Posts by darkspilver

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Jehovah Witnesses sects flock to Hudson Valley Town

by ToesUp in

interesting article regarding the properties owned by jw's and other sects.. shawangunk - this ulster county town, with a ridge of quartz mountains rising 2,000 feet, is a mecca for rock climbers.

in recent years, religious groups have also begun flocking to the mid-hudson valley municipality of 15,000 residents, putting down roots and scooping up tax breaks.. in 2015, the 29 shawangunk properties with religious non-profit status were worth $148 million, up 85 percent since 1999.. “our town is nearly 30 percent exempt,” said town tax assessor curt schoeberl.

“in the last five or 10 years, the largest tax-exempt group’s growth is religious.

darkspilver

Interesting how the American system seems to be broken then?

Surely the problem here is two-fold?

Firstly the tax-exemption is put into place by central government - but they don't provide grants to local communities to make up for the lost income/tax

Secondly the actual local communities are set up to be too small anyway and are therefore much more susceptible / affected financially when a tax exempt group moves in - the communites are too fragile financially due to their small size to be able to cushion the lose of money due to tax exemption.

But maybe I just don't understand the 'problem'?

And isn't Brooklyn NYC heading for a 'pay day' with annual property taxes on the buildings that WT has sold their? Of course the issue is that Brooklyn is a larger community so as a percentage overall it wouldn't be so significant as for the upstate communities....

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November 1, 2016 TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS Re: Using and Maintaining Kingdom Halls

by wifibandit in

november 1, 2016 to all bodies of elders re: using and maintaining kingdom halls.

table of contents.

ownership .........................................................................................pars.

darkspilver

Cant they just allow access to JW.org and nothing else - maybe put a parent filter on or something, Im not an expert but maybe they could do that.

The problem is WT are using content management to serve up a lot of their content - so the various downloadable images, pdfs, files, videos etc as well as fonts and javascript etc are being served from other web domains.

Also, there are legitimate reasons to access other websites at the KH - such as an online storage facility (as suggested by WT to keep schedules etc online and available to publishers 24/7) such as google drive or dropbox etc etc - and again they're likely to using other domains to serve content from

Other legitimate websites would be things like the app store / google store so apps can be downloaded, updated and app content can be downloaded.

I think the wifi password thingy is being over-thought here though -

I think WT is basically wanting to make sure there is some kind of password in place - ie it isn't an open free-for-all access - which is fair enough.

Yes some congregations will be a pain and be totally restrictive, the vast majority will password protect, but the password will effectively be an 'open-secret' amongst the publishers.

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Comparing WT Library - 2011 vs. 2012

by MeanMrMustard in

a couple of years ago, i participated in a thread on this site comparing the old nwt (1984) to the new nwt (2013).

i was able to produce a nwt mash up pdf showing the side-by-side differences between the two versions of the nwt.

herethis site claims it will hold the file for download for a long time.

darkspilver

PDF version currently on jw.org

Watchtower 1 October 2011, page 21, 2nd footnote
"Xerxes lost a fortune in his disastrous war against the Greeks, evidently before his marriage to Esther."

CD ROM and wol.jw.org versions

Watchtower 1 October 2011, page 21, 2nd footnote
"Xerxes needed a vast store of funds to carry out his long-proposed but ultimately disastrous war against Greece."

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Comparing WT Library - 2011 vs. 2012

by MeanMrMustard in

a couple of years ago, i participated in a thread on this site comparing the old nwt (1984) to the new nwt (2013).

i was able to produce a nwt mash up pdf showing the side-by-side differences between the two versions of the nwt.

herethis site claims it will hold the file for download for a long time.

darkspilver

Hi ab.ortega!

Ther watchtower 2010: "Balsam of Gilead - The Balm that Heals"
They removed "at the beginning" from: But it was not left unanswered. In the synagogue in Nazareth at the beginning of the year 30 C.E., Jesus read from the scroll of Isaiah, saying:

Original individual magazine version:

Watchtower 1 June 2010, page 22, paragraph 5
"In the synagogue in Nazareth at the beginning of the year 30 C.E., Jesus read from the scroll of Isaiah, saying"

New CD ROM version:

Watchtower 1 June 2010, page 22, paragraph 5
"In the synagogue in Nazareth in the year 30 C.E., Jesus read from the scroll of Isaiah, saying"

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Comparing WT Library - 2011 vs. 2012

by MeanMrMustard in

a couple of years ago, i participated in a thread on this site comparing the old nwt (1984) to the new nwt (2013).

i was able to produce a nwt mash up pdf showing the side-by-side differences between the two versions of the nwt.

herethis site claims it will hold the file for download for a long time.

darkspilver

Hi ab.ortega!

The watchtower 1988: "Unmasking the serpent" paragraph 8
2011 says: " Had it been otherwise, it would not have been a true test of Job's integrity." - Job 1:21; 2:9, 10.
2012 says: "Thus, this became a very severe test of Job's integrity."- Job 1:21; 2:9, 10.

Original individual magazine version:

Watchtower 1 September 1988, page 10, paragraph 8, end
"Had it been otherwise, it would not have been a true test of Job's integrity."

Bound volume version:

Watchtower 1 September 1988, page 10, paragraph 8, end
"Thus, this became a very severe test of Job’s integrity."

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November 1, 2016 TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS Re: Using and Maintaining Kingdom Halls

by wifibandit in

november 1, 2016 to all bodies of elders re: using and maintaining kingdom halls.

table of contents.

ownership .........................................................................................pars.

darkspilver

I think the cleaning 'problem' has been exasperated in recent years by the disintergration of the local group arrangement - on group evening (tuesday?) there would often be the lone publisher or two who managed to remember your group's turn KH cleaning for the weekend, so it was more likely to get done - and a good turn out on f/s as we all stop early to clean the KH late morninging before lunchtime

I attended many congregations that shared with another. The worst was clleaning after a meeting when another congregation would be the next attending one.

For the Sunday, I think it works better to get your own 'crew/group' in early before the meeting and do the cleaning/tidy for your own congregation meeting before the meeting

Of course, if you arrive early enough, before the other congregation have fully left, then all the better...

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Kendall Kingdom Hall UK

by darkspilver in

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all this talk of kingdom halls.... remember what used to happen?.

gilthwaiterigg lane kendal la9 6nt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y11f_plajek.

darkspilver

Hi snugglebunny

I used to attend Carnforth KH many years ago.

Best known for it's train station?.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTFrjVegj3M

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More speculation on Kingdom Hall closers and money grabbing?

by Crazyguy in

there continues to be more and more rumors of more halls being sold off some even taking the first offer.

the borg trying to get thier bond money back from the court in san diego asap and there's been elders meetings about this consolidation.

my questions is why after selling off all this real estate in new york for over a billion dollars are they still acting like thier broke?

darkspilver

Hi My Name is of No Consequence!

but has anyone seen a newly built new style kingdom hall?

Check out my earlier posts

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5731468166823936/new-kingdom-hall-flowery-branch-georgia-usa

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5156898246492160/inside-new-style-kingdom-halls-photos

Pruning Kingdom Halls

by darkspilver in

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hey punkofnice isn't the only one who can clean up with the corny jokes...... pruning kingdom halls.... but can you spot which of the following kh's are being pruned, literally!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v86zjus7veo.