Brandon

Many have heard nothing through their meeting and may confuse the wording of people here saying “don’t forget to do x y z” as though it was someone repeating a reminder of the slave. It would be better to write something like “if you’re comfortable using that social network, you can follow it” — if the slave doesn’t tell us to like and subscribe, we need to word our own opinions more carefully.

Please stop writing this… when you get the announcement at the meeting, you’ll look foolish for encouraging witnesses to do this.

I feel like some are getting ahead of the chariot here. We have not been instructed to interact with the social media accounts, nor have we been directed to mention the accounts in our ministry. As I mentioned earlier, these accounts are not intended for us. They are intended for journalists and government officials. These are not “JW.org channels,” they are media-relations channels.

That statement is highly misleading. The Canadian government did not order Meta to remove news from Instagram or Facebook. Canada, Australia, France, and other European nations passed laws requiring large tech platforms to compensate news organizations for news content shared on their platforms. Meta opposed the law and decided instead to stop making news available in Canada on Facebook and Instagram, whereas in the other countries mentioned they negotiated agreements with publishers. Don’t fall for the garbage narrative Meta Inc has fed people. ironically I’m already seeing the polarizing effect that a centralized media company can have on witnesses…

Let’s keep in mind that these accounts are not intended for witnesses to keep up to date with the organization. Rather, it’s a way to reach the “secular audience” such as journalists and government officials. X (formerly twitter) also has a JW_Pressroom handle registered last month (no doubt by the organization). Time will tell whether information is also posted there too. The new instagram and tik tok channels are described as pilots, and only in english currently. Let us see whether Jehovah blesses this pilot program or not.

Let’s keep in mind that these accounts are not intended for witnesses to keep up to date with the organization. Rather, it’s a way to reach the “secular audience” such as journalists and government officials. X (formerly twitter) also has a JW_Pressroom handle registered last month (no doubt by the organization). Time will tell whether information is also posted there too. The new instagram and tik tok channels are described as pilots, and only in english currently. Let us see whether Jehovah blesses this pilot program or not.

I think it will become increasingly complicated with our Bible studies, as many prefer alternative / DIY health treatments. Some will say they have an anxiety disorder but don’t trust hospitals, and therefore “self medicate” with marijuana. In the past it was easy to remind them how it was illegal to buy it and we need to respect Caesar’s laws, however it is now fully legal in my country at federal and provincial levels, so I can no longer defer to “Caesar has said no,” and therefore it all becomes very gray rather than black and white… I think being done under tight medical controls is significantly less risky, though not with none. it’s all complex and getting moreso everyday. I don’t have the answers.

I used live captions on my iPad, and ran it through ChatGPT to try and match the lines spoken to their appropriate verses (feel free to point out any inaccuracies) Do you have faith that I can do this? - Yes, Lord. (Mt 9:28) My little daughter is extremely ill. Please, come. (Mark 5:23) Have mercy on me, Lord. Son of David. (Mt 15:22) Who are men saying the son of Man is? - Some say John the Baptist. Others, Elijah. You, though. Who do you say I am? - You are the Christ. The son of the living God. (Mt 16:13-16) Do not think I came to bring peace to the earth… - (you need to leave this place) …I came to bring, not peace, But a sword. (Mt 10:34) Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Whose father and mother we know. (John 6:42) I chose you, 12. Yet one of you is a slanderer. (John 6:70) Get behind me, Satan. (Mt. 16:23, Mr 8:33) What have I to do with you? Jesus! Son of the most high God! (Mr 5:7) Have no fear. Only exercise faith. (Mr 5:36)

Yes I put their photos up: https://jwtalk.net/topic/62070-did-we-see-matthew-and-john-already-gnj/?do=findComment&comment=1095730 we actually did see eight of the twelve by the end of episode 2

oh and yet another interesting note for those in the EU, thanks to government regulation, people there can actually join whatsapp groups without having a whatsapp account. Thanks to mandated interoperability, apps like Haiket can connect to the billions of people on the WA network without the user needing an account with WA.

Apple and Google today, after collaborating with wireless carriers, have released encrypted text messaging to the public in the form of RCS (I think it’s universal profile 3.0) https://www.engadget.com/2170011/ios-end-to-end-encrypted-rcs-messaging-begins-rolling-out-today-in-beta/ i know many people already use whatsapp🤢 and Signal🤩 but for those who still have some friends they still do carrier texting with, encryption ensures that only you and the other party can read the message: without it, your carrier can read everything you send and receive (on a related note, whatsapp will soon be releasing a feature, similar to what Signal and Telegam offer, which allows you to keep your phone number private from the people you message, by introducing usernames)

You should definitely ask them how they did it. I'm sure we'd all like to know!

When did they do that? seems strange

I was very curious, but I don’t want to make an exorbitant amount of effort for you

I searched for “2029” on JW.org because the website search now includes searching the transcripts of videos, but no results.