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  Christmas Cards 2021

  by garyneal in

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  hello,.

  long time since i have been on here.. i wanted to check in to see if we are doing the christmas card list this year.. is blondie still in this group?

  she normally does this.. thanks.

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  I took part in it a couple of years ago and would think about it again maybe.?
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  “A Better World Is Near.”

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "the campaign will feature the distribution of a special edition of the watchtower magazine containing the cover series “a better world is near.”".

  "more than 36 million printed copies of the magazine will be distributed in some 230 languages to communities in 240 lands around the globe.

  in addition, the digital publication is available on various platforms in nearly 400 languages.".

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  So now it`s not just around the corner , not soon ,but near.?
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  If the Almighty, Powerful, benevolent God had a book written for humans, what would it contain?

  by pistolpete in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i know for a fact it would not start off with a talking snake, magical fruit, invisible beings that desire beautiful women to have sex with.. and it wouldn’t end with a flying dragon, a two horned lamb, locusts that resembled horses with men’s faces, but with women’s hair and teeth of lions.

  and the book wouldn’t allow for hundreds of millions of religions to spurt from it.

  i think the first thing a book written by god would have, is that it would be written in a way that all languages could understand without being translated.. regardless of what language you would speak, we could read it and understand what it said.

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  Obviously GOD has not kept up with technology otherwise He/She would have used social media forums by now to get to the masses.
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  What Type of Future do YOU look forward to?

  by Revealed in

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  or dread?.

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  I`m 82 years old what future do YOU think I should look forward to ? Every day I wake up is a blessing .Every day I go down to a club have two beers and chew the fat with a few friends and talk a bit of BS ,maybe have a punt or two just as an interest.Win or lose who cares,?

  There is a saying "you only Live Once " it`s not true.

  The fact is "You live every day ,you only die once " so make the best of it regardless of what the future has in store for you.
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  God`s Creation ,if He/She had a hand in it at all ,then why ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  every living life form on this planet survives by killing ,eating every other living life form that exists on this planet.. one life form preys on another life form for it`s survival from the most primitive to the most highest complexity.. and i mean "every" living life form from the lowest to the highest that exists in the world.. this is just the natural order of things that has been going on since man has observed his surroundings.. their is no room for a god of love in the real world.

  no wonder "they" came up with the phrase "survival of the fittest ".

  "every living life form on this planet survives by killing ,eating every other living life form that exists on this planet".. this cannot be denied ,it`s a universal truth.

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  Every living life form on this planet survives by killing ,eating every other living life form that exists on this planet.

  One life form preys on another life form for it`s survival from the most primitive to the most highest complexity.

  And I mean "EVERY" living life form from the lowest to the highest that exists in the world.

  This is just the natural order of things that has been going on since man has observed his surroundings.

  Their is no room for a GOD of love in the real world. no wonder "they" came up with the phrase "Survival of The Fittest "

  "Every living life form on this planet survives by killing ,eating every other living life form that exists on this planet".

  This cannot be denied ,it`s a universal truth. Where is God`s love in that truth ?
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  If the Almighty, Powerful, benevolent God had a book written for humans, what would it contain?

  by pistolpete in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i know for a fact it would not start off with a talking snake, magical fruit, invisible beings that desire beautiful women to have sex with.. and it wouldn’t end with a flying dragon, a two horned lamb, locusts that resembled horses with men’s faces, but with women’s hair and teeth of lions.

  and the book wouldn’t allow for hundreds of millions of religions to spurt from it.

  i think the first thing a book written by god would have, is that it would be written in a way that all languages could understand without being translated.. regardless of what language you would speak, we could read it and understand what it said.

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  One other question GOD should answer is this ,and I think it is an important question .

  No I`m going to make a separate post for this question.
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  If the Almighty, Powerful, benevolent God had a book written for humans, what would it contain?

  by pistolpete in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i know for a fact it would not start off with a talking snake, magical fruit, invisible beings that desire beautiful women to have sex with.. and it wouldn’t end with a flying dragon, a two horned lamb, locusts that resembled horses with men’s faces, but with women’s hair and teeth of lions.

  and the book wouldn’t allow for hundreds of millions of religions to spurt from it.

  i think the first thing a book written by god would have, is that it would be written in a way that all languages could understand without being translated.. regardless of what language you would speak, we could read it and understand what it said.

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  Maybe it would /should contain some info about the size of the universe and whether their are other life forms out their knowing full well that one day we would be able to get a clearer picture of the magnitude of the universe .

  Adam and Eve obviously had no idea of the scale of the "heavens" / Universe ,but we do, that includes galaxy`s ,stars and planets .

  In the millions if not billions.?
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  Help with 1975 please

  by jhine in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i answered a question on quora about jw flip flops .

  i mentioned, amongst other things , the 1975 debacle.

  how witnesses were told that armageddon was coming in the fall of that year.

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  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" .

  The WT/JW `s have stated in their publications that this could have taken place millions if not billions of years ago ,they don`t know .

  However in their publications eg .the" Paradise lost Paradise Regained" book I think it was in there they stated that it was only when God turned his attention to populating the earth with humans , that the creative days were determined to be 7000 years long .

  And not from the beginning of creation in Gen 1:1

  And that was because human recorded history only goes back about 6000 years ,and the GB reckoned that it would now be a good time for Jesus Christ to begin his 1000 year reign .

  And that`s how they calculated 6000 years back from then which gave them 1975 ,and projected JC reign to go for another 1000 years.

  The creative days of 7000 years only applies to when God turned his attention to the earth and making it a paradise for humans .

  I hope that clarifies it all somewhat .
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  I understand your separating yourselves from the Org...BUT~

  by Revealed in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...why have you left the god and his son?.

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  If i`m not mistaken and I don`t think I am , every living thing on this earth ,whether its on land , sea, or in the air ,lives by preying on and eating , any and other living thing it can get its teeth into .

  And of course that also includes the insect world ,and the world that our human eyes cant see without microscopes.

  THAT is the world you and I live in.

  That doesn`t sound like a loving God that I want to worship .

  A GOD of love ? Rubbish.
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  While the cult of JW asks kids for Ice Cream money......

  by mickbobcat in

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  other churches give kids ice cream.

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  Not that I`m a believer anymore but at least I do recognize that other christian faiths do put their money where their mouth is and do charitable things ,and tangible things ,to help people and encourage them and are not afraid to spend money to do so.

  In my 32 years as an active JW ,I have never known the organization of JW`s to part with one cent to help or encourage even the most frail and vulnerable loyal R&F member .

  Fair enough their has been individuals in the congregations that have done so but never the organization of the WTB&TS / Jehovah`s Witnesses.