Posts by St George of England

one thing we were always taught in the past is how we should sit down and pray (kneel) to jehoober whenever we were at an event where they played the national anthem.

we had to actively disrespect the flag and anthem and be no part of the world, because we were our own country with jesus as king.. given kneeling/sitting for the national anthem is now the favorite pastime of the far-left and if you do so, you get associated with democrats, how do jehovah's witnesses now 'become no part of this world' when they have to disrespect the flag?.

St George of England

JW's always sat down when the National Anthem played. If they were already sitting they would remain seated.

Then there was a change, 1985 I think, that said if you were already standing you did not need to sit but could remain standing during the Anthem.

George

Edit: - school brochure

*** sj pp. 15-16 Flag Salute, Anthems and Voting ***

When national anthems are played, usually all that a person has to do to show that he shares the sentiments of the song is to stand up. In such cases, Witness youths remain seated. However, if our youths are already standing when the national anthem is played, they would not have to take the special action of sitting down; it is not as though they had specifically stood up for the anthem. On the other hand, if a group are expected to stand and sing, then our young people may rise and stand out of respect. But they would show that they do not share the sentiments of the song by refraining from singing.

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Prince Andrew & Jeffrey Epstein, WTF

by Simon in

in fact, several "wtf"s, not least - why were you visiting a convicted pedophile after his release from prison, never-mind having any contact with him in the first place when his preoclivities seemed to be an open secret.. and the best he can some up with is "i don't remember"?

you don't remember?

there's a fucking photo of you with one of the victims and accessories to the crimes you dumb fuck!.

St George of England

Ironic that if the queen were to have sex with a 12 year old child... today... that's is not lawfully a crime.
Not sure how you work that out, here in the UK the age of consent is 16.

George

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Zoom meetings, how long ?

by Phizzy in

i was wondering two things, 1: how long in total are the zoom meetings, i presume the sunday one is the longest ?.

and 2: if you use zoom for free, the session only lasts 40 minutes, so do they have an intermission so people can log back in, or are all jw's expected to pay for the "privilege" ?.

St George of England

maybe time i got my everlasting life card stamped.

Living forever with only JW's for company? Sounds more like hell than paradise.

George

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Elder manuals

by dogisgod in

pre elder arrangement.

we had congregation overseer.

when did the society begin publishing the secret “elder” books and training..

St George of England

@Earnest - Evidently my memory is not what it was! Maybe I was thinking (?) of the "Legally establishing and defending the good news" booklet we had as "servants". Maybe I should just go and make another cup of tea.

George

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Elder manuals

by dogisgod in

pre elder arrangement.

we had congregation overseer.

when did the society begin publishing the secret “elder” books and training..

St George of England

Back in the 1950's and 1960's, long before the elder arrangement started (1971?) the servants (see Stan above ^^^^) were issued with a booklet "Preaching in Unity", later replaced with "Preaching together in peace and unity" if my memory serves me correctly.

My copy, from the 1960's will be in the loft with more than half a century of similar junk and rubbish.

George

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue Owners of FaithLeaks for Posting 74 Convention Movies

by AndersonsInfo in

jw
friends

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/jehovahs-witnesses-sue-faithleaks-owners-over-convention-videos .

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/05/01/jehovahs-witnesses-sue-owners-of-faithleaks-for-posting-74-convention-movies/.

the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, which oversees the jehovah’s witnesses, is suing the truth and transparency foundation and its founders ryan c. mcknight and ethan g. dodge alleging copyright infringement..

St George of England

Is there no place to get all the old literature online anymore? I have been searching around and only finding bits and pieces.

Some years ago I bought a CD on Ebay called "Magazines that motivate". It contained scans of all the WT's up to 1950 plus other early works. There is also the website "Strictlygenteel" which has lots of old publications on line.

George

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