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  1. What are the odds? A minor traffic stop in New Jersey took one state trooper back down memory lane – 27 years back, to be exact. Trooper Michael Patterson stopped retired New Jersey police officer Matthew Bailly on June 1 over a minor motor vehicle violation in Kingwood Township. During the stop, Patterson learned that Bailly was retired from the same town in which he'd grown up. Small world, yes. But it was about to get even smaller. Bailly, being familiar with the area, asked the young trooper where he'd lived. To his surprise he recognized the address because 27 years ago he responded to a call there, where he delivered a baby named Michael. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/08/state-trooper-pulls-over-retired-cop-who-delivered-him-27-years-ago.html
    9 points
  2. It's a test for our brothers and sisters their. As a worldwide fellowship, may we continually pray that they may maintain their integrity.
    5 points
  3. Links: https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/#newsAlerts opens up to pdf of letter that Victoria copied above. https://jw-russia.org/sites/default/files/openletter_to_pchr_and_fedotov_en5064.pdf
    5 points
  4. participation in an extremist organization? Honorable members of the Council, please help us to receive answers to these questions. In the face of such monstrous circumstances, we are afraid for our children’s future. The ground has been laid for children to be torn away from parents, whose faith in God has been declared “wrong.” News that information on children whose parents are Jehovah’s Witnesses is being gathered in educational and medical facilities is very worrying. It is not surprising that virtually every week whole families of our fellow believers are abandoning everything and fleeing abroad to seek political asylum for the protection of their children. In return for freedom and a quiet life, we are being invited to disown our faith. This is not just a figure of speech—investigators have directly invited us to sign documents in order to avoid punishment for “extremism.” If not, in their words, no attorney will be able to save us. But we cannot stop believing in God. It is a right that every individual has from birth. The Russian Federation is a multi-confessional state, and we, as citizens of Russia, have the right to expect that our rights will be respected by the state. We are not asking for any special privileges. We are asking for just one thing—please, defend our rights. Honorable members of the Council! A campaign of terror has been unleashed against an entire religion, one of the largest Christian religions in Russia. Fundamental human rights are being trampled on: the right to freedom of worship and personal inviolability, the right to personal dignity, the right to privacy, the right to the inviolability of the home, to freedom of conscience, freedom of thought, freedom of worship, the right to private property. If the Russian government does not quickly put an end to this growing campaign of terror, the administration will be faced with a nation-wide human rights catastrophe. We are certain that you have the power to take action now! We ask that you please pass this information on to the President of the Russian Federation, and use all possible legal meansto restore the rights of religious believers. With respect, the wives of men who are being held in custody: Alyona Vilitkevich (Republic of Bashkortostan) Anna Zyablova (Magadan Region) Yulia Klimova (Tomsk Region) Galina Kochneva (Orenburg Region) Irina Christensen (Oryol Region) Svetlana Markina (Murmansk Region) Tatyana Petrova (Magadan Region) Anastasia Puyda (Khabarovsk Territory) Natalia Suvorova (Orenburg Region) Trofimova Ulyana (Murmansk Region) Others to be added
    5 points
  5. I was deliberately trying to use an "off" word, so as to figuratively throw off any spying eyes. 😉
    4 points
  6. thegreenjudy

    Gay pride...

    This world usually goes from one extreme to another. Would we have been equally as outraged when, 50 years ago, gay people were regularly beaten up - not just by members of the public but by police and there was nothing they could do about it? These and other experiences have made people move to the opposite end of the spectrum - because society now allows them to do just that. So beating up is (rightly so) illegal, so just let them get married! We have a local strip club that is heaving every night of the year (not just in June) - it's bang on in the middle of the city centre not just some dodgy red light district. Up until a few years ago, there was a page three girl every day of their year. In my place of work we have men and women who are proud to live a very promiscuous lifestyle and there are flings going on between employees all the time. Are we as outraged about that as well? Because to Jehovah it doesn't make a difference. They are all immoral lifestyles but they no longer need promoting because they have become part of "normal" life. Granted, society never felt they needed to "speak up" for unmarried couples or pregnant teenagers - who in the past would have been ostracised. It just became "normal" - but we have to acknowledge that one part of Satan's system isn't worse or better than the other. Do we feel disgusted about gays but are perfectly fine with promiscuous hetero people? Would we avoid films that promote a gay couple but are ok with watching films that show otherwise questionable moral content? Just some food for thought.
    4 points
  7. Nazis tried this method before It did not go well for them... Witnesses survived (as group) Nazis got destroyed. Satan does not learn from history?
    4 points
  8. BREAKING NEWS story from jw org, shows that of our 17 brothers are imprisoned for their faith, unlawfully. Please read the full letter, it helps us to be specific in our prayers to Jehovah. I doubt this letter will be published in the Russian press, so we need the truth to be told.
    3 points
  9. http://www.newsweek.com/not-just-russia-jehovahs-witnesses-eritrea-are-being-imprisoned-and-abused-954690 U.S. State Department Report regarding Eritrea: https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2017&dlid=280738#wrapper Jehovah's Witnesses are mentioned in the executive summary as well as in Section I. Prayers continue!
    3 points
  10. :22Evolution is a proven fact, Is it? Last I heard, ALL bio physicists who have studied the human genome since it was fully documented in 2002 state that, rather than moving FORWARD from some primeval amoeba to perfection over billions of years, we are actually moving backward FROM perfection with each new generation. In fact, the speed at which the human genome is degenerating seems to indicate that we may have had a level of near perfection some 10k or less years ago and may be extinct a couple of thousand years from now! All very contrary to the theory of evolution! In short, each new generation is passing on its own defects and all those of the generations before it. That is why God’s word says “unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved. . . “ Matt 24:22
    3 points
  11. I think MJ had some of the truth still in his heart. Interesting video
    3 points
  12. humblebee

    Flog It!

    I think that strange critter is a skeleton - meant to be death following them around from now on. . . . and the funny “cocoon” thing on the floor beneath it is probably Adam’s shroud waiting for him! ( I could be wrong but I think the artist had a sense of humour too. . note Adam’s hand shielding Eve’s breast from view in the “banished” side of the picture.) Also, the introduction of flies, insects and creepy crawlies after the banishment - facinating interpretation of Paradise Lost!
    3 points
  13. I mean that the Branch probably pulled the Watchtower Online Library offline on purpose to add more literature, languages, or functionality which would both require updating the database. This is similar to when I pull JWTalk offline when I do maintenance and upgrades. Not your phone, you silly goose, lol
    3 points
  14. hatcheckgirl

    Gay pride...

    Heterosexual promiscuity made its rapid decline after WWI when a multitude of competing "rights" came on the scene. Women's suffregette movement, women in the workforce, the release of the old conventions pre-WWI with a bang in the roaring 20's, which continued throughout the decades until the 60's where it bore fruition - freedom! Like our WT today said regarding freedom - it comes with a price if you don't have rules and regulations. But they happily threw the moral laws out the window, and in the 70's we saw steady increase of divorce, unmarried mothers in the open now, increase promiscuity with no boundaries. They had achieved their "right" to have consensual sex. Enter the last two decades, where the gays also fought for their rights, through the AIDs epidemic of the 1980's, the gay pride marches that started out as protests, (but now earn multi-million dollars for the government and commercial system). To the last frontier of same-sex marriage. All normal and in their rightful place in the eyes of the majority of society worldwide. It's taken a little longer for everyone's "rights" to immorality without censure to come about, but now, I guess the sickle is in and the harvest is ready. Ps 92:7 comes to mind "When the wicked sprout like weeds and all the wrongdoers flourish, it is that they may be annihilated forever."
    3 points
  15. Newsweek is on fire.....!
    3 points
  16. Cushi

    Newsweek coverage continues

    That’s because he’s insane. He keeps doing the same thing and expecting a different result.
    3 points
  17. Just add a "dis" to the beginning of the word and we use it all the time.
    3 points
  18. In our continuing effort to keep JWTalk a safe, spiritually up building, friendly, and encouraging forum for Jehovah's people to interact online, the Moderators have chosen to welcome John, a long time member as a new moderator. @jwhess
    2 points
  19. https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/cuba/plane-crash-20180607/ Witness Family Dies in Plane Crash in Cuba On Friday, May 18, 2018, a Boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff from Havana, Cuba. Of the 113 people on board, only one person survived, making this the country’s worst airline accident in many years. Sadly, included in the death toll was a family of three of Jehovah’s Witnesses (a father, mother, and 22-year-old son), who were active, beloved members of their congregation in Cuba. A funeral was held for the family on Saturday, May 26, 2018. Along with the emotional and spiritual support that is being provided by the local elders to the friends and family of the victims, local authorities have also kindly offered practical assistance. We are confident that Jehovah will continue to bring ‘comfort to all who mourn’ during this difficult time.—Isaiah 61:1, 2.
    2 points
  20. This experience is from the wife of a recently reactivated brother.. He's now an Ms here; his wife, from a charismatic religious background, is currently studying and an unbaptised publisher. She's at work.. Conversation with a male co-worker, comes up about JWs. Vehemently blurts out. I hate them! She says bravely, that she's studying with them. Now I hate you! , he says. How can you say a moment ago you like me and now Hate me? What have Jehovahs witnesses ever done to you that makes you feel like that? He had no answer. After a pregnant pause... He just said.. OK, what's it all about then? She proceeded to tell him what she's learning. She defends the truth at any opportunity! I'm amazed at her. She's fearless!
    2 points
  21. bohemian

    Flog It!

    In the UK the BBC have a programme called Flog It! Nothing to do with flagellation nor dead horses, but in English the word "flog" can also mean "sell". The programme asks people to bring items they think may be antique and/valuable to be assessed with the thought that they may be selected to be sold at auction - or "flogged". The venues chosen are often stately homes etc and today it was Capesthorne Hall in Cheshire. In one of the rooms, the Dorothy Davenport room, was a four-poster bed, where Dorothy had embroidered a pelmet, a headboard cover and a throw, between 1610 and 1614. The headboard cover had an interesting depiction of Adam and Eve in the garden. Here is a screenshot.
    2 points
  22. Sunday, June 10 Approach the throne of undeserved kindness with freeness of speech.—Heb. 4:16. Jehovah in his undeserved kindness grants us the blessing of approaching his heavenly throne in prayer. He has afforded us this privilege through his Son, “by means of whom we have this freeness of speech and free access with confidence through our faith in him.” (Eph. 3:12) Free access to Jehovah in prayer is indeed a wonderful expression of his undeserved kindness. Paul encouraged us to approach Jehovah freely in prayer, “so that we may receive mercy and find undeserved kindness to help us at the right time.” (Heb. 4:16b) At any time that we are plagued with trials or turmoil in our life, we can cry out to Jehovah for his merciful help. Undeserving as we are, he answers our call, often through fellow Christians, “so that we may be of good courage and say: ‘Jehovah is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?’”—Heb. 13:6. w16.07 3:12, 13
    2 points
  23. Depends on the definition of evolution. All life evolved from inorganic matter /a single cell? Nope. Not proven. Not a fact. All life adapts go changes in environment? Favorable genetic mutation or change /differentiation helps species adapt to different environments? Yes. Proven fact.
    2 points
  24. Here are a couple of references: 2017 = 3312 languages The Bible has been translated into many languages from the biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. As of October 2017 the full Bible has been translated into 670 languages, the New Testament alone into 1521 languages and Bible portions or stories into 1121 other languages. Thus at least some portion of the Bible has been translated into 3,312 languages. (wycliffe.net/statistics) 2915 = 2932 languages According to Ethnologue, there are currently 6909 living languages in the world. At least one book of Scripture has been translated for 2932 of these languages. The New Testament is available in 1,333 languages, with portions in 1045. The complete Bible has been translated into 553 languages. (biblica.com/resources/bible-faq)
    2 points
  25. Certainly. He was always saying in interviews it was an important part of his life. He said he loved Biblical princibles and tried to apply them throughout his life, though sadly he was also great influenced by the world, and the associates he had in that buisness. He was later reported to have been seen in Kingdom Halls sitting at the back now and again in the later parts of his life.
    2 points
  26. If schools were prepared to teach evolution in this context, rather than the evolution of the species to explain how life got here, there would be no conflict. Evolutionary science tries to explain how we got here, not just how change occurs through adaption. It attempts to explain those jumps between species, rather than just the interspecies differences over time. Jehovah, we know, created all things according to the "kinds", and they obviously had the ability to "evolve" further within their kind, as the animals did after the flood. Out of one pair of cats, dogs, horses, chickens etc came all the differences in breeds, as an example. So, I am a bit confused. The Bible and science are friends, not enemies. However, man does not believe Jehovah is the creator, so their scientific explanations don't align with the truth. They are seeing the same evidence of creation we see, but giving it their own interpretation - and then feeding this lie to the children at school. They exchanged the truth of God for the lie and venerated and rendered sacred service to the creation rather than the Creator, who is praised forever. - Rom 1:25
    2 points
  27. While it is true that some updates can be done live - there are some upgrades and maintenance that cannot be done while the system is active. I get notices regularly from various places that I deal with that their system will be down for maintenance - like the bank, electric company, and such. I have even gotten them from Builder Assistant, the app used by the LDC - so, I am not surprised that the Branch occasionally has to take temporarily some systems offline to keep them running smoothly
    2 points
  28. I am trying to use the same argument but so far my husband hasn't fallen for it yet. LOL.
    2 points
  29. M 5.3 Volcanic Eruption - 5km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii 2018-06-09 14:48:17 UTC19.410°N 155.281°W -1.1 km depth Negative depth... I am mesmerized! https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/hv70253332#executive Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk
    2 points
  30. And remember, JEHOVAH himself will use the United Nation to destroy false religion, and these little nations will jump on the bandwagon.
    2 points
  31. Myew

    Flog It!

    Yet another artist proving that despite being able to create beautiful geometric design, human meatbag anatomy is hard to draw. 🤭
    2 points
  32. Honorable Mr. Fedotov! Honorable members of the Human Rights Council! This open letter to you is a cry of desperation. People who are very dear to us, our husbands, those who feed us, the fathers of our children, peaceable, honest people, who are always ready to help others, are being thrown behind bars for being suspected of reading Bible commandments and praying together with us and our children to the God whose name, as recorded in the Bible, is Jehovah. As of this day in Russia already 17 individuals are being held in pre-trial detention. One of our fellow believers has been in custody for over a year. Dozens more believers, in 11 regions of Russia, are under house arrest or are forbidden to leave their cities of residence. With each passing day, their number is increasing. Taking into account that in Russia there are 175,000 professing the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses, we wonder how many more dozens, hundreds or thousands of victims of conscience will it take before the unjust criminal persecution of people for their faith in God is brought to an end. Under the guise of fighting extremism, many of us, and even our children, have been threatened with weapons by agents of the special forces and ordered to lie face down. Our homes have been raided and searched, our telephones and computers have been seized, so we can’t work or live a normal life. Our family photographs, our passports and other personal documents, and Bibles have been confiscated. They are trying to force us to live in fear and shake every time there’s a knock at the door or the sound of a siren on the street, as we await arrest merely for our faith. Some believers have already been dismissed from their places of work after many years of faultless work just because the organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses is banned in Russia. We cannot find the answers to the questions of why we are being subjected to such harassment in our country, and which religion will be the next to fall victim after us? The law-enforcement agencies that are persecuting our husbands for their faith in God explain that it is because of the April 20, 2017, decision of the Russian Federation Supreme Court to liquidate all legal entities of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. However, both the Russian Federation Ministry of Justice, during the hearing at the Supreme Court, and the Russian Federation Government, after the decision was handed down, officially stated that the court’s decision would not result in any violations of the rights of citizens to freedom of worship. The aforementioned decision of the Supreme Court did not ban the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. It only involved legal entities. So why are the law-enforcement agents acting in contravention of the will of the government of our country? Who in our country benefits from the mass repression of religious believers? Why are our relatives being accused of a serious crime with the prospect of imprisonment from 6 to 10 years for fictitious extremist activity (Article 282.2 of the RF Criminal Code)? Why are the law- enforcement agents mistakenly interpreting peaceful expression of faith on God for
    2 points
  33. Thesauron

    Gay pride...

    The reason, though, that they didn’t speak out was for fear of violence or severe retribution’s, such as cut family ties, simply because of a different sexuality. These days they still fear all of that, but it has become a bit better, and many consider pride festivals a ‘safe zone’. Many businesses see it as great for their businesses to show that they are inclusive and non-judgmental.
    2 points
  34. JW.org at 952 languages now. JW Broadcasting is now in 241 languages, and the Watchtower Online Library jumped all the way up to 561.
    2 points
  35. Im fed up of hearing them babbling on about "Brexit"
    2 points
  36. Yes, it's always best to discuss illegal things in secret. edit: wait - didn't you start this topic?
    2 points
  37. There are several good questions in the letter, I hope it gets a lot of publicity. We cannot find the answers to the questions of why we are being subjected to such harassment in our country, and which religion will be the next to fall victim after us? The aforementioned decision of the Supreme Court did not ban the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. It only involved legal entities. So why are the law-enforcement agents acting in contravention of the will of the government of our country?
    2 points
  38. I think you are right brother. IPhone 10 should replace my old iPhone 6 and then I wouldn’t have this kind of problem
    2 points
  39. Ruby visiting Kings Canyon in Central Australia. She's my service, working dog.
    2 points
  40. Reading about the faith of our young ones reminded me of an experience of many years ago. I can't locate the reference (but I think it was in Australia). A young witness boy (7-8 years old) went to spend some time with his grandmother who was not a witness. For lunch one day she served 'black-sausages'. These were not the blood-sausage type but they looked similar. The young brother said he could not eat them because of the blood. The grandmother was offended and angry and urged him to eat his lunch. The boy refused. The upset grandmother told him that he would eat them if he was starving! The boy told her, "I wouldn't eat them if heaven fell on me." I have always remembered the experience. I think it was reported about 30 or more years ago.
    2 points
  41. "Micro-evolution" can simply be thought of as adaptation - or even selective breeding.
    2 points
  42. We agree with the clearly observable phenomena that has been termed "microevolution", but we disagree that millions of years of microevolution has a cumulative effect of macroevolution and the creation of entirely new species. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102010233
    2 points
  43. The american ascent sounds normal to anyone in ngeria that was educated in english being our lingual franca. It becomes a problem when the words are pronounced to fast to our hearing but so far, I have noticed our brothers and sisters take their time when speaking.
    2 points
  44. I’m sure Bob meant that some servers being used by WOL are being upgraded. Rather than a OS update, it’s likely the server side software that controls its behavior, or it may be a database update, although I think that can be done live. I would think there’s redundancy where a server can be taken offline and updated while the others will continue responding to accesses. After the update, they can be switched. I don’t know what limitations there are in doing live updates, but I can imagine that can cause odd issues with certain software. Bob can chime in and explain in more detail, I’m sure. Not a specialty of mine. I’ve only dealt with local file servers, not web servers.
    1 point
  45. The most relaxing... 🛌
    1 point
  46. Greg Dent

    Banning of religion

    same old a religion that thinks it can dictate policy to a government that doesn't think they have the right. Will be very interesting. What business do turkish politicians have trying to solicit foreign countries though a religion? DO it through diplomatic channels not with your Imams! They are not thinking smart rather the same old garbage turned a different colour.
    1 point
  47. The bible students were not targeted on a basis of ethnicity like the Jews or gypsies were. Rather, it was because of their resolute stance to remain neutral in politics. Something that didnt sit well with the Nazi regime. There were executions of bible students in concentration camps, but also I've heard and read of accounts that bible students were known among Nazi staff and officers for their honesty and non-violence. As such, they were given trusted positions such as cooks, barbers and even shaving gestapo officers with a straight razor.
    1 point
  48. Sleeping Fishing JWTalk Operating the Backhoe/FEL
    1 point
  49. sleeping listening to music watching a movie a massage is nice when i can afford one reading driving that's about it
    1 point
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