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  2. I've been on a [mostly] carnivore diet since May 2023 and it's been life-changing. So much so that I did start a YouTube channel and another forum dedicated to diet and nutrition.
  3. don't worry, this will make good publicity for this part of the forum
  4. I did not know that. Can you move it or is it too late?
  5. this section of the forum is made for this, no need to move that far
  6. There is a section of the forum for this
  7. Try this forum https://carnivoretalk.com/ It belongs to our very own @Brother_Bliss
  8. I'm thinking of switching to a carnivore/keto diet due to inflammation and other health things. Does anyone have any FB or IG groups? I would love to get with some other friends who do the same.
  9. Saturday, July 11 God loved the world so much.—John 3:16. Like Jehovah and his Son, we love people. (Prov. 8:31) We feel deep compassion for those who are “without God” and who have “no hope.” (Eph. 2:12) They are drowning in life’s problems, and we have the life vest that they need—the good news of God’s Kingdom. Our love and compassion for such ones motivates us to make every effort to reach them with the good news. That precious message can fill their hearts with hope, help them find the best possible life now, and give them the prospect of “the real life”—everlasting life—in God’s new world. (1 Tim. 6:19) Our love for people also moves us to warn them about the approaching end of this wicked world. (Ezek. 33:7, 8) We want them to know what will happen during the great tribulation—false religion will be removed and the destruction of the entire wicked system will follow at Armageddon.—Rev. 16:14, 16; 17:16, 17; 19:11,19, 20. w24.05 16-17 ¶8-9
  10. It used my real-life garden and bedroom as inspiration, so it has a homey feel. I live on the Appalachian mountain chain. I wanted it isolated.
  11. Hey, I love your new 'home!' Do any of the surroundings (hills, evergreen trees) in the AI pictures resemble your present whereabouts? How come your 'home' is far from neighbours?
  12. Prompt: ask AI to make your dream Paradise home. I told ChatGPT to ask me questions and then use that info along with everything else it knew about me to make my dream home in Paradise. This is what I got after a few edits:
  13. Well in that case, I'll take my AI paradise somewhere else 😅 https://jwtalk.net/topic/63541-ai-paradise-home/
  14. Today began Regional conventon in Kiev (Ukraine language), proceeded in one auditorium and been streamed to near regions. Mostly brothers and sisters meets in their KH and also see the streaming via Zoom. There were about 10000 attenders. No air attacks alarms during a first day.
  15. I heard the same thing. I heard the reclaimed water pond was leaking. It's closed now.. Wow. Which oil company?
  16. Do you watch YouTube videos? Do have some favorite ones you like to watch. Have you had some of those favorite ones stop posting on a regular basis, quit all together or move to Patreon where you have to pay to watch them? This is a song about just that subject: Do like potato chips? Are you one who just sticks to the original plain chip ... or do you like the flavored chips? This is a song about shopping on the chip aisle:
  17. I didn’t watch the video before I commented. But that was it. One experience we had was the school cleaned the SCBA masks but didn’t rinse them properly. After we ran a few scenarios on a one ton chlorine cylinder we noticed folks were getting red rings on there face where the masks fit. Fortunately no burns from the ammonia cleaners they were using to disinfect. Couldn’t drink the fountain water on site because it was supplied by underground well water that was contaminated.
  18. It was an awesome field. State of the art. BUT they did not build it to spec. They missed a layer of underlining and shut it down. They told us we were the last class to use it due to benzene contamination. Not sure if they reopened it.
  19. The earliest we reached Super El Niño Status was in August 30, 1997 until we broke that record two days ago on July 8th, 2026. Forecast plumes are predicting between +3.0C and +4.0C above average for Earth on top of the +1.5C that we have accumulated since pre-industrial, which are temperatures that we have never seen before. The extreme weather that is coming will be historical. EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION issued by CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER/NCEP/NWS 9 July 2026 ENSO Alert System Status: El Niño Advisory Synopsis: El Niño continues and will strengthen through the end of the year, with a 97% chance it will persist through early spring 2027. El Niño strengthened over the past month, with a large area of sea surface temperature anomalies in excess of +1.0°C across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific [Fig. 1]. The latest weekly Niño-3.4 index value was +1.2°C, with the westernmost (Niño-4) and easternmost (Niño-1+2) indices at +0.5°C and +2.7°C, respectively [Fig. 2]. The equatorial subsurface temperature index (average from 180°-100°W) increased [Fig. 3], as a recent downwelling Kelvin wave deepened the thermocline and raised temperatures in the eastern Pacific [Fig. 4]. Low-level westerly wind anomalies and upper-level easterly wind anomalies were observed over the western and central equatorial Pacific. Convection was enhanced over the central and east-central equatorial Pacific and was suppressed over Indonesia [Fig. 5]. The traditional and equatorial Southern Oscillation indices were significantly negative. Collectively, the coupled ocean-atmosphere system reflected a strengthening El Niño. The North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME) average, including the NCEP CFSv2 [Fig. 6], forecasts El Niño to intensify through 2026. Alongside model forecasts, a strong coupling of the atmospheric and oceanic circulation across the Pacific contributes to very high confidence that El Niño will continue through early 2027 [Fig. 7]. There is an 81% chance of a very strong El Niño during October-December [Fig. 8] that would rank among the largest El Niño events in the historical record going back to 1950. Even the strongest El Niño events do not lead to the typical impact everywhere, but stronger events can more significantly tilt the odds in favor of expected outcomes (see CPC outlooks for probabilities of seasonal anomalies). In summary, El Niño continues and will strengthen through the end of the year, with a 97% chance it will last through early spring 2027. This discussion is a consolidated effort of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NOAA's National Weather Service, and their funded institutions. Oceanic and atmospheric conditions are updated weekly on the Climate Prediction Center web site (El Niño/La Niña Current Conditions and Expert Discussions). A probabilistic strength forecast is available here. The next ENSO Diagnostics Discussion is scheduled for 13 August 2026.
  20. Jehovah's name is explained to Moses as meaning "I shall prove to be, what I shall prove to be". This is a reference to the fact that, whatever is his will, he can make it a reality.

     

    If that is so, why did the Septuagint, which was translated by Jews who knew the language, translate it as egō eimi ho ōn? (“I am the One who is”), which seemingly refers to God's aseity rather than having to do with his purpose?

    1. Ludwika

      Ludwika

       Here's a couple of answers for you:

       

      From the book 'God according to God' by Hebrew speaker and scholar Gerald Schroeder, "Ex 3:14 is a verse often mistranslated...Moses...asks God's name. In reply, God said to Moses "I will be that which I will be"... This meaning of the Hebrew text is vastly different from the KJ rendering of that verse"I am that I am". The erroneous KJ version is based on the 4th century Latin Vulgate, and the Septuagint.

      The irony of this ongoing error is that the exact Hebrew word in question, Eh.yeh, appears just two verses earlier in verse 12, and both the Latin and the Greek translations render this"I will be", not"I am"....

      The translators actually changed the meaning of the Biblical text! Eh.yeh is not a present tense verb or a noun, with all the implications of stasis, but a genderless verb actively projecting into the future".

       

      Also, from The Journal of Biblical Literature:

      "The Hebrew equivalent of I exist... would not be Eh.yeh but Hayi'thi... The Hebrew for I am (so and so) is Ani' (which) would not make use of the verb hayah at all... Thus the Hebrew for 'I am that I am' is not 'Ehyeh' asher Ehyeh', nor does it differ from that clause only in the matter of the tense of the verb...Ehyeh' in this sentence can only mean 'I will be or  become (something); for of course 'I will be or become (somebody) is not a sensible alternative".

       

       

    2. Brother_Bliss

      Brother_Bliss

      Simply put, they were translating for a Greek speaking audience, and the Hebrew phrase doesn't map that well. It even sounds stifled in English. They opted for an interpretive rendering instead of a rigid literal rendering. 

  21. The purpose of the topic isn't to generate Pictures, but to get real locations thanks to IA, then show a real picture of the place
  22. When it happens, they'll tell us it's here today 😜
  23. Nice Hijack! I lived in Elko, NV as young child in the 70s. My grandfather and several uncles worked for Carlin Gold (later Newmont) across the valley from that facility. I remember driving by many times and admiring the infrastructure. I may have seen it in operation once. Later on in life I almost found my way into geophysics but it would have taken me away from Jehovah I think.
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      A careful consideration of the Genesis account reveals that events starting during one “day” continued into one or more of the following “days.”
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      Jehovah's name is explained to Moses as meaning "I shall prove to be, what I shall prove to be". This is a reference to the fact that, whatever is his will, he can make it a reality.
       
      If that is so, why did the Septuagint, which was translated by Jews who knew the language, translate it as egō eimi ho ōn? (“I am the One who is”), which seemingly refers to God's aseity rather than having to do with his purpose?
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    • formosa8

      We will have Int'l Convention in Kaohsiung, Taiwan this weekend.
      Many delegates have arrived, and started to enjoy activities, such as encouraging meetings, preaching w/ local cong., and visiting a museum/aquarium, etc. Tomorrow we will go down to Kaohsiung, and support volunteering such as bus captains, attendants. 
      over 2,000 delegates will join, total will be over 16,000, we're so exiting to see the worldwide brotherhood directly!      
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    • Kenneth Bang Ingvartsen

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      2026 Eternal Happiness Convention Activity Book 🌟 LINK HERE: https://ko-fi.com/brighthopedesigns/shop 🌟
       
      Keep your young ones engaged all weekend!  
       
      Looking for a fun way to help children follow along during the 2026 Eternal Happiness Convention? This specially designed, hand-drawn Activity Book is packed with exciting, faith-building activities that encourage children to listen carefully, participate, and enjoy the convention programme.   
       
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      📌 Colouring activities linked to key convention themes and Bible words.
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