Posts by darkspilver

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A conversation with my ultra dub relative

by joe134cd in

here's a conversation i just had with my relative a few minutes ago i'll let you decide.. relative : would you like to read your grandfather the days txt (she passes joe the phone).

joe : sure.

(then proceed to read it to my grandfather and explain it).. after discussing the points joe says to relative.. hey what's the story arnt they printing books any more.. relative : no they arnt necessary any more.. joe : really why is that.. relative : it's all on line.

darkspilver

Relative : no its never been like that.

I wish I could laugh

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR

Watchtower April 15, 2013, page 13

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20130415/help-others-using-gods-word/

Paragraph 6: How could we use the Bible to a fuller extent in our teaching? If you have the privilege of teaching the congregation from the platform, use specific Bible references. Rather than paraphrasing key scriptures or reading them from a computer printout or an electronic device, open the Bible and read from it, and encourage the audience to do the same. Also, take time to apply the verses in a way that helps the audience draw closer to Jehovah. Instead of using complicated illustrations and experiences that merely entertain, use the time to expound on God’s Word.

(yes, italics by Governing Body, not me)

Our Kingdom Ministry September 2009, page 2

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Paragraph 3: Make it a practice to open your Bible and follow along during congregation meetings. When engaging in personal study and in preparation for congregation meetings, look up the cited Scriptural texts and meditate on their application. Many find that reading Bible texts directly from the Bible rather than from a computer monitor or printout makes it easier to locate them later when needed in the ministry.—John 14:26.

Our Kingdom Ministry September 2000, page 3 Question Box

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Paragraph 4: When the speaker reads selected scriptures, he does so directly from the Bible, not from a computer-generated printout.

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Morning Woship: Kenneth Flodin targets "apostates"

by Sanchy in

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video is entitled "beware of deceit" he uses the letter of jude to show that current day apostates are deceitful and that they use "trickery" to and "twist facts" to try to "grab our mind".

warning: your head might explode.

especially past the 5:30 mark.

darkspilver

Weird

Below is the Question from Readers Watchtower 1 July 1957

Links to bigger size:

Page One

Page Two

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR

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Celebrating exJWs Jehovah Witness Memorial that was yesterday Today

by Butterflyleia85 in

hey everyone!.

it's been 7 years since i been disfellowshipped and things are amazing!

i still continue to grow as a person.

darkspilver

Thanks, I understand the principle behind it, it's just, well, the kinda - lack of traction - it seems to have,

Maybe it's just a Facebook bubble

https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles?language=en

http://thedailybanter.com/2016/04/facebook-is-creating-micro-bubbles/

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR

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Jeremy Vine Show (Radio 2) discussing JWs

by pajaha in

for those in the uk, note they are discussing jws on r2 (shortly after 1pm) today.

they were asking to hear from those brought up as jws but i guess too late now.you should be able to listen on catch-up afterwards at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio (look for the jeremy vine show), but not sure if you can get it if you're overseas..

darkspilver

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07l5fwx

"Jehovah's Witnesses: We talk to a woman whose parents were Jehovah witnesses."

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR

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aaaaaaaaagh----already

by stan livedeath in

so--ive bought a house--got the keys yesterday--took a car full of stuff over to it today--i'm upstairs--heard my wife talking to someone downstairs at the doorstep.............. yep--2 dubs--handing our invites to an assembly next month.

but its in a town called bournemouth ( uk )--which means an hours car journey--plus a very expensive ferry crossing.

( i live on an offshore island ).

darkspilver

That photo....is it for real?? It looks really freaky....all those people sitting ramrod straight staring at a big screen

yeah it's for real.... it was for a Memorial Service for Jerry Collins

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

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/276477/tributes-to-'larger-than-life'-jerry-collins

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR

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aaaaaaaaagh----already

by stan livedeath in

so--ive bought a house--got the keys yesterday--took a car full of stuff over to it today--i'm upstairs--heard my wife talking to someone downstairs at the doorstep.............. yep--2 dubs--handing our invites to an assembly next month.

but its in a town called bournemouth ( uk )--which means an hours car journey--plus a very expensive ferry crossing.

( i live on an offshore island ).

darkspilver

Hey steve2

Late last year a JW.org flyer was stuffed into my letter box inviting me to their annual convention in Dunedin (which usually run in New Zealand months after those in the Northern Hemisphere). I live in the Greater Wellington District.
Dunedin is in the South Island of New Zealand, Wellington the North Island, a distance of about 800 kilometres (approx. 500 miles).

Well seems like WT have listened to you

Friday 30 September to Sunday 2 October 2016

Te Rauparaha Arena
17 Parumoana Street, PORIRUA 5022

http://www.terauparaha-arena.co.nz

https://goo.gl/maps/Fdow4K7gVfx

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR

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How Many Disfellowshipped Are There In The US?

by Village Idiot in

i've read in the watchtower, as well as observed personally, that 1% of the congregation gets disfellowshipped every year.

i'm not good at the math but i figure that it's 40% since 1975 (yes i know, they're growing).

i know that quite a few return but still, there must be a large percentage of disfellowshipped jws who will never return.

darkspilver

OK, I think it's from your own calculations, rather than was WT has printed/admitted - the 'Leavers' number is obtained by looking at the annual increase (or decrease) in publisher numbers compared to the number baptized over the same time

For example: Over a Service Year, if the number of publishers reporting increased by 100, and 110 were baptized, that means you are claiming there were 10 leavers

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR

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How Many Disfellowshipped Are There In The US?

by Village Idiot in

i've read in the watchtower, as well as observed personally, that 1% of the congregation gets disfellowshipped every year.

i'm not good at the math but i figure that it's 40% since 1975 (yes i know, they're growing).

i know that quite a few return but still, there must be a large percentage of disfellowshipped jws who will never return.

darkspilver

HeyGiordano

Starting in the service year 1960-1961 the peak publishers were 965,169 and there were what the Society called 'Leavers' which totaled 14,233.
My guess is that these were people who were DFed or faded etc.
In 1975-76 the increase was 69,134 the Leavers totaled 137, 249..

Where are those figures from? Are they printed in the publications? (Yearbook?)

TIA

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR

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Celebrating exJWs Jehovah Witness Memorial that was yesterday Today

by Butterflyleia85 in

hey everyone!.

it's been 7 years since i been disfellowshipped and things are amazing!

i still continue to grow as a person.

darkspilver

It's a big thing on FB the group is called Watchtower Victims Memorial Day I think.

Ah right interesting, cool - I feel sure that if Simon felt it was important enough or warranted attention he'd have used the right hand side column of this forum to highlight it with some text and images as per he recently did with regard to the sad events in Nice, but he evidently choose not to.

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR

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Just a little anecdote illustrating how out of touch the typical JW is

by sir82 in

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this weeks book study lesson was on martha, the sister of lazarus.

the chapter in the "imitate their faith" book praised her for being "industrious".. the conductor at our congregation meeting was just positively gushing about how "industrious" modern-day jw women are.. he was so exciting, he could barely get the words out.

following is not an exact quote, but conveys the gist:.

darkspilver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcnyt6fhnEk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xJ8uWsINW4

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR