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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

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  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

  1. watchtower
  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.
  
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  Ironic song title June 2017 broadcast. Has someone in the GB got a sense of humour?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  just watching that train-wreck of a song in the june 2017 broadcast.

  (btw, yet another one filmed in australia i see).

  "i can get back up!

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  When i hear "i can get back up" it always reminds me of those talks we used to hear from the platform about when you sin, dont give up, you can get back up and Jehovah will forgive you!

  (if you rat yourself out to the elders and sit in a kangaroo court, get DF'd, shunned, come back after a year and then maybe we'll pretend nothing happened).

  Maybe they're realizing more young ones are just leaving rather than sitting in on a JC.
  
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  UK: JW - One Born Every Minute (TV)

  by darkspilver in

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  2. medical

  fyi.

  this is the tv 'critics' choice' for this evening.

  from the daily mail:.

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  Anyone see this? I may catch a glimpse on catch-up later.
  
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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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  Awful. Just awful. They were throwing their children out of the windows in the hope that people would catch them below. Imagine being in that position, that's a last resort that you'd hope you'd never have to take.
  

  One mother fled her apt with her 6 children, and when she got to the bottom there were only 4 with her. I cant imagine the pain and greif these people are going through.

  I was very impressed and proud of the everyday citizens donating food, water and clothes and organizing shelter. A far cry from what i was told "the world" was like.

  From what i understand the heat inside the twin towers reached astronomical levels due to the sheer hight and space for the hot air to move around inside that weakened girders. But, im no structural engineer.
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  My New Fascination - Evolution!

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since leaving watchtower i kind of hit the "reset" button in my mind and reevaluated what i thought i knew, what i believe and i require proof for every idea put before me before i commit to it.

  lately i've been fascinated with evolution.

  as a jw i never even looked at the subject, dismissing it as "just a theory".

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  And, of course, they are all extinct - except us - why? Brains or braun? Time or unforeseen occurence.?.or bloody murder?

  I reckon it might have been disease. Or something us humans were able to tolerate that our cousins just wern't. Like if we had no knowledge of fire and we all started eating raw meat. We'd quickly get sick and a lot of us would perish. The meat eating animals however would be fine. Something may have happened the other way round, disease, parasites, change in climate... who knows?
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses denial of what they are supposed to believe from Watchtower

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one of the most frustrating things.

  when you confront jw's about what they believe they will often deny it.

  such as "if your child is disfellowshipped then you can't have contact with them ever again".

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  My faves include:

  "You can leave whenever you want, you just stop going to meetings."

  "We don't let our children die, we use alternative treatment."

  And they really hate it when you point out that their governing body can dictate to them what to believe st the drop of a hat.