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  my jw dad cryed to me about closing his crong

  by JunkYardDog in

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  i live in nyc and dad jw called me crying about a hall that has about 500 jws going down to 2 congs

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  a hall that has about 500 jws going down to 2 congs

  500 or 50 ?
  
  
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  Blood Transfusions/Blood Salvage

  by NJ501 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  hi all,i've been doing some research on blood transfusions and fractions.

  i found out a patient can donate their own blood, so it can be used for elective surgery...i was wondering if theirs really any difference between a blood transfusion of your own blood and the blood salvage procedure.

  i think quite similar since its just a re-transfusion of your own blood.. what are your thoughts?

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  berrygerry

  Yes, there is a big difference.

  The elders with a financial interest in the distribution of blood-salvage equipment make no money in autologous transfusions.
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  Jehovah's Vatican Scandal?

  by mrmagic in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  someone sent this link of kelso law firm and their blog post on cardinal pell being australia's most hated man.

  the implications are very interesting, as this is the 3rd most powerful man in the vatican.

  the catholic church is no doubt much larger than jehovah's witnesses, however, the jw's incidence of child sexual abuse is about 4 times higher than the catholic church's child sex abuse (and subsequent coverups).. the main thread tying cardinal pell and the other vatican scandals to jehovah's witnesses is the australian royal commission.

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  Based on the Australia numbers, one could project the following:

  Australia 68,000 publishers - 1006 perpetrators - 1830 victims

  Globally 8,000,000 pubs - 118,000 perpetrators - 215,000 victims

  If you had kids in a religion this relatively small, that would scare the shit out of me.
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  Huge article(s) in Dutch media on JW child abuse

  by Anders Andersen in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  so today the well-respected and serious newspaper trouw.nl came with child abuse within the jw as their topmost frontpage article.. the articles are well researched and aim primarily at the dutch jw situation.. afaik at least on member of this forum assisted the newspaper with the articles.

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  other media are picking up as well.....

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  one of the highest ranking JW elders ever to serve in Australia at the Watchtower headquarters.

  Is he still alive?
  
  
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  Special Bethelite Speakers

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've noticed that some elders will insist on getting a special bethel speaker for memorials, special talks, or sometimes for no reason at all!

  i believe they are trying build connections they can use later, but who pays for it?

  the congregation does and as a former account servant i can tell you airfare isn't all that cheap.

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  Our congo had a Bethelite move in, and he recently became COBE.

  Naturally, he gives talks at the SAD and at the RC.

  He is horrible.
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  How to convince someone to leave.

  by Smiruk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everyone, long time lurker, first time poster.

  i'm currently in a jehovah's witnesses household, which is very deep into the "truth".

  i woke up a few months ago, and i haven't told my parents yet.

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  https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/helping-someone-leave.php
  
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  "Apostate" brother gives talk in Kingdom Hall and gets removed

  by StoneWall in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this guy has to have the most courage of anyone i've ever seen or balls the size of basketballs.he actually gives a good talk and has tidbits scattered about throughout his public talk with hints,suggestions,innuendos of the wt organization.i never want to go in another kingdom hall again in my life but would have made an exception just to be in this audience.

  lolnotice what's going on in the audience when they realize somethings up.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqqt0y1peuu.

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  This is the best ever.

  No WT bashing - it he had not said 'at all levels in the org' he probably could have done the full 30 minutes.

  No matter, that audience must not know what to think.
  
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  I got a new visit by an elder and an ms .

  by Chook in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the conversation soon got to spiritual subjects, this elder is company man all through and side kick well he's learning the ropes.

  bang mentioned snake antivenin, blood factions, then big geoffrey jackson saying presumptuous, then vin toole in the arc saying he had never heard of theocratic warfare.

  then told how god made exceptions to the rules on blood when soldiers ate unbled meat.

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  your in big shit for an adult after 2 1/2 hours , children can die in an hour, adults 3, horses 6. We have a worse snake up north in Queensland called a Taipan, adults 1 hour nuked.

  What do you think? Did the fangs and lethal venom of these snakes evolve? Or were they designed?
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  Learning the History of the Australia Royal Commission

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  as there is way too much info for me to parse and research, i may be unaware of more info.. however, i only just stumbled upon this news article of 2011 which referenced steven unthank.. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/archive/news/former-witness-taking-on-watch-tower/news-story/320c3f2aa9a00f76501152dd6d9144ab.

  this is turn led to this article, which imo, appears a gentle attempt to undermine mr. unthank.. https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/222099/steven-unthank-what-do-we-really-know.

  in view of the phenomenal coverup revealed by the arc, and as the above thread is five years old, i thought it appropriate to give mr. unthank tremendous "thanks" for his courage and determination..

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  berrygerry

  As there is way too much info for me to parse and research, I may be unaware of more info.

  However, I only just stumbled upon this news article of 2011 which referenced Steven Unthank.

  http://www.heraldsun.com.au/archive/news/former-witness-taking-on-watch-tower/news-story/320c3f2aa9a00f76501152dd6d9144ab

  This is turn led to this article, which IMO, appears a gentle attempt to undermine Mr. Unthank.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/222099/steven-unthank-what-do-we-really-know

  In view of the phenomenal coverup revealed by the ARC, and as the above thread is five years old, I thought it appropriate to give Mr. Unthank tremendous "thanks" for his courage and determination.
  
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  Just sittin' and mindin' my own business...

  by Distracted in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was sitting at a local city event enjoying watching an activity.

  a friendly looking woman dressed in blue jeans and a floppy hippy looking top came and sat down besides me.

  she notices i am sketching and says she likes to do this too.

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  Are Dubs trained to do this? No, not at all.

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102001099?q=witness+show+interest&p=par

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102001066?q=witness+show+interest&p=par
  

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102001083?q=witness+show+interest&p=par

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/202011445?q=witness+show+interest&p=par

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/202011405?q=witness+show+interest&p=par

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/202010286?q=jigsaw+puzzles+beautiful&p=par

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/202014204?q=witness+show+interest&p=par