Wild_Thing

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  Elders WILL be removed ...

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ..............if their child pursues higher education and lives on campus.

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  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7ob4wa/interesting_tidbit_from_elders_school/?st=jc214ok2&sh=cfa8af95.

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  Wild_Thing

  Here is a snapshot from the outline provided by the society:

  
  
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  Elders WILL be removed ...

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ..............if their child pursues higher education and lives on campus.

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  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7ob4wa/interesting_tidbit_from_elders_school/?st=jc214ok2&sh=cfa8af95.

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  Wild_Thing

  Did the outline from the society specifically have the phrase "and lives on campus"? I don't think it did. It seems like this might something added in the delivery by the local brothers.
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  Avoiding Service Tips?

  by Kohanic in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  back again!.

  so as i'm still pimo and living under my parent's roof, how can i get out of service?

  cause i really don't want to go and i feel dirty just knowing i could be influencing someone into this garbage..

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  Wild_Thing

  Asthma attacks always worked pretty well for me.

  Oh, wait. Those were panic attacks.
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  The Perfect Storm in 2018?

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been sadly watching as the number of jws in other countries are decreasing (for the most part), while the numbers in the us are strangely increasing.

  while i question the organization's self reporting numbers, i think 2018 may be the year for another mass us exodus.

  leah remini's show will be focusing on jws in her show on a&e.

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  I have been sadly watching as the number of JWs in other countries are decreasing (for the most part), while the numbers in the US are strangely increasing. While I question the organization's self reporting numbers, I think 2018 may be the year for another mass US exodus.

  Leah Remini's show will be focusing on JWs in her show on A&E. If they would somehow coincide the airing of those episodes with the release of the film Apostasy and the release of the film The Truth About the Truth, I think JWs would finally get the media attention they deserve here in the US, and the JWs still sticking their heads in the sand will finally have to give it some attention. Maybe it will provoke enough attention and curiosity to get some American JWs googling, and we will another mass exodus here in the US.

  I will the above is just wishful thinking, but wouldn't it be great?
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  St Petersburg Assembly Hall to be given to Russian scientists

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://realty.newsru.com/article/26dec2017/iegov_med.

  (the following article is translated using google translate).

  the building selected in "jehovah's witnesses" in st. petersburg will be given to scientistsdecember 26, 2017 publication time: 09:42. in a building selected from a banned organization in russia, "jehovah's witnesses", will soon be able to read scientific lectures.

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  I absolutely disagree with Russia banning the JWs and confiscating their property (I believe the undesirable behavior should be banned, NOT the religion), yet this brings me a feeling of joy at the same time. It's so confusing.
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  2017 Service Year Report Worldwide - INDIVIDUALLY LISTED LANDS and COUNTRIES

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now available:.

  2017 service year report worldwide: table with individually listed lands and countries.

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  Wowee wow wow ... the U.S. lost 462 congregations, but gained 600 publishers? How is that possible?

  If these numbers added up, wouldn't we hear about meeting attendance being higher, or congregations being larger?

  Looks like fuzzy math to me. I have no faith in their self reported statistics.
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  Hi, all...I'm a faithful JW who is sick of lies about us

  by James Donalds in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was baptized 30 years ago and have been in the faith for over 35 years.. our organization isn't perfect.

  but i'm sick to death of seeing stereotypes about us.

  we are not mindless automatons.

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  Wild_Thing

  Pics are it didn't happen.

  Post a picture of yourself dressed in your cap and gown, holding your Masters degree and smoking a cigar while wearing your "I Voted" sticker, and I MIGHT believe you.

  But probably not.
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  Inactive/Inactive Publishers ... Are they all counted?

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  forgive me if this specific question has been asked and answered.. the jw worldwide report includes their number of publishers, but it doesn't make a distinction between inactive, irregular, or active.

  do they include everyone?

  in other words, the "faders" that don't dissociate ... are they forever counted in their yearly publisher report because they are technically just an "inactive publisher"?.

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  Wild_Thing

  Thanks darkspilver. Very interesting.

  I have a lot of trouble trusting the society's own statistics. From reading about their data collection methods in your second link, it sounds like they need to start sending their bethelites to college to study statistics and math, right along those lawyers they're churning out.

  Stay in school, kids ... stay in school.
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  Inactive/Inactive Publishers ... Are they all counted?

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  forgive me if this specific question has been asked and answered.. the jw worldwide report includes their number of publishers, but it doesn't make a distinction between inactive, irregular, or active.

  do they include everyone?

  in other words, the "faders" that don't dissociate ... are they forever counted in their yearly publisher report because they are technically just an "inactive publisher"?.

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  Wild_Thing

  Thanks, No Apologies. Is there a Watchtower document you can point to that says that? On their reports, it just says "publishers".

  Thanks for your help.
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  Inactive/Inactive Publishers ... Are they all counted?

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  forgive me if this specific question has been asked and answered.. the jw worldwide report includes their number of publishers, but it doesn't make a distinction between inactive, irregular, or active.

  do they include everyone?

  in other words, the "faders" that don't dissociate ... are they forever counted in their yearly publisher report because they are technically just an "inactive publisher"?.

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  Wild_Thing

  Forgive me if this specific question has been asked and answered.

  The JW worldwide report includes their number of publishers, but it doesn't make a distinction between inactive, irregular, or active. Do they include everyone?

  In other words, the "faders" that don't dissociate ... are they forever counted in their yearly publisher report because they are technically just an "inactive publisher"?