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  St Petersburg Assembly Hall to be given to Russian scientists

  by OrphanCrow in

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  https://realty.newsru.com/article/26dec2017/iegov_med.

  (the following article is translated using google translate).

  the building selected in "jehovah's witnesses" in st. petersburg will be given to scientistsdecember 26, 2017 publication time: 09:42. in a building selected from a banned organization in russia, "jehovah's witnesses", will soon be able to read scientific lectures.

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  May 20, 1987 BOE Letter regarding >> Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 << (aka “Simpson–Mazzoli Act”)

  by Alfred in

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  some of you might remember this period of time better than i, but i can recall a huge issue in the mid 80’s with the lack of qualified “legal” brothers “reaching out” in my circuit while we had an unusual spike in bible studies (mainly undocumented immigrants and visa overstays from central and south america).

  many of these new bible studies were actually very well educated but most knew little to no english, so they eventually settled into their nearest spanish congregations.. as they “progressed in the truth”, the society saw huge potential in these illegal immigrants but could not give them any privileges beyond cleaning the toilets after meetings… until the 1986 amnesty program.. however, this program required proof that they were in the us since before 1982 and a large percentage of these illegal immigrant bible studies snuck in after 1982. in fact, the largest surge started in 1983 and continued well into the 90’s.

  it got so bad that kingdom halls in certain parts of the us simply had no qualified legal brothers to fill the numerous elder vacancies that this unexpected situation created.

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  Thanks Atlantis !!!
  
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  New round of elders and MS schools going on, anyone have a inside scoop on any of the info being shared there?

  by optimisticskeptic in

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  confidential items are of most interest of course, just curious what they're talking about there in general and what are the newest things everyone is being warned about, etc.

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  Do CO's get a check each time they have a convention?

  by suavojr in

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  during our weekend convention with the co i noticed he gets his expenses paid for.

  my question is if the co then summits another expense report on the following day?

  the circuit is split in a and b, so therefore the co meets with the other half the next day.

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  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/3768/scams-scams-more-scams
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  Rupert Murdoch

  by Alfred in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nfkz_g79eo.

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  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/business/media/murdoch-trump-relationship.html

  Bungi Bill... so true...
  
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  Rupert Murdoch

  by Alfred in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nfkz_g79eo.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NFKZ_G79eo
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  1914 This Generation

  by BiggerRed in

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  need some help explaining the falsehood of 1914 and this generation.

  i am needing articles fod reference.

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  Read “The Gentile Times Reconsidered” by Carl O Jonsson
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  2005 Big Announcement (Disappointment)

  by Fred Franztone in

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  i remember around 2005, there was an announcement made from the platform that in a few weeks time we would have to remain at the end of the sunday meeting for a big announcement, directly from the society.. i remember all the murmuring, people thought maybe this was going to be related to armageddon.

  everyone was excited, people were speculating.

  only the po in each congregation had any idea what was going on, and they were frequently pestered for information, but sworn to secrecy, which only hyped things up even more.. then the meeting came, anticipation was in the air, the announcement started, you could hear a pin drop.

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  Should private citizens be allowed to video record law enforcement?

  by Fisherman in

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  i saw an article in the news yesterday that laws are going to be passed subjecting the police to being recorded by anyone while performing their duty or enforcing the law and encourages citizens to sue if they interfere.

  some law enforcement agents become angry and confiscate recording devices from people recording them while making an arrest, etc.. it does seem that the work that the police and other government agents do is public and not private or confidential so there should be nothing to hide from the cameras.

  on the other hand, how can one distinguish being shot by a camera or by a weapon until one is hit?.

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  Desirous of change... nail on the head... but I suppose he filmed this for "political" reasons and we don't have all the facts... Poor innocent police officer.
  
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  2017 Service Year Report Grand Totals

  by Drearyweather in

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  2017 figures released to bethel families worldwide:.

  peak publishers: 8,457,107. total baptized: 284,212 .

  regular pioneers: 1,225,279 .

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  Does anyone have a pdf of this letter?