Posts by darkspilver

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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

konceptual99: I think Searcher has misread some of the info on the org website.

It's a pity that The Searcher doesn't seem to be around any more

Although I don't believe any of the 35 London KHs in the OP are up for sale yet (are they all still being shared by two or more congregations?)

Interestingly, in this thread, I did list four London KHs that where being used by just one congregation each (the most likely to be sold?):

London, East Molesey at 70 High Street, WEST MOLESEY KT8 2LY
London, Richmond Park at 29a Alexandra Road, KINGSTON UPON THAMES KT2 6SD
London, Swanley at Bremner Close, London Road, SWANLEY BR8 8TG
London, Tolworth at 16A Derby Road, Tolworth, SURBITON KT5 9AY
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5760931004940288/_post/4707357072293888

And now Richmond Park's KH in Kingston-upon-Thames is up for sale!

Seems likely that the congregation will move to the neighboring Tolworth KH - also listed above - which is 2.6 miles away.

MORE: https://propertylink.estatesgazette.com/property-details/6276827-the-kingdom-hall-29a-alexandra-road-kingston-upon-thames-kt2-6sd
PDF: http://bulkloader.prd.pl.artirix.com.s3.amazonaws.com/73693df5-6cc5-4c74-9f2f-d8d5bd177174_Details.pdf

Looks like WT is asking £1,000,000 for the Richmond Park KH (US $ 1.3 million)

hat tip https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4803910902480896/wtbts-britain-selling-another-kingdom-hall

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The Watchtower's Medical Expert

by Lee Elder in

a new article by s. sparrow, published today at ajwrb, investigates dr. joachim boldt, one of the watchtower's “bloodless medicine” experts.

a notorious “medical pretender” who has exposed jw's to additional needless risk.

watchtower continues to cite this source, and fails to expose him as a fraud.

darkspilver

Ruby456: I found that a 2012 article does recommend HES starches despite that these are banned in Europe.

No.

Firstly, the 2012 article date is a 'red-herring' - as per above posts - the article is from a 1990 WT publication.

Secondly, Hydroxyethyl Starch HES was NOT banned in Europe in 2012 - it was still available to use all during 2012......

For example in the UK, what Orphan Crow's OP article unfortunately appears to fail to mention is that Hydroxyethyl Starch HES was only withdrawn for use by the UK's public National Health Service (NHS) on 27 June 2013.

https://www.gov.uk/drug-device-alerts/drug-alert-hydroxyethyl-starch-hes-products-increased-risk-of-renal-dysfunction-and-mortality

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Apostasy: The Movie - Directed by Daniel Kokotajlo

by darkspilver in

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daniel kokotajlo's new film apostasy has it's world premiere at the toronto international film festival in september 2017. apostasy.

family and faith come into conflict for two jehovah’s witness sisters in manchester, when one is condemned for fornication and the other pressured to shun her sibling.. this fresh, unadorned first feature from director dan kokotajlo carries an unmistakable note of authenticity from its very first scenes.

set in a jehovah's witness community in england, the film's strength and power lies in its directness.. apostasy depicts the growing rift in a family — a mother and two daughters — who are rigorously devoted to their religion.

darkspilver

FWIW - update on screenings and tickets....

WORLD PREMIERE of Apostasy

Toronto International Film Festival (7 to 17 September 2017)
Friday, September 8, 2017 at 7.00pm at the Scotiabank Theatre
Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 1.15pm (press and industry only)
Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 11.45am at the TIFF Bell Lightbox
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 2.00pm (press and industry only)
Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 6.30pm at the Scotiabank Theatre
General Public tickets go on sale in a couple of hours time on Monday, September 4, 2017 at 10.00am EDT
http://www.tiff.net/tiff/apostasy/
https://www.ticketmaster.ca/search?tm_link=tm_header_search&user_input=apostasy&q=apostasy

EUROPEAN PREMIERE of Apostasy

San Sebastian Film Festival (22 to 30 September 2017)
Screening dates and times for Apostasy to be announced!
Tickets on sale from Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 9.00am
https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2017/sections_and_films/new_directors/7/654616/in

UK PREMIERE of Apostasy

BFI London Film Festival (4 to 15 October 2017)
Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 6.00pm at the Shaftesbury Avenue Picturehouse Central
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 3.15pm at the Leicester Square Vue
Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 12.45pm at the Hackney Picturehouse
Tickets on sale from Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 10.00am
https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/apostasy

Check above websites for the latest information

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JW "Apostates" - Toronto International Film Festival

by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

found this in variety website..... .

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/cornerstone-films-worldwide-sales-jehovahs-witness-film-apostasy-1202536715/.

darkspilver

Thanks for reposting

there's more discussion here:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6224640852623360/apostasy-movie-directed-daniel-kokotajlo

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Revision and new info for Chapter 25 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

by new boy in

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my upbringing in the church had taught me that they were detestable in god’s eyes.

they drove the point home with scripture after scripture.

leviticus 20:13 "if a man practices homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act.

darkspilver

Mark Palo interviewed by Rick Fearon and Chelsea Danvers PART TWO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KHFz1PTNXI

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Revision and new info for Chapter 25 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

by new boy in

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my upbringing in the church had taught me that they were detestable in god’s eyes.

they drove the point home with scripture after scripture.

leviticus 20:13 "if a man practices homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act.

darkspilver

new boy: Leo Greenlees... was a Bethel Elder and governing body member... He raped young Mark Palo when he was just ten years old and many others.

Although I can not vouch for the veracity of the following video interview (hosted by Rick Fearon, who has a certain reputation) - the interview, which seems to be from five years ago, seems genuine and interesting, if a bit long....

Mark Palo interviewed by Rick Fearon and Chelsea Danvers PART ONE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAds9cAywH4

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Pedophile on The Governing Body

by new boy in

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the bottom line there is zero tolerance for any homosexual activity in jehovah’s holy organization.

so all known gays had been kicked out and disfellowshipped before i got to bethel and gays got kicked and disfellowshipped and disgraced when i was there.

sorry, i guess i meant most homosexuals were kicked out in disgrace.

darkspilver

Spam?

looks exactly the same as what was posted here two days ago by the same poster

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6316744681455616/revision-new-info-chapter-25-new-boy-50-years-watchtower-slave

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Repository for JW "experiences" with Hurricane Harvey

by sir82 in

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it's only a matter of time of course..... jw rumor mills will start up soon, with stories of how jws were "first on the scene" as the flood waters receded..... how the red cross and/or us national guard and/or doctors without borders and/or [you name it] were marveling at just how "organized" the jws are..... how zealous jws were pulling their trolleys thru ankle-deep water to "offer comfort" to victims, by giving them - sandwiches?

bottled water?

to offer them comfort by giving them 16 page "magazines" to read in their spare time..... so as the stories start to come in, you can "deposit" those little nuggets of bs here.. once collected, we'll wrap them in a pretty bow and flush them away where other instances of pure manure go..

darkspilver

This is a web-only article

'It's dry as far as you can see': downtown Houston shows signs of recovery

The Guardian (web only) Thursday, August 31, 2017
The catastrophe isn’t over, but as the city’s downtown starts to dry residents are cautiously optimistic: ‘This feels like the start of getting back to normal’
When you approached the George R Brown convention centre, which since Sunday has sheltered about a third of the city’s 30,000 displaced people, the first impression was of disarray.
Hundreds of people milled outside, some with bulging sacks. But they were not, it turned out, waiting to get in. They were waiting to go home, or to the homes of relatives.
...
Outside the convention centre a pair of Jehovah’s Witnesses offered passers-by a booklet titled “Does God really care about us?”
A shirtless Bob Marley fan answered the question, in a way, by striding up and down the sidewalk, shouting a mantra: “The rasta say everything’s gonna be all right.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/30/hurricane-harvey-recovery-downtown-houston-texas

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custody orders, proving to the court why my daughters should be baptized at 18. JW OR NOT

by Gokumonkey in

hello everyone ive been posting about this situation about my daughters and their jw mom so if u want to get a back story about whats going on you can check out my previous posts.. note- daughters are only 5 months old, and i live in the united states.. right now im typing up my court orders to present to the court but ive come to a road block.

i want to add reasons to why its not a good idea to have my daughters be baptized at a young age.. here is my rough draft -.

"age appropriate baptism – i wish that my daughters to be baptized at the legal age of 18 years old.

darkspilver

Hi Gokumonkey

Rather than use the very specific 'age 18' - which some might see as being very unflexible - why not just say...

until they reach the 'age of majority' (in the state or country they live) or until their emancipation, which ever is sooner.

.... that would appear to put the 'ball-in-their-court' legally speaking - IMHO it would be fairly difficult to argue against - because they'd be arguing against a principle, rather than an actual physical age.

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

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

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The Watchtower's Medical Expert

by Lee Elder in

a new article by s. sparrow, published today at ajwrb, investigates dr. joachim boldt, one of the watchtower's “bloodless medicine” experts.

a notorious “medical pretender” who has exposed jw's to additional needless risk.

watchtower continues to cite this source, and fails to expose him as a fraud.

darkspilver

Ruby456: darkspilver this is what i get - do the dates refer to updates to the articles?

I suspect the 2012 dates you are using are from when those particular webpages where either lasted edited and/or uploaded to the website.

The WT's magazine-sized brochure "How Can Blood Save Your Life?" was produced in 1990.

It's 27 years-old. I don't believe it was been updated/reprinted since then.

The CD-Rom lists "How Can Blood Save Your Life?" as being '1990' - which is in contrast to the Insight books that are listed as being '2015' (due to update/new printing) instead of the original '1988' publication date.

I listed in my post above all the references to Hydroxyethyl, Hetastarch or HES from the WT CD-Rom, the most recent being 17 years-ago.