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  Closing down of all non-native congregations in The Netherlands

  by Gorbatchov in

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  2. friends

  this weekend serious sources told me that in the netherlands the society is closing down all non-native congregations.

  because of the mixed population of this country, there are >100 non-native congregations like english, france, dutch-caribian, arab, chinese, italian, russian, spanish etc.. my source was backing the dissision of the society because "these non-native congregations are islands on their own, with group-thinking and not allways listening to the society..." and concluded "these non-natives has to learn dutch instead of we are learning their language".. strange: some years ago many jw's learned a foreign language (like arab or chinese!

  ) and now they are all closing down.

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

  by cedars in

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  2. scandals

  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.

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  Do you sense that the Watchtower will implode?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  2. beliefs

  since leaving the organization 8 years ago, there have been more significant changes in the actual, physical activities of the organization than occurred in all the 40 plus years i was 'in'.

  bethel closings.

  bethel layoffs.

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  City Overseers discontinued immediately 9/16/11

  by Gayle in

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  2. beliefs

  letter dated 09/16/11 to all boes about city overseers being discontinued effective immediately.. this is from a very reliable jw anonymous source.. .

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  Overlapping generation segment on the new Circuit Assembly program

  by traveb in

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  2. friends

  so there i was at the circuit assembly sunday morning with my eyes glazed over as usual when all of a sudden, bam!

  a demo with two brothers talking about the new overlapping generation teaching.

  the reason it took me by surprise was because it occured during the second talk of the sunday morning symposium, "sanctify god's name by your speech".

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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 09-25-2011 WT Study (ENTER REST)

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  however, love for god and for his.

  our love for god and his dear son = is of no value unless we are part of the human/earthly organization, the wts.

  how many scriptures are actually read and applied at a meeting?

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  New court docs for Menlo Park KH scandal

  by Juan Viejo2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  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.

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  Elder body removed – Watchtower letter

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  elder body removed watchtower letter.

  an elder body was removed last year in california.

  most folks have never seen a watchtower letter breaking this news.

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  "Overlapping generation" explanation - TRANSCRIBED EXTRACT from Friday's talk (DC 2011-12)

  by AnnOMaly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought this would be easier to examine if written down:.

  god's kingdom will soon come.

  so we know that god's kingdom will soon come.. .

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  Some observations from the KM Elder School I wanted to share with you.

  by miseryloveselders in

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  2. friends

  my school was a couple weeks back, and it was interesting to a degree.

  to be honest with you, it reminded me of a police crime scene investigation with yellow tape.

  what i mean is, in one respect it was business as usual.

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