Thanks for bringing our attention to the unreliability of
http://www.quotes-watchtower.co.uk
Maybe it's actually an anti-apostate website
darkspilver
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Can YOU identify this photo (1914 Rapture?)
by AlphaOmega ini need help identifying the source of this photo, which purports to show the watchtower crowd going up to the top of the mount of olives in 1914 awaiting the rapture.. .
i would like to show this photo to several jws along with the article in the october 8 1968 awake, which says.... true, there have been those in times past who predicted an end to the world, even announcing a specific date.
some have gathered groups of people with them and fled to the hills or withdrawn into their houses waiting for the end.yet nothing happened.
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Tour Booking facility Via JW.ORG
by Da.Furious innot sure is this was posted online.. visitors to the jw.org website can now book tour visits to any bethel (as long as country does not ban jws).. the link to the booking page is: .
https://www.jw.org/en/whats-new/bethel-tour-reservation-tool/.
within this article there is the actual link tot he booking page: .
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Hi Da Furious
Seems sensible to avoid crowding, long queues and disappointment when too many turn up.
Interesting that the WT is using a 'secular' website, probably the best/cheapest option rather than the hassle of doing it in-house, particularly when there are services such as www.zozi.com available
Not sure is this was posted online.
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Visitors to the JW.ORG website can now book tour visits to any bethel (as long as country does not ban JWs).
No, appears to be just the US locations.
Seems only US tours can be booked online.
? contradicting yourself - see above
The best part is the booking section on the right. Why they have add to cart option with $0.00!
Wondering if they will be charging a nominal cost for visiting - as voluntary donation pre-added
The jw.org website states
https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/united-states/
Please disregard any monetary references, such as “payment,” “total,” or “taxes and fees.” There is no charge for making a tour reservation.
The letter read out at congregations states
Please disregard any references to fees for services found on this secular website. As always, tours to any of our facilities are provided free of charge.
So, have you noticed any dates and times that are FULL UP already ??
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Amazon Charity
by mikeypants inboring post below, fyi.. i was with extended family this weekend and the conversation drifted to contributions and donations.
they said amazon will donate a percentage of your purchase to a charity of choice.
i guess someone put in jdumbs and it went through.
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Hi rebel8
Wow, nobody is interested in this? I am surprised.
Maybe because of Amazon's other issues?.....
http://europe.newsweek.com/amazon-jeff-bezos-taxes-479814?rm=eu
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The increasing WT magazine
by darkspilver inapart from the interesting block color change for the title strip on the front page.... the new 2017 wt mag has some new (updated printing figures):.
2016: produced each issue: 58,987,000 available in 282 languages .
2017: produced each issue: 61,651,000 available in 294 languages.
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Hi canteave
Bloody hard to burn them...
Except that looks like the 'Was Life Created?' brochure and NOT a recent Watchtower/Awake magazine.
I believe the 'Was Life Created?' brochure was/is printed on differerant paper that doesn't burn so easily by itself than the magazines.
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Paperback?
by Maxee inhas anyone seen the paperback editions of previous and recent bookstudy pubs.
i haven't seen them here in aus?.
also i recieved a email today from my brother, who too is a enquiring jw.
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Hi MaxeeHas anyone seen the paperback editions of previous and recent bookstudy pubs. I haven't seen them here in Aus?
The Secret of Family Happiness
Also I recieved a email today from my brother, who too is a enquiring JW. He wrote that in a footnote in a book written by Raymond Franz 'Christian Freedom' that due to the abundance of old publications in order to get rid of the excess stock these publications were nominated by the faithful and discreet slave and encouraged via KM's to be used as the book study spiritual food. Has anyone read Christian Freedom? Has anyone else heard this?
No. Maybe in olden times, like last century? But I'd expect even then that the WT would have had to have printed more anyway back then when a particular book or brochure was to be used by everyone for the weekly study. I can imagine them moving the order that the books/brochures were studied to logisitically make the printing of them more efficient.
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Question for New Yorkers
by EdenOne inquick question because of a current writing project i have in hands .... if you live on staten island, what would be the assembly hall you would attend for a circuit assembly ?.
another question: in 2014 were there still circuit assemblies?
or had it been already narrowed down to special assembly days?.
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I'm not a New Yorker, but....
Your terminology is all wrong
They STILL have Circuit Assemblies
It was the Special Assembly Days they cancelled
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/274403/boe-letter-new-adjustments
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/275911/new-boe-letters
The WT service year starts on 1 September each year
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Moving and transferring publisher's card.
by The Fugitive inhi folks.
i have been a lurker here for quite some time but i have now decided to make my first post.
i am originally from somewhere on the east coast, but recently, in part to aid in the fading process, i have moved to a city somewhere west of the mississippi.
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If someone were transfer several times through a series of congregations for say congregation A then to congregation B and to C then D etc. would congregation D be able to tell from the publisher's cards and letter of introduction that are mailed to them that the person originally came from congregation A and then mail everything back there
Your OP implied that with this second route you would not be turning up at the congregation at all - just choosing a 'random congregation'
Therefore, why would B send to C?
If B did send to C - without seeing you, seeing you a couple of times only, seeing you for a short time (ie they don't know you well enough to write a letter of introduction) - B will probably either include letter of introduction from A in letter to C and/or will let C know you originally came from A. B might even refuse to send to C and send back to A for them to send to C themselves.
based on the assumption that the person's family is there?
No assumption is made - your cards arrive at B, you don't turn up, B gets rid of your cards by posting back to A - B doesn't know you, B isn't making any assumptions, they're just getting rid of your cards from their file (of course they could telephone or email A, effectively same result) - A wonders why your cards have been returned to them.
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Moving and transferring publisher's card.
by The Fugitive inhi folks.
i have been a lurker here for quite some time but i have now decided to make my first post.
i am originally from somewhere on the east coast, but recently, in part to aid in the fading process, i have moved to a city somewhere west of the mississippi.
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Hi The Fugitive
Does anybody think this could work?
No, your cards will very likely be sent back to your original congregation, which will then 'red flag' it to the secretary in the original congregation who is then much more likely to, at the very least, informally check with your family, it'll not just look weird, it'll also look questionable....
Hi Ds
I believe the new arrangement is that the new secretary must request your cards from your old Cong.
Interesting
BoE letter: November 17, 2010 - "Re: Letters of introduction"
If the previous service committee knows where the publisher moved, they may take the initiative and send these items without waiting for a formal request from the new congregation.
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Canada - Macleans article, Oct. 28, 2016: A Jehovah’s Witness and her deadly devotion
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.macleans.ca/news/a-jehovahs-witness-and-her-deadly-devotion/.
a jehovah’s witness and her deadly devotion.
did a jehovah’s witness die after refusing a blood transfusion, and should the state have let it happen?.
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Deadly Devotion: Witness to Murder
Kim Anderson, a divorced mother of two and devout Jehovah's Witness, finally finds the man of her dreams. But on their wedding day, she has a sinking feeling that something is terribly wrong.
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New Video - Old News - Shooting of JW during machete attack at New Orleans airport was justified
by darkspilver ina newly released video shows shocking footage of a new orleans man charging at tsa officials with a machete.. the video, taken march 20, 2015, shows a man later identified as richard white running through a new orleans airport terminal waving the large knife while spraying wasp spray at various people.. jefferson parish sheriff’s lt. heather sylve ultimately shot him in the thigh and he died of his injuries after refusing medical treatment, reportedly because it went against his beliefs as a jehovah’s witness.. http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/crime_police/article_8d680284-9bb4-11e6-9cf1-cb15d005609c.html.
previously discussed here:.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/184150001/richard-white-machette-attacker-new-orleans-airport-jw-dies-another-medicine-denier.
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darkspilver
A newly released video shows shocking footage of a New Orleans man charging at TSA officials with a machete.
The video, taken March 20, 2015, shows a man later identified as Richard White running through a New Orleans Airport Terminal waving the large knife while spraying wasp spray at various people.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Lt. Heather Sylve ultimately shot him in the thigh and he died of his injuries after refusing medical treatment, reportedly because it went against his beliefs as a Jehovah’s Witness.
Previously discussed here:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5991626849648640/old-news-story-machete-nola-airport-killer
