The illusion of order in our local solar system is the stasis arrived at through billions of years of chaos and collision. Looking at systems billions of light years away we see chaos and dynamic change. That is literally a window in time of our region billions of years ago. Life on earth started when the worst of it was over but even so a few asteroids nearly extinguish all life a couple times.
peacefulpete
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If god exists why the Galaxy Andromeda is flying towards us ?
by Jewtwo ingalaxy andromeda flying towards the milcky way is a fact so why god did that ?
i don't see the point, the galaxies will enter in collision in a very long time but i don't understand why a lovely god would do this it feels stupid.
(or there is no god).
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JWs Were Right About Something
by minimus inthey used to say the world governments would turn on religion.
i think this part is coming true.
however they also said since jehovah’s witnesses were going to be the only religion left the governments were going to focus on the “eyeball”of jehovah, his people.
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peacefulpete
zoos...Vest pockets?..False prophets! lol
And I don't get the connection to Jesus calling the dead. Are they saying Jesus would use a cell phone??
btw..mobile phone technology goes back to the '20's and earlier so I'm guessing someone had a subscription to popular science magazine.
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Steve Hassan - politics as a cult
by Anna Marina insee this video at 2:58. sanity4sweden explains that 'cult expert' steve hassan was on cnn giving advice on how to deprogram trump supporters.. https://www.bitchute.com/video/3plguubdsjs/.
so this must be political correctness on steroids.. i have occasionally heard the name steve hassan mentioned in relation to the watchtower.
but even watchtower helps people to escape cults.
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MMM...It was always the time to act civilly and try to understand each other. I tried to do that, I wasn't always successful. But the present ought be a time of resolution, resignation. The ugliest election in a generation is over. The rancor has no urgency. All that's left is pointless recounting of injuries.
"a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak"
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2021...what do you foresee?
by minimus indo you think the world will be a better place?
more civil?
kinder?
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peacefulpete
Do you think the world will be a better place? More civil? Kinder? More tolerant?
So much depends upon the window to the world you choose. Outlets that have a systemic addiction to feigned outrage and manufactured scandals will continue to insist the world is coming to an end and the solution is the other political party.
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JWs Were Right About Something
by minimus inthey used to say the world governments would turn on religion.
i think this part is coming true.
however they also said since jehovah’s witnesses were going to be the only religion left the governments were going to focus on the “eyeball”of jehovah, his people.
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peacefulpete
Dr. Rachel Levine is highly qualified and experienced for the role she has been nominated. She also happens to be a practicing Jew. She also is transsexual. Her exwife is also a doctor. A psychologist who encourages "self-discovery, self-acceptance and improved self-confidence".
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Steve Hassan - politics as a cult
by Anna Marina insee this video at 2:58. sanity4sweden explains that 'cult expert' steve hassan was on cnn giving advice on how to deprogram trump supporters.. https://www.bitchute.com/video/3plguubdsjs/.
so this must be political correctness on steroids.. i have occasionally heard the name steve hassan mentioned in relation to the watchtower.
but even watchtower helps people to escape cults.
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peacefulpete
Ok, what type of “bridge” do you have in mind?
I'm not saying there is any easy solution to the cultural divides that have grown, it might have sounded that way by using a simple metaphor.
In my experience, when tempers are up bridges can be as mundane as discussing hobbies like coin collecting or raising chickens. Share passions like music and pets. Bridges form when we talk about childhood experiences on the farm or fishing/hunting etc. Even if the other person has not had the same experience, they are learning about you and filling out the image they had of you and you of them. The first step has to be a willingness to have a nonconfrontational exchange and try to see the person not a label. Once you know the other person as a human, it becomes harder to assume the worst about them or assume malicious intent.
1. Most folks are decent, 2. All of us can be mistaken, 3. everyone has something interesting about them
Remembering those 3 things is how we build bridges.
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What are the Society's rules when confronting a disfellowshipped person at a funeral service?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inwhat are the society's rules when confronting a disfellowshipped person at a funeral service?.
are there specific rules or watchtower articles that must be followed?.
i have been to three different wakes/funerals where a disfellowshipped person attended with different results.. 1. ten years ago my first cousin passed away.
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Recent grandparent funeral. We had a pleasant dinner with nonJW family before the funeral and skipped the JW service. Other EXJW family went and were dealt with unkindly. They were told to their face they were not welcome, they were seated in the back row not with family, and told to leave as soon as the talk was done. I'm glad we skipped it. Who needs that kind of emotional abuse.
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Steve Hassan - politics as a cult
by Anna Marina insee this video at 2:58. sanity4sweden explains that 'cult expert' steve hassan was on cnn giving advice on how to deprogram trump supporters.. https://www.bitchute.com/video/3plguubdsjs/.
so this must be political correctness on steroids.. i have occasionally heard the name steve hassan mentioned in relation to the watchtower.
but even watchtower helps people to escape cults.
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peacefulpete
Lets not do this folks. We all know politics right now are a powder keg. Its time to make bridges and be calming influences.
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JWs Were Right About Something
by minimus inthey used to say the world governments would turn on religion.
i think this part is coming true.
however they also said since jehovah’s witnesses were going to be the only religion left the governments were going to focus on the “eyeball”of jehovah, his people.
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peacefulpete
The current narrative within the religious elements of the far right is parallel to the JWs in claiming victimhood from oppressive governments. Both are spawned from paranoia and a need to justify hostility toward outsiders. Playing the victim is also a powerful emotional tool to cement sectarian/political bonds.
REALITY: There is greater religious freedom now than ever before. More laws protecting freedom of religion, more legal precedent more public tolerance. Religion in many quarters is losing its influence due to greater freedom of information and individualism. The anti-Christian narrative within the political right is just as baseless as the JW's. What has been pointed to as governmental antipathy to religion is often actually an appropriate rejection of intolerance and bigotry by religious people in the workplace or public employment.
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I have read and re read acts chap.15 and for the life of me I can't find the part about the 1st century governing body!
by nowwhat? ini cannot find the verse where it talks about several self appointed men that went behind closed doors to render their decision regarding circumcision.
all i see is that it was the apostles, older men and the congregation that came to a decision.
perfect example of why we need the governing body today.
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peacefulpete
Acts was written (or extensively edited) precisely to create an origin story for an organized Orthodoxy. It brings together the dominant characters and has them all collaborating. A central authoritative decision is made to be distributed to all. This revisioning of Christian origins has colored early Christian research till fairly recently.
What has been said frequently on this forum is the 'decision' to 'abstain from blood' was arrived at not as a perennial Christian necessity but as a compromise to Jewish Christians and potential converts. This is made very clear in verse 21.