Posts by jonahstourguide

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Return to Kingdom Hall Meetings - Letter to Elder Bodies?

by JWTom in

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a couple of threads over on reddit that there is a letter to elders on restarting meetings.

i find this hard to believe and have not seen anything on this from our trusty sources on this site.

can anyone confirm?.

jonahstourguide

Just announced onjwborg.

Some congs will be trialing in person meetings from 1st November.

Here in Australia, a cong that has Saturday public meetings in Western Australia will announce today that they have been selected. No actual details re vaccination versus unvaccinated etc etc

The Australasia branch has also designated the South Island of NZ,

And some small pacific Islands to take part in the trial.

I'll keep you posted if i hear any more.

The talk among elders in WA is "isn't this a bit premature?"

jtg

Edit, here is the link

https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/The-Governing-Body-Announces-That-Some-In-Person-Meetings-Will-Resume-in-Select-Areas/

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Annual Meeting

by sove in

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friends

is it the annual meeting this weekend?

any insights on "new light" or new releases?.

jonahstourguide

Thank you Bobcat.

Excellent precis and yes, the usual convoluted reasoning as you pointed out.

jtg

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Life In Communist Victoria Australia If You Are In The Workforce

by jonahstourguide in

well, it has happened.. workers in these industries will be forced to vax or lose their employment.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/victoria-which-authorised-workers-mandatory-vaccination-onsite/100506980.

i'm glad to be out of the workforce.. never thought it would come to this in a supposed democratic society.. no wonder protests and law suits are increasing in intensity.

like for fucks sake,,, a worker at a takeaway bottle / liquor shop.

jonahstourguide

Well actually,

The tightest restrictions are here in my home state of Victoria.

Melbourne has had the longest most detrimental lock-down globally.

Other states are having stadium sports and construction is open.

Restaurants and pubs are open with some restrictions.

Whereas we can only get take-away foods etc. Supermarkets are open with restricted hours.

The Australian Football League Grand Final was played in Western Australia. It's usually in Melbourne.

The Australian Rugby Grand Final will be played in Queensland, not in NSW.

The V8 Supercars season will resume late October in New South Wales after two events

in Victoria having been cancelled by Dictator/ Chairman Dan. "due to cov19" fucking chinese.

Only some Local Government Areas in other states are being locked down, not the entire states or cities.

And, the Independent Police Integrity Unit are investigating numerous human rights violations by police in Victoria.

So yes, we Victorians are seriously pissed off.

jtg

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Another Doctrinal Flip-Flop As Of Oct 2019 - RE: Locusts In Joel 2

by pale.emperor in

it's seems that even the revised edition of the book revelation: it's grand climax a hand was wrong again.. in the 2019 agm david splane "clarified our understanding of the prophecy recorded in joel 2".

clarified?

you mean he done a 180 reversal.. from revelation: it's grand climax a hand page 143, para.

jonahstourguide

Interesting.

I searched up and came up with this link.

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2020364?q=locusts&p=par

April 2020 wt

The usual convoluted reasoning / excuses,, blah blah blah.

jtg

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Life In Communist Victoria Australia If You Are In The Workforce

by jonahstourguide in

well, it has happened.. workers in these industries will be forced to vax or lose their employment.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/victoria-which-authorised-workers-mandatory-vaccination-onsite/100506980.

i'm glad to be out of the workforce.. never thought it would come to this in a supposed democratic society.. no wonder protests and law suits are increasing in intensity.

like for fucks sake,,, a worker at a takeaway bottle / liquor shop.

jonahstourguide

Well, It has happened.

Workers in these industries will be forced to vax or lose their employment.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/victoria-which-authorised-workers-mandatory-vaccination-onsite/100506980

I'm glad to be out of the workforce.

Never thought it would come to this in a supposed democratic society.

No wonder protests and law suits are increasing in intensity.

Like for fucks sake,,, a worker at a takeaway bottle / liquor shop.

Most of our takeaways are outdoors. Fucking morons.

jtg

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Has the governing body been had by the 'superior Authorities'?

by was a new boy in

nyc mayor praises jw's for obeying authorities.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzy5xtr5gvg.

jonahstourguide

Hi All,

It's often difficult to sift through all the available information to find the substantiated facts.

It is however interesting.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjWmMO8oqjzAhU_xjgGHcP_CswQFnoECAUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abajournal.com%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Fnewly-minted-lawyer-challenges-covid-restrictions-in-series-of-lawsuits-one-judge-called-filings-an-impenetrable-thicket&usg=AOvVaw2UHnb0vo_G9X5Af5jd7L6b

And here another attempt to discredit Renz.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjWmMO8oqjzAhU_xjgGHcP_CswQFnoECAMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Finvestigations%2F2021%2F09%2F20%2Fvaccine-lawsuits-thomas-renz-covid%2F&usg=AOvVaw1Y4DRWJLF9b5C4dLqgTNKn

I'm sure many will watch with interest as the whole scenario of the 'Wuhan' virus plays out.

jtg.

I dunno,, where there's smoke there is usually bit of a fire.

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U.S. Politics on Australian news. Is it a correct summary?

by jonahstourguide in

hi to all americans.. i read this interesting summary of politics in the u.s. at the moment.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/us-politics-wrap-debt-ceiling-nancy-pelosi/100503466.

is it 'on the money' so to speak?.

i ask because i often read reports of what's going on here in australia in overseas media.

jonahstourguide

Hi to all Americans.

I read this interesting summary of politics in the U.S. at the moment.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/us-politics-wrap-debt-ceiling-nancy-pelosi/100503466

Is it 'on the money' so to speak?

I ask because I often read reports of what's going on here in Australia in overseas media

and find they are more often than not skewed far from the reality.

jtg

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A Question For The Scholarly Re Gilgamesh

by jonahstourguide in

hi all.. read this article re the gilgamesh clay tablet.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-21/us-returns-gilgamesh-tablet-to-iraq/100478858.

how does it impact the dating of the biblical flood?

it seems earlier.. i am going to do some research myself to make a comparison.. it's interesting as i have not previously heard of the tablet but have heard of the.

jonahstourguide

Hi All.

Read this article re the Gilgamesh clay tablet.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-21/us-returns-gilgamesh-tablet-to-iraq/100478858

How does it impact the dating of the biblical flood? It seems earlier.

I am going to do some research myself to make a comparison.

It's interesting as I have not previously heard of the tablet but have heard of the

Epic of Gilgamesh.

Stay safe.

jtg

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China About to Screw Your Life Again

by Simon in

china's economy is wobbling as one of its largest companies, evergrande, is teetering on bankruptcy.. there's a good chance it's collapse will have a knock-on effect on other markets.. so more to thank them for than just the covid virus.. no one should have any dealing with china..

jonahstourguide

Here's an article in Australia.

Seems the debt estimate is about US$300 Billion.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-21/china-property-bust-evergrande/100472190

jtg

Edit,,, Liabilities of US$300 Billion, is the US$400 Million the interest debt they cannot repay ?!

If I understand it correctly.

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Australian jw org responds to Govt. pressure to participate in sexual abuse redress scheme.

by Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice. in

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friends

reported in the news today - let's hope victims are duly compensated for their suffering and the org is taken to the cleaners.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-10/jehovahs-witnesses-sign-up-to-sexual-abuse-redress-scheme/100449204.

cheeses - the wholly holey holy one..

jonahstourguide

Just hearsay as far as I know.

However every annual tax return shows huge sums of money going to "charitable causes" and "overseas aid"

Obviously getting sent to the U.S. as do other Branches around the world.

Been doing this for years now.

I recall JWleaks used to provide annual tax return documents for the Australian branch.

jtg