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I had my blood tested when I was 26 years old. Though I was in elite physical shape, I was told I was pre diabetic. I didn’t take it seriously and thought it must have been an error. Fast forward to 3 years later. I developed high blood pressure. It got serious enough that I knew I had to make a change. I became a vegetarian and had good results from it. I did that for about 2 years. During that time, I had my blood tested every 6 months. Although I was eating dairy and all the sweets I desired, my blood sugar levels returned to normal. I later began eating meat again, and the health problems returned. I then adopted a plant-based diet in early 2018, and my blood sugar returned to normal. Now that I’m eating a whole-food plant-based diet, my blood pressure averages 110/70. Shortly after I adopted a PB diet, I watched a vegan documentary that stated that, although sugar exacerbates diabetes, it doesn’t cause it. Animal proteins do. I then thought about when I gave up animal protein, besides dairy, and was eating a ton of sweets, I was no longer pre diabetic, and thought there may be some truth to it. I did more research, which led me to that conclusion. Type 2 diabetes is virtually nonexistent in countries that eat little meat. Last year, my brother-in-law was diagnosed with diabetes, and with the encouragement of my sister, he adopted a plant-based diet and reversed it very quickly. He lost a lot of weight, and his blood pressure also returned to normal. I try not to mention this type of stuff too much anymore, because I noticed people get defensive, passive-aggressive, and argumentative when you say things that challenge the things they have strong emotional attachments to, like food. But this is what worked for me. I’m not saying you should do it too. But my conscience would not allow me not to tell you about something that could help you, that helped me with the very same problem. Hope this helps. By the way, I've had my blood pressure checked every 6 months since 2018, and my blood sugar levels have been excellent. I have not been pre diabetic since then. I believe my original reading was correct, since diabetes runs in my family, at least on my father’s side.

Chris Cornell did a good cover of this song

Howlin’ Wolf - Smokestack lightning

Big Mama Thorton - Hound dog

And I forgot to mention divide. That’s a big one.

It’s interesting that 90% of all U.S. news media, and virtually all the major sources, both left and right, are all owned by the same 6 companies. While there's some news media outlets that I don't care for, I try to remember that even the ones I do watch put their spin on things. In my opinion, both left and right news media are used in this country to indoctrinate, brainwash, mislead, distract, advertise, influence and have people in a constant state of fear and panic because fearful people are easier to control and contain since they are always looking for someone to guide and tell them what to do. While I don't think all news reported by mainstream media has an ulterior motive, it's good to take the things you hear and see in the media with a grain of salt.

Yep, that's what I was thinking and wanted to say that, since I am very familair with him and joke a lot with him, but didn't want to embarrass him or come off argumentative.

I know some Muslim people who appear to be genuine, good people who want to do God’s will the best they know how. Sometimes I want to ask them how they feel when they constantly hear reports of Islamic extremists committing murderous hate crimes, and thus making them all look bad. What the Islamic terrorists do is hateful and disgusting, but in reality, they are in effect doing what their Holy book says. I’ve read the Quran years ago and it literally tells them to ‘fight the unbelievers’, ‘those who don't believe in Allah’, or to kill “the polytheists wherever you find them.” Some Muslim apologists claim the verses are talking about self-defense, but whatever the case, they have caused some, due to them being in their religious text, to feel the need to kill others, even if it meant also killing themselves by blowing themselves to pieces. False religion produces bad fruit. I once had a Bible student who was convinced Babylon the Great was the Catholic Church. I explained to him that we once believe that, too. After reading several scriptures, we read Matthew 7:17-19 where Jesus stated that all trees not producing fine fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. I asked him ‘Do you not agree that other religions, besides the Catholic church produce bad fruit? Do you think Jehovah would destroy the Catholic Church and allow all these other religions, along with their false teachers, who produce bad fruit to continue to exist? He then got the point.

Yeah, I looked into that a couple of years ago. It amazes me that they think the first 69 weeks would be consecutive, and then the last week would take place some 2,000 years later. And they kill me with that peace treaty and antichrist stuff 🤦🏾‍♂️

I witnessed, informally, the other day to a guy and asked if he thought we were in the last days. Although professing to be Christian, he said he didn’t think we were because “the second temple hadn’t been built yet.” I read to him the description of the attitudes of people in 2 Timothy and also mentioned the features of the sign in Matthew 24. He said people had always been that way and that there had always been wars and pestilences. He kept saying we couldn’t possibly be in the last days because there’s no third temple. This shows how one false teaching can throw people way off. Unless he changes his thinking, the Great Tribulation is going to catch him and like-minded people unawares because they are waiting on something that may never happen.

They have, and that's what I believe. When I quoted Daniel 11:42, saying “Egypt will not escape,” I didn't mean utter destruction, but rather a possible setback through a proxy war by the KoTN. If you look up the study material on that verse, you’ll see it was applied before to the KoTS defeat in the Vietnam War. It’s Daniel 7:26, 8:25 that describe the KoTS being destroyed by God’s kingdom, not the verse I quoted. This is evident in that two verses later, it describes the final campaign of the northern king, an action he will take while the southern king is still in power, before Armageddon. Yes, they said things wouldn't get so bad that everyone would be forced to recognize the composite sign. This doesn't rule out a world war, because WWI and WWII didn't lead people to that conclusion.

For decades, I used to say that Jehovah wouldn’t allow another world war because of the potential for mass loss of life. I no longer hold that view because Jesus likened the features of the sign of his presence and coming to birth pangs, which imply they would increase in frequency and intensity. Also, war and the food shortages that follow are some of the biggest distractions to the kingdom's message used by satan. It's extremely difficult to listen to the kingdom message and take it to heart when you’re in fear of your very life, your stomach is in pain from hunger, and you don't know where your next meal is coming from. I can see satan using these distractions on a wider scale as we get closer to the end. Lastly, I think World War is unfathomable to many of us because we’ve never experienced it. I'm sure many people couldn't imagine WW1 before it struck.