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  spiritual

  by stan livedeath in

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  2. beliefs

  i read the word "spiritual" sometimes on the site.

  what exactly do the jw's mean by it ?.

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  freddo

  Spiritual as defined by jw's?

  Someone whose "works" are highly visible and often audible.
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  Assembly Hall and Gentleman's Club

  by sp74bb in

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  2. friends

  the spanish exjw forum is burning fire with the massive sale of jw kingdom halls and an assembly hall in spain, each week new listing places appears.

  would jw survive in this country??

  surprisingly the sources have found that a real estate agency named "benialsa" is massively promoting the sales.. http://www.fotocasa.es/inmobiliarias/benialsa-gestion-inmobiliaria-9202753892339.

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  freddo

  Overlapping Assembly Halls?

  Where one new hall or refurbishment is financed by "voluntary" donations and three others are sold off and the loot sent to Brooklyn via the new European collection office.

  The new hall overlaps the catchment areas of the old halls and the drones drive hundreds of miles instead of tens of miles to get to their one day donation session ... er ... circuit assembly.
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  Rumor: Discouraging news from GB at upcoming CA?

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is on the reddit frontpage and sounds super weird.

  can it be confirmed in any way by anyone here?.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/4u72dk/what_kind_of_announcement_could_cause_jws_to/.

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  freddo

  I don't believe it. It's not how they operate in JW land.
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  Listing Bros cv's in their intro

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  at the assembly i noticed something new and disturbing.

  when a brother is introduced before a talk the audience is now given their life history/ major accomplishments .. "brother arsehole who served at bethal for five years, pioneered in the foreign language territory for ten years, is an elder in x congregation and serves in the construction projects blah blah blah".

  this puffing up never used to happen?

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  freddo

  Yep, I noticed this in the UK at the RC.

  A couple of years ago it used to be "Let's listen carefully to Brother Windbag - an elder from Fumbuck Central as he expounds on ..." and of course all the item takers at an RC or CA are elders of some description or another so no big deal there.

  Now it's:-

  "Let's listen to Brother Scripture Containing-Case who serves as Assembly Hall overseer, who has pioneered for 20 years and who is co-ordinator in the Plymouth (Drake) congregation."

  What they should say is:-

  "Let's listen to Brother Clipboard Hitler who helps pregnant mothers die for want of blood on the HLC and who solicits donations at the circuit elders meeting for the Chelmsford lakeside retirement complex and whose grossly obese wife is on anti depressent meds because he shows her no attention."

  Did my bitterness show? Sorry.
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  Are they either leaving or going full on 'cult mode'? No quarter.

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it might just be me imagining things.. i hear things from my jw spies.. from all that's being said, it seems to me that the rank and file(tm), are either waking up to the scam and fading/leaving.

  they are going full on 'cult mode' and acting like 'spiritual police'.. is it just me and my imagination?

  have others noticed this?.

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  freddo

  The information freely available on the net is their Achilles' heel.

  GB don't "want" people to leave. (Just like an abusive father/husband doesn't want his enabling wife and kids to leave) They want people to "shape up" to their man made self serving rules and standards. But increasingly people don't want to and see less reason why they should as all the promises made have been overtaken by time.

  So the GB try to guilt trip, bully and scare them into staying. Increasingly stridently so this year with their "loyalty" message. And they portray Jehovah as an abusive heavenly father as they have made him in their own abusive, controlling image.
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  Hello from the other side

  by Theburstbubble in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well it's been 18 months since i left the witnesses.

  my goodness what can i say?

  well let's start from the beginning.... 1) i am happy, yes i am (i know im not meant to be as the jw's would like to believe).

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  freddo

  Good old Stan.
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  Disgraced elder jailed for 8 years for abusing girl

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/disgraced-jehovah-s-witness-elder-jailed-for-sexually-abusing-a-girl/story-29528336-detail/story.html.

  a disgraced jehovah's witness elder has been jailed for eight years for sexually abusing a girl.. martyn barron (55) pleaded guilty to four counts of sexually assaulting a child under 13, more than 10 years ago.. the victim, now an adult, said the abuse had devastated her life.. leicester crown court was told barron, of walton street,belgrave, leicester, sought to blame the child for his wrongdoing in a pre-sentence report.. .

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  freddo

  Like Blues said - this is two separate cases in the local area - one has been reported by the BBC last year. Anyway we can get this to the national press or BBC again?
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  £1 million pound fine

  by pepperheart in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hi a court in the uk in loughborough have fined the jws over £1 million pounds for the court costs for a child abuse case in loughborough in the east midlands..

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  freddo

  I think this was reported by the local BBC this time last year before this appeal failed. Anyone able to get this to them so it can have a chance of going up on their website?

  Or to national newspapers?
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  OMG, My 18 Nephews & Nieces Are Such Creative Double Life JWs

  by TMS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to briefly state this: we were hardcore jws, my siblings, my wife and her two sisters.

  we have 18 nieces and nephews among us from late 20's to 55. only one is a card-carrying, practicing jw and he's had his problems.. what's hilarious, is that most of the 18 in the next generation would still identify themselves as jws to the rest of the family, but all are leading double lives extraordinaire, doing exactly what they want to do.

  most would be honest with me and have been.

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  freddo

  Well it just proves this little cult is rotting from the inside out.
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  Regional mr splane said at regional

  by poopie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he said that the parents of df or inactive do not have right to help there child why not?

  his answer its above there pay grade.

  he also said another witness helped this young lady she was a sister so another person can help your child but you cannot he said let jehovah help them.audeince dead silent..

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  freddo

  @poopie

  My apologies, I jumped in too quickly without giving you a chance. If you can let it go would you provide me more detail please?

  I forgot how you were the poster who highlighted that the April 15th 2015 (WT study edition) has the "Why Disfellowshipping is a loving provision" article yet the April 15th simplified version misses it out completely. That was a good reminder of how sneaky these people are.

  Can you tell us what day or item of the convention this Splane talk was and remind us where it was?