Even Romans had figured in the past that prolonged conflicts drain treasury and many times the objective of the war was not met. Rome abandoned a conquest of Germania due extensive cost associated with uncertain payback. Extensive military spending bankrupts countries even without war. USSR is one of the example.
Posts by kaik
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20The High Cost Of War
by designs inbritain is refinancing some soverign war bonds dating from the crimean war, napoleonic war and wwi, 2 $billion worth.
2 century old debt.. our president has been reluctant to begin another war when the debt of the previous two wars hangs heavy.
those of the prowar persuasion have insisted on 'boots on the ground' a move that would require 100,000s of personnel in the middle east and allocating billions in debt to cover the cost.. "every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed" president eisenhower.
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Next time a JW tells you that you shouldn't let your children go to college ...
by EdenOne intell them this:.
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kaik
I remember these saying when I was teen 30 years ago. I had pastoral visit when I applied for college to prevent me from applying. I started with my college education after I walked out from KH. It sucked a bit because people graduted and I was just starting with school. However, time is never lost. I wish my sibling did not listen to it she should pursue higher learning at least for two years degree. Thousands of JWs had their life and career destroyed by this nosense regarding education.
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If Halloween, Christmas, Birthdays, Thanksgiving became all of a sudden acceptable, would you be ready to join up?
by Quarterback inhow fast do you think the wt would grow if all these celebrations were no longer an issue?.
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I dont care about Xmas and BD. I like Halloween and other holidays like Easter. And I would not return to the KH and the Borg. It is cult and false, twisted religion that destroyed lives of many.
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134 years ago
by Splash inas 2014 draws to a close, i looked to see what important things happened in history.. looking to 1880, these things all made the news for good reason:.
jan 27th - thomas edison patents electric incandescent lamp.
mar 10th - salvation army of england sets up us welfare & religious activity.
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kaik
Or try 144 years ago when Ch. T. Russell started his crazy religious movement:
- Germany was about to be unified, completed in January 1871
- Ecumenical Council declared the infallibility of the Pope, Taze seen it as sign of Devil
- Paris sieged by Prussians
- Reconstruction Era in USA
Most of the adustls in 1870 were dead by 1914 considering life expectancy was 48.
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Is It Just Me??
by What Now? inwe're 2 years in to our exit from the witnesses.
we're not disfellowshipped or disassociated ... just inactive.
none of our friends speak to us anymore.
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kaik
Shunning in JW world is extensive and involves even people who are lukewarm and semi-active. My cousins shuns my mom even she is in truth and very active for 40 years, but they feel that she must be punished for me fading out from KH. One pioneer woman shun her grandchildren because her son had affair with another woman while he was married and made her pregnant. She decided to punish her DF son and his kids by shunning them. Think about that these kids were age 3 and 6 and she would not even acknowledge them on the street while they were calling for granny. Shunning also extend beyond the grave for JWs who died but were not seen as zealot for the truth when alive. Shunning never extend to anyone whose faith borderline with mental disability but is sooooo into the truth that evertying is forgiven.
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What do Mark, Luke, and Paul all have in common?
by Coded Logic inaccording to scripture, none of them ever met jesus.
i was a jw for 20 years and i never knew this!
i thought they were all apostles!
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kaik
I knew about Luke and Paul since JW times, but I did not know about Mark. However, it is well known that Mark, Luke, and Matthew used the same source when they wrote the Gospel. I have heard and read in the past that letter of Paul are written before the gospels, especially before Luke and John.
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Do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?
by new light init has been a long time.. thanks to jw.org, i was reading some jw material (what does the bible teach i believe).
it was the first time reading a "book study" book in many years and i was blown away by the controlling, cultish writing.
this question especially struck me as manipulative: do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?.
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kaik
Every generation believed that they lived in the last days. Every single one. When Alaric sacked Rome in 410, Christians throughout the known world thought that the end was imminent and Jesus will return to replace defeated imperial power. Augustine wrote City of God, and Jerome was figuring out what to do. 1600 years later, some obscure cult claims the same. The end is comming, but individiually for every one of us.
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What Was Your Opinion of Elder's Wives?
by minimus ini think that many of them were saints.
some were bitches and others seemed like they hated their status.
many wives were very good examples and were more "qualified" than their elder husbands.. .
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kaik
Prologos, it was my typo, I meatn megaera, one of the furries whose speciality is spite or jealousy.
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Life is short and I'm gonna love it thread!
by poopsiecakes inso what are you doing to enjoy yourself?
doesn't have to be for anyone around you, or have anything to do with jw world.
just something that you do for you and only you and that fills your soul (whatever that means).
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kaik
I am back at school to complete my masters, so not much free time. Last year to go. I studied masters years back in topic that my employer paid partially as benefit for my work. I decided to start again in topic I like, so I need to survive one more year of it. While I love to study, I do not like schools. I been always nerd and good student (never had B in my class, never both under and postgrad), but I do not like campus settings, lectures, and writting articles. I like learning new things, I wish I could learn another masters in mathematics, maybe in retirement just for fun.
I love gardening on my backard. Planting blooming shrubs, and turning my place into small oases of peace and tranquality.
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baby or no baby?
by Dudu inthat is the question for the next months ... i am 32 and i will turn 33 on december....i am freaking out!!!
my hubby and i have no children and we are not looking for one right now because im studying a masters.
i will finish subjects in june and after that i will write my thesis (6 more months).
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kaik
I would advice working on your masters that you are about to complete and you can start having baby. You can finish your masters in 4 month pregnancy. Having child at your age is nothing wrong, and the medical prenatal care is excellent than was 20-30 years ago. But I recommend do not postpone your pregnancy. As long you can have your first child by age 35 you will be fine.