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  1. 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.
  2. It's too recent. They would need to prepare something then have it translated. Maybe for a later "update" or June broadcasting
  3. 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 !

  4. Got myself a MacBook Neo for my work. Not bad, my first mac ever.

    1. dreamy

      dreamy

      A great buy, 

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    2. chuck83

      chuck83

      It's so far the most affordable you can get and still get some performance. I've not used a Windows PC in about 15 years. I have a Windows Cloud PC for NWS but otherwise I've been a Unix/Linux/MacOS person. All of my work computers have been Mac's also. I'd never go back fully.

  5. Beautiful video about our hope https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/LatestVideos/pub-jwbvod26_11_VIDEO
  6. I like the music, but I'm not interested in the character and his issues (I'm very charitable here). I'm quite sure the movie won't talk about the kids but will be all about praising MJ.

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  • First Name
    David
  • Relationship Status
    Married and father of 2 girls
  • Displayed Location
    Japan
  • Publisher
    Yes
  • Baptized
    Yes 2003

How I Found the Truth

  • How I found the Truth
    Born in the truth thanks to my mother (anointed), but also saw the dark side of the world because of my father (ex-elder, apostate).
    Always loved Jehovah and the Bible so the choice was clear.
    Baptised at 17 yo, just before my majority (18 yo).

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    Learning new languages.
    Thinking about Paradise.
  • My favorite books
    The Bible.

    Bible related stories/novels
  • My favorite music
    Electronic, Jazz.

    And kingdom songs of course
  • My favorite movies
    10 commandments
  • My favorite quotes
    John 15:13
    Isaiah 43:10
    Psalm 27:4

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