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Im on anti-anxiety drugs and changed them a few times becase they didn’t work as expected or the side effects were problematic. I always did it under strict supervision from my psychiatrist. You may consider getting a second opinion if you’re not fully satisfied with the current doctor.

I bought my mum Amazon Fire and she’s over the moon (her TV set is a bit old).

Thank you so much for your beautiful words and reminders, I really needed these thoughts today. 🌻

World peace is most featured these days in our website.

At 2pm there was a 6.1 quake off of Cuba and on the news it was said that shaking was felt all over Florida even in the panhandle. We live in Daytona but felt nothing. Anyone here in Florida that felt shaking?

I can Google everything for myself, just like you did, but that wasn't the point of my comment. We are encouraged to support our comments with links to reliable sources. SM isn't a link to a reliable source.

This update has the Watchtower (Study Edition) of September and October 2026. That must have slipped them 😁

We already have that (or tried that). it’s called JW Broadcasting for Roku/Fire/Apple TV you just press the shuffle button and it literally streams nonstop… do people forget we have this?? It’s been around since 2014

I could see it happening, but without ads. However, it doesn't solve the problem of areas without Internet, unless your talking about over the air, like our version of "COZI" TV

I don't dislike the concept, but I don't see the organization employing commercial ads for any endeavor ever.

JW TV on FAST Channels: A Possibility for the Future? I want to be clear that I am not suggesting that a JW FAST channel exists, nor am I saying that the organization has any plans to create one. This is simply a question for discussion. FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television) channels provide continuous programming over the internet, similar to traditional TV channels. The idea came to mind because, in some parts of the world, including areas of Africa and South America, satellite transmissions are used to make spiritual content available where internet access may be limited. Also, not all smart TVs support JW Broadcasting apps, and some publishers—especially older ones—may find it difficult to access content through a web browser or other devices. So my question is: What do you think? Could a JW TV channel in a FAST-style format be something the organization might find useful in the future, or do you think there would be little reason to use this type of platform? Again, I am not implying that such plans exist. I am simply interested in hearing the brothers' and sisters' thoughts on the idea.

Antipsychotic medications have side effects, some of them terrible. Of course, the underlying conditions that cause these to get prescribed are terrible as well. I would not lightly consider stopping taking them without careful research and consultation with medical professionals and spiritual help from the elders. My mother struggled with schizophrenia and went off her medicine at times. This was not good for her, it resulted in physical symptoms and the return of the underlying mental health conditions. She also took a benzodiazepine (think Xanax or Klonopin) for anxiety. This helped her greatly but is notorious for having some of the worst withdrawal symptoms and they would affect her terribly until we were able to get her stabilized. You can search for withdrawal or discontinuation symptoms and find out how hard it is to stop these entirely, some struggle with even 6 month long tapering schedules to ease the withdrawal symptoms. This is one class of medication where I would seriously reconsider any thought of going 'cold turkey'. My mother had a good doctor who worked to get her off the benzodiazepine and replace it with an anti-depressant that has some anti-anxiety effects. There were some medications tried that had terrible side effects but there was eventually one that worked well.

At least 35 people died and more than 200 were injured after the earthquake, the Associated Press reported. 😥

There are some who become Jehovah’s Witnesses while in the military. They have to go through a process to leave in order to be baptized and be official, but they could begin to identify as a witness before they are officially out. As part of the consciencious objector process, you are assigned a chaplain to verify the validity of your claim. My husband went through the process. He was no longer on active duty but was still part of the military and could have been called up. If he hadn’t of left when he did he would have been part of desert storm. It’s still odd in the sense there’s no JW chaplains in the military but I’m guessing that’s one of the reasons we got on the list.

Someone could be studying.

It seems they could have reduced it to just three categories. Christian Non-Christian Non-Religious Or maybe just two Religious Non-Religious

Tuesday, June 9 In every respect you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in this matter.—2 Cor. 7:11. You may be troubled by some of your past actions that have hurt others. What can help? Do what you can to repair the damage, including offering a sincere apology. Ask Jehovah to come to the aid of those affected by your actions. He can help you and those you have hurt to endure and to regain peace. Learn from past mistakes, and be willing to let Jehovah use you in whatever way he chooses. Note the example of the prophet Jonah. Instead of traveling to Nineveh as God had commanded, Jonah fled in the opposite direction. Jehovah disciplined Jonah, and he learned from his mistake. (Jonah 1:1-4, 15-17;2:7-10) Jehovah did not give up on Jonah. God gave him another opportunity to go to Nineveh, and this time Jonah promptly obeyed. He did not let regret over his past mistake prevent him from accepting this assignment from Jehovah.—Jonah 3:1-3. w24.10 8-9 ¶10-11

seems 7 are having problems https://www.jw.org/en/news/region/ukraine/Seven-More-Brothers-Imprisoned-as-Conscientious-Objectors-in-Ukraine/

I managed to install all the publications that Brother Erik sent me, and you did too. Here's the step-by-step: 1. Back up the JW Library 2. Uninstall the JW Library 3. Install the JW Library (older version), it can be from 2024 4. Download the publications from the link 5. Update the JW Library on the Play Store Note: the publications you downloaded from the JW Library will need to be downloaded again Thanks brother Erik for the tip!

I don't understand the point of this list since there's a "other religions" section, so doesn't that basically mean that every religion that exists is on the list?

That last post, in and of itself, fully justifies the pilot project: providing real-time information (breaking news June 4, 2026) through a channel that isn’t as restricted as JW.org. With their immediacy and global reach, social media platforms can make a real difference in raising awareness about how our brothers and sisters are being persecuted around the world simply because they refuse to renounce Jehovah and turn their backs on him. At the same time, we explain who we really are: the neighbor, the classmate, the local doctor, the journalist we might see on TV... May Jehovah therefore bless this project so that it may endure if that is His will!

Yes........ but 🤣 the list has now been updated .... "Last week, a proposed list of simplified faith codes was released to the media. The Pentagon list included redundant and unnecessary labeling, and the mistake has been fixed." Except I didn't think it actually was presented as being a "proposed" list, but rather it was signed off as being the new list? 🤷‍♂️

It's the bouncing too. It just makes you want to bounce with it.

Yeah! Afterall bacon is the most important food group, isn't it?

OK - I found there is an available update package on JW.org for manual installation Update Watchtower Library | JW.ORG Help Just scroll down till you see this portion of the page and click the download button