Brother_Bliss

Hmmm... Topics are supposed to auto-lock after a year of inactivity. Just a reminder that JWTalk does not have a discord, telegram, Whatsapp, or any other real time messaging system outside of these forums and the private message system. This is in harmony with the direction to not have chat rooms. We used to, and the branch had us shut it down.

Translation.... Next Thursday, August 8, will be a historic day for Jehovah's Witnesses in Brazil. After five years of waiting, the country's Supreme Court will judge the case regarding the patient's freedom to refuse a blood transfusion. This case will be what we call "general repercussion" in Brazilian law, that is, the decision taken in this trial will serve as the basis for all cases judged going forward. Last week, the president of the Federal Supreme Court allowed both the Watchtower Bible and Treaty Society of Brazil and that of the United States to be invited as amici curiae (friends of the court). This will allow brothers who are part of the branch's commission in Brazil to make oral claims without necessarily being lawyers (in Brazil, only lawyers can make oral claims). Today, it was announced that the trial will be broadcast on state TV throughout the country. We have no doubt that this will be a great testimony. We pray that Jehovah will guide this matter in the best possible way.

I draw the line at Macellan 12. I just can't bring myself to sink even more coin into the Macellan 18. But it is good stuff. I also like Oban.

Think about that word you just used. Our Forum Membership Policy, that you read and accepted prior to joining, says the following... 3) No Misusing JW.org and its Services: The Terms of Use at JW.org makes the statement, "You may not: Misuse the website or its services, such as... accessing the website or its services using a method other than what is explicitly provided." Therefore, do not mine JW.org or it's affiliated services hunting for artwork, literature, or media that hasn't been officially released to the public yet. Spiritual food "is explicitly provided" at the proper time by the Faithful and Discreet Slave (Matthew 24:45) and not by individuals racing to be the ones to present it in place of them (Psalm 11:2). We will not be teaching members and the public how to mine the server, and undermine the Faithful Slave, here in the forums. You can do this privately via PM but we're not allowing it here.

Please reread the Forum Membership Policy that you just agreed to before making this first post... Are Certain Things Not Permitted to be Posted on JWTalk? 4) No Personally Identifiable Information. For the privacy and protection of all members, we insist that you do not post publicly identifiable information, such as your email address, phone number, street address, etc, on any content that is visible to the public or even the community at large. Any comments that contain this information may be deleted. Your email address is kept private and we encourage communication using the discussion board and the private messaging system only. If you give out your contact information for other services, you are doing so at your own risk.

Some just wanted some assurance. You can use an app on your phone to give anyone a beard, including your wives and children, lol. There is no Proverbs 29:30

I've got the mustache/goatee, circle beard going on, and I will say may resting face looks evil, lol. It forces me to smile more

I've never been to SKE, but usually the rules are about not posting notes or recordings.

We are his witnesses, his people, and it shows. What other organization is willing to bear the name of God despite the persecution it brings? What other organization has completely organized the planet into territories so that the good news gets to as many people as possible. What other organization has over 8 million people preaching each month, voluntarily? What other organization even comes close to publishing material in the thousands of languages that we do? What other organization does all of this free of charge? You can travel anywhere in the world and be warmly received by your fellow believers, no matter what country you are from. I went on vacation years ago to the beach. We attended a meeting while there. A group took us out to lunch and insisted on paying for it. We were not even the guest speaker. I was just passing through. Try pulling that off in any [other] church, lol.

Somewhat. My wife likes clean shaven, but she tells everyone that she's "gonna let me do what I want" lol

Keep doing what you are doing 😉 I completely agree with your assessment here. I have gone from 225 to 175 in the last 8 months and improved most of my blood markers. I am stage 4 CKD so I do have some issues that come from spilling things I shouldn't, and failing to filter out things that I should. But if it wasn't for my CKD everything would be pristine. Your blood work looks pristine to me. Your cholesterol and HDL levels are just fine, and in fact in the sweet spot right where you want them. I've been doing mainly a carnivore diet. However, I am by no means averse to select fruits and vegetables.

There could be a couple issues here. 1) The brothers involved in the project are expected to keep things confidential. 2) Our JWTalk Membership Policy discourages the spread of confidential information. Our Spoilers clause does not allow for the disseminating confidential information.

Threaded view went out of style over 15 years ago, so your major forum software devs don't either never had the functionality, or deprecated it. The only software I can think of that sorta does it today is WPForo.

His wasn't the only one. Now these proposals are worth some discussion. A type of sorting is coming our way in a few months... https://invisioncommunity.com/news/invision-community/invision-community-5-quickly-find-the-most-helpful-answers-r1290/ I personally loved threaded view (hierarchal) and we originally had that, but the JWTalk community voted on linear display years ago. I was the odd duck that got out-voted, lol. Reactions (and the upcoming "Helpful" feature) is essentially voting. Reactions could be assigned a negative value and we could have a thumbs down reaction, but that proposal usually gets met with a lot of resistance. There's actually a thread or two about that going on right now.