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Would Jehovah call this good? https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Alien_(Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind)?file=Cropped_image_of_gray_aliens.png

Once Jehovah created the earth and mankind and said it was "good", doesn't that mean his creation was perfect? Doesn't it mean that the earth and everything on it was his best creation? Would life on other planets also be called 'good'? Are there variations of "good"? I like to think that the physical life he created on the earth is unique and there isn't any other life. His creation was 'good' not just 'good enough'.

Gas in my town has been dropping for weeks. I fill up when I reach half a tank of gas and it cost 10$ less than last time.

I still believe in other life out there. Again, the bible only applies to humans. If there is a planet out there inhabited by intelligent life (let's just say they're called "Galaxians"). Maybe the Galaxians were loyal in their temptation, so they don't need a ransom and a bible like ours. Once you drag humans into the argument, it becomes invalid because, of course the bible is for humans. But as for other life, there is no definitive yes or no.

This is an issue I have seen several people have. I would recommend you search the Microsoft Store for the "Support" link and contact the developers directly. https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9wzdncrfj3b4?hl=en-US&gl=US

Thanks Erik Yes I think that would work, but I am reluctant to do it because I will loose all my marked publications like WT study going back years. I think I will just leave it there and ignore the KJV for now (with its more than 20,000 errors! - Benjamin Wilson diaglott - History of English Versions page 5) Perhaps the programmers might look at it and fix it. I am using the latest JW Lib. Would be OK if the latest version of JW Lib could completely delete the KJV for the catalog allow a fresh install of KJV. Thanks again KB

I just filled up and it was $5.75. it was actually lower. I'm surprised and wonder.... How long will that last.

@Nede89, have a look at this: jwlIntegrator.

Gotta catch them all

Well, I figure that's probably long enough for it to filter through to all of Amazon's Distribution, and webcrawlers. So the new book is now available on the blog, too. Thanks to you all, the new book has made it into the Top 20 of it's category on the Amazon Store. Foreward and Prologue Chapter One: Living Arrangements Chapter Two: Breaking News Chapter Three: "It's Called Reputation." Chapter Four: Two Meetings Chapter Five: "It's Too Late." Chapter Six: "War Comes Next." Chapter Seven: What Are The Odds? Chapter Eight: Downsides to Waiting Chapter Nine: Least Likely To Be Saved Chapter Ten: Undeserved Kindness Chapter Eleven: A Victory Song Chapter Twelve: After The Fall Chapter Thirteen: Welcome To Paradise Chapter Fourteen: A Life You Can Live With. Epilogue

This is very true. I recall from my background in Christendom that thr great tribulation happens after all the faithful have been raptured. However our Study of the Bible and the publications of the Slave helps us understand that the great tribulation will begin and will be well under way before the anointed remnant are taken to heaven.

Bad gers, ha

Monday, June 22 Look! My servants will eat, but you will go hungry.—Isa. 65:13. Isaiah’s prophecy draws a vivid contrast between what life is like for those inside the spiritual paradise and what life is like for those outside. Jehovah abundantly satisfies the spiritual needs of his worshippers. We have his holy spirit, his written Word, and ample spiritual food so that we can “eat, . . . drink, . . . [and] rejoice.” (Compare Revelation 22:17.) In sharp contrast, those who are outside the spiritual paradise “go hungry . . . , go thirsty . . . , [and] suffer shame.” Their spiritual needs are not being satisfied. (Amos 8:11) Jehovah generously supplies His people with what they need, including spiritual food. (Joel 2:21-24) He does so through the Bible and our Bible-based publications, our website, as well as our meetings, assemblies, and conventions. We can partake of spiritual provisions every day, and as a result, we feel healthier and more refreshed. w24.04 21 ¶5-6

I hope not, because if something doesnt happen SOON afterwards, we would be ridiculed as fluff. Not only that, but even though it's the GT, people would translate it as we're saying that Jesus is coming back (in christendom, the great tribulation happens AFTER the rapture of ALL Christians), and will start calling us hypocrites/doomsayers for preaching the end of the world....(A good example is Rapturetok last year). I think IF they want to announce the GT is about to begin, that should be kept and sent to congregations so elders can relay the message to people in the halls.

A Grand Poobah badge would be good.

Too true. I have a lot of experiences in the field and witnessing incidentally. I have been loaded down with being a carer for about 20 years for two adults, so I know Jehovah knows my limitations and remembers what I was a able to do with his help. As you say we here to build each other and help the lowly ones. Jehovah loves a cheerful giver.

In Atlanta, FIFA games are being played at Mercedes-Benz stadium (where the NFL Atlanta Falcons play) but it was used for an international convention in 2019.

The JWST discovers a "cosmic vine" of galaxies. This megastructure — nicknamed the "Cosmic Vine" in a study published Nov. 8 to the preprint database arXiv — swoops through space in a bow shape, estimated to stretch more than 13 million light-years long and about 650,000 light-years wide. (For comparison, our Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light-years wide.) Astronomers detected the vast tendril of gas and galaxies while studying James Webb Space Telescope observations of an area called the Extended Groth Strip, located between the constellations Ursa Major and Boötes. The team was looking specifically for light from very early galaxies, focusing on a property called redshift, a measure of how light increases in wavelength as it travels vast distances through the expanding universe. All of the galaxies observed in the Cosmic Vine showed a redshift of roughly 3.44, meaning the light emitted by the objects traveled between 11 billion and 12 billion years — or for most of our 13.8 billion-year-old universe's lifetime — before reaching JWST's lens.

I have a few news songs: I spend quite a bit of time on the road. In addition to my theocratic things, I also listen to audiobooks I get from our Public Library. This song is about listening to audiobooks. Audiobooks Carry Me Away We rescued four kittens and the momma cat from behind one of the Walmart's my daughter services. This is a tribute to the kittens (BTW - the kittens do look like the ones in the pictures and that is their names) Four Little Kittens Have you ever watched a TV program that relaxes you? It was found that, during Covid and the lockdown, many people did just that. One of the programs that they watched was Bob Ross's "Joy of Painting". This is about watching him. Happy Little Trees Ever done 'shift work' ? If so, did you work second shift? How did you feel when you got home? This song os for those people who have worked that shift ... Here's to All Us Second Shifters Do you text? Are you on WhatsApp? DO you use social media and watch shorts, clips and memes? This song is not about that - exactly - it is about actual letters ... written by hand on actual paper and send through snail-mail. It is told from the perspective of the letter. I AM the Letter

Badgers...🤣

Like the congregation each of us attends, the more we put into it, then the more we get out of it. You will find it very absorbing to join in with many of the chats going on. This is a very easy way to put a point of view and express an opinion, without anyone being critical. Sometimes, as in your own congregation, you will find someone, young or older, brother or sister, make a superb spiritual or practical point that you bookmark and keep for the future. What you bring to the site is what will make it of real value for you, and we will have a truly great 'interchange of encouragement' (Rom 1:12)

Mrs Malaprop, again - she says badges are worse than foxes, and destroy more of the garden.

James Webb telescope finds a cosmic cloud of creation buried in the Sword of Orion By Jamie Carter 10 hours ago A new James Webb telescope snap shows off the glowing gas, sculpted jets and newborn stars lurking within the giant cosmic cloud OMC-2, located in the Sword of Orion. ... perhaps the most striking feature of the image is the network of pale, glowing streams and wave-like structures cutting through the cloud. These are created by protostar jets as they collide with the surrounding material, carving out bright ridges and shock fronts. The result is an image that looks sculpted, with curved streams of whitish gas marking how young stars shape their environment. Each jet, ridge and shadow provides clues about the movement of material through the region and helps astronomers trace how stars form and how their energy changes the surrounding cloud. Its colors and textures reveal a complex environment where gravity pulls material together, young stars ignite and energetic outflows reshape the cloud that gave rise to them. Article link: https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/james-webb-telescope-finds-a-cosmic-cloud-of-creation-buried-in-the-sword-of-orion-space-photo-of-the-week Video link Video Description: This video takes the viewer on a journey through space to the constellation Orion (the Hunter), a location familiar to Webb, to reveal the latest ESA/Webb Picture of the Month. This area of the sky is replete with star-forming clouds that make up a complex hundreds of light-years across. We find ourselves in the giant molecular cloud Orion A, of which the familiar Orion Nebula (also known as M42) is just a part; Webb has taken both close-up and wide-angle looks at M42 before. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, T. Megeath, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb) N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb) Music: Tonelabs – The Red North (www.tonelabs.com) Pic Description: Newborn stars launch powerful jets of gas through cosmic clouds in this new scene captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, T. Megeath, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb) Acknowledgement: M . H. Özsaraç)