don't know how many of y'all still watch it.. this month's topic is "the king of the north" - cook goes into monotonous detail over the jw interpretation about rome, germany, ussr, russia, etc.. leaving aside for other commentators the emotionally manipulative videos of jws in russian holding cells, the tearjerker interviews, the god-awful stiffness of cook (i suspect he has never genuinely smiled, much less laughed, in his 60+ years), just thought i'd comment on one topic.. the centerpiece of the program is a "morning worship" monologue from splane.
let's again just leave to the side the dude's pomposity, smugness, and inflated sense of his own genius, and think about this part of his monologue.. he was tracing the history of the "king of the north" and talked about how "britain" (not england, not the united kingdom, not great britain, but "britain" - no idea why they have that fixation - anyway...) became the kotn in the 19th century.. paraphrasing his comments: "britain would not have become kotn if france had its way.
france was much wealthier and more powerful, but at the battle of waterloo, britain defeated france.
Only thing correct is the rain at Waterloo. Napoleon used skipping cannon balls to take out opposing forces; the mud made the balls stick where they landed.
The old Babylon book had all this and it all came true......but nothing happened. The rise england has been credited to the Spanish armada defeat, the French Indian war era, and now napoleon. No mention of the Dutch being a great sea power either.
BTW, did he have a chart?
1.. announcements and remindersmay 2021-05-english-s-147-e. .
this 2nd letter may only apply to the uk areas.. .
5/3/21-e biannouncementmay 3, 2021for coordinators of the bodies of elders1.
They forgot to tell us to pack a brain in the go bag. I hate to tell them but the local service group elder does not have one
i have 8 watchtower library cd's from 1997 to 2009 and barbara anderson's "secrets of paedophilia" cd which i no longer require.
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if anyone wants them in the uk please let me know and i will send them for free rather than dump them..
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some of my jw family that is waking up posed that question to my jw family that is still hanging on to jw belief.. the stepbrother that posed that question told me;.
"in all these years of being a jw, i actually never gave it much thought as to why jehovah had to kill millions of innocent animals that had nothing to do with mankind becoming evil.".
i keep picturing in my mind, all the baby puppies and kitties that were destroyed by jehovah.
Animals climbed up that bristlecone that predated the flood, all but the unicorn.
just reading on reddit...witnesses coming over to someone’s home after a death in the family to ‘pick over’ their possessions or asking about if they left any money to the cult?
i remember, at my previous place of employment, a mexican immigrant at my workplace, had converted to jw from catholic, although i did try to talk him out of it.
this has to be over 25 years ago.
House goods out up for sale. Elders daughter got most of it for 5 cents on the dollar. Antiques.
Another antique dealer type gave the executorship to a non witness. That SOB cleaned up too. Need to make a list and sell most before hand.
I got it made, little of value except sentimental.
remember when nixon resigned?
the big a was here some said.
remember 1986 and the "international year of peace and security?
Sundays talk brought out all the earthquakes since 1914 but ignored all those before. By 2030 the earth will be doomed by global warming. I dont listen real hard so there must have been more proofs.
The big proof is I am getting old do it better come soon. .
i picked this book up at a flea market for three bucks.
the art work is great.
i love the satan and .
The old books took artwork from outside sources ( Christendom) and used it. With a search you can probably find a source for Adam and Eve.
the president of the united states says we have to do something about this.
many politicians and people agree that we are all affected by the scourge of systemic racism.
what’s your view of this?
Systemic caste is more correct. The 1619 theory ignores too many things. Maybe the real problem was Eli Whitney saving the south with his machine.
There is real oppression and slavery in the world but it is perpetrated by traditional enemies of the free world
actors' acceptance speeches have often been a little dodgy - viewers don't care what political or social views actors may have, we typically appreciate actors acting well.. this year's oscars awards ceremony seems to be going above and beyond, however.. here's frances mcdormand's acceptance speech, in which she dedicates her victory to 'our wolf' and then howls like a bitch, lol.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_be0awgwk.
There are lots of good movies made, mostly indie. We cant find them much. As for actors, two great ones ( of "color") are Morgan Freeman and Will Smith. they both portray humans rather than caricatures.
netherlands: victims of abuse in jehovah's witnesses fear ‘witch hunt’.
https://www.msn.com/nl-nl/nieuws/binnenland/misbruikslachtoffers-jehova-s-getuigen-vrezen-heksenjacht/ar-bb1g3h9g.
Just so long as the JWs do not address any shortcomings in the handling of matters.
