is 607bc being a made up, “plug in” date the only thing that invalidates 1914 from being christ’s time of kingly rein?.
i mean, screw the math & bs formulas.
can 1914 simply work as a starting date for “the last days” simply by the events that occurred??
No. Life and world conditions have improved a lot in the past 200 years, including since 1914.
These are not the worst time ever as the Bible claims the 'last days' would be.
https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions-in-5-charts
just got the heads up from montreal that 16 congregations will cease to exist from 1 april 2019. also 3 kh are no longer going to be used anymore.
this was a major announcement for many and upsetting.
wonder where the r& f are going to be dispersed with what sacrifices in the way!.
Let me guess....some of these congregations have had issues with child abuse. Dissolving all of them, shuffling the cards, and starting all over with 'new' congregations (legal entities) helps protect Watchtower from the child abuse lawsuit brewing in Canada....?
do you support socialism?
is it something that you would want in your country?.
I have noticed that many people in the USA have no idea what true socialism is, nor what countries are or are not socialist states. Probably their political leaders' fear mongering and the virtue of ignorance are to blame for that.
Norway is not a socialist state. It's a capitalist free market democracy with a social safety net. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model
Yes, it's a mixed economy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_economy), but not socialism. Perhaps state capitalism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capitalism) is a good name, because the Norwegian government chooses not to regulate, but to own shares in some important companies instead.
Anyway, I think USA royally fooked up with unbridled free market capitalism. There is a reason the USA has the highest per capita health expenses, and doesn't even get close with average life expectancy to countries like Poland and Chile, that have much lower per capita health spendings....
on saturday 02-02-2019 german jws got there silver sword.
rumour has it that all of europe received the translation yesterday, because gerrit lösch visited the european branch in selters (germany).
can anyone confirm that?.
Afaik the Netherlands already have it for quite some time.
i have just been informed that there is a 'special letter' to be read at the meetings week of feb 3,2019 in canada.
anybody heard of this!!
just a heads-up!
Dear dubs,
As we have informed you about earlier, Satan is persecuting us by launching a class action suit re. child abuse.
Of course we ABHOR child abuse lawsuits.
Anyway, just so you know, any JW who testifies in this court case and exposes our flaws, will be DFed.
With creepy love,
The old men at the lake.
who remembers taking field service records?.
"finnish court orders jehovah's witnesses to end illegal data gathering".
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish_court_orders_jehovahs_witnesses_to_end_illegal_data_gathering/10558162.
Nice. To be copied by the rest of EU member states.
atlantis, do you have the: [ i pledge file ] in a download?.
hi becky, sure.
it's the file on the national federation of the blind and so forth.. .
It's interesting that they don't identify themselves as Jehovah's Witnesses or the Watchtower Society.
They know nobody knows what jw,org is. They purposely hide their identity. Typical cult behavior: using inconspicuous fronts to lure people in.
a selection of my favorite scenes from comedy shows/movies where they poke fun at jehovah's witnesses.
in the old days whenever they'd mention jws my mum would change channel in outrage.. this one's my favorite!
skip to 1:19 - .
Awesome P.E.!
there are two legal offices listed on the jw.org website.. united stateswatchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc.office of the general counsel100 watchtower drivepatterson ny 12563-9204united states+1 [email protected].
world headquartersjehovah’s witnesses, office of the general counsel1 kings drivetuxedo park ny 10987-5500united states+1 [email protected].
to which location does one report child abusers and their enablers?
In the USA there's the USA branch, overseeing JW activity in the USA, and there's the world HQ that oversees the world wide activity of JW.
USA elders would normally contact the USA branch, not HQ. Just as German elders would contact German branch, not HQ.
I guess HQ legal dept. is contacted by the legal dept. of the difference branches, and/or (if needed) by international organizations like the UN, OSCE, EU courts, etc.
theramin trees, psychologist and ex jehovah's witness, has done simply the most carefully constructed, rigorous and utterly damning reveiw of the role of watchtower in case 29 the australian royal commission into institutional responses to instances of child sexual abuse.. although the ex jws community have gone over the carc ad nauseaum, anyone who is familiar with the work of theramin trees or his brother ;qualia soup, will surely be aware that the quality of their work ensures this will likely be the definative video on the subject.. cannot recommend highly enough, people!.
https://youtu.be/tsvjmlg_sam.
Instant upvote for pointing to Theramin Trees.
Please be aware though that he is not an exJW. He was raised in a strict religious family but definitely not JW!
