Why would they want to shed publishers?
They are more likely to hide the money and try to increase the money flow into the organization.
a hypothetical question.. at a minimum, what evidence would it take to prove that the society is trying to quietly shed publishers?.
now, i don't think we have evidence of this yet but that doesn't mean it could never happen.
we must consider where the trends of magazine/literature cuts, branch office sales, coerced contributions, bethel/do layoffs, and emphasis on jw.org lead us.. otoh, you might argue that there would never be a deliberate move to get rid of them, just moves that discreetly abandon them.
Why would they want to shed publishers?
They are more likely to hide the money and try to increase the money flow into the organization.
i think it's hurting the country..
I am against illegal immigrants.
It is a problem started by Bush and the republicans.
But Obama has dropped the ball and is responsible also.
Who can you vote for to change it?
I voted democrat because of the terrible job Bush and Channey did.
And now Obama is following in their footsteps.
You cant win.
But we know and knew that.
The key word is illegal.
My great grandparents had to apply for citizenship and come over on a boat from Germany
and go through Ellis Island.
Also they had to be sponsered, if they could not provide for themself, the sponsor was responsible.
My Great Great Grandfather came over sponsered by a German industrialist who sponsered many Germans.
I know there has to be some rich Mexicans that can sponser Mexicnas.
Taco bell, Chipoltes, Moes Southwest Grill, Del Taco.
Let them sponser their amigos and do it legally.
i have sprayed, i have bug bombed, i have sprayed some more.
i threw things out i thought that they might have a nest in.
i soaked some things in hot water all day.
Roach motels.
Bugs get in them but they cant get out.
They work in Florida, the roach capital of the world.
apparently, the carvakas in anceint hinduism were materialists and skeptics, arguing that consciousness ends with the death of the body and that therefore we should take pleasure in this life while we possess it and practice compassion toward others.
they also argued that direct observation is the only certain way to know anything, and thus the existence of supernatural forces and realities cannot be established and must be rejected.
Mad Giant:
I have been out of the watchtower since 83.
For all practical purposes they didnt have computers as we know them back then.
So If that is the watchtowers belief today, I doubt it was then.
I didnt get it from the watchtower.
Yesterdays watchtower corporation is not todays watchtower corporation.
I really don't know what the watchtower in the 21st century believes.
I know they were wrong about everything they preached about in the 20th century.
I got the idea from a book I read.
I think it was called ancient aliens.
But its just one unfounded opinion to the next.
Nothing provable.
Call it a theory. Or possibility.
apparently, the carvakas in anceint hinduism were materialists and skeptics, arguing that consciousness ends with the death of the body and that therefore we should take pleasure in this life while we possess it and practice compassion toward others.
they also argued that direct observation is the only certain way to know anything, and thus the existence of supernatural forces and realities cannot be established and must be rejected.
A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God. - Ecclesiastes 2:24
In my opinion that is
Good
Orderly
Direction
From God.
apparently, the carvakas in anceint hinduism were materialists and skeptics, arguing that consciousness ends with the death of the body and that therefore we should take pleasure in this life while we possess it and practice compassion toward others.
they also argued that direct observation is the only certain way to know anything, and thus the existence of supernatural forces and realities cannot be established and must be rejected.
Not all opinions are equal. Evidence-backed opinions carry more weight.
I agree and the opinion that when your'e dead your'e dead has the most weight and evidence.
So I am eating, drinking and being merry, everyday, all the time 24/7.
apparently, the carvakas in anceint hinduism were materialists and skeptics, arguing that consciousness ends with the death of the body and that therefore we should take pleasure in this life while we possess it and practice compassion toward others.
they also argued that direct observation is the only certain way to know anything, and thus the existence of supernatural forces and realities cannot be established and must be rejected.
Mad Giant.
I said it is my 2cents.
Here in America, that means it is my opinion.
I have an opinion just like everyone else.
Opinions are like noses, everyone has one.
2 cent ones are not worth very much.
I don't think you or anyone else are going to find the definitive answers on this side.
this is not meant to be a slag off the bible thread.. i had a question asked me the other day and it was: 'do you live by anything from the bible?'.
i had to think about that one because i was force grown in the filthy, disgusting cult of the paedophile loving watchtower(r).. you know what?
i really don't know if i just naturally am a great bloke or if any 'nice' bits in the bible influenced me......or has western culture been influenced by the bible for good and bad?.
Lately, I have been trying to live my Matthew 7:6
apparently, the carvakas in anceint hinduism were materialists and skeptics, arguing that consciousness ends with the death of the body and that therefore we should take pleasure in this life while we possess it and practice compassion toward others.
they also argued that direct observation is the only certain way to know anything, and thus the existence of supernatural forces and realities cannot be established and must be rejected.
Another 2 cent possibility is that all our thoughts everything that goes through our brain/mind
goes directy to God.
God is at a big computer where we are all pluged into.
And he takes in all our data to his hard drive. To be dealt with latter.
That 2 cents worth would change the first 2 cents worth explanation of the aura.
But would explain how God created us for his pleasure and amusement.
I guess we are all waiting to see what God does with his toys when he is done playing with them.
If you are strictly a materialist and that is your only black and white JW like view of life,
Then conciousness ends with the death of the body.
Go for it.
But I do appreciate the materialist.
I appreciate eveyone and everything.
And by comparing notes, weighing and evaluating, I shape my view of this journey,
thiis life, this world.
apparently, the carvakas in anceint hinduism were materialists and skeptics, arguing that consciousness ends with the death of the body and that therefore we should take pleasure in this life while we possess it and practice compassion toward others.
they also argued that direct observation is the only certain way to know anything, and thus the existence of supernatural forces and realities cannot be established and must be rejected.