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  U.N. United Nations Human Rights Committee and Jehovahs Witnesses have ongoing relationship

  by TheWonderofYou in

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  2. beliefs

  i appreciate the work of the u.n.. jw appreciate and share the values of the u.n. too.. jw-attorneys submit country reports to the human rights committee.

  next session of the hrc will be from 9 october - 6 november 2015 in geneve, switzerland.. human rights committee .

  http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/ccpr/pages/ccprindex.aspx.

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  berrygerry

  What are human rights?

  Rights of an institution (a WTS corp. or subsidiary)?
  
  Or rights of a "human?"
  
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  E-Mail, Just recived. About Bethell adjustments.

  by DwainBowman in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i just read an email from a friend, and she shared some very interesting emails from her friends about information on changes now happening at the bethels around the world.

  here is the email: .

  ---------------------------------thanks sally, jesus is directing the org and all decisions and instructions to us may not seem practical from now on, neither will we understand the reasonings behind many of the changes that the organization makes.

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  berrygerry

  As we get closer to the end, some decisions may be made that we perhaps don’t understand, that may seem to go against all logic. Whatever the reasons, obeying and accepting those decisions will result in blessings.
  

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  Hopefully, they never start passing out Kool-Aid because I'm pretty sure the majority of them would drink it.

  Their members are poor their congregations are poor and only the equity in the properties in New York made them solvent. Maybe just hopefully their solvency is gone.
  
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  Brooklyn Layoffs and Halt to Kingdom Hall construction projects

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a good source just just told me that at morning worship today that the governing body announced that a total of 1600 bethelites will be let get go and not transferred to warwich when the last property is sold in brooklyn and all kingdom hall building projects are on hold for at least a year so that all the focus will be on the preaching work.

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  berrygerry

  Are they planning to beg for more money at the meeting and tell the r&f that they are in such a pickle that they have had to cancel projects, proving that they desperately need every penny they can get?

  This actually makes the most sense.

  Televangelism at its finest.
  
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  More Conditioning in Sunday's Watchtower

  by Socrateswannabe in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  have you read the article, "this is our place of worship" in the july 15, 2015 study edition of the watchtower?

  it is the study article for this coming sunday.

  note the brainwashing techniques they're using to condition the jws to a total takeover of their kingdom halls, in the excerpts below.

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  berrygerry

  Don't mean to be a party pooper here, but as far as I was aware, congregations did not make decisions themselves to build Kingdom Halls and did not do the planning or construction work on their own. Decisions were obviously made at a branch level based on CO or DO recommendations; I don't know who applied for local authority planning permission, but the regional building committees then probably took over the task of funding and actually building the premises. Yes, they relied very heavily on volunteer labour and donations from local congregation members, but those local JWs had not actually caused the hall to come to be.

  You're pretty late to the party.
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  Revolt Brewing At Headquarter and Different Branches and The Governing Body Is Losing Credibility Among It's Staff

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in my mind i see this as a very real situation developing rapidly world wide as these child molestation pay out become public knowledge and can no longer be denied or kept secret from the r&f.

  pretty soon the governing body will be the but of many jokes at headquarters and abroad.

  they are being caught red handed while robbing the cookie jar.

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  berrygerry

  If the branch changes do come true, that would make sense with ToMo's recent video telling branches to pray for understanding and obey the GB.
  
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  Help Me Undertand...

  by DarioKehl in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  according to the 2014 annual report:.

  "worldwide, there are 115,416 congregations of jehovahs witnesses and 8,201,545 publishers.".

  i don't understand how the borg is facing financial difficulty.

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  Something is going on - I doubt if we will ever truly know, unless the whole thing really did implode.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/311690001/canada-branch-finances-whats-going-on
  
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  Stop Using Old WT Library - Any Confirmation?

  by berrygerry in

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  2. beliefs

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3lw5cx/new_letter_from_ccjw_is_a_doozy/.

  on reddit.. i've been expecting this.. any confirmation?.

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  berrygerry

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3lw5cx/new_letter_from_ccjw_is_a_doozy/

  On reddit.

  I've been expecting this.

  Any confirmation?
  
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  Mystery of the ' Strange Couple '

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this strange couple was seen on main st. in vancouver, b.c.

  a casual observer would be hard pressed to figure out their relationship.

  the man seems a little young for the woman.

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  I note that the Metro News box has been emptied, but the "Good News" box has not.
  
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  Anthony Morris III: Jehovah Blesses Obedience

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbmw_201509_1_video.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf9j7qs7bvm.

  obey.

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  berrygerry

  Just to clarify the SEEMING contradiction.

  (Most of the text is on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3lu936/transcription_of_anthony_morris_iiis_new_jw/ )

  Now we have apostates and... opposers that would... like God's people to think that the Faithful Slave is dogmatic. And they expect uh you to accept everything that comes out from headquarters... as if it's... dogma. Arbitrarily... decided. Well, this does not apply.

  "This does not apply." You are not asked to accept everything from HQ.

  if you want Jehovah's blessing on you as uh an individual or a family, certainly as a elder or a congregation, it'd be best to just ask Jehovah to help you understand it, but obey, the decision.

  So, you are not asked to ACCEPT everything, but you are required to OBEY everything.
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  Blindingly Obvious - But Not to J.W.'s

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if a fellow j.w.

  asked a publisher/pioneer/missionary j.w., "how are your hours this month", they will gladly reveal how many hours they've racked up "for jehovah.".

  now ask them, "how much money have you contributed to kingdom interests this month", they'd look at you as if you were beelzebub himself, and tell you that that was "personal.

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  berrygerry

  Time Lords ?