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  "The Best Convention Ever" - 2020 starts today

  by bats in the belfry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dress up for the show.

  ... and now please be seated.

  proudly presenting your 2020 convention program.. ... and, thank god, for the ff button on my player.

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  2021 no convention, too

  For now Watchtower has only canceled the 2021 international and special conventions. No word yet about regular conventions.
  
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  When did WT lose the spirit?

  by Smiles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at what time would you say that the watch tower schema lost the spirit?.

  like the ancient nation of israel which struggled maintaining divine blessing due to a long series of grave errors that eventually culminated in definitive loss... how and when did watch tower lose the spirit?.

  can we pinpoint a time or event?.

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  Please do not reply with 'JWs never had the spirit'....

  Ok.

  What convinces you Watchtower at some time in the past 'had the spirit'?

  What exactly does it mean to 'have the spirit'?

  What convinces you Watchtower doesn't 'have the spirit' now?
  
  
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  Restrictions imposed by the government that affect our activities should be followed. —Rom. 13:1.

  by Anders Andersen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in their covid19 related instructions watchtower writes:.

  restrictions imposed by the government that affect our activities should be followed.

  what changed?

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  In their Covid19 related instructions Watchtower writes:

  Restrictions imposed by the government that affect our activities should be followed. —Rom. 13:1.

  What changed?

  What's the difference with restrictions on JW activity imposed by Russian and other authorities?

  Why pick and choose which directions to obey, and which not?
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  Telehealth Doctor's Visits Provided by JW Drs. - Coming Soon?

  by JWTom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there is a zoom meeting in our area this coming weekend to educate anyone with a healthcare background about "volunteering" to be part of providing health care through online zoom doctors visits.

  evidently jw doctors across the us are volunteering to do free zoom consultations that are technically real doctors visits.

  don't have many details other than i saw some of the letters from petra where people could sign up for this.. wondering if this is already happening in some areas or if anyone knows more about it?

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  Some letters and forms about this were leaked recently. The patient must sign a waiver that says something like 'I won't sue Watchtower or the JW doctor/nurse'

  It's basically a 'best effort, no guarantees' thing.
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  Letter writing question

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so the jw's are no longer goind d2d but instead are writing letters- my question is what return address are they putting on the letters?

  their own or the kh?

  the kh's in our area have no mailbox and therefore no mail can be delivered or returned to a kh.. thanks in advance!.

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  Isn't it strange?

  All JW are ambassadors for Christ and represent him with everything they say and do. They must freely share Christ's words and thoughts, and explain them to all people.

  But they must never ever even give the impression they are ambassadors of Watchtower inc. or speak on Watchtower's behalf.
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  Letter writing question

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so the jw's are no longer goind d2d but instead are writing letters- my question is what return address are they putting on the letters?

  their own or the kh?

  the kh's in our area have no mailbox and therefore no mail can be delivered or returned to a kh.. thanks in advance!.

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  Official instructions say:

  On the outside of the envelope, always provide a return address​—preferably your own postal address. If you feel that it would be unwise to give your own address when witnessing by letter to strangers, ask the elders if they would approve of your using the return address of the local Kingdom Hall. The Watch Tower Society’s address should never be used for this purpose, as this would improperly indicate that your correspondence was sent from the Society’s offices and would cause confusion. If no return address is provided and literature is included, this too may give the wrong impression that the Society is the sender.
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  Cookies.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i went to have a look at the jw.

  org website recently and i was asked if i would agree to accept cookies.

  i don't remember being asked that in the past.

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  @biahi,

  No.
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  IT experts

  by Youngaposthate in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  good day former jdubs, i'm a new member, particularly looking for it experts whome can verify if the jw apps track its members and record audio, particularly the khonf app.

  if you download app on google play store and click the headphones, a pop up requiring user to click pop up to enable audio recording is displayed.

  i'm minorly aware of the evolution of tech and tracking scandals.

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  Btw the audio recording privileges the app asks for are because it's possible to comment during a meeting with KHconf.

  Hardly anything suspicious for an app designed for.....listening to and commenting during JW meetings...

  The icon next to it (microphone) is used to comment. When you toggle this icon on, the ring turns blue, and your voice is heard across the conference bridge (assuming you used the comment PIN to connect). Tap the microphone again to mute yourself and turn the microphone back off.
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  IT experts

  by Youngaposthate in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  good day former jdubs, i'm a new member, particularly looking for it experts whome can verify if the jw apps track its members and record audio, particularly the khonf app.

  if you download app on google play store and click the headphones, a pop up requiring user to click pop up to enable audio recording is displayed.

  i'm minorly aware of the evolution of tech and tracking scandals.

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  What is the young person aiming to do please?

  Deconstruct the KHconf app back to (somewhat) readable code, to see what (hidden?) features and capabilities that app has.

  It's a bit like trying to anaylyze and 'unbake' apple pie to try and find out the recipe and ingredients.
  
  
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  P. Ms Letter to non subscibers to Redress Scheme

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  spotted this article this morning.

  i will try to post a link.. jtg.. australia.. institutions refusing to join the national redress scheme are "doubling down" on the crime of child sexual abuse, prime minister scott morrison says.. mr morrison and social services minister anne ruston have warned institutions they may lose funding and tax concessions if they fail to sign up by tuesday's deadline and will be named and shamed.. "all institutions are doing in not joining is doubling down on the crime and doubling down on the hurt," they said in a letter to 25 institutions.. "we consider it to be reprehensible that you have failed to sign up to the scheme.".

  the jehovah's witnesses is among the organisations that has refused to sign up, arguing it does not have the institutional settings of other faith-based institutions that the redress scheme is designed to cover.. senator ruston is set to name the non-participating institutions on wednesday, when she will announce what action the federal government will take against them.. "we urge you to join the scheme not because of concerns about being identified, but because it is the right thing to do," the minister and mr morrison said.. "it is the right thing to do by survivors and their families and it is what every, decent, honest, australian demands.".

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  Not everyone who claims to be a victim will automatically be paid under the Redress Scheme.

  An Independent Decision Maker will consider your application. They are highly experienced people from a range of backgrounds
  The Independent Decision Maker is the person that decides if a person can access redress under the Scheme, and if so, what redress the institution(s) needs to make. To do this, the Independent Decision Maker considers all the information provided in your application and by the institution(s). If they determine that the events are likely to have happened, then an offer of redress will be made.

  https://www.nationalredress.gov.au/applying/what-happens-next#step2

  Now I guess Watchtower doesn't want any filthy wordly person decide om their behalf they should apologize and or cough up money.

  The redress scheme looks fair enough. After all, each application if reviewed individually.

  It could very well be that the Decision Maker decides in most cases that JW don't need to pay as the abuse didn't happen in their church building or while the victim was in their custody (as per JWs claims).

  But the core issue is that Watchtower wants to control everything themselves. They don't tolerate interference from outsiders. That becomes clear everytime one government or another wants to poke their nose into Watchtower business, whether it's CSA related or not.