James Thomas Rook Jr.
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Referring to the MORAYS of the Victorian age is just the classic example. Like watching an Indiana Jones movie, and when the Nazis show up, there is no need to belabor or explain who the "Bad guys" are. -
The whole point of my berating this particular issue is that is "low hanging fruit", that is to say, this is an almost universal experience of almost EVERYONE that is alive, or ever lived, , whereas murder is (presumably) NOT., so it is an EASY subject to address ..... But even that is not the main point. The MAIN point is " Do not go beyond the things that are written". Jehovah God has spoken against MANY things, sometimes dozens or perhaps hundreds of times. O.K. ... THAT is "O.K. to reiterate as good counsel, but for crying out loud ... things that He has expressed NO OPINION ON WHATSOEVER .... leave the people alone! Do not load a heavy burden upon them because we feel down to OUR bones that it MUST be the will of God ... WHEN GOD IS IGNORING IT. I DO NOT LIKE WOMEN WITH MAKEUP. I feel it is disingenuous, and clownish, and narcissistic. But THEY like it, and I can see no reason to burden people by lying that it is the will of God that they not paint their faces. I could even say this is "an unclean practice" and immoral, if I believed that (which I do not), and invoke ambiguous scripture, or MANY scriptures that pretended to support whatever pet agenda I might have. The MAIN point is " Do not go beyond the things that are written". When we do, it opens up a Pandora's Box of creating a mindset that allows for ANY pet idea or bogus agenda to become acceptable ... and when invoking the false authority of God to support our sad, criminal silliness, we dishonor God, and chase people AWAY from the TRUTH. I could expound on this theme for many pages .... but the major problem we have in the Truth today, is Victorian culture and personal preferences ... ARE PRESENTED AS THE WILL OF GOD! This actually slanders Jehovah and his Christ, making them hand puppets where we are supplying the words. The MAIN point is " Do not go beyond the things that are written". This issue is just the classic example of how the road to hell is paved with good intentions. " Do not go beyond the things that are written".
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The criteria Jehovah uses is quite clear. Locally, it varies according to the year, location, and policy.
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This might be a good time to REVIEW about a 7MB video clip of the FAMOUS "Pillowgate" Videos ( the complete video for Brothers at Bethel is almost a gigabyte, and the one for Sisters is about 95MB). You can be sure that the GB is CERTAINLY giving plenty of food for thought, at the proper time. After all .... WE PAID FOR IT WITH OUR CONTRIBUTIONS!. We ALL should benefit from this ... uh.... this "sound counsel". 2 CHAIR pORNEA .mp4 Knowing how important this is, I tried to upload the full videos, but the system choked on it, and would not accept it.
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There is a difference between a lampoon, and a harpoon.
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If we were judged by our thoughts .... NOBODY would survive God's Judgement.
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When I was younger, I would struggle with all these sorts of things .... and argue them. Having experienced "New Light" so many times I feel like an epileptic subjected to a flashing strobe light .... The famous phrase from "Gone With The Wind" movie comes to mind ... "Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a damn !" If I (or anybody) REALLY ever knows, it will be in the New System. All else is speculation by people who PRETEND to know. ESPECIALLY in "Revelation" which was to the Apostle John. I suspect a LOT got lost in various "translations". What could be simpler? No muss, no fuss, no conflict.
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A helicopter with an ejection seat?
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At last! A working conscience, despite the ineffective remedy! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/sisters_who_survived_the_evil_at_lagarie As my grown daughter once said to a "Brother" who was showing her unwanted "attentions", "If you don't leave me alone my Dad will kill you. Yes, he will go to prison, but YOU will be dead!". This man and I had met, and he knew that was true .... and he turned his "attentions" elsewhere. Sometimes the most complicated interpersonal problems have a simple solution. ... and I am a man who takes spiders outside when I can so as not to harm them.
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The thought just occurred to me, that is we as Jehovah's Witnesses become tired of waiting on the Governing Body to straighten out this problem, AND hold those accountable, we can do it OURSELVES. Report EVERYTHING to the police ... and let them sort it out. Apparently THEIR system of Truth and Justice works better than ours! Not perfect ..... just better.
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The thought just occurred to me, that is we as Jehovah's Witnesses become tired of waiting on the Governing Body to straighten out this problem, AND hold those accountable, we can do it OURSELVES. Report EVERYTHING to the police ... and let them sort it out. Apparently THEIR system of Truth and Justice works better than ours! Not perfect ..... just better.
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The thought just occurred to me, that is we as Jehovah's Witnesses become tired of waiting on the Governing Body to straighten out this problem, AND hold those accountable, we can do it OURSELVES. Report EVERYTHING to the police ... and let them sort it out. Apparently THEIR system of Truth and Justice works better than ours! Not perfect ..... just better.
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The thought just occurred to me, that is we as Jehovah's Witnesses become tired of waiting on the Governing Body to straighten out this problem, AND hold those accountable, we can do it OURSELVES. Report EVERYTHING to the police ... and let them sort it out. Apparently THEIR system of Truth and Justice works better than ours! Not perfect ..... just better.
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The thought just occurred to me, that is we as Jehovah's Witnesses become tired of waiting on the Governing Body to straighten out this problem, AND hold those accountable, we can do it OURSELVES. Report EVERYTHING to the police ... and let them sort it out. Apparently THEIR system of Truth and Justice works better than ours! Not perfect ..... just better.
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Too bad they cannot repair that red Telsa convertible that is on its way to Mars orbit, the batteries were supposed to last 12 hours to send pictures back to Earth, but they only lasted four hours. I don't think AAA covers those types of electrical problems. Elon MuskÂ’s Tesla Roadster and Starman on the way to Mars!.mp4
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If it takes a LOT of words to explain scripture, SOMEONE is trying to protect their cushy job.
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" Can anyone explain this to me?: The rest of the dead did not come to life UNTIL the 1,000 years were ENDED." How could it be any simpler than what is stated? Idea No. 1.) "And they came to life and ruled as kings with the Christ for 1,000 years. 5 .... This is the first resurrection." Idea No. 2 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1,000 years were ended.) ... There.... that make more sense? What could be simpler?
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New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is an ignorant Snowflake that has NO IDEA WHATSOEVER how the real world works. NOT A CLUE!
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Jehovah does not hold it against us that we get hungry ... he DOES hold it against us if it is uncontrolled gluttony. Water is necessary for life. TO MUCH water can give you congestive heart failure. My best guess is that the two analogies are good ones. Infinite Variety.
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Is Prezzo a kind of Pizza?
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“The EAS is a national public warning system that provides the president with the communications capability to address the nation during a national emergency,” explained FEMA on its website. In England during World War II, they had mail service twice a day, and notified people of national emergencies BY MAIL! This EAS is a system set up to warn people of national emergencies, like thermonuclear war, where you have PERHAPS 15 minutes to take cover. FAKE NEWS is when it is alluded to that Trump is going to use it for ANY personal purpose.
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AllenSmith: When evil men under cover of a disaster such as hurricane Florence are looting your home, or terrorizing your family, or killing them ... please feel free to give them a scripture, or a nice cone of ice cream. My response, if I can manage it, will be QUITE different. I will read a nice scripture to the survivors ... if any.
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AllenSmith: We are obviously talking about two different things. I do not expect National Guardsman to consider anything but to protect and serve according to their sworn oath, and sometimes to protect the innocent and enforce the Laws of the Land, they have to use FORCE. You cannot enforce laws with using FORCE, or the assured EXPECTATION of force. Including deadly force, when the Bad Guys are stupidly mucking about.
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I will wait for Gone Away's explanation, as it may be entirely different, exactly the same, or anything in the middle. Even when Jehovah fought for and with the armies of ancient Israel, individual soldiers were killed. How do you explain THAT? It may not have "been the issue", or "in the overall scheme of things" spiritually, but it was them who did the dying.. I SEE your viewpoint ... I just disagree with it. I cannot believe that the reason that Jehovah God is letting millions of good people die, one at a time, or in groups, is to ALLOW his arch enemy freedom of action. I believe something very common to people causes the death of these six Witnesses by drowning. 1.) perhaps the road was wet, and the car skidded into the river, ditch, pond or whatever, or 2.) perhaps the driver fell asleep at the wheel and ran off the road, or 3.) perhaps a tire blew out and they lost control, or some other very common occurrence. I personally do not believe that God or Satan had ANYTHING to do with this accident .... that it was merely "chance and circumstance befall us all". THAT is what makes the most common sense, and is the most reasonable explanation ... and dragging up a scripture to invoke supernatural intervention by acting, not acting, or some universal agenda is wrong, and delusional. Oh, and there is one more of many more possibilities.... 4.) They never learned how to swim, and/or never visualized in advance what they would do if their car was submerged in water. People that think about emergencies, and meditate on how to handle them, and mentally prepare themselves for specific scenarios, OFTEN don't have life killing emergencies .... merely "experiences ". It is my opinion that Jehovah has NEVER protected individual people in everyday situations, as if he did, that means that the freedom to screw up would not exist, and true Freedom requires "chance and circumstances befall us all", without divine interference ... or it is NOT really Freedom. If there is no REAL Freedom, and unfettered consequences full and complete .... then as night follows day ... there is no responsibility, as our actions are not our own. You can't have it BOTH ways.
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1 John 5:18-20 New International Version (NIV) 18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them. 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Ok... I give up .... what does THIS scripture have to do with this car accident, resulting in six drownings?
