Posts by OrphanCrow

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Remote Translation Offices (RTO) of Jehovah's Witnesses

by Brokeback Watchtower in

what do you think about these things.

it seems like a monumental waste of time and money, a pipe dream of the governing body based on wishful thinking.

this corporation is going down the tubes with these asshole deluded genius's calling the financial investment shot.. buying chemical dump property around the world to build their financial empire headquarters on while facing massive child molestation lawsuits now and many more in the future means it looking kind of bleak for these messed idiots running things.. http://jw-branchoffices.blogspot.com/p/watchtower-remote-translation-offices.html.

OrphanCrow

millie: So that is the main point then. It is a real estate decision masquerading as a translating enterprise.

It is possible that there is an additional benefit to the translation offices.

Hand in hand with translation is literacy programming. And literacy efforts by charities are wedges that establish legitimacy in foreign countries. Another side benefit of literacy and translation efforts if that it will qualify nonprofit organizations for governmental support in the form of grants, etc.

In Africa, for example, the JWs are petitioning the government for financial aid to support the JW literacy programs (the WTS doesn't supply them with anything but bare start up materials). I read a Master's thesis written by a JW that did just that - it was mainly a petition for the government to pay for training of the JWs and to kick in for supplies. (*I will look for this paper...it is somewhere in my archive)

Another recent global initiative has been language revitalization and the WTS has jumped on the bandwagon in that endeavor. It keeps them in good standing with government relations and gives them ease of passage in certain areas.

The translation business is a vital area of activity outside of the WTS and the WTS is an active participant in global initiatives.

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NEWS 5 INVESTIGATES: Sex offender going door-to-door

by OrphanCrow in

http://www.koaa.com/story/32799137/news-5-investigates-sex-offender-going-door-to-door.

by carlos vergara, investigative reporter.

colorado springs -66 year old waymon ivery is re-living a nightmare that happened more than two decades ago.

OrphanCrow

Listener: He says he will no longer be going door to door, again, whether this was his choice or not, he doesn't say but he does say that some criminals are under more JW restrictions than him

DD: If it was up to me as the GB, to save face and give the impression that I cared about religious freedom, I would restrict him to Cart Witnessing...

And there ya go...the real reason for cart witnessing. The JWs have been trolling the prison system for years, converting criminals, baptizing them and taking them under their wing and the WT has foreseen the problems this will cause. Or probably have already been dealing with it for years

Not to mention the 'new' criminals that get churned out of their WT machine...no wonder some of those carts get a lot of use

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Debating With Evolution Deniers is Just Like This

by cofty in

arguing with those who reject scientific evidence can be like arguing about football; just as angry and passionate, but the goalposts keep moving, and one team doesn't exist.. read more here....

OrphanCrow

cofty: The details are fascinating

They are. The more a person knows, the more the world falls into place. I need some time to absorb what you just posted...have to resurrect some old knowledge files stuck back in my brain somewhere...and fit that in.

I am reminded of an interview that I watched that had been done with Simone Beauvior. She described her journey to being a non-believer in God and how she had rejected certain ideas about God, explored new ideas, all the while expanding her knowledge of the world around her, and finally "I realized one day, when I was 14 or 15, that I no longer believed. I had refined God so much that he was no longer relevant to the world"

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Debating With Evolution Deniers is Just Like This

by cofty in

arguing with those who reject scientific evidence can be like arguing about football; just as angry and passionate, but the goalposts keep moving, and one team doesn't exist.. read more here....

OrphanCrow

Cofty, I think that cancer research would be an amazing field to be in.

I wish I knew more than I do about it - the subject fascinates me. The way you have described it, confirms that cancer has, indeed, always been with us. Have I understood that right?

My understanding of cancer is rudimentary and thanks for adding to it

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Blood card

by Inabunker in

hi new to forum and first post!

i have been reading posts on and off for years.

still fighting my "doubts" and struggling internally, my family is active and the wife knows nothing of my late night website reads here.

OrphanCrow

Just seeing if I can re-post the link to the Letter of Understanding

The first link doesn't work....

http://ajwrb.org/science/blood-transfusion-letter-of-understanding

damn...it still isn't holding...I guess you will have to copy and go....

funny little bug somewhere...first time this has happened to my posts...this is the only link that I haven't been able to post

*my suspicious nature...what the heck?

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NEWS 5 INVESTIGATES: Sex offender going door-to-door

by OrphanCrow in

http://www.koaa.com/story/32799137/news-5-investigates-sex-offender-going-door-to-door.

by carlos vergara, investigative reporter.

colorado springs -66 year old waymon ivery is re-living a nightmare that happened more than two decades ago.

OrphanCrow

http://www.koaa.com/story/32799137/news-5-investigates-sex-offender-going-door-to-door

By Carlos Vergara, Investigative Reporter

COLORADO SPRINGS -66 year old Waymon Ivery is re-living a nightmare that happened more than two decades ago

“I Had no idea ...no clue as to the effect that it would have."
Sitting in the KOAA studio conference room,he admitted his regret.
Ivery is regretful for his actions, and effects it would have on his then 9-year old stepdaughter that he was convicted of molesting in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 1992.
His case came back to the forefront after a man named Roman Vargas approached Ivery with a video camera and surprised him with a question to a crime he had served nearly a year for, after being sentenced for 10 years.
But just hours after the video began to make the rounds on YouTube , Ivery was living what he thought was ancient history.
Commenters on social media websites began to make their opinion public. One person wrote: “...this cult's days are numbered.?" Another wrote “JW’s and child protection issues just don't seem to mix well. What is the matter with them.”
And that’s exactly why we posed the question to the religious group.
Several calls and emails were made to the world headquarters of Jehovah’s Witness in New York...They went unanswered. We also tried to contact several elders within the group locally. They initially said they would contact us back with more information. But that never happened.
So we went in search of answers directly from the people who go door to door...
We found them knocking on the doors of Lazy Lane Circle in northeast Colorado Springs.
They were not too happy to see us, and told us that we should follow the instructions on their website. They slammed the mini van’s door on our camera’s.

Read full article at link....

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Debating With Evolution Deniers is Just Like This

by cofty in

arguing with those who reject scientific evidence can be like arguing about football; just as angry and passionate, but the goalposts keep moving, and one team doesn't exist.. read more here....

OrphanCrow

Heehee...you're jus' spoofing us, aren't ya, Vidqun?

Come on now...you really aren't that ummmm.... *insert appropriate word here*? Seriously, you really don't exist, do you? Where da' hell did you come from????

I'll give you this: you are certainly entertaining and it's better than going to a football game!

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Debating With Evolution Deniers is Just Like This

by cofty in

arguing with those who reject scientific evidence can be like arguing about football; just as angry and passionate, but the goalposts keep moving, and one team doesn't exist.. read more here....

OrphanCrow

Simon: BTW: studies have shown that people get the same enjoyment from supporting a team whether they are super-successful or not. The outcomes change but many of the feelings are the dame.That's why teams with little success can have great support for years

True dat

Our city turns green on every Saskatchewan Roughrider game day

It's an emotional connection, not a rational one.

It is hilarious that immediately after Cofty posted the OP article, an emotionally-connected-to-god person comes on and does exactly what the article was illustrating! Hilarious.

The creationist's position of saying "evolution cannot be true because you don't know what caused it" is as stupid as going to a doctor with a rash, and then, when he gives you a diagnosis based on tests, observations and his accumulated knowledge about skin disorders, you say..."What caused this ugly rash all over my face?". Doc replies, "Medical science doesn't know what causes this rash". You say, "Well, then, you are wrong. I don't have a rash. You can't tell me what caused it so I don't have it."

Poof! The rash is gone. No cause so therefore...no rash.

I guess you could call that faith diagnosing...and faith healing. The condition magically disappears because the doctor doesn't know what caused it.

The problem is...when you go home and look in the mirror, your face is still red and ugly

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Incredible cover of book published in 1932

by Truthexplorer in

ok, i am reading through the book the watchtower and the masons by fritz spring meier which i am finding a fascinating read; and discovered that judge rutherford published the book 'cause of death'.

what is incredible is the book cover.

the book was published in 1932 which would have been a little bit more eye catching back then.

OrphanCrow

Nathan: Landy said, "What an excellent resource."
Wow, yes, it certainly looks like it may be... I need to explore this a bit.

It is an excellent resource. I get lost in exploring it at times. Fun stuff.

Be sure to check out the goodies on this page:

http://wtarchive.svhelden.info/english/other-publications2/

Everything from scathing critiques about Russell's and Rutherford's behavior, court cases and wacky doctrines, to gems such as The Earth’s Annular System or The Waters Above the Firmament by Isaac Vail and books about the pyramids that Russell used for his wacky calculations

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Trolley cart "witnessing" is getting ridiculous

by oppostate in

i really fail to see how much actual "witnessing" is occurring with the trolley carts.publishers, usually pioneers, just stand or sit there not engaging anyone and count their time.. the only thing i notice that it's accomplishing is brand exposure for jw.0rg so the public is exposed to the logo and literature/poster card headlines.. take for example this "evening" witnessing by a pioneer elder while on summer holiday/vacation.. .

is this not a wth kinda moment when you consider the years of slaving, knocking on doors, business territory and bible studies we had to keep performing so we weren't branded a "weak" publisher?.

OrphanCrow

Some states don't allow sex offenders to go door to door.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/31/senate-agrees-to-ban-sex-offenders-from-door-to-do/

Some places also require people, who go door to door canvassing for charities, to pass a criminal background check.

Seems to me that the WTS' new cart witnessing program sidesteps that issue.

Jus' sayin'