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  Are we heading for III World War?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the leaders of russia, germany, france and ukraine are slated to meet in minsk (the belarusian capital) tomorrow to discuss a ukrainian peace plan!

  some countries such as hollande believe there is going to be a total war.

  when they met last year in the same place, they had put forward a peace plan (a ceasefire, withdrawal of artillery, prisoner exchanges and other concessions) that were never fully implemented!

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  DJS

  The Gladiator,

  All of it is. ;-) With a few minor adjustments.
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  Are we heading for III World War?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the leaders of russia, germany, france and ukraine are slated to meet in minsk (the belarusian capital) tomorrow to discuss a ukrainian peace plan!

  some countries such as hollande believe there is going to be a total war.

  when they met last year in the same place, they had put forward a peace plan (a ceasefire, withdrawal of artillery, prisoner exchanges and other concessions) that were never fully implemented!

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  DJS

  Abiathar,

  We live in a world that has problems, and those problems have to be solved by rational men who require evidence and facts. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Perry? We have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for the religious, and you curse the rationals and the atheists. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what we know. That religion’s death, while tragic to you, saves lives. And the existence of me and those like me, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives.

  You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at church, you want us on that wall; you need us on that wall. We use words like rational, evidence, facts. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline.

  I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket that the rationals and the evidence based provide, and then questions the manner in which we provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a rational thought and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think about my mocking and ridicule.
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  Are we heading for III World War?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the leaders of russia, germany, france and ukraine are slated to meet in minsk (the belarusian capital) tomorrow to discuss a ukrainian peace plan!

  some countries such as hollande believe there is going to be a total war.

  when they met last year in the same place, they had put forward a peace plan (a ceasefire, withdrawal of artillery, prisoner exchanges and other concessions) that were never fully implemented!

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  DJS

  Abiathar,

  If you don't want me to come out and play, frame your OPs as scriptural discussions. One of my prime directives is that I don't get involved in scriptural discussions and I don't enter/contaminate them. Check my posting history, and you will see I am truthful.

  But framing your OP as the imminent start of WWIII? You WANT me on that wall to come out and play. You NEED me on that wall to come out and play.
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  Are we heading for III World War?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the leaders of russia, germany, france and ukraine are slated to meet in minsk (the belarusian capital) tomorrow to discuss a ukrainian peace plan!

  some countries such as hollande believe there is going to be a total war.

  when they met last year in the same place, they had put forward a peace plan (a ceasefire, withdrawal of artillery, prisoner exchanges and other concessions) that were never fully implemented!

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  DJS

  I have no qualms, none, about making fun of religiosity ridiculosity. And now your'e throwing in Nostradamus for good measure. Really? I mean, really? And I'm NOT supposed to  have fun with that? Really? 
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  Are we heading for III World War?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the leaders of russia, germany, france and ukraine are slated to meet in minsk (the belarusian capital) tomorrow to discuss a ukrainian peace plan!

  some countries such as hollande believe there is going to be a total war.

  when they met last year in the same place, they had put forward a peace plan (a ceasefire, withdrawal of artillery, prisoner exchanges and other concessions) that were never fully implemented!

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  DJS

  Viviane,

  Ok, I stole woo from you, but creative (wise-ass) alliterative prose is my schtick. Back off, girl. LOL. Well done!!!
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  Are we heading for III World War?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the leaders of russia, germany, france and ukraine are slated to meet in minsk (the belarusian capital) tomorrow to discuss a ukrainian peace plan!

  some countries such as hollande believe there is going to be a total war.

  when they met last year in the same place, they had put forward a peace plan (a ceasefire, withdrawal of artillery, prisoner exchanges and other concessions) that were never fully implemented!

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  DJS

  Abiathar and Perry,

  If the current crises are amicably and peacefully settled and the world becomes one for a while, your people will simply wait until the next conflagration where you will emphatically state, based on your superior wisdom, your all-knowingness of bible prophecy and direct conduit to the big girl in the sky, that the conflagration is the fulfillment of bible prophecy.

  If that or those conflagrations are settled peacefully and amicably and the world becomes one for a while, you will simply wait until the next conflagration occurs where you will once again emphatically and definitively state that the conflagration is absolute evidence of biblical prophetic fulfillment.

  And so on and so on and so on. 

  No Abiathar. I get you. I really, really, really Get you,
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  Are we heading for III World War?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the leaders of russia, germany, france and ukraine are slated to meet in minsk (the belarusian capital) tomorrow to discuss a ukrainian peace plan!

  some countries such as hollande believe there is going to be a total war.

  when they met last year in the same place, they had put forward a peace plan (a ceasefire, withdrawal of artillery, prisoner exchanges and other concessions) that were never fully implemented!

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  DJS

  Abiathar,

  The comedic part of this is that you and Perry are using definitive statements about bible prophecy. You clowns aren't even qualifying your grandiose statements with words like 'appears,' or 'suggests'. 

  Recap: For about 2000 years people like you have been making definitive statements regarding the nonsense written in Revelation and other parts of the bible. That's 2000 years. Those making such bold, definitive statements that they - and only they -knew what all of this nonsense meant have to, by now, number in the millions. And guess what Abiathar?

  They have all been 100% ….. (drum roll please)…. completely, unequivocally and totally. .. Wrong. They aren't simply merely dead; wrong, they're really and sincerely dead wrong. Ok, most of them ARE dead, but that's not the point.

  And people like you always had something to support their delusional, narcissistic rants. Replace nuclear weapons with the plague, the fact that half of all children died before they were 5, with the failure of the crops, the famine, the drought, the warring mongrels from the neighboring clan/cave/community. Whatever.

  But please do not stop because of me. I'm working on my second cup of coffee and this is entertaining.

  BTW, Jack and Rexella called; they want their prophecy back. If I'm not mistaken, Van Impe Ministries has a copyright on all King of the North prophetic identification.
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  Are we heading for III World War?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the leaders of russia, germany, france and ukraine are slated to meet in minsk (the belarusian capital) tomorrow to discuss a ukrainian peace plan!

  some countries such as hollande believe there is going to be a total war.

  when they met last year in the same place, they had put forward a peace plan (a ceasefire, withdrawal of artillery, prisoner exchanges and other concessions) that were never fully implemented!

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  DJS

  It's so nice to have a bit of comedy with my morning coffee.
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  Do the Chinese think they will soon take over the World? This is an official response

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  lot's of people believe that china will soon be a super-power.

  while its true that roughly 400 million chinese have attained a living standard approximating the usa, there is still another 700 million who have not.. every year, some 100 million chinese take overseas holidays.

  and, many millions of chinese live overseas, either as students or as representatives of chinese companies.. but of the 700 million who have not achieved something like western prosperity, some 90 million still live in poverty, leaving 610 million struggling between poverty and a low level of prosperity.. until they can live more comfortably, the chinese government must focus on building a more prosperous nation.. .

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  FTS,

  Thank you for your balanced evaluation. Most, if not all, of the types of statements coming from those who believe that China is taking over economically and militarily come from those with personal agendas.

  On this site (I won't mention his name but his initials are M.E.T.A.T.R.O.N), every few months we got another OP defining why China was taking over. As you recall, the rationals and the educated would respond that it wasn't going to be that easy and some of the factoids being spouted as data were missing a lot of analysis.

  I think the reasons for the China Syndrome varies. We know our friend above has an intense OCD hatred from the West. His rants are easily dismissed because, as I've pointed out, if little green men from space meandered their way to our planet and stated they were going to crush the British/US military/economic machine, our friend would have an orgasm.

  And then there are the bible thumpers looking for the new King of the North. I don't really know what to say beyond that.

  The final group seem to be seeking attention by making sensationalist 'you heard it here first' type of statements. Those who make economic statements who do not understand economics, or those who make military statements who do not understand military capabilities, but who have nonetheless been able to have their prophetic announcements published thereby creating a facade of legitimacy, provide the grist for the OCD and the end-of-timers' mills.

  Thank you for bringing rational analysis to the topic. BTW, where is our little OCD friend? I miss him.
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  Quick introduction

  by OzGirl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  only have a few minutes to spare so thought i would throw this together.. been in for about 30 years.

  questions and doubts gathered over that time.

  i have a keen interest in the legal and financial matters of the watchtower.. came across this site about 5 years ago.

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  DJS

  OzGirl,

  Several of us have reached similar conclusions regarding the Borg's business design. Asset heavy, cash flow poor. With potentially a lot of very expensive lawsuits staring at them. Many of the recent changes are designed for cash flow, operational expenses, that they do not want to pay from asset sales or take from capital projects.

  And you are right; they've kept the rank and file uneducated, with among the lowest incomes wherever they are. Karma.