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  Judgment handed down by Court of Appeal in legal challenge to Charity Commission inquiry opened in 2014

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this is good news.

  the wt have lost in their attempt to stop the uk charity commission's inquiry into their affairs.

  however, the wt is still digging in their heels about turning documents over to the charity commission.https://www.gov.uk/government/news/court-of-appeal-gives-judgment-in-court-case-by-jehovahs-witness-charityjudgment handed down by court of appeal in legal challenge to charity commission inquiry opened in 2014.today, the court of appeal handed down its judgment regarding the commission’s statutory inquiry, opened in 2014, into the watch tower bible and tract society of britain (the leading jehovah’s witness charity in the uk).

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  ToesUp

  "Yet Joe and Jane Taxpayer subsidizes it all, while WT does snow-angels in it's money!"

  sparrowdown...I like that one.
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  Question for those still attending the Kingdom Hall

  by ToesUp in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this a question more out of curiosity, because we have not stepped foot in a kh in 3 years.. how is the attendance at the meetings/assemblies?

  i know the answer will vary due to location.. are you (especially elders) receiving any notification or communication from bethel or co's that there is an upsurge of people that are simply disappearing or out right dis associating?.

  thanks, in advance, for your feedback!

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  Keep em coming. Inquiring minds want to know!
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  Would you have married your spouse if you weren't both JWs?

  by 3rdgen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, i've had some wine, but i'm curious.

  objectively speaking, but for the religion, did you have enough in common with your spouse to have met and married as non believers?

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  Definitely...Yes. Great guy. Wonderful person, father and husband.
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  Gross! Grooming of young brothers in the KH to do more for Jehobadahhh and his organ-nigh-say-shun! I saw it myself.

  by macys in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so there is this young brother probably 14 or 15 and the elders are already grooming him to do more for jehobadahhh.

  most of the elders in this kh are old like 60+ and sometimes there are not enough brothers to do the mics or sound so you will see a 70 year old elder forced into action.

  almost comical to see a brother who thinks instagram is an email service try to operate the sound system and projector as he plays the wrong song or brings the screen down during a prayer.

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  No one is reaching out. Soon they will be making 14-15 year old Elders. lol
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  Judgment handed down by Court of Appeal in legal challenge to Charity Commission inquiry opened in 2014

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this is good news.

  the wt have lost in their attempt to stop the uk charity commission's inquiry into their affairs.

  however, the wt is still digging in their heels about turning documents over to the charity commission.https://www.gov.uk/government/news/court-of-appeal-gives-judgment-in-court-case-by-jehovahs-witness-charityjudgment handed down by court of appeal in legal challenge to charity commission inquiry opened in 2014.today, the court of appeal handed down its judgment regarding the commission’s statutory inquiry, opened in 2014, into the watch tower bible and tract society of britain (the leading jehovah’s witness charity in the uk).

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  ToesUp

  The holy spirit must be on spring break. Good news!
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  Question for those still attending the Kingdom Hall

  by ToesUp in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this a question more out of curiosity, because we have not stepped foot in a kh in 3 years.. how is the attendance at the meetings/assemblies?

  i know the answer will vary due to location.. are you (especially elders) receiving any notification or communication from bethel or co's that there is an upsurge of people that are simply disappearing or out right dis associating?.

  thanks, in advance, for your feedback!

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  ToesUp

  Good stuff. Thanks for replying everyone. Hopefully more will give feedback in their area(s).
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  Question for those still attending the Kingdom Hall

  by ToesUp in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this a question more out of curiosity, because we have not stepped foot in a kh in 3 years.. how is the attendance at the meetings/assemblies?

  i know the answer will vary due to location.. are you (especially elders) receiving any notification or communication from bethel or co's that there is an upsurge of people that are simply disappearing or out right dis associating?.

  thanks, in advance, for your feedback!

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  ToesUp

  This a question more out of curiosity, because we have not stepped foot in a KH in 3 years.

  How is the attendance at the meetings/assemblies? I know the answer will vary due to location.

  Are you (especially Elders) receiving any notification or communication from Bethel or CO's that there is an upsurge of people that are simply disappearing or out right dis associating?

  Thanks, in advance, for your feedback!
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  Worthy of imitation?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the society says that ancient biblical characters (and their faith) are worthy of imitation right?.

  so let's start a list of examples:.

  - lot.

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  I never understood how David did all of those evil deeds and was forgiven over and over again. Jehovah did not strike him dead but Lots wife did the simple act of turning to look at her possessions being destroyed and BAM...dead on the spot. I guess it's all in WHO you are. Nothing different in JW world. It's all in WHO you are.
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  Has anyone noticed the JW movies are trying to normalise their lifestyle?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  having watched the prodigal son returns movie produced by the organization and a recent mini-clip of a brother in london who is shown jogging and doing normal everyday things while wanting to "reach out" it occurred to me that the organization is trying to normalize their bizarre lifestyle and beliefs for the benefit of non-witnesses.. what do i mean by normalization?

  they try to make the witnesses look like just another christian denomination who are reasonable while their members live and enjoy normal lives that appear to be within the mainstream.. they do this by not mentioning anything to do with higher education, armageddon or the urgency of the end of the world nor is their discussion or mention of the blood issue.

  these are things mentioned often at kingdom halls and in study articles.. watching the prodigal son returns, the family appears to live a normal life, going to meetings and studying.

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  I believe what I was trying to say in my post Nitty Gritty that in JW land all that glitters is not gold. Brother Xgets up on stage and performs his act then leaves the hall and has a totally different life style. That seems to be a pattern. What the videos display are fairytale lives. I have seen it over and over in my lifetime. Double lives.

  We watched at a CIrcuit assembly a few years ago. Two outstanding families interviewed. If you didn't know the families you would have thought...wow what a great example. The realities of their lives were a lot different than what was being presented from the platform. Like I said ....seems to be a pattern.
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  Chitty

  by StopTheTears in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've learned that many years ago, there was a man named brother chitty of some prominence in the jehovah's witnesses organization.

  it fact, chitty was a member of the governing body.

  chitty was asked to resign his position after serving for many years and nothing much was ever said about it to jehovahs witnesses.

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  ToesUp

  Fisherman...crawl back under your rock. You are a JW and that's where you belong. I won't feed trolls.