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  2. Gary P
    Our experience is similar. Initial response is aloof and condescending. I agree with a recent post that said if we could find something that has the features we use we would move to it. At the risk of receiving more comments about the lack of good support and developing functions that are useful I continue to feel that there is a lack of community input. The developers seem to be in their own world. This is purchased software and users should be treated with a modicum of respect. I managed a group of developers for quite some time in my secular career and if my developer's responded as does NWS, there would have been consequences.
  3. Lance
    Update Sat at 5:20 pm Well the congregation in Summerland has had to evacuate… massive fire overnight. So far the fire has not come into the town they have set up retardant bombers and fire fighters from Mexico.. and Australia are assisting. So the Summerland people have had evacuate South … the only road open. The call for clothing and tool donations for the brothers in Vernon have ended for awhile.. In my area they are requesting temporary accommodation help for evacuees for Vernon and Summerland. The province of BC has declared a state of emergency… so interesting times.
  4. Tortuga
    Aussies, eh?
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  6. carlos
    I have contacted them several times for issues, suggestions and questions and my experience in general reflects yours. The support system comes across as patronizing and is definitely designed to make you feel that you are bothering them. It's commercial software that you pay for, but they try to present it as if it were freeware. Sometimes they give snarky answers to try and make you feel stupid for wasting their time. Honestly, our congregation uses NWS because we are not aware of any current alternative that does everything it does, but if there were another with friendlier support I think we would switch without hesitation. On the other hand, whenever I have contacted them they replied within one or two days, or directly solved the issue with an update in the same term, which is good.
  7. Tortuga
    I know that we currently believe and teach that Jehovah has a set date, however it that is clarified one day and there is reason to believe and teach that there isn't a predetermined date, it would be very easy for me to accept that.
  8. Tortuga
    Exactly!
  9. Shawnster
    Some days I go back and forth on the idea that maybe the date is not yet established and that Jehovah's going to pick a moment when the time is right. Kinda like answering the question how long does it take a tea kettle to boil? The answer is it depends on conditions. It takes between 3 to 5 minutes for a kettle to boil. It depends on how big a kettle? How much water? Is anything in the water? How much heat? You know about when the kettle will boil, but not exact. On the other hand the Bible says he picked a day. Sounds pretty definite or specific date. Jehovah in Genesis determined 120 years. Was that to the day? Did it fudge a little and was really 120 years, 2 month, 2 weeks, 3 days? Was this a 360 day year or 365.25 day year? He was definite when he gave Noah a week. 7 days. Pretty exact. Maybe Jehovah did pick exactly 6,073 years or something specific like that. Clearly he did not pick 6050 years.
  10. Eejay
    As Peter made clear.
  11. Tortuga
    I honestly don't think anyone will figure it out using math. Jehovah has a reason for doing things when he does and I don't think we will figure it out.
  12. Tortuga
    I've heard that from several members here, I think that's why some of the members ask here first. Do you have a question?
  13. Matthew Gray
    I just read yesterday that Isaac Newton predicted that the end would come in the year 2060. Obviously, he'll at least be close, but he arrived at that date using a couple bits of good thinking, and the rest on incorrect thinking (not that I'd expect any more of someone from the 18th century). He had the 1260 days, and he did the day for a year factor, but he didn't double the 1260 days, and he didn't start from the end of the Davidic kingship on earth.
  14. Áine started following Sunday, August 9 Everyone who recognizes the Son and exercises faith in him [will] have everlasting life.​—John 6:40.
  15. Áine
    Sunday, August 9 Everyone who recognizes the Son and exercises faith in him [will] have everlasting life.—John 6:40. Many people watch what they eat and try to exercise regularly in order to stay healthy. Still, they do not expect to live forever. Hoping for that could seem unrealistic and undesirable because of the distress that comes with old age. Nevertheless, Jesus spoke in a positive way about “everlasting life,” as indicated at John 3:16 and 5:24. One day, Jesus miraculously fed bread and fish to a crowd of thousands. That was amazing, but what he said the next day was even more astounding. The crowd had followed him to Capernaum, near the shore of Galilee, where he told them that people could be resurrected and enjoy everlasting life. (John 6:39, 40) Jesus’ words indicate that many who have died can be resurrected and that both you and your loved ones can enjoy everlasting life. w24.12 8 ¶1-2
  16. Wanda Hill
    Whoa, Sis!..That's a lot of food!...By the way, where did you go for your Convention?
  17. Parale
    Go on a train! There's a handful of 'tourist' train journeys such as: The Eastern Express/Doğu Ekspresi, from Ankara to Kars, 1,944 km / 1,208 miles / 32 hours, 30 minutes Vangolu Express, from Ankara to Tatvan, 1,245 km / 774 miles / 26 hours Take a look on youtube etc https://www.the-independent.com/travel/europe/turkey/turkey-best-affordable-train-dogu-ekspresi-b2942020.html
  18. CHecker
    I had to cook today. If I do a big cook once in a while I can have an easier time when I make food for my man-child Adam. He is a BIG eater. He's 6 foot 4 and 270 pounds of muscle. His lunch box is a big Stanley chest. So today I made 2 baked potatoes for twice baked spuds this week, 8 deviled eggs, egg salad for sandwiches, 4 pounds of roasted bacon, baked spaghetti squash to eat with the spaghetti sauce in the freezer, 1 pound of fried beef kielbasa, Mac and cheese, 11 slices of French toast in the freezer for later. I hope breakfast and lunches this week will be a bit easier.
  19. jps
    well stats can fail 😄
  20. Tortuga
    Wow, so based on that logic, the last known earthly resurrection was nearly 2000 years ago, so we have to wait another 2000 years before the next resurrection? I don't think so...🤣
  21. jps
    no feeling, just dry, boring, hard stats; chatgpt If we make the very simplified assumption that such an event occurred exactly once during the past 4,500 years, we get an observed frequency: λ = 1/4,500 ≈ 0.000222 That is approximately 0.0222% per year, or roughly 1 in 4,500 per year.
  22. cme
    What statistics are you looking at that you feel its not going to happen in our life time?
  23. BLEmom
    Speak for yourself lol
  24. jps
    well, purely statistically speaking, none of us will experience armageddon in our lifetime..
  25. Tortuga
    True, we don't know the date but sometimes it's fun to guess as long as no one takes it too seriously. My latest guess is the GT will start in 2029, 2000 years after Jesus baptism and Armageddon will start in 2033, 2000 years after Jesus death. But my guesses are just for fun, it gives us something to look forward to and you can tease me if I'm wrong 😁
  26. JennyM
    I really hope so.. Ill be 51 in 2033. Or ill be dead by then. Who knows?.. With all the problems of mankind today, will the earth and humans survive? Violence is increasing. Many are dying of colon cancer and other types of cancer.. AI is replacing jobs. If war will be ongoing then the economy would crash in 2033..
  27. Martin haworth
    Well there system is clearly designed for people only to contact them after an exhaustive search of FAQ and help database. which is fine but there attitude to questions and emails asking for help or advice is awful. there’s a definite passive aggressive quality to there emails and a presumption that your are either incompetent ignorant or rude . woe-betide anyone that doesn’t follow there contact us protocols your in for a rather snippy reply.
  28. More4me2do
    I have had NO experience but would love to hear yours as it may effect us in the future. In our congregation the admin group is the level 2 support for all things NWS & NWP. Level 1 support are the tech savvy users on NWS and NWP, the person you would go to when you need help with your device. If they can't solve the problem, then in our admin group of 3 ,there is one brother who made his living in the IT world and after exhausting all other avenues they can't fix it, they would then approach level 3 support which are the developers. That is the industry standard and most mortals will never reach level 3 support of big companies unless you are a multi million dollar company that spends a huge amount of licensing fees with the vendor and you have a dedicated contact. So please share your experience as it will help a bunch of clueless brothers in this forum who try to keep their congregations functioning.
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