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Is Watchtower letting Ukrainian draftees flap in the wind without legal assistance?
by Balaamsass2 in
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is this like the situation in mexico vs malawi ray franz wrote about in his book "crisis of conscience:?

why leave any mention of professed neutrality out of their government filings?

may 18, 2025, 10:29 a.m.. court in odesa region rules that jehovah's witnesses' charter does not prohibit them from fighting.
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Hotel Bossert, a storied hotel on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, was sold
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memories..... a 1970s-1980s meetup location to grab a ride to local trips on the subway...or a bite on montague st.. brooklyn heights hotel to be turned into homes.

the hotel bossert, a storied hotel on montague street in brooklyn heights, was sold to someraroad, a new york city and nashville-based real estate investment and development firm.. bk reader staffmay 31, 2025 10:00 amjun 2, 2025 9:20 am.

photo: supplied/jim.henderson via wikimedia commonslisten to this article00:01:23. .
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Butler County Jehovah’s Witnesses Member Sentenced up to 34 Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Young Child June 3, 2025 |
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case update: former butler county jehovah’s witnesses member sentenced up to 34 years in prison for sexually assaulting young child.

june 3, 2025 | topic: criminal .

harrisburg — attorney general dave sunday announced that shaun sheffer has been sentenced to 14 to 34 years in prison for sexually assaulting a pre-teen child, beginning when the victim was seven years old.. sheffer, 47, of harmony, was previously convicted in january by a butler county jury of three counts of rape, three counts of indecent assault, and one count of corruption of minors.
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NOT on JW.org Jehovah's Witness Doctor refuses Blood Transfusion for dying non-JW patientPregnant woman passes away mid-operation as Jehovah’s Witness doctor refuses blood transfusion
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5/10/25 this story from nigeria is a twist.

the doctor is the jw!.

pregnant woman passes away mid-operation as jehovah’s witness doctor refuses blood transfusion.
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NOT on JW.org. "11 Celebrities Who Were Raised As Jehovah's Witnesses"
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5/24/25 some fluff for your perusal.

"11 celebrities who were raised as jehovah's witnesses".

celebrityby toofab staff|5/24/2025 8:44 am pt.
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NOT on JW.org. Massive growth of new congregations in Africa? Really?
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lady shares her experience attending a "jehovah’s witness church after accepting an invitation from one of their members".

a nigerian lady shares her unexpected and comically awkward experience attending a jehovah’s witness service for the first time after accepting an invitation from a persistent male friend, who was a member of the church.. a nigerian lady shares her unexpected and comically awkward experience attending a jehovah’s witness service for the first time after accepting an invitation from a persistent male friend, who was a member of the church.. .

she shared a video detailing her experience, with a caption that read;.
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Not on JW.com. Hebrides Islanders finally get refreshment! JW Kingdom Hall is turned into a juice bar!
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plans to turn former jehovah's witness meeting hall into juice bar lodged.

the upper floor space of the former meeting hall in stornoway would be transformed into a cafe under the proposals.. plans to convert a former jehovah’s witness meeting hall to a juice bar and cafe in stornoway are among recent planning applications made to comhairle nan eilean siar.. the application would change the use of the former jehovah’s witnesses meeting hall at 30 church street into a juice bar and cafe.. the proposal would see the upper floor space of the former meeting hall being converted to designs by dbm design and engineering for the applicant, joanna morrison.

details of the proposals can be found on comhairle nan eilean siar’s online planning portal, with a deadline for comments on monday june 2.. meanwhile plans for a new house to be built at 3a horgabost, isle of harris, have been submitted to the comhairle by local resident, johnathon mackay.
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NOT on JW.org, If butt naked Adam and Eve were created 6,000 yrs ago....Explain this.
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4/24 archeology magazine.

"the taş tepeler, or stone mounds, in southeastern turkey’s şanlıurfa province arc roughly 125 miles along the foothills of the taurus mountains, overlooking the harran plain and the balikh river, a tributary of the euphrates.

the region features plateaus amid modest mountains.
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JWs in the news:"New Orleans Jehovah’s Witnesses administrator confessed child abuse without substantial consequence, lawsuit says"
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new orleans.

jehovah’s witnesses administrator confessed child abuse without substantial consequence, lawsuit says.

barry davis says joseph fitzgerald hall molested him in the 90s, yet hall kept working for the church nearly unimpeded.
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Curious? How many members of this group feel we are living in the "End Times"?
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i like to take a peek at the kids over on reddit every week or so.. this thread caught my eye:" curious….

do any ex jw or pimo, still believe the world is ending.

i see people who have never been witnesses think that the world will end soon and they say things like “jesus is coming soon”….