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  Charging $150 To Tell Your Stories

  by Bangalore in

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  2. friends

  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.

  for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.

  the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.

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  He's been very generous in offering a 25% discount on it.
  
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  Royal Australian Commission - Recomendations for Jehovahs Witnesses

  by curiousconfused in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the report is finally out.......... ————————.

  recommendations to the jehovah’s witness organisation.

  recommendation 16.27. the jehovah’s witness organisation should abandon its application of the two-witness rule in cases involving complaints of child sexual abuse.. recommendation 16.28. the jehovah’s witness organisation on should revise its policies so that women are involved in processes related to invesation and determining allegations of child sexual abuse.. recommendation 16.29. the jehovah’s witness organisation should no longer require its members to shun those who disassociate from the organisation in cases where the reason for disassocia on is related to a person being a victim of child sexual abuse..

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  I can see Angus Stuart's hand in those three recommendations. He's been reasonable and these three recommendations are achievable by the organisation without having to break any bible rules.

  The organisation is showing its stubbornness by claiming to stick to the two witness rule even though they've made their own modifications to it, such as the situation where two people of the opposite sex are just seen together in the same house overnight and alone.
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  "We never solicit donations" - really?

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  inspired by this weeks clam article which again "reminds" the brothers pdf their obligation/privilege to donate "voluntarily" i have complied a list of articles or videos in the last 5 years where donations are indeed solicited or encouraged.

  the society may argue that these are not actual solicitations because no plate was passed around.

  but a donation box is just a more discrete and subtle version of the plate.

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  A couple of others -
  
  2015 Sophia Video - Be generous
  August 2015 Broadcast
  
  
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  2017-12-4 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND Re: Changes to Circuits

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  december 4, 2017 to all congregations in britain and ireland re: changes to circuits.

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  Due to the increase we have witnessed over the past few years, a number of circuits have grown. Also, many of our foreign-language congregations are now part of European-wide circuits enjoying circuit visits in their own language. To ensure that circuits in Britain and Ireland are a similar size, commencing September 1, 2018, the majority of circuits will be adjusted and renamed.

  
  They are doing a remarkable job in the selling of Kingdom Halls and amalgamating of congregations with all this increase over the past few years.
  
  Since the change in circuits will take place from Sept. 1, 2018, it may indicate that there is still a lot of ongoing work in Kingdom Hall sales and adjusting sizes of congregations and much of it will settle down after that date.
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  China Spreads (a shopping) Revolution to the World

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  using the internet to market and sell goods is big business in china.

  company's like tencents and jack ma's alibaba are changing retailing in china and they say they will promote it all over the world.. but to get a sort of insight, here's a short video on the opening (in shanghai, last week) of the world's largest starbucks and only that chains second reserve roastery store (the first was in seattle).

  go full screen to get the full impact.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9jbcpor2lw&feature=share.

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  That's a novel way to sell their products at Starbucks but I wonder how many people would be interested in going into their store and wasting time looking up items and info on their phones.

  Call me old fashioned but I'd prefer to see items with labels and a short description physically next to or on it.

  Like everything, a new craze comes out and the crowd gets excited. Some work and some don't.

  Twenty years ago I could never have imagined being able to order groceries online and having it delivered. We've got to wait until the next day but that's not much of a problem.
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  @ all J.W.'s - How true is this "adjusted" scripture!

  by The Fall Guy in

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  2. beliefs

  (matthew 12:32) “....whoever speaks a word against the son of man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the g.b.

  or the org, it will not be forgiven him, no, not in this system of things nor in that to come.”.

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  It's incredible that they teach that if you reject the seven Govening Body men then you are rejecting God. That is the basic idea of the Return to Jehovah booklet.
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  WT property confiscated in Russia...

  by mikeflood in

  1. social
  2. current

  russian court seizes $15mn worth of assets from banned jehovah’s witnesses ‘extremists’.

  published time: 9 dec, 2017 02:44.

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  The Watchtower keeps saying how important it is to regularly attend meetings at the Kingdom Hall. This must mean that JW numbers will go down significantly in Russia.
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  WT property confiscated in Russia...

  by mikeflood in

  1. social
  2. current

  russian court seizes $15mn worth of assets from banned jehovah’s witnesses ‘extremists’.

  published time: 9 dec, 2017 02:44.

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  Real estate worth almost US$15 million belonging to Jehovah’s Witnesses around St. Petersburg have been transferred to the Russian state, after the organization was declared an “extremist” group earlier this year.

  A District Court in St. Petersburg seized 16 properties in the village of Solnechnoye on the Gulf of Finland, that it ruled were used illegally by the organization. The real estate, with an estimated combined value of $14.9 million (881 billion rubles), belonged to the ‘Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania’ (WTPA) – the official legal entity used by Jehovah's Witnesses worldwide.

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  Jehovah’s Witnesses banned as ‘extremist’ in Russia, property to be seized – court decision

  The court established that in 2000, the local branch transferred ownership of the properties to WTPA, under a donation agreement. However, despite the transfer accord, the religious sect continuously used the facilities for their preaching and organizational purposes, in breach of the understanding, the court ruled.

  Before the hearing, Jehovah’s Witnesses, issued a statement accusing Russian authorities of a witch hunt. “The contract was never in question prior to the Supreme Court decision, and WTPA has been paying taxes on the property since the transfer,” the organization claimed, insisting the contract was legal.

  In March, Russia’s Justice Ministry suspended the activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses after some of its practices and beliefs were found to constitute a threat to society and public security. Some of the sects practices include strictly forbidding blood transfusion believing it to be sinful, and doctors cannot carry out the procedure without patient’s consent. Many parents who are Jehovah’s Witnesses will also not let their children undergo blood transfusions, placing their lives in mortal danger.

  A month after the justice ministry’s action, the Supreme Court declared the group an “extremist organization,” liquidating the movement’s Russian headquarters in St. Petersburg. It further banned some 395 local religious organizations spread across Russia. The court also ordered their properties to be seized by the state.

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  https://www.rt.com/news/412539-russian-court-jehovahs-witnesses-assets/
  

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  Ministry Ideaz - Online JW shop

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  ministry ideaz is an online shop that sells products aimed at the jw market.

  apparently the owner is a guy called greg holland.bridget azaz (youtube account) has posted a mirror of a video which attempts to disclose the relationship between this business and the watchtower society.

  it shows a photo of greg holland standing in the watchtower broadcasting studio and a claim that he was one of a very small number of people specially invited to a four day opening of warwick.it also shows a photo of gb losch, his wife and her family with claims that they were brought to equidor on holiday by greg holland.another claim is that greg admits that there is a contract between his business and the watchtower.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqfwsj6m0muthey announced the opening of their first physical store in july, 2017. visit us at our new location in pine bush, ny.

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  Thanks Phoebe for the link to the original video.
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  the life saving message

  by jookbeard in

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  2. beliefs

  the life saving message of death and gloom brought to a town centre near to you!.

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  It's weird to see the elderly lady caught up in this new tradition.
  
  Four people at the carts is overkill, two is also but they do believe they should go out in 'two's'.