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  What charitable works does the WTBS do in the UK?

  by highdose in

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  in the uk they are registered as a charity.

  its made clear from the platform that this is for tax reasons, they get a nice tax break from the goverment.

  but what charitable works do they actualy do?.

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  hotspur

  The purposes of this Society are . . . to authorize and appoint agents, servants, employees , teachers, instructors, evangelists, missionaries and ministers to go forth to all the world publicly and from house to house to preach and teach Bible truths to persons willing to listen by leaving with such persons saidliterature and by conducting Bible studies thereon; to improve men, women and children mentally and morally by Christian ministry work and by charitable and benevolent instruction of the people on the Bible and incidental subjects

  That's interesting - I didn't think they had any 'employees' <scratches head>
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  What Actually Helped You Leave The Organization?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after seeing some threads about how some think that being direct (like danny hazzard) is the best way to get people out of "the truth" or being very subtle is most effective----i was wondering what exactly made you leave the organization??.

  were you more impressed by websites that were informational?

  what really got you thinking to leave the religion and its mindset?.

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  hotspur

  Finding out our (then) 14yo daughter was not mine and that her mother held the secret and lived a secret life for all those years. That made me stand back and take a critical view of everything. That led to an 'epiphany' at a DA and I never looked back.
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  At a 2 day assembly ...the point that the brother spoke about that drove me mad....."don't hug your husband, wife or child during prayer".

  by crazy2try in

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  2. experiences

  i attended one day of a two day assembly and did ok until the very last talk.

  the brother was from bethal and well jw's pay closer attention to their talks, cause that is when some new info is given,,,right.

  well anyways i lost focus and began to daydream, cause it became one of those talks that just talks about wasting time.

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  hotspur

  What god has joined together let no man put apart!
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  At a 2 day assembly ...the point that the brother spoke about that drove me mad....."don't hug your husband, wife or child during prayer".

  by crazy2try in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i attended one day of a two day assembly and did ok until the very last talk.

  the brother was from bethal and well jw's pay closer attention to their talks, cause that is when some new info is given,,,right.

  well anyways i lost focus and began to daydream, cause it became one of those talks that just talks about wasting time.

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  hotspur

  And how about stumbling visitors who see couples/family 'disengage' just prior to a prayer or such like?

  Pretty rich coming from an Organization that prides itself over it's promotion of family unity and love. Sick!
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  Watchtower CD library for Mac?

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anyone know if the watchtower cd library comes in a mac compatible version?

  or has anyone been able to crack it so it works on a mac.. i know i can run emulation software, but don't feel like giving any more money to microsoft for a copy of their operating system.

  i have just bought a couple of mac laptops and find it so much better than windows 7 in almost every regard that i cannot understand why people still buy pc's.

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  hotspur

  ...... I cannot understand why people still buy PC's.

  So they can run the Wt CD library - it's obvious!
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  Proof That Conventions Were Lots of Fun

  by Magwitch in

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  hotspur

  See - there is no proof! (Well, I can't see anything)
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  My Dad Died Today

  by cantleave in

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  he has been ill for some time, but it was still unexpected.

  he was never a jw and i didn't really have a close relationship with him, since he remarried after my parents divorced.

  i reunited with him in the mid 90's after over 10 years of not seeing him.. .

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  hotspur

  Sincere condolences - I know how this feels, no matter what the past. My thoughts are with you.
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  Would You Picket A Kingdom Hall?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know some zealots that have carried signs and peacefully picketed kingdom halls, especially on the memorial.. what do you think about that?.

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  hotspur

  In the UK at least, it's illegal to disrupt a religious meeting.
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  How many DF'ed on this board have actually had...

  by tenyearsafter in

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  2. experiences

  how many disfellowshipped ones on this board have actually had follow up elder visits "encouraging" them to return to the meetings?.

  i have been df'ed for 15 years now, and i have never had one visit (i am not saying that is a bad thing!

  ) from an elder encouraging me to return to the organization.

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  hotspur

  Nothing in 5 years
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  Haven't been to a meeting in 4 yrs

  by Dnice in

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  but still feel the need to attend.

  anyone else feel or felt that way?.

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  hotspur

  I can't say it is mind control. I do believe that they practice the truth so I would have to say that I feel the need to go but people keep me away

  I may be over-simplifying here but - if they are practicing The Truth™ then people should be drawing you, not keeping you away. That alone would make me question the whole concept of their version of Truth™