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  The Congregational Make Up Research Project: WTB&TS wants to know you.

  by oppostate in

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  we have a bethel speaker on the english side.

  they're pretty regular up here since it's only three and a half hours drive from nyc.. but this is a special kind of visit.. it turns out he's involved in doing a special research project and the christian congregation of jw's wants to know us better.. in order for the broadcasting to address issues more meaningful for families, they want to know the demographic make up of the congregations.. he spoke with the secretary about young single publishers and couples 20-35 y.o.

  how are they employed.

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  It wasn't clear to me if the bethelite is visiting congregations collecting info or told the secretary what his job is at Bethel.

  Our KH not far from Boston, Mass., is older, the building is in need of an update or remodel, kind of like the congregants.

  There's a large majority of older folks here--the WT is their whole life.

  There are a handful of young families with young kids. There's another handful of teenagers.

  There are no young appointed MS or elders except for the Coordinator's eldest son, in his early thirties. Otherwise most appointed brothers are older, the old CoBE had to relinquish his job because he's over 80.
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  Latest on Otuo v Jonathan David Morely & Watchtower Bible and Tract Society + Otuo v Watchtower Bible & Tract Society

  by Adwoa Kromo in

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  a month ago someone inquired about where the case against watchtower in otuo v watchtower was at currently.

  firstly the claimant has brought two separate claims against the watchtower .

  case 1 relates to a suit in slander premised on the words , "frank otuo is no longer a jehovah witness".

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  Last Friday was the hearing. Any news about this case?
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  The Congregational Make Up Research Project: WTB&TS wants to know you.

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we have a bethel speaker on the english side.

  they're pretty regular up here since it's only three and a half hours drive from nyc.. but this is a special kind of visit.. it turns out he's involved in doing a special research project and the christian congregation of jw's wants to know us better.. in order for the broadcasting to address issues more meaningful for families, they want to know the demographic make up of the congregations.. he spoke with the secretary about young single publishers and couples 20-35 y.o.

  how are they employed.

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  oppostate

  We have a Bethel speaker on the English side.

  They're pretty regular up here since it's only three and a half hours drive from NYC.

  But this is a special kind of visitor.

  It turns out he's involved in doing a special research project and the Christian Congregation of JW's wants to know us better.

  In order for the broadcasting to address issues more meaningful for families, they want to know the demographic make up of the congregations.

  He spoke with the secretary about young single publishers and couples 20-35 y.o. How are they employed. Do they own a home or do they rent. They want to know how many couples have young children. How many teenagers and 18-25 y.o.'s male and female are there. Also what is the racial mix in the congregation.

  [barf]This is just another example of how "the slave" cares for the congregations. [/barf]
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  Challenging JWs at Cult Carts

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if i have time i always talk to jws when i see a cult cart.. they are in a public forum promoting a harmful ideology therefore they are fair game.

  having said that, the individual jws on the trolley are not the enemy so i think it's better to keep it as friendly and non-confrontational as possible.. being realistic no jw is going to admit they are wrong because of something we say to them on the street but don't underestimate the long-term effect of doubts.. so what are your ideas for how to approach them?.

  personally i like to use the literature on the cart.

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  The best challenge, in my opinion, is the flip-flopping. Either they had it right once and changed to wrong then change to right, or they had it wrong and changed to right then changed to wrong again. Can't have both be right and wrong at the same time. Either the U.N. was bad or it wasn't. Why the Awake! articles praising the U.N. when they were members then giving up their NGO relationship once they were found out and exposed on the Guardian.

  Hypocrisy will be the death of them, I feel. It's something that opened my eyes. The cross was a Christian symbol under Russell and then pagan under Rutherford, but the gospels point out, in the revised NWT, the "mark of the nails" on the hands, so more than one, and not at all as it's pictured on the magazines since the sign saying the phrase about King of the Jews was above Jesus' head not his hands.

  Either they can call God, Our Father, and they're children of God, or they are just friends, in which case they can't call God their Father. Who does the Bible say is "our mother", our spiritual mother is the Jerusalem above not the WTB&TS.

  There's a lot of these reasoning points that make one think.
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  21 May Branch Visit by Reino Kesk in Italy...........ohohohoho!!

  by LaFrancia in

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  news from the bethel of italy very soon ?.

  the properties in rome, will be sold ?

  will remain only germany bethel in selters and in italy will remain only.

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  No more bullying in congregations
  Enough with the bad bureaucracy
  Enough with the theocratic career
  We just need to follow Christ

  Well said!

  Enough with following men with pinky rings and Rolexes.

  Basta! Enough!
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  Our thoughts on the latest JW Broadcast for the month of May

  by Christian Gutierrez in

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  howdy guys!

  this is our latest video on the jw broadcast in short form.

  we talk about jw marriage challenges.

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  Hola Christian y Katja, me encantó vuestro video.

  Loved the video, and loved you both in costume, found myself nodding yes and agreeing with your perceptions all throughout your comments on the broadcast parts.

  Two thumbs up.
  
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  There are two cart witnesses outside of my office window - Faneuil Hall in Boston - should I approach them?

  by Billzfan23 in

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  i asked a couple of them farther up the street by north station if they had ever seen beth sarim - and that they should look it up...for some interesting facts about their history.. .

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  Hey, I know that sister with the blue purse!

  By all means go there on your lunch break.

  Tell us how the anti-witnessing went.
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  Berkshire Circuit (UK)

  by Dont_Believe_The_Truth in

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  i'm hearing rumours of huge changes within the berkshire circuit here in the uk .

  congregations being dispanded and kingdom halls closing down and being sold off.... official announcements within the next month apparently .

  does anyone else have anymore info?.

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  "wondrous expansion is still taking place round his way!?"

  wondrous reductions and cut-backs,

  kkkkkkk.
  
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  Hushai: Theocratic Warfare on "Apostates"?

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thanks to wifibandit, i skimmed the convention outline here:http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5685332821409792/full-regional-convention-2016-outlines-leak-spanishi noticed this part:hushai showed that was loyal to the anointed appointed by jehovah.

  return to jerusalem and skillfully pretended to be a friend of traitors.

  proved to be wise when he gave them a tip he knew the lead to failure.it almost makes me wonder if they will attempt to implement this.

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  In my case it's already happened with a sniveling runt of a ministerial servant who asked me "what does Tee-tee-ay-tee-tee mean?"

  I told him to just Google it, and he goes to his service group overseer saying I told him to visit an apostate site. Whatta real wanker!

  http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TTATT

  
  
  
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  My brother died last night

  by LisaRose in

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  i found out this morning that my brother died last night, he was also an ex jw, 73 years old and died of heart disease and kidney failure.

  it was not totally unexpected, as he had been in poor health, but it's a blow, especially as i just lost another brother two years ago.

  there were six of us, now only four.

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  oppostate

  @LisaRose, I'm very sorry to hear of your brother's passing away.

  My condolences to you and your family.