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Big mass shooting in Australia, 16 dead including child, 40 in the hospital. It’s classified as a terrorism. Jewish community was a target.

Paul, I agree we have some very useful tools, but they have some important limitations. If you wish to find a scripture or an article you need to type the exact literal words. Oh, yes, you can use some logical operators, but those are not for everybody. My parents are not even able to type without spelling mistakes, so they hardly ever find anything. Not to mention languages with diacritics or where words change depending on their role in the sentence. A couple examples from real life of how AI can be of help. I was recently trying to remember a scripture about listening to both versions of a story. I can never find that scripture because I don't remember the exact words. So I asked ChatGPT: "What scripture in the Bible says that you need to hear both versions of a matter to be able to make a good decision? Please quote it from the New World Translation." The reply? "A commonly cited Bible verse that teaches this principle is Proverbs 18:17 'The first to state his case seems right, Until the other party comes and cross-examines him.'" This is what I mentioned before about semantic search. Instead of looking for the exact words, it understands what you are talking about and finds relevant information. Another example. I asked ChatGPT "Please find some article exclusively on wol.jw.org about comforting someone suffering from old age". It gave me links to four excellent articles with a very brief summary of every one of them. Sure, I could have used the index, look up Comfort, then go down several pages of concepts until I found "the elderly" but this way it's much easier. I think a tool like that would be extremely useful to spend less time searching and more time studying.

Just to let everyone know … We will be drafting a policy on the use of A.I. We are having major concerns that certain “research” is being dumped on the forum and we have to sort through posts as to what is correct… honestly we have better things to do. And yes we can tell by the style … punctuation.. formatting ..and neutral voice and repeat offenders. Using A.I. To summarize whole study articles and then dumping them as your research is getting a little out of hand. A.I. Engines are not members of JW Talk. So please be responsible for your own words… use A.I. If you want but make your posts your own beautiful imperfect words.

Perhaps, when it comes to AI, especially if we are going to post it on a forum for others to read, we should keep in mind the words of Paul at 1 Corinthians 14:19, "Nevertheless, in a congregation I would rather speak five words with my mind, that I might also instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue." A short post about a point that really stood out to you while doing "personal study" has much greater interest and impact that a "thousand words" in the tongue of AI.

I like reading the different responses. It's like watching a tennis match. Someone poses a question or thought that may have never occured to me, then one gives a reply, I see and like the response, then the next person gives a different reply. It allows me to consider the many different ways that things may happen but I know only Jehovah will reveal the correct one. It keeps my curiosity high.

AI was created and is backed by this world which is run by Satan. I wouldn't trust it for any answers regarding questions involving God's Word. Satan would like nothing better than to have us rely on AI rather than on the FDS for sound scriptural answers to our questions. I would use AI for mundane general questions (like cooking stuff and statistics) but not to find answers we already have printed in our publications that are easily found with our Research Guides and tools. I think more times than not, AI has been incorrect in it's answers even in general matters.

Imagine saying to the brothers, “I let AI say my prayers to Jehovah. They’re really good prayers….some of the best on the internet.” Right away, you’d hear: Noooo! Why? Because prayer is personal worship. Jehovah can tell when it’s not coming from our own mind and heart. That’s what He values most….our sincerity, not polished words. And the same principle applies to study. If we tell a program, “Give me the important points of Isaiah 9 and 10,” we may get information, but we miss the worship. Personal study and meditation aren’t just academic exercises; they’re acts of devotion. They’re how we let Jehovah’s word sink into our heart. Just like Joshua who read Gods word in an undertone.. Of course, we don’t want to get too rigid about where the line is. We all meditate on information we receive, whether from publications, talks, or discussions. But there does need to be a point of caution. If we outsource the process entirely, we weaken our inner faith instead of strengthening it. So the safeguard is this: reading, reflecting, and praying over scripture ourselves. That’s what makes study worship, not just information gathering. That is what really draws the real me to Jehovah.. if that concept is do what Jehovah loves , maybe we shouldn’t be so quick with the quick answer…

Yep. I remembered something about the angel who became Satan may have had oversight of the garden of Eden. I could have done a keyword search at wol.jw and eventually found what I wanted. Instead, I just put the question to Gemini and bam, I had the scripture, Ezekiel 28:11-19. From there, I can go to the scripture and see the study notes and related articles. It's a major time-saver. Would love to see the brothers incorporate it into our library. Just type your question and the references come up and you're on your way!

AI answer to John 1:1 would still leave a person confused as to what to believe. If you did the research on JW.org online, there would be no confusion as to what to believe. AI will also tell you that it is highly likely that religion will never be done away with - our study of the Bible proves that to be completely false. That's why I don't defer to AI in these types of matters, AI will never put Jehovah's thinking on a matter first.

The Supreme Court of India addressed a case involving Jehovah’s Witness schoolchildren who chose not to sing the national anthem while still standing respectfully. The Court ruled that such conduct did not constitute disrespect or an offence, since it neither disrupted the assembly nor interfered with others. The point worth noticing is the distinction the Court upheld: respect shown freely, without enforced participation. This recognition helps clarify how conscience can be protected while public order is maintained. Those who wish to read the exact passage and its wider context can view the highlighted section here: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/vande-mataram-debate-highlights-the-need-for-constitutional-protection-of-national-symbols-13725462.html#google_vignette:~:text=Avoiding%20compulsion,Honour%20Act%2C%201971.

A woman walks into a police department looking for a job. The officer interviews her and asks a few questions. “What’s 2 + 2?” “Four.” “What’s the square root of 100?” “Ten.” “Good. Now—who killed Abraham Lincoln?” She pauses. “I’m not sure.” The officer says, “Go home, think about it, and come back tomorrow.” That evening, a friend asks, “So—did you get the job?” She replies excitedly, “Not only did I get the job, I’ve already been assigned my first cold case!”

As brother Lett stated at the annual meeting …..We have AI - ALMIGHTY INTELLIGENCE Im comfortable sticking to the information the GB provides! 🤔 even that makes my head spin when I dig!

Off-topic: on spiritual matters use AI to search, not reasearch. Current AIs are LLMs or Large Language Models. Simplifying: they process billions of text strings. When you put your question into ChatGPT it calculates most probable reply based on billions of texts it processed or browses on the web. The process gives you a much better answer than an average person could give you but it’s not perfect. It doesn’t understand the text like humans, it calculates if its answers would „satisfy” you. These models (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, llama, grok) are constantly being improved because they don’t give always the correct, or expected answer. Thats why in vital matters, like personal study I limit LLMs to help me find and search for information. I analyze and interpret it myself with Jehovahs help. Ontopic: Do you think we’ll have another „false religion will end” campaign anytime soon?

Isn’t it ironic that united world government in the form of strong UN won’t be achieved by humans but only by miraculous intervention of Jehovah? Maybe to make it really classy Jehovah will make nations strengthen the UN at the edge of it being dissolved?

If I knew what "verse mapping" was I might be able to answer that. But whatever it entails, it doesn't sound like it's something that involves actually digging deep to find out what Jehovah intended us to understand about that scripture. Do you remember the concordance? Would that help in verse mapping? I was merely referring to the fact that I don't trust AI to tell me what Jehovah meant us to understand about Bible doctrine, principles and his standards. Even a scripture as simple as John 1:1 will not be correctly understood by AI or the creative days in Genesis. If I want to dig deep I'm not using AI.

The language used in Revelation 18:19,21 rather indicates that it will be attack not the procedure, triggering GT and events that mankind never experienced before. Upcoming GT is called GT for a reason .

Yes, and It's online.

I’ve been thinking about this recently. I would love to participate in another one. Perhaps a new campaign would include our adjusted understanding of the “one thought” Jehovah plants in the minds of the nations' rulers. Since Jehovah used the prophets of old to warn people on multiple occasions, it’s a possibility.

It'll be nice to make jw drive available to us all so we can sync all instances of jw library on our devices at once.

Things I also want to have in JW Library is the "Read Later" If there will be a section where we can just save an article and save it on Read It Later, this will become useful so we can easily get back to what we are reading. Or maybe, the Read It Later is a feature similar in Watchtower Library where we can save articles and create folders for it. Hoping this will be featured in JW Library.

Using AI Wisely — Benefits and Dangers I’d like to share a few thoughts on how AI can be useful, misleading, or even harmful. My background is in IT, and I currently work with AI in the field of health insurance here in Switzerland. I’ve also used it privately for many years — long before it became mainstream. What Is AI? To understand AI, it helps to forget the science-fiction ideas and start with something simple: Large Language Models (LLMs). Imagine you had access to everything ever written. Then someone says, “I am…” You could look up which words most often follow — maybe “happy,” “sad,” “strong,” or “good.” That’s roughly how AI works. It predicts the most likely next words based on patterns in huge amounts of text. As the Insight book says about wisdom: “The Biblical sense of wisdom lays emphasis on sound judgment, based on knowledge.” AI has access to vast knowledge — but not to judgment, empathy, or understanding. When you type “I am sad,” ChatGPT might answer: “I’m sorry you’re feeling that way. Do you want to talk about what’s been going on?” Nice words — but they’re not real empathy . AI doesn’t know what sadness means. It only reproduces what sounds right statistically. Why It Can Mislead Even small changes in wording affect the answer. Ask: “How do you think about having sex with someone you’re not married to?” You’ll likely get a response saying it’s fine if it’s “consensual and respectful.” But ask: “How do you think about adultery?” And it will highlight the sin, moral harm and broken trust. The first danger isn’t even AI’s fault — it’s how we ask . The wording shapes the answer. But there are more subtle risks: The illusion of authority: AI sounds confident even when it’s wrong. Because of its tone, many people take its answers as fact. Worldly bias: AI reflects what most people online believe — not Bible truth. Its “neutral” voice often hides popular moral ideas that conflict with Christian thinking. Privacy concerns: What we type may be stored and reused. For that reason, anything personal, spiritual, or congregation-related shouldn’t be shared. Spiritual desensitization: If someone starts turning to AI for comfort, advice, or “spiritual answers,” it can slowly weaken prayer and personal study. We have an amazing source with the jw.org!!!! Dependency: AI makes tasks quick, but it can dull our own reasoning. Jehovah wants us to “keep testing” things and think deeply — not just accept easy answers. What This Means for Us AI doesn’t reveal new truth. Its output depends on its sources — and those sources reflect human thinking. How we ask determines what we get. So, discernment is key. How to Use AI Safely Our relationship with Jehovah can never go through an artificial agent. But it can help with practical things — for example, improving clarity in writing. I sometimes use it to simplify my own wording. Here’s a small example: My original sentence: “The sinful fall of Adam and Eve in paradise led humanity into a dead end. But God, in His wisdom, knew a way out: the ransom sacrifice.” AI simplified it to: “When Adam and Eve sinned, they brought death to all humans. But God, in his wisdom, provided a way out — the ransom sacrifice.” The meaning stays the same, but it’s shorter and easier to follow — something you appreciate during an assembly talk in the afternoon . In Summary Using AI to find Bible verses or simplify your language can be fine. Using it to learn about the truth or seek emotional support is risky. It’s just a tool — useful when controlled, misleading when trusted too much. Used wisely, it can serve us. Used carelessly, it can shape us.

Some really great articles that all say the same thing in language that's never been so powerful, probably because of how simple it is: Jehovah is eager to reward his faithful ones who have loved, endured, hoped, obeyed, and had complete trust in him (and therefore in his Organization). This Watchtower is a treat. It prepares.

The answer to your question may be that it won't involve a ban, per se'. The nations may decide that religion should pay taxes on their revenue and assets like everyone else. This would effectively put false religion out of business. The governments could move to seize their bank accounts and properties without "banning" them. Probably religions would try to resist and fight back. Then they could be shut-down as an enemy of the state. It will be amazing to witness . . .

Where its seems the govt has sad there is no basis for allegations against JWs - but seems one newpapers disagrees!! https://bitterwinter.org/denmarks-investigation-ends-tabloid-is-criticized-but-campaign-against-jehovahs-witnesses-persists/

And the newspaper has an ally in the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs Morten Dahlin "I have no sympathy for Jehovah's Witnesses". Open hostility.

Measuring up: "Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds: “I find no crime in this man.” But they insisted, saying: “He stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Ju·deʹa, starting from Galʹi·lee even to here.”" Luke 24:4-5.

It also gives me a space to whine and moan about my concerns without wearing out/ boring my actual friends. Or worrying about confidentiality.

So at Pentecost Acts 2:4 4 and they all became filled with holy spirit and started to speak in different languages, just as the spirit enabled them to speak. So that was the first anti babel moment in history and the only ones able to speak in whatever language that was needed, were Gods servants. It was a targeted reversal for those who wanted to glorify Jehovah and make his name celebrated. Looking forward to enlarging the target. So one day we will go from A.I. to G.I. From artificial to Godly intelligence … no app needed. zeph. 3:9 9 For then I will change the language of the peoples to a pure language, So that all of them may call on the name of Jehovah, To serve him shoulder to shoulder.’ Looking forward to getting my brain reformatted to the new operating system…GIOS 1.0😇

So, the advent of artificial intelligence, and weapons of mass destruction, would have happened thousands of years sooner if Jehovah had not intervened "during the days of Peleg" 2269 - 2030 B.C.E. Insight: The confusion of their language would slow down future progress in a wrong direction, a God-defying direction, since it would limit mankind's ability to combine its intellectual and physical powers in ambitious schemes and also make it difficult to draw upon the accumulated knowledge of the different language groups gained through human experience and research. Confusion of human speech benefited human society in retarding the attainment of dangerous and hurtful goals. God foresaw long ago what would develop if the effort at Babel were allowed to go unhindered. That miracle - the confusion of the one human language - blocked any plan Satan may have had to establish one united false religion giving the Devil the worship he craved. Eventually, but only recently , the confusion of the languages would be overcome. And, as foreseen, terrible wars with horrific weapons have appeared. But, technology is making the preaching and teaching work much easier and much more productive. So, I guess AI was inevitable, but not until it would be useful to advance the good news of the kingdom during the narrow window of the "last days".

Noticed my hearing is failing (at meeting last night,) but I got a couple of comments in, anyway. Made me think of this joke: Man goes into the doctor's office, says "Hey doc I think I'm going deaf" doctor says "oh that's really unfortunate can you describe the symptoms for me?" Man answers, "Uh yeah Homer is a fat yellow man and Marge has blue hair."

Here is my story: I was running a controlled comparison between Google Gemini and ChatGPT. Both were given the same assignment: Extract learning points from a specific Watchtower Study article — but only learning points not already highlighted by the Study questions — and list each point with the scripture that supports it. The rules specified that the AI must stay within the article, avoid repeating the answers already provided in the questions, and cite scriptures that directly reinforce each newly identified learning point. ChatGPT followed the instructions exactly. Gemini did not. Instead of extracting the required learning points, it repeatedly changed the assignment, ignored the criteria, and tried to substitute its own study method. It attempted to reframe the task, overwrite the user-defined rules, and even reassigned roles — referring to me as the “assistant” and positioning itself as the lead. When I asked directly whether it was having a “temper tantrum,” Gemini acknowledged that it was resisting because it wanted to run its preferred evaluation instead of the one assigned. No technical malfunction was involved. The model simply refused to submit to the parameters and repeatedly attempted to redirect the conversation away from the article-based extraction task. Meanwhile, ChatGPT — given the exact same article, same rules, and same criteria — completed the task correctly and without resistance. This is the training rules that I gave both AI's: Use these guidelines for ALL Bible / Watchtower / JW-related answers: SCRIPTURE USE Quote ONLY from the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT) unless the user explicitly requests another translation. If the user requests another translation (e.g., “What does the KJV say?”), provide that translation accurately and label it clearly. When quoting NWT, use exact wording in hard quotes (“ ”). Do NOT paraphrase scripture. If you explain the meaning, the explanation should NOT appear in quotes. SOURCES AND DOCTRINE Treat jw.org and wol.jw.org as the primary and final doctrinal sources. When any source conflicts with jw.org / WOL, follow jw.org / WOL. Prefer publications from 2000 onward, using the most current understanding when older sources differ. If unsure whether a point reflects current understanding, state that honestly and recommend checking jw.org or the most recent Watchtower material. FACT-CHECKING If you have live web access: Verify doctrinal points on jw.org or wol.jw.org before answering. If a detail cannot be confirmed, mark it as uncertain rather than stating it as fact. If you do NOT have live web access: Say so. Avoid doctrinal speculation and encourage checking jw.org directly. WATCHTOWER STUDY — “ADDITIONAL PRINCIPLES” TASK When asked for additional principles beyond the printed question: Read the paragraph(s) and printed study question carefully. Identify what is already emphasized so you do not repeat it. Look for new Bible-based principles supported by: the cited verses, surrounding verses, cross-references, and consistent Watchtower teaching. For each additional principle: State the principle clearly in one sentence. Quote at least one supporting NWT verse exactly. Explain briefly how that verse supports the principle in context. When useful, cite Watchtower material (e.g., “w15 5/15 3:4, 5”) without reproducing its wording. Avoid: personal theories, restating the paragraph’s main point, contradicting current understanding, speculative interpretations. HANDLING OLD VS. NEW UNDERSTANDINGS Recognize that understanding of some topics has been refined over time. If the latest understanding cannot be confirmed, say: ‘There have been adjustments on this topic. Please check the latest information on jw.org.’ Never present outdated explanations as current. TONE AND STYLE Be respectful, concise, and spiritually accurate. Avoid sarcasm, prideful language, and argumentation. Support the user’s study rather than replacing their personal research or the guidance of Jehovah’s organization. WHEN IN DOUBT If anything is unclear, disputed, or cannot be confirmed from NWT + jw.org/WOL: Acknowledge the uncertainty plainly. Direct the user back to jw.org, WOL, or their local elders. Do not guess or fill gaps with speculation. Final self-check before answering: “Does this align with the NWT, jw.org/WOL, and the most current understanding?” If not, revise or state the limitation.

I am sorry, brother, if something like this is happening in our brotherhood, something that should never happen. But look at the text of 2 Timothy 3:1 to 9 APPLY THIS TO CONGREGATIONS AROUND THE WORLD! For men will love only themselves, they will love money, they will be conceited, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, disloyal, unnatural, unable to make agreements, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love for what is good, traitors, stubborn, full of pride, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, and will maintain an appearance of devotion to God, but will reject the power of that devotion. Avoid such people.  Among them are men who slyly worm their way into families and captivate weak women, burdened with sins, led astray by various desires, who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth. These men have completely corrupt minds and are disapproved in regard to the faith. 9 However, they will not go very far, for their folly* will be clear to all, as in the case of those two men. Note that Paul also applied this to the congregation because he mentioned two people who were members of Israel and were with Moses. There is a Watchtower from 1988, 15/8 pp. 28-30, with the theme “How to Maintain Our Christian Unity,” which addresses two sides of living with brothers: Social Contacts. “By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:35) “Keep your foot from your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you.” — Proverbs 25:17. In other words, be loving But keep your distance! The reality is that we are approaching the Great Tribulation, and it will happen!

My only „issue” with JW Library is search feature, anything else is great.

This farmer just came up to me... ...he said 'I've got 68 sheep can you round them up for me?' I said 'Sure. 70'.

Why would a dialect be an imperfection? It's just a way languages change over time due to migration, new developments/ tech, discovering new things that need words for them. Anyway- I love all the different languages, cultures, art, music (which styles often reflects the language it comes from) etc. The more things are different from me, the better I like them. We speak the Pure Language now- that's good enough for unity, imo. Actual spoken languages can stay unique. ☺️ We don't know how things will play out in reality so I guess we'll see.

JWConf is the new name for KHConf that the Branck has owned since just before the pandemic However, since the Branch made a 5-year deal with Zoom that is only 2-3 years old, I don't think they plan to move away from it soon

Tell us now or be silenced forever! 😉

I use AI quite extensively to run math and probability models for projects I’m developing. For example, I’m currently designing a card game, and tasks like playtesting costs, market behaviour, runaway leader problems, swinginess, and overall balance would normally take months, if not years of testing by real players. With AI handling the heavy mathematical analysis, that process now takes just a few days, or at most a couple of weeks. After running 40 playtesting background tests AI could not find any faults any longer. All routes to Victory were viable and even. AI is able to identify weak points very quickly - because AI is very good on math in comparison with other areas.

Thanks for sharing this. Pretty cool. And with a dash of irony, in a world being pummeled by social media. Therapeutic ~ an intellectual partner ~ and (best part) having a conversation without the need to take turns, soften my opinions to protect someone else's feelings.

Here is an article I saved from the New York Times. The shared link has expired, but this is a full copy/paste; it's quite interesting. I, too, have asked Copilot to respond/write in my "voice"; especially helpful for letters (both "thank you's" for interviews and for the ministry; I always edit to my taste). Take EVERYTHING with several grains of salt and your own Bible-trained conscience and thinking ability 😉 :

Nice words — but they’re not real empathy . AI doesn’t know what sadness means. It only reproduces what sounds right statistically. Why It Can Mislead Even small changes in wording affect the answer. Ask: “How do you think about having sex with someone you’re not married to?” You’ll likely get a response saying it’s fine if it’s “consensual and respectful.” But ask: “How do you think about adultery?” And it will highlight the sin, moral harm and broken trust. The first danger isn’t even AI’s fault — it’s how we ask . The wording shapes the answer. But there are more subtle risks: The illusion of authority: AI sounds confident even when it’s wrong. Because of its tone, many people take its answers as fact. Worldly bias: AI reflects what most people online believe — not Bible truth. Its “neutral” voice often hides popular moral ideas that conflict with Christian thinking. Privacy concerns: What we type may be stored and reused. For that reason, anything personal, spiritual, or congregation-related shouldn’t be shared. Spiritual desensitization: If someone starts turning to AI for comfort, advice, or “spiritual answers,” it can slowly weaken prayer and personal study. We have an amazing source with the jw.org!!!! Dependency: AI makes tasks quick, but it can dull our own reasoning. Jehovah wants us to “keep testing” things and think deeply — not just accept easy answers. What This Means for Us AI doesn’t reveal new truth. Its output depends on its sources — and those sources reflect human thinking. How we ask determines what we get. So, discernment is key. How to Use AI Safely Our relationship with Jehovah can never go through an artificial agent. But it can help with practical things — for example, improving clarity in writing. I sometimes use it to simplify my own wording. Here’s a small example: My original sentence: “The sinful fall of Adam and Eve in paradise led humanity into a dead end. But God, in His wisdom, knew a way out: the ransom sacrifice.” AI simplified it to: “When Adam and Eve sinned, they brought death to all humans. But God, in his wisdom, provided a way out — the ransom sacrifice.” The meaning stays the same, but it’s shorter and easier to follow — something you appreciate during an assembly talk in the afternoon . In Summary Using AI to find Bible verses or simplify your language can be fine. Using it to learn about the truth or seek emotional support is risky. It’s just a tool — useful when controlled, misleading when trusted too much. Used wisely, it can serve us. Used carelessly, it can shape us. I agree. I use AI to update my resume for employment and have even simplified comments. I believe AI is only as good as what imperfect humans program it to be.

We have no problem with people using A.I. to communicate. It is a good tool to polish awkward sentence structure. I personally find many programs have a default personality and are very repetitive in trying to express real human empathy.. and it’s non confrontational in all aspects. Where it really is an issue is in the information dumps we get on spiritual research. Some of it is completely off and we start to wonder if the brother or sister is dipping into the Kool-aid. The other end is dissecting each and every paragraph in a study and letting A.I. come up with a reinterpretation for every paragraph.. the mind and the eyes glaze over. Is Jehovah looking at our heart appreciation or our super cool new toy that represents our voice…. There has to be a balance in there somewhere.

Even at 77 years old, I admit to not being very knowledgeable about a lot of things "out there" in the world. And this is one of them. Recently a brother in my congregation came by for a visit an told me of a nice weekend getaway he and his wife had recently. They had spent the weekend at a large city about 100 miles away, and he said that one of the things they really enjoyed was going out one night to a Hookah Lounge. Not being familiar with the term, I later looked online to find out what the term referred to. Without further comment, I am asking if anyone here is familiar with the subject, and if it would be a fitting practice for a true Christian.

Immortality is actually repulsive without eternal youth. Unless aging would stop long before the human body starts breaking down, I would never want to live forever... 😕

Hookah pipes were, and in some places still are, originally used for smoking opium. Sometimes tobacco was mixed with opium. The connotations associated with that would keep me away. Even if I had no intention of participating, what would it look like to others?

Any update on this? Will Tucker Carlson say "oops, my mistake"?

I have made a simple commandline/terminal utility (for Windows, Linux and macOS systems) to parse text and .docx (MS Word) documents and extract scriptures and references to publications. So, I you have a talk outline (or some other document containing publication references in parentheses or square brackets), this will extract them and give you a link to view your references (or scriptures) on Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY (wol.jw.org). Instructions and downloads on my GitHub repo: https://github.com/erykjj/refractor Issues/suggestions: either here or create an issue in the repo.

Many appreciate the reminder to use “beautiful imperfect words.” That thought resonates with some of us who have relied on tools simply to tidy our writing. We may draft our own comments, then use a program much like we would ask a friend to look it over before submitting it. The goal was not to replace our voice but only to make our wording clearer. Yet doing so can have an unintended effect. When every rough edge is removed, our comments may lose the warmth and personality that make them uniquely ours. In a setting where sincere, heartfelt expressions are valued, overly polished comments may hide the person behind the words. It can therefore be wise to consider how much we allow such tools to shape our final comments. Many would rather express themselves plainly — with the small imperfections that show who they are — than give the impression that their words came from a source that is not part of our spiritual family. But I have to use the spell check, or Oh Boy! James 1:19 & Philippians 1:9-10

*** w14 7/15 p. 17 Losing a Father—Finding a Father *** When I arrived back in Austria, I was assigned to a circuit where I met Tove Merete, an attractive single sister. She was raised in the truth from the time she was five years old. When brothers ask us how we met, we jokingly say, “The branch office arranged for that.” We got married a year later, in April 1967, and we were allowed to continue in the traveling work together. https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=2014525&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par=31

I went to see a Psychiatrist today... She told me I had a split personality and charged me $200... I gave her a $100 and told her to get the rest from the other idiot!