Posts by StarTrekAngel

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A call from family - Armageddon this month!

by kaik in

i very seldom receive a call from my jw siblings, i mean seldom.

i can count them on my hand in past 10 years.

while we talk about mom a lot and i am in touch with her, i was very surprised when i received this call.

StarTrekAngel

Good one blondie. Need to keep that in mind for when that question comes.

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I hope the letter about deleting the Theocratic school is true.

by John Aquila in

yesterday i was with a group of brothers that wanted my advice on re-roofing a home.

three of them were ministerial servants.

all of them are from the spanish congregation.

StarTrekAngel

By the way, if you like the tango from "take the lead" check out the music from "Gotan Project". You'll probably like it.

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Letter from Brazilian Branch: Buildings

by TheTruthBR in

jw
friends

this letter will be read in all the congregations of brazil on the service meeting this week.

(google translation - original available)originala todas as congregacoesprezados irmaos:nao ha duvida de que jeova tem abencoado ricamente seu povo no mundo inteiro.

isso fica evidenteno aumento do numero de publicadores e no notavel progresso espiritual de nossa organizacao.

StarTrekAngel

Do you have the link to the original letter?

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A site like JWFacts/JW Survey in Spanish

by StarTrekAngel in

i have been pondering about this for a while.

i wrote to cedars at some point an offered to help translate his articles into spanish but the answer was that they had all of their efforts committed.

i wrote to paul grundy and never got an answer.

StarTrekAngel

Hey El Kato,

That is pretty much what we need. I would, however, think that a better format would make it more attractive.

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A site like JWFacts/JW Survey in Spanish

by StarTrekAngel in

i have been pondering about this for a while.

i wrote to cedars at some point an offered to help translate his articles into spanish but the answer was that they had all of their efforts committed.

i wrote to paul grundy and never got an answer.

I would be willing to moderate. I seat on a computer 5 days a weeks and I am one of the bosses here so I get some more leeway to spend time away from work. Weekends are a problem. I have more demanding bosses at home LOL. Besides, I can get ratted out if I get caught here at home. Walls have eyes.

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A site like JWFacts/JW Survey in Spanish

by StarTrekAngel in

i have been pondering about this for a while.

i wrote to cedars at some point an offered to help translate his articles into spanish but the answer was that they had all of their efforts committed.

i wrote to paul grundy and never got an answer.

StarTrekAngel

Yes. There are a good share of spanish forums but there aren't that many blogs of the fashion of JWfacts with sections regarding each doctrine. Graphs, magazine references, etc. Having a language option would be good. I think the google translate API would be a good option for those who are somewhat fluent in English and want to translate something to read it better.

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A site like JWFacts/JW Survey in Spanish

by StarTrekAngel in

i have been pondering about this for a while.

i wrote to cedars at some point an offered to help translate his articles into spanish but the answer was that they had all of their efforts committed.

i wrote to paul grundy and never got an answer.

StarTrekAngel

Well, everyone can help by spreading the word. We can give you a prepared spanish paragraph to share. LOL

@John Aquila... you spelled like it sounds and as long as people can relate, it would have the desired effect.

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A site like JWFacts/JW Survey in Spanish

by StarTrekAngel in

i have been pondering about this for a while.

i wrote to cedars at some point an offered to help translate his articles into spanish but the answer was that they had all of their efforts committed.

i wrote to paul grundy and never got an answer.

StarTrekAngel

I am eager and ready. Just hope the therapist doesn't come with shit like "getting more involved is not going to help you... blah blah!"

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Where the need is greater: TTATT in Spanish

by Londo111 in

it seems most of the us growth is in spanish-speaking territory, and of course, there is growth in the nations where spanish is the predominant language.

most sites oriented around ttatt, are english-speaking.

there seems then to be a great need for translators...for instance, imagine if there was a spanish version of www.jwfacts.com.. unfortunately, i dont speak this language.

StarTrekAngel

Correcting the little mistakes google translate makes is not very difficult and it would give the documents more credibility. I can do the translation. I just opened a new thread about this before I saw this one.

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A site like JWFacts/JW Survey in Spanish

by StarTrekAngel in

i have been pondering about this for a while.

i wrote to cedars at some point an offered to help translate his articles into spanish but the answer was that they had all of their efforts committed.

i wrote to paul grundy and never got an answer.

StarTrekAngel

I have been pondering about this for a while. I wrote to Cedars at some point an offered to help translate his articles into Spanish but the answer was that they had all of their efforts committed. I wrote to Paul Grundy and never got an answer. I am not mad or anything. I understand they are busy and so am I. However, I've been lurking more and more into Spanish language forums and facebook pages. I am noticing a similar trend as the one I notice in my circuit. The Spanish crowd is generally unaware, not just of TTATT, but of many of the other seemingly more trivial things that go on in the JW world. I believe so is happening to a degree much larger than you would imagine, with people left in the blind because of their lack of access to information resources.

Just to give an example, last night in our book study the question in the paragraph was... who is the faithful and discrete slave?

Sister A- Just like the book mentions, a small group of anointed brothers around the world.

Elder A- Thank you sister, very good answer

Sister B- We learned from the publications that the faithful slave as Jesus predicted, is all of the anointed brothers from around the world.

Elder A- Thank you very much sister for your answer... now movin....(elder A gets interrupted by elder B)

Elder B- Now there is an interesting tidbit to be added here, brothers. This book was released several years ago and that is why it says the FD&S is all of the anointed brothers. We know, however, as it was published in 2013, that the FD&S is only the members of the GB of JWs. Not all of the anointed.

Elder A- Thank you Elder B for that clarification.

So as you can see, elder A was going to move on with confirming the old teaching. There are instances in which even the elders are either clueless or so out of focus that they answer "good" to anything the R&F says.

I have been thinking for a while about starting my own blog. I am just afraid that other life commitments would not allow me to give it the attention it deserves. I am about to start working with a therapist too and I am wondering what he would think about me putting an effort into activism. So I believe I am going to wait just a little longer to see what he recommends.

Would love to hear your thoughts. Constructive criticism is welcome and appreciated. Haters are not.