Posts by Juan Viejo2

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It's official, the internet IS the Watchtower's nemesis!

by cedars in

i have been inspired recently by some of the comments on this forum regarding the society having reached a "tipping point".

it's been observed that, despite the overwhelming weight of evidence that the society is nothing more than a damaging cult, the number of witnesses continues to increase, albeit gradually.

the latest figures i have available are those in the 2011 yearbook, showing a global 2.5% increase between 2009 and 2010.. as we all know, the internet is steadily rising in accessibility (or "penetration") around the world, and it provides a wonderful resource for those who are curious about joining the faith, helping such ones to quickly identify precisely how warped the teachings of the watch tower society really are.

Juan Viejo2

cedars - you have a PM

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My father's funeral

by jwfacts in

last week i attended my father's funeral in hobart.

i was the first time i have been in a kingdom hall in several years, and many years since i had attended the hall of my childhood, but felt like it was just yesterday.

the funeral talk was quite a departure from normal, so worth writing about.

Juan Viejo2

Paul, check your PMs

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New court docs for Menlo Park KH scandal

by Juan Viejo2 in

i've been fighting computer problems for over a week, but i finally got a new article up at ex-jw.com about the status of the court case in san francisco.. the plaintiffs will be going to court this week and possibly again in ten days.

the big issue is the bank account statements and signature files.

plaintiffs claim that defendants opened up unauthorized bank accounts and allegedly forged the then current coboe / ceo's signature.

Juan Viejo2

traveb, you have a PM.

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Why So Many Young People Are Leaving The Watchtower

by Jeremy C in

i have been giving a lot of thought to the young people who are leaving the watchtower organization in recent years.

last night, i was reading the thread posted by jwfacts a while back in which he provided some statistics and graphs showing the rapidly declining growth in the watchtower.

one factor that was discussed at length was the high number of young people who do not stay in the organization.

Juan Viejo2

Jeremy was kind enough to let me adapt it for my new site. Check it out http://insidethewatchtower.com/doctrine/why-young-people-are-leaving/ .

Jeremy definitely has a gift and I hope he'll submit more of his wisdom and experiences here and over at ItW.com and Ex-JW.com. I'm sure he love to red your comments on this little gem of his.

JV

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Does anyone know what the Watchtower's corporate ladder would be like?

by dgp in

i was wondering if anyone knows how a brother would make his way up to the governing body.

in my (worldly) opinion, there has to be something like a corporate ladder to climb.

does anyone know what the "procedure" would be?.

Juan Viejo2

Mad Sweeney wrote a post and article on this very subject...

http://ex-jw.com/watchtowers-pecking-order

JV

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Elder Involvement Graphic Conclusion

by Marvin Shilmer in

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today i added to my blog page 13 of the 13-page submission by a doctor of psychology that is a watchtower appointed elder.

i also added the documents bibliographic page.

he had ideas about elder involvement with jehovahs witnesses suffering mental illness, and particularly victims of child abuse, and thought it best to share these with watchtower.

Juan Viejo2

That should have been IE9. Sorry...

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Elder Involvement Graphic Conclusion

by Marvin Shilmer in

jw
friends

today i added to my blog page 13 of the 13-page submission by a doctor of psychology that is a watchtower appointed elder.

i also added the documents bibliographic page.

he had ideas about elder involvement with jehovahs witnesses suffering mental illness, and particularly victims of child abuse, and thought it best to share these with watchtower.

Juan Viejo2

Yes, Marvin, you've got a problem. Get rid of the dark patterned background and just go with white or a very light gray color until you can get it fixed. I've looked at it with IE0, Firefox, and Chrome and all of the regular text is very small and with black text simply disappears into the back ground.

JV

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