Eejay

Used to be a cinema. First one I went to as a child. I worked on the conversion project.

I never found it very useful, probably becaiuse I wasn't using it to learn a language. I use Google translate when I meet other language speakers because you can have an immediate convertsation.

By "later than expected" I mean that our expectation of the "Peace and Security" cry has been adjusted. This what we used to think about the "Peace and Security" cry: *** w19 September p. 9 pars. 7-8 Armageddon Is Good News! *** How will we know when that tribulation is about to begin? The Bible tells us about a most unusual proclamation. It will serve as a signal announcing the great tribulation. 8 That will be the foretold proclamation of “peace and security.” This is what we now think about the "Peace and Security" cry: *** w26 February p. 31 par. 2 Questions From Readers *** This future proclamation has been described as the final signal that the great tribulation is about to begin. However, after further careful consideration, it seems that there is another possible explanation that we cannot rule out. Perhaps the proclamation of “peace and security” will be made after the destruction of false religion. So it may come "later than expected" in the sense of the difference now in our understanding of the sequence of events. Of course, our expectation is purely our personal view based on what we know. Nothing Jehovah does is ever "late" from his perspective. But our focus on what will precipitate the start of the great tribulation has been adjusted and the counsel provided in 2025 is ever more valid: *** w25 November p. 31 par. 7 Questions From Readers *** We need not look for news reports that governments are slowly becoming more supportive of the United Nations. What we can expect is this: With startling suddenness, Jehovah will put it into the hearts of the nations to hand over their power to the wild beast. When that happens, we will know that the great tribulation is about to begin. Our understanding now is that the "Peace and Security" cry could occur after this event, "later than (previously) expected".

This may come later than expected. Trump's Board of Peace indicates a recognition that the UN has no teeth........at the moment!

Generally speaking, the term "persecution" is used for conduct that directly targets individuals rather than organisations. "Discrimination" is a better word for this specific witholding of funds or excluding of an organisation from benefits that seems to be a trend in these European countries. However, the effects of such organisational discrimination could easily have implications that do effect individuals, (as we see in Russia and other lands), so a type of "merging the boundaries" takes place in actually defining the matter. For example, the use of misinformation and lies about Jehovah's Witnesses moral standards or practices as a justification for the organisational discrimination soon finds its way into the media. This can be a catalyst for persecution as it shapes public opinion and prejudice. Although court rulings may be overturned, false perceptions in the minds of the public remain. All in all, it all still fits the prophetic description of Gen.3:15.

Acts 7:57 The reaction the Sanhedrin to the message. It hit them pretty hard.

Yes indeed. But consequences can be indiscriminate.

Everything anyone does is between them and God. But there are some of those things that involve others for a variety of reasons.

Probably they could get likewise elsewhere. 😊

Life can be a real challenge without hookah lounges. I can remember when people were allowed to smoke tobacco in the workplace with impunity. In the early 70s something like 45% of adults smoked in the UK. You could be surrounded by smokers in a workplace, particularly in an office. There was simply no escape. In some offices you could hardly see the end of the room in the afternoons. In fact, with the amount of passive smoking, probably an average office saw 100% smoking. That was a challenge for Christians trying to make a living. Even brothers smoked up to 1973, but I never saw someone smoke in a Kingdom Hall.I was shocked when I saw a brother sitting in front of me with a cigarette behind his ear! After experiencing such ordeals, it is entirely strange to me that any Christian would voluntarily enter a Hookah lounge today.

Oh sorry, I was thinking about the OP. Maybe in Tennesee, (where the wordly authorities seem to be more lax on the health aspects of passive smoking in this respect), the answer would be No, you probably can't! The UK has stricter regulation regarding hookah lounges (shisha cafes). They must actually provide signed, smoke-free areas, as smoke-free laws treat shisha like cigarettes, banning it in enclosed spaces. Proprietors can only allow smoking outdoors or in specially designed shelters that are at least 50% open to the air at all times, doors, windows, or blocking materials counting as walls. The laudable goal is to actually try to protect the public and staff from second-hand smoke, meaning any structure with a roof must have significant openings, otherwise, it's considered substantially enclosed and illegal. Concerned parties point out that in a shisha session of 20 to 80 minutes, a single shisha smoker can inhale, (and exhale), the same amount of smoke as a cigarette smoker consuming over 100 cigarettes. We can appreciate the health concerns prompting the regulations. Violations of these various regulations carry substantial financial penalties. So the answer to your question on avoiding smoke of others is, in the UK, (probably for the most part) YES! But only by avoiding close proximity of smokers and staying in a smoke free area.

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.