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A sea turtle's gender is determined by the temperature of the sand during incubation. Warmer sand produces female hatchlings, while cooler sand produces males. This process is known as Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination

Sunday, July 19 Death spread to all men because they had all sinned.—Rom. 5:12. We may be determined to let nothing turn us away from Jehovah. Yet, we are imperfect and vulnerable to temptation. (Rom. 7:21-23) Without warning, we could find ourselves in circumstances that make the wrong course seem very appealing. To remain loyal to Jehovah and his Son, we need to follow Jesus’ counsel to keep on guard against the temptation to sin. All of us face temptation to sin. But each one of us has areas of vulnerability, whether it is to commit a serious sin, to engage in some form of unclean conduct, or to fall prey to worldly thinking. For example, one person may be fighting temptation to commit sexual immorality. Another might be strongly inclined toward unclean practices, such as masturbation or viewing pornography. Still another may be struggling with fear of man, independent thinking, a quick temper, or something else. w24.07 14 ¶3; 15 ¶5

A colony ship with a crew of 1000. 500 couples. 100 year journey to colonize alpha centauri. Torous habitat with artificial gravity during the voyage. Crew spends most of the trip in hibernation. Ship carries everything needed to establish a colony. Hydroponic garden either provides most or supplements food for trip. Once at the planet the ship becomes a space station with orbital tether.

Could you please shortly clarify how to use this application? I have installed Obsidian and successfully add the Traveture addin but cannot move forward..

Think about what Jehovah hates: violence, immorality, and occultism. Yet, about 99% of video games today feature at least one of those things. This trap isn't new, though. When the ancient Israelites fell into pagan worship, they weren't just attracted to the false gods themselves —what really drew them in were the wild parties, the sex, and the magic. Just principles don't need rules.

All of a sudden, I can't send emails from NWS. I probably should uninstall and re-install the program but I am not sure how to do that. I checked with my gmail account to see if NWS had permission to send emails and it is okay to do it. Any assistance you can render will be very appreciated. thank you in advance.

thank you.

vyksp victorious yaks kindly spare people. SPARE

Precarious readability temp's territorial Yuppies V Y K S T * As an interesting aside, we have a family in our congregation with the last name "Klopp"

When I saw the thread title, my first thought was that the subject was about using the Bible to shoot down false beliefs and inaccurate accusations about us. Since I haven't engaged in any role-playing games, I envisioned this type of RPG

Bro. David, where's the kitchen? Love it!!!

I have never heard heard of obsidian. Hos do you guys use it? What are the benefits? I think I need to try it out but it would be nice to know how other JWs are using it...

I considered making a game of door-to-door work that would have questions to answer as if you were talking to a householder. I found out that such a game already existed. While not actually a RPG, I thought it would be interesting to practice answering questions that were randomly selected. I actually do not play many games. I used to play minesweeper about 3 decades ago. (Still not RPG.) But games can eat up a lot of time if you aren't careful.

Just on the matter of sharing prompts to search jw.org for your own personal use, I'm not wholly convinced we're infringing on the T&C's of jw.org. I remember a year or so ago a brother sharing the steps to create a Google Programmable Search Engine, where you set it up to only search *jw.org. And it ruffled no feathers here, iirc. And AI is basically a SE on steroids But Your Conscious May Vary (YCMV) 😁

klopp Kids looked over pretty patiently. PRETTY

Well, this is a pretty old post, but any news?

1975 is because some people were here for a date 2020-2022 = COVID stopped our momentum a bit (and people died more than usual)

That's Great I love that it include links saving searching the individual spots

Yeah, I had to ask it again An article titled "Further Enrichment of Understanding" explains the translation method regarding the continuous nature of the Greek present tense. he article notes that the translation uses specific helper words for "a good rendering of the present tense which denotes duration or continuance of action". This same resource explains how commands in the present tense are rendered, stating that "The rendering of the present tense of verbs in the form of a command is interesting. For example: 'Continue to love your enemies and to pray for those persecuting you'". You can read this detailed analysis directly on the Watchtower Online Library at https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1950766. Another article discussing the reception of this translation method quotes the British Bible scholar Alexander Thomson. The text states that "British Bible scholar Alexander Thomson noted that the New World Translation is outstanding in accurately rendering the Greek present tense". To show how this applies to family relationships, the text notes that "Ephesians 5:25 reads 'Husbands, continue loving your wives' instead of saying merely 'Husbands, love your wife'". Thomson concluded that "No other version appears to have exhibited this fine feature with such fulness and frequency". This article is available at https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2001842. Applying these exact translation rules to 1 Peter 3:7 ensures that the Greek present participle is translated with the word "continue" to show that a Christian husband must maintain an ongoing lifestyle of dwelling with his wife according to knowledge.

I noticed that the output does not include any references to published content. I would recommend adding to the instructions to reference from the wol.jw.org and sources answers directly from there. That way you can actually receive researchable and verifiable answers

Here is the output of my customized Gemini (it is missing the link/reference to our literature so that's why I wanted your approach): The inclusion of the word "continue" in the New World Translation of 1 Peter 3:7 stems from the grammatical structure of the original Koine Greek text. The Greek verb rendered as dwelling is συνοικοῦντες (synoikountes). Grammatically, this word is a present active participle. In biblical Greek, the present tense denotes an imperfective aspect, meaning it describes an action that is linear, continuous, and ongoing rather than a single completed event. Because standard English verbs do not automatically convey this continuous nuance in a simple present form, translators frequently supply helping words to accurately reflect the original force of the Greek grammar. Rendering the participle as "continue dwelling" faithfully transmits the writer's instruction for husbands to make this understanding way of living a permanent, daily practice. Other modern translations capture this ongoing aspect by using phrases like "as you live with" or "live with your wives in an understanding way" to denote a persistent state of being. The New World Translation chooses to explicitly use the word "continue" to maintain strict fidelity to the grammatical action implied by the Greek present tense. ELI5 Imagine your parents tell you to "keep your room clean." They do not mean you should just clean it once and then let it get messy again. They want you to keep doing it every day. The original Greek Bible uses a special action word that means "keep doing it." That is why the translation uses the word "continue" so you know it is a lifelong habit that should never stop. Summary The word "continue" is used because the original Greek verb is a present participle, which indicates a continuous, ongoing action. Translators include "continue" to help English readers understand that the text describes a permanent lifestyle rather than a one-time action.

Just jump higher, Jimmy John. KLOPP

The original I put was about three pages long I asked for a summary including the sources to post

This is ChatGPT's response. Is interesting to compare the responses to the same prompt from Gemini, Claude, Deepseek, Qwen & Perplexity. Gemini's was the least detailed response, the others gave more context and citations.