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Wednesday, May 27 If you become discouraged in the day of distress, your strength will be meager.—Prov. 24:10. Few trials can leave us feeling more discouraged than when a family member or a close friend leaves Jehovah. (Ps. 78:40) The closer our bond is with the person, the more difficult it can be to accept the situation. If you have had such a painful experience, Zadok’s example of loyalty can strengthen you. He remained loyal to Jehovah when his close associate Abiathar chose to be disloyal. This came about when King David lay on his deathbed. His son Adonijah tried to seize the throne that Jehovah had promised to Solomon. (1 Chron. 22:9, 10) Abiathar chose to support Adonijah. (1 Ki. 1:5-8) In doing so, Abiathar was being disloyal not only to David and Zadok but also to Jehovah! For decades, Zadok and Abiathar had worked closely together as priests.—2 Sam. 8:17; 15:29; 19:11-14. w24.076 ¶14-15

To put light-speed travel in human terms: At the speed of light, you would reach the Moon in about 1.3 seconds. You would reach the Sun in about 8 minutes and 20 seconds. But the next closest star — Proxima Centauri — would still take about 4.25 years.

This is scary 😱

Oh true my bad. Yes that would definitely be a concern. That's a good point.

Agreed, consciousness doesn’t seem to “reside” in one single spot. From what we've learned so far, It seems to depend on organized brain activity across multiple systems. What I find fascinating is the subjective experience itself... the lived “what it feels like” part... is still not something science can point to as a discrete object or location. We can map the machinery and the correlations, but the experience is not the same kind of thing as a physical object you can cut out and hold. The mind is awesome (more so than the brain "matter").

That is both horrifying and amazing.

We can map the circuitry involved in thought, but consciousness itself still behaves more like a lived reality than a physical object. You can dissect the instrument… but not locate the experience itself. A computer can process data about an apple. But you experience one.

Jace, Richard's suspicions are not about specific your tool, but about unofficial jwpub files you can find on the internet. Often you have no idea where they come from, if their content has been tampered with, or what purpose they were made for. It's a wild world out there. Your tool is really useful.

The scriptural principle involved is to avoid anything that defiles our body or our spirit (2Co 7:1). That is, substances that are harmful or that create addiction. Drugs in themselves are not recreational. Drugs are just drugs with different effects. If some of their effects are beneficial, they are administered under medical supervision, and their use in that way is allowed by the Caesar, Christians there's no scriptural objection to them. A Christian wouldn't use morphine with recreational purposes, but certainly could use it under medical supervision to reduce pain after a surgery, for example. If doesn't depend on the drug, but on the conditions in which it's used. Of course, even under medical care we still would be careful about the potential addiction.

we still do not understand consciousness, or where specifically it even exists in the brain. if you think of an apple, you can cut and slice at the brain, but you will never find where that specific apple resides in your mind's eye. 😄

Also just wanted to say jwsync.org is now the official site

I understand your feelings, however my web page is open source and you can also your files and it all changes. It really is just a zip masher that just mashes two zip files together really and doesn't overwrite anything. But you can also openly explore with the peak function to see what has been added or subtracted. Eryks jwl manager runs completely on your computer without any need to access the internet so you may feel more comfortable using that program. Jwsync.org isn't as polished or powerful (or probably even as easy to use) as jwl manager I just made it so that people could access it from any device on the internet so that they could do it when in a hurry on the way to the hall or other times. But it is fully available to be reviewed on GitHub. So if you concerned about possibility someone's sneaking information somewhere ( though it only would be able to be a change of a note, no actual data of the JW library could be changed)

In areas where I've lived, there have been medical trials suggested for those suffering for certain types of mental illness. There have been several advancements and published studies regarding the use of recreational drugs (such as psilocybin and MDMA). While not a cure, many patients experienced a better quality of life and several reported improvement of their condition. Obviously there are pitfalls here, as well as scriptural ramifications, not to mention deep conscience-related concerns. My thought is this: It would be a personal medical and conscience decision, but not necessarily an automatic “no,” if the drug is administered by qualified medical personnel as part of legitimate treatment/research complete with informed consent, legal oversight, and a real medical purpose. What I'm not discussing is recreation use and even in this case, a Christian would need to be very cautious if the trial’s purpose or effect is essentially to experience a high, if the drug is not medically justified for that person, if it risks worsening mental illness, addiction, loss of self-control, or if it violates law or Bible principles. In this time of the end, the effects of this system/world and worsening imperfection have really taken the toll on health (especially mental health as the recent data has suggested is rising at an alarming rate). I was just curious about this and wanted to know what others thought on the matter.

Para can refer to along side of or less than.

US Dept of the Census does not survey for religion. Having worked for that entity, I noticed that the methods and the math was very skewed. Also the people that respond are differing. Homosexual persons were likely to respond in order to get counted, even if the survey/subject had nothing to do with the demographic they wanted to respond to. Our brothers keep accurate tallies.

YEARN

While we are on numbers... With a 'head-count' of 9 million, we slot in to the top 50% of the 193 nations that make up the UN. If we use 20 million as a comparison, we are larger than the population of 127 (66%) of the UN member nations. An evidence of Divine backing, support and protection, imo. {Figures and calculations provided by Ai} PS Paramours I haven't read that word in years. I had to go and look it up.... Lol I see we are 'slightly old-fashioned.' Ai says: Key Characteristics: Literary Tone: It is a formal, slightly old-fashioned word rather than a casual synonym for boyfriend or girlfriend. Illicit or Extramarital: The term most frequently describes someone involved in a relationship with a person who is already married or in a committed relationship. Broader Usage: While it can simply mean "lover," it generally highlights a relationship that lacks legal or societal sanction.

Guinea worms, if entered the body through water and feet or ankles, are loaded with toxins that may be erupted into the host. To remove this worm, people would wrap the observable part around a stick and slowly turn the stick until the invader was removed. Since efforts began in 1986, the incidence of human Guinea worm has fallen by more than 99.99% to ~10 human cases in 2025.

My random thought today is about the word "love." We hear that connotation spoken about in casual conversation. Thoughts about the love between David and Jonathan make us consider more deeply when expressing emotion charged thoughts.

Wow. I always learn something on here and enjoy what friends come up with.

common law is different from civil law and varies from state to state.

I don't doubt it's real. I also don't doubt there is an extremely boring explanation for this and other videos released. It's clearly meant as a distraction. Every time there is a big nothingburger story that gets put out after it is hyped up to be groundbreaking or life-changing... it causes a ton of discourse... which usually distracts from something needing to be lost in the noise... and I'll leave it at that.

They're very good.....Roman and Ylena are such a nice couple....kindly to the elderly and infirmed, but they really know what they're doing. We just returned from a fantastic Italy tour with Betheltours4U (Brett and Heather from New York) and they were involved in a few tours for our group. We thoroughly recommend both JW tour companies.

I'd want to be Mesipper in the older Jesus drama. I would be able to see world history from the birth of Jesus to his ministry. I'd also be able to follow him and hear him personally. Fun AI fact: The old Hebrew name you are referring to is likely spelled מספר (Mesipper), which means "narrator" or "storyteller." This name reflects a role associated with sharing stories or narratives in Hebrew culture.