so says former justice of the supreme court, lord sumption.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86p7eejenkm.
he correctly calls the "lockdown" for what it is - house-imprisonment.
Trouble is that common sense is sadly lacking in the human population. The countries that have reduced the covid death toll ,and fared better overall have enforced strict lock downs . The far Eastern ones have often the type of system that enables such laws to be quickly and forcibly enforced.
I would not advocate that but I will be very cautious to emerge among people , even when the law alows me to.
I view that as common sense.
this is potentially life saving information.
please spread the word.. http://ajwrb.org/treating-jehovahs-witness-covid-19-patients-with-convalescent-blood-products.
treating jehovah’s witness covid-19 patients with convalescent blood products.
Excellent, Bro Lee Elder and the team.
This information has the potential to really save lives. It does highlight the silliness of the WT policy. They really muddied the waters when they added the doctrine of fractions ...Although there seems little clinical difference between this and Plasma, it could mean all the world to a believing Witness.
I know of witnesses who are covid positive. If I hear of anyone getting seriously ill, I will provide this information.
when i was looking at prepping back in the 90s i was told by several elders that we needed to just rely on the org and jehovah and not prep.
i started to put away vacuum sealed bags of rice beans and spices anyway.
now they have this go bag crap.
For what it was really meant, I can see that a go-bag is a good idea.
People living in areas prone to hurricanes, typhoons earthquakes etc need to be ready. I believe the Wt reprinted content lists from the civil authorities.
However a lot of dubs took it too far . They confused it with an "Armageddon bag".... which it never was.
1970 circuit assembly program, sherwood high school, maryland.. .
rented schools were the accepted places for assemblies before 1970. the high school was used all the time.
the last one in a school in maryland came in january 2,3,4 1970.. .
I remember these .... I was in Britain but the programmes were the same. It's true that 1975 was a really big deal at the time, with expectations raised entirely by the WTS.. I mean, did they think that we made it up ourselves? Of course not !
By the Summer of the year '75 we could see that a lot still had to happen and we thought that maybe the old system would go a bit over ( due to a glitch in the calculation) perhaps a few months or a year, but never did we think it would be decades past.....
As for living in the twenty-first century ? Come on.... "the world can never last that long! "
2020-04-10 letter--instructions.. safe work protocols.
those on the email list already have this letter in their email box.. .
those not on the list, reply below that you want us to drop a copy off in your pm box.. .
A very cautious set of work protocols here. One might think we were dealing with Ebola!
I wonder what the intended readership was? Was it for Bethel use ?
At least they are being careful, I’ll give them that.
video conferencing systems are being installed in kingdumb halls.
this is being charged to the congregations.. the ability to video conference, zoom, directly from the halls will now be the thing.. i believe that the current situation has given the wts an idea.. if there are two kingdom halls in an area, then one can be sold.. congregations will split the use, half using the hall one week and zooming the next and visa versa..
Technology in K.Halls enables live video from Bethel and allows the cong to broadcast meetings via " Live Kingdom Hall" and KHConf apps,The log in codes for these are carefully guarded by elders and only given to the very elderly or infirm . That is to preserve meeting attendance ,in normal times.
When this virus thing is over and meetings start again, they won't want people sitting at home.
At least that has been my experience. .?..
england, wales, scotland & n.i.
are independently making or changing the covid 19 lockdown laws/rules to suit themselves... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52600708.
garden centres are opening in wales on monday, in england on wednesday, but by the looks of things, are far too dangerous to open them anytime soon in scotland or n.i.
That is the result of devolution. .. you give semi autonomy to Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland and they have to take responsibility for themselves.
it's been an emotional few weeks going through old watchtower literature, i mean old.
i have saved many things, some you have never seen.
particularly related to 1975, i have wts literature, even a big newspaper article about the 1975 prediction.. today, i started going through the reel to reel tapes.
We have got a load of old Watchtower stuff back through the 70's and further .. people on this board used to ask for articles and we would scan and post here , but I think most of it ,and more,can be found on line now. We lived through the 60s and 70's and well remember the excitement we all felt.... but '75 was 45 years ago now. That seems not to matter to the faithfull.....
Lastmanstanding. I hope your dad is ok , at least he saw the truth of things.
posting for brother x. petra!.
if you were a child during the years of 1960 to 1970, the question isn't; do you remember these conventions?
the question is; how could you forget?
When I was a kid Circuit Assemblies were Friday night session, start Saturday Morning short meeting then Field Service , sessions afternoon and evening. Sunday the same but finish perhaps around
As kids we used to hang out and socialize when they were out " on the work"
They were held in town halls, school assembly halls ...anywhere. once I remember an army drill hall with a large field gun at the back.
We used to have food though. The temporary kitchens they built would grace an army ....health and safety? . Hot dinners on trays plus a cold buffet... better than taking sandwiches .
Looking back... yes they were fun, .meeting friends , helping (or hindering) the workers . The programme was often more like amateur theatrics too.
i have known many elders who were much more into the idea of being an elder and getting all the old ladies to tell them what wonderful talks they give and the power then really being a believer.
i had one elder tell me that when he became an elder he was on top dog on top of the heap.
i knew some who were really all about the religion and following the cult.
I have known too many that were more about their job than being a Christian.
Having been on the BOE, I hope nobody saw me that way. I will say though, that when you are in that position, the job can easily take over. Each meeting is an opportunity to see the other elders and discuss things that seem so important. The pressure to report good field service while preparing then delivering talks and items is so great that the original faith can get easily forgotten.
