Posts by konceptual99

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All downloads no longer hosted on jw.org

by neat blue dog in

whether it's videos on jw broadcasting or pdfs on jw.org, all downloads used to be archived in-house at "assets.jw.org/" followed by the items name/code.

now clicking a download link retrieves the items from akamai.net, a web services company..

konceptual99

The WT have used external lawyers for years. I don't have documents on this but I am sure there will be a paper trail to support this around the web as the WT has never hidden it and it's hardly a scandal - "multi-national corp uses external lawyers to support internal legal capability" is not exactly news.

The printing side of things is all rumour as far as I can tell. I think we just need to wait and see as the paper trail confirming this, if it is true, will come to light sooner or later. Again, even if it is true it's not exactly a scandal except that the WTS has pumped it's nuts up about doing things inside the organisation for years and years as evidence of Jehovah's blessing and how the organisation will be able to do anything in the New Order.

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This Completely Batshit Week In British Politics, Explained For Americans

by snugglebunny in

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https://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/the-crisis-explained-maybe?utm_term=.iiaglnrkb#.yxmd5eg2o.

konceptual99

That's political analysis for you! 👍👍

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Elder who taught at private school for JWs accused of abuse

by Robo Bobo in

http://www.presstelegram.com/article/lb/20160630/news/160639983.

note: southwestern longview was a private school that catered to witness children.

buena park – a south carolina man who worked as a teacher at a private school in long beach a decade ago has been arrested by buena park police officers on suspicion of the “continuous sexual abuse of a child” who was a student of his, authorities said today.. jason gorski of fort mill, 43, was arrested on june 21, said buena park police sgt.

konceptual99

JWs who are aware of this are (a) excusing the elders of any mandatory reporting responsibility and (b) reverting to the catch all argument that the victim and or their family had every right to report the crime.

i have tried to argue that congregation procedure and the culture of deference may, even unintentionally, deter the victim or their family from reporting but it's like putting up a big sign saying "I am a closet apostate who hates the GB".

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Expanding number of DC/RC's

by DwainBowman in

according to my elder in law, by next year the number of dc/rc's will increase by 143. the size of conventions will get smaller.

the elder in law says the goal is to make them all have around 2,000 or so at each.

they are going to make more manuals detailing each job and it's responsibilities.

konceptual99

There has been discussion about the future of RCs before and there are some who think it's too much of a money spinner to move from larger hired venues.

My personal opinion is that the idea of RCs being 2 days at assembly halls is not that far fetched. I have also wondered if they might do a combination event where the RC is in an assembly hall with a bunch of kingdom halls tied in. Why? Firstly because they may not have enough RC capacity. Secondly the streaming technology is increasingly there and is being tested and proven with regular smaller event. The question would be can they make more money this way? Perhaps they could if they fill the RC with invited members, elders, pioneers, older ones, baptism candidates/family - i.e. the cohort of RC attendees most likely to contribute anyway.

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All downloads no longer hosted on jw.org

by neat blue dog in

whether it's videos on jw broadcasting or pdfs on jw.org, all downloads used to be archived in-house at "assets.jw.org/" followed by the items name/code.

now clicking a download link retrieves the items from akamai.net, a web services company..

konceptual99

Unsurprising move. Akamai facilities scalable hosting. Shame it will be offline as soon as the big A hits :-)

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What were the Bible Students expecting in 1914, after all?

by EdenOne in

skimming through old watch towers, i encountered this statements on the 1914 january 1st edition of the watch tower (vol.

xxxv, p.5373), in the article "views from the watchtower":.

"so far as our judgement goes, the year 1914 is the last of what the bible terms "gentile times" [...] the end of their "times" marks the date for the beginning of messias' kingdom, which the bible declares is to be ushered in with a great time of trouble, just such as we see impending.

konceptual99

This is from the page on 1914:

The current understanding is significantly different to the original teachings. Prior to 1914, the Watchtower believed:
- The Last Days began 1799
- Jesus Parousia started 1874
- Jesus started ruling in heaven in 1878
- The Gentile Times would end in 1914, resulting in the:
-- end of Armageddon
-- fall of false religion
-- end of all earthly governments
-- heavenly and earthly resurrections
-- paradise on earth

The establishment of God's Kingdom would result in earthly benefits from 1914. I am not sure that is out of line with the quote from the Jan 1 1914 WT.

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JWs destroy archaelogical artifacts

by John Doe in

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thousands of years old.

this makes my blood boil.. http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/jehovahs-witnesses-destroy-ancient-indigenous-temple-in-mexico-20160628-0009.html.

konceptual99

The NY times article has a couple of interesting comments within. Firstly, it's suggested that the vandals are recent converts to the religion. If that is the case then they would be acting out of line with typical JW behaviour.

Secondly, the WT representative does not completely deny it. He says "as far as we have been able to investigate". That suggests the facts are not clear to them which could be for a number of reasons. Perhaps it's an isolated group, perhaps they are some offshoot, perhaps they are trying to distance themselves from an act they know to have an association, even loosely, with the Witnesses.

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What were the Bible Students expecting in 1914, after all?

by EdenOne in

skimming through old watch towers, i encountered this statements on the 1914 january 1st edition of the watch tower (vol.

xxxv, p.5373), in the article "views from the watchtower":.

"so far as our judgement goes, the year 1914 is the last of what the bible terms "gentile times" [...] the end of their "times" marks the date for the beginning of messias' kingdom, which the bible declares is to be ushered in with a great time of trouble, just such as we see impending.

konceptual99

Hi Eden,

These links may help:

http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/failed-1914-predictions.php

http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1800s.php

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JWs destroy archaelogical artifacts

by John Doe in

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friends

thousands of years old.

this makes my blood boil.. http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/jehovahs-witnesses-destroy-ancient-indigenous-temple-in-mexico-20160628-0009.html.

konceptual99

Really? I am surprised as it's virtually unheard of for Witnesses to take any kind of direct action like this.

Are there any corroborating sources or anything that adds further information that confirms it's proper JWs?

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No Wonder That the WT Bean-Counters are Scared

by berrygerry in

https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=exjw.

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https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=jw.org.

konceptual99

mmm - interesting. I wonder if dubs will be shouting these figures out like they did when they boasted about how much traffic JW.ORG was getting a couple of years ago.

JW Library has also slipped down the iTunes ranking as well. There are several Bible and Quran apps ahead of it. How to Tie a Tie is also doing better...