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  Our assembly expenses were $16,900 for ONE DAY - Please share yours

  by nmthinker in

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  ~2300 in attendance.

  one day cost of $16,900!.

  this was at romeoville, which was built ground up in the 90's and was fully paid for by the illinois circuits!.

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  Forgiving Loans the Watchtower Way

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  bank - thank you for maintaining your loan repayments for the past 3 years.

  to show our appreciation we are forgiving the balance of your loan.

  borrower - yeah!.

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  Assembly baptisms/attendance - keep 'em coming!

  by freddo in

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  2. friends

  don't forget to post your reported assembly and convention attendance and baptisms and whether they are higher or lower than customary (if you know).. here's some detail passed to me of the last circuit assembly held at surrey (uk) assembly hall.. attendance 922 baptisms 3 (half circuit).

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  Pledge for Global Assistance Arrangement - $15 per publisher!

  by nmthinker in

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  2. beliefs

  last night our congregation read a letter for the global assistance arrangement combined with the traveling overseer assistance arrangement.

  the "recommended" amount was $15 per publisher, which was well over $1000 for our hall.. it seemed steep.

  our congregation does not have this type of money.

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  need input: My wife is at it again...this time about the faithful and discreet slave

  by goingthruthemotions in

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  2. experiences

  so you all know that i go with my wife to the meeting to protect the kids from the drival and pacify her.

  tonight we are sitting there and she points to mathew and says something about the faithful and discreet slave and she said eplain this.

  so breaking away from what i was reading in the meeting..." in search of christian freedom by franz"...i said.

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  Having One Of Those "Pondering Disassociation" Days :(

  by freemindfade in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  there are a lot of things that make me have days like this, the utter embarrassment of being are part of a cult that protects child abusers, that enforces emotional brutality through shunning, and that lies constantly.

  the lying i can tolerate, the world is built on bullshit, i have a high lie tolerance.

  i can ignore it if it has no effect on me etc.

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  Do you believe Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body is the "faithful slave"?

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  2. scandals

  this question is known to be posed by jws to other jws as an acid test of loyalty.

  i'm not the first to notice what i'm about to point out and comment accordingly, but today i felt compelled to add a short article on my blog highlighting the new language that governing body member geoffrey jackson supplies as a response.

  a person who honestly hesitates to respond with a robust "yes!

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  Article: Reveal News Organization: JWs Cover-Up of Child Sex Abuse and Oust a Victim

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. scandals

  https://www.revealnews.org/article/jehovahs-witnesses-cover-up-child-sex-abuse-and-oust-a-victim/.

  jehovahs witnesses cover up child sex abuse and oust a victim.

  topics: criminal justice / religion .

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  Witnesses and anxiety disorder

  by mana11 in

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  2. medical

  i saw this on a public user group for jw's .

  the librarian [email protected].

  the caption reads:.

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  Ghana jw.org call for retraction

  by mana11 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  we have read with interest the above front-page headline and its articlewhich was published on page 3 of your newspaper the chronicle of june 22, 2015. in the article, the writer, alfred adams of takoradi, reported that rebecca dankwa and her mother, believed to be worshipping at the jehovahs witnesses church, refused to accept blood transfusion on the grounds that their religion forbids blood transfusions, and she died as a result.. as representatives of jehovahs witnesses in ghana, we write to point out the misinformation contained in that report.

  our investigation into the matter has clearly established that the said rebecca dankwa was not one of jehovahs witnesses.

  since this person mentioned in the report was not one of jehovahs witnesses, we are at a loss as to why the name of jehovahs witnesses should be linked to the story.

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