Very Interesting Post...

by XBEHERE 20 Replies latest jw friends

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  FFGhost

  She's been saying this for a good 40+ years now, but I doubt she realizes that.

  That' the thing - no one realizes it!

  "I give this ol' system another 5 years, tops" - a phrase I've heard literally every year for the past 50 years.

  I think I've posted this before, but...

  In one old congregation I was in, at least 15-20 years ago, we had a daffy elder, Stephen Lett without the eyebrow jiggles. After one district convention, he had a service meeting part, where he said...

  "Did you hear what they said at the convention? Did they say the end was near? I didn't hear them say the end was near. Did you hear them say the end was near? I didn't hear them say the end was near. No...they said.....the end was....[dramatic pause....and pause....and pause some more...attempt to make eye contact with every poor sap in the audience].....IMMINENT!!!! !!!! !!!!"

  And now, 15 years later, he's too old to work, his pension is not nearly enough, he lives with his daughter and son-in-law, is in poor health....still waiting for that IMMINENT new world.
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  Foolednomore

  The has been many world events that could of been it. Time and we are still here.
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  Beth Sarim

  There will always be world events and wars where ""it"" could be ""it"".

  The ""end"" will always be close.
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  Beth Sarim

  Thought I'd post this interesting video here:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDoQbpMBng4
  
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  blondie

  In the Bible Questions Answered publication:

  "The Bible foretold that pestilences (widespread diseases, including pandemics) would occur during the last days. (Luke 21:11) " (Bible Questions Answered (ijwbq) Also Revelation 6:8.

  • Pestilence, that is, widespread epidemics of infectious disease, is also part of the sign given by Jesus.
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  EdenOne

  At least since the neolithic revolution pandemics have been wiping out large chunks of our human species. What's new, really?

  Between Jesus' death and 1914 there were at least 3 pandemics that killed more people than the Spanish Flu:

  1. The Black Death (1347-1351)
  Death Toll: between 75 and 125 million

  2. Smallpox (1520-1980)
  Death Toll: Over 500 million

  3. The Spanish Flu (1918-1919)
  Death Toll: Between 17 and 50 million

  4. The Plague of Justinian (541-542)
  Death Toll: Between 17 and 100 million people
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  pontoon

  When I was a young man and I slipped up and spent a night with a young lady the next morning I expected Armeggedon to start any moment. Because of me.
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  Journeyman

  Here's a very interesting post.

  
  

  (Sorry, couldn't resist that.)
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  blondie

  Very good point, EdenOne. I remember that response too but did not remember to put it in my post. Thanks.
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  Rattigan350

  I thought that JWs should be immune from covid as they are neutral and covid was created by the democrats to get Trump out of office. So it is surprising that a greater proportion of JWs got the covid and died than those in the world.