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Do you enjoy playing violent video games? Then you can't avoid military service. That appears to be the message South Korea is sending conscientious objectors. Prosecutors said they were investigating whether a number of men seeking exemption from military service played "online shooting games" in the past. "We need to verify their genuine faith. So we need to examine their personal life," an official with the prosecutors office on the southern island of Jeju told CNN. "We check whether they had been attending (religious) service. Checking their history with shooting games is another method." hat ruling came after a decades-long fight by conscientious objectors, many of them Jehova's Witnesses, to push back against the country's stringent military service law, under which all men between the ages of 18 and 35 are required to perform at least 21 months of service in the South Korean armed forces. Since then, however, conservative politicians and prosecutors have attempted to get around the court's ruling, by, for example, requiring conscientious objectors to carry out more stringent -- and potentially more dangerous -- forms of non-military service. Following an earlier ruling by a constitutional court ordering the government to provide alternate ways to serve for objectors, the right-wing Liberty Korea Party put forward a bill to force objectors to perform 44 months -- double the usual length -- of service, including mine sweeping and other dangerous activities. "This is a form of retaliatory punishment against conscientious objectors that is anachronistic and in violation of human rights," South Korea's Hankyoreh newspaper said in an editorial at the time. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/11/asia/conscientious-objector-south-korea-gaming-intl/index.html

One of the reasons for the popularity of the WOL online library, is that you can access it from Apple or Android devices where the DVD version is Windows only. But as mentioned, you need an internet connect to use it. This is a problem in the rural area I live in.

I told them never to call me here...

https://jw-russia.org/news/19011114-561.html On October 9, 2018 searches were conducted in several houses of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kirov. According to their results, 5 people were arrested, including a citizen of Poland. Their families tell the details of what happened and how they live now. Kirovchanka Nina Korobeynikova, who has a disability, draws a postcard for her father Vladimir. For two months now, he and four other Jehovah's Witnesses have been held in the remand prison. “When I was little, Dad was my best friend,” says Nina.We played together, talked, went fishing. And all my life I have always lived with my parents, and dad was always there. ” ... https://jw-russia.org/news/19011114-561.html Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

I've heard many talk about how too much meat at a meal can slow weight loss. I found it to be true. I've been on a stir fry or sauerkraut kick lately, everyday about the last week at least. Each dish gets about 2-3 oz of protein. My goodness, seems like I lose weight like crazy. I had a steak last night, so hungry because of such an erratic schedule lately, and this morning I felt heavy. So it proved it to me. Back to stir fry.

I knew it all along!!! ALF is real! [emoji1787]

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/radio-signals-fast-radio-bursts-frbs-galaxy-signal-repeated-space-scientists-a8719886.html I'm sure this will spark a lot of "alien talk" in the media soon.

I’m noticing good ideas on retirement in a thread on personal loans. Both my husband and I are retired. On not a lot of money, by the world’s standards. We have our Social Security, some union retirement funds for both of us, and he bought land to sell for our retirement. And it has worked. We should not care much when we are bare bones, in our 90’s! No morgage, land taxes are there, but not bad. We also both have 401k’s that are not impressive, but for us, nice. We both can do what is important to us. Are there plans or ideas you’d like to share?

This reminds me of something a brother said many years ago, he asked 'if you were arrested as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, would there be enough evidence to convict you?' We think the limits of our conscience is just between us and Jehovah, there may be times that we do something that our conscience allows us to do, however again we need to think of how others will view the things we do. In this case, whether or not a brother felt it was okay to play violent video games may make the difference whether or not he goes to jail.

Perhaps constitutional laws overwrite personal rights in this instance ..I don't know Korean law , but it just shows that Satan is relentless in his attacks, and it's a protection for us when we lead a clean life as we are encouraged week by week.

Best thing to do is to educate yourself as best as you can. I suggest looking at these You Tube videos as a starting point. Take some things with a grain of salt because everyone's budget is different and usually the deciding factor. Mike Holmes brings out a good point in the first video,, basically Start on the outside to protect the inside. Roof - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F1Gocuy_qM Not by Mike Holmes but gives you a good idea on how to determine if your roof has enough insulation during winter time? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6nJbk2Ux3k Other tips to help get you started, from in my opinion, a trusted professional - Mike Holmes who shows people how to do the job right. https://makeitright.ca/holmes-advice/home-safety-maintenance/preventing-heat-loss-in-your-basement/

I am contributing for my 401 K Plan, the max that is matched by my employer. So 10% of my annual income goes to that account. Besides ss contributions I am obliged to contribute to a pension plan. We re financed our house for 15 years to match with my early retirement (62) if the law does not change. Since the houses where I live are more expensive than the national average, we will be able to buy a smaller house in Florida in 15 years if this system lasts. If it does not, and hopefully wont , we do not have to worry about it. The worse scenario is to move to another country where the cost of living is lower and does not have a high crime rate. I moved from a different country already. Moving again would not bother me as long as it is warm and sunny. All the countries in that classification need help in the English field. And there are safe and cheaper countries close to US. Panama and Costa Rica are only two examples. There are websites for retirees that want to move to more affordable places. I checked a few already. Anyway compared with the rest of the planet , being in US is not bad at all.

Well, I understand on one hand how they're want to make sure conscientious objectors are practicing what they preach, but at the same time, this is a clear invasion of privacy and a violation of your right to play whatever sort of video game you want. Yes, a brother objecting to military service but playing shooting games can be seen as a hypocrite, but my biggest fear is the subjective precedent that can be set. What subjective criteria will they now use to determine if an objector is lying? Owning a pocket knife with a blade longer than a certain length? What constitutes a violent video game? I'm just saying that this opens the door for even more human rights violations when the ruling should have done the opposite.

Now all the contents of the DVD are on WOL too. If you have access to internet from your computer, you don't really need the DVD anymore. Although many users still prefer to do searches in the DVD.

Ugly Baby..... [emoji6] Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

I am taking care of my 84 year old father. We own a 45 year old house. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, and a half finished basement. I have my father, myself, my son and his wife and their 3 kids, 10, 12, and 13. The suggestions i need are how to upgrade, roof, insulation, drywall, floors. i know we have had carpenter ants eating at the house and blue board. I know i need new windows. Also the wood siding is rotting from the bottom up i am looking forward to the new world, but i need to keep us warm. thank you my friends.

The Catholic Church must embrace homosexual kinship among the clergy, Philippines’ leader Rodrigo Duterte has said in his latest attack on the Vatican… just after calling on the population to rob and even kill “useless” bishops. https://www.rt.com/news/448528-duterte-gay-catholic-bishops/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

When one door closes ... Jehovah opens another The Disaster Warehouse in Jacksonville closed so I will not be working there anymore ... however, today I received a new invite I am supposed to teach a maintenance training skill at a Hall next Saturday (Jan 19) - I am waiting for the material from LDC to know how I am supposed to do this

Obedience over sacrifice yes ... even in the little things.

How awful! And very sad to see those bullies attack elderly friends and their children knowing they are vulnerable. Oh my, they are in my prayers!

Yay, I have found large image files for the board of the Life game (japanese version with 2 boards : Birth to work life /worklife to riches usual goal). I will now be able to create a JW Life game No money in this game, maybe Happiness Points?

@Miss Bea Are there plans or ideas you’d like to share?  Don't make any loans. They are bad for your budget. 😙

Thats why we have the CLM. Christian Living Ministry. Its better to obey Jehovah in everything. Or else, we can't avoid the consequences. For example, a brother who wants to avoid the military service but play shooting/violent games is a halfhearted witness. Watchtower study on Sunday reminds us to obey Jah in all things.

Thanks for contributing to the thread. You’ve posted some good songs in here but please read the lyrics to the songs before posting. I like both of these songs but didn’t post them because in deacon blues he says “make love to these women” and says “where the h*** am I?” In hey nineteen. It’s easy to miss because I’ve sang along to that song since I was a kid and didn’t catch it. I’m not getting on to you because I’ve made some mistakes in this thread posting some songs I shouldn’t have

the start of GT?

Probably brother Pete’s hearing aid. He always has to tilt his head the right way to get the feedback and interference to go away.

I understand your reference to attitude and how it influences thinking but I don't think you can compare apostasy to unhappiness in the workplace, where you need to go along with company policy and often have to put up with bullying and harrassment just to keep your job. How do you know these people thought it was a wonderful place to work before they left? The article doesn't say that and if they were so happy and it was so wonderful, why did they leave? A massive company like FB will always 'own' its employees and dictate how they will act and think. What do you think would have been the result of them speaking out while still employees?

Oh good, the mothership is on the way..

Is saying the rosary an olympic event now? "Mother Superior could have had a gold medal in the speed bead, but she missed the podium by a two hail Marys and a glory be." It is a bad habit of hers.

Are you changing the language from the Meetings page? Try changing it to other languages, and see what happens.

Same here. Changes are hard for us old folks.☺️

This is a very interesting discovery. It's fascinating that we can detect a body that is only a few kilometers long from such a huge distance. When the Bible says that Satan is restricted to the Earth, it doesn't refer to a physical limitation. Satan is a spirit, he's not limited by space. Rather, what the Bible means is that, while in the past Satan had access to heaven and could interact to some degree with Jehovah and the angels, he can't do that anymore. Satan is not interested in visiting new planets or discovering asteroids. He is limited to Earth because Earth is the only place where people live. Of course, the astronauts onboard the International Space Station or any other spacecraft up there are under Satan's influence as well.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/08/facebook-culture-cult-performance-review-process-blamed.html?fbclid=IwAR2g5T3IOoUJ92fuPVm6xDOhkexOrvy3EiLiqJNTTYY0MEI5P0vzr1PBr_w I read this and just laughed a little about how "apostate" thinking is really based more on a person's attitude, and that it spills right into the workplace. As long as things were going the way these former employees agreed with, it was a wonderful place to work, but now since they disagree, they hide behind anonymity and call the workplace "cult-like".

Thank you very much This did work 😉 Never would thought on that!

The other thing you could try is deleting the settings.dat file. This stores the yeartext as well as other settings, but won't remove your publications or media. Its like resetting the app. You will find it at C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\Packages\WatchtowerBibleandTractSo.45909CDBADF3C_5rz59y55nfz3e\Settings Afterward you will need to go to the app settings again, turn on the second screen option and change the video/music folders if these were not the default. Also do a refresh on the home screen to bring it up to date.

Truly get your point Brother Bob...... GordieGirl your point is also good. I think Brother Bob was honing in on the word "Cult", as many apostates call Jehovah's Witnesses a cult.

I adored Alf! And that cat!

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Don't be fooled Matthew, those are the radio-waves from my microwave cooking donuts! The bounce over the galaxies coming back to earth....

there trying to tells us look the kingdom is all most hear

I'm on top of a mountain here. The weather last night was wicked. The big problem is all the tourists trying to get out at the same time. There is only one practical route to go west back home. We went out in service after meeting and had a good time. We stopped at 4:15 p.m. I made it home at 5:00, which I was happy about. Our service group driver sent me a text at 5:30 asking if I made it home. I said I did, but I'm afraid he would have more difficulty than me due to where he lives. At 10:10 p.m. he sent a text "We can't get home. Traffic totally stopped". He and his wife and two kids spent the night with a single brother who lives in an RV. !!!

It seems that every once in a while, a update forms a new baseline for the library. Update 1711, was the last one, that is why the last update and this one is smaller. 1713 contains all that 1712 does. So if you start from a new install of 1700, it would install 1711, then 1713. If you download the update package from jw.org that is what it contains, 1711 and 1713. The numbers, although they seem to be the month, aren't really. They are just numbers. There has been 13 updates since 1700. Note it hasn't been updated to 1800 yet. No new features or bug fixes since 1702

As mentioned in the WT article this week, there’s also the aspect of cost. We want the GB to make the best use of donated funds, and to that end we prefer to use the digital publications instead of printed ones as much as possible.

This thread has some length to it but it is good to remember the "weight" aspect as well. In the old days I tool many books to a Progressive Bible Study. Can you remember the large leather briefcase or Captain's bag with rollers? A set of Insight books, some bound volumes, a hard-bound study book or two, a reasoning book, All Scriptures book and so one. Now it is in a 10" tablet for me. And the videos and "gems" and references with pictures come with the electronic Study Bible which are lacking in the 2013 paper copy. Our new publications start each chapter with a video (but not in the paper copy). The list goes on. I can share an electronic copy of a publication to people around the world who might never get a paper copy in the mail (or my ability to send it). We used to study by mail with interested ones. We would ask a question on paper, mail it and wait for a reply. They would read the question, try to find the answers in their book, write it down and send the answer back. The answer was incomplete or in error. We would write an explanation, mail it and wait. ...and so on. Now we chat by cell phone or conduct the study by Skype or we email quickly. Times are changing and our work speeds up. By the way, I love books (my library has thousands)...but I love people more so I try to adapt.

Yes, technology, and old style books, has both advantages and disadvantages, and you have summed them up very well. The good part is that you can use both. If you prefer to use printed publications at the meeting, that's great. You still have all you need for the meetings in paper format. Do you prefer to download them onto your tablet? No problem. The best of both worlds. There's a field, however, where we do need to learn to use our tablet or phone in the ministry. Videos have become a very important part of our service. And the fact is that people don't read much anymore but they love videos. Nowadays a 2-minute video is much more efficient in most cases than a printed magazine. And if you have a Bible study, showing videos when you study certain subjects is a must. Jehovah knows what people are like today and he makes sure we get the most efficient tools for them. Other than that, I still use my paper Bible all the time, both at the meetings, in ministry or when I read the Bible at home.

We will be encouraged to use the digital platforms even more in the future, if possible - in the ministry, at the meetings, and for personal study.