Posts by darkspilver

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Convention invitations

by dothemath in

so everyone is supposed to get all excited about the invitation work starting tomorrow, according to the announcement from the platform.. maybe this makes sense if you're giving out invitations in the city where the convention is, but what if you're many hours away?.

a huge part of western canada is scheduled to attend edmonton alberta this july.

so how does that go over giving out invitations in winnipeg, about a 13 hour drive(that's just driving time).. i know some are actually planning on flying there, so i can't see getting excited about getting the public to make the trek.. i was curious how this is going over in other areas?.

darkspilver

The car drive from the Bracknell Kingdom Hall to Brighton Stadium is an approximate 85 minute / 72 mile one-way trip

The event takes place at the Brighton & Hove Albion's Amex stadium in July

Bracknell News, 29 June 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses have promised to visit every household in the town as part of a campaign before a convention in Brighton next month.
Six congregations worth of the Christian sect based in Bracknell are set to send out personal invitations encouraging the general public to come along to their convention.
The meet up will take place at Brighton & Hove Albion's Amex Stadium on July 14, 15 and 16.

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UK Judge says JW videos damage children

by krismalone in

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/11/jehovahs-witness-agrees-not-show-son-religious-cartoons-risk/.

darkspilver

thanks for posting this

FWIW - the link to the full judgement from the Family Court at Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court (dated 9 May 2017) is here:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5132737063157760/_post/4907739497103360

in the media, it seems to have been picked up firstly by a 'local' newspaper here:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5132737063157760/_post/5942876544434176

It was then picked up by the UK national Daily Telegraph on their website - as per your link in the OP

It was then PRINTED in the paper edition of the Daily Telegraph on Monday 12 June 2017 - Page 10

A copy of the printed version is available here:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5132737063157760/_post/6295236265377792

There is also further discussion/s of the topic here:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5147967486951424/judge-acts-limit-watchtowers-influence-on-child

and here:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5716548410933248/judge-doesnt-want-youngster-go-any-assemblies-conventions-memorial

and here:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5641455739600896/uk-child-banned-from-seeing-jw-videos

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Would You Outlaw Jehovah's Witnesses If You Had Your Way?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i still believe in freedom of religion even if i disagree with the beliefsof the religion.

what about you?.

darkspilver

Books wide open.

JW Financial Statements for Norway

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/6k1qib/jw_financial_statements_for_norway/

JWs receive public support and send hundreds of millions out of the country

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Nursing exam question on JW blood beliefs

by adjusted knowledge in

jw
friends

i had a similar question on my nclex exam for my nursing license.

in the rapid changing beliefs of jws what is the correct answer?.

.

darkspilver

Medical practice is supposed to, um, save lives.

Charlie Gard.

It's complicated, and sad.

In some ways the more medical science advances, the more difficult it can become.

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Introducing Our Rockstar Governing Body

by pale.emperor in

isnt nice to see the governing body being so humble, meek and not seeking their own importance?.

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stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/005df9f7e68e40cb9b013248fe7b670c.html

darkspilver

We can however be critical of them autographing bibles for cuban dictators.

Watchtower 15 May 1999, page 8

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/207117/governing-body-autographs-gift-bibles-cuban-authorities

I believe Lloyd Barry, John Barr and Gerrit Losch:

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Police cordon around Honiton's Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses after fatal stabbing

by ShirleyW in

jw
friends

hey uk folks, what's going with this story?

was it an unbelieving mate that attacked and elder or something?.

darkspilver

FYI

Funeral held for Devon man Philip Ryan killed in Honiton

Devon Live, Wednesday June 28, 2017
More than 900 people have attended the funeral of a Westward Ho! tradesman described a "kind, gentle and intelligent man who was killed in a stabbing in Honiton.
A large crowd gathered at Bristol Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Saturday, June 24, to say their good byes to a Philip Ryan, 55, man who "volunteered and helped out on so many different projects that he had friends and admirers all over".

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Old Convention Pictures

by Bangalore in

old convention pictures.. .

.

bangalore.

darkspilver

FWIW this is an interesting youtube channel, if you're interested in this sort of thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbt7O0idQF0

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Introducing Our Rockstar Governing Body

by pale.emperor in

isnt nice to see the governing body being so humble, meek and not seeking their own importance?.

.

stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/005df9f7e68e40cb9b013248fe7b670c.html

darkspilver

FWIW here's the fuller uncropped version:

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Uh!oh! Serena - where to now?

by fulltimestudent in

jw
friends

appearing among other things that waste my time on the web today, was this vanity fair cover featuring a naked pregnant serena.

surely evidence that she no longer sees herself as even a jw associate, what's more likely does not give a stuff what her fomer loving brothers and sisters may think.. .

more info on the vf web-site: http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/06/serena-williams-cover-story.

darkspilver

Oh, it's another Annie Leibovitz photo

This is Annie Leibovitz's cover photo from August 1991 of Demi Moore

Also - is Serena wearing a flesh coloured g-string in her photograph?...

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Wow i do not reconize this religion anymore...

by _Morpheus in

had the misfortune of stopping by the "regional" convention yesterday.

i promised my daughter i would come to sunday afternoon so she wouldnt have to ride home with her mother.... holy crap it was weird!

im sure all of this has been covered on the forum but to actually see it.... just wow.

darkspilver

Not sure why someone down voted my post above

In terms of the OP's thread title - Wow i do not reconize this religion anymore - the WT's website, over the last 20 years, is an example of that very principle in action.

Twenty years ago the WT was very specific in the 1997 KM I quoted

The purpose of our Web site is not to release new publications

And today?

ALL new releases are released via the website first

Actually I don't think they're even producing physical DVDs anymore - so those are ONLY being released via website/app

Edited:

Yeah, down vote if you want, but here's the letter from last year:

Letter March 18, 2016 - Re: Discontinuing Feature-Length DVD and Audio CD Production

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwqmWMK7dwtlMUpNQ3FwbDNZMTQ/view