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  China's New export drive - trains and rail systems

  by fulltimestudent in

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  four or five times a week i travel on sydney's extensive suburban rail network.

  these days, most services use a train like this,.

  which are modern, double-decked, comfortable carriages.. it's not generally known that most of these train-sets (i.e.

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  When I was a kid, my parents took me on "Orient Express" train that started in East Berlin and two nights ride it had brought us into Bulgarian/Turkish border via Budapest. They also took us for a train to Dalmatian coast to Split. I love trains. But train modernization in Europe will never achieve scale as in Asia due different tracks and voltage. Trains that comes from Vienna to Berlin via Prague have to change locomotive at the borders in Breclav and later again Bad Schandau in Saxony. I am not sure if the newest Pendolino needs to do that or German IC, but this is major obstacles for intra-continental rails from in EU from Brest to Brest. It is shame that years into EU intengration, the Europeans cannot even agree on this.
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  Preterism

  by Chris Tann in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i started to do my research concerning ttatt, i started to see the scriptures in a different light.

  one thing i noticed is that when the epistles talk about the last days, christs presence, the ressurection to heaven; the writers were speaking specifically of their time, not some two thousand years later.

  even when jesus speaks of his presence and the kingdom being established, he was talking to his disciples of that time and what they were soon to expect.

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  Bible is not historically accurate. Many of the events and inviduals are not even proved to exist which include historicity of David.

  Jesus was a false prophet. He promised returning to his desciples, which did not happened. He was not Jewish messiah, and he did not fullfill criterias that Jewish people would have expect from Messiah. Jesus is not comming back.
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  WT Society correction regarding the 'Generation that will not die.'

  by LogCon in

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  2. beliefs

  did we say this generation?.

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  we meant this generation.. .

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  JWs do not care about old WT publication from 1984 promising them everlasting life in their generation. I remember this publication, and entire new generation of JWs grew up while other had passed away. Generation that will not pass away have certainly died.
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  China's New export drive - trains and rail systems

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  four or five times a week i travel on sydney's extensive suburban rail network.

  these days, most services use a train like this,.

  which are modern, double-decked, comfortable carriages.. it's not generally known that most of these train-sets (i.e.

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  Modernization of railway lines in Eastern Europe is happening in the past 20 years. Similarly, Spain modernized it railways as well. There are plans lines for high-speed rail in EU interconnecting major cities. However, there there three main problems with European railway grid: different voltage, three major of them where German railways grid cannot serve outside Germany which is crucial for longer term; high density of the buildings along the railway lines, which is problem with modernization within large cities likes Vienna, Munich, Prague, and Budapest; and comepetion with low cost air lines. Railway is good for distances under 500 km which is enough between major cites, but not efficient on longer distances. Anyone who remember railways in Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, there is certainly huge improvement of rail lines in the past 25 years.
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  What would make them leave?

  by Separation of Powers in

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  in your experience, what would the org have to do that would cause the most people to leave?.

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  It will vary by country as each nationality has different sensitivity to issues. In Central and Eastern Europe the biggest whine I hear from my relatives are money and donation. All three generations of JWs in my family complain about it. Czechs would not care about sexual scandals or missue of power, but money will be the deal breaker. Second issue would be big change of doctrine, but this is doubtfull. JWs do have access to Bible and can see numerous errors on WT doctrine, but choose not to do so. Even if Jesus would return and with entire legionof angels, JWs would still follow WT .
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  Are YOU a person who "collects" things? Let's chat a moment . . .

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a kid i only collected comic books until around 1962.. my collection was very important to me and i had emotional excitement at the release of a new comic--but--i made a date with 2 girls.

  on the same day and didn't have any money!

  (not thinking it through, you see :).

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  My mon does not hoard, she regularly spent time to get rid of things she does not need. She collected china and we have some antiquity that are in our family for four to six generations, but otherwise she throws everything out. I do not like accummulating things around the house and on the backyard due maintenance. Things get dirty, dusty, and difficult to go through.

  There is difference between hoarding and collecting. Hoarding is compulsive disorder where people even collect garbage because they feel emotionally attached to it including newspaper, bottles, empty cases, cans, and wrappings.
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  GB Doesn’t Believe in 1914 Anymore – My reasoning

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have heard a lot of talk over the last year or so if the gb will eventually ditch 1914 and some have even made the claim that most, if not all of the gb do not believe in 1914. ive given this some thought and in the past i wasnt sure.

  this annual meeting puts 100%, without a doubt in my mind that the gb do not believe in 1914. id even go as far to say that they talked about that date and have a game plan in mind.. here is why i feel this way:.

  there were a lot of changes with the parables at this annual meeting.

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  Problem with 1934 is the same as will 1914. It is already history, too deep, 80 years long gone, and its generation is dying off quickly as they approaching 90. My parents were born in that decade and within next 20 years this demographic will be gone. WT would be again looking for new deadline. If think after 2034, they will come with some crazy move into the future, which would skip entire century. They cannot gamble on year that tells nothing to current middle age population.
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  Are YOU a person who "collects" things? Let's chat a moment . . .

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a kid i only collected comic books until around 1962.. my collection was very important to me and i had emotional excitement at the release of a new comic--but--i made a date with 2 girls.

  on the same day and didn't have any money!

  (not thinking it through, you see :).

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  Only things I called are my video games. The shalve is build and does not take much space. I do not like collecting garbage, and prefer plain, comfortable, and easy to clean place. I do not have anything in my backyard, not even unused brick, planks, or stones. My attic is empty.
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  For fans of older PC games

  by glenster in

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  for fans of older pc games:.

  http://glenster1.webs.com/freepcpinballmodsforlo.htm.

  it includes carmageddon 1 and 2.. http://www.carmageddon.com/.

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  EOM, I agree with your list, and I still have these games and I play them. My favorites are

  • Summoner
  • Gothic I & II
  • Morrowind
  • Thief Golden Shadow
  • Heretic
  • Baldour Gate
  • Icewind Dale

  I have about 250 games all together. I hope they will be still usable when I retire.. something to look for
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  GB Doesn’t Believe in 1914 Anymore – My reasoning

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have heard a lot of talk over the last year or so if the gb will eventually ditch 1914 and some have even made the claim that most, if not all of the gb do not believe in 1914. ive given this some thought and in the past i wasnt sure.

  this annual meeting puts 100%, without a doubt in my mind that the gb do not believe in 1914. id even go as far to say that they talked about that date and have a game plan in mind.. here is why i feel this way:.

  there were a lot of changes with the parables at this annual meeting.

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  kaik

  1914 is liability for WT and JWs. They used to teach that 1918/1919 was a period in which Jesus selected his earthly bride, which was a pack of Rutherford followers. Various pourings from Revelation is associated unimportant conventions in Ohio from 1920's. There is just too muc cr.ap associated with 1914 and would have to be changed, which is not a problem for WT. I do not think moving date from 1914 to 1934 will do too much, as it happened 80 years ago, and it is another year lost in history.