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New Upcoming Changes - No More Publisher Record Cards & Reporting Hours

by thedepressedsoul in

publisher record cards and reporting hours will be going away.

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coming soon.. made this post 4 years ago, it happened - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/24020002/kingdom-consolidation-sales-coming-reliable-source.

Listener

I think No Zombie is on the money with this

Its not that hard to imagine this to occur, if it is linked to the unique publisher id number system, said to be in development.

The unique publisher id is in development and was announced at an internal meeting which was leaked. I think they said that not all JWs would require an id but whether they just meant inactive JWs would not be on the system was not specified.

Individuals could log into their own number or have someone assist them. There would be no need for paper publisher cards but I can't see that reporting hours would go, it would make it much easier for the organization. They would probably link it to their email and could remind publishers when they haven't reported.

They are very slow for such a fast moving organization to get this in place.

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7 Jehovah’s Witnesses Brutally Tortured in Russia

by Drearyweather in

https://jw-russia.org/en/news/19021923-622.html.

at least seven of jehovah’s witnesses were subjected to torture—electric shocks, suffocation, and cruel beatings—on the first floor of the russian investigative committee’s building at ul.

ostrovskogo, d. 47, in surgut.

Listener

Corney - The "laws" violated by Witnesses are injust and unconstitutional. Would you blame those who break "laws" criminalizing "sodomy" or "apostasy" and those who support them?

Regardless of whether they are unjust or not, they are Russian laws that the JWs broke and continue to break.

Legal actions certainly will benefit the actual and potential victims, including every JW and every Russian (torture is a common method of investigation there).

It's horrific that they use torture as a common method of investigation. As to how much legal action by the Watchtower Society will help or will make the Russian Government retaliate further is to be seen.

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7 Jehovah’s Witnesses Brutally Tortured in Russia

by Drearyweather in

https://jw-russia.org/en/news/19021923-622.html.

at least seven of jehovah’s witnesses were subjected to torture—electric shocks, suffocation, and cruel beatings—on the first floor of the russian investigative committee’s building at ul.

ostrovskogo, d. 47, in surgut.

Listener

The fact is that it is highly unlikely that they would do either of those things. It's had several years to take action.

The Watchtower will do what it wants and often doesn't give a damn about the consequences or deliberately stirs up trouble. They have already done this in regards to Russia.

They flooded their public mail system with letters, getting JWs to send more than one per person and in their own language. They made them put their own names on those letters.

Only recently they made it publically known that they considered Russia to be the King of the North and to add further insult they said they prayed about this, as if to suggest it was their God who approved of this announcement.

They have Sanderson discuss issues regarding Russia who not only has a cheesy smile but comes across as delighted by what's been going on.

They are happy for JWs in Russia to be breaking the law. There is no requirement in the bible for them to be holding meetings in their homes and they continue to do so. No doubt there are other laws that they are breaking. They don't mention what charge the two detained JW's were placed under. They are going to be charged if they are caught breaking the law and they are being closely watched.

They have just said that they will pursue every legal avenue possible. Why did they announce this? It wasn't for their own benefit, it was to warn Russia. This would only make the Russian Government more angry and that only causes more misery for the JWs in Russia.

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OK, I know this forum isn't exactly friends with JWSurvey, BUT...

by Vidiot in

...this, imo, is just too good to pass up:.

https://jwsurvey.org/news/watch-tower-sues-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-for-contempt-of-court-demands-daily-fine.

this bit especially made me laugh:.

Listener

"We have never lost a case against apostates. They never won even a motion. And so you see the line that Jehovah has apparently drawn: That the wicked or evil slave will not be able to beat the faithful slave to that degree. Because even though there have been hundreds of these motions and cases brought; not one has prevailed.” Brumley

That was an interesting claim made by a JW lawyer and Elder in 1991.

So what if they haven't lost a case against 'apostates', it has not in the least prevented ttatt from spreading.

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7 Jehovah’s Witnesses Brutally Tortured in Russia

by Drearyweather in

https://jw-russia.org/en/news/19021923-622.html.

at least seven of jehovah’s witnesses were subjected to torture—electric shocks, suffocation, and cruel beatings—on the first floor of the russian investigative committee’s building at ul.

ostrovskogo, d. 47, in surgut.

Listener

Therefore, we will pursue all available legal remedies, both domestic and international, for this crime.
Ultimately, we know that Jehovah has seen the persecution of our brothers in Russia and will act as their ‘helper and rescuer.’—Psalm 70:5.

https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/russia/Jehovahs-Witnesses-Tortured-in-Surgut-Russia/

JW org has posted a news item about the incident. Their response is interesting. They intend to fight this legally. So much for claiming to operate according to bible principles when there is no precedent for doing this in the bible.

They are leaving it up to God to be their 'helper and rescuer'. No mention is made how they intend to give them financial aid or assistance to get JWs out of Russia.

Matthew 10:23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another.

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7 Jehovah’s Witnesses Brutally Tortured in Russia

by Drearyweather in

https://jw-russia.org/en/news/19021923-622.html.

at least seven of jehovah’s witnesses were subjected to torture—electric shocks, suffocation, and cruel beatings—on the first floor of the russian investigative committee’s building at ul.

ostrovskogo, d. 47, in surgut.

Listener

The Governing Body should be doing all it can to prevent this from happening. Instead, they get millions to troll the Russian Government by inundating them with letters written in languages that they can't even read. Then they announce Russia as being the King of the North, announcing it as not being their own decision but having done so by invoking God through prayer.

I can see the big smile of satisfaction on Sandersons face.

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Smiddys wedding anniversary

by smiddy3 in

today feb.18 2019 is the smiddy`s 58th wedding anniversary..

Listener

What did you do to celebrate Smiddy?

My husband and I just give each other small gifts, other than doing something nice like going out for tea or making a special meal.

We find it easier to spoil each other throughout the year when we see something that we really like or want to do (like a holiday).

Next month is our 30th so we'll do something a bit more special. The kids are doing something for us and we will stay at a top hotel in a club room with breakfast, afternoon tea and evening cocktails included.

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Watchtower Trolleys With Added Bling

by cofty in

my wife and i were in edinburgh on saturday (did a ghost tour) and around dusk we passed two trolleys on the high street — aka 'the royal mile' — that both had two rows of led lights under the little shelves.

has anybody else seen this or is it a local innovation?

i'm happy to report their pimped-up trolleys were attracting no attention as usual.

Listener

John.prestor, they sure love their coffee. It's a wonder that they don't have pull out cup holders on their trolleys, better yet, they could have a coffee machine added. A coffee grinder would go a long way to bring attention to themselves with all that racket going on.

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questions from readers.

was the apostle paul part of the christian governing body?.

Listener

His inspired writings show that Paul sometimes settled issues himself. That is as might be expected back then with one of the governing body who was far away from the central body and faced with slow means of communication.

Either the so called Governing Body work together or act independently of each other, the GB want it both ways.