Posts by Listener

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Recreating The Warwick New World HQ in Minecraft (maybe)!

by Nathanael Maher in

i just recently had a great idea and thought that this website would be the best to post it on!

i am a jw from quebec, canada.

i was playing minecraft and i got a great idea!

Listener

Hi Nathanael and welcome. You'll get a lot of advice here but it is unlikely to be from JWs, posters here are mostly ex JWs.

Sorry to say but I don't think your leaders would like you doing this project at all. Even though you have the best of intentions and think that other JWs would enjoy this greatly. Unfortunately your leaders want you to live in a very restricted and confined manner. You are to be no part of this world JWs are not allowed to live and behave like normal people and operate very much like a cult and It would be interesting to see that replicated on Minecraft.

Go and ask your Elders or write to the society. You'll probably need to write rather than email or telephone as they don't seem to be capable of dealing with simple questions in a straight forward manner. Besides they will want your name and address and the congregation you attend as they may get your Elders involved to come and lecture you and possibly reprove you if you have started the project. They might not even want you to be involved in Minecraft at all so be very careful if you want to continue with this activity.

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Zone visit meeting Australasia region 7th march...

by stuckinarut2 in

i'm sitting here now going insane with this program of fear, obligation and guilt!.

oh man....seriously mind numbing.. i can't bring myself to share too much of it all now.... but i just want to get out...... tell you all more soon about the manipulative trash..... .

anyone else go to this?

Listener

"change is a good thing but hard to accept"

I wonder why they are having so much trouble selling this new building arrangement? There must be a lot of unhappy brothers.

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JW.ORG advertising on game/app review program.

by WHATSGOINGON in

i don't know if any of you have seen the video posted by mike and kim regarding jw.org advertising on a thailand computer game review television show.

its interesting - check it out.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57nigmnim18.

the show is called game show social - i looked at a few of the videos and jw.org is on a lot of them.. at first i thought that it was a review of a jw.org app but when you look at other videos jw.org is on a lot of them as a sponsor as well as dell lg and others.. wgo..

Listener

Good research Whatsgoingon. I'm not sure about the maths. 32.57 Thai Baht is equivalent to 1 USD, not 3.5.

If this is done by a lone JW it demonstrates the fact that he sees JW org as a commercial product and can be promoted in that way. The WTBTS should see that what they are doing with branding their image can easily get out of hand.

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JW Songs - Why haven't they used this guy?

by Listener in

i've posted a few links in the past to youtube jw music video's but i came across this guy and i am impressed.

his name is brendan vincent owens and he has his own website selling his songs.

it is not immediately apparent that he is a jw.

Listener

It was disappointing when they stopped that arrangement. We had a piano in our hall and it was always an elderly person that would play. I guess they were starting to find that the experienced players were getting to old and there was no one to replace them.

It makes sense that as they are desperately seeking suitable men to take on the role of public speakers they will be left to substitute many talks with taped recordings. The taped music had more instruments playing and were probably considered superior, so too, the taped talks may be made with men who are better speakers but it lacks the most important qualities, one of which is that personal and human touch.

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"The Tower of sand"

by Doug Mason in

my study on the pillars that create and support the existence of the governing body: "144,000", little flock, great crowd, and other sheep.. http://www.jwstudies.com/the_tower_of_sand.pdf.

doug.

Listener

A good read Doug, thanks.

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JW Songs - Why haven't they used this guy?

by Listener in

i've posted a few links in the past to youtube jw music video's but i came across this guy and i am impressed.

his name is brendan vincent owens and he has his own website selling his songs.

it is not immediately apparent that he is a jw.

Listener

I've posted a few links in the past to Youtube JW music video's but I came across this guy and I am impressed.

His name is Brendan Vincent Owens and he has his own website selling his songs. It is not immediately apparent that he is a JW. It is only because I found one of his latest songs on Youtube that led me to his website. It is a song sung by a four year old girl and for the most part is sweet, except for the fact that it is full of praises for JW org.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcWDYAZEgN4

Here's another sample of different songs he has made

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi2NQYJmRcs

I have to admit they are really good and very professional, nothing like the recent songs the organization has put up on JW org. It's hard to fathom why the org wouldn't try to seek out his services, maybe he charges too much. From what I can figure out he has been doing this for many years as someone left a comment stating that they had grown up listening to his songs

The other reason why I'm pretty sure he is a JW - most of his songs have the comments disabled.

The thing is, they obviously have the talent available within their rank & file but can't get their act together to make the most of it and improve their presentation.

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Zone visit meeting Australasia region 7th march...

by stuckinarut2 in

i'm sitting here now going insane with this program of fear, obligation and guilt!.

oh man....seriously mind numbing.. i can't bring myself to share too much of it all now.... but i just want to get out...... tell you all more soon about the manipulative trash..... .

anyone else go to this?

Listener

Stuckinarut2 you must have had a terrible time because it is hard enough for you to sit through.

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Be cautious about the excessive use of the most-favored medicine called paracetamol, say studies!

by abiather in

studies have found an increased risk of mortality, up to 63 percent, among long-term paracetamol users, compared to those who had not been prescribed the drug during the study period (http://www.interaksyon.com/article/106187/long-term-paracetamol-use-poses-risk-says-study).

Listener

The standard dose are two tablets but my mother always encouraged us to take just one. Often times this is still sufficient in relieving symptoms.

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Wanted: Honest Jehovah's Witnesses.

by Island Man in

this latest video from watchtower examination has a cracking good question that one can ask a jw to induce cognitive dissonance over watchtower's misuse of daniel 4:17. it also highlights one the most damning dishonesties of the watchtower organization.. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oryf48hqq3e.

Listener

Looking forward to listening to it, I agree Watchtower Free he makes good videos, he certainly is a much better and more logical speaker than any of the GB.

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WTBS Canada received almost $9 million from cong. donations in 2013

by Richard_I in

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friends

just saw this on the ex-jw subreddit.

on opencharity.ca, you can view wtbs canada's financial info and in 2013 they received almost $9 million in donations.

you can even see how much some congregations gave.

Listener

Thanks Magnum, I am surprised to see there aren't more tax receipted donations but then again there are probably a lot of JWs that don't even pay tax.