Posts by Listener

Gersonhite - It has to be sold for religious use only and the homes where some JW's live cannot be part of the sale as they are owned by individuals but the WTBTS can offer to buy them out. So far an Islamic group and a Hindu group are interested in it.

Kim and Mike did a YouTube on this and Paul, the caretaker a couple of days ago.

It would be interesting to hear this story in whole.

The Watchtower was not allowed to own any houses in this property as it was registered for religious purposes only. The houses that were in the property were owned by Elderly JWs including Paul, the caretaker but the Watchtower could ask them to sell their properties to the Watchtower Trust and include them in the sale to make it more attractive to prospective buyers, if they agreed. Paul did not want this to happen and Kim reported that he gets to keep his property. Also the wall the Watchtower erected was found to be illegal.

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JWs reach new milestone - JW.org reaches 1,000 languages

by Wonderment in

below is the copied page found in jw.org from nov. 4, 2019:.

the governing body is pleased to announce that a new milestone has been reached in our efforts to make disciples of people of all the nations.

jw.org now has articles, videos, and audio content available in 1,000 languages, including 100 sign languages..

Listener

Wiki states that as of October 2019 the Bible has been translated into a total of 698 languages.

The Watchtower has only contributed a small amount of these translations, I can't find an exact amount but it looks like it is under 200.

The Watchtower, knowing Jehovah's will has decided he wants their publications to be available in a far greater amount than the Divine Word. They show such insight and wisdom.

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Canadians and Europeans, what do you think of your national health care ?

by RubaDub in

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we have been in a battle over health care for so long here in the us regarding public, private, gov't subsidized, obama care, medicare for all, and just about every permutation of the above.. we hear the horror stories here that people wait 20 years for a check-up (ok, bit of an exaggeration), but you get the point.

one side tells us that canadians flock across the border when they are sick and need to see a doctor.

the other side says that is simply not the case.. so tell us, if you live under one of the government systems would you replace it?

Listener

My husband and I visited the UK four years ago as tourists from Australia.

I needed to see a Doctor and went to a local clinic in London. What a shocker, there were one or two people abusing staff and Doctors. It was a very unpleasant place.

I was told there was absolutely no way they could give me an appointment, either that day or within the next few weeks. My only choice was to go to a public hospital emergency department so we did.

I had travel insurance but was told that due to the reciprocal arrangement there would be no cost unless I was hospitalized and then expected to use my travel insurance (even though the reciprocal arrangement provides free medical care as an inpatient which I didn't know at the time). This reciprocal arrangement exists between the UK and several countries and is constantly changing.

I was very impressed with the hospital, staff and treatment. The initial general examination was incredibly thorough, more so than we receive here in Australia. Five scripts were filled out, at no cost, at the hospital as the Doctor said it was the easiest way to see me through until I returned to Australia.

Being a reciprocal arrangement means that UK residents can receive necessary medicare treatment when they visit Australia and some other Countries.

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Publisher ID - I Saw It In Person & It Was Terrifying!

by thedepressedsoul in

i'd like to start off this post by saying, we all know that the wt loves control.

it's clear by their history, their wt's, the elder arrangement and so on.

however, after witnessing and using the publish id program in person, it takes this need for control to a whole new level & it was scary.. if you've ever seen builder assist (the website program used for ldc volunteers) or the metro program, it actually looks pretty similar to that.

Listener

Just imagine, they'll finally know the names of all the anointed.

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Organized Book Change

by thedepressedsoul in

i made this post yesterday.

i couldn't remember my login info for this account.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6247826114740224/update-change-od-coming-soon.

Listener

How likely is it that the change will be about the database being fully launched?

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Hotels Deny Watchtower Discount Rates For 2020 Regional Conventions

by JW GoneBad in

the wtbts is not being given special room rates by 2 major hotels at the long beach convention center area for the upcoming 2020 regional conventions & wt is t'd off.

letters are being read in surrounding circuits and congregations.

apparently wt is afraid that other hotels are going to blackball them as well.. has anyone else heard this?

Listener

It's not surprising. It is a common practice for Hotels to increase prices when there is a higher demand for rooms.

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The jw builders choir omg

by Gorbatchov in

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seems like the genesis song jesus he knows me.. g.. https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/?applanguage=e#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-jwb_201910_12_video.

Listener

They sing that their deliverance is near but spend millions on construction and millions of hours working on construction, their message is always mixed.

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latest WT, advice for Bible Studies

by neat blue dog in

our goal is to help our bible student to grow spiritually.. .

as his love for jehovah grows, however, he will likely begin to think about how he can help others, including those who are already part of the congregation.

(matt.

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Blondie - I wonder how much that jw donated himself.

A clever ploy by the Governing Body, by getting the JWs to ask their bible studies to donate, it will probably guilt them into donating more themselves.

We've seen JW children being told to donate, giving up their ice cream money and raiding their piggy banks. Now they're aiming at Bible studies.

I wonder how long it will be before we see this scenario acted on video.

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Boys pre-teen sexuality / erections.? Why ? If only for procreation ?

by smiddy3 in

this has been a bug bear my whole life i think and not really sure how to address it as nobody else ever seems to do so.. and it relates to the question if god really created humans .

he did a shithouse job in this regard.. i can`t speak for females this is entirely a male thing.

from my perspective.. male adolescents at a very ,very young age , babies , get erections periodically and it has nothing to do with sexual fantasies ,because they don`t even have an awareness of sex between a male and a female at this time.. and it is second inbuilt nature to masturbate to relieve, get rid of the erection .

Listener

hey are very valid points that you raise (ha ha) Smiddy. The Watchtower is wrong about their teachings on masturbation and it's a powerful tool that they use for control. They know it too, otherwise they would make it a df offence.

You don't say how old this bloke was but most people wouldn't even be looking 'down there'. You sure told him where to go though and language like that from an 11/12 year old back then wouldn't have been expected. Sometimes bad language can be very useful in situations. And people wonder why there were 'gay bashers' around in those days.

The Watchtower is also wrong when they try to blame a child for being caught up in sexual encounters. It's very difficult for a child to properly comprehend what is going on and how to deal with threatening or seducing behavior.