Posts by Laika

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Email conversation with a colleague

by zakharijah in

i just wanted to share this conversation i had by email with a jw colleague last year at easter.

(on my professional email address).

or how can you say to your brother, allow me to extract the straw from your eye; when, look!

Laika

At least she was reasonably polite and contacted you direct with her concerns. Most of the Witnesses I know would have printed off the email and taken it straight to the elders to deal with (many of whom would not have taken that you were sending it on behalf of others as a valid excuse)

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Circulation figures for Bible versions - how does the NWT compare?

by slimboyfat in

they mentioned at the annual meeting that over 200 million copies of the nwt have been produced.

i wondered how that compares with other versions, but it seems circulation figures are not terribly easy to come by.

after the king james version, which has probably been printed billions of times, i guess the niv is probably the most popular version.

Laika

Are the 200million NWTs just in the English language or is that the worldwide total?

The NIV has been circulated 450million times in English, so not necessarily a direct comparison.

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Hear Ye!!!Hear Ye!! WONDERFUL GOOD NEWS!!!!

by mouthy in

my jw daughter called me this afternoon!!!!!

!i am just over the moon.

her hubby not a jw has cancer & was operated on today!!!!.

Laika

I'm pleased for you Mouthy, I hope you can build on that. :-)

Did her husband's operation go ok?

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Ancient Confession Found: 'We Invented Jesus Christ'

by Watchtower-Free in

http://uk.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11201273.htm.

ancient confession found: 'we invented jesus christ'biblical scholars will be appearing at the 'covert messiah' conference at conway hall in london on the 19th of october to present this controversial discovery to the british public.

london (prweb uk) 8 october 2013. american biblical scholar joseph atwill will be appearing before the british public for the first time in london on the 19th of october to present a controversial new discovery: ancient confessions recently uncovered now prove, according to atwill, that the new testament was written by first-century roman aristocrats and that they fabricated the entire story of jesus christ.

Laika

Whatever happened to mP? Did he get banned?

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Can you really give the WT app a negative review?

by bytheirworks in

seriously guys, can you really give the wt app a negative review?.

i mean it does what it says it will do in a sleek way... right?.

so why the calls to give this app bad reviews?

Laika

I suppose you could downrate it for featuring a poor translation, but a 1 star would be a bit harsh.

OTOH, it would balance out the huge number of 5 stars reviews given by JWs for no other reason than it's an official JW app.

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Videos of a few key moments from the Annual Meeting

by cedars in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imfuiaeg820.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkjbvfpjpje.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iezhj13pun4.

Laika

Thanks Cedars,

I have a question: Is providing international access to the AGM going to be an annual thing now, kind of like an extra assembly, or was this a one off special for the new bible?

If an annual thing it will be interesting to see how they're going to keep it interesting, they'll have to save some big new light or keep back the usual DC releases for this meeting, a 3 hour+ meeting with no new light or publications would be hugely disappointing for JWs. Maybe they already have future new light planned for this meeting?

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A small observation from the AGM...

by sir82 in

jw
friends

...but it struck me as significant anyway.. i attended at a jw assembly hall, and was sitting behind a pretty typical jw family.

2 kids about ages 8 & 5, frazzled hen-pecked husband, and....the mom.

the lady of the house.

Laika

Great post!

I know a few JWs like that, I remember my sister's in-laws were showing off pictures they had taken with GB members after a holiday to New York, they are basically celebrities.

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Will you download the WT app on Monday?

by bytheirworks in

will you download the new watchtower app on monday?.

Laika

There are currently 9217 reviews in Google Play for Android, 9162 have 5 stars. I imagine the negative reviews will get downvoted as well, I don't think we can compete with them.

Some of the positive reviews are quite funny, my favourites are the ones that say they will never forget this day or the weekend.

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The NWT is almost readable now (some random thoughts)

by slimboyfat in

i guess there will be lots of interesting little changes, but perhaps the most significant change in the new version of the nwt is overall readability.

there were many, many passages of the old nwt that were virtually incomprehensible unless you had read some watchtower commentary explaining what on earth they were trying to say.

take 1 cor 7:36 in the old nwt for example:.

Laika

I notice Jesus still has a seizure, unfortunately.

When I got bored during meetings and assemblies, which was common, I often attempted to read through the bible for entertainment, but I never got very far because it was so painful to read I found I was better off daydreaming. Although I'd already had doubts it was reading the bible properly for the first time, which I had to do in another translation, that confirmed to me it wasn't the truth.

I wonder if I'd have discovered this sooner with a better NWT.

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agm latest news anyone go?

by Crazyguy in

anyone actually go what was said and details on the new release..

Laika

There's a new bible mate, you can download it from tomorrow.