Can holy spirit get through electronic devices now? :p
Amelia Ashton
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JW iPad app
by besty inwill speakers at the kingdom hall be permitted to read the nwt from an ipad?
from a smartphone?
using the new official app.... .
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle on WT selling Properties
by Dogpatch inno longer 'vatican city' for watchtower, brooklyn watches jehovahs retreati thought this was an interesting article, since i lived about 100 feet from the old margaret hotel before it burned down.
i was in a corner room on the penthouse (10th floor) of the 107 building just a stone's throw away from the old margaret.
(harley miller and his wife brooke - he was the head of the service dept.
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Amelia Ashton
Fabulous photos and experience. Thanks for sharing
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Apologies for outage
by Simon inlooks like the forum went down (right after i went to bed, doh!)..
i really should get some monitoring setup but it's been pretty rock solid for ages so i've never bothered.. must be something todo with all the tinkering i've been doing and the background job i started running yesterday.. anyway, sorry for anyone who's been trying to access the site..
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Amelia Ashton
Glad you are back :)
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New WT...Revised...The Name Jehovah
by Legacy inis jehovah a hebrew name?
why i ask, because last night after the agm meeting i was thinking...would god name himself a jewish name, since he in not partial...would he name himself a name that folks could get all puffed up about & say see...god is a jew.
also, jesus, well, he came from the line of jews, not really.
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Amelia Ashton
*** w80 2/1 p. 11 The Divine Name in Later Times ***
THE NAME “JEHOVAH” BECOMES WIDELY KNOWN
Interestingly, Raymundus Martini, a Spanish monk of the Dominican order, first rendered the divine name as “Jehova.” This form appeared in his book Pugeo Fidei, published in 1270 C.E.—over 700 years ago. -
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New Bible and Governing Body Term?
by nolongerconfused inhas anyone had a chance to see if the gb has replaced or inserted the term "governing body" to any of the new translation verses?
how about matthew 24:45?.
thanks..
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Amelia Ashton
This pdf version brings up the term governing body in a search
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Which KHall Did You Go To Or Visit, That Had The Nicest People, (Like JW's Are Supposed To Be?)
by LoisLane looking for Superman in.
this was inspired by the poster "integ"'s thread: warmth of the khall.. the nicest group of people i have ever met at a khall was the one in key west, florida.. loislane .
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Amelia Ashton
I concur with hoser.
Once the top clique discover you are low status you are dropped like a hot potato. It's all fake. The low cliques muddle on best they can associating with other but I only ever formed one proper friendship and even when our JW statuses changed (her d'fd, we still spoke, me, apostate and we still speak) so it's a proper friendship in my book but the only one I ever made.
But, if she ever started pressuring me to go back to the KH or wanted me to drop my exjw friends she would lose.
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Kingdom Hall in Chile has National flag!!
by wolfman85 inin the spanish website extj one forum user shows evidence that on the 18th and 19th of september in chile the government calls to honor the nation displaying the national flag everywhere.
failure to do so is liable to a fine.
you can see the photos here: http://www.extj.com/showthread.php?23799-celebracion-de-la-patria-y-la-doble-moral-de-los-tjs-auspiciado-por-la-watch-tower/page2.
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Amelia Ashton
They probably opened the window to put the flag between the bars and the glass.
If the glass is frosted it would not be so obvious to those inside, especially if there are also blinds which are kept closed to keep the heat out as is usual in a hot country.
Still doesn't seem right though. They should not display the flag and pay the fine.
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Has The Society, or Any Bro or Sis, Ever Screwed You Out Of Your Money?
by LoisLane looking for Superman inthis thread was inspired because of 3rdgn, and her asking, on behalf of her destitute elderly widowed mom,.
for the return of her mother's "conditional loan" to the society of $20,000.00.. (this was stated today, under my thread of, "what was the effect on you of knowing hypocritical jw's?").
the society more or less yes, no, it is now our money, and you can't have it back.
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Amelia Ashton
One "elder"even stated to me "business and the truth are two seperate things , not to be confused together.
I too thought it was only me and wow, that quote! I had the exact same thing said to me about the dodgy car by the bro who sold it to me. Surely "the truth" comes first and then business but clearly not for many. Why on earth do they claim JWs are the most honest people on earth. I am starting to believe they are amongst the most dishonest now.
When I went to the other elder in our cong about the catering business I bought being illegal he replied "It's very difficult to run a legal business in Spain". Makes me wonder what else he was up to now.
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Has The Society, or Any Bro or Sis, Ever Screwed You Out Of Your Money?
by LoisLane looking for Superman inthis thread was inspired because of 3rdgn, and her asking, on behalf of her destitute elderly widowed mom,.
for the return of her mother's "conditional loan" to the society of $20,000.00.. (this was stated today, under my thread of, "what was the effect on you of knowing hypocritical jw's?").
the society more or less yes, no, it is now our money, and you can't have it back.
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Amelia Ashton
New in Spain I was looking for a second hand car because it takes 3 months for a new one to come through. It is very complicated buying second hand cars in Spain as a police officer has to stamp paper work a fee goes to some-one else and it's a nightmare.
A bro was selling an old Astra convertable for 2000 euros and it looked ok and had a year's ITV (MOT). I didn't know that if a car can make it to the test centre it will pass.
It was a death trap and constantly broke down and always in the garage. Months later after I had got my new car others in the cong told me the car was not worth what he charged and they knew it was "not a good car for me to buy with my children and wished I hadn't". WTF!
When I confronted him he replied "business is business"!
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An elder and his wife had run a sandwich business supplying sandwhiches, British chocolate and other English food to ex-pats, hotels, the airport and shops etc for 6 years which they started from scratch. I worked for the company for a whole year prior to buying it.
After 3 months I submitted my paperwork for taxes using a different accountant. He informed me the the company was illegal and without the correct paperwork necessary for running a legitimate business no taxes could be paid!!!
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An elder applied for a job as a maths teacher and lied about his qualifications. He got the job, moved congregtions and was re-selected as an elder in his new cong.
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A sister started a business arranging NIE numbers (which are free) to people wanting to purchase property and charged 50 euros. They would then discover the estate agent would have done it for free and when confronted she would tell them it was their own fault for not researching properly. True but what an attitude.
This same pioneer sister did cleaning and desperately wanted a 4 x 4 one of her clients had for sale. She offered to work for free for a year if they let her have it. After signing the paperwork she stoppped working for them as she had other "other commitments" but kept the 4 x 4.
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Our two elders both bought property at the other end of the island and consequently meetings became a round trip of over 92 kilometres for them. Between them they persuded the society it would benefit the cong if we had our own hall instead of sharing with the Spanish. The society asked for numbers of those who would consequently have to travel further if the move went ahead and they lied and only included 3 sisters that it would be detrimental to and the rest would benefit.
What a big fat lie! They even included my village of being closer even though our round trip went from 22 kms up to 70. They got the hall though.
Phew! What a crock of sh*t it all was!
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What Was The Effect of You Knowing Hypocritical JW's?
by LoisLane looking for Superman in(1) did it cause you to leave sooner than you might have, otherwise.. (2) it didn't bother you enough to do anything about it.
hey, we are all imperfect.. (3) did you want to prove you were better than they, and nothing they could do or say, was going to stumble you.. (4) they stumbled me, probably as much i stumbled them.
we all know it's an old boy's club and we are not going to tell on each other.. loislane.
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Amelia Ashton
I put up with so much sh*t and saw so much corruption and brushed it aside as imperfect men. Once I started to awaken it made it so much easier to walk away but until that point it just niggled.