Posts by Petraglyph

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Speculation on future donation arrangements

by respectful_observer in

in the aftermath of this year's annual meeting and the recent tremors of cash shortfalls within the organization, i began thinking "what could they do next to bring in more $$$.".

many here have speculated that we're seeing incremental moves toward "tithing" (of course they would never call it that).

a recent thread (can't find it right now) highlighted that they recently raised the "suggested per publisher donation" at the circuit assembly significantly (tripled it?)..

Petraglyph

@TheListener, you forgot the children's ice-cream money ;)

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was just doing a little research and stumbled across this archive of recorded public talks by co's, do's and governing body members from 1979 up to 2013. a fascinating resource for those who would like to research the doctrinal changes and possible flip flops over the last 30 years... http://printcentralandsigns.com/jwtalks/covisits/docovisits.html.

Petraglyph

You can hear the original recording of Samuel Herd's classic talk "The Value of Our Theocratic Sisters"

The 'fun' really starts at 21:00 ;)

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So changes were made, but who cares because were so deep into the end, nothing the Organization does, really matters—does it?

by John Aquila in

so i called a few jwdubs that still talk to me, not to try to convince them of anything or wake them up but to try to get a feedback on how they took the big meeting change and other announcements.

generally speaking, all the ones i talked to were not even fazed by the changes.

many of them still didnt even realize the meeting format had changed and thought the layoffs were a normal thing that happens all the time.

Petraglyph

It should be fairly easy then for WT to decree that everyone start to meet in each others' homes and sell off all the Kingdom Halls.

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TV.JW.ORG - October 2015: Neighborly love is more than just Field Service

by Designer Stubble in

the october 2015 jw broadcast, hosted by gerrit losch is quite positive actually.a lot of focus on "field service" needs to be balanced with other good works - supporting those in need around you - either in the congregation (witnesses) or in your classroom or neighbors (non-witnesses).

visiting and encouraging the sick and elderly is mentioned.

jesus parable of the merciful samaritan is highlighted.

Petraglyph

Sounds like their charitable status has come in for some scrutiny ;)

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This morning's magazine trolley encounter..

by GodZoo in

was just out shopping and came across two middle aged female witnesses with their magazine trolley..

i approached them and they were all glee and smiles and ready to hand me a couple of magazines.

one moment ladies i have just a couple of questions..

Petraglyph

Good reverse witness. Good 'script' for others to use too.

BTW the Royal Commission uncovered 1,006 paedophile perpetrators, but in reality there were at least 1,857 victims/cases.

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JW.ORG Website Reviews

by Petraglyph in

jw
friends

seems like a nice website.... http://www.webwiki.com/jw.org.

...it's got some good reviews ;).

interesting that jw.org appears to be hosted by amazon web services and based in amsterdam..

Petraglyph

http://www.webwiki.com/jw.org#reviews

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JW.ORG Website Reviews

by Petraglyph in

jw
friends

seems like a nice website.... http://www.webwiki.com/jw.org.

...it's got some good reviews ;).

interesting that jw.org appears to be hosted by amazon web services and based in amsterdam..

Petraglyph

It is using Amazon's Cloud Services:

Amazon.com, Inc.

Amazon Web Services, Elastic Compute Cloud, EC2

1200 12th Avenue South

Seattle

98144

USA

via:

Akamai International, BV

They have a premium streaming service too. If you stream a video and stop it part way through, you can continue playing it at any time, even days later. It maintains the connection.

That doesn't happen on YouTube for example. After some number of minutes they drop your connection and you have to refresh the page to remake the connection to continue streaming.

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JW.ORG Website Reviews

by Petraglyph in

jw
friends

seems like a nice website.... http://www.webwiki.com/jw.org.

...it's got some good reviews ;).

interesting that jw.org appears to be hosted by amazon web services and based in amsterdam..

Petraglyph

Seems like a nice website...

http://www.webwiki.com/jw.org

...it's got some good reviews ;)

Interesting that JW.ORG appears to be hosted by Amazon Web Services and based in Amsterdam.

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Using the internet can destroy your Faith.

by James Mixon in

that's the conclusion of a study showing that the dramatic drop in religious affiliation.

in the u.s since 1990 is closely mirrored by the increase in internet use.

of the u.s population had no religious preference.

Petraglyph

Mass disassociation pact...

by freemindfade in

any takers?

we can pick a date and pull the plug?

lol .

Petraglyph

Very good points in your preceding comment freemindfade :)

My thoughts have meandered to recall this silent protest...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmfIuKelOt4

This stuck in my mind as an incredibly incisive method of expressing discontent, far more powerful than a big noisy protest. Far more psychologically impactful. She can only imagine what they were all thinking.