Shakespeare couldn't even write the stories himself :) King Lear is a variation of Nebuchadnezzar. So if Jehovah hadn't caused Nebuchadnezzar to lose his understanding for 7 times in the first place we would neither have the imaginative works of Shakespeare nor the Watchtower's bonkers ideas on 1914. And they worked very hard to fool us with their maths on that one. Took a lot of thinking about.
Anna Marina
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Goodbye yhwh-Goodbye jesus
by fulltimestudent ininteresting report in a oxford university blog - the world is becoming less religious, (hurray!!!).
quote: "an analysis of religious trends from 1981 to 2007 in 49 countries containing 60% of the world’s population did not find a global resurgence of religion—most high-income countries were becoming less religious—however, it did show that in 33 of the 49 countries studied, people had become more religious (norris and inglehart, 2011).
but since 2007, things have changed with surprising speed.
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Anna Marina
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Goodbye yhwh-Goodbye jesus
by fulltimestudent ininteresting report in a oxford university blog - the world is becoming less religious, (hurray!!!).
quote: "an analysis of religious trends from 1981 to 2007 in 49 countries containing 60% of the world’s population did not find a global resurgence of religion—most high-income countries were becoming less religious—however, it did show that in 33 of the 49 countries studied, people had become more religious (norris and inglehart, 2011).
but since 2007, things have changed with surprising speed.
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Anna Marina
The ancients were ignorant? I bet they could milk cows and build hen houses without needing a YouTube. I know people who can't milk cows or build hen houses.
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Goodbye yhwh-Goodbye jesus
by fulltimestudent ininteresting report in a oxford university blog - the world is becoming less religious, (hurray!!!).
quote: "an analysis of religious trends from 1981 to 2007 in 49 countries containing 60% of the world’s population did not find a global resurgence of religion—most high-income countries were becoming less religious—however, it did show that in 33 of the 49 countries studied, people had become more religious (norris and inglehart, 2011).
but since 2007, things have changed with surprising speed.
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You are right Sea Breeze. And if it is survival of the fittest why love your neighbour as yourself?
When the French Revolution started some believed it was going to all be great. But Burke said it wouldn't because religion is the glue of society - take it out and you get terrors. Which is exactly what happened. They got busy with the guillotine.
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Goodbye yhwh-Goodbye jesus
by fulltimestudent ininteresting report in a oxford university blog - the world is becoming less religious, (hurray!!!).
quote: "an analysis of religious trends from 1981 to 2007 in 49 countries containing 60% of the world’s population did not find a global resurgence of religion—most high-income countries were becoming less religious—however, it did show that in 33 of the 49 countries studied, people had become more religious (norris and inglehart, 2011).
but since 2007, things have changed with surprising speed.
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Anna Marina
From the time of Prince Albert and Florence Nightingale it was said the new religion would be statistics.
There's lies, damn lies and then there's statistics.
What is defined by the term 'religion' is a network of people joined by a set of values and priorities. You can have anything as 'god'. The question is whether or not you are bothered about getting things right or not. Are you aware/realistic about what 'drives' or 'motivates' you. What causes you to form a relationship of close friendship and trust with another person.
(Matthew 18:20) . . .For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”
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Shepherding visit
by donnye ini cannot seem to find any information on which elder/s are assigned to do a shepherding visit on a congregation member.
does one of them have to be the member's field group leader?
can any elders do a shepherding visit at a member's request?
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Anna Marina
'my leader'?
Donnye - you say you are crying... think about it.
(Revelation 7:16-17) . . .They will hunger no more nor thirst anymore, neither will the sun beat down upon them nor any scorching heat, 17 because the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, will shepherd them, and will guide them to fountains of waters of life. And God will wipe out every tear from their eyes.”
If you stick with WT - you can get tissues on Amazon and they do home deliveries. Amazon will find you. If the elders can't find you, that's a good thing. You wont need so many tissues.
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Funeral talk
by dothemath ini was recently present at a witness funeral (by zoom) and the brother did do a nice talk about this sister who passed away.
her and her husband had pioneered for many years, but she succumbed to cancer.. in his closing remarks, of course he talked about the resurrection, and remarked how the husband (still alive) would soon be back together with his wife.. certainly fine thoughts, but imagine if this guy ended up getting remarried?
isn’t that putting a lot of pressure on someone, when it isn’t even mentioned in the bible at all?.
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Anna Marina
One of the more challenging funeral talks I witnessed was that given for memeber of the anointed who had committed suicide.
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Are any books being placed anymore?
by joey jojo ina recent post by atlantis/ petra was about destroying old books, some of which had been studied and placed over the years.. is witnessing these days only about directing people to jworg, are there books that are placed, or is hq concerned enough about having ever-changing beliefs in print that they avoid it?.
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Anna Marina
Aw Ezekiel book does not appear to be available on ebay.
If the old literature is being destroyed I guess the price will go up.
Bet you never imagined you could get £30 for this.
Or same book - £52 from this seller. But you can get it delivered by Christmas.
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Are any books being placed anymore?
by joey jojo ina recent post by atlantis/ petra was about destroying old books, some of which had been studied and placed over the years.. is witnessing these days only about directing people to jworg, are there books that are placed, or is hq concerned enough about having ever-changing beliefs in print that they avoid it?.
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Jehovah delivers sand for a Kingdom Hall project in Micronesia
by RULES & REGULATIONS inyou cannot make this up: financial help and the hand of jehovah complete project.
january 2016 jw broadcasting..... video starts at 35:30. a local design construction department manager named travis brooks tells a story about a building project on the island of yap, micronesia.
a small kingdom hall needs to be expanded because the facility wasn't big enough for those in attendance.
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Anna Marina
I am not a contrete person. But having gained insight I have developed a new interest.
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I miss old posters!
by Biahi inblondie, flipper, shirley w, where are you?
did this site get too republican for you?
i just take those threads with a grain of salt..
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Anna Marina
Hello Peacefulpete - I hope you feel better soon.