Posts by St George of England

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Changing the Date of the Memorial?
by KalebOutWest in
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i noticed in the latest memorial invitation, the dates for the observance are odd--well far more odd than usual.. what i mean is that forever as i can remember, jehovah's witnesses use to advertise really big that this was nisan 14. they don't tend to do this anymore.. and being jewish, their dates now tend to align with passover, or at least with the second seder night of passover.. 2025: saturday, april 12 (nisan 15).

2026: thursday, april 2 (nisan 15/16).

2027: monday, march 22 (nisan 15/16).
St George of England

The Memorial talk likewise changed some years ago though I cannot remember just when. There is no longer any mention of the Passover, the flight from Egypt, Nisan 14 or anything associated with it. They even removed the old Memorial song.. "'Twas NIsan 14 when your glory was seen..."
Personally I think they have realised their calculations have always been wrong so rather than admit it they have just dropped mention of it. A bit like the Creative Days.
I have always thought their interpretation of "between the two evenings" to be nonsense. Cooking a complete sheep in the that short "twilight" period on an open fire would be impossible, my wife cooks a lamb leg for longer in a fan oven!
George
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Age Appropriate Friends
by Riley in
1. jw
2. friends
we have a 25 year guy in our hall who is also a pioneer (which means he lives off his parents money), who likes to spend a lot of time with a 16 year old girl in the hall.

it is usually in a group setting but he seems to gravitate toward her.

he even has her auxilary pioneering , which is something i don't think any student trying to make the grades needs.
St George of England

i'm 23 years older than my wife.
So if you're 70, then 70/2 = 35 + 7 =42.
You're 70, wife is 23 years younger, i.e. 47 so a good 5 years headroom, so to speak.
Depends when you married..........................
George
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Age Appropriate Friends
by Riley in
1. jw
2. friends
we have a 25 year guy in our hall who is also a pioneer (which means he lives off his parents money), who likes to spend a lot of time with a 16 year old girl in the hall.

it is usually in a group setting but he seems to gravitate toward her.

he even has her auxilary pioneering , which is something i don't think any student trying to make the grades needs.
St George of England

I thought the general formula to be age/2 + 7.
So in this case, 25/2 = 12.5 + 7 = 19.5.
She's 3.5ish years too young.
George
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Annual Report
by St George of England in
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the latest report is now available for download on our favourite website!.

george.
St George of England

The latest report is now available for download on our favourite website!
George
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Merry Christmas Everyone
by jhine in
1. jw
2. experiences
it's that time of year again .

in the words of the bard ( noddy holder ) " it's christmaaas " .

merry christmas everybody .
St George of England

...and just to keep it topical, well here in the UK anyway:-
Freezing This Christmas (Parody of Lonely This Christmas by Mud)
George
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Merry Christmas Everyone
by jhine in
1. jw
2. experiences
it's that time of year again .

in the words of the bard ( noddy holder ) " it's christmaaas " .

merry christmas everybody .
St George of England

What are your favourite non religious songs ?
I was in TESCO today and noticed a distinct lack of Christmas music, probably so as not to upset a certain demographic. I play festive songs throughout the year, one of my favourite being:-
The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) (Official Music Video) [HD]
Maybe we could all post our favourites.
George
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Revising History
by no-zombie in
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2. beliefs
while i'm aware of wt books being revised without noting the differences on newer editions (the truth book is a classic example of this) ... is there evidence of the writing committee revising the online versions of wt articles, as compared to the printed editions?.

if there is a previous thread on this topic, just link it ... as these is no need to reinvent the wheel.. thanks.
St George of England

is there evidence of the writing committee revising the online versions of WT articles, as compared to the printed editions?
Yes see my comment on today's WT study under disfellowshipping. Set 2024 WT Page 10 paragraph 7 paper copy v digital copy.
George
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Shunning--newest directive
by stan livedeath in
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2. beliefs
so just what is the latest directive on shunning?.

asking for a family member.
St George of England

Today in the WT study, the brother reading the paragraphs was using a WT magazine (Sept 2024, page 10). When he read par 7 it says "Opposers attack our Bible based beliefs on morality, and on the disfellowshipping arrangement, claiming we are intolerant and cruel"
The digital version has been changed to "Opposers attack our Bible based beliefs on morality, claiming we are intolerant and cruel".
Neither the WT Study conductor nor anyone else made any mention of this.
In next to no time JW's will be asking if anyone has ever heard the term disfellowshipping!
George
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Norway didn't fall for it
by Jalisco in
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2. beliefs
la norvegia non è caduta nella trappola della torre di guardia di agosto.. https://files.accessjw.org/s/sdzfgcgk4bi48jb.
St George of England

Good news indeed. However, how many R&F JW's even know about the Norway situation? How many will remember AMIII and his (in)famous video where he said they would never change their D/F policy for any government?
We had a talk a week ago about the dangers of reading any internet information other than jwdotorg.
George
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Shunning--newest directive
by stan livedeath in
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so just what is the latest directive on shunning?.

asking for a family member.
St George of England

but has the cult relaxed the rules recently?
Yes. A D/Fed person can be reinstated without having to wait for 6 months or whatever. They can be used as soon as they are back. We recently had a guy reinstated at the mid-week meeting and he was answering on the following Sunday. Within a couple of weeks he was on platform mic duties and roving mics.
Anyone who's conscience allows it can phone a D/Fed person and invite them to a meeting and people can greet them.
All this was spelled out in the re-written August 2024 Study WT but I'm sure you have better things to do in life than wade through all that, Stan!
George