Topics Started by kramer

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UK Elders. Recommendation Letters.. Freedom of Information Act.
by kramer in
1. jw
2. friends
from my experience, elders dont want to reveal the contents of a recommendation letter.

but as each congregation is a legally constituted charity and hence public body they are open to all the disclosure obligations of other public bodes.

do any uk elders or ex elders have any experience of people who demanded or wanted to see their recommendation letters, or who have gone through the process of a freedom of information request to get to see these?.
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Today's WT Study (Who is the FDS - Sep 2013)
by ohnightdivine in
1. watchtower
2. bible
please share how your wt study went today...
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Congratulations Andy Murray!!
by cedars in
1. jw
2. friends
the first british winner of wimbledon in 77 years.. it's been a long time coming!

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cedars.
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Video to Promote e-Petition re: UK Charitable Status of JW's
by cantleave in
1. jw
2. friends
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A JW story of brainwashing and escape.
by Frozenout in
1. jw
2. friends
the knock at the door that turned my parents into brainwashed fanatics - and nearly cost my life.

lying in my hospital bed, in the throes of an exhausting labour, i was in agony and feeling very frightened.

i'd gone into labour ten weeks early and my twins were in the breech position, so it was likely i would need a caesarean.
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Max Larson died today at 96 yrs...Watchtower President since 2000
by williamhconley in
1. jw
2. friends
watchtower society of new york president max larson died today at the age of 96.. served in bethel since 1938 (73 yrs at bethel) long before geoffrey jackson & anthony morris of the gb were even born.. http://www.jw-archive.org/2011/09/bro-max-larson-died-today.html.
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WTS corporations in the Netherlands
by Gorbatchov in
1. jw
2. friends
many international corporations settles their headquarters as a postadress in the netherlands due to tax reasons (like ikea international, deutsche bank, the rolling stones and u2).. the corporations settles tax arrangements with the dutch government.. i found a watchtower bv finance holding company at a postadress facility in amsterdam.

this could mean that the wts has a tax arrangement with the dutch government for their international finance.. also i found the following watchtower corporations at the dutch watchtower branche office.. - worldwide educative services foundation.

- society for spreading the gospel .
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WHY IT'S TIME TO LEAVE THE UK !
by Hairyhegoat in
1. jw
2. friends
these comments are the reason why my family are leaving the uk, the comments are not mine but give a insight to what a dump the uk has become... i'm a 22 year old male and left the uk at 21 to live in australia and again like many people have said on here.

it is one of the best things i could have done.

the pay in the uk is disgusting.. the average pay here for a very average job is $20 an hour that is 12 an hour, thats just for stacking shelves at supermarkets.
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Watch Tower Society Facing Criminal Charges and Indictment in Australia
by AndersonsInfo in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
andersonsinfo is reporting the following news about the "criminal charges and indictment of the watch tower society in australia" by taking some extracts from different parts of jehovah's witness, steven unthank's blog site, http://www.jwnews.net.

please go to the blog to understand the "indictment" and for detailed reading there is much more information found in a:.

pdf version of the 664 page document "the submission 2011" being the:.
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Sitting on the fence
by INDYpendent in
1. jw
2. friends
new here; this is my first post.

i signed up with the hope of getting some of your thoughts regarding how to proceed with an ongoing situation.

a little background: i have been baptized for about twenty years, or is it twenty-one, i can't recall.