.
i hit the highs yesterday and sold deep in the money calls.
this will protect my stocks while i still draw dividends.
anyone else hedging their stocks.
I'm not an investor per say in stocks, but I do swing and day trade. I bought Comcast on Friday and sold before close, On Monday I shorted the same stock and sold before closing. I have a margin account so I can trade every day but normally I only have about 6 good trades a month. I bought 4,000 shares on Friday and shorted 4500 shares on Monday. For some reason I had a hard time getting the stock to short but eventually I did. Not sure why. But not bad for two days of work.
see https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/neanderthals-carb-loaded-helping-grow-their-big-brains .
the article says in part 'the study is “groundbreaking,” says harvard university evolutionary biologist rachel carmody, who was not part of the research.
the work suggests the ancestors of both humans and neanderthals were cooking lots of starchy foods at least 600,000 years ago.
Scientists make findings and then interpret them for us, we have to be prepared for new knowledge to change those Scientist's views.
Like Covid, Masks, Locking down the world economy and Social distancing.
i realize many here think that in-person meetings will return as soon as things are safe with covid.
but many acknowledge it will likely be 2022 or later when this happens.. surprisingly, many pimi jws in our congregation are not shy about saying they are fine with zoom meetings forever and do not want to go back to in-person meetings.
many speculate similar thoughts that are on this site....such as a combination of in-person and zoom meetings.
Surprisingly, many PIMI JWs in our congregation are not shy about saying they are fine with Zoom meetings forever
forever-----like in the Paradise Earth!
someone made reference in another post that the awake magazine had ceased publication.
maybe i missed it since i have not been on here as much in the last 6 months.
is this true?
Kingdom Halls will probably reopen soon since things are starting to turn somewhat back to normal now that much of the USA population has received a Covid-19 vaccination.
😂😂😂😂
i'm actually looking forward to their warped view of matthew, mark, luke and john for this.
the drama from 2015 wasn't that bad.
however.... yeah steven lett mentions othe films about jesu are plagued with false religion.
First Jesus Movie to encourage faith
at our clam meeting this past week there was a rather lengthy announcement asking for the donation of travel trailers.
needed to be at least 22 feet long and not older than a 2005 model year.
lots of other details were in the announcement about what was desired related condition of the trailer, etc.
I heard that the Governing Body hired Governor Andrew Cuomo to help them figure out what to do with the old bethlites. And he had a plan.-------TRAILERS!
someone made reference in another post that the awake magazine had ceased publication.
maybe i missed it since i have not been on here as much in the last 6 months.
is this true?
Well let's see!
There hasn't been door to door preaching for over a year
All kingdom halls have been shut for over a year
There hasn't been a convention for over a year
They aren't printing and books like they used to every year
They sent hundreds Bethelites home
Got rid of DOs
Pioneers don't have to do the required hrs.
Practicably all the young jws are leaving once they turn 18
They are selling tons of Kingdom halls every year-so they aren't expecting a Great Crowd to come in
And the child sex abuse continues
What was the question? Oh that right, "Have they stopped printing the Awake Magazine
