I made my comment on this two days when this video was first posted
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6607981426769920/_post/5866445391003648
darkspilver
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Watchtower and Emoji's - your thoughts
by Tallon inon the jw.org website, the watchtower is sending out a strong warning with regard to emoji's & flirting.. my personal view is that the org is now trying to micro-manage just about every aspect of people's lives!.
https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/worksheets/friendly-or-flirtatious/.
ps: 'quotes are from julia, ellen and tara.
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Kingdom Hall Master Plan. - letter - Consolidation.
by Lostandfound injust seen reference to a recent letter read to congregations about this, anyone got more info please?.
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darkspilver
a letter was read to the congregation this week?
Could it be a localized letter for a specific area regarding changes being made?
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darkspilver
None of those make any sense at all.
haha, they make sense alright
let's hope you don't have kids, and they're not texting the above examples
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Bill introduced to remove the US from all participation in the UN
by ILoveTTATT2 inapparently there was a bill introduced to congress asking for the removal of the us from the participation on the un.. you can read about it here:https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193/textwhat do you think jw's will make out of this?.
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darkspilver
http://www.snopes.com/us-pulling-out-of-un/
An identical "American Sovereignty Restoration Act," intended to "terminate U.S. participation in the United Nations," has been introduced to the House of Representatives at the beginning of each Congress for the last twenty years since 1997. The 2017 and 2015 versions were sponsored by Rep. Rogers, the 2013 version by Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia, and the 1997 through 2011 versions were sponsored by Rep. Ron Paul of Texas (all Republicans).
In each case, the most recently submitted "American Sovereignty Restoration Act" bill has been referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (also known as the House Committee on International Relations) and languished there without ever being passed or brought to a vote.
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Kingdom Hall Master Plan. - letter - Consolidation.
by Lostandfound injust seen reference to a recent letter read to congregations about this, anyone got more info please?.
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darkspilver
mea culpa!
sorry Lostandfound - you actually asked for "a recent letter read to congregations about this" - please note that the above letter was addressed to the elders ONLY and was therefore NOT read out in congregations.
Instead of a letter, I believe you are actually referencing a VIDEO that WAS played to all congregations in the US during their midweek meeting week starting 7 November 2016 which explains briefly about both relocating and merging congregations.
If you want you can 'fast-forward' to 2:30, but you'll miss some of the facts and figures....
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Kingdom Hall Master Plan. - letter - Consolidation.
by Lostandfound injust seen reference to a recent letter read to congregations about this, anyone got more info please?.
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BoE Letter July 8, 2015 - Re: Fully Utilizing Kingdom Hall Auditoriums
The master plan may identify auditoriums that could be better utilized. In such cases, the branch office, with the assistance of the circuit overseer(s) and the bodies of elders, will consider the following questions: Could congregations merge in order to make better use of the auditorium capacity? Could a congregation relocate to an auditorium with sufficient parking and seating? If so, the branch office may decide that a new Kingdom Hall is not needed and direct that a merger take place. Such adjustments will result in conserving donated funds.
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JW guilty on all accounts & bond revoked for sexual abuse in FL
by LevelThePlayingField inthis news article has a news video inside it straight from the station.
finally the judge doesn't hold back.. http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/jehovah-witness-teachers-aide-sex-scandal-guilty-on-all-counts.
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darkspilver
That's an ambitious extrapolation there.
Barbara Anderson's original statisitical data is based over a significant time period - four years - and on a significant pool of people - 132,000.
It would be interesting to compare that against the mean for the general population
OK, looking at just the UK, and again using Barbara Anderson's original statisitical data as the base point - in 4 years, 25 JW ministers were convicted of child molestation charges in the UK - assuming that means publishers, rather than just appointed elders/MSs. That's 25 divided by 4 = 6.25 convictions of child molestion-per-year (actual)
In the UK, over a 15 year period (1997 to 2012) there were 29,837 registered offenders convicted of offences against children aged under 18. (I understand these offences are actually more general and include, for example, violence against children)
29,837 divided by 15 years = 1,989-convicted offenders-a-year
Population of the UK in 2011 was 63,182,000 divided by 1,989 convicted offenders = 1 convicted offender for every 31,766 people in the UK-per-year
Average number of JW publishers in 2011 in the UK was 130,808
If JWs had the same number of convicted offenders as per the annual national average: 130,808 divided by 31,766 = 4.12 convictions-per-year (national average)
Therefore the above figures indicate a 50% higher rate than the national average in the UK (but please check my maths!)In response to a written question, the then Home Office Minister Jeremy Browne stated that, as at 6 September 2012, there were 29,837 offenders whose details were on the Violent and Sex Offenders Register (ViSOR) Dangerous Persons Database who had convictions against children (aged under 18). These figures only include people who have committed offences since the introduction of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 (on 1 September 1997).
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/child-abuse-and-neglect/child-sexual-abuse/sexual-abuse-facts-statistics/ -
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Dose Wt really have that much cash.
by joe134cd ini realize that wt has got a wind fall of cash through various means.
so my question is in the greater scheme of things is it really that much.
for example let's say with all their real estate and cash on hand they are worth about $20 billion dollars.
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darkspilver
I thought the WTS MEPS covered most of the simultaneous translation of their literature so hundreds of translators were not needed.
But remember what MEPS actually is - Multilanguage Electronic Phototypesetting System - that means simply that it's a sophisticated form of a typewriter that can handle the typesetting of over 600 language fonts.
Note that the acronym was later changed to represent Multilanguage Electronic Publishing System
I believe the most recent reference to it's use is in the - still currently being used - Jehovah's Will brochure
Who Are Doing Jehovah’s Will Today?
Lesson 23: How Is Our Literature Written and Translated?
Computers speed up the process. A computer cannot replace human writers and translators. However, their tasks can be sped up by using computerized dictionaries, language tools, and research materials. Jehovah’s Witnesses designed a Multilanguage Electronic Publishing System (MEPS) by which text can be entered in hundreds of languages, merged with accompanying artwork, and composed for printing
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/jehovahs-will/literature-written-and-translated/Awake 8 March 1986, pages 24 to 27
MEPS — What It Can and Cannot Do
Does MEPS Translate?
Remember now, MEPS is a multilanguage system, which is certainly needed by Jehovah’s Witnesses, since they regularly publish in over 150 languages. MEPS is unique because of its ability to handle all of these, as well as many other languages. In fact, presently it is programmed to take care of nearly 200 languages! But what does this mean? How is MEPS able to get written text translated from say English into Spanish?
The point to get clear is that, while MEPS can process many different languages, it does not translate from one language to another! People are used to do the actual translating. Machines are unable to replace humans as truly effective translators. The MEPS graphics terminal has been designed to display a great variety of languages. How has this been done? The keys on the keyboard have been made so they can be redefined, that is, they can electronically be altered to care for any language for which the computer has been instructed, or programmed.
Let’s illustrate this by examining what happens when a Spanish translator, working with a typewriter, translates text from English to Spanish. The translator has the English text before him on paper. Using his knowledge of the languages, he translates the thoughts from English so that the Spanish reader can absorb the ideas that were originated by the writer in English. But the translator cannot type the Spanish text with an English typewriter. Why not? Because the Spanish language has accented characters that are not found on an English typewriter. He needs a Spanish typewriter. And that’s what the MEPS graphics terminal provides. To get the Spanish keyboard, a simple command is punched that alters the keyboard to that for the Spanish language.
But as noted earlier, it is not simply Spanish and English that the MEPS graphics terminal can handle but nearly 200 languages! And as you may well be aware, many languages, such as Armenian, Korean, Russian, and Arabic, use an entirely different alphabet, or script. Also, there are nonalphabetic languages, such as Chinese and Japanese, for which MEPS is now being programmed. Some languages read from left to right while others read from right to left. Programming MEPS to take care of all these languages has been no small task, and there is still much to do!
However, remember: While MEPS can handle all these languages, a person who knows the language has to do the translating, and the translated text has to be entered into MEPS.
Some smaller branch offices and isolated translators do not have the direct need of the MEPS equipment. In many cases they use only the IBM Personal Computer, which stores what is entered on it on a thin, flexible diskette. This diskette is then mailed to a branch having a MEPS, where the material stored on the diskette is composed and prepared for printing.
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Indeed, MEPS is making publishing in many languages easier. Truly, it is an exciting leap forward in publishing, even though it does not make writing easy and does not translate. -
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dewayne dedmon: center for san antonio spurs, grew up a JW.
by nowwhat? ini was watching the cavaliers- spurs game last night and the announcers mentioned how dedmonds mom was a devout jw.
and she wouldn't allow her son to play high school basketball because it would take away from service to the church.
so fortunately he turned 18 for his senior year , so he didn't need parental consent to play.
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darkspilver
haha, yeah, cool
there was a story here about him back in 2011
The original link to the story (in the above thread) doesn't work any more - but here's an updated link - it's from Sports Illustrated (14 November 2011 edition)
http://www.si.com/vault/2011/11/14/106130712/dewayne-dedmons-leap-of-faith
See also video interview below
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JW guilty on all accounts & bond revoked for sexual abuse in FL
by LevelThePlayingField inthis news article has a news video inside it straight from the station.
finally the judge doesn't hold back.. http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/jehovah-witness-teachers-aide-sex-scandal-guilty-on-all-counts.
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They're coming on an almost daily basis, it seems.
Yes, according to Barbara Anderson's excellent research we are effectively seeing ONE JW minister being CONVICTED of child molestation EVERY SINGLE DAY.
"In the previous four years (starting in 2010), twenty-five Jehovah’s Witness ministers were convicted of child molestation charges in the UK." Worldwide there are an average of 8,132,358 publishers. In the UK there are an average of 134,517 publishers - ie 60 times the number. 60 x 25 convictions = 1,500 divide by four years = 375-a-year-worldwide - ie effectively just over ONE conviction-per-day.
