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  2019 JW Statistics

  by Attewc in

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  here is the updated chart based on jw.org provided statistics found here: link to 2019 statistics.

  anything that stands out to you ?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I have two family members who are in a Bethel overseas, and when they come back to the States, they are given health insurance cards for their stay. They go to all the doctor visits they need to, completely paid for. The cost runs into several thousand each year, and they are relatively young without major health issues. Health care is a major expense.
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  2019 JW Statistics

  by Attewc in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is the updated chart based on jw.org provided statistics found here: link to 2019 statistics.

  anything that stands out to you ?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I’m sure a big part of the expense is health care.
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  Recommended Reading for ExJWs: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

  by Jehalapeno in

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  first off, this is a book you want to read.

  avoid the movie franchise at all costs.

  horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I have read it, along with The Fountainhead. Both are thought provoking. I don’t agree with the premises of Atlas Shrugged, but I did find the book interesting and worth reading.
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  Evil Wind Chimes

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember going door to door in the late 60's with my mother as a 5 or 6 year old.

  one time she caught me looking at the wind chimes on a porch.

  she told me they had pagan origins, were evil, and were somehow connected to demons.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  What I seem to remember is that the wind chimes originated from the Orient (Japan) where the continuous sounds were thought to chase away evil spirits. So having the chimes implied you agreed with that belief. I haven’t heard anything about it for a long while, so I don’t know if the still say that.
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  Watchtower hires Satanism author & Dracular society member Massimo Introvigne to defend them in Dutch CSA

  by Diogenesister in

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  2. scandals

  hi guys...well watchtower gets wackier and wackier!.

  so watchtower has hired the author of several books on satanism & self proclaimed 'vampire' society member(!

  ) vlad...i mean massimo introvigne to defend them against a report by two academics recommending the dutch govt investigate jws.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Maybe this is the guy who designed the seeing-eye Bethel!
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  Flood over everest

  by road to nowhere in

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  meeting part comment on how the flood covered everest.

  that is even more ignorant than mountains being pushed up and eroding in a few thousand years.

  and it wasnt cold either.. i should have commented on the bristlecone in the awake that survived the flood.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Incredible, they are still teaching the Vail theory from the 1800’s about the water canopy.
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  Governing Body prefers property over prayers, songs and use of bible (Mexico)

  by krismalone in

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  for many years the government of mexico did not allow religious organizations to own property.

  any property used by a religious organization was confiscated by the government.

  this law changed in the mid 1990's.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Ray Franz discussed this situation at length in his books, but I think both his books preceded the legal change referred to which happened in the '90's.
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  Amazing Read,Check this out!

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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  currently reading : 30 years a watchtower slave.

  cannot put it down.. this book pre-dates ray franz book "crisis of conscience", written from early 20th century, shortly after the jehovah's witnesses were formed.

  the author describes the original true background of the watchtower society as a multi-million dollar publishing company.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I read Schnell's book about 30 years ago and wasn't impressed. He comes across as bitter and mean. However, he did have a unique perspective being involved in the '30's and '40s, so I would probably read it again if I came across it.
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  Circus Assembly Jaw Dropper

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the co got on his hind legs for the public talk and repeated twice "tolerance promotes division".

  then backed it up by saying that if one group march for some right, another group will march for the opposite.. so jws are intolerant and proud of it.

  f@@@k me sideways.. may explain that the baptism tally was 0..

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  If tolerance promotes division, then it follows that intolerance promotes unity. Maybe that’s true, but it’s not a world I want to live in.
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  Elder dissassociates himself from platform!

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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  https://youtu.be/6xotjmusdpy.

  zing.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I wonder if it may have been a field service meeting, instead of a regular meeting. He has no jacket and his bookbag (field service bag I presume,since they use tablets almost exclusively during the meetings). I cannot understand the German, so if we had a transcription it would clear up the exact circumstances.