Posts by darkspilver

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"Jehovah's Witnesses" : A religion - or a denomination of a religion?

by The Searcher in

"a christian denomination is a generic term for a distinct religious body identified by traits such as a common name, structure, leadership and doctrine.

individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church or fellowship.

" (wikipedia) .

darkspilver

In other words, when J.W.'s are asked what their religion is, they should reply "Christian," not J.W.

Yes, on a form like a census or such like that asks for 'Religion', a JW would simply say 'Christian'. Same as a Catholic, Episcopalian or Baptist etc would put.

I would say that the next-step down descriptively for a JW would be? to say non-trinitarian Christian?

How about non-trinitarian low-church Christian?

That could be expanded to evangelical non-trinitarian low-church Christian?

Or even evangelical fundamental non-trinitarian low-church Christian?

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Draining your smartphone - JW app hits top 10

by OrphanCrow in

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avast unveils top ten apps draining your android phone.

jehovah’s witness: this official app produced by jehovah’s witnesses was the heaviest user of smartphone storage.

it allows users to download their bible (in all languages) and browse a library of video tutorials and introductions in high-resolution.

darkspilver

weird? 2gb for the bible? ha! sounds from the description they're counting downloading the bible in ALL the languages as they're about 5 to 20mb each - does anyone do that IRL? hmmm yeah, maybe....

Besides I suspect people are more concerned with good ol' battery life - ie how battery the app takes to run when being used.

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Brazilian XJW activists are successfully demonstrating against JW intolerance - See their impressive website

by AndersonsInfo in

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i was so impressed by what the brazilian xjw's are doing to inform the world about jw's unfair and harmful sanctions put upon those who leave the religion that i just had to share their efforts with you.

congratulations are in order for a work well done.

i asked sebastiao ramos ramos, a former jw to explain in english what abravipre is all about.

darkspilver

Hey Simon!

I haven't seen it but I would guess "little mosque on the prairie"?

BINGO!

And no, I haven't watched it either

http://www.cbc.ca/littlemosque

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Mosque_on_the_Prairie

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Brazilian XJW activists are successfully demonstrating against JW intolerance - See their impressive website

by AndersonsInfo in

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friends

i was so impressed by what the brazilian xjw's are doing to inform the world about jw's unfair and harmful sanctions put upon those who leave the religion that i just had to share their efforts with you.

congratulations are in order for a work well done.

i asked sebastiao ramos ramos, a former jw to explain in english what abravipre is all about.

darkspilver

Hey Bruisedandbleeding12!

But, wow.....extremely nice site works on both my iPad & iPhone.

Looks like a template
Feels like a template
Oh, yes, it's a standard free template

http://www.templatemo.com/tm-473-november

But that's cool - anyway kudos for some of the graphics/editing

BUT - can you name the Canadian TV sitcom they've featured on their front page??...

Answer here

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Jediism not a religion, UK Charity Commission rules

by HB in

thought this might be of interest....... .

from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38368526.

jediism not a religion, charity commission rules.

darkspilver

The number of Jedi Knights in the England and Wales has plummeted in recent years:

2001: 390,127 Jedi Knights
2011: 176,632 Jedi Knights

So that's something like a 55% decrease?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/datablog/interactive/2012/dec/11/census-religion

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Brazilian XJW activists are successfully demonstrating against JW intolerance - See their impressive website

by AndersonsInfo in

jw
friends

i was so impressed by what the brazilian xjw's are doing to inform the world about jw's unfair and harmful sanctions put upon those who leave the religion that i just had to share their efforts with you.

congratulations are in order for a work well done.

i asked sebastiao ramos ramos, a former jw to explain in english what abravipre is all about.

darkspilver

Hey AndersonsInfo!

I was so impressed by what the Brazilian XJW's are doing

Yeah, but, of course, the real question is....

Are those Brazilian ex-JWs following the example of Jesus and becoming carpenters???

Inquiring minds want to know!

Yeah, seems so - after all their banners and posters are advertising their website!

http://abravipre.org

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The con is completed - comments from the US branch's LDC chief

by sir82 in

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recently attended a special assembly day.. guest speaker was thomas chicky, a member of the us branch committee and the head of the us ldc (which has replaced the rbcs).. the last talk of the day is scheduled for an hour.

it was the usual boring mumbo-jumbo.

he appeared to have blasted through his hour-long outline in just about 45 minutes, so he "treated" us to informal comments on recent developments.. he commented on the new wt complex in fishkill ny.. then he dropped the bomb (well, to anyone with ears and at least 2 functioning synapses).. the following is not a word for quote, but presents the gist of his comments:.

darkspilver

Hey blondie!

So besides existing Wallkill and Patterson and soon to be completed Warwick, there is a Fishkill facility too?

Gotta keep up

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/money/economy/2014/12/22/jehovahs-witnesses-buy-fishkill-rivercrest-apartments/20788311/

AFAIK they're being used as 'retirement apartments' for bethelites.....

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Brooklyn Brothers Signworks... WUT?

by schnell in

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the ad for this site came up here on jwn.

http://www.brooklynsignworks.com/jw/?gclid=cp7ppbzr_tacfy-baqodwocm1a.

i was not aware that these cart signs were being made and sold by essentially a private company or proprietorship.

darkspilver

Hey joe134cd

I remember hearing at the time that some of the building materials had been sourced directly from the manufacturer in china rather than been brought locally primarily because of the cost. Anybody else know of this happening.

Didn't you hear? They bought a mountain from China

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5696699603353600/_post/6296659155746816

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When will the construction at Warwick finish?

by no-zombie in

i'd like to as the question, when will construction at warwick finish?

will it be before the 2017 agm?i'm asking because, if the construction is basically finished by then, the gb could be free to release more 'new light'.its hardly likely that they would announce big changes that might effect the willingness of their laborers to continue working for free.

so i'm sort of hoping, all the big stuff will be done by then.

darkspilver

Hi no-zombie

I'd like to as the question, when will construction at Warwick finish? Will it be before the 2017 AGM?

I think it was announced at the the 2016 AGM that next year's AGM, in October 2017, will include the dedication of Warwick? so I kinda guess it'll all be completed by then?..... or will it?.....

Public tours of Warwick are starting on Monday 3 April 2017.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwqmWMK7dwtlcEh4OEFBdVh3amM/view

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Fidel Castro and the WT

by Hecce in

i am going to engage on a trip to the past and share with you some of the matters that marked the beginning of the jws persecution in cuba.

you will be surprised that the pattern that was followed is very similar to what happened in other dictatorial countries.. in the cuban case, i am going to surprise you and tell you that like what happened with hitler; the wt was partially responsible for their clash and confrontation with the cuban government.

during the early 60s the revolution was fighting for survival and they were willing and ready to demolish any perceived enemy to their cause.. a prime example was their war against the catholic church that was the most influential religious entity in the country; it took the supreme leader only a few public discourses to send the vast majority of clergy packing and back to their country, in this case spain.. the jehovah’s witnesses were an insignificant minority but they over estimated their importance and displayed a belligerent attitude, it was known that this was a us based religion and an easy target to connect them with the cia.

darkspilver

Oh, and by the way, you really have no excuse NOT knowing about the three page article regarding the Cuban Bethel that appeared in the 15 May 1999 edition of the Watchtower I referred to in my posting above...

But, hey, if you need reminding, which I'm sure you don't - then click here for a scan....