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This is too complicated for me. I haven't downloaded Linux yet ... Thinking Mint or Zorin 18. But thank you for answers ❤️

Today I am grateful for electricity! 💡 Still cold, but only -10°C today, so I'm sitting in my writing room, enjoying the pleasant (and easy) warmth from an electric oven. Just switch the button to 3, and go! I also just enjoyed alcohol free beer. Lovely! I like this thread. It makes me more appreciative of these simple joys.

Helpers never served on the GB so their role wouldn't quite be the same as a consultant This sounds reasonable

Sorry, I meant JWL version. My bad. Thanks anyway 💜

Either person can be the "ball and chain" if they are ill-suited, don't carry their own weight, or prove to be a burden rather than a partner.

For exemple or another position corresponding to their old fonction

The Governing Body decided that starting January 1, 2026, brothers 80 years of age or older will no longer serve as members of a Branch Committee. However, these dear brothers will serve as consultants to the Branch Committee.

At our regional convention at Excel we are always around 10000 in attendance

Vietnam restricts our activities because of our political neutrality

There are some older comments back in this thread I was recently reminded of by notifications https://jwtalk.net/topic/44995-jw-library-on-linux-mint/. However, it's actually much simpler now than it was back then. Recently when I was toying around with upgrading my ROG Ally and dual booted Bazzite, I discovered Waydroid. https://docs.waydro.id/usage/install-on-desktops#ubuntu-debian-and-derivatives It seamlessly runs Android apps in a LineageOS container, meaning once you have it installed and running, all you need to do is download the official apk from https://www.jw.org/en/online-help/jw-library/android/manually-install-jw-library-android/ , double click it and you're pretty much good to go. I was able to install it through Bazzite's package manager with no command line, but I've found tutorials for it for other distributions that are only a couple of minutes long.

Aka the new helpers.

Vietnam is not reported as a separate country. However, the meetings and congregations are on jw.org. So last week, I was just checking and started counting. There are (on jw.org) 54 congregations in Vietnam. A beautiful nice group of friends they must be![emoji3590] Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-S911B met Tapatalk

Copy/paste of scriptures that I reference in regards to diet: (Genesis 3:17, 18) Cursed is the ground on your account. In pain you will eat its produce all the days of your life. 18 It will grow thorns and thistles for you, and you must eat the vegetation of the field. (Genesis 4:12) When you cultivate the ground, it will not give you back its produce* (Lit., “power.”). (Genesis 5:29) He named him Noah, saying: “This one will bring us comfort (“relief.”) from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that Jehovah has cursed.” (Genesis 9:3) Every moving animal that is alive may serve as food for you. (Deuteronomy 12:20) “When Jehovah your God enlarges your territory, just as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I want to eat meat,’ because you desire (your soul desires) to eat meat, you may eat meat whenever you desire it (in all the desire of your soul). (Nehemiah 5:18) Every day one bull, six choice sheep, and birds were prepared for me, and once every ten days we had all sorts of wine in abundance. (Nehemiah 8:10) He said to them: “Go, eat the choice things (fatty things) and drink what is sweet, and send portions of food to those who have nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord, and do not feel sad, for the joy of Jehovah is your stronghold.” (Job 29:4, 6) When I was in my prime, When God’s friendship was felt in my tent, When my steps were awash in butter, And the rocks poured out streams of oil for me. (Job 36:16) He draws you away from the brink of distress To a broad space, free of restriction, With rich food on your table as consolation. (Psalm 36:8) They drink their fill of the rich bounty (the fatness) of your house, And you cause them to drink of the torrent of your delights. (Psalm 63:5) I am satisfied with the best and choicest portion (as with fat and fatness), So my mouth will praise you with joy on my lips. (Psalm 65:11) You crown the year with your goodness; Your tracks overflow with abundance (drip with fatness). (Proverbs 23:20, 21) Do not be among those who drink too much wine, Among those who gorge themselves on meat, 21 For a drunkard and a glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe one with rags. (Proverbs 25:16) If you find honey, eat only what you need, For if you take too much, you may vomit it up. (Proverbs 25:27) It is not good to eat too much honey, (Proverbs 28:7) An understanding son observes the law, But a companion of gluttons disgraces his father. (Isaiah 7:22) And because of the abundance of milk, he will eat butter, for everyone remaining in the land will eat butter and honey. (Isaiah 25:6) In this mountain Jehovah of armies will make for all the peoples A banquet of rich dishes, A banquet of fine wine, Of rich dishes filled with marrow, Of fine, filtered wine. (Isaiah 30:23) And he will give the rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the bread that the ground produces will be abundant and rich (fat and well-oiled). In that day your livestock will graze in spacious pastures. (Jeremiah 31:14) I will satisfy the priests with plenty (fatness), And my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” declares Jehovah. (Habakkuk 1:16) That is why he offers sacrifices to his dragnet And makes sacrifices to his fishing net; For by them his portion is rich (well-oiled), And his food is choice. (Luke 11:11, 12) Indeed, which father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will hand him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he also asks for an egg, will hand him a scorpion? (1 Timothy 4:1-3) However, the inspired word clearly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired statements and teachings of demons, 2 by means of the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, whose conscience is seared as with a branding iron. 3 They forbid marriage and command people to abstain from foods that God created to be partaken of with thanksgiving by those who have faith and accurately know the truth. (Acts 10:15) And the voice spoke again to him, the second time: “Stop calling defiled the things God has cleansed.”

The removal of processed foods and infant food from the diet is always beneficial to your health and deserves praise. It's important to make sure that you are getting an overabundance of all essential amino and fatty acids however. Getting good Omega 3 ratios and B Vitamins can be particularly hard. If you want to see optimal results with your health, look for nutrition that comes in bioavailable and digestible formats that does not require conversion, with lower levels of anti nutrients and toxicity (avoid seeds), and if possible in a low-carb high-fat ketogenic macronutrient profile. I hope you enjoy fatty fruits like avocado. Carbs and fiber affect my digestion very badly, and I require ketosis for brain function, so I am a carnivore for health reasons and simplicity (genetic connective tissue disorder, neurodevelopmental disorders and mental illness, several former autoimmune and chronic illnesses).

Governing body members will remain members only until they are 80 years old, after which they will be consultants.

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WOW! 😮😮 Wait, if your circuit has 25 congregations (to allow two CO visits-a-year) then each of your congregations would have around 400 publishers! What percentage attend on Zoom? Did you mean 'district'? I didn't think we still used districts? 🤔 Yes, that's what I'm hearing - circuits are being divided up, and are going to different venues, on different dates 🤔 ..... AKA congregations that attend the same Assembly together on the same day and location, are being divided up to go to different Convention venues, on different days.

The Capacity for this venue is only 6,750......our circuit is around 10000 We're assign also to the Velo Park but on the 21-23 August....so it looks like our circuit has been divided

The wording of the question matters. Beginning with “if” introduces uncertainty about something the Scriptures present as settled fact. Jehovah does not merely have a very long past; He is described as existing outside the bounds of created time. “Even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.” — Psalm 90:2. The second part of the question — “for how long was He alone?” — assumes that time already existed. Biblically, that assumption does not hold. Time is tied to creation. Genesis 1 does not describe Jehovah entering time; it describes time beginning as part of the created order. Before creation, there were no measurable intervals, no sequence of moments, and therefore no meaningful way to speak of duration. So the difficulty is not that the Bible withholds an answer, but that the question imports a human framework — time — into a context where Scripture indicates it did not yet exist. Without time, “how long” is not a coherent category. In short, Jehovah’s existence does not need to be measured, and it cannot be measured, by the tools of the created universe.

If Jehovah has always existed, for how long was he alone? 🤔🥸😵‍💫

Will there be the possibility of fatal accidents in the new world? 🤔

There are non-English Conventions taking place too, starting the same weekend as the English, but finishing a couple of weeks later, and with more 'break' weeks too - four. Below is a matrix, listed by date, that I put together quickly. Looks like just one has two Conventions, Polish, with one in Telford, and one in Waterford?

Yes! Though it is confusing, unlike previous years when all the Conventions have generally been announced at around the same time, this time for the 2026 Conventions the venues / dates have been released over an extended period, since September 2025 .... and more are expected to be announced in January 2026! 😮 Thus the above matrix is only 'as currently announced' - AKA the current 'state-of-play'

Sure, false religion and business have always gone hand in hand. Although I think this is a bit different. Those flasks were not intended to be idols, just a souvenir from the holy land. Maybe some people treated them as holy, but it seems that was not the idea. In any case, it's interesting that even in those ancient times they were producing these souvenirs in large scale.