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  Kingdom Hall ... BURGER KING?

  by sparky1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i live in a very rural part of the northeastern united states.

  after 9 years of waiting, the local witnesses are getting their new kingdom hall.

  it is being built on a back road next to a sandpit.

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  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7nx5uw/rebuilt_kingdom_hall_at_daingerfield_texas_us/ds57cfn/

  https://imgur.com/Ino4xcM

  
  

  
  
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  Mene Mene Tekel Parsins - The real leaks are starting

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://gizmodo.com/new-whistleblower-site-faithleaks-releases-confidential-1821799936.

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  https://gizmodo.com/new-whistleblower-site-faithleaks-releases-confidential-1821799936
  
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  Mr. Dropoff goes to Warwick!

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  made a visit to warwick recently.

  i’ll try to get some pics posted..

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  The couches remind me of Brooklyn.

  Nice-ish enough lobby. But NOBODY sitting around using it.
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  CL&M part Jan 4 - annual meeting service report - our outstanding experiences

  by loneranger in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was the first part in the "living as christians" section of the meeting tonight.

  speaker had two pioneers on the stage to relate their outstanding experiences for 2017. we have 23 pioneers and over 160 publishers in the hall.

  our territory is densely populated with single family houses, apartments and condominiums.

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  Another reason to stop printing Yearbooks.
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  Analysis of 2017 vs 2016 Yearbook reports for Europe

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so these countries roughly constitute europe.. here's how well they did in 2017 vs 2016:.

  2017 peak pubs.

  2016 peak pubs.

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  alanv
  I'm sure the society know very well that the peak publishers is not an accurate way of measuring congregational service activity. But they have gone with it because the average publisher figures look even worse than the peak publishers figures.

  Of course they do. What other outfit knowingly counts people twice (or even more)?

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2011609?q=peak+publishers+counted+twice&p=par
  
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  Don't you think that some people are just better off within the org?

  by paradiseseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is my first post, i will introduce myself later.

  first of all, i must say that english is not my mother tongue (i'm spanish), so excuse me if i make any mistake.. do you think that some people simply can't cope with being outside the jws?

  some of them are too worldlyphobic to be around non-jws, too dependent on a fixed set of rules in order to carry on with their lives, too dependent on the hope of paradise and resurrection, too unable to leave their personal comfort zone within the organization.

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  MrRoboto3 hours ago3 hours ago

  berrygerry just curious can you give your top 3 best rated high control groups? (boy does that sound weird)

  I have no idea.

  But with Mormons, if you leave, you still have an education and career. Also, their shunning is nowhere as harsh as WT.

  In the military, you get a salary with benefits and a pension.

  Other than Scientology, I cannot think of a major high-control group worse than WT.
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  Don't you think that some people are just better off within the org?

  by paradiseseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is my first post, i will introduce myself later.

  first of all, i must say that english is not my mother tongue (i'm spanish), so excuse me if i make any mistake.. do you think that some people simply can't cope with being outside the jws?

  some of them are too worldlyphobic to be around non-jws, too dependent on a fixed set of rules in order to carry on with their lives, too dependent on the hope of paradise and resurrection, too unable to leave their personal comfort zone within the organization.

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  Question should be:

  Does a percentage of the population need to be directed by a high-control group?

  Answer: Absolutely.

  Secondary question: Is Watchtower the best, or one of the best, high-control groups?

  Answer: Absolutely not.
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  Creeeeepy Sanderson

  by oppostate in

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  creepy sanderson.

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  Yes, very sweet. He gives great info for kids:

  "Literal war" (at 6:07)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Lk8H3--Ag#t=6m07s
  
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  Human Rights Executive Order

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  speculation building.. thoughts?.

  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-blocking-property-persons-involved-serious-human-rights-abuse-corruption/.

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  Speculation building.

  Thoughts?

  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-blocking-property-persons-involved-serious-human-rights-abuse-corruption/
  
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  2017 Service Year Report Worldwide - INDIVIDUALLY LISTED LANDS and COUNTRIES

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now available:.

  2017 service year report worldwide: table with individually listed lands and countries.

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  My suggestion is to use a formula incorporating the change by country in the 2016 - 2017 Peak Pubs to use in guesstimating the change in 2016 - 2017 Avg Pubs.