These are lies planted by the adversary Satan the Devil. /s
Jehalapeno
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Humans only been here 6,000 years but at least they were drunk!
by notsurewheretogo inhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-36365967.
great article...chinese were brewing beer 5,000 years ago.... not bad considering it's not far off adam & eve... :).
.. .. chinese drinkers may have been brewing beer as many as 5,000 years ago, new research suggests.. us and chinese researchers say they found traces of barley, millet, grain, and tubers used in fermentation.. it was found on pottery discovered in shaanxi province in northern china during an archaeological dig 10 years ago.. it would be the earliest known instance of beer-making in china and suggest a sophisticated approach.. published in the us proceedings of the national academy of sciences, the study also suggested that barley may have been used for booze before being used for food.. as every home-brewer knows, funnels are an essential piece of kit.
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2016 Regional Convention - Sunday Morning synopsis
by Jehalapeno invia reddit.
here are the morning program highlights.
will update for the afternoon once it's all over.
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Jehalapeno
Via Reddit
Here are the morning program highlights. Will update for the afternoon once it's all over.
Avoid what erodes loyalty: Pride - Bro. Cano (elder) reflects on reasons for why he got upset for receiving counsel on how to give a talk. Loyalty to Jehovah implies having to change one's attitude and striving to be humble. (Video) We should be also be humble and do work we might look down upon, like cleaning the Kingdom Hall bathrooms. (Because everyone knows elders do this as frequently as they do shepherding)
Avoid what erodes loyalty: Improper entertainment - Avoid violent video games & movies, immoral films including pornography. Video = JW (Javier) started watching/viewing immoral content through his smartphone, rationalizing that it wasn't technically pornography. Later realized he was fooling himself and stopped.
Avoid what erodes loyalty: Bad associations - We don't want to shun brothers who are not DF'd. But we do want to limit our association with those who only want to criticize the brothers, talk about materialistic things. In essence, stay away from anyone who is a danger to your spirituality. Video = JW sister reflects on realizing when her coffee breaks with her co-workers with "bad attitudes" and inappropriate conversations were affecting her and her relationship with her family. (This video, and the one before it, were preludes to the bunker video. Towards the end of this video, they pan out (with ominous music) and make it evident that these conversations were taking place in the bunker during the great tribulation. At the end, they even include a special knock on the door to identify that other JW's are the ones knocking to get in. They report that another person, Kevin (possibly JW or study), refused to go with them and that they were "on their own".)
Avoid what erodes loyalty: Fear of man - Video = Bunker brothers reflect back on Kevin's reasons/motives, for not wanting to come with them. They make Kevin out to be a "spiritually weak" brother who was afraid to preach to others. They reason he never overcame his "fear of man". Video ends with another JW coming to the bunker reporting that things are getting worse outside, with the authorities starting to visit houses to "register" them.
Pursue what builds loyalty: Appreciation - "The fact that so much good is done with imperfect men is a reason to appreciate and worship Jehovah." Video - Bunker brothers reflect on brothers who always criticized what the organization did and didn't do. They eventually left the meetings because they didn't fully appreciate what the org was doing. They didn't stay "loyal" to the org. (Video is another attempt to vilify anyone who doesn't say only good things about the org)
Pursue what builds loyalty: Self control - Video = Bunker brothers, specifically the daughter of one of the families, reflects on earlier times when she had difficulties with her thoughts that kept her down mentally and emotionally. Remembers that one of the other bunker brothers (Karen) helped her overcome her negative thoughts. Loyalty to Jehovah entails getting control of our negative thoughts. At the end of the video, more JW's arrive at the bunker.
Pursue what builds loyalty: Love - "Being loyal to family is being loyal to Jehovah." (Talk about double-speak when it comes to DF'd relatives). Video - This is where they show the leaked bunker video where they stress the importance of simplifying.
Pursue what builds loyalty: Faith - Video = Bunker brothers again. Great tribulation getting worse. You can hear people outside looking specifically for JW's. Bunker brothers taking comfort in scriptures. Patting themselves on the back for having listened and staying loyal. Reflecting on all the different ways they stayed loyal (what they showed in the previous videos). Authorities finally break into their bunker in the end and close in on them as they gather together and stand firm, ready for whatever awaits them.
Public discourse & WT Review - (Zoned out for these talks. Took a mental break due to the over abundance of indoctrination in the morning already.)
Attendance for Sunday AM: 15902
Stay tuned for the afternoon highlights later...
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New Feature on JW Library
by neat blue dog inthere are a couple new tabs on the app, one of which is the 'meetings' tab.
can you guess what the other one is?.
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Jehalapeno
Why is this surprising?
It's not out of character for the organization. Everyone knows they run on donations.
(Don't mind me...just using same logic that others used about not being surprised at the homophobic cartoon.)
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Maybe I'm Just Ignorant About the New "Anti-Gay" Video
by turtleturtle inhomophobia (m-w.com):.
: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals.
can someone tell me, specifically, was homophobic about the new "anti-gay" wt video.
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Jehalapeno
It's a weird moment when I agree with Slimboyfat over Cofty.
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Maybe I'm Just Ignorant About the New "Anti-Gay" Video
by turtleturtle inhomophobia (m-w.com):.
: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals.
can someone tell me, specifically, was homophobic about the new "anti-gay" wt video.
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Jehalapeno
Simon you just said that the video isn't awful.
Surely you're just referring to the quality of the animation. Because the message that "God doesn't let gays into paradise," although in line with what the bible says, is an awful awful message.
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Maybe I'm Just Ignorant About the New "Anti-Gay" Video
by turtleturtle inhomophobia (m-w.com):.
: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals.
can someone tell me, specifically, was homophobic about the new "anti-gay" wt video.
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Jehalapeno
Homophobia has become a catch-all term for the LGBTQ community equivalent of racism.
It would be hard for someone to argue that the above statements were not racist statements.
The same can be said for the video. It is sugar coated homophobia.
Anyone saying the video wasn't homophobia either hasn't thought about it much, hasn't put themselves in the shoes of those that are homosexuals, or they still hold a personal prejudice themselves against the LGBTQ community.
Just because it is someone's religious right to believe something ignorant and prejudicial does not give them freedom from criticism.
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Beliefs About What Caused the Universe
by Perry inthe 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.
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Jehalapeno
This is for you Perry.
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Beliefs About What Caused the Universe
by Perry inthe 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.
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Jehalapeno
Perry: I suggest perusing the Armored Skeptic YouTube channel. All your points have been refuted over and over on there.
Also: it's okay to say I don't know when confronted with a question. What's not okay is to assume the answer is something there's no evidence for.
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45 Minute Bethel Video about Changes (downsizing) at Watchtower
by OnTheWayOut ini don't see this posted elsewhere, and i don't have the links besides this facebook one.. but here is a 45-minute long bethel talk about the changes at bethel including addressing the hard feelings of people who were given the axe.
basically, everything must change.
we gave remaining bethelites saturday off to do our bidding in "the field" and we give bethelites over 70 an extra day a week off (if you can find any such bethelites).
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Jehalapeno
Haven't Bethelites had Saturday's off for years now? Seems it's been like 3-4 years they made that change. -
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I'm getting baptized
by BlackWolf ini know i've started similar topics before but this time i'm serious.
my parents have been constantly pressuring me and after yesterday's watchtower study they asked me if i was going to be baptized this summer... and i said yes.
i probably should have thought about it more before making a final decision, but they're pretty much forcing me to do it anyway.
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Jehalapeno
Answer the questions wrong. Don't let on hat you have sufficient theocratic knowledge. If the elders don't think you're ready to be baptized, then your parents can't say shit.
