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  The Satisfying Decline Of My Old Congregations Donations

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  according to the uk charity commission, my old kingdom hall is hemorrhaging money and less is coming in.

  long may it continue.. any ideas what a crappy, run down, shack of a kh spends £49,472.87 on in three years?

  they were praying for a new hall for about 10 years until bethel basically stole it off them to build warwick.. .

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  This crappy shack of a hall has had a new lick of paint every couple of months. There's no air con and no windows. In the hot summer we resort to opening the fire doors at the side of the platform. In the winter we resort to bringing portable radiators from our homes to put around the KH. I dont know what Health & Safety would say about that.

  I may just write to the charity commission. Even if it's just to stir the pot.

  Am i correct in my understanding that each congregation is set up as it's own charity? If that's the case, is Watchtower legally allowed to request money to be sent to them from these KHs?
  
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  William Malenfant's appalling hate speech - latest morning worship video

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so he tries to prove that we are living in the last days without any evidence, but instead a series of unsubstantiated assertions ("never has there been a time with so much lack love and affection").

  and uses things that are not even part of the so-called "sign" (abortions, pollution).

  then proceeds to ridicule the "ridiculers," stereotype them, and declare they are only fit for destruction!.

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  Have you ever seen 19th century (or earlier) dental tools? Any dental problems and your choices were sheer bloody torture or dental rot and eating mush the rest of your life.

  And lets not forget what would happen if your appendix burst in the 1920s. If you're lucky you might get to a hospital within 30min and operated on and maybe survive. Today, it's keyhole surgery and you go home the next day.
  
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  How many JWs would Disassociate if their were no family sanctions?

  by Chook in

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  i think the swamp would empty overnight .

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  The question is, how many are fully aware it's not the truth but are staying because they have to? Those figures in the yearbook of Jehovah's Witness numbers around the world are meaningless when you take into account that there is at least 1 apostate in my old hall. When i was there i was awake for two years before leaving. How many more of us are there stuck in those halls?
  
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  Is there Some YouTube shenanigans going on?

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i won't name the youtube channels yet but i noticed something while listening to them.

  both channels were christian in there title both had a married couple that had both woke up and left.

  both first started waking by up when the man out in service came a cross a wonderful christian family and they explained their lives followers of christ and doing missionary work etc.. both couples wanted to pray for or with the jws at their door but it didn't happen.

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  I think i know which one you're referring to. I found it boring, dragged out and something did seem odd about it.
  
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  How many JWs would Disassociate if their were no family sanctions?

  by Chook in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i think the swamp would empty overnight .

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  I've said many times, if they offered this AT LEAST half would walk out. Take a look at your last KH. There's always a divide of the elders families and their cliques, and everybody else. The everybody else are the ones who'd just love to leave but cant.

  Even the believers could say "we worship Jehovah at home". Many in my family say "Jehovah is perfect, it's his people that are wrong. Jehovah will sort it out". That right there tells me they have little faith in the GB but just tow the line.
  
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  The Satisfying Decline Of My Old Congregations Donations

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  according to the uk charity commission, my old kingdom hall is hemorrhaging money and less is coming in.

  long may it continue.. any ideas what a crappy, run down, shack of a kh spends £49,472.87 on in three years?

  they were praying for a new hall for about 10 years until bethel basically stole it off them to build warwick.. .

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  Almost 50 grand though? ouch Watchtower.

  I notice the donations dried up nice since Mrs Wealthy passed away and her non JW sons and daughter made sure her will was in order.
  
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  The Satisfying Decline Of My Old Congregations Donations

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  according to the uk charity commission, my old kingdom hall is hemorrhaging money and less is coming in.

  long may it continue.. any ideas what a crappy, run down, shack of a kh spends £49,472.87 on in three years?

  they were praying for a new hall for about 10 years until bethel basically stole it off them to build warwick.. .

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  According to the UK Charity Commission, my old Kingdom Hall is hemorrhaging money and less is coming in. Long may it continue.

  Any ideas what a crappy, run down, shack of a KH spends £49,472.87 on in three years? They were praying for a new hall for about 10 years until Bethel basically stole it off them to build Warwick.
  

  
  

  If you're in the UK, check yours out here: http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/ShowCharity/RegisterOfCharities/AdvancedSearch.aspx
  
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  London fire..

  by zeb in

  1. social
  2. current

  i bleed for the poor souls caught in that.

  no sprinkler system in that domestic building..!.

  tragically the govts various of london learned nothing during the world war..

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  Taken from the Telegraph website. I'll never underestimate everyday people. The community all working together distributing donated food.
  

  
  
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  searching

  by dogisgod in

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  2. beliefs

  can someone please help me find the video from the society regarding not advancing children's talents?

  it's about a child who is very good at something musical and has been invited to participate in a special advanced course but his father explains how that is worldly thinking.

  something along those lines..

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  Yeah, coz God wants you to waste your talents and instead knock on doors just like everybody else.

  It's a good thing not everyone is a JW, otherwise we'd have no doctors, scientists, bankers and farmers. We'd all be dead in a generation.
  
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  The little things that made you feel guilty as a JW?

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  watching rated r movies?

  maybe a little gambling in vegas?

  when i was in high school i went to the mall with my friend at the time, who happened to be a female.

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  1. Missing any meeting.

  2. Wanking

  3. Looking at porn

  4. Disagreeing with a Watchtower article

  5. Going on a day out with non JWs

  6. Going for drinks with my workmates

  7. Pulling a Christmas cracker (that's not a euphemism for number 2 by the way )

  Man, i was so indoctrinated.