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  Web traffic statistics released for the Reddit ExJW Subreddit

  by darkspilver in

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  fwiw, the moderators have released the traffic statistics for the reddit exjw subreddit.

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  web statistics are not generally an exact science - the 'best' indication is normally the 'unique' visitor number - although one person may be using more than one device to access the website (ie using desktop and mobile), but also more than one person may being using the same device (ie a shared home desktop).. on a forum-style website, the number of 'page views' is a bit pointless as it will normally always be much, much higher than a non-forum-style website - but it can give a general idea on how engaged visitors are (how many topics/threads they are reading).

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  Yeah new devices could be a reason - though I suspect most of them are replacing existing devices, so less incentive to web browse purely for the novelty.

  Ex-JW-wise there where a number of major events in January, including
  

  • Dr Phil TV Programme with Tatiana

  • FaithLeaks released the JW 'PalmerLeak' documents

  • John Cedars released Pillowgate videos

  • For Reddit, there was also a highly voted comment on a popular 'AskReddit' thread

  See the post below for more info:
  
  Traffic / Subscriber 'spikes' and co-relation with events
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  Web traffic statistics released for the Reddit ExJW Subreddit

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  fwiw, the moderators have released the traffic statistics for the reddit exjw subreddit.

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  web statistics are not generally an exact science - the 'best' indication is normally the 'unique' visitor number - although one person may be using more than one device to access the website (ie using desktop and mobile), but also more than one person may being using the same device (ie a shared home desktop).. on a forum-style website, the number of 'page views' is a bit pointless as it will normally always be much, much higher than a non-forum-style website - but it can give a general idea on how engaged visitors are (how many topics/threads they are reading).

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  darkspilver

  FWIW, the moderators have released the traffic statistics for the Reddit ExJW Subreddit

  

  Web statistics are not generally an exact science - the 'best' indication is normally the 'unique' visitor number - although one person may be using more than one device to access the website (ie using desktop and mobile), but also more than one person may being using the same device (ie a shared home desktop).

  On a forum-style website, the number of 'page views' is a bit pointless as it will normally always be much, much higher than a non-forum-style website - but it can give a general idea on how engaged visitors are (how many topics/threads they are reading)
  
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  Cookthebooks--Here is your Leaked Elder Videos!

  by Atlantis in

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  2. bible

  cookthebooks:.

  there are several leaked elder videos in the zipped file.

  use 7-zip or whatever program you use to unzip the folder.. https://we.tl/p41inlwgxa.

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  The Splane video, watch online:
  

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/80qrn7/smarmy_governing_body_splane_guilts_jws_into
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  Special Pioneer Vow Of Obedience And Poverty Contract - Is This Legit?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  somebody posted the contract on exjwreddit: https://i.redd.it/1u8808gy6ni01.jpg.

  it appears to be signed by howie ernest rutledge.

  im assuming this is howie rutledge tran, former assistant to the gb?.

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  carla: I am curious about the wording 'worldwide order', are r & f aware of this?

  Depends. Do they actually read the WT literature?

  It gets a 'name-check' each year in the Yearbook/Service Report
  

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2017-service-year-report/2017-grand-totals/
  
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  Special Pioneer Vow Of Obedience And Poverty Contract - Is This Legit?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  somebody posted the contract on exjwreddit: https://i.redd.it/1u8808gy6ni01.jpg.

  it appears to be signed by howie ernest rutledge.

  im assuming this is howie rutledge tran, former assistant to the gb?.

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  A vow of poverty was mentioned in the Proclaimers book
  

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/80mrum/do_cos_also_sign_the_vow_of_poverty/duwntlx/

  Also, taking vacation time releases one from the vow for that time, for example to do paid work outside bethel - so take a vacation day, claim the inheritance, then go back the next day.
  
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  NY City Meet-Up on Saturday, March 31st; 6:00 - 9:00 PM

  by patlynnw in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my name is patricia warmack, a ny city ex-jw.

  javin michael and i are hosting an ex-jw meet-up on saturday, march 31st, 6:00 - 9:00 pm.

  address is 520 eighth avenue, room 16t, new york, ny.

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  Multiple threads? Ah, well...
  

  Always thought this place might have been a funky place to meet up in NYC.....

  New York Kingdom Hall converted to a bar - PIX 11 (US), February 2, 2018
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  Ryde ( I o Wight UK ) KH now a vets.

  by stan livedeath in

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  As I explained below, there's 140,000 population on the Island of 148 square miles. That works out (using national ratio) to 300 JWs in five congregations (60 publishers in each) - they had four Kingdom Halls, but now they have three Kingdom Halls.
  

  For comparison:
  

  Yearbook 2000, page 121

  The Isle of Wight, off the south coast, has seven thriving congregations.
  
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  Article: Murder convictions overturned because Jehovah's Witness not allowed to serve on jury

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-sb-bilotti-convictions-overturned-20180214-story,amp.html.

  murder convictions overturned because jehovah's witness not allowed to serve on jury.

  february 14, 2018rafael olmeda.

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  Broward Circuit Judge Jeffrey Levenson was wrong to keep a member of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, commonly known as Jehovah’s Witnesses, off the jury, according to the Fourth District Court of Appeal.

  The appeals court drew a distinction between common understanding of a group’s religious beliefs and an individual member's adherence to those beliefs.

  “The potential juror stated that she would follow the law and gave no indication that she would allow her status as a Jehovah’s Witness to affect her decision-making at all,” the court ruled. “In moving to strike her, the state merely relied on the juror’s membership in a religion without any testimony that it would actually affect her service as a juror.’’

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7xkqq2/murder_convictions_overturned_because_jehovahs/
  
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  Update on Detroit-Area Murder Suicide - Front Page Article

  by lepermessiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/02/19/keego-harbor-jehovahs-witness-mom-triple-murder-suicide/351559002/.

  this was on the front page of freep.com this morning - sadly there are some factual errors in this article that people will jump on (not allowed to go to college was in original article for instance - hopefully the reporter will correct it).

  interesting reading the comments below the article - all kinds of opinions.

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  All the links: Stuart family murder-suicide in Keego Harbor, Detoit, Michigan - news links from February 16 to 20, 2018

  The tragic story of a murder-suicide involving a husband and wife, and their two adult children, in Keego Harbor - a 3,000 population city some 25 miles to the north of Detroit in Michigan, US - initially broke when police found their bodies at their home on Friday morning, February 16, 2018.

  The first, and only, inkling that there may be a 'Jehovah's Witness' connection to the story was later the same day when an article on the website of The Detroit News mentioned that: "Neighbors John and Jackie Tristani... said in one of their first meetings with Lauren Stuart a few years ago she attempted to 'recruit' them into the Jehovah’s Witnesses."

  It was then, two days later, on Sunday, February 18, that video emerged on YouTube of a family friend, Joyce Taylor, crashing the start of the Sunday morning meeting at a local Kingdom Hall. This was then picked up over the following days by various news-outlets.

  Friday, February 16, 2018

  • The Detroit News (US): Four dead in family murder-suicide in Keego Harbor

  Sunday, February 18, 2018

  • YouTube Video: Friend crashes Kingdom Hall in memory of the Stuart family

  Monday, February 19, 2018

  • RawStory (US): Jehovah's Witness church accused of driving former member to kill her entire family and herself with false accusations of theft

  • Fox2 Detroit (US): Friend blames religion for Keego Harbor family's murder-suicide

  • WXYZ Detroit (US): Did church shun family in Keego Harbor murder-suicide?

  Tuesday, February 20, 2018

  • Detroit Free Press (US): IN PRINT - FRONT PAGE - Did shunning lead her to kill?

  • USA Today (US): Did Jehovah's Witness shunning drive mom to kill her family, self?

  • Inquisitr (US): Woman Murders Husband, Two Children, And Family Dog After Being Shunned By Jehovah’s Witnesses

  • Christian Post (US): Woman Who Killed Self, Entire Family Was Shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses for Sending Kids to College

  • Daily Mail (UK): Michigan model mother, 45, 'killed her husband, two adult children and the family dog before committing suicide after being shunned by the Jehovah's Witnesses

  • Heavy . com (US): Lauren Stuart: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

  • TEGNA (multiple-outlets) (US): Friends: Jehovah's Witnesses shunning drove Detroit-area mom to murder-suicide

  • Friendly Atheist (Patheos): Ex-Jehovah’s Witness Kills Family, Then Herself, Possibly Due to Church Shunning

  • People (US): Mich. Model Shoots Her Husband and Adult Children Before Turning the Gun on Herself

  • Rare (US): A woman blames Jehovah’s Witnesses after her friend took her family’s lives in a murder-suicide

  All the links: Stuart family murder-suicide in Keego Harbor, Detoit, Michigan - news links from February 16 to 20, 2018
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  Update on Detroit-Area Murder Suicide - Front Page Article

  by lepermessiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/02/19/keego-harbor-jehovahs-witness-mom-triple-murder-suicide/351559002/.

  this was on the front page of freep.com this morning - sadly there are some factual errors in this article that people will jump on (not allowed to go to college was in original article for instance - hopefully the reporter will correct it).

  interesting reading the comments below the article - all kinds of opinions.

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  steve2: For the loud and clear record, the urge to kill other people is an identifiable criterion of NO recognized mental health disorder.

  how does that relate to Primarily Obsessional OCD, or Pure O?