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My Memes

by ozbrad in

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i've been using my photoshop skills for good rather than evil.. and it also helps relieve the shunning frustration.. .

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"Death will be no more" - ONLY earthly blessing?

by TheWonderofYou in

todays daily text refers to a new?

explanation for doorkeepers that "death will be no more" would only refer to an earthly blessing, because it would be logically according to the text that in heaven no one ever died or death had never been there.

seems like wishful argument for the earthly paradise.. dont forget the 144000 members of the heavenly class that will receive heavenly blessing after death and used for decades rev.

TheWonderofYou

Todays daily text refers to a new? explanation for doorkeepers that "Death will be no more" would only refer to an earthly blessing, because it would be logically according to the text that in heaven no one ever died or death had never been there. Seems like wishful argument for the earthly paradise.

Dont forget the 144000 members of the heavenly class that will receive heavenly blessing after death and used for decades Rev. 21,4 in field service. Would not for them "death will be no more" apply too, when they switched from earthly sphere to heavenly sphere?

So for one of the anointed who got to heaven after many years of earthly service the "death will be no more" (Rev.21,4) would apply too. Then logically "death no more" has as as result not solely an "earthly" blessing but as result a "heavenly" blessing too .

Otherwise the anointed shall not sing the kingdom songs any longer or use the passage if it had no heavenly blessing too.

We could ask the person if he agrees that in order for something to be no more, it had to exist in the first place. Likely, he will say yes. Then we could point out that there has never been death in heaven; people die only here on earth. Logically, then, Revelation 21:4 must be referring to future blessings here on earth.

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Beliefs About What Caused the Universe

by Perry in

the universe can be observed to be expanding.. an expanding universe must have had a beginning.

whatever begins to exist had a cause.

therefore the universe had a cause.

TheWonderofYou

Was is not sometimes intuition instead of logical conclusions that lead to new discoveries? Perhaps this matter behaves likewise. As with einstein whose intution and playing through of scenarios lead him to new discoveries that are only attested nowadays, so much later.

Greetings.

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My brother died last night

by LisaRose in

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i found out this morning that my brother died last night, he was also an ex jw, 73 years old and died of heart disease and kidney failure.

it was not totally unexpected, as he had been in poor health, but it's a blow, especially as i just lost another brother two years ago.

there were six of us, now only four.

TheWonderofYou

Sincere condolences

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The two paths of exJWs

by Simon in

it's easy to think of exjws as being a single amorphous group but the more i think about it, the more i believe that there are two distinct sub-groups and wonder if you agree.. there are those who believe and those who don't.

i know that seems obvious but let's break it down a bit more.

there are those who don't and never believed and some who are looking for a religion to match their beliefs.. i used to think this split would be between born-ins and converts but of course it's possible for born-ins to be believers although i suspect that many, like with other faiths, do so simply because they have never experienced anything else or made a conscious choice.

TheWonderofYou

Biking (faith) is wonderful vehicel for sport, recreation, exercise and transport. As has been stated, a quick decition is mostly wrong. If we want to bike (faith) we should try different models and producers and place ourselves on the seat and cruise around in the shop or yard. Some bikes are quite expensive and you can choose an unique individual setting. In any case testing the bike (testing faith) before you buy it is recommendable. If you only tried one at the first best shop and would always use that one, how can you imagine or improve your driving style or do you want to adapt your lifestyle to your beloved one-and-only bike instead of trying out different forms of biking? (smirking)

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Sadly enough for JW the bike (faith) however that is widely accepted as tool for recreation and family activies has been misused for their means by monopolisating as tool for their endtime-race. They go so far to say: only one bike (one faith) for the endtime and only one path up to the mountain with practically no free choice to select orientations, framesettings and tastes.

They dont see that this is a blind alley, no they say they have the bike for the "narrow path". No different life style purposes, goals or tastes for sporty fellows but simple the narrow path. The explorative sporty fellow tries different bikes that are made for mountainbikerallies and jumping races in town and country to fully utilise a bike's significance and exhaust the bike's sense.

In contrast the "JW bike" (faith) called the "narrow one" gives the impression of a not dangerous classical conservative bike (faith), a boring urban, city or maximal longdistance bike but in reality the bike (faith) is used for an exploiting and dangerous "hell race".

JW say their bike (faith) is a tool for cruising on the paths to the tops of the mountain of God, its a race to Zion, isnt it, they say. The only right path would be therefore "the narrow one" which is prepared by the route control by Bro Franzs followers. This route has to be taken now and no else one, the devoted latter day bikers are taking up the competition, the race to the mountain of zion ....this happens in our days everywhere.

They wont tread the route by feet or donkeys..."We shall not think that God made mountain bikes (organisations's faith) simple for individudal sports activities (individual thought)" said the president and added "the correct usage of a Zions mountain bike (Org=arch) which we call "the narrow one", counts and is our key for entering the kingdom fluently without problems and scaling up the diffcult and slithery terrain."

Then he mentions some testimonials of backseatdrivers. " Some even pimped up their bike (faith) to make big jumps over hills or houses to be faster in the paradise and thought they acted clever and smart by doings so, but this variation was for them a danger. Note: they thought in forward , jumped with the bike, and were kicked out lately, because they jumped somewhere else.

Others thought an electric bike (convenient faith) would be an advantage (slowing down preaching activities, only sitting and chilling around on the saddle, thinking that the saddle itself does the efforts in field service and bears the sitter to the top). Remember those examples in your preperations...

But even for those who used the correct mountain bike (faith) correctly he had a saying "Some got week bikers though riding "the narrow one" they became week bikers - who were not fully corresponding to the "easy understandable Organisationalist instructions" and so they slowed their speed and got in danger too. Why? Because they were kicked out into the stones and thistles by there fellow companions who were cruising faster and passed them left and right brutally during the race, so it got the name "hell race".

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For those who were kicked out justifiably of the race and off the path by better corresponding organisationalists in spite of everything what had been told them (hold on to the path, use the bike correct, take the narrow road, concentrate yourself, correct bike, competitors) the president had some words of comfort though."We know your are now in a desperate situation with two or more paths, but it is well deserved you know. Dont disturb our race to the top and come back on your saddle! You well know only with effort you will succed and that you wont reach the mountain of zion any longer without our saddle.

Thrown into the thistles and thorns most JW are thinking about the bikes (faithes) more intensively. Some are really dissapointed of the speedy race to the end, but they are somehow addicted or accustomed to the race per se and and then they try other bikes (faiths) some even other fundamentalist, but they are on their own way of a progress. The president says "They take part in slope races of the fallen ones" though. They dont listen to him any longer. They are studying the bike and try to understand for the first time what a bike (faith) is made of and for and looking for possibilities how a bike (faith) could serve them better. They are later accustomed hobby bikers that slowed there speed use the bike from time to time and threw away the old monopolized bike and then enjoy their new bike (faith) as medium for recreation, family activity or technical/scientific studies.

They began to understand that what matters is the attitude how you bike, fullhearted, merciful, reliable and not the a special bike (faith) monopol.

They understand the bike better so and are not afraid trying out other ones any longer. As most Ex dont like the speed anymore, the hast, the skelter and a single goal of the organisationalists but use the bike (faith) for upbuiling exercise, silent sport and recration, without constant fundamentalist propaganda, there is plenty of paths standing open for them.

But they are cautious. Although they had got caught by the president earlier and were trained to follow narrow instructions of submission they now avoid other forms of authorities, propaganda and advertisment which are not likeable at all for christians and others though they are very expensive sometimes. Also they avoid often the rush and hasting for idols, money, success, amusement, well-being because this would be other not good races. They dont follow other bike (faith) monopolits or bikers club organisationalists because they see the danger in taking part in any dangerious form of race.

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Relatives who work in Warwick are visiting

by cappytan in

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so i have some relatives who work in warwick visiting us this week.

the visit has been largely drama free.

they came between meeting days, so the subject of going to the meetings never came up.. however, they have been talking about the "downsizing.".

TheWonderofYou

Perhaps someone or something behind the visible organisation is directing all these horrible happenings. Even the GB doesnt know of it. They only do what they think they should do, following strict inspirations, fearing persecution from all sides. Following economic principles like in Nehemian spirit, building a new temple = new bethel (hebrew), listening to accountant spirits that work for a new world societies of financial wealth already sharing the shares and funds in worldwide hidden market places. Conspirants behind the curtain?

While we struggle with the consequences of cut downs, new techniques and new assignements as well as doctrine questions, the clever ones have already invested in something we dont even know of.

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Relatives who work in Warwick are visiting

by cappytan in

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so i have some relatives who work in warwick visiting us this week.

the visit has been largely drama free.

they came between meeting days, so the subject of going to the meetings never came up.. however, they have been talking about the "downsizing.".

TheWonderofYou

I think the insurances companies would have paid for those sis and bros who might not be usefull anymore, if there were any such policies for all bethelites signed at all, however living costs and appartments and lifelihood were too expensive. Further they like a narrow effective direct hierarchy with small royal bethel court.

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Relatives who work in Warwick are visiting

by cappytan in

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friends

so i have some relatives who work in warwick visiting us this week.

the visit has been largely drama free.

they came between meeting days, so the subject of going to the meetings never came up.. however, they have been talking about the "downsizing.".

TheWonderofYou

The "cutoffs" (elderly, uneducated, needy) were a deadweight to the GB, useless. Gratulation GB for this economic reasoning, that you disseminate within Christianity at Christmas time, While the living apostates are walking dead around we appreciate each Christmas to hear of your frosty heartlessness, so fullfilling Jesus prophesy about the EVIL SLAVE perfectly.

Why did they not ask for the Obama care for the really needy in their organisation.?

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From "Paradise tree" to "Christmas tree" - No pagan origin at all

by TheWonderofYou in

the green trees were already in the garden of eden, and green was symbol of life always.. but the origin of the christmas tree is perhaps in germany.

it was called "paradise tree"= the people fetched once ay year their little paradise in there houses with a tree, hey they believed in the paradise!

it is a christian tradition out and out therefore.. btw a direct connection between the "christmas tree" and old germanic "pagan?

TheWonderofYou

In the book „Tree, A Life Story“ by Suzuki & Grady, 2004 the authors describe trees as tall and fascinating creatures.

I was curious to read something unexpected about evergreen conifers, the coast Douglas-fir (pseudotsuga), Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), giant sequoia. The big exemplares of them are not even destroyed by the largest forest fires. In effect such big trees need large fires as precondition for their reproduction and completion of their life-cycle. For these trees the large forest fire is not from heaven or hell but rather part of the natural process determining live.

Fire is energy..... instead of dropping the seed like apple or maple these trees riserve it and release it only as reaction after an activator, a stimulus from the environment. Northamerican-coast located Weymouth or Murray-pine (pinus monticola) riserve its seed sometimes over 50 years and wait for a fire, to open the peg and to release the contained seeds. Sequioa release seeds at a temperature between 50 and 60 degrees (Celsius). Only a fire can produce it, while texture of human an animals degenerate at these temperatures.

It is supposed that the lower branches of the coniferes solely die off and remain at the tree to serve as fuel, enable the ground fire to reach the treetop and to finally heat up the pegs and release the seed.

Of course my christmas tree was never called "paradise" tree and would not survive neither forest fire nor a room fire. Plastic burns well. He was bought in a market and nevertheless i like it and decorate it since we live in our new appartment and each year my daugthers, my wife and me open our gifts under the tree. It is not fire-proofed and only a mingy conspecific of the larger, bigger, taller ones from the woods that are so at risk of contamination and climatic change.

Real trees are masters of surviving and clever-clever life techniques. Dozens of exciting stores could I tell about after reading this book.

If such a tree would ever smile being decorated with fairy lights by littel children or me? While my articifical would allow me to do everything with it of course, the other, the one from the living species would be curious about human behaviour.

For a long time human mind and language illlustrated the "out of reach"-things like eternity with the tree. The tree of life in Eden a story expressing human hope of accessibility of eternal life. And more earthly the Tree of life illustrates as symbol the changes in human life.

This exemplar of a pine in the Inyo National Forest achieves more than 5064 years by simple keeping active its stemcells.

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From "Paradise tree" to "Christmas tree" - No pagan origin at all

by TheWonderofYou in

the green trees were already in the garden of eden, and green was symbol of life always.. but the origin of the christmas tree is perhaps in germany.

it was called "paradise tree"= the people fetched once ay year their little paradise in there houses with a tree, hey they believed in the paradise!

it is a christian tradition out and out therefore.. btw a direct connection between the "christmas tree" and old germanic "pagan?

TheWonderofYou

Trying not getting into unhealthy christmas stress at the moment

just now the fairy lights have to be ungarbled.. for my artificial tree.

My daughters just now preparing for dinner and going out partying,

then the tree waits.