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  ''Special Letter'' to be Read In Canada Week of Feb 3,2019

  by Beth Sarim in

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  2. experiences

  i have just been informed that there is a 'special letter' to be read at the meetings week of feb 3,2019 in canada.

  anybody heard of this!!

  just a heads-up!

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  Wow, tearing down a KH in order to sell the land it's on? Is that a new step? Since the land would be worth more with the building on it, what's up with this?
  
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  They Want More Money!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  those wanting a copy of this file.

  https://docdro.id/fllorzffile example:4. circuit overseer assistance arrangement: in harmony with the announcement to the congregation, please arrange for a resolution to be put to the congregation, authorising payment from congregation funds equivalent to £4.50/€5.00 per congregation publisher for the 2019 service year.

  if the body of elders believes the suggested amount would impose a hardship on the congregation, the resolved amount can be adjusted accordingly.. .

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  Tithing while calling it not tithing. Where have we seen this before?

  Thanks for the link.
  
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  Beroean Pickets writer speaks out to explain what opened his eyes as a JW

  by nonjwspouse in

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  2. friends

  i remember reading this site and wondering how much of ttatt the writer(s) knew.

  now i just found these series of you tube videos by the writer.

  leaving jehovah's witnesses: "religion is a snare and a racket".

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  "or even what they are charging him with"—are you kidding? If he's disagreed with the org over anything, then, duhhh, the charge is apostasy. Is that so hard to figure out? Furthermore, does it matter that he's uninformed by them? We know how they operate, right? Is this supposed to be shocking now or what?
  
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  Why I haven't been on here for a while, and why am in the fight of my life right now

  by avishai in

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  2. friends

  my younger brother, the one who sued the wts, had his girls kidnapped parentally by their mother.

  it took several years to get them back, and they're finally back with him and safe, and recovering from all of the trauma.

  i was working on this case nonstop for a very long time.. now, unfortunately i have a custody case my very own.

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  Wow, avishai has even brought Outlaw out of the woods—what power! Outlaw, miss your humor...
  
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  Jehovahs Witness n Retention rates !!! Check this out.

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a study of religious retention rates–that is, what percentage of people raised in a particular church or religion stay with it when they are grown–is quite interesting.

  https://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2012/07/religious-retention-rates/.

  jdubs have alittle over 36%.

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  From experience I think that the Witness retention rate is far below 37%. I remember one CO saying in the late 1980s that it was more like 10%. Perhaps more are staying in now?

  As for the Mormons, I once told a prominent Mormon chap in Utah that an Evangelical man told me that about 50% of their youth stayed in the faith. The Mormon chap said, "50%—that would be wonderful!" The point is that he felt far less than 50% of raised-in LDS stayed.

  One must wonder about this data. Very likely a significant number in their data base were people who had left being active members of the faith but still identified with it when asked about their religion.
  
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  McFarland Fx W. Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Lorain Ohio, 2016

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  just stumbled across this record of a child abuse case in ohio which apparently went to the ohio supreme court:.

  http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/9/2016/2016-ohio-5462.pdf.

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  DOYKL, thanks for the post and link.
  

  This case is a good example of one judge finding that the clergy-penitant privilege outweighs laying all the cards on the table on a CSA case. As long as there is not unity within the US courts on this matter, and as long as some judges side with the WTS because of this legal principle, the WTS lawyers will continue to milk it for all it is worth. There is currently no standard on this issue in the US courts. What will eventually have to occur is that the higher courts (appellate and supreme courts) will have to decide on this matter, something that they do not appear eager to do.
  
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  Funeral Fashion

  by ThinkerBelle in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a funeral to attend for a non jw family member and the jdub family member reminded me that i should not wear black.

  for the life of me, i can't recall where this belief came from in jw teachings and i'm born in.

  is there something in print or is that just a personal opinion belief?

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  Thanks, Atlantis. You taught me something new today.
  
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  "Be Strong!"---SAD

  by eyeuse2badub in

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  2. beliefs

  attended the sad yesterday with my wife.

  bethel speaker flown in to california which made it "special".

  (his talks were infomercial bs, but at least he was a good speaker.

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  Yes, it's always "the the best assembly ever!" but after 3 weeks pass, if you ask them what the talks' points were, they cannot even remember. What pabulum.

  One of the reasons for the expenses is to pay for the Bethel speaker's airfare, but then that was certainly not $11,500. The rest is part of the money-making scheme.
  
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  Marijuana and JWs

  by Thomasdam in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so where does the cult stand on marijuana.

  my wife just visited her parents who are jws and her dad who knows nothing about it said it was a gateway drug.

  he may have heard it on the news but i doubt it.

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  Perhaps pot fragments, like beard fragments (mustaches) are acceptable now? Whatever the case, I just cannot see Morris and Splane lighting up, or even listening to Cheech and Chong!
  
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  WATCHTOWER has posted a $40,000,000 bond !

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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  2. friends

  watctower has posted a $40,000,000 bond following montana's upholding of the nunez v watchtower verdict of 2018. punitive damages have been upheld, and wt has purchased the bond from travelers insurance (35m+ interest)-montana sc will rule later this year on the appeal.. .

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  Don't know about Morph, but for those poor souls like me who don't know what a supersedeas bond is, here's help:

  "A supersedeas bond, also known as a defendant's appeal bond, is a type of surety bond that a court requires from an appellant who wants to delay payment of a judgment until the appeal is over."
  

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersedeas_bond
  

  So it looks like they're putting up the cash in order to keep the appeals process going. Given the courts' record elsewhere, they may well be fighting a losing battle appeal-wise. They sure do love those legal delays, don't they?

  Thanks for your work Zing!