Posts by jonahstourguide

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Teenage Jehovah's Witness loses court bid to refuse life-saving blood transfusion

by Sapphy in

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-27/jehovahs-witness-loses-bid-to-refuse-blood/4985476.

interesting verdict, that despite the judge "...noting he was highly intelligent, a "mature minor" and devoted to his faith, the judge also found the boy had been "cocooned in that faith" for his entire life.".

the young man is 18 in 5 months and will be able to refuse treatment after that.

jonahstourguide

Hopefully, he is doing well.

jtg

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So Spill the Beans, Brothers: Were There More or Fewer At this Year's Bore-Fest

by steve2 in

the jw date-worshipped memorial has just completed its bleak worldwide commemoration.

that wasn't a dust cloud you saw; it was a millionfold hearts limply beating themselves into another round of great tribulation expectations.

i was knocked into a deep, deep sleep by the imagined experience of being at several thousand consecutive kingdom halls as the platformed drones spat forth the predictable sludge that, once released, hits and stains white clothing and bleach is useless.. we know that memorial attendance worldwide has dipped for two consecutive years since 2011 when it reached a high of 19,374,737 and for the promised land, obama's usa, the all time memorial attendance high was also 2011 when it hit over 2.5million (2,563,518) but shrunk in shame back to 2,502,055 in 2012 and spluttered upwards a handful or two to 2,504,114 last year.. so, what was attendance at the date-obsessed bore-fest this year in your neck of the woods?

jonahstourguide

I think, Crazyguy, that the attendance count at meetings includes

all those who can comprehend whats going on. I'll have to check that.

So I'm pretty sure the same method is used for the Memorial. If ya there

with ya eyes open ya gets counted ! E.g. cong of 100 publishers baptised or not

get an attendance at meetings of between 70 and 100 and had

173 at memorial.

jtg

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So Spill the Beans, Brothers: Were There More or Fewer At this Year's Bore-Fest

by steve2 in

the jw date-worshipped memorial has just completed its bleak worldwide commemoration.

that wasn't a dust cloud you saw; it was a millionfold hearts limply beating themselves into another round of great tribulation expectations.

i was knocked into a deep, deep sleep by the imagined experience of being at several thousand consecutive kingdom halls as the platformed drones spat forth the predictable sludge that, once released, hits and stains white clothing and bleach is useless.. we know that memorial attendance worldwide has dipped for two consecutive years since 2011 when it reached a high of 19,374,737 and for the promised land, obama's usa, the all time memorial attendance high was also 2011 when it hit over 2.5million (2,563,518) but shrunk in shame back to 2,502,055 in 2012 and spluttered upwards a handful or two to 2,504,114 last year.. so, what was attendance at the date-obsessed bore-fest this year in your neck of the woods?

jonahstourguide

17% less this year and 30% less than 2011 at the cong I attended

and the no. wasn't announced from the rostrum.

Snares observation is on the money I reckon.

jtg

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 04-13-2014 WT Study (HAIL JC)

by blondie in

jw
friends

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140215/hail-christ-glorious-king/.

http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com.

united nations http://www.randytv.com/secret/unitednations.htm.

jonahstourguide

Sorry, just worked it out.

The opening image is of the rider in psalms

not revelation,,,, confusing.

jtg

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 04-13-2014 WT Study (HAIL JC)

by blondie in

jw
friends

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140215/hail-christ-glorious-king/.

http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com.

united nations http://www.randytv.com/secret/unitednations.htm.

jonahstourguide

See opening image,,,,,,,

Not wearing much of a crown. Is it a continuity issue,

or is my eyes failing me ???

jtg

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Special Local Needs From Branch This Week

by kneehighmiah in

jw
friends

i hear there will be a special local needs outline provided by the branch this week.

does anyone have details?

will this be a regional thing only?

jonahstourguide

Yes, I understand, but you guys in the US and UK seem to be copping a bit of "toe the line" flak lately.

jtg

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Special Local Needs From Branch This Week

by kneehighmiah in

jw
friends

i hear there will be a special local needs outline provided by the branch this week.

does anyone have details?

will this be a regional thing only?

jonahstourguide

Whew,,, thank you Ruby456, thought I was seeing things !!!

No worries, have a good day. There are advantages in living in a

land far far away from the hub of the j dub land.

jtg

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Special Local Needs From Branch This Week

by kneehighmiah in

jw
friends

i hear there will be a special local needs outline provided by the branch this week.

does anyone have details?

will this be a regional thing only?

jonahstourguide

@ Ruby 456

They are doing this in all countries as I understand.

Something similar is being done in Oz, although we aren't aware

of outside involvement but the congregations involved have been

asked to put on a bit of a gig to show the international bros

what " Aussies are all about". Congs are being asked to host either 56

or 112 delegates for a day including fs, meals in bros homes culminating

in a congregation "get together".

The day will commence 1 pm and run till around 9 pm.

This has been handled separate to any local needs,,,, we still cop the 'do more' talks.

jtg

Edit ,,,what happened to the post about doing auditions etc in the UK////

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"Overlapping generation" explanation - TRANSCRIBED EXTRACT from Friday's talk (DC 2011-12)

by AnnOMaly in

i thought this would be easier to examine if written down:.

god's kingdom will soon come.

so we know that god's kingdom will soon come.. .

jonahstourguide

Thought I'd bump this. The wt study this sunday 06 04 14

I believe the posts are excellent in pointing out the floundering logic.

jtg

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Lurking faithful JWs, here's a question for you to ponder on:

by Island Man in

are you in 'the truth', or are you only in 'the current understanding'?.

how long will it be before many of the current teachings peculiar to the organization are rejected as old light and relegated to watchtower's dust bin of old light, out-of-print literature to be expunged from future issues of watchtower library cd-rom?.

jonahstourguide

Great question Island Man.

It highlights the hollow clang of the overused buzz phrase "In the truth".

I for one, have been out for many years. Upon making a return to "see if it so"

for family reasons, I am coming to the conclusion that you cannot conscientiously say

you are "in the truth". You can only say you are one of jw's and your doctrine is that which

the gb decree it to be at any given time. If you are happy with that, good for you.

So then, if you want to be "in" something, you can only

honestly be in the "current understanding of 'truth'" if you like.

In reply to the second question; Many of the old truths and statements are being relegated

to the trash can as we speak. If you quote an old mag in any research and it jars with 'current understanding'

you are quickly and in no uncertain terms advised that "you need to only use the current available research data".

jtg

p.s. Why was Jonah trepidatious about his assignment??? Why are so many jw's feeling the same about their current 'assignment'?.

Jonah looked a bit of a dill didn't he.