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  2. Brandon
    @Jonathan1 I have a cellular Apple Watch and never carry a phone anymore, so I’d love that!
  3. jwhess
    It fits with the explanation that (according to Revelation) we are serving God "in the Temple" according to Br. Losch's discussion in the Annual Meeting.
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  5. Tortuga
    "What is the most important thing you want me to know or do right now?"
  6. Dages
    The typical answer is generally : As Time only exists if change occurs > since God is supposedly changeless without the world, there are no prior moments of time in which He could have acted earlier. It's not perfect but still, the question assumes that Time before creation had a definite length or "metric," but this is a metaphysical mistake. Prior to the act of creation, God exists in "unmetricated" or "metaphysical" time. Without physical objects, stars, or uniform laws of nature to function as a clock, there is no fact of the matter as to "how long" God existed before He created. And because there is no measurement of duration in that precreation moment, the question of why He didn't create "sooner" (even 5 minutes) is technically unintelligible. If you get a bit deeper on this, given the Swinburne Causal Principle (efficient causes must be temporally prior to their effects), then Jehovah actually could not have created the universe any sooner than He did : At the single precreation moment, any effect God causally brings about must occur at a subsequent moment, so once He exercised His power to create, He brought about that second moment of time, which was the earliest possible moment for the universe to exist. To compare : Imagine you are in a room with no clocks, no sun, and nothing moving. You could sit there forever, and even though you are thinking thoughts one after another, you couldn't say if you’d been there for an hour or a billion years because there is nothing to measure time with. Jehovah was like that before He made the world. He decided to make the universe because He wanted to, and He just picked a "starting point." It wasn't "too late" or "too early" because He hadn't invented clocks yet.
  7. Codyroberto
    As it's a simple unencrypted html Page it is as to open as can be. You could copy the Page and run it locally offline if you chose
  8. Yesterday
  9. Dages
    Do you plan to make this opensource?
  10. ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone started following JW Sync (Alpha) - Testing some new features (Sharing, Exporting, and more)
  11. ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone
    Some great ideas incorporated in there. I'll test it when I get a chance. Ty T.
  12. Eryk
    @Jonathan1, a question: this MAUI framework you are using, will it allow you to port your app to Linux?
  13. Maxwel started following Victory in court - Norway
  14. Maxwel
    Let us hope that the brothers will soon receive the withheld government grants. It is quite a lot of money.
  15. Tronora
    I think so too.
  16. Qapla
    Soliloquies of such a nature reaches their full meaning and flavor in their original language of Klingon
  17. kejedo
    To be or not to be is part of a familiar soliloquy.
  18. dljbsp
    Sometimes I don’t say anything. Not because I don’t care — but because I’m trying not to make it worse. Jesus didn’t rush to answer everything thrown at him. He trusted Jehovah saw it all — even the unfair stuff. That helps me hold my words back… or let them out softer. I’m learning it’s not just what I say — it’s how I say it. If I’m right but rough, I’m still wrong somewhere. I’m learning it’s not just what I say — it’s how I say it. If I’m right but rough, I’m still wrong somewhere. Because the truth doesn’t need me to dress it up with sharpness. If I use the truth like a tool to win, instead of a reason to help, then maybe I defended my point… but I didn’t really defend the hope. So I try to stay ready. Not with arguments… but with a reason. A real one. Something calm. Something respectful. Because the hope I’ve got — it’s not something to throw. It’s something to show.
  19. dljbsp
    Folks these days don't act the way they used to.
  20. minister159
    I wonder if this is a clarification of our beliefs and how we view ourselves now, as "other sheep." Jehovah allows us to call him father and we're part of his family of worshippers, but only the anointed have righteousness credited or imputed to them and are adopted as sons of God. They even become, in a spiritual sense, a new creation before their resurrection. Our publications have taught that the other sheep, on the other hand, have a status similar to that of Abraham, so that while anointed Christians are declared righteous "for life," other sheep are declared righteous as friends of God." "See what sort of love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are. That is why the world does not know us, because it has not come to know him." --- 1John 3:1 "Now because you are sons, God has sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, and it cries out: “Abba, Father!" --- Ga. 4:6 Abba: The word literally means “the father” or “O Father” and was an endearing form of address used by a son to a beloved father. Paul used it here and at Ga 4:6, both times in connection with Christians called to be spirit-begotten sons of God. Since they had now been adopted as God’s sons, they could address Jehovah with an expression that a slave could never use of his master unless he had received such an adoption. "and the scripture was fulfilled that says: “Abraham put faith in Jehovah, and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he came to be called Jehovah’s friend." --- James 2:23 "For the creation* is waiting with eager expectation for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but through the one who subjected it, on the basis of hope that the creation itself will also be set free from enslavement to corruption and have the glorious freedom of the children of God." --- Romans 8:19-21 *creation: All earthly creation has suffered from the effects of mankind’s rebellion in Eden. However, in this context, “creation” apparently refers to the human family, since only humans can be waiting with eager expectation as they express hope of being set free from the effects of sin and death. (Ro 5:12; 8:19)
  21. SUNRAY
    I would like to ask Jehovah when he will reveal the correct spelling and pronunciation of his personal name.
  22. Nelly Kim
    Memory lane is indeed a tricky lane as it is always different strokes for different folks.
  23. Qapla
    Nostalgic for one person is, for some, just a bad memory.
  24. Nelly Kim
    Impressions about old school songs like this one, is always favorable and nostalgic.
  25. kejedo
    Epic representations are more memorable than eponymous or iconic ones, depending on your own era of recall and impressions.
  26. Áine started following Tuesday, May 5 Sanctify the Christ as Lord in your hearts, always ready to make a defense before everyone who demands of you a reason for the hope you have, but doing so with a mild temper and deep respect.​—1 Pet. 3:15.
  27. Áine
    Tuesday, May 5 Sanctify the Christ as Lord in your hearts, always ready to make a defense before everyone who demands of you a reason for the hope you have, but doing so with a mild temper and deep respect.—1 Pet. 3:15. Jesus knew that it was Jehovah’s view of matters that was most important. He trusted that Jehovah would deal with injustices at the right time. We can imitate Jesus by controlling what we say when we are treated unjustly. Some injustices are minor, and we can simply overlook them. Or we may remain silent to avoid saying something that could make matters worse. (Eccl. 3:7; Jas. 1:19, 20) At other times, we may need to speak up when we observe unfair treatment or when we need to defend the truth. (Acts 6:1, 2) If we do speak, we should try our best to do so calmly and respectfully. We can also imitate Jesus by entrusting ourselves to “the One who judges righteously.”—1 Pet. 2:23. w24.11 5-6 ¶10-12
  28. Jim Jam started following JW Broadcasting – May 2026
  29. Jim Jam
    ignorance
  30. AnnaFromTheNetherlands
    I don’t understand why you were corrected on that. We also pray to our heavenly Father, not to our heavenly friend, right? I have always been thaught that he is our father! ❤️
  31. jwhess
    Our 'edit' button only lasts about 10-15 minutes after you post. The only ones who can edit after that time-period are moderators.
  32. AnnaFromTheNetherlands started following If you could ask God just 1 question, what would you ask?
  33. AnnaFromTheNetherlands
    I’ve often wondered that too.
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      Modern references to creative days:
       
      *** w15 6/1 p. 5 How Science Affects Your Life ***
      The Bible fixes no duration for the six creative “days.” Instead, it opens the door for modern scientists to study them and assign accurate time spans to them. We know that the creative “days” were much longer than 24-hour days.
       
      *** g21 No. 3 p. 12 What the Bible Tells Us ***
      So each of the six creative “days” during which God prepared the earth for life and created life on it could represent extremely long periods of time.
       
      *** g 1/14 p. 12 Creation ***
      WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS God created the universe, including the earth, in the indefinite past—“in the beginning,” as Genesis 1:1 says. Modern science agrees that the universe had a beginning. A recent scientific model suggests it to be almost 14 billion years old.
       
      *** lc pp. 26 Science and the Genesis Account ***
      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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    • Jim Jam

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      I have ai fatigue. 
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    • Dages

      Dages

      A sister in my group went to see a very close friend at the hospital, before the final moment. She was told "Thank you for teaching me the Truth, let's meet again".
      Very emotional... and beautiful !
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      Got myself a MacBook Neo for my work. Not bad, my first mac ever.
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    • Francis26

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      Baptised on the 11th this month

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    • Miss Bea

      Miss Bea  »  Timl1980

      My dear, dear brother. You may be physically alone. But you are not alone. Of course you have Jehovah and his invisible family, all there. Then, us in our pitiful state, are here too. Loving you, and praying for you and you dear Cate. 
      Praying for you both dear ones. 
      The best is yet to come, and, yes, just around the corner. 
      In the meantime, Jehovah will see to the two of you. This I know.
      With much love, your sister, Bea
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    • Dré

      Dré

      A very fair rule: If you allow yourself something, then allow it to others as well. If you forbid something to others, then forbid it to yourself as well.
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      missniecey  »  WilliamChew

      When will you do a transcript on the unuted states branch meeting ww had today
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    • Ostria

      Ostria

      The Devil whispered in my ear "You're not strong enough to withstand the storm." I whispered back "At least I didn't lose my golden fiddle to some hillbilly in Georgia."  (Mic drop)
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    • computerwiz

      computerwiz

      Are allergies on the rise (more so than just "being the season" for them)?  🤔
       
      My grandma of 81 years was complaining yesterday about having to deal with allergies, despite it never really being a thing for her before.

      Even in my own circumstances, I find myself using my albuterol inhaler and nearly having asthma attacks, despite growing out of that many years ago.  Now it's back...  😔
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    • Kiana Williamson

      Kiana Williamson

      My spiritual routine is… sorely lacking order…
       
      My list of personal study projects only keeps growing, and it seems I cannot finish even one. I am absolutely terrible at study. My brain just doesn’t seem to “go off,” but at the same time, nothing ever gets accomplished 😵‍💫
       
      Like now—I found a JW-friendly app (Personal Bible Trainer). I chose to read the Bible from scratch, both the Old and New Testament, and it gives a challenge, goal, or thought to focus on with the chapters (or part of a chapter) you’re reading. I also decided to highlight my Bible while I’m at it so I know for sure I read the chapters. Then I remembered I had started writing down the characters mentioned, so I don’t forget who was in the chapter, when, where, and in what order. And then there’s the daily text and weekly meeting study… it’s just all horror!
       
      Just from this, you can probably see my mind is absolute chaos 🤯 My brain feels like a bag filled with water—but full of holes.
       
      I’ve cut back on work due to my health slowly deteriorating. Now I’m only working 2 days a week instead of 4. I stopped going out in field service and have been asking others not to invite me because I keep having to cancel last minute due to my mystery illness/condition.
       
      Now I really need ideas that might help plug these holes—so I can actually retain information and build a study routine that works for me. I can’t even remember how I was able to handle so many subjects back in my school days 😮‍💨
       
      I know most brothers and sisters have families, strong spiritual routines, and goals that help them stay focused on spreading the good news of the Kingdom. Being in the truth by myself, I’m doing everything solo. And over the years—with moving to an actual home, changing congregations, and now my health failing at this age… anything I once had in mind spiritually (like learning a new language, LDC, or working on projects like Ramapo) is gone, and my zeal has almost fizzled out.
       
      I had some shepherding calls after isolating myself for so long and not attending meetings for a few months. The elders reminded me that there are people who care about me, even when life gets in the way—and that isolation won’t help. And they’re right… it doesn’t.
       
      The only thing that kept me going—then and even now—are Jesus’ words and Peter’s response after many stopped following him:
       
      “So Jesus said to the Twelve: ‘You do not want to go also, do you?’ Simon Peter answered him: ‘Lord, whom shall we go away to? You have sayings of everlasting life. We have believed and have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.’” — John 6:67–69
       
      Right now, I’m just trying to focus on getting my mind back into studying properly and maybe having a good comment at the meetings again.
       
      Any advice you may have that could help—I would really appreciate it. Otherwise, please just keep me in your prayers. 🙏🏼 
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