Posts by darkspilver

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World Religion News: New Jehovah’s Witness Headquarters Hosts First Open Houses

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/new-jehovahs-witness-headquarters-hosts-first-open-houses.

new jehovah’s witness headquarters hosts first open houses.

28 apr 2017 posted by nathan glover .

darkspilver

Hi Barbara!

FYI, I received an email yesterday from someone in the know who said that worldreligionnews.com is published by a JW apologist.

You might prefer this one instead?

Apparently it's from the 'local' newspaper, The Warwick Advertiser, which is part of the Straus News network - it also includes a small slide-show and a video - which I've copied below for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op6ilDMY2gE

The Warwick Advertiser, May 4, 2017

Jehovah’s Witnesses host open houses at new world headquarters
Offered tours of the campus, including museum of rare bibles
WARWICK — Jehovah’s Witnesses opened the doors to their new state-of-the-art world headquarters in Sterling Forest over the past two weekends in an effort to allow local residents and those who contributed to its construction a chance to see the finished complex and learn more about their organization.
“It’s our way of saying thank you to the community for warmly welcoming us,” said Robert Warren, a spokesperson for the organization. “We’ve had such wonderful relations with the local communities, the town boards, the local officials. We just kind of wanted our neighbors to be able to come in and see the place now that it’s finished and show that we definitely appreciate being part of the community.”
Over the two weekends, 863 people visited during the open houses, the majority of which were non-Witnesses.
READ MORE: http://www.warwickadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20170504/NEWS01/170509944/Jehovah%92s-Witnesses-host-open-houses-at-new-world-headquarters

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JW martyr on trial - what is happening in Kazakhstan?

by OrphanCrow in

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what is happening in kazakhstan?

that country that occupies a space between russia and china?.

kazakhstan is a landlocked country in central asia that shares borders with russia, china, kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan, and turkmenistan, and also adjoins a large part of the caspian sea.. kazakhstan is 70% muslim.

darkspilver

And why would the org ignore Asaf Guliyev?

Now that's interestingly weird because....

This is the current news item from 26 January 2017:

KAZAKHSTAN: Kazakhstan Authorities Entrap and Imprison Witness on Fabricated Charges
On January 18, 2017, Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee arrested and imprisoned Teymur Akhmedov for talking to others about his religious beliefs. During May and June 2016, seven men invited Teymur to a rented apartment, claiming to be interested in the beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses. They also met at Teymur’s home later in the year. Unbeknownst to Teymur, these seven “Bible students” covertly video recorded their conversations.
Based on these peaceful religious discussions, Teymur was charged with “inciting religious discord” and “advocating [religious] superiority.” He is in pretrial detention for 60 days, but he faces a 5- to 10-year prison term if found guilty.
Teymur, who is 60 years old, is married and has a serious medical condition. His attorneys expect that the appeal from the pretrial detention order will be heard during the week of January 23, 2017.
https://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/by-region/kazakhstan/witnesses-imprisoned-20170126/

But, wait, lets choose another (non-English) language, because, why not?....

KAZAKHSTAN: Akuluakulu a Boma a ku Kazakhstan Anamanga a Mboni pa Mlandu Wabodza
Pa 18 January 2017, komiti yoona za chitetezo m’dziko la Kazakhstan inamanga Teymur Akhmedov ndi Asaf Guliyev chifukwa cholankhula ndi anthu ena zokhudza zikhulupiriro zawo. M’mwezi wa May ndiponso wa June 2016, anthu 7, omwe anati anakafuna kudziwa zimene a Mboni za Yehova amakhulupirira, anaitana Teymur ndi Asaf kuti akakambirane nawo kunyumba ina yalendi. Komanso pa nthawi ina anthuwo anakumana ndi Teymur ndi Asaf kunyumba zawo. A Mboniwa sankadziwa kuti anthuwa ankajambula vidiyo ya zimene ankakambiranazo.
[etc etc]
https://www.jw.org/ny/nkhani/malamulo/potengera-dera/kazakhstan/a-mboni-anamangidwa-20170126/

Wait! Notice the difference?!

Let's now go back in time and see what the English page looked like on say 20 February 2017....

KAZAKHSTAN: Kazakhstan Authorities Entrap and Imprison Witnesses on Fabricated Charges
On January 18, 2017, Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee arrested and imprisoned Teymur Akhmedov and Asaf Guliyev for talking to others about their religious beliefs. During May and June 2016, seven men invited Teymur and Asaf to a rented apartment, claiming to be interested in the beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses. They also met at the homes of Teymur and Asaf later in the year. Unbeknownst to the Witnesses, these seven “Bible students” covertly video recorded their conversations.
Based on these peaceful religious discussions, Teymur and Asaf were charged with “inciting religious discord” and “advocating [religious] superiority.” Both men are in pretrial detention for 60 days and face a 5- to 10-year prison term if found guilty.
Teymur is 60 years old and has a serious medical condition. Asaf is 43 years old. Both men are married. Their attorneys expect their appeal to be heard during the week of January 23, 2017.
https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20170220121649/https://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/by-region/kazakhstan/witnesses-imprisoned-20170126/

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JW martyr on trial - what is happening in Kazakhstan?

by OrphanCrow in

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friends

what is happening in kazakhstan?

that country that occupies a space between russia and china?.

kazakhstan is a landlocked country in central asia that shares borders with russia, china, kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan, and turkmenistan, and also adjoins a large part of the caspian sea.. kazakhstan is 70% muslim.

darkspilver

FYI

JW .ORG, MAY 3, 2017

Kazakhstan Tramples on Religious Freedom and Convicts Teymur Akhmedov
On May 2, 2017, an Astana court sentenced Teymur Akhmedov to five years in prison merely for sharing his religious beliefs with others. He is the first of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kazakhstan to be criminally convicted for his religious activity since the nation’s independence in 1991.
READ MORE: https://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/by-region/kazakhstan/tramples-on-religious-freedom-convicts-teymur-akhmedov/

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Maintenance Co-ordinator

by Phoebe in

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i don't know if anyone has mentioned this, i've scrolled through to see but don't see anything.. last saturday our congregation had a special meeting and everyone was supposed to attend.

i didn't go of course because i'm trying to stay away but my jw neighbor filled me in.

a brother and his wife came and he has a title, i think it's maintenance coordinator or something.

darkspilver

Yeah, wifibandit uploaded the videos, the instruction cards and letter about five months ago

Check them out here:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6250689053327360/kingdom-hall-maintenance-arrangements-under-ldc

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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

Interesting:

(4) Your child has association with others in places that are beyond your vision, such as on a school bus, in the backseat of a vehicle, at sleepovers and social gatherings, in auxiliary rooms and restrooms of meeting places, and at recreational areas, such as playgrounds and swimming pools

'meeting places' = 'kingdom halls'

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2017 Regional Convention Outlines

by accesible in

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2017 regional convention outlines.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0bywm0b0qtwlstw8ws2litmhcrja.

aquí están todos los bosquejos de la asamblea regional 2017 en inglés.

darkspilver

It's NOT a password issue

PM sent to wifibandit

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The real reason Chelmsford hasn't been stopped

by Saltheart Foamfollower in

i haven't seen this mentioned yet.

last year in the uk, shortly after the money grab that everyone had, we had a video and letter (both probably still available from atlantis) appealing for money for the new bethel and slips were handed out etc.

this means that most uk congregations are sending a regular donation specifically for the chelmsford build.

darkspilver

Hey Diogenesister

wrong thread?

Could try this one: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/499050001/_post/6270739653066752

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Update on U.S. Local Design/Construction Arrangement—May 2017

by neat blue dog in

https://photos.google.com/share/af1qipoujulgkxn02fa9s1iu-tzraj_4lwdepjgaur7crfbnqze5eccnvo8ki6jbnp-6sa?key=ajfvcy1vnfdra2dhzgdrwgtbekjmb04zrhlzwwf3.

darkspilver

thanks

Hope I haven't missed anything else in this manner, these things need their own thread.

Sure, but I believe this forum limits members to posting only one or two actual new threads in every 24 hours (to help stop spamming etc etc) - hence the posting onto already existing threads on the same subject

For example, rather than 'use up' one of my new thread quotas for today (in case something else comes along that I want to post that definately needs it's own thread) - I posted the below onto an already existing thread as it was related:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5155561744105472/_post/6225727068307456

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Any pdfs for jw schools,? Secondly for traveling overseers, branch etc.

by average joe in

i was hoping there might be some newly leaked pdfs for ministerial training school, school for single brothers and school for christian couples, kingdom school for elders, and bethel school.whatever else school there is.

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also school for circuit overseers and traveling overseers and anyone above the title of elder really.

darkspilver

FYI Below is the week long schedule for the ongoing Elder's School

It gives the titles of each of the parts/talks and the WT references that are referred to - which should give a reasonable overview of the basics

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwofxgrfEXucVW5DNlNSSHdkRms/view

see: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5737733991432192/april-19-2017-boe-re-kingdom-ministry-school-2018-service-year

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Reveal News Hosts a Conference About JWs and Child Sex Abuse

by Hecce in

reveal news hosts a conference about jws and child sex abuse; the world is finally noticing!.

by alexandra james on april 26, 2017 • ( 9 comments ).

on april 26, 2017, in london, reveal news hosted a conference regarding the problem of jehovah’s witnesses and child sex abuse.

darkspilver

FYI

Reveal News, May 3, 2017

Reveal event aims to pry loose documents in Jehovah’s Witnesses cover-up
There’s no question whether Jehovah’s Witnesses policies direct elders to keep child abuse secret from police. They do.
And there’s no question whether the religion’s headquarters maintains a database of alleged child sexual abusers going back decades. Or that Jehovah’s Witnesses leaders have violated court orders to hand it over.
It’s been three years since we began investigating the global child sexual abuse cover-up inside the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization, and even though we’ve learned many key details, questions still remain.
How many child abusers are still active around the world because the Jehovah’s Witnesses did not report them? Which congregations do they attend? And why, even in the face of lawsuits and multimillion-dollar court judgments, do leaders refuse to change their policies in any significant way?
We’ve demonstrated our findings in text, television, radio and virtual reality stories. But we felt there was more to do because of the strong public interest that would be served by answering those questions.
We decided to go back to our sources, people around the world who had fueled our coverage, and try to gather them in one place for a day. As an independent, nonpartisan journalism organization, we would broker a day of speakers, panels and candid discussions about ways to address the Jehovah’s Witnesses child abuse crisis.
We chose London because the Jehovah’s Witnesses are fighting multiple lawsuits and investigations related to their child abuse policies there. The law firm Bolt Burdon Kemp – which has the largest abuse litigation department in England – currently has civil lawsuits against the Jehovah’s Witnesses and brought child abuse experts and survivors from around the U.K.
READ MORE: https://www.revealnews.org/blog/reveal-event-aims-to-pry-lose-documents-in-jehovahs-witness-cover-up/