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  They are running out of people to do their stuff.

  by liam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is the watchtower study article being studied today.

  so it’s the current new light!.

  what are the new qualifications to be an “elder-aka older man...and circuit overseer?.

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  Didn't they do the same after the fallback of 1975? Appoint elders early when old timers realised the gig was up?

  There were instances of that when the "elder arrangement" was first implemented. Amongst the first group of elders to ever be appointed in our district (which happened during September-October 1972), there was one who was only 19, and at least one other who had attained the mature age of 21!

  As far as I can recall, though, these were "one-off" situations. By the mid to late 1970s, they made a particular point of only appointing those who were in their late-20s or older. (And used to look down their noses at the LDS "Elders", most of whom were barely in their twenties).
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  They are running out of people to do their stuff.

  by liam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is the watchtower study article being studied today.

  so it’s the current new light!.

  what are the new qualifications to be an “elder-aka older man...and circuit overseer?.

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  Rivergang

  Elders only in their early 20s - The very same thing they used to criticise the LDS for.
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  Maddison, WI Shool Shooting - 3 Dead

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  like the one in tennessee, this one in maddison, wi, was done be a female.

  the police chief points out that: .

  “yes, i don’t know whether [the shooter] was transgender or not, and quite frankly, i don’t think that’s even important.

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  freedom of the press is not something these Countries enjoy.

  Not according to the organisation, Journalists without Frontiers (an organisation much concerned with censorship of the media). Their experience has been quite different.

  https://rsf.org/en/2024-world-press-freedom-index-journalism-under-political-pressure

  Anyone who thinks that Britain is on a par with China when it comes to freedom of the press really ought to think again! Bloody Hell - the USA ranks lower on the World Press Freedom Index than does the UK.
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  Reddit thread - ‘Organization Finally Suggesting to Plan for Retirement’

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this information is supposed to be in the upcoming march wt.

  (i don’t go on jw dot org).

  it would sound like they are hinting at a change in thinking.. in my opinion, any such change would be yet another slap in the face to faithful pimis along with those other recent changes.. there are so many heartfelt responses on that thread and a lot of justified anger.. don’t know what to say except that i’m so glad i never listened to the religion all those years ago.

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  Beth Sarim

  Absolutely!

  According to Raymond Franz in Crisis of Conscience, the then President of the WTS even admitted that.
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  Pidgin English

  by markweatherill in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://www.jw.org/hwc.

  i just discovered this translation into 'hawai'i pidgin' and for some reason found it very amusing.

  they even dubbed the caleb and sophia cartoons into this dialect.. not because i look down on pidgin speakers in any way, more about the way translations like this are revealing and telling in unintended ways..

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  Rivergang

  Bribie,

  You have a PM
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  Pidgin English

  by markweatherill in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://www.jw.org/hwc.

  i just discovered this translation into 'hawai'i pidgin' and for some reason found it very amusing.

  they even dubbed the caleb and sophia cartoons into this dialect.. not because i look down on pidgin speakers in any way, more about the way translations like this are revealing and telling in unintended ways..

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  Rivergang

  If English is your first language, the Papua New Guinea "Tok Pisin" language is not too difficult to pick up.

  For example, a roadside sign at one of PNG Power's hydroelectric power stations reads:

  LUKAUTIM GUT: ("Look-outim Good" i.e. Pay Attention)

  Draiv isi ("Drive easy" - used in this context, "easy" means to drive both slowly and carefully)

  Rot bilong man-wokabaut ("Rot" = Road, and "man-wokabaut" i.e. man-walkabout = pedestrian)

  What the last sentence is saying is that, within the plant, pedestrians have right of way.

  (It must be said, though, that Pidgin is not "baby-talk or similar; it is a language in its own right, and grammatical errors are quite possible - just like in any other language)
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  Your First Christmas Tree, Christmas Lights, Other Christmas Decoration/Custom

  by NotFormer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as someone who never grew up in the shadow of the wt, i love reading accounts of people who began to wake up and think that the wt wasn't all that it represents itself to be*.

  and especially when they see that the things that they were told to avoid were harmless at worst, and quite often fun.

  christmas is a prime example.

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  The cynic in me might say “The main role of Christmas is to give everyone an excuse for a booze-up.”

  However, the reality is in fact quite different. In my adopted family ( going on 22+ years now), it is more like an annual family reunion. Always held on Boxing Day, there are 50 -60 people in attendance - with the number growing yearly as more of the younger set get married and have families of their own.
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  Is Jesus the Creator?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that's what the word says.

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  colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..

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  Joey,

  
  
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  If you live in Canada, they are taking away your Guns, to send to Ukraine.

  by liam in

  1. social
  2. current

  history is full of examples of governments disarming their citizens , only to be brutally betrayed.

  what follows is a litany of blood that happened after disarming citizens.

  1911: turkey; citizens disarmed – 1.5 million armenians were slaughtered.

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  Rivergang

  Yeah, well, get a group of firearms buffs together, and we could easily go on all day about the benefits / shortfalls of the various types of guns, rifle calibres, cartridge loads, bullet types and similar such matters. (Particularly if alcohol is also being consumed during the course of these discussions!).

  One thing that does need to be said, however, is that even the humble shotgun should never be treated as a joke. For example, these have been used to effect in warfare, with one such case being during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)

  Armed with a Savage Stevens pump action shotgun is 3/10661 Private (Pte) Charles (Charlie) Ernest ... | Australian War Memorial

  They must have done something right during that twelve-year long struggle, as it is one of the very few Communist Insurgencies which was defeated by the Western powers. (In this case, Britain and its Commonwealth).

  PS: I don't now intend to enter into any sort of debate about the merits of this or that type of firearm (whether or not alcohol is being consumed!).
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  If you live in Canada, they are taking away your Guns, to send to Ukraine.

  by liam in

  1. social
  2. current

  history is full of examples of governments disarming their citizens , only to be brutally betrayed.

  what follows is a litany of blood that happened after disarming citizens.

  1911: turkey; citizens disarmed – 1.5 million armenians were slaughtered.

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  Rivergang

  By military definition, an Assault Rifle is one which is “capable of controlled automatic fire at intermediate ranges”. (ie. ranges up to 300 metres).