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  Will there be a sense of urgency in 30 years?

  by neat blue dog in

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  it's pretty easy to see how current events would have any jw convinced the end is imminent, but i just don't see how there could be a major push for zealous service, pioneering, etc.

  decades into the future.

  even if (when) world events happen periodically that could scare the r&f, there are now countless hours of hd video of jw leaders saying how close the end is.

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  The pioneer hours have been reduce to-----whatever you can give.

  District Overseers have been eliminated

  There is no more house to house preaching

  "No more gathering of ourselves together" at Kingdom Halls

  The generation that wasn't suppose to die has already died

  No more two day Kingdom halls built

  Instead Kingdom Halls are being sold every week

  Foreign language special meeting are being eliminated

  More people are fading than ever before in Watchtower History

  Once those 70 years of age and up have died in the next 30 year, millions of PIMOs will stop EVERYTHING WATCHTOWER RELATED.

  The only ones left will be those with very few brain cells
  

  NO THERE WON'T BE A SENSE OF URGENCY IN 30 YEARS
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  Do You Love The Country You Are In or From?

  by minimus in

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  most people over the generations have taken pride in their heritage, nationality and country they are from.

  it’s not uncommon to hear of “proud” italians and proud irish people , as an example.

  are you proud of your country and your nationality or do you feel shame or indifference?.

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  Hell ya I love my Country!

  It's the only place that I know that a young 30 year old can have super powers

  https://youtu.be/He67qvbaVx8?t=26
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  "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"

  by Diogenesister in

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  2. beliefs

  can anyone remember the reasoning the watchtower gave for jesus speaking these words?

  if you have a reference that would be even better!.

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  Is it possible that Jesus finally realized that the jig was up!
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  Do you think there is an Omnipotent, Omniscient Being that lives forever and ever?

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  notice that i left off "benevolent" .

  reason being is because i could argue that being all knowing and all powerful is not a prerequisite of being "good".

  yet i'm a firm believer that "something didn't come from nothing".

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  FFGhost

  Turning the question in its head a bit, I could get behind the idea of a benevolent deity that is NOT omniscient / omnipotent.
  

  I don't think I've ever heard it turned that way. But it makes for a possibility!

  Imagine a loving Father who witnesses his children burning to death in a house explosion. But because the Father is not omnipotent, he cannot just run into the house to try to save his children because he knows he will die. And because he is not omniscient, he cannot figure out how to save his children in time.

  Yes he is a benevolent Creator in that he created his children, but he is limited in what he can do for his children because he is neither All Powerful or All Knowing.

  Either way we're still Fuc*ed!
  
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  Do you think there is an Omnipotent, Omniscient Being that lives forever and ever?

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  notice that i left off "benevolent" .

  reason being is because i could argue that being all knowing and all powerful is not a prerequisite of being "good".

  yet i'm a firm believer that "something didn't come from nothing".

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  Notice that I left off "Benevolent"

  Reason being is because I could argue that being all knowing and all powerful is not a prerequisite of being "good".

  Yet I'm a firm believer that "Something didn't come from Nothing"

  I believe there IS or WAS, a first cause.

  Not sure if "IT" lives forever or if "IT" lived only long enough to get the ball rolling.

  If he or it is still around, then creation paints this Being as lacking compassion for human and animal life.

  If he is not around anymore, that would explain a lot of things that seem to make no sense.

  Do you think There is an ALMIGHTY BEING THAT LIVES FOREVER AND EVER?
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  Does Anybody Here Pray To God?

  by minimus in

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  i’m just curious..

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  stan livedeath

  i call out to him sometimes.

  I hear you my son.

  Yes it's me masquerading as 'pistolpete'
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  Kingdom Hall in Barrington, Illinois

  by Expanded-Mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i often drive past a kingdom hall in barrington, illinois, where, when i was still a witness, i had visited a few times.

  it wasn't too far from the hall i attended and we got to know people from this congregation.. i recently passed it by and it appeared there was a new sign in place.

  yesterday i decided to pull into the parking lot on my way home, and it appears that the hall has been sold and is now occupied by seventh day adventists (i did a check online when i got home).

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  We cannot take a swim in a YMCA pool. Nor buy a school raffle ticket to help fund PE equipment for our kids school. Nor offer to help run the soup kitchen for the homeless in the basement of a disused church (or go to a gig in the church basement!)

  But we can sell dedicated Kingdom Halls, built to Jehovah's glory, to one of Satan's churches.

  This is what many don't understand. There is a difference between buying a 25 cents political card and JOINING THE UNITED NATIONS.

  You can join the United Nations if you need a "Library Card"

  But a 25 cents political cards is joining Satan's organization.
  
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  Does Anybody Here Pray To God?

  by minimus in

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  i’m just curious..

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  Which One?
  
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  Do You Think Trump Will Make A Comeback?

  by minimus in

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  do you think he could get reinstated as president?

  do you think trump will run again for president or do you think he will just be a force for the republican party behind the scenes?.

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  as far as JW indoctrination goes, they had a good point of not getting involved in the politics of the world. I had never had anxiety or issues of any kind when I could care less about who was in office. Now, I sometimes worry about what idiots in power will do next to hurt the population.

  You know, that's one thing the Jehovah's Witnesses have over the exjws. True, they are enslaved to 8 old idiots who have no idea what is going on in real life, BUT, the indoctrination that the members who are true believers have - allow them not to have the anxiety that the rest of the people do. Only because they TRULY BELIEVE that God's Kingdom is very close and it will solve all of the problems - political, environmental, social justice, and so on.

  So why get involved in anything besides preaching.
  

  When they die, they have this calm in themselves because they believe that in a matter of a few moments they will be resurrected into a better world.

  For Catholics and other sects of Christianity, they believe HEAVEN is the answer.
  

  That's the POWER OF RELIGION
  

  Even though we know they will all go back to the dust like the BILLIONS of humans that have lived on earth before us.

  And you can add the dinosaurs to that.
  
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  Do You Think Trump Will Make A Comeback?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you think he could get reinstated as president?

  do you think trump will run again for president or do you think he will just be a force for the republican party behind the scenes?.

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  pistolpete

  Here is the latest interview with Trump

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1U05UtvF8