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  I am happier when i am out

  by IamWhatIam in

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  fellows.

  finally find a place to share experience for jwers.

  i am also a ex-jwer and left the ´truth´ on jan. 2018. i live and work in midt jylland in denmark.

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  freddo

  And welcome Sara too.

  Ask away. Carefully research the answers and make sure that what you are told here rings true.

  After a lifetime of being a jw - MS then an Elder for over 25 years and now inactive/faded - I can tell you that you will get honest helpful experienced advice and support on this forum.

  But I still ask that you check us out thoroughly. Unlike at the kingdom hall when those "nice" ladies with their "nice" smiles hear you have doubts and concerns that they cannot address, we want you to be sure of the accuracy of our claims.
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  I am happier when i am out

  by IamWhatIam in

  1. jw
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  fellows.

  finally find a place to share experience for jwers.

  i am also a ex-jwer and left the ´truth´ on jan. 2018. i live and work in midt jylland in denmark.

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  freddo

  Hello from the UK, IamWhatIam!

  Your post explaining your 4 years as a JW is wonderful to hear.

  You have seen and learned in 4 years what it took me 40 years to find out and accept.

  Well done sir! Well done!

  Have a great life and use your education to help yourself and mankind.
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  I sent off my application to study Palaeobiology (MSc) at Bristol uni and ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  ... they've accepted me!

  finance is already sorted - they're waiting for me to give them my new student number so that they can start paying me.

  just need to formally accept bristol's offer and sort out accommodation.. accommodation should be ok - i've been told priority is given to new students, plus i'm enrolling onto a program for a real degree as a postgraduate - i won't be studying gender studies or some crap like that.

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  Have a great time in Bristol LUHE!

  
  
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  Protesters at today’s assembly on the news

  by Tahoe in

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  https://www.wgal.com/article/jehovah-s-witness-event-met-with-protestors/22834659 .

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  freddo

  Doubter, somewhere in his jw-addled condescending posts wonders what the Watchtower loses of significance because of protests like this one in Philadelphia.

  What they lose is members and their money as tangible losses. They lose credibility as intangible ones. They lose the ability to bring in replacements for those who die or leave.

  That is significant loss.
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  Branch Co-ordinators letter re the Australian Royal Commission

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  this letter was posted on the aust and nz facebook group this week.. it is self explanatory!

  wow.... it seems to be their attempt at controlling the situation after the arc fallout.. .

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  freddo

  O'Brien is the balding one who said that abuse victims could go choose to go inactive to avoid DA'ing and Angus Stuart politely and skilfully exposed his words as the crafty lies they were.
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  Blood Transfusions

  by new boy in

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  take a wild guess who dreamt up the idea about no blood transfusions for jehovah’s witnesses in the first place?

  charles russell, the founder of the church?

  judge rushford, the alcoholic and second president?

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  freddo

  My general understanding of the 1940's through early 1970's was that the Knorr/Franz combo was Franz came up with the stuff and Knorr ran the business to sell it.
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  Branch Co-ordinators letter re the Australian Royal Commission

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this letter was posted on the aust and nz facebook group this week.. it is self explanatory!

  wow.... it seems to be their attempt at controlling the situation after the arc fallout.. .

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  freddo

  I love this forum for the way a "leaked" document is dissected thoroughly (even if it seems to support my views) so that the truth may be obtained.

  No fear here of what is said and who said it; just a desire to get things accurate.

  
  
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  What JW habits do you still have?

  by Exelder in

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  since leaving the jw's after over 4 decades, i can see exactly what it is and hate everything it stands for.

  however, there are still some jw habits and traits that i can't get rid of:.

  1. i can't swear in general conversation (i'd have to be really angry).

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  freddo

  "I get annoyed if someone has not got a working door bell at their house... "

  When I was "in" the borg I preferred a non working door bell every time.
  
  
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  Trump's concubines -- so what? Jehovah loved Solomon and he had 10,000

  by ElderEtta in

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  what say you.

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  freddo

  All?
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  German branch stats: the number of KHs has decreased by 1/8 during the past 7 years

  by Corney in

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  according to its own statistics, the jw organization in germany had 1075 kingdom halls in august 2011, 997 khs in november 2016, and 940 ones in august 2018. .

  the average decrease was 1.25 khs per month in 2011-2016 and 2.7 khs per month during the past two years.. .

  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16znuhftwpwq1nf_9jidc_srarst0errjssgcuxkbl8a/edit?usp=sharing .

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  freddo

  I've no idea where the chart comes from Morpheus, perhaps the OP can explain. All I noticed was that the publisher numbers are markedly different to the yearbook numbers but the Cong numbers are very close.

  As for KH numbers there is nothing except the chart to go on unless you go to jborg "find a meeting" and count every hall on the map of Germany! Even I'm not anal enough to do that.