James Thomas Rook Jr.

THANK  YOU     YES  I  KNOW,  WE  MUST  ALWAYS  PAY  ATTENTION  IN  OUR  CNONGREGATION  AND  WATCHING  A  LITTLE  OUR  BROTHERS  AND  SISTERS...   I  do  that  and  I  could  help  here  and  there  -  a  nice  feeling

What you just posted is INCREDIBLY important !
THANK YOU!

I think he means 2034 will be the ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE ... it's all so CLEAR to me now!

What you just posted is INCREDIBLY important !
THANK YOU!

Obama probably took the "Bible Teach" book home and put it next to his Koran.

Ok .... the next questions that beg to be answered are ....
WHY?
Does it serve God, or theocratic interests in any way, shape or form, to be stuck forever?
NOT THAT I AM AWARE OF.
Does it serve any human or Theocratic interest to be stuck forever?
NOT THAT I AM AWARE OF.
Perhaps someone else knows WHY this interpretation would be a righteous thing to insist on, but I just don't see it.
WHY would Jehovah God require such a thing ?
How is this a benefit to ANYONE!?
This condemns THOUSANDS, perhaps TENS OF THOUSANDS of Brothers and Sisters to a lonely cruel death for no apparent REASON.  (... that I can think of .....)
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My current theory is this:  You cannot have a crime or sin without an injured party, whether it is God, or human ...  and the abandoned spouse when abandoned forever remarrying ( after a legal, civil divorce ) hurts NO ONE ... neither God, nor human.
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Any takers?
 

Will Jehovah resurrect extinct animals?
I would rather not have to contend with a straw eating Tyrannosaurus Rex.
..... they are ESPECIALLY cranky.

Okay, so at any time my wife might be grabbed from behind by a thug with a knife to her throat and I will regret forever that I did not draw my Glock and clock him between the eyes, SPATTERING HIS VILE BRAINS ON THE WALLS BEHIND!!!, whizzing the bullet past and grazing her ear to nail the SOB and then blowing the smoke from the barrel? Maybe.
I will consider that course once I read the revised updated Bible version: 'At that, Peter, drew his sword and cut off the ear of the high priest's slave. Jesus said to him "Do you call yourself a MAN, with that POPGUN weapon of yours?! This is your LORD AND SAVIOR we're talking about! Why did you not bring a REAL weapon with you and take off his filthy head?"
In the meantime, I will consider that if she or I do not die at the hands of - how did you put it? - five or six armed men spraying the Kingdom Hall with bullets so that blood is flowing down the aisles, or somesuch, she or I will die 10 or 20 years down the road from a villain I cannot plug between the eyes, like cancer. Where is the six-shooter to take that one out? Rather than overindulging in fleshy thinking about this life, I'll do my best to focus on securing and attracting others to the real life of 1 Timothy 6:19.
If you would turn down the bombast and present your views simply as your views, rather than thundering them so loudly that Moses would be hard pressed to hear God giving him the ten commandments, my split personalities you speak of would likely leave you in peace. Oh, and if you would quit doing the 3 John 10 thing with the Governing Body. That would help, too.

Of course I knew the reference. How else could I have used it? But I didn't know it verbatim and I didn't consider it an essential component of Christian life that I should research it. It is Dirty Harry, after all, not the Apostle John.

Interesting.  Apostates said the same thing about Jesus Christ. "Do not give what is holy to dogs nor throw your pearls before swine, so that they may never trample them under their feet and turn around and rip you open." (Matthew 7:6)

2034: That sounds end of Last Days, his/her prep for end of preaching, start for the Great Tribulation. Stay alive 'til 2055! Sounds like the final end is put closer to that 2055 date.
Sounds like that Jesus was a pretty smart prophet:
(Matthew 24:4-27) 4 In answer Jesus said to them: “Look out that nobody misleads you, 5 for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many. . . . 11 Many false prophets will arise and mislead many; . . . 23 “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look! Here is the Christ,’ or, ‘There!’ do not believe it. 24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will perform great signs and wonders so as to mislead, if possible, even the chosen ones. 25 Look! I have forewarned you. 26 Therefore, if people say to you, ‘Look! He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; ‘Look! He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27 For just as the lightning comes out of the east and shines over to the west, so the presence of the Son of man will be.
(Matthew 24:36-44) 36 “Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 For just as the days of Noah were, so the presence of the Son of man will be. 38 For as they were in those days before the Flood, eating and drinking, men marrying and women being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 39 and they took no note until the Flood came and swept them all away, so the presence of the Son of man will be. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken along and the other abandoned. 41 Two women will be grinding at the hand mill; one will be taken along and the other abandoned. 42 Keep on the watch, therefore, because you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43 “But know one thing: If the householder had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have kept awake and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 On this account, you too prove yourselves ready, because the Son of man is coming at an hour that you do not think to be it.
 
 
 

Wooo.. this is gonna be hard!
Sean Connery is supposedly a Scotsman, with a very pronounced Scottish/English accent that is often parodied .. the same way that William Shatner's stop-and-start speech patterns are parodied when he plays Captain James T. Kirk, in Star Trek. He may live in Wales, England (?).
The joke has two parts, and is a "play on words" ... and is nested several layers deep.
It's a word play humor, making fun of the similarity of the words "save, and "shave" ... and the words "Wales" and "Whales". It's PHONETIC (how something sounds to your ears..) humor.
There are so MANY things going on in this joke that the stretch ( in English) throws the mind off balance trying to fit the pieces together, and the panic reaction of that is humor ... we laugh to relieve the pain of thinking too hard.
It's also funny just because it is so clever! (In English).
1.) There is ALSO the  parody of Sean Connery's heavy accent ....  that he would pronounce  the word "save", as "sHHave", and of course .... he has a beard.
1A.) Wales is an area of England, and the same word applies to people FROM that area ... " a Wale, from Wales"
The second part of the joke is that here in the USA, and elsewhere,  there is an animal rights and environmental activist group called "Greenpeace", with a LOT of money, whose goal, among others was (is) to "SAVE THE WHALES". They have a ship of their own and challenge Japanese Whaling ( killing whales) operations in the open Pacific Ocean.  20 and more years ago one might see "bumper stickers" on cars with the expression "SAVE THE WHALES", by people concerned that humanity was killing Earth's whales to extinction.
2.) So the expression "Shave the Wales"  ( with the letter "H") is funny (In English), because you are asking someone to shave a geographical area, or the people FROM that area, and
2A.) "Shave the Whales" ( with the letter "H") is funny because it parodies the wording of the car bumper sticker. 
It is PHONETIC humor.
So, with this  one joke you are going in about 12 different mental directions with very few words.
Humor often DOES NOT translate across languages.
Another example of PHONETIC HUMOR .... the Latin expression "Sempre ubi sub ubi" literally translated means "Always where under where", which makes no sense at in any language, including Latin and English, but because of how similar the word "where" sounds to "wear" in English, its funny for two reasons ...
1.) Latin Expressions sound so much more wise and profound in Latin, rather than English. They sound "wise", and smart.
2.) So, Phonetically, in English, it sounds like you are saying "Always wear underwear"... which is a wise thing to do, usually.
It is clever, and one of my favorites. Phonetic humor.
Now you perhaps can puzzle out the connections between bearded Sean Connery, and Whales, which do not have beards
It's a real STRETCH ....  but the mental snap back is what makes humor work.
 

*koff*
 

Jehovah loves all his Bears and Creation, only He can save the damages the Earth has come under because of man. He has promised a New Earth were Righteousness is to dwell.
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(Psalm 36:6-10) . . .Your righteousness is like mountains of God; Your judicial decision is a vast watery deep. Man and beast you save, O Jehovah. 7 How precious your loving-kindness is, O God! And in the shadow of your wings the sons of men themselves take refuge. 8 They drink their fill of the fatness of your house; And of the torrent of your pleasures you cause them to drink. 9 For with you is the source of life; By light from you we can see light. 10 Continue your loving-kindness to those knowing you, And your righteousness to those upright in heart. . ."
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(Psalm 37:6-7) . . .And he will certainly bring forth your righteousness as the light itself, And your justice as the midday. ד [Da′leth] 7 Keep silent before Jehovah And wait longingly for him. Do not show yourself heated up at anyone making his way successful, At the man carrying out [his] ideas."
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(Psalm 37:10-11) . . .And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more; And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be. 11 But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace." 
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Hence, the earth’s future is not hopeless. Plants and animals will be saved. Endangered species lists will be gone. Our air and water will be fresh again. Obedient humans will be there to enjoy it. Would you like to see that? You can. How? The Bible gives details on what to do. Why not make a systematic examination of the Bible to find out for yourself? Ask the publishers of this magazine to put you in touch with someone who can help you get started. Why pass up the opportunity to learn how you and your family could enjoy a pristine environment forever?
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https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102003843?q=animals+saved&p=par

WE  NEVER  GET  A  DILUVIAN  AGAIN.....   so  Jehovah  not  resurrect  animals !  ONLY  humans
Btw.  All  the  water - animals  didn't  die  by  the  diluvian,  they  lived  under  the  water...  NO  problem   ONLY  the  evil  humans  had  to  die  and  the  land - animals,  which  were  not  in  the  ark    The  polar - bears  not  die  by  Armageddon....  too  far  away  from  all  humans !    Sister  "Bible Speaks"  is  mostly  explaining  in  her  posts  for  Bible - beginners,  Brother  @James Thomas Rook Jr.   or  for  someone,  who  not  understand  this  and  that...  NOT  for  you  and  me,  haha   we've  the  perspective.   But  for  Bible-beginners  its  very  good  what  she  is  doing !

Will Jehovah resurrect extinct animals?
I would rather not have to contend with a straw eating Tyrannosaurus Rex.
..... they are ESPECIALLY cranky.

It would be nice that .......  since the Brotherhood has invested millions of hours, and somewhere around Eighty Million Dollars in postage ... the Brotherhood could AT LEAST ......  get some accurate actual translations of court transcripts .
But hey ... that's just me, thinking out loud ....

The only thing I have seen SO FAR  is glossed over summaries.
I want to know WHAT REALLY HAPPENED !
Everyone has a different definition of what "good" is .....
for many. a paraphrased summary is "good enough"
It was for the Thessalonians.
NOT FOR THE BEREANS.

I HOPE WE CAN GET A WORD-FOR-WORD TRANSLATION SOMEWHERE AND NOT JUST A GLOSSED OVER "SUMMARY"

You were saying....?

It would be nice that .......  since the Brotherhood has invested millions of hours, and somewhere around Eighty Million Dollars in postage ... the Brotherhood could AT LEAST ......  get some accurate actual translations of court transcripts .
But hey ... that's just me, thinking out loud ....

OF COURSE IT MAKES SENSE !
I just need  a Fifth of Scotch to kill the pain!
 

I am a hunter, no fumbling going on here with a firearm in any situation. I have been there in the midst of that chaos. I am comfortable with my own personal situation with my family's security.

Has the Society ever ruled on what happens if a man or woman abandons their spouse forever ... is the one abandoned stuck forever ?

Perhaps that is good counsel and I should be chastened by it. I will be.
I would hope that the image of someone lying such a thing routinely, casually and openly by their seat in this most non-violent of all places would be instantly recognized as a joke. But you're right. Humor does not universally translate. And there are many humorless people around. And humor is a spice at best; it is by no means a requirement for life. And it is a hair-trigger topic today.
Point taken.