Posts by Jeffro

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philipines disaster news up on jw.org

by Captain Blithering in

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http://www.jw.org/en/news/

wouldn't it be nice if they said 'you know what, we've made millions in property sales recently, lets donate a couple million to a philipines relief fund..'

ten vans full, probably just for jw's.

Jeffro

emeth:

@Jeffro that does not change the fact that a medical team is on location

There is no way of confirming the anonymous unofficial report at all, and it was not confirmed by CNN. The anonymous claim that the photo depicts doctors, or that they are 'Watchtower doctors', or that the photo actually relates to relief efforts, is not a 'fact'.

It seems more likely that it was an effort by an over-zealous JW in response to the legitimate aid agencies confirmed by CNNN indicated in the links I added in my previous post.

Even if they're actually doctors, there's still no indication at all that they are officially representing Watchtower.

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philipines disaster news up on jw.org

by Captain Blithering in

jw
friends

http://www.jw.org/en/news/

wouldn't it be nice if they said 'you know what, we've made millions in property sales recently, lets donate a couple million to a philipines relief fund..'

ten vans full, probably just for jw's.

Jeffro

emeth:

a team of doctors, medicines and nurses is also there since last tuesday, and some trucks with relief goods are also on their way.
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1060363

iReport is a self-reporting media resource hosted by CNN.

The 'article' linked above is written by "unclaimed" and is "NOT VETTED BY CNN". As such, it's essentially an anonymous blog post.

Unlike the anonymous JW report that was not approved by CNN, the following were not posted anonymously, were posted earlier (except for 1), and were confirmed as legitimate by CNN:

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1059780

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1060022

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1060687

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1058936

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1059062

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1059575

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How men become homosexuals...

by Calebs Airplane in

finally, i've found the reason why some men become homosexuals.. the 1976 book "your youth: getting the best of it" explains it here in great detail.... .

Jeffro

fulltimestudent:

Jonathon strips naked, (underwear wasn't invented yet)

loincloths go back for thousands of years, and linen undergarments go back about 1500 years.

Even still, the supposed 'covenant' between David and Jonathan seems to be fairly 'intimate' (though it isn't mentioned at all in the Septuagint).

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Suggested Contribution Rate 1 Cor 16:2

by jonahstourguide in

in case you were in doubt, the suggested weekly rate is.

au$50.

page 8 nov 15 2013 study edition .

Jeffro

jonahstourguide:

However, the lowest denomination note with a yellow tinge in Ewe speaking countries is 500 francs.

So? Are you suggesting that there is some worldwide trend for notes of 'high' value to be remotely similar in colour to Australia's $50??

The fact that I arbitrarily chose Ewe for a language edition that uses black people instead of white people in images has absolutely nothing to do with any coincidences regarding the colour of the bank notes in Togo.

In any case, 500 CFA francs equals about US$1.03, and is about 1.4% of the minimum monthly wage in Togo.

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How men become homosexuals...

by Calebs Airplane in

finally, i've found the reason why some men become homosexuals.. the 1976 book "your youth: getting the best of it" explains it here in great detail.... .

Jeffro

Most kissing mentioned in the Bible is between people of the same sex.

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Suggested Contribution Rate 1 Cor 16:2

by jonahstourguide in

in case you were in doubt, the suggested weekly rate is.

au$50.

page 8 nov 15 2013 study edition .

Jeffro

Julia Orwell:

I've seen that $50 in a number of Watchtowers these last few years. I assumed the Australian wt would have our $50, the American ones would have their $50. the Japanese their equivalent of $50 and so on and so forth so it was an amount all JWs could identify the large amount.

There is only one English version of the Watch Tower. There isn't a separate image for Australia. Whilst it's true that images in JW magazines are sometimes different for different languages (e.g. certain language editions depict people primarily of the target ethnicity rather than white people*), there is no country-specific targeting in editions of the same language. (And they always use so-called 'US English' instead of proper English.)
*Compare the English and Ewe covers of the January 2014 Watchtower:

Phizzy:

That picture will have the subliminal effect of making JW's feel guilty if they put in a smaller bill, or just a widows "coin of small value".

Only for readers who recognise it as AU$50 at all. There's no instrinsic meaning that will subliminally 'instruct' readers unfamilar with the currency to donate any particular amount, other than possibly that notes are preferred to coins. But that's kind of obvious anyway.

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Suggested Contribution Rate 1 Cor 16:2

by jonahstourguide in

in case you were in doubt, the suggested weekly rate is.

au$50.

page 8 nov 15 2013 study edition .

Jeffro

No dollar amount is specified in the article. Nor is any specific amount indicated on page 9, where 1 Cor 16:2 is cited.

Ah... I see you're referring to the picture.

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Do you google about someone before you date him or her?

by Iamallcool in

i do not understand why many people will not google to see if he/she has a mugshot, criminal record, etc......

Jeffro

braincleaned:

Date? What is this strange word you speak of?

Date. (noun). A prearranged meeting of usually 2 people, usually with romantic or sexual intent. See also, hookup.

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Armageddon question

by caroline77 in

who do jw's think is going to kill everyone at armageddon?.

how will it happen?.

what is their evidence?.

Jeffro

caroline77:

Who do JW's think is going to kill everyone at Armageddon?

Jehovah and his other invisible friends, Jesus and the angels, will apparently do the killing. Using time-honoured methods like storms and earthquakes, and maybe "antimatter" according to some old issues of The Watchtower.

How will it happen?

It's all very vague (as is most bad fiction), but apparently after the nations 'ban religion', then they'll attack JWs (who for some reason they save for last), and just before they do, Jehovah does a magic thing.

What is their evidence?

LOL

Who will be resurrected afterwards? Only JW's?

Supposedly there may be many 'righteous and unrighteous' resurrected people who died before Armageddon, including people who died throughout history before JWs existed, but no one who dies during Armageddon. Exactly who from thoughout history is entirely speculative.

According to the JW website, only JWs and those who "may yet take a stand for Bible truth" (= 'become JWs') will actually survive Armageddon.

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Since leaving the truth, do you celebrate holidays, and does your participation in such bring you happiness?

by Stand for Pure Worship in

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friends

i ask this respectfully, and do so after watching a favorite show of mine's season opener which had a new years storyline.

hollywood tends to make movies and television show episodes centered around holiday themes appear warm and blissful.

while i'm thankful to have never participated in such holidays, i can't deny my curiosity about ex-jws that do celebrate.

Jeffro

Stand for Pure Worship:

While I'm thankful to have never participated in such holidays,

That statement borders on pathological. A person with a healthy mind would not feel the need to be thankful for not voluntarily participating in any particular celebration. (This might be different if were talking about some ritual that requires drug use, violence, or some other objectionable treatment that might later be regretted.) They might be ambivalent about the celebration, or even opposed to the celebration. But thankful? If you don't want to participate in a voluntary celebration, then just don't. But it's just stupid to be so naive to (claim to) not understand that other people enjoy voluntarily celebrating or to be 'thankful' to have not voluntarily participated.