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  Brazilian XJW activists are successfully demonstrating against JW intolerance - See their impressive website

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  i was so impressed by what the brazilian xjw's are doing to inform the world about jw's unfair and harmful sanctions put upon those who leave the religion that i just had to share their efforts with you.

  congratulations are in order for a work well done.

  i asked sebastiao ramos ramos, a former jw to explain in english what abravipre is all about.

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  darkspilver

  Hey Simon!

  I haven't seen it but I would guess "little mosque on the prairie"?

  BINGO!

  And no, I haven't watched it either
  

  http://www.cbc.ca/littlemosque
  

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Mosque_on_the_Prairie
  
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  Brazilian XJW activists are successfully demonstrating against JW intolerance - See their impressive website

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was so impressed by what the brazilian xjw's are doing to inform the world about jw's unfair and harmful sanctions put upon those who leave the religion that i just had to share their efforts with you.

  congratulations are in order for a work well done.

  i asked sebastiao ramos ramos, a former jw to explain in english what abravipre is all about.

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  darkspilver

  Hey Bruisedandbleeding12!
  

  But, wow.....extremely nice site works on both my iPad & iPhone.
  

  Looks like a template
  Feels like a template
  Oh, yes, it's a standard free template

  http://www.templatemo.com/tm-473-november

  But that's cool - anyway kudos for some of the graphics/editing

  BUT - can you name the Canadian TV sitcom they've featured on their front page??...
  
  
  
  Answer here
  
  
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  Jediism not a religion, UK Charity Commission rules

  by HB in

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  thought this might be of interest....... .

  from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38368526.

  jediism not a religion, charity commission rules.

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  darkspilver

  The number of Jedi Knights in the England and Wales has plummeted in recent years:

  2001: 390,127 Jedi Knights
  2011: 176,632 Jedi Knights

  So that's something like a 55% decrease?

  https://www.theguardian.com/uk/datablog/interactive/2012/dec/11/census-religion
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  Brazilian XJW activists are successfully demonstrating against JW intolerance - See their impressive website

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was so impressed by what the brazilian xjw's are doing to inform the world about jw's unfair and harmful sanctions put upon those who leave the religion that i just had to share their efforts with you.

  congratulations are in order for a work well done.

  i asked sebastiao ramos ramos, a former jw to explain in english what abravipre is all about.

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  darkspilver

  Hey AndersonsInfo!
  

  I was so impressed by what the Brazilian XJW's are doing
  

  Yeah, but, of course, the real question is....

  Are those Brazilian ex-JWs following the example of Jesus and becoming carpenters???

  Inquiring minds want to know!

  Yeah, seems so - after all their banners and posters are advertising their website!
  

  http://abravipre.org

  
  
  

  
  
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  The con is completed - comments from the US branch's LDC chief

  by sir82 in

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  recently attended a special assembly day.. guest speaker was thomas chicky, a member of the us branch committee and the head of the us ldc (which has replaced the rbcs).. the last talk of the day is scheduled for an hour.

  it was the usual boring mumbo-jumbo.

  he appeared to have blasted through his hour-long outline in just about 45 minutes, so he "treated" us to informal comments on recent developments.. he commented on the new wt complex in fishkill ny.. then he dropped the bomb (well, to anyone with ears and at least 2 functioning synapses).. the following is not a word for quote, but presents the gist of his comments:.

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  darkspilver

  Hey blondie!
  

  So besides existing Wallkill and Patterson and soon to be completed Warwick, there is a Fishkill facility too?
  

  Gotta keep up
  

  http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/money/economy/2014/12/22/jehovahs-witnesses-buy-fishkill-rivercrest-apartments/20788311/

  AFAIK they're being used as 'retirement apartments' for bethelites.....
  
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  Brooklyn Brothers Signworks... WUT?

  by schnell in

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  the ad for this site came up here on jwn.

  http://www.brooklynsignworks.com/jw/?gclid=cp7ppbzr_tacfy-baqodwocm1a.

  i was not aware that these cart signs were being made and sold by essentially a private company or proprietorship.

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  Hey joe134cd
  

  I remember hearing at the time that some of the building materials had been sourced directly from the manufacturer in china rather than been brought locally primarily because of the cost. Anybody else know of this happening.
  

  Didn't you hear? They bought a mountain from China
  

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5696699603353600/_post/6296659155746816
  
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  When will the construction at Warwick finish?

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'd like to as the question, when will construction at warwick finish?

  will it be before the 2017 agm?i'm asking because, if the construction is basically finished by then, the gb could be free to release more 'new light'.its hardly likely that they would announce big changes that might effect the willingness of their laborers to continue working for free.

  so i'm sort of hoping, all the big stuff will be done by then.

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  Hi no-zombie

  I'd like to as the question, when will construction at Warwick finish? Will it be before the 2017 AGM?

  I think it was announced at the the 2016 AGM that next year's AGM, in October 2017, will include the dedication of Warwick? so I kinda guess it'll all be completed by then?..... or will it?.....

  Public tours of Warwick are starting on Monday 3 April 2017.

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwqmWMK7dwtlcEh4OEFBdVh3amM/view
  
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  Fidel Castro and the WT

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am going to engage on a trip to the past and share with you some of the matters that marked the beginning of the jws persecution in cuba.

  you will be surprised that the pattern that was followed is very similar to what happened in other dictatorial countries.. in the cuban case, i am going to surprise you and tell you that like what happened with hitler; the wt was partially responsible for their clash and confrontation with the cuban government.

  during the early 60s the revolution was fighting for survival and they were willing and ready to demolish any perceived enemy to their cause.. a prime example was their war against the catholic church that was the most influential religious entity in the country; it took the supreme leader only a few public discourses to send the vast majority of clergy packing and back to their country, in this case spain.. the jehovah’s witnesses were an insignificant minority but they over estimated their importance and displayed a belligerent attitude, it was known that this was a us based religion and an easy target to connect them with the cia.

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  Oh, and by the way, you really have no excuse NOT knowing about the three page article regarding the Cuban Bethel that appeared in the 15 May 1999 edition of the Watchtower I referred to in my posting above...
  

  But, hey, if you need reminding, which I'm sure you don't - then click here for a scan....
  

  
  
  
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  JW mention in Geography book

  by Nihilistic Journey in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was reading a book exploring he relationship between geography and religion and found the following quote starting on page 121 of chris park's sacred worlds.. park, c. c. (1994).

  sacred worlds: an introduction to geography and religion.

  london: routledge.. one of the most dynamic religious groups in terms of disseminating its beliefs is the jehovah’s witnesses.

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  Fidel Castro and the WT

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am going to engage on a trip to the past and share with you some of the matters that marked the beginning of the jws persecution in cuba.

  you will be surprised that the pattern that was followed is very similar to what happened in other dictatorial countries.. in the cuban case, i am going to surprise you and tell you that like what happened with hitler; the wt was partially responsible for their clash and confrontation with the cuban government.

  during the early 60s the revolution was fighting for survival and they were willing and ready to demolish any perceived enemy to their cause.. a prime example was their war against the catholic church that was the most influential religious entity in the country; it took the supreme leader only a few public discourses to send the vast majority of clergy packing and back to their country, in this case spain.. the jehovah’s witnesses were an insignificant minority but they over estimated their importance and displayed a belligerent attitude, it was known that this was a us based religion and an easy target to connect them with the cia.

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  Hey sp74bb

  Is there any official announcement that Cuba branch has been opened... ?

  hmmm.....
  

  Watchtower 15 May 1999, page 8
  

  In September 1994, a printing operation was established in the Bethel Home in Havana. Once again, Jehovah’s Witnesses were able to meet openly and to witness from house to house. Later, in 1998 (December 1 to 7, 1998), the authorities permitted this visit of an international delegation of 18 Jehovah’s Witnesses, including three members of the Governing Body (Lloyd Barry, John Barr, and Gerrit Lösch).

  When the delegation arrived at the José Martí airport in Havana, they were hospitably received by a contingent of public officials and a group from the Bethel Home, among them a brother who remembered the last visit to Cuba of a Governing Body member—Milton Henschel—in 1961. The brother was then 12 years old; he is now a traveling overseer.
  

  The ban on JW's in Cuba was eased in 1994 - I think they are still using the original Bethel? or do they have a new one now?

  I believe the first JW figures in modern times where published in the 1997 Year Book:

  1996 Service Year
  Population: 11,000,000
  Ratio: 1-in-157
  Average Publishers: 66,006
  Congregations: 945

  2015 Service Year
  Population: 11,258,597
  Ratio: 1-in-117
  Average Publishers: 95,825
  Congregations: 1,524