Arauna

No human ideas really work and therefore we see that democracy does not work either. Democracy is "majority" vote and if the majority are uninformed or (stupid - for want of a better word) you see what we get in the world today. Good example is Egypt with Arab spring. They all voted for a extreme Muslim government that immediately started taking away their rights of freedom speech and religion.... until the military coupe de' tat. I call the reverse socialism - absolute capitalism - and the result is the same as communism...... a few on the top with all the power and the rest of the working slaves are plebs.

I do not watch much western media - I keep a careful watch on the middle east because I preach mostly to Muslims - so I like to know what is going on. I watch arabic sites. I have been watching Russia for many years...... as I never believed that perestroika was permanent.... Russia has been making alliances with Iran and selling weapons to them (a country who preaches every week against America in their Mosques and has bad intentions to America and the west - Shia muslim country); Russia has been helping Assad with the war because he wanted access to the ports there - which he now has. I do not think he will keep his access open there! Russia has been making overtures to Turkey (Sunni muslim) and selling weapons - creating alliances. He is building alliances .... Putin is looking very strong to his own people.... there is no denying this even though the economy is not perfect. They are a government like all other under satan's power.... but some governments are more dangerous than others ... like north Korea for instance could create instability on a whim. The world is volatile now and I am not vilifying only one country - but since this blog is about Russia I wrote what I think about Russia and their record is fraught with killing - even blatantly annexing areas such as the Ukraine problem... like Hitler, he knew he can get away with it because the west does not want war. Sweden is on high alert - they do not trust Russia. They are calling up more soldiers for the army.... Americans often think that showing power (bombing) is a display of power and brings respect.... unfortunately this time has passed. Shrewdness is now the name of the game....They have great influence in electronic warfare as well! Hacking groups (government sponsored) hacking many different countries! Putin and his government must not be underestimated.....he has chosen to act against Jehovah! This he will only do because Jehovah allows him to!

Report post My observations of reality the way reality REALLY IS may be callous What is reality? Each person experiences reality in a different way except when we collectively accept the reality of Jehovah and the reality of his restoration project of the earth (as written in the bible) and the values of good and bad it instills in us. We hence can say : if we follow the truth of the bible we are focusing on the true reality. All other stuff is really going to become garbage in future although these ugly, painful things are now a part of our collective reality. My definition of true faith is based on Hebrew 11:1 : it is the search for reality (evidence) and how this reality will affect your view on all life on earth, human and animal. Is this not also the definition of science? The search for reality and how this will affect your view of all other life? Take for example the theory of evolution - to some this is reality..... even though the "evidence" is not there! And how did this theory affect their view of other life? Well Nazi Germany is a good example. The idea of survival of the fittest gave way to "engineering of the german nation" and discarding disabled or other nations (not seen as worthy) to be exterminated.... While we may accept the reality of the Kingdom and its future hope we may be at odds with the teachings of the Bible. Our reality can be affected by being too egotistical, too brazen, too disruptive, too critical, too unloving. How do we use our power? All of us have power over each other and we can cooperate or be a dissonant sound. If a child does not listen to his parents he is actually using the power he has over them to make their lives a misery. Similarly, it is easy to put the blame elsewhere and criticize the brothers when the finger is pointing back at us. How humble are you to try to always cooperate and work together - be a force for good. Use your powers for building others up - not being the disruptive sound in the orchestra. One can still exercise your talents and be an individual without stepping onto the toes of everyone else. Be emotionally sensitive. Work hard - not just on the IQ but more so - on the Emotional IQ. There are many brothers and sisters with exceptional talents but they keep these in check (in their place) to put Jehovah first.

Agreed, Jehovah is shaking the nations by preaching work (not literally shaken). ...And this preaching work is upsetting the Russian government and the Mighty Orthodox church.....because we are effective! However, I think Jehovah is allowing satan to literally shake the nations due to the activities of man (wars, poverty etc.) which is causing stress in societies in many parts of the world. We are observing an influx of people to other areas and these have not had opportunity to get a good witness because they live in areas where the work has been banned or restricted.

I DID NOT EXPECT IT TO GO OUR WAY! Here are my reasons: I have been watching Russia for more than 12 years and saw its sincere "human rights lawyers and reporters" mysteriously killed on the streets with no-one being brought to justice. In the past I have called it a thugocracy! They killed dissidents in other countries too - think of the polonium-210 killing in London which grabbed some headlines! (please watch the video link I put in my previous comment about Russia.) Putin has made the Russian Orthodox religion his bedfellow in creating a new Russian-religious Nationalism. Russian pride is at an all-time high and this is their food at present which unites them against all else /anything different. Many people are joining the orthodox church because Putin is the equivalent to a pop-star god and he seen as a strong leader. He is dangerous, shrewd and a killer! No-one stands in his way - totalitarian.... and his bedfellow church is the same! By shrewd selling of weapons and assistance his influence is increasing in the world (especially the middle east). The Russians love him for it. Satan is blinding the eyes of the world leaders. Putin is also keeping the lid on the 27 million Muslims in his country by brutal oppression. Searches and Indiscriminate jailing of these people have made them live in fear of the government.... Like his cold war predecessors - Putin and the Russian government is putting on a façade - allowing this high supreme court case, just to make this ban on JWs legal in the eyes of the people - justice has been through the process..... the quality of the process does not matter. There was never an intention to listen to arguments in a fair /just way..... It was a set decision beforehand and the entire country is in a trance propagated by the Russian propaganda machine. All "feel" the same in their nationalism. (Remember the Nazi machine of pride and nationalism? A modern version of it...no right and wrong standards with injustices perpetrated and victims with no rights.) It is therefore not a surprise that Russia is the first country to stand in the "holy place" - I expect more and more to join this stance against Jehovah's defenseless people. We do believe that it is the time of the end, don't we? Then expect more to come. We will suffer - but Jehovah will cut it off at the right time. We will be dragged before governors and give our witness. And our enemies will be deriding us - where is your god now? Why does he not save you? The propaganda of Satan (expressions of demons) is everywhere - going out to divide the earth as never before ! to get them ready for Armageddon. Rev 16:14-16. Religious hate (religions hating each other and weapons training in religious nationalism is something new), hard-core racial hatred, and political party hatred (militant far-left and militant far-right) are getting people worked up for violence and fierceness to perpetrate unthinkable things against their fellow man in future. (brother killing brother). In the world there is not a place where there is not one or other form of hatred being propagated. The values of right and wrong have disappeared. Most Christians nations (especially Europe) are Christians at face value only because philosophies of humanist nature have taken its place....All religions are equal they say.... there is no right and wrong.... In this moral confusion the pressure pot is building - and the longer it builds- the bigger the explosion. Whether we will see another world war - I do not know. Whether we will see an ISIS-like organization take over in Europe and Canada - I do not know. All I can see is signs of a building hatred amongst people which is directly from Satan. Satan wants to control the world completely and stamp out Jehovah's worship. He is using imperialistic false religion and political systems to do this. In previous generations there were decent people who held back this overwhelming control of satan but now there are very little wise people left with a sincere love for god. In many countries there is an inordinate surge in Spiritism - practiced on a daily basis with druids and witch doctors.... I saw this while living in Africa and England and have been watching the trends. Jehovah is now allowing the nations to be shaken (refugees moving everywhere) so that we can bring them the message and they receive an opportunity to choose... so keep busy while we have freedom to do so. I see signs of Jehovah's Witness enemies using Facebook and false news to perpetuate and spread vile lies about us and build a hatred against us.... Who is behind this? Satan of course. So my brothers....and sisters. Keep yourself in Jehovah's love..... do not stray and keep the eyes simple and focussed. Do not collect material things or influence for yourself ..... it is not the time to contemplate these things... because they can be taken away from you in one minute.... Jesus did not say without reason it will be the worst tribulation ever!

Islamic regimes have always been totalitarian due to the control exerted by the religion. But Christian religions are becoming the same - Russia's government is the bedfellow of Russian Orthodox religion and it is pushing out all other religions. The government is totalitarian and so is its bedfellow.

I did not allow my young children to go out alone without me when there were red Lynx in the area (in Africa). Not all lynx attack by going for the jugular but the red lynx do.... I do not know much about the different species of Lynx but I would be careful when I have very young children.

While our bodies have been made into magnificent biological machines by Jehovah - there is only so much our bodies can handle. It is being bombarded from all sides.... and animal life is also showing the effects. Our enzyme processes are being disrupted by poisons which are indiscriminately used in agriculture. (Recently the manufacturers of Roundup were ordered to put a warning on their packaging.... a struggle that has gone on for years because unethical scientists are paid for studies which prove that there is no danger). Most of our fresh water has already been contaminated by artificial sugars, chemicals, metals, and medicines such as antibiotics and anti-depressants. A few more added pollutants - what can that do? Jehovah will step into mankind's affairs and 'ruin those ruining the earth' - before mankind ruins it beyond repair. Revelation 11:18. It is interesting that Jehovah foresaw that mankind would show no respect for the earth and its life. It is all about making the fast buck by using the earth and its life as a commodity. "In the dollar we trust" ....

True, all BIG frogs in a small pond compared to Jehovah.

As I said before.... Carter was too decent, too much of a sincere Christian, to be an effective Ceasar. (He was not a Witness but one can detect that he reads his Bible and this in turn has an inevitable effect on the personality.) The Ceasars used to give free bread to the masses and gory entertainment to keep them busy. The elite looked down on the poor masses....... while their own wealth and status increased. What has changed in Satan's world-wide system?

Interesting that you call him a carpenter... There was another great man who was known as a carpenter..... i guess you are referring to him. When i read what J Carter tried to do for the environment, his other policies, I realized that he had way too much belief in the Bible to be a good president. He was a visionary on many things.... but too mild as a man. one cannot serve 2 masters. Those in high office are the Caesars of our time. They pretend to please the masses in la-la land..... like the ceasars did....but it is only about themselves and their machine. Not one of the ceasars were decent men... they ran a desructive war-machine (iron-like) with no respect for anything on earth or God. What has changed????? As witnesses we know who is really controlling the world .. and as decency dissapates we see it in their ruthless actions.....more unrighteous as time progresses.

I have the following to add to this: watch this video and you will understand what is going on in Russia with the Orthodox church. This is why they are persecuting all Christian faiths that are not aligned with this religion. I may be wrong but I doubt things will change! http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/pride-patriotism-and-how-putin-helped-redefine-what-it-means-be-true-russian?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=TalksAtPromo There are a few more videos

The Kurds have been murdered by Saddam Hussein, ISIS and Erdogan. So sad..... Erdogan's government is a law unto itself and it has religiously nationalistic citizens who want the next Islamic Caliphate to come from Turkey. Turks support Erdogan because they want Turkey "great again." This is coming at great cost because anyone who just whispers opposition to Erdogan is imprisoned and tortured or lose their jobs etc. I read an article which indicates that he has spies in Germany and all over Europe to spy on Turks who oppose him and take secret measures to silence opposition. He recently sent envoys to Two European countries to drum up support for the upcoming election and when these countries refused him to lobby in their country he called them "Nazies... Ironic that people cannot see what they are!

I just wanted to thank the organizers of this site. I enjoy the news and other items on a regular basis. I am also grateful that it has not been taken over by hostile people who hate JWs. On the odd occasion there have been a few nasty individuals but they are in the minority. I understand that if they allow more controversy - the owners may receive more visitors and may make more money. I am therefore more grateful that they have not allowed money to become the primary focus of this site. Thanks for some of the interesting items - although we do not always comment on them - we do notice them.

These kinds of scams happen all the time. Dishonest people making money off the system.

I prefer English my dear! No time to improve the German. I am learning Swedish at present and trying to improve my Arabic for field service. I do field service in Arabic. The Swedes speak very good English and it suits my daily life to speak English at the shops etc. BUT I have to learn the language to get value from the meetings. I realized how important it is to hear the comments and understand them -to be built up by others! So I have to apply myself now to understand the Swedish better. The Watchtower this week is about this topic... understanding the meetings. Children in their tender years need to learn the truth in the language they learn at school because this eventually becomes their first language. I discovered this working in the Arabic communities. The parents struggle to learn the new language and want the children to attend Arabic but it is actually good if the parents learn the truth in their language of the "heart" (Arabic) but try to learn the language of the country they are in - so their children can grow spiritually in the language they speak better - the one they learn at school. So I have always maintained that the parents must attend the language meetings of the new country. The children can later help in the foreign language group when they are well established in the Truth.

Ich verstehe was du sagst. Ich habe Deutsch in der Schule gelernt, aber ich benutze es nie. Ich schrieb dies und erkannte ich besser Google verwenden, um die Sprache und Rechtschreibung zu korrigieren! Schwester liebt auf Deutsch für dich!

My dear, Thanks for your experience. I am very interested in this subject because my daughter was not even nine months old when she had cancer on both sides of her body attached to the spinal cord. (Neuroblastoma) a very virulent children's cancer. They did an operation that almost lasted the whole day - the cut the body in half (through the ribs on one side of the body) and then removed the cancer on both sides. (Thoractomy) She had large growths on both sides. This was about 38 years ago! The surgeons did a fantastic job - the quaterized the arteries (burn them closed) and cut carefully and neat. They wanted to give her blood during the operation because she started bleeding and it looked as though this baby was going to die (but one of the nurses was a witness and encouraged them not to). Any case, it was an emergency operation and there was not time to go to court. They were doing blood oxygen tests during the operation regularly. They always used to give blood in thoracotomy surgery and patients had to stay in hospital very long because they have pipes in the body, catching the bleeding from the chest for about 21 days after the operation. Doctors do not cut so carefully when they give blood as when they know the patient is not taking blood. They rushed her out of the surgery and I only caught glimpse of her. I was not allowed to see her she was so bad... she looked like a corpse when they rushed her through. Later in the night I saw her on all the machines.... and the blood dripping from her body in the pipes connected to her chest. She survived the night... and after two days they removed the pipes - no more bleeding... They started to give her vitamins intravenously to build the body - and I think it was the fifth day - she came home! So fast! After the operation I wondered how she got better so quickly. I then did more research. I discovered that blood is a foreign entity in the body (every peson has unique blood - no other person on earth ever has had blood like you, even if it is same group). Your body only uses the blood they give as a blood expander (which artificial medicine can also do). Very little of the oxygen crosses over depending on nitrates etc. in the blood. The liver has to break down all the blood you received before it can start to build up your body - and it can take up to 30 days! If you are weak ...... your body cannot build itself up and your body can go into shock... anaphylactic shock - and you die. Many people DIE from blood transfusions but they NEVER put this on the death certificate as caused by blood. They always say complications after surgery or something like that. If you are weak and do not take blood (some go in coma with blood count of 2..... or 3 - a friend of mine had it so low! - and survived).... the body can start to heal itself the minute the body stabilizes (stops bleeding). The body gets better very quickly after this with "vitamins"! They do not have to break down another persons blood.... so they do not die and go into shock. I had discussion with doctor on field service once and he said they NEVER put on death certificate: complications of blood transfusion..... Blood is a killer! If people survived operations with blood it is usually because they were strong before! My brother's mother-in-law had a heart procedure (heart valve) - she had blood. She came through the surgery wonderfully and looked good! By second day he told his wife that she is showing signs of anaphylactic shock (he is scientist) and she will eventually die.... and his wife did not believe him. Her mother died later in the week. By the way - my daughter is beautiful (she had a syndrome after the surgery - but it has cleared up - she will be 40 next year). She married late and miraculously gave birth to a smart little girl almost 4 years ago. She was not supposed to have children... Regarding the blood cancer ... My reasoning is this: You cannot have these transfusions for the rest of your life because damage of liver will set in... all kinds of complications! So at some point transfusions will not work any more. (I have not researched for "how long it really works" but I suspect it gives one only a short evasion of eminent death.) Apart from all the virusses and diseases you contract with each transfusion ..... if the blood does not kill you - the virusses and diseases eventually will! Hepatitis C, AIDS, Tuberculosis, syphilis etc etc. Blood is a money making racket and most doctors will not take blood themselves because they know that the tests on the blood for diseases is not efficient. Giving blood is an outdated protocol and yet there are some third world countries that still force this onto patients. Some countries force it onto you because they recon it is 'cheaper' than alternatives. Russia has been taking notes in hospitals on all people NOT taking blood (because they know they are Witnesses) - so they can follow up on them and persecute them...

It is a pity we will not see the long-term outworking of this decision because the blood transfusions keep them alive for a while only...There are some kinds of leukemia which needs a bone marrow transplant.... the patient does not survive without it.

These people have been infected with a "virus" - Salafist Islam. It makes them sick so that they cannot think logically and become killers. It is similar to Nazi Germany - many nice people became killers after they were infected with the ideology. Their personalities change and they become sadistic and immoral.

I visited a church in Sweden this weekend - massive church with tall glass windows..... and in the glass engraved is YOD HE WAW HE.... I took a picture but too unclear to paste here. This church has many visitors because it is 700 years old..... and most do not see or understand this..... but I immediately understood the letters and what it stands for! I am so happy to know Jehovah!

This is picture of ancient letters in Hebrew and the bottom is the letters in Aramaic script - now used and recognized by everyone. You will see far right letter (the short one) - this is Yod....... they have it other way round on your diagram like "mirror image" because they think western people read from left... to right - this is why it is like it is. As I said before - these four letters have the same meaning no matter what vowels you add. If you add vowels it changes to a verb or noun or adjective..... but the meaning is basically the same. So it does not really matter what vowels you put in .... it is the use of the name and acknowledging the name that is important. Jehovah chose this name because it has significant meaning in the outworking of his purpose as the creator. It is the causative form for "He causes to become" ... He can fulfill his promises... he can prove to be by his actions.... Hope this de-confuses you...and thanks for sending the other stuff.....

Very good reasoning... is there any way i can save this to my profile so i can use it in field service?

Come into my web said the spider to the fly!

The best definition of integrity i have ever heard: when your thinking, what you say and what you do are in total agreement- based on the word of God.