Posts by A.proclaimer

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If a year is really 365 1/4 days why 360 days to calculate 1914

by blondie in

jw
friends

doesn't that throw off the date?.

*** w51 6/15 p. 383 questions from readers ***.

in establishing the length of the seven times of the gentiles, a time or year of 360 days is used, to give 2,520 days, which become 2,520 years when ezekiel 4:6 is applied.

A.proclaimer

Adding onto this problem, the Jewish lunar calendar isn't strictly 360 days but rather 353, 354, or 355 days and every 7 years it's 383, 384 or 385 days. Months aren't 30 days each but could be either 29 or 30.

"The Jewish calendar is based on three astronomical phenomena: the rotation of the Earth about its axis (a day); the revolution of the moon about the Earth (a month); and the revolution of the Earth about the sun (a year). These three phenomena are independent of each other, so there is no direct correlation between them. On average, the moon revolves around the Earth in about 29½ days. The Earth revolves around the sun in about 365¼ days, that is, about 12 lunar months and 11 days.

To coordinate these three phenomena, and to accommodate certain ritual requirements, the Jewish calendar consists of 12 or 13 months of 29 or 30 days, and can be 353, 354, 355, 383, 384 or 385 days long. The keystone of the calendar is the new moon, referred to in Hebrew as the molad."

http://www.jewfaq.org/m/calendr2.htm

http://www.jewfaq.org/m/calendar.htm

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All schools closed in L.A. county today, a bomb threat.

by James Mixon in

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friends

something needs to be done 960000 kids have the day off, 900 schools closed.. our way of life is changing, get use to it..

A.proclaimer

NYC got the same threat but they didn't shut down schools. Turns out, this was most likely just a hoax

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12/13/2015 Yahoo Article about sale of NY property up to 1B$

by Aerodynamic in

i am just posting the article link because i saw it today trolling through yahoo.

wow!

a billion, with a "b" is a big chunk of change.. http://news.yahoo.com/jehovahs-witnesses-could-1-billion-nyc-properties-161102417.html.

A.proclaimer

I just posted this on another thread but 1 billion is just considered a conservative estimate, meaning there could be more.

"The church has not announced an asking price but Tucker Reed, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, called $1 billion "a conservative estimate" for the Witnesses' real estate portfolio."

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In Associated Press today

by Gayle in

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friends

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d926d4a36d614dfe969eba2b632fb3ce/jehovahs-witnesses-could-get-1-billion-nyc-properties.

hopefully, some jws will read this, and question how the wt is getting all this money, and question where is it really going?.

A.proclaimer

The same article was posted on Yahoo, just read it. Actually, 1 billion is considered to be a conservative estimate, meaning it could be more than just that

"The church has not announced an asking price but Tucker Reed, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, called $1 billion "a conservative estimate" for the Witnesses' real estate portfolio."

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HAPPILY (NEVER) AFTER --a Story from my childhood

by Terry in

happily never after.

(remembrance from my childhood).

hers was a primal scream, cutting me with an icy blade of accusation..

A.proclaimer

Great story! I like the descriptions you put into it. Very chilling in the end. I think those are all questions we ponder about someone we know, at some point in life. Makes me wonder what did happen to Lily-May, even though this was long before I was born.

55

"High" education

by Esmeralda001 in

did any of you guys disregard the wt recommendations and pursue a career.

if you answer "yes": was your journey easy?

are you happy with the end result?

A.proclaimer

I've known young people (and a few older ones) in my current and old congregation who have actually pursued higher education, including an elder and sons/daughters of elders, regardless what is said by the Watchtower. One person I know works in a medical lab now. But I've also came across some in the congregation that are really against higher education and talk about how it's pointless to go. An elder who gave me my study, for sometime tried to discourage me from continuing, without directly saying it. He didn't press on it much though. I haven't ran into any problems myself, and I'm still going to university. My mother always tells me what "goingthrutheemotions" said in the first paragraph, and she's a JW. It depends who you come across. The official statement is "no higher education" but there are those who still go.

However, I am always asked when I am going to finish. Or maybe that's what others do too, I'm not sure.

77

Feeling rejected

by Esmeralda001 in

just a little disclaimer: english isn't my first language (i'm from france) thus the poor writing skills.here is the situation: i'm not a jw.

however, i'm in the process of becoming one.

in fact, i'm studying with the jw's, and i'll proceed to become an unbaptized publisher as soon as i finish the first book.to make a long story short i was introduced to the truth when i was 18een.

A.proclaimer

Esmeralda001,

C'est intelligent de faire des recherches et voir les deux côtés avant de faire une décision. Entre-temps, j'espere que vous vous sentirez plus calme dans une autre congrégation.

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Feeling rejected

by Esmeralda001 in

just a little disclaimer: english isn't my first language (i'm from france) thus the poor writing skills.here is the situation: i'm not a jw.

however, i'm in the process of becoming one.

in fact, i'm studying with the jw's, and i'll proceed to become an unbaptized publisher as soon as i finish the first book.to make a long story short i was introduced to the truth when i was 18een.

A.proclaimer

Esmeralda001

Bienvenue, vous avez bien écrit l'anglais. C'est dommage votre situation, mais il y a certains gens qui se croient plus supérieur que les autres. Peut-être ils se sent menacé pour votre présence à cause de leur fils et le fait que vous n'êtes pas baptisée. Il faut faire des recherches avant de se baptiser.

Best of luck in your research!

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Brooklyn Bethel Tours Through The Roof

by freemindfade in

was speaking with someone last night who just recently toured the us bethel's.

the brooklyn tour i heard was awful, very limited and disappointing and conducted by a local pioneer and not even a bethelite.

well from what they are telling the folks on the tour since the tm3 bit encouraging (guilting) people about going to disneyland on vacation when you haven't visited bethel, monthly tours went from 6000 to 16000!

A.proclaimer

I went on the tour in Brooklyn last year and this summer. There's nothing much to it anymore. You go on a couple of floors, walk through some hallways. The tour guide only takes you to different display boards along the hallways that talk about the organization like construction, different departments, GB helpers and things like that. It's not how it use to be where they showed you different rooms and factory machines. The only room you actually get to see is where they get tools and writing utensils. I did see Losch passing by one time.

The only entertaining part in Brooklyn is the Bible and JW history exhibit. No need to wait in line for that.

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JW logo and symbolism

by Illuminated in

there's a recent thread regarding the jw indoctrination expressed on the net, particularly instagram.

from an outsider looking in, i noticed this when looking through jw instagram profiles.

it came off super cult-ish and robotic along with similar wording used as though everyone, male or female, is a stepford wife (watch the movie for those who haven't seen it).

A.proclaimer

Every religion uses symbols to appeal to people and their emotions. Symbols mean something to people. It's also part of the new makeover in trying to become more modern and appeal to outsiders. They probably think that outsiders will wonder what JW.org is all about and search it online.