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  Top AI inventor Geoffrey Hinton reluctantly concluded that AI will probably humanity fairly soon

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
  2. current

  geoffrey hinton, major inventor of artificial intelligence: .

  “if you take the existential risk seriously, as i now do—i used to think it was way off, but now i think it’s serious, and fairly close—it might be quite sensible to just stop developing these things any further, but i think it’s completely naïve to think that would happen.

  there’s no way to make that happen.

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  smiddy3

  "I can’t explain the reason why AI poses an existential risk in anything like detail required"

  And I don`t believe anybody else can either..

  I think that`s all that needs to be said on the subject
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  Good video

  by joey jojo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  highly recommend this video from youtube.

  really well researched.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeggkcpkuve.

  it has an interesting section about the un and jw's involvement and its good to actually see the un letter concerning jw membership still on the un website.

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  That`s all very interesting and a blight on humanity .,inexcusable .

  What needs to be done is fix these situations by a world that can unite to doing so.?

  However, believing in a pie in the sky alternative as the Jehovah`s Witnesses would have you believe ,is no answer.

  Armageddon ,New system of Things , New World , etc,etc. are all just pipe dreams with no relevance in the real world.

  They have never happened and will never happen. And the Governing Body of Jehovah`s Witnesses know that ,but will never tell the rank and file JW members ,because that would be the end of their religion.

  So it`s in the religions best interest`s to keep that belief that Armageddon /New World is just around the corner ,and keep the believers thinking that it is just around the corner ,any day soon.
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  JWs don't consider older WT as revelant

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am relating this happening.

  i shared some thoughts from the 1989 question from readers concerning christ being mediator between god and man ( the wt spinning that he isn't ) and also the paragraph in that same article that plainly says: clearly, then the new covenant is not a loose arrangement open to all mankind.

  it is a carefully arranged legal provision involving god and anointed christians.

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  smiddy3

  Jehovah`s Witnesses have no Clergy until they are asked a question in a court of law that they don`t want to answer ,then they claim Clergy privilege .

  ????
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  Good video

  by joey jojo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  highly recommend this video from youtube.

  really well researched.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeggkcpkuve.

  it has an interesting section about the un and jw's involvement and its good to actually see the un letter concerning jw membership still on the un website.

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  Marked to watch at a more suitable time for me .

  The video shows the Awake articles that sucked up to the UN from the 90's, notably the articles from Oct and Nov 1998, which has a full page transcript of the UN declaration of human rights. Big surprise, the 1998 Awake is missing from the JW.org library. Coincidence?

  Now that is very interesting .
  
  
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  TV report-May 3, 2023-The Pa. grand jury investigation into alleged cover-up of child sex abuse within Jehovah's Witnesses

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds3q289vwok.

  the link is to the tv report - may 3, 2023. .

  below is a transcript of the tv report.. a pennsylvania grand jury has recently brought child sexual abuse charges against nine men—all jehovah’s witnesses—in what some are calling the most extensive investigation into the group in history.

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  I think you have a point there ,enoughisenough ,and if it happens enough the cult could just keep rolling along but this time going underground .
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  JWs don't consider older WT as revelant

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am relating this happening.

  i shared some thoughts from the 1989 question from readers concerning christ being mediator between god and man ( the wt spinning that he isn't ) and also the paragraph in that same article that plainly says: clearly, then the new covenant is not a loose arrangement open to all mankind.

  it is a carefully arranged legal provision involving god and anointed christians.

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  Jehovah`s Witnesses don`t have a clergy class until they are in a court of law and asked a question they don`t want to answer and then they, all of a sudden claim clergy privilege.?

  You can`t make this stuff up
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  AI on Biblical Sheep

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my son sean, who is a pastor, decided to ask ai.. "who does the bible consider sheep and how does an individual become a sheep?".

  turns out that wt non-leaders should consult ai instead of relying on their writing department.. ai writes:.

  "in the bible, sheep are often used as a metaphor for followers of god or believers.

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  Who is AI ? I`m sorry I thought AI was Artificial Intelligence ? And if so ,why would you trust AI ? for your answers ?

  And not your own thought out reasoning ?
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  New Convention Song “ It Will Not Be Late”

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this made me chuckle.

  a new song that they are encouraged to practice for the convention.. “ we know your day will come, sure as the rising sun.

  no matter how long it takes , it will not be late” …………... it is based on habakkuk 2 , we discussed this in depth around 1973/1974.

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  Blues Brother

  "do not forget that the timescale predictions have come from the human reasoning of the Watchtower Society and not from God himself"…

  And yet God himself / herself has kept silent all these years and continues to do so , more than 2,000 years and counting.
  
  
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  Miserable week ahead for witness kids in England-The Coronation

  by Mit123 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i feel sorry for witness kids this week.

  schools going crazy with the coronation in england.

  witness won’t be allowed to participate in a harmless tradition that whatever you think of the monarchy will be a lot of fun..

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  It`s just another way the GB /JW Org. alienates their young / potential MS servant / Elders ,pioneers etc,etc,

  Well maybe that`s not such a bad thing .
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  All the Old JW Acquaintances Passing Away

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday, my dad told me an older sister passed away.

  she wasn't too old (in her 60s), but i knew her 30 years ago and haven't seen her in 15 years; the main reason being that i faded 10 years ago.. yesterday, i seriously considered attending the funeral and catch-up with old jws i used to know.

  after thinking it over, i decided against it.

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  smiddy3

  I`m an old acquaintance and former believer ,/apostate ,i will never get any recognition ,but who gives a f...k ,

  I`ll be more than happy if you guys have a drink on me.

  (I`ll pay you back in the next life )