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  district overseers

  by pepperheart in

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  does anybody know how many district overseers there used to be either in the us or the uk ?

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  freddo

  I think it was 8 overseen by the "Britain" branch. May have been as low as 6.

  I believe Northern Ireland comes under the jw Ireland Branch (Dublin) so I'm not including that.
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  Need someone to talk to

  by Anonymous17 in

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  2. experiences

  hi i've been a jw my whole life and i'm 17 now.

  i've never had a mine of my own and recently i started thinking more open minded and i know the being a jw isn't for me.

  i feel like i've been in a bubble my whole life.

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  freddo

  If you have a sister out and an aunt inactive that is really helpful.

  I know a young man who got reinstated and after the announcement he never attended one more meeting! But he can have some contact with his mad uber-dub mother!
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  UK TV--next monday 24th aug---channel 5-----9 pm--escaping the witnesses

  by stan livedeath in

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  just see it advertised on tv--with photo of our friend from south wales

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  Brilliant. Channel 5 is national in the UK - not in the league of BBC1 or BBC2 or ITV but very good to "mention" to mainstream dubs. Shame its title isn't a bit more subtle!

  Just looked at the schedule and it says Inside Scientology and Escaping The Witnesses. So maybe half hour of each.

  If its our friend Sewell I think that's the one that the UK WT got sued over for about £700.000? Anyone confirm ...
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  Need someone to talk to

  by Anonymous17 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi i've been a jw my whole life and i'm 17 now.

  i've never had a mine of my own and recently i started thinking more open minded and i know the being a jw isn't for me.

  i feel like i've been in a bubble my whole life.

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  freddo

  Is your job a full time job or part time?

  You might want to have a "concern" to feed to your parents. How child abuse is handled in the organisation is great because it gives you the high moral ground. Loads on here can help you tactfully use that to stave off your parents and maybe even get through to them.

  Have you got siblings?
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  How's things "down your way"?

  by freddo in

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  so in "your" cong/circuit/regional area how are all things jw?.

  baptisms this year?

  assembly attendances?

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  freddo

  So in "your" cong/circuit/regional area how are all things jw?

  Baptisms this year? Assembly attendances? Halls closing? Money grab?
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  Geoffrey Jackson's Amnesia at the Royal Commission!

  by The Searcher in

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  2. beliefs

  at 20:00 - 21:30 in his testimony, mr. geoffrey jackson - in answer to mr. stewart's question about the governing body claiming to be god's spokespersons - claimed that it would be presumptuous of them to say that they were the only spokespersons which god was using.

  mr. jackson doesn't seem to know what he and his fellow g.b.

  members - and the providers of his lifestyle, the wtbts - actually teach as "bible truth.

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  freddo

  The transcript of Geoffrey Jackson is up on the royal commission website.
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  Ambulance chasers

  by Diogenesister in

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  mornin',.

  not feeling too clever at the moment...so sent off to the hospital for more tests....off the bus, round the corner......run slap bang into my first one...its witnessin'cart himself!!

  right outside the hospital gates!

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  freddo

  D'you know? I actually think the cracks are beginning to show! Really.

  I can tell you this - a lot of elders who are "careful what they say" are moaning to each other about all the demands for cash. I heard this weekend of an elders meeting in which one of the few "lets give 'em all our lolly types" got told by the rest that if he was so keen then send his own money while they (the rest) said to hang on to the congregations dwindling reserves for a rainy day!

  Apparently it got quite heated. (In the UK this one)
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  GB Helper at the RC! ( Regional Convention )

  by DATA-DOG in

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  a gb helper was at the rc.

  this guy was decked out.

  fancy expensive suit and cuff-linked shirt, super fancy cuff-links.

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  freddo

  He didn't mean "bowing down" he meant "obeisance"! (Rolly eyes)
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  G.B. & J.W.'s Becoming Clap-Happy

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at the regional convention (national!!

  ) for scotland, mark sanderson elicited 13 rounds of applause during his closing talk, (for the least little things!

  ) plus a final one for his closing prayer!

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  Wouldn't that be funny? Instead of going with a placard or shouting out and getting chucked out a group of five or six could go and behave impeccably and then all clap together at a really inappropriate moment ...

  Sydney Australia convention:

  "So brothers Terrence O'Brien was going to give the next discourse but he is in the slammer for misleading the Royal Commission and .... (rapturous applause) "
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Headquarters Refuses to Answer Questions about Royal Commission

  by Esse quam videri in

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  2. beliefs

  well worth listening to if you have not already.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smerwqrw6no.

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  freddo

  Get past the accent and the being put on hold and the round and round the houses.

  It is very very good.

  The brother - don't forget this is a service desk elder - is like a whipped puppy. Just hear his embarrassed voice.