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2024 year Highlights: JWs hit 9 million Publishers
by Sanchy in
1. jw
2. friends
watchtower put out some highlights for the 2024 service year:.

average publishers: 8,828,124. peak publishers: 9,043,460. a 43.2 percent increase in "those who returned to jehovah", meaning 65,816 were reinstated.

baptized: 296,267. memorial attendance: 21,119,442. missing stat: number of partakers .. womp womp.
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Anyone from the Bronx, NY? Jersey City, NJ?
by RolRod in
1. jw
2. friends
anyone here from the bronx?

i was a member of the jerome congregation in the early 1980s, then relocated to another hall i believe it was on park ave, near the train tracks, for the life of me i can't remember the name.

i left nyc and was a member of the west and then the north congregations in jersey city, nj.
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I'm Watching The Exorcist Right Now...
by pale.emperor in
1. jw
2. experiences
as an ex-jw recovering for cult indoctrination and paranoia there are a few things that make us realise how far we've come.. eating black pudding.

smoking a joint.

sleeping with someone on a first date.
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New York's Child Victims Act - What Will This Mean For WTBTS?
by AnonVet in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
august 14th 2019 marks the date that new york state will allow civil litigation for child sex abuse claims against all institutions and individuals for a period of one year, regardless of how long the abuse has occurred.. i'm curious how this will play for wt.. any opinions?.

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/ny-child-victims-act-sets-one-year-revival-period-sex-abuse-claims.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/us/new-york-child-victims-act/index.html.
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What’s So Good About Not Being A Jehovah’s Witness At This Point In Your Life?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
for me it’s freedom!

you are not bound by an organization’s man made rules and whims.

you don’t have to account to mere men for approval.
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New convention video
by Olig in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so i've just seen a snippet of a new convention release, and it's obviously a reenactment (bloody poor one - look at the state of the disposable beards lol!

) of bible times.. the chap speaking is heard saying if your family members turn away and serve false gods, you should kill them!.

https://twitter.com/jfnilsen/status/1133000862719270912?s=09.
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Absolutely mind blowing. Wow just wow!!!!!
by joe134cd in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://www.facebook.com/rafael.riveraarias.3/videos/2271651422931947/.
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Introducing myself
by Leopold theseconed in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have been introduced to this site by my new friends that are helping me navigate through the reality of waking up and finding out that i have been lied to my whole life.

i grew up in the truth and have given over thirty years to this organization and the few years i wasn’t there my mind was certainly trapped.

the more i think about it i am really not that surprised there was a lot along the way that should have woken me up but it took till recently.
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Big Announcement in Montreal
by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in
1. jw
2. experiences
just got the heads up from montreal that 16 congregations will cease to exist from 1 april 2019. also 3 kh are no longer going to be used anymore.

this was a major announcement for many and upsetting.

wonder where the r& f are going to be dispersed with what sacrifices in the way!.
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The Pope's Surprising Admission - Priests and Bishops Have Kept Nun's as Sex Slaves
by fulltimestudent in
1. jw
2. friends
channel 9 news (a nation wide australian tv channel, plus the recently purchased fairfax newspapers) carried this story on the web news.it says in part:.

pope admits priests kept nuns in sexual slavery.

"pope francis has for the first time publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns and says he is committed to doing more to fight the problem.