Posts by dropoffyourkeylee

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792 baptized this weekend at one convention

by dropoffyourkeylee in

at a 3-day convention in nairobi, kenya this week 12-2-16 through 12-4-16, they had 70,000+ attendance, and there were 792 baptized (i presume the baptism was yesterday).

i was amazed to hear this; i guess now we know where the wt's growth is coming from..

dropoffyourkeylee

At a 3-day convention in Nairobi, Kenya this week 12-2-16 through 12-4-16, they had 70,000+ attendance, and there were 792 baptized (I presume the baptism was yesterday). I was amazed to hear this; I guess now we know where the WT's growth is coming from.

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Why did Jehovah's Witnesses release the Byington and New Jerusalem Bibles in the early 70s , and forget about them in the 80s?

by Balaamsass in

andover townsman, andover, ma.

july 26, 2012. dalton column: lawsuit concerns one of town's most interesting yet forgotten.

bill dalton.

dropoffyourkeylee

The availability at the literature counter of non-WT published Bibles or other publications (like the Strong's Concordance) came to an abrupt halt, at least in the US, when the donation arrangement came in around 1990.

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Quite Possibly The Most Sinister Speaker Ever?

by pale.emperor in

hi guys.. "brother" jose is quite possibly the most sinister speaker i've ever seen or heard.

and i've seen/head a lot of cults in my time.. he's over the top with his voice tone and gestures.

i see a future governing body member in the making here:.

dropoffyourkeylee

Full time service for 24 years? How old is he? Maybe he sold his soul and doesn't age.

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Why did Jehovah's Witnesses release the Byington and New Jerusalem Bibles in the early 70s , and forget about them in the 80s?

by Balaamsass in

andover townsman, andover, ma.

july 26, 2012. dalton column: lawsuit concerns one of town's most interesting yet forgotten.

bill dalton.

dropoffyourkeylee

I believe that in the scan in the previous post, the Bibles listed as 'Controlled Stock Items' were not printed by the WT, but were distributed by them through the literature counter. I still have a couple of the mentioned versions which I remember purchasing at the KH. The Tanakh Bible, for instance, was published by the Jewish Publication Society of America (Old Testament only, of course). On the other hand, there were other non-WT bibles which the WT society also printed on their own presses. They had a KJV, and ASV, which were published by other publishers as well. The Byington, though was published solely by the WT, and no one else has ever had the rights to it, to my knowledge. There were some bootleg PDFs floating around the internet at one time, perhaps those were the subject of the lawsuit mentioned in the OP.

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Anand vs. Carlsen

by bohm in

jw
friends

anand and carlsen is playing the world championship right now.

after 4 draws carlsen just won game 5!

(go go carlsen!).

dropoffyourkeylee

thanks

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Anand vs. Carlsen

by bohm in

jw
friends

anand and carlsen is playing the world championship right now.

after 4 draws carlsen just won game 5!

(go go carlsen!).

dropoffyourkeylee

what's the link for chess 24?

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London Ohio and Indianapolis Assemby Halls to be sold

by munchausen in

jw
friends

announce was made this week that the assembly halls in london, ohio and indianapolis indiana will be sold and a new 3000 seat assembly hall will be built in southwest ohio.

the assembly hall in london ohio was built in the 70's and is in fine shape - nothing wrong with it.

the new one will cost around 8-9 million.

dropoffyourkeylee

I see that this was already reported on:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5122638494040064/mega-church-buys-jw-assembly-hall-property-indianapolis

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Anand vs. Carlsen

by bohm in

jw
friends

anand and carlsen is playing the world championship right now.

after 4 draws carlsen just won game 5!

(go go carlsen!).

dropoffyourkeylee

There is another chess world championship match going on now, this time Carlsen is defending against Sergey Karjakin. You can watch for free at:

https://worldchess.com/nyc2016/

but the commentary, etc is not free.

I like Karjakin. He's kind of geeky, seems to have less confidence, talks with a bit of a stutter, at least in English. Definitely the underdog. He's leading the match right now.

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