The Librarian

Reposted from an earlier post in my old website

Question sent in years ago that I never posted.

Will the Demons be confined in Tartarus.....?

Definition: A former angel who became a follower of Satan the Devil and subsequently thrown down to Earth from heaven in 1914. There were many millions of them evidently as "third" of the angels rebelled and fought against Michael the Archangel. They have certain powers still with the exception of materializing as humans.

Definition: Someone allowed to associate within a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. This term has been deprecated. (I can't remember exactly what year we stopped using this term) early 1980's?

Definition: This is the annual corporate meeting mandated by law that the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania must conduct. It has changed over the years from more of a corporate feel (board of directors type meeting) to more of a convention feel where new publications and initiatives are announced. Sometimes doctrinal "new light" has been announced. Typically held the first weekend in October.

Definition: Typically a Ministerial Servant who is tasked with maintaining the congregation accounts, reconciliations and monthly reports.

Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real-world are "augmented" by computer-generated perceptual information, sometimes across multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory, and olfactory. The overlaid sensory information can be constructive (i.e. additive to the natural environment) or destructive (i.e. masking of the natural environment) and is seamlessly interwoven with the physical world such that it is perceived as an immersive aspect of the real environment. In this way, augmented reality alters one's ongoing perception of a real-world environment, whereas virtual reality completely replaces the user's real-world environment with a simulated one. Augmented reality is related to two largely synonymous terms: mixed reality and computer-mediated reality. The primary value of augmented reality is that it brings components of the digital world into a person's perception of the real world, and does so not as a simple display of data, but through the integration of immersive sensations that are perceived as natural parts of an environment. The first functional AR systems that provided immersive mixed reality experiences for users were invented in the early 1990s, starting with the Virtual Fixtures system developed at the U.S. Air Force's Armstrong Laboratory in 1992. The first commercial augmented reality experiences were used largely in the entertainment and gaming businesses, but now other industries are also getting interested about AR's possibilities for example in knowledge sharing, educating, managing the information flood and organizing distant meetings. Augmented reality is also transforming the world of education, where content may be accessed by scanning or viewing an image with a mobile device or by bringing immersive, markerless AR experiences to the classroom. Another example is an AR helmet for construction workers which display information about the construction sites. Augmented reality is used to enhance natural environments or situations and offer perceptually enriched experiences. With the help of advanced AR technologies (e.g. adding computer vision and object recognition) the information about the surrounding real world of the user becomes interactive and digitally manipulable. Information about the environment and its objects is overlaid on the real world. This information can be virtual or real, e.g. seeing other real sensed or measured information such as electromagnetic radio waves overlaid in exact alignment with where they actually are in space. Augmented reality also has a lot of potential in the gathering and sharing of tacit knowledge. Augmentation techniques are typically performed in real time and in semantic context with environmental elements. Immersive perceptual information is sometimes combined with supplemental information like scores over a live video feed of a sporting event. This combines the benefits of both augmented reality technology and heads up display technology (HUD). first A.R. system, 1992, U.S. Air Force, WPAFB

Virtual reality (VR) is an interactive computer-generated experience taking place within a simulated environment. It incorporates mainly auditory and visual feedback, but may also allow other types of sensory feedback like haptic. This immersive environment can be similar to the real world or it can be fantastical. Augmented reality systems may also be considered a form of VR that layers virtual information over a live camera feed into a headset or through a smartphone or tablet device giving the user the ability to view three-dimensional images. Current VR technology most commonly uses virtual reality headsets or multi-projected environments, sometimes in combination with physical environments or props, to generate realistic images, sounds and other sensations that simulate a user's physical presence in a virtual or imaginary environment. A person using virtual reality equipment is able to "look around" the artificial world, move around in it, and interact with virtual features or items. The effect is commonly created by VR headsets consisting of a head-mounted display with a small screen in front of the eyes, but can also be created through specially designed rooms with multiple large screens. VR systems that include transmission of vibrations and other sensations to the user through a game controller or other devices are known as hapticsystems. This tactile information is generally known as force feedback video gaming and training applications.

@Witness @Srecko Sostar I am an admin on here. Please don't use my news posts as launching pads for your own topic discussions. Be men enough to be able to start your own engaging content. Example 1 - Example 2 - Learn to start NEW TOPICS! What is this post about??? People being TORTURED in RUSSIA. Have at least a little common decency?? SMH.

Ударам тока, удушению до потери сознания, изощренным избиениям подверглись не менее 7 мирных Свидетелей Иеговы. Пытки производились на первом этаже здания Следственного комитета России по ул. Островского, 47, в Сургуте. Пытками верующих заставляли отвечать на вопросы: «Где проходят собрания Свидетелей Иеговы? Кто приходит на собрания? Как фамилии старейшин? Какой пароль у тебя на телефоне?» Утром 15 февраля 2019 года в Сургуте начались массовые обыски в домах верующих, после чего их доставляли в здание Следственного комитета. Во время допроса они отказывались оговорить себя и своих единоверцев. После ухода дежурного адвоката их связывали скотчем руки за спиной и избивали, раздевали догола, обливали водой и применяли электрошокер. Истязания продолжались на протяжении нескольких часов. По меньшей мере трое верующих остаются в СИЗО. В отношении 19 местных жителей было возбуждено уголовное дело за так называемую «организацию экстремистской организации». Те из верующих, кто были отпущены, зафиксировали телесные повреждения и обратились в надзорные органы, излагая обстоятельства случившегося. Верующие будут добиваться тщательного расследования садистского обращения, выявления организаторов и участников пыточного конвейера. Пытки, жестокое или унижающее человеческое достоинство обращение являются уголовно наказуемым преступлением. Российская Федерация подписала конвенцию ООН против пыток и бесчеловечного обращения. https://www.jw-russia.org/news/19021923-622.html

At least seven of Jehovah’s Witnesses were subjected to torture—electric shocks, suffocation, and cruel beatings—on the first floor of the Russian Investigative Committee’s building at ul. Ostrovskogo, d. 47, in Surgut. While being tortured, officers interrogated the Witnesses, demanding to know: “Where are meetings of Jehovah’s Witnesses held? Who attends the meetings? What are the elders’ last names? What is your mobile phone password?” On February 15, 2019, mass searches in Surgut started in the early morning hours. Worshippers were taken to the Investigative Committee offices. Investigators began interrogating the Witnesses, who refused to disclose details about their fellow worshippers. After the only legal representative in the room left, victims report that the following occurred: agents put a bag over the victims’ heads, sealed it with tape, tied their hands behind their backs, and beat them. Then, after stripping the Witnesses naked and dousing them with water, the agents shocked them with stun guns. This sadistic torture lasted for about two hours. At least three Witnesses are still behind bars. Additionally, after the mass searches were completed, the Russian authorities initiated criminal cases against a total of 19 Witnesses for so-called “organizing an extremist organization.” Those who have been released have had their injuries documented by medical professionals and have filed complaints with supervisory agencies. The Witnesses will pursue all available legal remedies for this crime, since such an egregious abuse of authority is punishable under the Russian Criminal Code. Additionally, The Russian Federation is subject to several international bodies that protect individuals from torture. https://www.jw-russia.org/en/news/19021923-622.html

Jehovah’s Witnesses, a U.S.-based religious denomination that Russia has branded extremist and banned, says that police in Russia's Khanty-Mansi region have tortured several members of the congregation. In a February 19 statement, the religious group said that at least seven of its adherents were "subjected to torture -- electric shocks, suffocation, and cruel beatings" by the Investigative Committee's officers in the city of Surgut, in northwestern Siberia, after they were detained on February 15 on extremism charges. The statement says that those detained refused to answer police questions about other members of the congregation and after the only legal representative left the interrogation room, the officers "tied the victims’ hands behind their backs, beat them, poured water on their naked bodies, and subjected them to electric shocks." "The torture lasted for several hours," the statement said. According to the statement, 19 members of the congregation were charged with the alleged organization of extremist activities and at least three of them remain behind bars. The released members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses turned to medical institutions to document bodily harm sustained during torture, the statement says, adding that the group will seek justice in court. The Investigative Committee rejected the Jehovah's Witnesses' statement. Homes Raided A committee spokesman in the Khanty-Mansi region, Oleg Menshikh, told the TASS news agency on February 20 that no law was violated during the interrogations. "Nobody tortured them. There was no physical or psychological pressure on them," TASS quoted Menshikh as saying. Police have started raiding the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses in that region and in the region of Mordovia on February 7, a day after a Russian court convicted Dennis Christensen, a Danish member of the religious group, on an extremism charge and sentenced him to six years in prison in the western city of Oryol. Human rights organizations, the European Union, and United States officials have condemned Christensen’s conviction and called on Russia to respect freedom of religion. Christensen was arrested in Oryol in May 2017, a month after Russia's Supreme Court labeled the religious group an extremist organization and banned it. He was the first Jehovah’s Witness to be detained in Russia following the ban. Since then, dozens of other members of the group in different Russian regions have been detained and face similar extremism charges. With reporting by TASS Source

A brother, who regularly attended meetings, stopped attending for no apparent reason. After a few weeks an elder visited him. It was a very cold night, and his brother found him at home alone, sitting in front of the fireplace, where a bright, warm fire burned. Imagining the reason for his visit, the brother invited him in, led him to a seat near the fireplace, and stood there, quiet, silent, and talked with the old man, and the old man did not even talk to him. There was a great silence, and they watched the dance of the burning flames, which burned around the logs. After a few minutes, the old man examined the coals that had formed and carefully separated the most incandescent of all, away from the others, and sat down again, remaining silent and still. While the host paid attention to everything, fascinated but still. After a little while, the flame of the solitary ember disappeared, until there was a faint glow, and it went out. In a short time, what was once a flame of heat and light, became a piece of charcoal, cold, inert and covered with ashes. No word had been said, between the two, since the initial greeting. Before leaving, the old man used his pen to carry the cold and useless piece of charcoal back to the fireplace. Almost immediately he rekindled an ardent flame fueled by the heat of the other ardent embers around him. The brother who was discouraged watched, without understanding. However, when the elder withdrew, the host told him: Thank you for your visit and beautiful lesson. Until the next meeting. Conclusion: God's congregation is like a "fire" in a blazing flame, and the burning coals are us, while we are active in the preaching service, reading the scriptures, and attending the meetings. Since experiences, comments, and presence at meetings, embraces, concern for our well-being, make our love and desire to serve God grow even more. Matthew 24:14 and Hebrews 10: 24, 25. However, when we stop gathering, that fire-like heat is gradually disappearing, even to the point of avoiding our brothers. And in time, we became cold, lifeless, lifeless, like a piece of coal. Because we are not letting Jehovah speak to us through Bible reading, we do not prepare and attend meetings, just as we do not speak to Jehovah through prayer. And so, that warmth and joy that we enjoy among our brethren fades, until we become like pieces of charcoal. In this system, we all experience difficulties, and we often feel discouraged, especially in these last days, that our enemy "Satan" walks around us, like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5: 8. Therefore, Jehovah appointed the elders to care for "His flock." For in times of difficulty "grazing visits," to encourage us not to fall into temptation, are magisterial to heal us from "discouragement," and not to miss meetings. For Jehovah looks upon his humble servants, as "a people for his pasture," and "the sheep of his hand." Hebrews 13:17, Psalms 95: 7

On January 27, 2019, a tornado hit Havana, the capital of Cuba. With wind gusts of up to 322 kilometers per hour (200 mph) - which makes it the strongest storm that hits the island in almost 80 years - the tornado carved a 11 km trail ( 7 miles) of destruction that damaged buildings and caused flooding. At least 4 people have died, and 195 were injured. No brother or sister was injured or killed by the storm. However, 26 homes of our brothers suffered damage, 3 of which are used to hold congregation meetings. Arrangements are being carried out to take care of the necessary repair work. Traveling Overseers have been providing spiritual support to other faithful who have endured the tornado and its side effects. We pray for the Lord to grant our brothers and sisters peace while recovering from this disaster. - numbers 6:26.

Heavy rains have caused severe flooding in Northeast Australia. Floods have displaced thousands of residents and have caused serious damage to property and power outages. The Branch of Australasia reports that, as a result of the floods, 58 publishers of three congregations needed to move to family homes or other witnesses. A total of ten homes of our brothers were flooded, two of which were destroyed. The Branch has set up a disaster relief committee, and the circuit overseer and local elders are supporting the affected publishers. We pray that our brothers and sisters continue to endure and be comforted under the care of these loving pastors. - 1 Peter 5:2.

Did anyone notice this today?

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