Evacuated

4 hours ago, Srecko Sostar said:

Jesus is Leader of this Church (JWorg) he can Run His Work without Warwick , GB and Stuff in It. Without your donation money, without Hedge Funds, H.M. Riley Trust and so on.  :))  

That is true, but while he sees fit to run it the way he currently does, I don't want a single red cent of my money going to finance anything other than what I donated it for. Rock on.....!

5 minutes ago, Srecko Sostar said:

So, according to your view we have 2 sort of death in Genesis book. One is Natural and other is Unnatural.

Yeah. 2Pet 2:12.

12 minutes ago, Srecko Sostar said:

So, how it is possible that Perfect Adam can not understand what death is?

What connection can these two unrelated subjects (1. understanding of death. 2. Perfection) possibly have? None is the simple answer.

12 hours ago, Jack Ryan said:

Considering the global average population growth considering births and deaths is 1.06% (over 5 times that of watchtowers growth rate), this confirms what we all know - people are leaving the organization in droves.

The problem I see you have with this kind of information is that you are only reinforcing the perception that we are approaching the end of "the last days"

You really need to be more specific about why you think this has any other significance.  🤔???

Well well, @JW Insider, now you're going all JTR on me!!

5 hours ago, JW Insider said:

Judge Ruff the Third?

Judge Ruffled Fur?

Imaginative, but surely anachronistic?

More like.....Knorr...her...Bones?

6 hours ago, JW Insider said:

my guess would be Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Excellent and observant. And for 10 bonus points...what is the name of the dog?

Wow! Almost back to 1980 ratio! Keep trimming lads....Never was so much accomplished by so few!!

18 hours ago, JW Insider said:

running an international organization

The more of this information the better!

What a colossal task to keep this whole logistical juggernaut moving and yet still keep the preaching work, and the shepherding of the flock, to the fore!

Like @@James Thomas Rook Jr., I cannot think that a politician as wiley and experienced as Mr Putin would use the word "persecute" in connection with his own government's activity.  As suggested above, the word "prosecute" makes far more sense and indeed a statement as quoted: 

2 hours ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

Jehovah's Witnesses are also Christians, for which I do not really understand how it is (meaning "why?") we prosecute them.

is no less an indictment on the persecution (intended use) of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russis and is really more credible.

On 12/21/2018 at 5:20 AM, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

HOW DO YOU KNOW ... Putin used the word "persecuted", if you did not see a video of him saying it

http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/59374

Harrison's Flowers

48 Journalists killed in former Yugoslavia 1991-1995

19 hours ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

"All reports or suspicions of child sexual abuse, without exception, will be reported to the Police, and all  other Civil Authorities.", and use the two witness rule for internal deliberations

This is the ideal procedure. I have never been able to think of an alternative. 

41 minutes ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

If I had observed you in a terribly wrinkled suit,

Like these:

25 minutes ago, JW Insider said:

All in all, it was the water.

Fascinating stuff. These are the issues behind the scenes that most of us know nothing about. Any chance of a more comprehensive review?

1 hour ago, TrueTomHarley said:

I’m outta here

No you're not!!!!!

3 minutes ago, JW Insider said:

they went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.

Know what you mean, but in the particular instance, I don't see the "going up to heaven" bit. Note, I said "like" as a point of comparison only.

6 hours ago, The Librarian said:

conversations are constantly being turned back into pedophilia etc

"Let sexual immorality and every sort of uncleanness or greediness not even be mentioned among you, just as is proper for holy people" Eph.5:3.

Is it conceivably possible that those who do as @The Librarian has noted are possibly deriving some sort of vicarious pleasure in this? I mean, if they know of incidents of abuse, part publicise,  and yet do not report them (even anonymously ) through the proper channels, what could possibly be their motive?

2 minutes ago, JW Insider said:

You had Rev 1:4 or 1:8 to choose from, and you went with 13:3??

Yes. Actually I had the whole of Revelation to choose from, but this was the only apparent ( def.2) resurrection I could find. (Given the time constraint of course).  😊

15 hours ago, Arauna said:

I left this forum

???  Bit like Rev.13:3 then???

On 12/7/2018 at 10:18 PM, Anna said:

Many names are written and pronounced quite differently depending on what language you speak.

Yes indeed. It's a bit like:

• Caleb and Sophia - English
• Philipp und Sofia - Deutsch
• Lucas og Sofie - Dansk
• Kevin och Sofia - Svenska
• Jakob og Sofie - Norsk
• Priidu und Pauliina - Eesti
• Ignas ir Kotryna - Lietuviu
• Leevi ja Sofia - Suomi
• Stefcho and Lily - Bulgarski
• Marci és Zsófi - Magyar
• Kuba s Luckou - čeština

😊

9 hours ago, Anna said:

I would call him Yahweh but I speak English, and in English it is Jehovah

We don't appear to be overly dogmatic about this anyway. Yet another non-issue.

2 hours ago, Witness said:

Which made me curious about the U.S.

Good to put these facts on the table.

"Yearly, referrals to state child protective services involve 6.6 million children, and around 3.2 million of those children are subject to an investigated report."

It is a good thing anyway to see the Netherlands authorities making some kind of a start to get to grips with this problem.

"In the Netherlands, every year more than 100,000 children and young people between the ages of 0 and 18 are abused in one or more ways. It is estimated that between 40 and 80 children die of the consequences."

4 minutes ago, JOHN BUTLER said:

Ya cannot be beat if ya didn't compete

Check your dictionary

2 hours ago, JW Insider said:

the end will just as likely come during a period of peace and security.

Quite a  relevant observation: 

(1 Thessalonians 5:2, 3) . . ."For you yourselves know very well that Jehovah’s day is coming exactly as a thief in the night. Whenever it is that they are saying, “Peace and security!” then sudden destruction is to be instantly on them, just like birth pains on a pregnant woman, and they will by no means escape."