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Protect governing body with your life
by Zoos in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there was a quote in the literature some years back about protecting the governing body from secular authorities and insinuated that we should do whatever it took to insure their safety.. i seem to remember it was something about refusing to help the authorities locate the governing body.

i may be off track here.

if this is familiar to you could you please help me find the quote?.
88JM

Band On The Run mentioned his dad used to be a bodyguard for Rutherford and Knorr.
Incidentally, anyone know if he's okay? I notice he hasn't posted for quite a few months and he used to be quite regular?
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4 New BOEs just Arrived!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
4 boes just arrived and we appreciate our informants assistance... click the links below and then click the green download button.. .. 2015 april 6, boe (re: electronic convention program and convention releases).

.. http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/gqk7qat.

.. .. .. 2015 april 21, boe (re: programme for special meeting with headquarters representatives).
88JM

To anyone looking at this thread:
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UK Branch visit 2015
by tamagotchi in
1. jw
2. friends
anyone know anything about it?

apparently it's going to be broadcast live nationally to all the congregations this saturday
88JM

Of note is that Mark Sanderson is the GB member not Sam Heard.
Oh dear I don't know whether I even care any more. At least Sam Heard attempts a few jokes even if he does drone on a bit. I've not seen much of the new kid, but he just seems like a generic corporate-type in a suit. At least there's a chance the thing might actually finish on time with him though.
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Deborah Frances-White comedian - on being a JW
by wizzstick in
1. jw
2. experiences
deborah relates her experiences of being a jw in this bbc radio 4 broadcast.. deborah frances white - rolls the dice.

very funny and by and large very accurate.. fruit based economy indeed!.
88JM

Thread here:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/233390002/aussie-exjw-comedienne-on-bbc-limited-time
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Aussie exJW Comedienne on BBC (Limited Time)
by berrygerry in
1. social
2. entertainment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r3srd.

deborah frances-white - online.. .

spot on - and funny..
88JM

Will that work? Can't the Beeb get it taken down?
Maybe, I dunno. I've uploaded their stuff before and it hasn't been taken down yet.
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Aussie exJW Comedienne on BBC (Limited Time)
by berrygerry in
1. social
2. entertainment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r3srd.

deborah frances-white - online.. .

spot on - and funny..
88JM

Mirrored it on YouTube for when the BBC link expires in 29 days:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYtiBZiGzcw
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UK Branch visit 2015
by tamagotchi in
1. jw
2. friends
anyone know anything about it?

apparently it's going to be broadcast live nationally to all the congregations this saturday
88JM

Does anyone know what happened (if anything) to Paul Gilles? I had "heard" he had a position change, and wondered if that was true. Or is he still the voice of UK Bethel?
He's in the start of this video from last May that's still on JW.org, so I assume he's not gone AWOL:
http://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/by-region/world/conscientious-objection-experts-video/
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UK Branch visit 2015
by tamagotchi in
1. jw
2. friends
anyone know anything about it?

apparently it's going to be broadcast live nationally to all the congregations this saturday
88JM

A week after the private broadcast it will be available on jw tv.
Really? That's good to know - will save me a bit of a headache - I've been figuring out all day how I was gonna secretly record it with sound and video (the sound bit is easy enough, but good video is tricky).
If anyone hasn't seen the interface the kingdom halls login to, it's a just a streaming video through Adobe Flash, very similar to Youtube Live streams. I haven't checked the format they're using, but I suspect it's chunked file parts rather than a static URL that I can more easily rip.
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UK Branch visit 2015
by tamagotchi in
1. jw
2. friends
anyone know anything about it?

apparently it's going to be broadcast live nationally to all the congregations this saturday
88JM

It's also being re-broadcast on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. as well for congregations who share a hall etc.
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"Neither can salt water produce fresh water." - James 3:12, RNWT
by 88JM in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i noticed this verse the other night and thought it looked so obviously ridiculously provably untrue that there must be something more to it.

surely even a bible writer must understand that desalination isn't witchcraft?.

new american standard bible:"nor can salt water produce fresh.".
88JM

I noticed this verse the other night and thought it looked so obviously ridiculously provably untrue that there must be something more to it. Surely even a bible writer must understand that desalination isn't witchcraft?
It seems that the NWT and RNWT butcher the translation though (the New American Standard Bible also looks bad):
NEW WORLD TRANSLATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (2013 REVISION):
"Neither can salt water produce fresh water."

NEW WORLD TRANSLATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (1984 EDITION):
"Neither can salt water produce sweet water."

New International Version:
"Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water."

New Living Translation:
"No, and you can't draw fresh water from a salty spring."

English Standard Version:
"Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water."

New American Standard Bible:
"Nor can salt water produce fresh."

King James Bible:
"so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh."