The Earth's population running out of food, is it?
Science and technology ARE saving us:
http://www.overpopulation.com/
http://www.junkscience.com/
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=718860&CFID=2549102&CFTOKEN=46453898
Stephanus
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Food at the proper time, Awake 9/22/2001
by Stealth into be successful in marketing one must know how to reach their target audience.. to this reader, this marketing technique comes through very clear in the september 22, 2001 awake magazine, where on the front cover is a picture of a woman working in the rice fields, with a great look of despair on her face.
the caption: can we grow enough food?.
the first three articles in this issue of the awake can certainly strike fear into the reader with bold print subheadings, thought provoking questions and quotations from experts on this problem.
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Stephanus
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The Trend is Still Upwards - Sorry WBTS!
by Stephanus inhttp://www.reason.com/rb/rb090501.html .
no imminent disasters involving shrinking resources, it appears.
(sorry to yk, as well!
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Stephanus
http://www.reason.com/rb/rb090501.html
No imminent disasters involving shrinking resources, it appears. (Sorry to YK, as well!)
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UNITED NATIONS , NGO's and WTBS
by MacHislopp infollowing the link given by kent,.
i have several observation to make:.
(from the link : http://www.un.org/moreinfo/ngolink/brochure.htm).
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Stephanus
i wouldnt want to inundate them with mail but has anyone made inquiry to the DPI-NGO asking how WTB&TS qualified as one of the organizations that "Share in the ideals of the UN Charter" and that has committed "to devote a portion of their information programmes to promoting knowledge of the United Nations' principles and activities."
Please, do inundate them! It is not right for groups to lie in order to obtain privileges! People should write to complain if such privileges are undeserved. Here is an interesting article along those lines:
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Lets make a wager You Know?
by D wiltshire inyou know if you can find one prediction that came true that the society made i will mail you one dylan cd of your choice?.
i don't mean things like their prediction that the 2nd world war would end, because all wars eventually come to an end.. i mean something substancial.. .
i'll defend your right to say it, but it doesn't mean i beleive it.
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Stephanus
Maybe he doesn't like Bob Dylan!
Come on, Robert King, at least respond to this offer, if only to refuse it!
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Question for you RE: Holidays
by peacepipe ingathering that there seems to be a mix of active jw's, inactive jw's, ex-jw's, atheists etc.
here, i am wandering on your thoughts on the holidays with more focus on the more religious based holidays like christmas & easter.. i'd like to know if you celebrate them like the mainstream of society or if you still have your reservations about them based on what you learned as part of the wt.
i myself have been very turned off by the holidays in recent years - not because of the wt though- but for my own personal reasons.
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Stephanus
"You can take the Dub out of the 'Tower..."
LOL
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Question for you RE: Holidays
by peacepipe ingathering that there seems to be a mix of active jw's, inactive jw's, ex-jw's, atheists etc.
here, i am wandering on your thoughts on the holidays with more focus on the more religious based holidays like christmas & easter.. i'd like to know if you celebrate them like the mainstream of society or if you still have your reservations about them based on what you learned as part of the wt.
i myself have been very turned off by the holidays in recent years - not because of the wt though- but for my own personal reasons.
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Stephanus
people who ONLY seem to show up at church for Christmas and/or Easter as if you did believe in God that would be enough to go & show him publicly that you love him once or twice a year
What a joke, peacepipe! Your own Dubs have those types who turn up to the memorial once a year! What a hypocrite you are, noticing this speck in the Churches' eye, but ignoring the log in the Tower's!
This is your reason for rejecting holidays, is it? The memorial travesty is one of the main reasons I've rejected Dubbism.
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ghosts - UFO's?
by jolly_green_giant injust wondering if anyone here has ever a supernatural experience.. whether it be seeing a ghost/angel/demon, ufo encounter.. etc..
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Stephanus
My wife sees that kind of crap all the time (quite often they're stationary stars or aeroplanes!) - the only time I ever saw the same UFO she did was when I had this really bad fever - I'd been having hot and cold flushes, visions and babbling in tongues (gibberish) for two days, and then I saw her UFO. I've never seen it since.
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Need new drink!!!
by tattoogrl333 inok this has nothing to do with being a jw or anything of that nature but it is important to me and i need some help:.
here goes i have been drinking rum and coke (bacardi) since i can remember and finally realized that maybe it is contributing to my severly harsh hangovers.
so i went on a quest in search of a new drink.
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Stephanus
Ah yes, Princess, that's my other favourite!
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Presidental Candidate - A Jehovah's Witness!
by Kent ini bet the watchtower loves this one!
a jehovah's witness running for president in africa!!!.
read the story on the watchtower observer.. the story ends like this:.
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Here's the article:
*** w99 11/1 28-9 Questions From Readers ***
Questions From Readers
How do Jehovah’s Witnesses view voting?
There are clear principles set out in the Bible that enable servants of God to take a proper view of this matter. However, there appears to be no principle against the practice of voting itself. For example, there is no reason why a board of directors should not take a vote in order to arrive at decisions affecting their corporation. Congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses often make decisions about meeting times and the use of congregation funds by voting with a show of hands.
What, though, of voting in political elections? Of course, in some democratic lands, as many as 50 percent of the population do not turn out to vote on election day. As for Jehovah’s Witnesses, they do not interfere with the right of others to vote; neither do they in any way campaign against political elections. They respect and cooperate with the authorities who are duly elected in such elections. (Romans 13:1-7) As to whether they will personally vote for someone running in an election, each one of Jehovah’s Witnesses makes a decision based on his Bible-trained conscience and an understanding of his responsibility to God and to the State. (Matthew 22:21; 1 Peter 3:16) In making this personal decision, the Witnesses consider a number of factors.
First, Jesus Christ said of his followers: “They are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the world.” (John 17:14) Jehovah’s Witnesses take this principle seriously. Being “no part of the world,” they are neutral in the political affairs of the world.—John 18:36.
Second, the apostle Paul referred to himself as an “ambassador” representing Christ to the people of his day. (Ephesians 6:20; 2 Corinthians 5:20) Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that Christ Jesus is now the enthroned King of God’s heavenly Kingdom, and they, like ambassadors, must announce this to the nations. (Matthew 24:14; Revelation 11:15) Ambassadors are expected to be neutral and not to interfere in the internal affairs of the countries to which they are sent. As representatives of God’s heavenly Kingdom, Jehovah’s Witnesses feel a similar obligation not to interfere in the politics of the countries where they reside.
A third factor to consider is that those who have a part in voting a person into office may become responsible for what he does. (Compare 1 Timothy 5:22, The New English Bible.) Christians have to consider carefully whether they want to shoulder that responsibility.
Fourth, Jehovah’s Witnesses greatly value their Christian unity. (Colossians 3:14) When religions get involved in politics, the result is often division among their members. In imitation of Jesus Christ, Jehovah’s Witnesses avoid becoming involved in politics and thus maintain their Christian unity.—Matthew 12:25; John 6:15; 18:36, 37.
Fifth and finally, their keeping out of politics gives Jehovah’s Witnesses freeness of speech to approach people of all political persuasions with the important message of the Kingdom.—Hebrews 10:35.
In view of the Scriptural principles outlined above, in many lands Jehovah’s Witnesses make a personal decision not to vote in political elections, and their freedom to make that decision is supported by the law of the land. What, though, if the law requires citizens to vote? In such a case, each Witness is responsible to make a conscientious, Bible-based decision about how to handle the situation. If someone decides to go to the polling booth, that is his decision. What he does in the polling booth is between him and his Creator.
The November 15, 1950, issue of The Watchtower, on pages 445 and 446, said: “Where Caesar makes it compulsory for citizens to vote . . . [Witnesses] can go to the polls and enter the voting booths. It is here that they are called upon to mark the ballot or write in what they stand for. The voters do what they will with their ballots. So here in the presence of God is where his witnesses must act in harmony with his commandments and in accordance with their faith. It is not our responsibility to instruct them what to do with the ballot.”
What if a Christian woman’s unbelieving husband insists that she present herself to vote? Well, she is subject to her husband, just as Christians are subject to the superior authorities. (Ephesians 5:22; 1 Peter 2:13-17) If she obeys her husband and goes to the polling booth, that is her personal decision. No one should criticize her.—Compare Romans 14:4.
What of a country where voting is not mandated by law but feelings run high against those who do not go to the voting booth—perhaps they are exposed to physical danger? Or what if individuals, while not legally obliged to vote, are severely penalized in some way if they do not go to the polling booth? In these and similar situations, a Christian has to make his own decision. “Each one will carry his own load.”—Galatians 6:5.
There may be people who are stumbled when they observe that during an election in their country, some Witnesses of Jehovah go to the polling booth and others do not. They may say, ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses are not consistent.’ People should recognize, though, that in matters of individual conscience such as this, each Christian has to make his own decision before Jehovah God.—Romans 14:12.
Whatever personal decisions Jehovah’s Witnesses make in the face of different situations, they take care to preserve their Christian neutrality and freeness of speech. In all things, they rely on Jehovah God to strengthen them, give them wisdom, and help them avoid compromising their faith in any way. Thus they show confidence in the words of the psalmist: “You are my crag and my stronghold; and for the sake of your name you will lead me and conduct me.”—Psalm 31:3. -
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Presidental Candidate - A Jehovah's Witness!
by Kent ini bet the watchtower loves this one!
a jehovah's witness running for president in africa!!!.
read the story on the watchtower observer.. the story ends like this:.
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Stephanus
You'll probably find that voting is a "conscience matter" now, but then, so too is blood! And you're considered to have DAed yourself if you exercise your conscience in that matter.