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  Canada Branch Financials are Posted (The Bleeding Appears Very Real)

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  posted here:.

  https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=740aq85115d1a04174c4d867e056351ad6836.

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  berrygerry

  Another line of interest is:

  4820 - Interest and bank charges -

  16,096 -- 20,401 -- 37,307 -- 12,147 -- 36,433 -- 61,440 -- 55,387 -- 105,146 -- 234,472

  Although the 2016 jump from 55k to 105k isn't mind-blowing, the 2017 increase to 234k must raise a few eyebrows. Presumably these are not bank charge increases, but interest cost increases.

  Firstly, WT tightwads are very reluctant to pay interest (unless it is a shadow arrangement).

  Secondly, with 16 million still in cash, why are they borrowing at all, and why are they increasing the borrowing?
  
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  Canada Branch Financials are Posted (The Bleeding Appears Very Real)

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  posted here:.

  https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=740aq85115d1a04174c4d867e056351ad6836.

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  berrygerry

  Line 4330 - Other Liabilities

  is a mystery line.
  

  However, it has been constant for 7 years - so for the most part, a non-entry.
  
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  British Sociologist Predicts Possible Collapse in Jehovah's Witness Numbers

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a newly published article by british sociologist david voas argues jehovah's witnesses may be about to experience a collapse in numbers.

  contrary to claims by american sociologist rodney stark who predicts strong future growth for jehovah's witnesses, voas shows that jehovah's witnesses' efforts at recruiting new members have become increasingly unsuccessful over the past few decades: the rate of increase has steadily declined, and the number of hours each publisher must preach to produce an extra convert has gone up substantially.

  voas suggests a reason for the stagnation may be that there is a natural limit to the number of people in a given population that are susceptible to conversion to sectarian groups like jehovah's witnesses - the 'carrying capacity' of the population, and that the limit has largely been reached.

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  berrygerry

  I expect the reality will be somewhere north of collapse but well short of thriving.

  steve2
  

  What do you think about the reality of the financial picture? ( https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4812472855822336/canada-branch-financials-posted-bleeding-appears-very-real )
  
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  Canada Branch Financials are Posted (The Bleeding Appears Very Real)

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  posted here:.

  https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=740aq85115d1a04174c4d867e056351ad6836.

  biggest changes:.

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  berrygerry

  Posted here:

  https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=740aq85115d1a04174c4d867e056351ad6836

  Biggest changes:

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  4100 - Cash
  

  4170 - Other assets (?)

  Assets less liabilities MUST be of serious concern.
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  Philly Followup

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this article:.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5170724735025152/major-article-todays-philadelphia-inquirer-on-jw-child-abuse.

  led to his arrest and this impressive article:.

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  berrygerry

  This article:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5170724735025152/major-article-todays-philadelphia-inquirer-on-jw-child-abuse
  

  led to his arrest and this impressive article:

  http://www.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-children-sexual-abuse-arrest-20180524.html
  

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  Scary Effectiveness of Assembly Videos

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, i got to see the final day of this years regional convention.and i saw something that disturbs me.. the final, "summing up review" video.

  it disturbs me because it was so well done.

  (i wish i could remember the title of the song), to the strains of a solo vocalist singing in a fine "irish tenor", we see the actors from the previous videos of the last few days all assembling together in a clearing.

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  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/8kv9d0/they_did_it_guys_they_topped_the_basement_video/

  https://yadi.sk/i/zaFLDULY3WAUks
  
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  Suicide in the spiritual paradise all too common

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just heard that a young brother committed suicide this week - the whole congregation is naturally very distressed.

  what a tragedy.

  according to my source he'd only been married about a year and his wife found him - he’d hung himself.

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  berrygerry

  using a person's tragedy to make a point.

  The tragedy IS the point.
  
  
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  Dog Day Afternoon at the Carts

  by berrygerry in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/8fsaxu/so_this_just_happened/.

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  Couldn't link the photo on my mobile.

  
  
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  Dog Day Afternoon at the Carts

  by berrygerry in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/8fsaxu/so_this_just_happened/.

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  https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/8fsaxu/so_this_just_happened/
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  Why NO bibles??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know we have all said it before, but it simply blows my mind that the jws doing cart work do not have bibles on the cart to give out to interested ones!.

  how can they say they are "bible students" trying to share the "bibles message" and not give out bibles!?.

  other christian groups take the commission to share the bible seriously!

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  Opening question to cart-sitters:

  "What is more important - the Bible or Watchtower magazines?"

  "So, why ... ?"