The most recent rumor is that Bethel in NY is trying to gain some
more control over the leadership here in Japan. It is even said
that perhaps they will try to replace the head of the Bethel Japan.
Only talk at this stage. If something happens, I`ll let you know.
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95Org. Re-orging in JAPAN
by JWD infor those of you who haven`t been following it,the wts is in a downward spiral here in japan.fs hours are down,memorial attendance.
is down,pioneers are down,studies are down,donations are down,number.
of congregations is down and the number of publishers continues to.
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Org. Re-orging in JAPAN
by JWD infor those of you who haven`t been following it,the wts is in a downward spiral here in japan.fs hours are down,memorial attendance.
is down,pioneers are down,studies are down,donations are down,number.
of congregations is down and the number of publishers continues to.
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Bringing this back to the top.
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Episodes of Craziness
by JWD inover the last ten years or so i`ve seen and heard things which when.
looked at objectively can only be termed `craziness`.however, in some.
cases these episodes of craziness might be viewed as wonderful testimonies to a strong commitment to jahovah.
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Just talked to a sister who left the org. a few years ago and heard
her experiences with WT craziness.Years back her husband wanted a second child, but the sister who
led her into the TRUTH told her the end was near and it wasn`t wise
to have another child. Thus a rift developed between her and her
husband.Later on her husband wanted to buy a house, but the sister who led
her into the TRUTH convinced her that since the end was so near it
wasn`t wise to buy a house. That created a second rift between her
and her husband.As friction continued to grow between her and her husband, he filed
for divorce and later remarried. After divorcing she found a book
exposing the WT and left the org. with her only child.Now she has one child, no husband and no house. A while ago the sister who talked her out of a second child and a house... bought a
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Why Japanese become JWs
by JWD ini have posted some of the following info in various other threads i`ve.
started which touch on the matter of jws in japan.however,people continue to ask me `why japanese become jws?`,so i thought i`d put.
down a few of my observations for anyone who might be interested.. as you may or may not have noticed,japan has(had) the fifth largest number of jws in the world.
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Bringing this back to the top.
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Org. Re-orging in JAPAN
by JWD infor those of you who haven`t been following it,the wts is in a downward spiral here in japan.fs hours are down,memorial attendance.
is down,pioneers are down,studies are down,donations are down,number.
of congregations is down and the number of publishers continues to.
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Thanks. I`ll check out that data. I have no doubt that some cultures
have a `bent` to be more vulnerable to the JW bug and I`ve dealt
with that issue a bit in a posting of mine called ,`Why Japanese
Become JWs`. At the same time when Japanese develope an allergy to
something, they tend to pull away from it very fast as well. I think
that`s what`s happening here in Japan big time. I can`t imagine the
WT ever growing significantly again here. I think they`ve reached
saturation point and are now focusing on real estate, money and
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Org. Re-orging in JAPAN
by JWD infor those of you who haven`t been following it,the wts is in a downward spiral here in japan.fs hours are down,memorial attendance.
is down,pioneers are down,studies are down,donations are down,number.
of congregations is down and the number of publishers continues to.
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Just got ahold of some internal documents which show a re-districting
of `circuts` throughout Japan. The number of districts is being
DECREASED making each one larger. It`s undoubtedly an attempt to
increase the numbers at conventions by drawing from a wider area.
Thus making it seem like there has been an increase. There have also
been a couple of changes in district overseers.There are rumblings of major unrest in the Kanagawa area. That is
where the national headquarters (Japan Bethel) is. More of that as
things develope.
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Org. Re-orging in JAPAN
by JWD infor those of you who haven`t been following it,the wts is in a downward spiral here in japan.fs hours are down,memorial attendance.
is down,pioneers are down,studies are down,donations are down,number.
of congregations is down and the number of publishers continues to.
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The KM for July reports 218,711 publishers for Japan. The numbers are
for March which is Spring vacation here and should be a big month.
But they are still well under the peak numbers of two years ago.
There is also a bit about having pioneers report their hours so the
elders can `help` anyone who`s short on their obligated amount of
time.The number of baptisms for the month were 301. Few.
Just thought you`d like to know.
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Episodes of Craziness
by JWD inover the last ten years or so i`ve seen and heard things which when.
looked at objectively can only be termed `craziness`.however, in some.
cases these episodes of craziness might be viewed as wonderful testimonies to a strong commitment to jahovah.
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Just had a young aspiring PHD students come and talk about the woes
she`s experiencing dating a second generation Japanese JW who is a
ministerial servant.His father is an elder. Seems that he owned up to
having `an inappropiate relationship` with her and they put his feet
to the fire so to speak. So, now he`s backpeddling on all the talk
about getting married to her and applying the pressure on her to
become a JW. She showed me a recent letter he wrote and he`s taking
the stance that it was really her fault that they got into the kind
of relationship they did and unless she joins the `TRUTH` they can`t
continue their relationship. Normally, after getting involved in a
physical relationship with a non-JW he should be disciplined, but
that doesn`t seem to be happening probably due to his father`s
position.
In another incident a local sister had two baptised children both
of whom got involved in a sexual realtionship before marriage. The
daughter was going to bed with a non-JW and was df-ed.The son,on the
other hand, was hitting the sack with a JW girl and wasn`t disciplined
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Run, Watchtower, Run
by Uncanny ini watched an entertaining german film on cable last night called run.
lola, run.
the plot revolves around how a young woman named lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 marks or her boyfriend gets executed by the mob.. the film cleverly replays a 20 minutes running scene in which lola reacts differently each time to things which happen on her run(s).. one incident has lola nearly knocking down an old woman pedestrian as she rounds a corner.
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In Eddie Murphy`s movie about an African prince who came to NY to find
a bride there was a scene where the man of the house doesn`t want to
tell who came to his door, so he said it was just some Jehovah`s Witnesses.Of course the movie `Perfect World` played heavily on the JW theme.
JWD
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Why Japanese become JWs
by JWD ini have posted some of the following info in various other threads i`ve.
started which touch on the matter of jws in japan.however,people continue to ask me `why japanese become jws?`,so i thought i`d put.
down a few of my observations for anyone who might be interested.. as you may or may not have noticed,japan has(had) the fifth largest number of jws in the world.
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One more addition to the above. It sometimes almost seems that some
wives get involved with the WT to find some excuse to create distance
between themselves and their husband. Doing things for the sake of
being faithful to Jehovah God gives them a feeling of self-righteous-
ness when in reality they want to go against their husband`s wishes.
There are many more JW women who are coming out of unhappy marriages
than those from happy marriages in Japan.JWD