Posts by darkspilver

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Formatting issues

by bikerchic in

how do i turn off the formatting when i use the quote button?.

when i want to start a new paragraph and can't get out of the quote section?.

that made it worse, help!

darkspilver

Hey bikerchic!

Like this?
When I want to start a new paragraph and can't get out of the quote section?

My first 'easy peasy' tip to try out is this -

When you start a new comment, and before you type anything or paste anything...

Use the return key / carriage return about ten or so times to go down the page

Then use the cursor keys to go back to top and start typing and pasting

This means if you get into a problem or situation such as you describe - you simply escape it by using the down cursor keys to move on to the blank lines you made earlier.

(and don't worry about deleting any unused extra lines at the bottom of your comment / post before you submit it - I understand that Simon's forum software automatically removes any 'spare' blank lines)

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Fun with Google Trends

by Simon in

in case you don't know, google trends is a fantastic tool - it lets you look at search terms over time and view trends.

it can, for instance, tell you if interest in something is growing or diminishing based on how many people are searching for it.. of course it can't tell if the searches are for negative or positive information .... here's some results for jw related terms:.

https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2fm%2f0dtdq,jw.org,watchtower.

darkspilver

They seem to have had a boost in the last 5 years as they embraced the Internet but it looks like things are now starting to wane.

That's the number of searchs for using the google search engine (not actual website visits)

Therefore it probably just shows that people are getting much more savvy with their internet use and learning how to do a direct type in for the website they want, rather than typing it into google first, then clicking a link. Or maybe now people are much more used to using a bookmark too.

Of course that now means that dubs are much less likely to see 'other' sites as they're not searching in the first place, they're going direct - which was likely the goal of the GB by going with an easy and very short domain name.

Oh, and of course, the increased use of the QR code.

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From Bob Hope Theater to JW Assembly Hall

by Hecce in

just a remembrance of the woodland hills, ca assembly hall.

i am enclosing a partial copy of a wikipedia article covering the purchase and subsequent sale of the facility by the jw.

i am enclosing the link and please pay attention to the bold portion of the document.. the theater project was backed by entertainers bob hope and art linkletter, along with cy warner.. the 2865-seat facility opened july 6, 1964 with the sound of music.

darkspilver

Firstly, don't worry, the Bob Hope Theatre, located just a stones throw from his birth place - in Eltham, London - is still around

http://www.bobhopetheatre.co.uk

Anyway, back to the OP....

http://boulevardwoodlandhills.com

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/152620/woodland-hills-assembly-hall-woodland-hills-ca?page=2#/2789465

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London K.H.'s - Which Ones Will Be Sold Off?

by The Searcher in

according to the org's website, various congregations will be moving in with other congregations, effective january 1st 2017.

(i've only highlighted a couple) in all probability, their own k.h.

is/has been sold.

darkspilver

Why don't you do a search and bring us back the results.

Ah, but what makes you think that I haven't?.... and they're listed in my previous post above?....

Actually I suspect that there is very little room for movement vis-a-vis K.H.s/congregations within the metropolitan areas of the UK as a whole

Therefore IMHO The Searchers OP was unhelpful and just leads to giving 'false hope' - and is why I called The Searcher out on it

So, what is gonna happen??

I think the rural areas of the UK are too thinly populated to move move congregations to new K.H.s to allow a K.H. to be sold - remember that Brits have a very restricted view of distances - they just are not that used to travelling long distances.

Therefore, as explained above, with no real room for movement in the metropolitan areas......

That leaves the suburbs and smaller mid-sized towns - which I do think could be ripe for sell-offs -that's what we're already seeing - for example Brighton/Hove:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6521299230785536/hove-kh-sell-off

So, in conclusion, don't look to London as suggested by The Searcher - look at the mid-sized towns that are currently home to three or four congregations in two or even three K.H.'s - that's were the combining, joining, sharing and.... sell-offs will come from.

BUT, remember this is just conjecture - I'm still waiting for the following link: "According to the org's website, various congregations will be moving in with other congregations, effective January 1st 2017."

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India 2016 Convention Highlights

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

looks like india just got the revised (silver) new world translation..... https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6023413583839232/no-more-printing-wt-awake-my-country-shit-just-got-real.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0-qhmxgva0.

darkspilver

Looks like India just got the Revised (silver) New World Translation....

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6023413583839232/no-more-printing-wt-awake-my-country-shit-just-got-real

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0-qhmxGVA0

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J.W.'s Interfaith Hypocrisy

by The Searcher in

w02 10/15 p. 27 questions from readers - "would it be a form of interfaith to purchase a building from another religious group and convert it into a kingdom hall?

"generally, jehovah’s witnesses avoid such dealings with other religions.

except when cash clarifies their thinking!.

darkspilver

Mephis

Temple Farm most likely derives from the Hanningfield Temple Manor, which was land once owned by the Knights Templar. I'm not sure that really counts.

haha, yeah, thought I'd just throw that one in.....

http://www.knight-templar.org.uk/

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Latest News on Oetzi

by LoveUniHateExams in

i vaguely remember when the 5,000 year old mummy was first discovered in sept 1991. i was twelve.

he was quickly given the name 'oetzi' because he was found in the oetztaler alps.. my granddad had a book about it and after he died, i took his book home with me.. apparently, some scientists believe that oetzi died from an arrow shot and a blow to the head.. interesting.. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3795815/25-years-europe-s-oldest-human-mummy-alps-scientists-say-amazed-learning-5-300-year-old-corpse.html .

darkspilver

LoveUniHateExams

I vaguely remember when the 5,000 year old mummy was first discovered in Sept 1991. I was twelve. He was quickly given the name 'Oetzi' because he was found in the Oetztaler alps.

Maybe you remember the Awake! cover articles?

Awake! 8 May 1995, pages 1 to 9

The Mummy That Came in From the Cold
At first sight it might have seemed like the scene of a crime. A dried-out corpse lay facedown, half trapped in the ice. An accidental death? A revenge killing? Or simply another mountain-climbing victim? In any case, what was he doing there in the silence of the Tirolean Alps 10,500 feet above sea level? Who was he? And how did he die?
... [see scan of original below] ...

Link to scans

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J.W.'s Interfaith Hypocrisy

by The Searcher in

w02 10/15 p. 27 questions from readers - "would it be a form of interfaith to purchase a building from another religious group and convert it into a kingdom hall?

"generally, jehovah’s witnesses avoid such dealings with other religions.

except when cash clarifies their thinking!.

darkspilver

The original Brooklyn Tabernacle, Hicks Street, Brooklyn, New York

Proclaimers Book, Chapter 5, page 59

n 1908, therefore, several representatives of the Watch Tower Society, including its legal counsel, Joseph F. Rutherford, were sent to New York City. Their objective? To secure property that C. T. Russell had located on an earlier trip. They purchased the old “Plymouth Bethel,” located at 13-17 Hicks Street, Brooklyn. It had served as a mission structure for the nearby Plymouth Congregational Church, where Henry Ward Beecher once served as pastor. The Society’s representatives also purchased Beecher’s former residence, a four-story brownstone at 124 Columbia Heights, a few blocks away

The original London Tabernacle, Craven Terrace, Lancaster Gate, London

Yearbook 1973, pages 95-96

Notwithstanding the mounting financial burden on the Society, in March 1911 it was deemed necessary to move into larger branch quarters in London, so the Society took over a property at 36 Craven Terrace, Lancaster Gate, London W. This had a meeting hall large enough to accommodate the growing number of believers in the London area. Formerly known as the Craven Hill Congregational Chapel, the premises were renamed London Tabernacle. It had a large gallery seating almost as many as the ground floor—in all, nearly twelve hundred.

The new Britain Bethel, Ship Road, Chelmsford, Essex

Temple Farm

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J.W.'s Interfaith Hypocrisy

by The Searcher in

w02 10/15 p. 27 questions from readers - "would it be a form of interfaith to purchase a building from another religious group and convert it into a kingdom hall?

"generally, jehovah’s witnesses avoid such dealings with other religions.

except when cash clarifies their thinking!.

darkspilver

Watchtower 15 March 1999, pages 24 and 25

Building on Pagan Foundations
... [see scan of original below] ...
In a letter to a missionary bound for pagan Britain in 601 C.E., Gregory gave this direction: “The temples of the idols in the said country ought not to be broken; but the idols alone which be in them . . . If the said temples be well built, it is needful that they be altered from the worshipping of devils into the service of the true God.” Gregory’s idea was that if pagan peoples saw their former temples unspoiled, they might be more inclined to continue frequenting them. Whereas pagans used “to kill many oxen in sacrifice to the devils,” wrote the pope, it was now hoped that “they no more sacrifice animals to the devil but kill them to the refreshing of themselves to the praise of God.”
... [see scan of original below] ...

Link to scans

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London K.H.'s - Which Ones Will Be Sold Off?

by The Searcher in

according to the org's website, various congregations will be moving in with other congregations, effective january 1st 2017.

(i've only highlighted a couple) in all probability, their own k.h.

is/has been sold.

darkspilver

@Searcher thank you for the heads up on the situation in London.

hmmm The Searcher rested their case on the ease of closing single use K.H.'s within the London metropolitan area - which is extremely valid reasoning.....

yes, with a higher density of population and generally better public transport - it would be generally fairly easy to move a single congregation and sell-off their K.H....

yes, they could even just merge congregations - 3-into-2 - and sell-off the now disused K.H....

yes, I can very easily see this happening....

but, the problem was that out of the 35 K.H.'s that The Searcher listed - they were used by an average of 3.5 congregations each!!....

therefore, I listed four K.H.s that I believed were single use (though they're more in the suburbs) - these are the ones that are much more likely to be sell-off AND NOT REPLACED.

@darkspilver - your comments are annoying.

In line with The Searcher's OP, I'm interested in seeing a list of single use K.H.s within the London metropolitan
area in anticipation of a 'sell-off', sorry if that's annoying