AUSTRALIA - Petition to Cancel the Charity Status of Watchtower and Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

a petition has been launched in australia to coincide with the child abuse royal commission's adverse findings against watchtower and jehovah's witnesses.

the petition is to the australian charities and not-for-profit commission to cancel their charity status.. https://www.change.org/p/australian-charities-and-not-for-profit-commission-acnc-cancel-the-watchtower-bible-and-tract-society-s-charity-status.

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darkspilver

Listener: Their Australian Tax Return was just lodged on the 28 the February, 2017. It show their begging has continued to reap them rich rewards. Donations went from approx 21 million to 27 million over the previous year, that's a 30% increase. The Watchtower Australia sent nearly 18 million overseas in that year. They are rolling in it.
Pubsinger: The 18m that they sent 'overseas'... Would that be to Brooklyn then?

Unfortunately Listener didn't include any links

But if Listener had, I think these are the ones:

WTBTS OF AUSTRALIA: https://www.acnc.gov.au/RN52B75Q?ID=91956EB4-F967-4486-8D20-89B6E9A28BCC&noleft=1

2016 ANNUAL REPORT (PDF): https://www.acnc.gov.au/Document?Seqn=479928&Ikey=91956EB4-F967-4486-8D20-89B6E9A28BCC&Aseqn=2308245

( AUS$ 100-00 = US$ 75-00 )

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Most Widely Circulated Magazine In The World

by Calebs Airplane in

which magazine is now the most widely circulated in the world?.

before responding, keep in mind that certain parameters (such as content and page count) ought to be met before any printed material intended for mass distribution can be categorized as a “magazine”.

for example, the absolute minimum range for any publication to be considered a magazine is typically around 32 to 48 pages while the highest page counts are usually around 128 to 160, with some popular women’s fashion magazines coming in quite a bit higher than that.. so with that said, which is now the world’s most widely circulated magazine?.

darkspilver

Phizzy: He plainly made his point. Pamphlets are not magazines, so another smug claim by the JW Org bites the dust.

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AUSTRALIA - Petition to Cancel the Charity Status of Watchtower and Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

a petition has been launched in australia to coincide with the child abuse royal commission's adverse findings against watchtower and jehovah's witnesses.

the petition is to the australian charities and not-for-profit commission to cancel their charity status.. https://www.change.org/p/australian-charities-and-not-for-profit-commission-acnc-cancel-the-watchtower-bible-and-tract-society-s-charity-status.

[quote].

darkspilver

Xanthippe: what happens when it reaches 500 signatures?

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! ! !

The Australian Petition has now smashed through the 500 signature mark!

Only another 486 signatures to reach 1,000.....

Australia: 514

America: 1,175

(Monday 6 March 2017 morning)

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Watching the World - MEGA THREAD of topics

by darkspilver in

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friends

an esoteric hotchpotch of topics, from the mildly interesting to the rather boringi'm posting here to avoid the 'new topic' forum limitations, and besides it also helps to avoid clogging up the forum if you think something is of passing interest, and you wish to comment on it, please feel free to re-post as a new topic - thanks!

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darkspilver

SWITZERLAND: Jehovah's Witnesses are silent

From Switzerland, news item on a newly published report on sexual abuse in JWs

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Sunday 5 March 2017

Jehovah's Witnesses are silent
The Jehovah's Witnesses are said to have covered sexual abuse on young people. The Community disputes this.
A new report from the Infosekta office in Zurich deals with sexual abuse of children in Jehovah's Witnesses. The conclusion is that most cases do not become public. The reason for this is the closed system of the religious community, as well as the so-called two-witness rule, according to which, in addition to the victim, a second person must have been aware of the act. Furthermore, the internal jurisdiction of the Jehovah's Witnesses deterred their victims.

READ REPORT: http://infosekta.ch/media/pdf/JZ_Sexueller_Missbrauch_Zeugen_Jehovas_2017_.pdf

Feel free to repost as a New Topic

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AUSTRALIA - Petition to Cancel the Charity Status of Watchtower and Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

a petition has been launched in australia to coincide with the child abuse royal commission's adverse findings against watchtower and jehovah's witnesses.

the petition is to the australian charities and not-for-profit commission to cancel their charity status.. https://www.change.org/p/australian-charities-and-not-for-profit-commission-acnc-cancel-the-watchtower-bible-and-tract-society-s-charity-status.

[quote].

darkspilver

Xanthippe: I was merely asking why change.org were saying they needed 80 something signatures to get it to 500. What's the significance of 500?

That was kinda the point I was making - on change.org it appears to have no real significance apart from:
1: incentivizing people to sign the petition by displaying a numerical 'goal', and
2: presumably the more popular petitions (both in total numbers, and speed of signatures) get featured on the front page

This is in constrast to UK Government's official petition website when:
1: 10,000 signatures gets the government to respond with a statement, and
2: 100,000 signatures means it will be considered for debate in Parliament

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Most Widely Circulated Magazine In The World

by Calebs Airplane in

which magazine is now the most widely circulated in the world?.

before responding, keep in mind that certain parameters (such as content and page count) ought to be met before any printed material intended for mass distribution can be categorized as a “magazine”.

for example, the absolute minimum range for any publication to be considered a magazine is typically around 32 to 48 pages while the highest page counts are usually around 128 to 160, with some popular women’s fashion magazines coming in quite a bit higher than that.. so with that said, which is now the world’s most widely circulated magazine?.

darkspilver

Calebs Airplane: Which magazine is now the most widely circulated in the world?

AARP Magazine - www.aarp.org/magazine/

which is a 'free magazine with membership' of American Association of Retired People (AARP) - circulation of around 22.5 million copies.

FYI, in the UK:

Top 5 by Circulation
The National Trust Magazine - 2,310,299 copies - free with membership
Tesco Magazine - 1,931,914 copies - free with membership
Good Living (Asda) - 1,840,333 copies - free with membership
TV Choice - 1,219,097 copies - paid for
What’s on TV - 944,644 copies - paid for

Top 5 Actively Bought
TV Choice - 1,232,038 copies - paid for
What's on TV - 942,295 copies - paid for
Radio Times - 662,329 copies - paid for
Slimming World Magazine - 625,818 copies - paid for
Take a Break - 556,012 copies - paid for

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AUSTRALIA - Petition to Cancel the Charity Status of Watchtower and Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

a petition has been launched in australia to coincide with the child abuse royal commission's adverse findings against watchtower and jehovah's witnesses.

the petition is to the australian charities and not-for-profit commission to cancel their charity status.. https://www.change.org/p/australian-charities-and-not-for-profit-commission-acnc-cancel-the-watchtower-bible-and-tract-society-s-charity-status.

[quote].

darkspilver

Xanthippe: what happens when it reaches 500 signatures?

It's a competition! Australia v America....

Australia: 431

V

America: 1,100

Xanthippe: If you get 100,000 in the UK parliament will discuss

yes, IF you use the UK Government's website at https://petition.parliament.uk

The Australian Government also have a website at http://www.aph.gov.au/petitions - but this petition isn't on that?

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Need Information on San Miguel,Cuba Kingdom Halls

by Ephraim Jamin Vasquez Jr in

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friends

greetings fellow brothers and sisters,.

i'm looking to visit cuba and was thinking of traveling to san miguel, cuba and i was wondering if anyone has kingdom hall addresses (phone/address/location) want to visit my brothers there.

i do hope someone can help me, i'm out of options :).

darkspilver

Also....

The article listed below about the JWs in Cuba, is the one with the 'infamous' GB/bible signing photo

Watchtower 15 May 1999, pages 7 to 9

A Historic Visit Makes an Island Rejoice
page scan including GB Bible signing photo

Also....

Visit the Bethel in Cuba:

https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/cuba/

Address:
Ave. 15 #4608 e/ 46 y 48
PLAYA, LA HABANA, CUBA

Tours:
Monday to Friday
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Duration 1 hour

Picture of Cuban Bethel:

https://www.facebook.com/MyMinistryIdeaz/photos/pb.142019915871607.-2207520000.1455988250./1007317752675148/

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Need Information on San Miguel,Cuba Kingdom Halls

by Ephraim Jamin Vasquez Jr in

jw
friends

greetings fellow brothers and sisters,.

i'm looking to visit cuba and was thinking of traveling to san miguel, cuba and i was wondering if anyone has kingdom hall addresses (phone/address/location) want to visit my brothers there.

i do hope someone can help me, i'm out of options :).

darkspilver

OnTheWayOut: Catholicism is the predominate belief, Santeria has survived but is mostly blended with Catholicism. Protestants and a few others are there. Jehovah's Witnesses are there. But because the government banned open religion for so long, groups are cautious.

There's actually quite alot of JWs 'over there'

Cuba has been a featured picture onthe front page of the jw . org website:

Havana, Cuba—Preaching from house to house in Old Havana

11,258,597 - Population
96,487 - Ministers who teach the Bible
1,524 - Congregations
1-to-117 - Ratio of JWs to pop (compare: USA is 1-in-263, UK is 1-in-471)

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Need Information on San Miguel,Cuba Kingdom Halls

by Ephraim Jamin Vasquez Jr in

jw
friends

greetings fellow brothers and sisters,.

i'm looking to visit cuba and was thinking of traveling to san miguel, cuba and i was wondering if anyone has kingdom hall addresses (phone/address/location) want to visit my brothers there.

i do hope someone can help me, i'm out of options :).

darkspilver

dropoffyourkeylee: I'm afraid we're not much better. The congregation listed in the second post is in South Andros in the BAHAMAS. Good luck getting to Cuba from there

<sigh>

You will need to ask one of your elders or ministerial servants to look it up for you when they've logged-in to jw . org.

While the vast majority of Kingdom Hall/Congregation Meeting times and places are publicly listed on jw . org - there are a few that are NOT. These other - Additional Congregation Meeting Places - can be searched for by an elder or m/s that is logged-in to jw . org AND has been given permission.

It was all explained around five years ago in the following letter:

Letter April 5, 2012 - Re: Searching for congregation meeting locations and times on jw . org

PS to body of elders:
At the next Service Meeting, please arrange for an announcement to be made to the congregation that a letter on the above-noted subject has been posted on the information board. For some time, this jw . org feature has been available only to jw . org users with the Search for Congregation Meetings role. Although it will no longer be necessary to log in to jw . org in order to search for congregation meeting information, meeting information of some congregations will not display to the public. Therefore, the Search for Congregation Meetings role has been renamed “Search for Additional Congregation Meeting Places.” Only logged-in users with the Search for Additional Congregation Meeting Places role will be able to access congregation information that is not available to the public. Only ministerial servants or elders with a jw . org account should be given this role. Any jw . org users currently assigned the Search for Congregation Meetings role have automatically been assigned the Search for Additional Congregation Meeting Places role.
READ FULL LETTER: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwqmWMK7dwtlY0RXVkhJQlhkYkE/view

darkspilver

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