Posts by Ancientofdays

Da.Furius , I based my list on Annual Report. I's the only available source, as far as I know.
Can you list the countries-no-JWs where you know JWs are under ban ?

By the way , some small mistake in the list due to countries named in italian declination, while the Annual Report was english, is possible.

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Question: Is JW religion the most attacked one?

by Da.Furious in

i was having a chat with an elder and couple of friends regarding apostates and how to protect ourselves and funnily how to identify them!.

during the discussion the elder mentioned: jehovah's witnesses is most attacked religion in the world.

there are no other religions that are under the spotlight.

Ancientofdays

During the discussion the elder mentioned: Jehovah's witnesses is most attacked religion in the world

The above is an elder's bullshit !

I recently have seen a report (on paper) which listed all the country around the world where Christians are under persecution, a real persecution where their life in on danger (not apostates bla , bla, bla).
Then I've gone on the annual report to check how many "Christians" JWs are there in those countries.
In none of the following countries , where Christians are risking their life, the JWs are under persecution. That's for sure, you know why ? because no JWs exists there ..:

Afghanistan --> none JWs
Iraq --> none JWs
Algery --> none JWs
Egypt --> none JWs
Libia --> none JWs
Oman --> none JWs
Barhein --> none JWs
Saudi Arabia --> none JWs
Somalia --> none JWs
Tagykistan --> none JWs
North Korea --> none JWs
Vietnam --> none JWs
Laos --> none JWs
Brunei --> none JWs

These countries have some JWs, not too much indeed , excluding Nigeria.
Myanmar--> 3857 JWs
Indhonesia --> 24000 JWs
Malaysia --> 4650 JWs
India --> 37913 JWs
Pakistan --> 918 JWs
Kenya --> 26000 JWs
Etipopia --> 9649 JWs
Sudan --> 4270 JWs
Nigeria --> 351000 JWs
Turkey --> 2366 JWs
Kazakistan ---> 17.000 JWs

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Noah writing on a pad of clay ! (or paper !!) - WT 1/5/2014 picture

by Ancientofdays in

the wacthtower may 1st , 2014 : http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140515/jehovah-god-organization/.

so it was noah , not sumerian , who invented the writing system character in mesopotamia ?

thats hilarious.

Ancientofdays

The Wacthtower May 1 st , 2014 : http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140515/jehovah-god-organization/

So it was Noah , not Sumerian , who invented the writing system character in Mesopotamia ?

That’s hilarious.
Why Governing Body insult readers intelligence ? Why readers allow their intelligence to be insulted ?

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New DVD review

by Laika in

i managed to catch the new dvd on youtube last night before the inevitable takedown.

as a film i felt it wasn't anywhere near as good as the prodigal movie, the story wasn't as dramatic, the characters much less interesting and developed and the direction weaker.

i found the prodigal relatively entertaining (all things considered) this one was just dull.. here are some of my random thoughts anyway [spoiler alert - ha!].

Ancientofdays

This part at 45':35" is awful

Son : let me live my life , make my own choices and my mistakes ..
Father: do you believe that the mistakes that we have no effect on others ?
And then begins the climax , the real epiphany in this narrative , emphasized by the musical climate ...
His father tells him that he, as a boy , he drove a fast car after drinking beer ,
causing an accident, the death of his younger brother .
And after this revelation tells his son : you have to do family worship : it is NOT OPTIONAL !

WHAT !?!?!
The father has committed a crime , caused the death of a person.
It ' a crime! for which you will normally be prosecuted and imprisoned.
What to do with the son he doesn't want to make a fucking family worship
and even knocking on doors , but rather prefer to play in a band ???
What is the connection ???

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TTATT in a Can... finally finished!!

by ILoveTTATT in

jw
friends

ok so... how to condense all the flip-flops and doctrinal changes, and show graphically how the different doctrines changed, and when?.

ttatt in a can!!.

enjoy ;).

Ancientofdays

Very nice TTAT !!!

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CO is chasing me . Meeting him tomorrow.

by Ancientofdays in

this week is the "special week", co is back.. he phone called me this morning asking to meet together.. i replied "i don't refuse people who want talking to me, but my condition is that you must be alone, and we meet in public space.".

he agreed and we will meet tomorrow in a cafe.. .

this week he already met with my wife in the kh, and he told her "i believe your housband is apostate !!

Ancientofdays

I had the chat.

It was 1,30 hours conversation in a public area, me and him alone as I planned.

I'm writing down some notes, then I'll wait some days just to see if there will be some measures agains myself, and then I'll publish some.

He was friendly , bought for the coffes , and when we parted he asked: can I ring you when I'm back next time ?

Me : "You can try ... cheers"

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CO is chasing me . Meeting him tomorrow.

by Ancientofdays in

this week is the "special week", co is back.. he phone called me this morning asking to meet together.. i replied "i don't refuse people who want talking to me, but my condition is that you must be alone, and we meet in public space.".

he agreed and we will meet tomorrow in a cafe.. .

this week he already met with my wife in the kh, and he told her "i believe your housband is apostate !!

Ancientofdays

Thanks everyone for your comments.
I will meet this guy , leaving aside the consequences for me.
I want to clarify with him because I blamed her behavior in the previous visit , and I try to throw a message or call : if you really believe in this organization and you care of it , work to change it , to make it more humane and tolerant, or one day you might assist its dissolution and keeps nothing. Or at least you will be set-aside by the organization for age limits, and you will count nothing.
(then for me is PLUNK.. )

@XstuckX - Why meet with him? Seems like it would be a lot easier to just say no: I've no answer for this.

@NotNew - For start...why be rude? : Usually I'm not. But this guy, during his visit last year, has tried to involve my wife to make her testify against me, as second witnesses. He has lobbied saying that Jehovah expect this from her, and calling for loyalty to Jehovah, and urging his sense of guilt. Face to face, I will say that it is unethical to use other people as your tools for your purposes. Week after his visit it was announced I am “marked”.

@KateWild and @CultBgone: Special thanks. I'd like your comments insipire me .

@new hope and happiness: LOL. Never seen a CO spending his money …

@breakfast of champions: You touched exatctly one of my points. End is not coming and suddendly, 20 years, you'll be in your 70. What are you doing then ?

@DATA-DOG: good points

@tiki - “fly under the radar” seems like a good metaphor. This is the 4th CO I meet with in the last 8 years, when I started fading.

@cantleave- I would say “I'm sure about evidence, and evidence is that God is used by GB”

@blondie – I think CO would like to solve this “problem”, me, before leaving for another Circuit. I like to see his next move at this point. My wife , she knows all about me, we had lot of conflict in the past years, but now we're stable. She's aware from years that sooner or later I will be DFd or DA.

@Billy – yes will try. Like I did last year...

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CO is chasing me . Meeting him tomorrow.

by Ancientofdays in

this week is the "special week", co is back.. he phone called me this morning asking to meet together.. i replied "i don't refuse people who want talking to me, but my condition is that you must be alone, and we meet in public space.".

he agreed and we will meet tomorrow in a cafe.. .

this week he already met with my wife in the kh, and he told her "i believe your housband is apostate !!

Ancientofdays

This week is the "special week", CO is back.
He phone called me this morning asking to meet together.

I replied "I don't refuse people who want talking to me, but my condition is that you must be alone, and we meet in public space."
He agreed and we will meet tomorrow in a cafe.

This week he already met with my wife in the KH, and he told her "I believe your housband is APOSTATE !!" (LOL , toke one year and 3 visits for him to realize this .)
During last visit CO tried to push my wife witnessing against me, because I chat and meet regularly with a neighbor guy disfelloshipped. His gol was to have my self disfellowshipped too.

I would meet this man out from his role, alone, without bag and bible and ties probably, and will be very rude in telling him what I think.

Any suggestion ?

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BOE District Overseers- CONFIDENTIAL

by WatchTower87 in

instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

no virus ;-).

boe district overseers- confidential pdf: http://adf.ly/glwdn.

Ancientofdays

I've also wondered about the italian letterhead and wondered what is up for that. I know for a fact that there are many capable translators at Via della Bufalotta and around

I heard many have kicked out from Bethel in Rome. So probably there were many capable translators there ...