Posts by darkspilver

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RC 2017

by wifibandit in

due to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).

the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .

as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.

darkspilver

BRITAIN 2017 REGIONAL CONVENTIONS

30 June to 2 July 2017

English: Manchester Arena, Victoria Station, Manchester M3 1AR
English: Coventry Ricoh Arena, Phoenix Way, Foleshill, Coventry CV6 6GE
English: Exeter (A) Westpoint Centre, Clyst St Mary, Exeter EX5 1DJ

7 to 9 July 2017

English: Sheffield Arena, Broughton Lane, Sheffield S9 2DF
English: Exeter (B) Westpoint Centre, Clyst St Mary, Exeter EX5 1DJ

14 to 16 July 2017

English: Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium, Village Way, Brighton BN1 9BL
English: Milton Keynes (A) Stadium MK, Stadium Way, Milton Keynes MK1 1ST
Italian: North London Assembly Hall, 174 Bowes Road, London N11 2JG

21 to 23 July 2017

English: Milton Keynes (B) Stadium MK, Stadium Way, Milton Keynes MK1 1ST
French: North London Assembly Hall, 174 Bowes Road, London N11 2JG

28 to 30 July 2017

English: Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, Arena Way, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE4 7NA
English: Milton Keynes (C) Stadium MK, Stadium Way, Milton Keynes MK1 1ST
English: Telford International Centre, St Quentin Gate, Telford TF3 4JH
English: Glasgow SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, Glasgow G3 8YW
Greek: North London Assembly Hall, 174 Bowes Road, London N11 2JG

4 to 6 August 2017

English: Liverpool ACC, Kings Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool L3 4FP
English: Bournemouth International Centre, Exeter Road, Bournemouth BH2 5BH
English: Cardiff (A) Motorpoint Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff CF10 2EQ
Russian: North London Assembly Hall, 174 Bowes Road, London N11 2JG
Slovak: Dudley Assembly Hall, 22 Castle Hill, Dudley DY1 4QQ

11 to 13 August 2017

English: London (A) ExCeL, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL
Spanish: London ExCeL, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL
English: Leeds First Direct Arena, Arena Way, Leeds LS2 8BY
English: Cardiff (B) Motorpoint Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff CF10 2EQ
Welsh: Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff CF10 2EQ
Gujarati: Dudley Assembly Hall, 22 Castle Hill, Dudley DY1 4QQ
Punjabi: Dudley Assembly Hall, 22 Castle Hill, Dudley DY1 4QQ
Tamil: London Edgware Kingdom Hall, Avion Crescent, Grahame Park Way, London NW9 5NZ
Twi: North London Assembly Hall, 174+188 Bowes Road, London N11 2JG

18 to 20 August 2017

English: London (B) ExCeL, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL
Portuguese: London ExCeL, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL
English: Birmingham Genting Arena, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham B40 1NT
British Sign Language: Dudley Assembly Hall, 22 Castle Hill, Dudley DY1 4QQ
Lingala: North London Assembly Hall, 174 Bowes Road, London N11 2JG
Tagalog: London Edgware Kingdom Hall, Avion Crescent, Grahame Park Way, London NW9 5NZ

25 to 27 August 2017

English: London (C) ExCeL, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL
Polish: London ExCeL, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL
Albanian: London Edgware Kingdom Hall, Avion Crescent, Grahame Park Way, London NW9 5NZ
Lithuanian: London Edgware Kingdom Hall, Avion Crescent, Grahame Park Way, London NW9 5NZ
Arabic: London Northumberland Kingdom Hall, 1 Shelbourne Road, Tottenham, London N17 0JX
Chinese (Cantonese): Dudley Assembly Hall, 22 Castle Hill, Dudley DY1 4QQ
Chinese (Mandarin): Dudley Assembly Hall, 22 Castle Hill, Dudley DY1 4QQ
Persian: Mill Hill Kingdom Hall, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1RN
Romanian: North London Assembly Hall, 174 Bowes Road, London N11 2JG

Hotel booking (use your five digit congregation number as the 'password')

https://www.ibsaconvention.org

If you wish to use a 'no frills' budget hotel such as Premier Inn or Travelodge, or a guesthoue, you should book direct, as the Convention committee's have not negotiated prices with them

IRELAND 2017 REGIONAL CONVENTIONS

14 to 16 July 2017

English: Dublin Citywest Conference Centre, Saggart, Co. Dublin

4 to 6 August 2017

Polish: Dublin Citywest Conference Centre, Saggart, Co. Dublin

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Link to the English version of the Quebec (French) documentary, "The Kingdom's Dirty Secrets" (About JW's hiding child abuse)

by AndersonsInfo in

here's a link to the english version of the quebec documentary, the kingdom's dirty secrets that aired in canada at the beginning of december.

i was told that it's okay to share the documentary and post on social media.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ajphgmt9jibarbara

darkspilver

pity they've decided to go with subtitles in CAPITALS on this new version, though the voice over is in English and original English interviews have been kept

But, it's just a rehash of this? yes?

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4895699349012480/new-documentary-on-pedophilia-english-subtitles

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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

Hi sir82!

There was a "Questions From Readers" in the late 40's or early 50's, something about whether JWs are to be considered a "religion".

Is it these two Questions from Readers from 1951?

"In the past we regarded 'religion' as anything that was against God’s will. Now many brothers are using the expressions 'true religion' and 'false religion' to make a distinction. Is this advisable?"

Link to scan

Which was followed five months later by:

"Why has the Watchtower Society suddenly approved the use of the word 'religion' relative to the worship of Jehovah’s witnesses?"

Link to scan

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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

jw
friends

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

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 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

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 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

jw
friends

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.....