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  Mind Numbing Meetings

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  without a doubt, jw life is boring.

  and those meetings!

  5 congregation meetings, meetings for field service, elders meetings, judicial meetings, meetings to figure out who was qualified to clean the toilets....🤔.

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  Gayle

  The list of things we 'could have done' that would have been more stimulating and valuable!

  Very sad, but even just watching tv all those hours would have been more stimulating and realistic. All the WT hours spent were 100% pointless.
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  I Am Still Here! Another Birthday look back at one helluva lifetime

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.the world of 1947--compared to today's world--an alien planet.. the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.. there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.

  everywhere you found telephone booths!

  a call was a nickel.where did all those telephone booths go?i dunno.where did my whole world go?i dunno.. tv sets were huge boxes with tubes and small screens.

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  Gayle

  Happy Birthday, Terry!! I am a couple months older than you. Our next birthday we will have lived in parts of "9" decades! Hey, we can make that, right?!! 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's, 10's, 20's - Wheeeeee!
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  The Netherlands - an independent inquiry into sexual abuse by the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

  by George One Time in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/01/utrecht-university-to-investigate-sex-abuse-claims-against-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  https://www.trouw.nl/home/overheid-laat-onderzoeken-hoe-jehovah-s-getuigen-omgaan-met-misbruik~aa9e6840/ (in dutch).

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  Gayle

  Wow! Ratio comparing total pubs. (29,603) in Netherland with the noted 276 potential such cases to total pubs. in U.S. (1,234,877) could suspect possibility of 11,513 potential such cases! Worldwide? With WT. claim of Peak Pubs. of 8,579,909, potential such cases would come to 79,994!

  I think the WT "dike" is crumbling!
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  Oregon: JW sexual abuse suspect arrested

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.kptv.com/story/37498850/sheriff-jehovahs-witness-sexual-abuse-suspect-arrested-in-clackamas-co. .

  sheriff: jehovah's witness sexual abuse suspect arrested in clackamas co.. posted: feb 13, 2018 5:39 pm cstupdated: feb 13, 2018 6:21 pm cst.

  by fox 12 staff.

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  Gayle

  Is there an ongoing "list" of all these Jehovah's Witnesses child abuse cases (listing per countries/states) for these last several years?
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  2018 Service Year Report - Released on jw.org

  by Drearyweather in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2018 service year report of jehovah’s witnesses worldwide.

  see details of the global preaching work of jehovah’s witnesses from september 2017 to august 2018.. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2018-service-year-report/.

  average publishers preaching each month: 8,360,594 (2017 - 8,248,982).

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  Gayle

  So peak pubs. increased almost 123,000 last year. So Armageddon delayed another year for them. So nice Jehovah - awesome! However, now because of this wonderful delay, now over 133M+ births this last year, more babies to for Jehovah has to destroy. Nice - :(

  http://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/How-Many-Babies-Are-Born-Each-Day
  
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  2018 Service Year Report - Released on jw.org

  by Drearyweather in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2018 service year report of jehovah’s witnesses worldwide.

  see details of the global preaching work of jehovah’s witnesses from september 2017 to august 2018.. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2018-service-year-report/.

  average publishers preaching each month: 8,360,594 (2017 - 8,248,982).

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  Gayle

  "During the 2018 service year, * Jehovah’s Witnesses spent over $214 million in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and circuit overseers in their field service assignments. Worldwide, a total of 20,331 ordained ministers staff the branch facilities. All are members of the Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah’s Witnesses."

  Yet, 'more' money (+6%) ???into their "staff" (while closing 3 branches) when they admit they are putting more money out than they are receiving ???
  
  
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  2018 Service Year Report up

  by Gayle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2018-service-year-report/.

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  Gayle

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2018-service-year-report/
  
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  Another Interesting conversation with my father today

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  dad - sister x had been visiting a lawyer as she is wanting to write her disfellowshipped daughter out of her will.

  apparently her lawyer told her that if she leaves the daughter just $1000 then she can’t contest the will because she has been given her inheritance.. joe - oh thats unfortunate for the daughter as sister x is worth many times that.

  no doubt despite been dfed she has still got to pay bills and survive.. dad - sister x isn’t happy about the life style her daughter is living.

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  Gayle

  Didn't GB Morris suggest recently that if kids don't get baptized, then they shouldn't be allowed to get their license to drive either (a strong-arm method, true).
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  If you are reading this Courtney and Helene

  by newsheep in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  please please contact us by private messaging us.

  we didn't know what to put this under so sorry in advance but this is why we are here.

  courtney was a co serving in another country when his father was dying.

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  Gayle

  Wow! Sure wish that could have been videoed!!! Certainly Courtney planned this and hope he and Helene have found personal peace and continue now for more exposure of this hateful organization. Great if they could be on Leah Remini's next A&E about WT org./JWs. (I hope Leah will do another).
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  "Follow the Money"

  by Gayle in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.metro.us/entertainment/tv/leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath-season-3.

  this season 3 about scientology by leah is to "follow the money.

  " it will be interesting on how she goes about this.

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  Gayle

  https://www.metro.us/entertainment/tv/leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath-season-3

  This season 3 about Scientology by Leah is to "Follow the Money." It will be interesting on how she goes about this. She wants to challenge the 'tax status' of Scientology. Will it be possible? Does the IRS have responsibility to verify such religions as being truly helpful to members and in what way? Can unsatisfied members/ex-members have a say about their treatment?

  Will that be possible for the Watchtower to be challenged?

  Why shouldn't all claiming religions be required to be transparent and honest about their money, receiving and expenses?

  Could she accomplish such an event?