Peace and Security, Great Tribulation, Armageddon

[JennyM]

8 hours ago, cme said:

From behind Warwick HQs on the walkway.  Only 10% contained as of last night and early this morning.  Eerie.  You can see the lights of Warwick Bethel on the right, which is a walkway.

 

 

wow.. That is so close 

[Percy]

On 11/10/2024 at 7:05 AM, cme said:

What is "crypto"?  Is it fake money?

First there were coins: gold, silver, copper. The Bible mentions their weights only, talent, mina, drachma, shekel (tekel), ect. There is only so much metal to make into coins and when that runs out what do you do? Paper was the answer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_money  But paper is only money based on trust in the amount of gold in bank vaults, but it filled the need which coins could not give. Portability was a real plus. But what happened is that governments starting printing more paper money than the gold they had stored. Oops.

Then we had credit cards which invisibly created money that doesn't actually exist. The banks create it at whim. Every time you purchase something on credit, you create more 'money' but it really is debt. There is so much debt in invisible money that it cannot be kept track of.

"crypto" currency is yet another form of invisible money that gets created when used. It is supposed to be an extension of real currency but there is not enough gold in the world to back it. It purely exists inside of computers and if they fail, it all disappears. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55645408  You almost get the feeling it is just another Ponzi Scheme but very sophisticated. https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/24/tech/crypto-2023-bitcoin-sbf/index.html

Remember that October 29 1929 was caused by speculators buying stocks 'on margin' (credit), which was money that existed at the whim of anybody that wanted to loan it out. It was like a giant bubble that got bigger and bigger then one day, POP.

[SteveAus]

8 minutes ago, Percy said:

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"crypto" currency is yet another form of invisible money that gets created when used. It is supposed to be an extension of real currency but there is not enough gold in the world to back it. It purely exists inside of computers and if they fail, it all disappears. ...

 

Actually Gold mkt cap far exceeds Bitcoin & all other alt cryptos combined. Currently Gold mkt cap is ~$19 trillion & Crypto in total is ~$3.1 T

 

And to be fair, if computers fail, a lot of things would disappear, including JW.org and all the electronic information & media associated with it. That's one of the reasons why I lean towards a continuation of current technology after Armageddon, even if it takes angelic intervention to keep communications running, until we (TGC) have ourselves sorted

[trottigy]

3 hours ago, SteveAus said:

 

Actually Gold mkt cap far exceeds Bitcoin & all other alt cryptos combined. Currently Gold mkt cap is ~$19 trillion & Crypto in total is ~$3.1 T

 

And to be fair, if computers fail, a lot of things would disappear, including JW.org and all the electronic information & media associated with it. That's one of the reasons why I lean towards a continuation of current technology after Armageddon, even if it takes angelic intervention to keep communications running, until we (TGC) have ourselves sorted

 

And why I keep a paper Bible in my go bag 👍🏽 

 

And some cash in a Ziploc bag.

Edited Tuesday at 07:45 AM by trottigy

[SteveAus]

2 hours ago, trottigy said:

 

And why I keep a paper Bible in my go bag 👍🏽 

 

And some cash in a Ziploc bag.

 

same here... 

[Kwabena]

4 hours ago, trottigy said:

 

And why I keep a paper Bible in my go bag 👍🏽 

 

And some cash in a Ziploc bag.

If everyone loses their cash in some sort of a disaster, then your cash will also be useless. Cash is fiat currency, meaning, it's valuable because government says, so. So maybe gold will be the least worse case, in, my opinion. 

Edited Tuesday at 12:07 PM by Kwabena

[jps]

9 minutes ago, Kwabena said:

If everyone loses their cash in some sort of a disaster, then your cash will also be useless. Cash is fiat currency, meaning, it's valuable because government says, so. So maybe gold will be the least worse case, in, my opinion. 

 

well,

Ezekiel 7:19 

🤔

Edited Tuesday at 12:17 PM by jps
correction

[Dages]

12 minutes ago, jps said:

well,

Ezekiel 7:19 

🤔

I always use this verse about that  That's a good one

[Landon1285]

Looks like the fires are clearing up around bethel. 

 

Tours and commuters will resume tomorrow, seems they have things under control. Still praying for their safety. 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 09:50 PM by Landon1285

[Audj]

Looks like the fires are clearing up around bethel. 
 
Tours and commuters will resume tomorrow, seems they have things under control. Still praying for their safety. 

 
 

Our tour, booked for Friday, has been canceled per the email we received from the central tours desk 1 1/2 hours ago.

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[Desert Dan]

TOPIC POLICE:  Said kindly - News is important but we tend to get a little off topic in this 307 page thread.  🤪

Edited yesterday at 03:05 AM by Desert Dan

[JennyM]

evidence of GT is near: terrible flood in Spain. 

[Hope]

On 11/11/2024 at 3:37 PM, JennyM said:

wow.. That is so close 

 

Here's a news report 

 

https://pix11.com/news/morning/worst-natural-disaster-no-rain-expected-as-jennings-creek-fire-rages-on/

[Hope]

48 minutes ago, Desert Dan said:

TOPIC POLICE:  Said kindly - News is important but we tend to get a little off topic in this 307 page thread.  🤪

I'd like a separate topic about the NY fires..

[Percy]

On 11/11/2024 at 8:33 PM, SteveAus said:

Actually Gold mkt cap far exceeds Bitcoin & all other alt cryptos combined. Currently Gold mkt cap is ~$19 trillion & Crypto in total is ~$3.1 T

Good one. Keep in mind that crypto currencies need to have real money behind it but the way it is handled, that is debatable. Paper money has the backing of gold but does crypto have that same paper money to back it or the gold? Gold cannot represent the paper money twice with it also represented as crypto. Hmmm? It gets very complicated which is how it is abused. 'Can't have your cake and eat it too'

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/chart-how-much-gold-is-in-the-world/

Edited 22 hours ago by Percy
finish my thought by including link

[Bluebell]

Our friends who are providing tours received this

[Dhanyel]

LATEST NEWS | Highlights from the 2024 Global Service Year Report

On November 13, 2024, the Service Committee of the Governing Body shared highlights of the 2024 worldwide service year report with the Bethel family. It was announced that an average of 8,828,124 publishers shared in preaching the good news each month, a 2.4 percent increase. And for the first time, the peak number of publishers surpassed 9 million, with a total of 9,043,460! Also heartwarming was the 43.2 percent increase in those who returned to Jehovah, with 65,816 who were reinstated! Other increases that were announced included the following: A total of 296,267 were baptized, which represents a 9.9 percent increase over the 2023 service year. An average of 7,480,146 Bible studies were conducted each month, up 2.7 percent. Memorial attendance worldwide was 21,119,442, an increase of 3.2 percent. The number of regular pioneers increased by 6.8 percent to 1,651,698. And the number of auxiliary pioneers increased by 17.5 percent, with an average of 867,502 serving in that capacity each month

[Tortuga]

Friends, please remember this is a discussion board and it is easier to discuss news items when they are posted in the right topic in the right forum. Dumping every news item into one topic just creates a mess.

 

This is the PS, GT, & A thread, please stay on topic. 

Edited 12 hours ago by Tortuga

[Dhanyel]

UN sounds alarm at Israel’s ‘severe violations’ at key buffer zone with Syria

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/13/middleeast/un-israel-violation-golan-heights-syria-intl/index.html

[ChrisW]

And this is Mankind's hope for Peace and Security? 🤪 They can't even get their own organization in order.

 

General Assembly Expresses Dismay at Security Council Failure to Maintain Peace amid Raging Conflicts, Stressing Need for Urgent Reform to the Body. https://press.un.org/en/2024/ga12654.doc.htm

[Landon1285]

1 hour ago, Tortuga said:

Friends, please remember this is a discussion board and it is easier to discuss news items when they are posted in the right topic in the right forum. Dumping every news item into one topic just creates a mess.

 

This is the PS, GT, & A thread, please stay on topic. 

The fires made me think of the great tribulation but I guess that doesn't count 😅

[Dhanyel]

G20 in Rio: What is it? Who's coming? What will happen? Learn everything about the event

Held in Brazil for the first time, the summit brings together the world's largest economies to develop proposals on global issues. The main summit will take place on November 18 and 19, but the Social G20, U20, and Global Alliance Festival will already start bringing energy to the city from Thursday (14th).

https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/g20/noticia/2024/11/12/g20-no-rio-o-que-e-quem-vem-o-que-vai-acontecer-saiba-tudo-sobre-o-evento.ghtml

[New World Explorer]

2 hours ago, Dhanyel said:

G20 in Rio: What is it? Who's coming? What will happen? Learn everything about the event

Held in Brazil for the first time, the summit brings together the world's largest economies to develop proposals on global issues. The main summit will take place on November 18 and 19, but the Social G20, U20, and Global Alliance Festival will already start bringing energy to the city from Thursday (14th).

https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/g20/noticia/2024/11/12/g20-no-rio-o-que-e-quem-vem-o-que-vai-acontecer-saiba-tudo-sobre-o-evento.ghtml

Are you sure this is in a right topic section? (Also the link is not in English) 

[Dhanyel]

12 minutes ago, New World Explorer said:

Are you sure this is in a right topic section? (Also the link is not in English) 

Yes, just translate it into your language.

I only found this link 

https://www.g20.org/en/about-the-g20/summit-rio-2024

Edited 4 hours ago by Dhanyel