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  If god exists why the Galaxy Andromeda is flying towards us ?

  by Jewtwo in

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  galaxy 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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  peacefulpete, in saying that our earth and solar system are in no danger of being destroyed I was quoting from the article which I referenced.

  The some/all the planets themselves might survive, but life would not. It doesn't really matter because our sun will be far too hot by then for water to exist here anyway. The article is making a point of the scale of the distances between solid matter, it is also making clear that the cosmic chaos will leaving everything in a state of flux. Consider how even the changes in solar winds as a system passes through bands of dust completely changes the climate potential. Our system as it currently is is on a blades edge. Just the small influence of general relativity upon mercury's orbit (gravity effect from sun) is predicted to alter its path sufficiently to disrupt neighboring planets (us) in the distant future. Any of these scenarios are projected out many millions of years away and likely to be mute points because we as a species will have moved on or passed away. The present danger to the earth's delicate climate is us ourselves or a rogue asteroid.
  
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  If god exists why the Galaxy Andromeda is flying towards us ?

  by Jewtwo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  galaxy 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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  peacefulpete

  earnest, I don't think you read that article carefully. Yes the scales of the systems is such that direct collisions of solids might occur surprisingly less than might be imagined but the entire systems would be resorted and reshaped by the gravitational forces. And yes many collisions would take place over millions of years before a new relative stasis is achieved.

  I should have added the positives of such a merger. New stars, new opportunities for life.
  
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  If god exists why the Galaxy Andromeda is flying towards us ?

  by Jewtwo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  galaxy 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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  peacefulpete

  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.
  
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  JWs Were Right About Something

  by minimus in

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  they 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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  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 in

  1. watchtower
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  see 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

  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 in

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  do 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 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  they 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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  see 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 in

  1. watchtower
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  what 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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  peacefulpete

  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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  see 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.