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Here's some info on Tisquantum, the indigenous translator, who may have been an early person to travel abroad and end up back in Massachusetts. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2024/11/27/the-real-history-of-squanto-and-mayflower-indian-relations/

When I was teaching (older grades, only,) the elementary teachers would say(smiling and smug) "I know 95 % of what we teach about Thanksgiving is wrong, but it is a delightful myth and good for Kinder and early scholars to learn." https://www.delish.com/holiday-recipes/a33984895/native-american-thanksgiving-holiday/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_del_md_pmx_hybd_mix_us_21189416331&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21199993666&gbraid=0AAAAACq-IPyThdgBeZ5YZlYEjuxITd-47&gclid=Cj0KCQiAoZDJBhC0ARIsAERP-F9IAAzlPR2e5i1BmuKb7Havc6xE6lVgHEtFaDhuDx3671u1QcmTqrAaAjb6EALw_wcB

No, it doesn't make sense that God's people would be subject to God's wrath. But remember, he's using humans to perform this attack. Humans often go above and beyond when it comes to harming other humans. As has happened in the past, there's likely to be righteous people who are hurt by the humans Jehovah is using to execute his judgments. I believe it is possible that at least some of Jehovah's people might get caught up in that attack. This is just one more of those - be prepared for the worst and be happy when it doesn't happen.

King Henry VIII knighted all four of his “Grooms of the Stool” — the people in charge of wiping his butt for him.

There are many lessons and similarities and also many points that are for our time. That being said notice this footnote in the 1999 WT: [It should be noted that while the fulfillment of Jesus’ words in 66-70 C.E. can help us to understand how they will be fulfilled at the great tribulation, the two fulfillments cannot be exactly parallel because the fulfillments occur against different backdrops.]

Good question, because when the disciples asked him for a sign, Jesus mentioned several things, but he added "but the end is not yet". Mt 24:6 The 'sign' he gave was in reference to the 'last days', which are here. But Mt 24:21 does apply to 'the end' because it says the greatest tribulation 'such as has not occurred since the world's beginning until now, nor will occur again". We know that the Romans took money they said was owed to them from the sacred treasury of the temple, enraging the Jews. That sounds like something that might happen to BtG, but we're just talking about what the Bible says, and that incident is historical, not in the Bible. The Bible speaks of the prophesy at 1 Thess 5:3, P&S, but that never happened in 66 -70. The Bible speaks about the good news being preached until the end, but that didn't happen in 66-70. The Bible speaks about the attack of Gog, but that didn't happen in 66-70. We could say that Mt 24:2 "by no means will a stone be left here upon a stone and not be thrown down" applies to the great tribulation, but only to the destruction of BtG, because it stands to reason that essential infrastructure of this system will remain after Armageddon. I don't agree with that cliche'. A search of the Watchtower library shows the words "evidently" , "probably" and "possibly" are used thousands of times (13,125 times). Those words appear in articles that may have nothing to do with our current understanding of scripture, but they DO appear in explanations of current understanding and adjustments from the FDS. And, Br. Lett is known to say "It's reasonable to conclude . . " ❤️

I don’t know a lot of RPG games but that sounds like a lot of fun.

Remembered my car was still in drive just as I lifted my foot off the brake .....

Dementia means that all things are new, and nothing else is remembered

The only similarity and reference we have is that the days of Noah, as the Bible describes, resemble the end of this system of things.

Lapses in memory can be discouraging but do not always indicate dementia

Gary Newcomer investigated ongoing Gargantua ladles moving violently on pineapples T I M N G * Hopefully, that got us back on track

Does anyone know how to transfer jwpub files that are not available on jwhub(like school curriculum) to a new iPad?

It was Live from Daryl's House, Daryl Hall and Ceelo Green: "I can't go for that" (No Can Do).

Your beloved sister Linda from Sardinia, Italy has passed away. https://jwtalk.net/profile/1052-lindal/

Looking at the numbers 1957 over 1 million Memorial attendance--1969 over 1 million publishers 1988 over 9 million Memorial attendance--2025 over 9 million publishers 2025 over 20 million Memorial attendance-- ? over 20 million publishers

Your eyes stay the same size your whole life. Makes me think about the movie "Big Eyes"

Jeffrey Winder: "And what about the Memorial attendance? How encouraging that 20,635,015 attended the Memorial and that 15 lands reported an all-time peak attendance!" Yes, it is down on last year, but TBH I think it also fluctuates year-on-year depending on the day-of-the-week, and relation of the date to the holiday season 🤷‍♂️ Jeffrey Winder: "And what about the Memorial attendance? How encouraging that 20,635,015 attended the Memorial and that 15 lands reported an all-time peak attendance!" We will not know the lands until the SYR is released in late December/early January .... but it is always great to see peak attendances, especially when those lands are 'bucking-the-trend' of a lower overall attendance figure. (FWIW, last year had a higher overall attendance figure, and some 36 lands reported all-time peaks.)

Life is like a puppy dog. whatever you get you make it right.

I love that we have left the type/anti-type thinking. (My statement should read 70, not 66, anyway, see posts above) An interesting question you are posing at the end My point was (that got a little lost), since we have left BtG, will we really be the recipient of Jehovah's wrath when she is destroyed?

You are absolutely right. I got my wires crossed. Sorry for the confusion.

Sorry, that's what I meant! AFTER the the attack, when they withdrew. You are absolutely right. So the christians fled when there was an opening. They weren't destroyed with Jerusalem. Sorry, folks! My bad

LADIE Last, always do it enthusiastically. LMVOP