Found this in the briefing room, see how close we are to the end:
http://www.jwzone.org/forums/showthread.php?s=a5096384b23235980fa8fe2e56fae6b6&threadid=7712
LOL
Greven
from JW-Zone: Odds for apocalypse put at 50-50!!
by greven 8 Replies latest jw friends
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ignored_one
Heh,
The link's been zapped by DanG.
*waves* to DanG.
Ignored One.
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undercover
Yea, the link didn't work, but I popped in over there and saw that I can still navigate the site. They've changed the format a little I noticed. If I remember correctly, I thought that you had to be referred by someone to join or there was a waiting period while the admins verified your congregation. But I started the registration process and it looks like that isn't the case anymore. Maybe I'm confusing it with another site. Could be a hoot if a bunch of XJWs joined up and subtly wreaked havoc.
While checking out some of the posts, I noticed one guy had a pic of Neo from the Matrix as his sig. pic. with the heading, "The One". Not only is he hero-worshipping a character from an R-rated movie, he apparently has a Messianic complex. Ah, ya gotta luv the hypocrisy there.
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drwtsn32
Could be a hoot if a bunch of XJWs joined up and subtly wreaked havoc.
lol. But of course it would be perceived as additional proof that the JWs are the only true religion. Wolves will rise up inside the group to try and mislead.
Boy, how the bible has prepared christians for any possible attack on its beliefs!
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blondie
All it is is this story posted with only this comment: It all goes to show how close we are to end!
(Blondie)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20030610/od_uk_nm/oukoe_science_rees Odds for apocalypse put at 50-50
Mon Jun 9, 9:11 PM ET By Deena Beasley
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - This is the way the world might end: A genetically engineered pathogen is released, debris from an erupting "supervolcano" blocks the sun or scientists in the biggest "bioerror" of them all accidentally trigger a matter-squeezing "big bang."
The demise of civilisation has been predicted since it began, but the odds of keeping Planet Earth alive and well are getting worse amid a break-neck pace of scientific advances, according to Martin Rees, Britain's honorary astronomer royal.
Rees calculates that the odds of an apocalyptic disaster striking Earth have risen to about 50 percent from 20 percent 100 years ago.
The 60-year-old scientist, author of the recently published "Our Final Hour," says science is advancing in a far more unpredictable and potentially dangerous pattern than ever before.
He lists as mankind's biggest threats: nuclear terrorism, deadly engineered viruses, rogue machines and genetic engineering that could alter human character. All of those could result from innocent error or the action of a single malevolent individual.
By 2020, an instance of bioterror or bioerror will have killed a million people, Rees contends.
"There is a growing gap between doors that are open and doors that should be open," Rees, a professor at Britain's Cambridge University, said in an interview.
The cosmologist concedes that natural disasters have always loomed -- so-called supervolanoes could explode at any time and asteroids slam into the planet, causing massive climate changes -- but says the most frightening risks are probably man made.
"A hundred years ago, the nuclear threat wasn't even predicted...but that threat still hasn't gone away," he said.
The arms race, after all, was fuelled by science, and the field has a responsibility to inform a wide public of the risks in deciding how to apply scientific breakthroughs, he added.
BIOTECHNOLOGY COULD CHANGE HUMAN NATURE
"For the first time ever, human nature itself isn't fixed. Biotech drugs and genetic engineering are empowering individuals more than ever before," Rees said.
With rapidly advancing DNA technology, "even a single person could cause a disaster," Rees warned, noting that the United States, after the September 11, 2001, attacks and anthrax scare, is well aware of this threat.
Thousands of people have the ability to engineer viruses and bacteria to cause deadly plagues. Even if one such "weirdo" didn't kill many people, that type of biological terrorism would profoundly change daily life, the scientist said.
Nanotechnology -- the subject of a recent Michael Crichton thriller about the havoc caused by runaway microscopic machines -- is also a potent threat, he said.
If the field advances far enough, rogue self-replicating nanotechnology machines -- feeding on organic material and spreading like pollen -- could devastate a continent within a few days, Rees said.
The dangers of global warming ( news - web sites ) are also addressed in the book, subtitled "A scientist's warning: How terror, error, and environmental disaster threaten humankind's future in this century -- on Earth and beyond."
Rees does not discount the possibility of disaster caused by scientific experiments involving particle accelerators. "Perhaps a back hole could form, and then suck in everything around it," he cautions.
So what's to be done?
Rees calls for better regulation and inspection of sensitive data and experiments.
"We need to keep track of those who have potentially lethal knowledge," he said.
He also suggested better efforts to "reduce the number of people who feel excluded or otherwise motivated to cause harm."
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greven
according to the poster of this drivel: It all goes to show how close we are to end!
LOL
Greven
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blondie
greven, I corrected my post but there is little to suggest that the majority of the JWs posting there are not thoroughly convinced that the end is "near" or "soon" or "imminent" or whatever word the WTS is using this month. The 50-50 statement refers to the article not the JWs posting there.
Blondie
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greven
You are right blondie!
That thread didn't got a lot of replies so I guess it was just the opinion of one...I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions...It just was so unbelievable how they can read something and fit it in their belief as confirmation....
I stand corrected!
Greven
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Gopher
How JW's love to jump on any "evidence" that the sky is falling. You gotta have some straws at which to grasp !!
THE END IS NEAR! READ THE WATCHTOWER!