Eejay

What would a Christian want to get from a Hookah lounge that they could not get elsewhere?

There is the facility to downloaed .pdf or text versions of the videos for those who need or miss the written format. Very useful for the Morning Worship series for example. Do you think the completion of the Ramapo project will see increased video output?

Well, there is always a first!..... Sounds like either your previous cong has exported an incorrect profile or, if they didn't use Scheduler, your new cong made a dog's breakfast out of the Assign tab options on your profile. Better make sure they have reset it or you might get assigned to give a Public Talk 🤨

Jehovah will never need to rescind his grant of immortality.

Immortality is a gift only from Jehovah. It cannot be acheived any other way.

No point in offering bread if he was, or any other food for that matter.

Measuring up: "Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds: “I find no crime in this man.” But they insisted, saying: “He stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Ju·deʹa, starting from Galʹi·lee even to here.”" Luke 24:4-5.

These AI systems are of course useful. No one would use them otherwise. But really they are just another example of human endeavour to overcome the restrictions of sin and imperfection in Satan's world, whether humans know it or not. Humans, left to their own devices due to their departure from Jehovah's direction, have accomplished extraordinary things due to the to the Creator's ingenuity in their making. Advances in technology, air travel, medical sciences come immediately to mind. Just taking medicine alone, gene therapy (CRISPR-Cas9) is pretty amazing. But, all these advances are shaped and governed by the morality of their users, and not by Jehovah's standards. This creates a challenge for any of those serving Jehovah and utilising the faculty of conscience to steer an acceptable course in the midst of a world doing otherwise. As an example, gene therapy that alters blood cells that are then utilised in transfusion techniques may well cross boundaries of acceptablity, no matter how clever and beneficial the technique appears to be. So to AI. We can use it. There are obvious parameters, there are other individual limits one might set for themselves. It is not a substitute for "thinking ability" or the faculty of conscience. Who knows what the future holds for such developments? Remarkable and clever as independant human achievement appears, much of it will be specifically redundant in the new world. Who will need a literal heart transplant? And one only has to meditate on the intellectual capability of a perfect human governed by Jehovah in the dim glimpse we received of this in the form of Jesus. Artificial Intelligence pales in the light of human perfection in Jehovah's hands. Meantime, I find AI quite a novel and useful tool, although it does have a tendency to tell me what I want to hear.

Works fine on a PC and a laptop as long as you resync, but not phones or tablets. Also, not a Chromebook (yet). NWPublisher is not recommended for 2 devices

Enlightening to note also the clear meddling of Babylon the Great in this Swedish affair. Rev.17:2.

I have to say it does surprise me. How could an organisation with such a stature as the BBC allow the publication of a blatantly doctored news item about someone as high profile and insecure as President Trump, and think that it would not be noticed? Between them, the Director General and Chief Exec. for News were paid almost £1million per year! They certainly were not watching the stove were they?

Thanks for highlighting yet another evidence that we are truly in "the last days". I don't like youtube reports on news events. There is no way to test the truthfulness of what is contained in them, and we have received excellent guidance on protecting ourselves emotionally from such sensational propaganda: https://www.jw.org/en/library/series/more-topics/conspiracy-theories-misinformation/ If it matters spiritually, the news section on jw.org will contain verified reports on what is effecting our brotherhood. However, this is not to overlook or minimise the shameful conduct that is exhibited by those hypocritical religionists and political activists in so many parts of the world including Nigeria. We need to continously be aware that Satan will use any means possible engage us emotionally in worldly conflict. Our compassion and sense of justice are outraged, as they should be, when we hear detail of such matters. But we need to be on guard. Humans never evaluate effectively when emotionally aroused. They can start adopting the sensational language if they feel others do not share their feelings sufficiently on matters, ("genocide" for example). This then has a divisive effect, not least on our Christian unity, because it creates conflicting emotions and questions. Raise the subject of the Uyghurs, or the Rohingya for example. We feel saddened, outraged, should we do something about it?, should we know more?, or does it compromise neutrality? do we really care? etc., etc. Look how Lot was affected. He was: "greatly distressed by the lawless people" of his day. 2Pet.2:7. We do not focus our attention on individual conflicts, other than to see how they confirm our faith. Where our fellow Christians are directly impacted we of course take a more focussed interest, but we can be sure that the GB will let us know how we can help, not hinder or make conditions worse for, our fellow worshippers. Even in such matters Peters words (1Pet.4:12-14) are very helpful: "Beloved ones, do not be surprised about the fiery trials that you are experiencing, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 On the contrary, go on rejoicing over the extent to which you are sharers in the sufferings of the Christ, so that you may rejoice and be overjoyed also during the revelation of his glory. 14 If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy, because the spirit of glory, yes, the spirit of God, is resting upon you."

I don't think anyone takes this seriously.

The columns only relate in total . They do not really cross refer. The figures in the right column relate only to the time period you have selected, in your case 6 months. During the period of 6 COMPLETE months prior to when you ran the report (not the current month if not finished), 7 maps are still out of those that were checked out during that time. It ignores all the other maps just showing them as Not Worked. The Territory Coverage report might be more use to you.

Very disturbing all this. The more you find out, the more disturbing it is. No wonder Paul said we should be "making no inquiry on account of your conscience" 1Cor.10:25.