So the sun is 8 minutes and 20 seconds away. So the sun actually sets 8:20 minutes before you see it set; and it rises 8:20 minutes before you see it rise. We can't ever see the present state of the cosmos. We're always looking back in time.
Island Man
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Light speed isn't as fast as Hollywood portrays it.
by Island Man inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aau_btbn7s
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Light speed isn't as fast as Hollywood portrays it.
by Island Man inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aau_btbn7s
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help me understand: My wife seems to be utterly detested by skelletons and skulls. Why?
by goingthruthemotions inso, here i am again....asking more questions to help me understand my wife.
she was brought up in the cult in the 70's and 80's.
so i can only imagine what kind of indoctrination she deals with.
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Island Man
I agree with SecretSlaveClass. Skulls and skeletons are often associated with occultism so JWs quickly associate them with demonism. Some JWs associate anything grotesque or scary-looking with demonism, regardless of whether or not the portrayal professes to be occult in nature. A sci-fi portrayal of a grotesque-looking creature would very easily be labelled as "demonic" by a brainwashed JW.
Aside from it's occult connotations, the skull is often used simply as an iconic symbol of death. Thus the skull and bones symbol of the pirates is meant to strike fear in the heart of their victims that they (the pirates) are fearsome, murderous thugs who are not to be trifled with as they will not think twice of killing you if you fail to comply with their wishes or if you dared to defy them.
The skull is also used as part of universal signs used to label products as being toxic or poisonous.
It's possible that humans evolved a deep-seated aversion to the sight of skulls as this afforded a survival advantage. Early pre-humans who avoided being around skulls also avoided the local environmental hazards that killed the persons who became the skulls.
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"The governing body has asked me to..."
by OverlappingGeneralizations ini have heard that phrase several times on the jw broadcast, uttered by gb members!
"the governing body has asked me to bring to your attention (whatever)".
aren't you the governing body?
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Island Man
I think I know the reason for that statement.
It is usually given when the GB member is going to talk about something that is potentially controversial or new to JWs. On such potentially controversial issues, there is the risk that the GB member would either be hated or loved for presenting it.
When it is a new or somewhat unconventional issue, there is also the potential for JWs to be wondering if the GB member is giving his own views or that of the organization.
The statement: "the Governing Body has asked me to..." serves to separate the potentially controversial or unconventional message from the lone GB presenter, putting it squarely unto the Governing Body/Faithful and Discreet Slave collective. That way, JWs are being asked to accept the bitter pill as coming from the God appointed Faithful and Disreet Slave who must be obeyed, rather than merely being the view coming from rubber-faced Lett, or Uptight Tony.
Any praise that a new, innovative or unconventional message brings must also go to the collective and not the lone GB presenter - so that the other GB members don't get jealous or suspicious about a lone GB member gaining more praise and prominence in the eyes of all JWs because of a message he happened to have presented.
It might also be a way of suggesting to JWs that what is about to be said is a very important message coming from the faithful and discreet slave and may thus indicate to us awake ones that this is the real "meat" of the program - the key bit of indoctrination that Watchtower wants to feed the JWs with for the month.
You see, the JW broadcast program is very similar to a study edition of the Watchtower. There are the experiences of JWs and other fluff pieces about the work of the organization. These mirror the supplementary articles for personal reading, found in the study edition. There there is the "the Governing Body has asked me to..." segment of the program which mirrors the congregation Watchtower study articles in the study edition.
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2016 SPECIAL TALK---ARE YOU ON THE ROAD TO EVERLASTING LIFE?
by suavojr inare you on the road to everlasting life?.
note to the speaker: help bible students and interested ones to understand why and how to make further spiritual progress..
emphasize the many sources of help available, and warmly encourage them to act without delay.
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Island Man
God’s requirements are reasonable; they reflect his love and greatly benefit us
Being asked to shun your own children because they change to a different belief system can hardly be described as reasonable. Being asked to refuse your child a life-saving blood transfusion in the absence of alternatives, can hardly be described as reasonable, loving or beneficial.
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2016 SPECIAL TALK---ARE YOU ON THE ROAD TO EVERLASTING LIFE?
by suavojr inare you on the road to everlasting life?.
note to the speaker: help bible students and interested ones to understand why and how to make further spiritual progress..
emphasize the many sources of help available, and warmly encourage them to act without delay.
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A small update on the ongoing investigation by the Royal Commission
by umbertoecho ini think you people would like to know that since the public hearing has finished.
there has been ongoing contact made to me by the staff at the rc.
they have been inundated with calls and the same experiences or similar ones are being related.. the staff are not backwards in coming forwards with insights that they have shared.
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"I used to make shepherding calls until I was reproved for only shepherding the prettier sisters"
Did you use your shepherd's staff, snugglebunny?
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Drama played at pioneer school
by StarTrekAngel ini was having breakfast at home earlier this morning when my mil sat down at the table.
she started re hashing her previous day with us (wife and myself).
she was relating a story she got from another close relative who just finished the pioneer school.
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Women going topless in NYC.
by Fisherman inwithin the past couple of days, women in nyc are going around topless in public.
i read in a news article, that in new york city, there are no laws against women going topless in public.the article says that family people are getting offended and they want to stop topless women in public.
in europe women show their breasts on on tv, the beach, and breast feeding in public.
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Island Man
Ooooooh, Nude York,
Ooooooh, Nude York.Grew up in a town,
that is famous as a place of
nudey scenes.Noise is always loud,
there are sirens all around
and the strippers are lean.If I could make out here,
I could make out anywhere
that's what they say.Seeing my tits in light,
or my name in marquees
found down on BroadwayEven if it aint all who sees,
I got a pocket full of dreams
Baby I'm from Nude YorkConcrete jungle wet dreams
are made of, there's nothing
you can't do, now you're in Nude YorkThese strippers make you feel brand new
"flashing headlights" inspire you
hear it for Nude York, Nude York, Nude YorkOn the areola view
there ain't never a curfew
ladies work it so hard.Such a melting pot
on the corner without a frock
preachers pray to God.Hail a gypsy gal
takes me down from Harlem
to the Brooklyn bridgeSo one sleeps the nights
with a hunger from more than
an empty fridgeI'm going to make out by any means
I got a pocket of wet dreams
Baby i'm from Nude YorkConcrete jungle wet dreams
are made of, there's nothing
you can't do, now you're in Nude YorkThese strippers make you feel brand new
"flashing headlights" inspire you
hear it for Nude York, Nude York, Nude YorkOne hand in the air for the big titties
strippers, wet dreams, all looking prettyNo place in the world that could compare
put your lighters in the air
everybody say yeah yeah, yeah Nude YorkConcrete jungle wet dreams
are made of, there's nothing
you can't do, now you're in Nude YorkThese strippers make you feel brand new
"flashing headlights" inspire you
hear it for Nude York, Nude York, Nude York -
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Women going topless in NYC.
by Fisherman inwithin the past couple of days, women in nyc are going around topless in public.
i read in a news article, that in new york city, there are no laws against women going topless in public.the article says that family people are getting offended and they want to stop topless women in public.
in europe women show their breasts on on tv, the beach, and breast feeding in public.
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Island Man
Fisherman, how do I know your claims are true when you provide no photographic evidence?