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  Went To The Quick Build

  by Undecided in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just returned from the building site of the new kh.

  i had never seen a quick build.

  it kind of made me sad, i saw so many old friends that i used to know.

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  Waste of time Sad, these guys aren't interested in the facts.
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  The New and Improved JWs Now With 3 classes of Christians!

  by XQsThaiPoes in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the study articles are amazing.

  i can't tell if anyone caught it but they are ground breakingly incompetent.

  the have redefined 1914, the anointed, fds and the "evil slave".

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  This is nothing new.
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  Went To The Quick Build

  by Undecided in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just returned from the building site of the new kh.

  i had never seen a quick build.

  it kind of made me sad, i saw so many old friends that i used to know.

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  A very rare event, but when it happens the money gets prorated to the various congregations to whom the publishers are dispersed, unless they vote to donate the money to the world wide work or something of that nature, it's their call.

  Assembly halls are a completely different deal.
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  Went To The Quick Build

  by Undecided in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just returned from the building site of the new kh.

  i had never seen a quick build.

  it kind of made me sad, i saw so many old friends that i used to know.

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  I know all about the deal in Texas, and there has been no change since. My informationl is recent, I will say it applies to the US and I have limited knowledge of other countries so I suppose it could be different there. But, in the US the Hall belongs to the congregation(s). As I said, this is a perpetual myth, I don't know why people keep going back to it when there are so many real issues to talk about.
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  Went To The Quick Build

  by Undecided in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just returned from the building site of the new kh.

  i had never seen a quick build.

  it kind of made me sad, i saw so many old friends that i used to know.

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  Pork Chop

  The local congregation does own the property when it's paid off. This other BS gets repeated over and over again and it's simply not true. I've been involved in buying, building and selling several kingdom halls and I don't know where this comes from, other than wishful thinking.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Have a High Mental Illness Level

  by Bryan in

  1. social
  2. family

  now we know what the problem is...

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  jehovah's witnesses"faith of our fathers: part one, were the early christians jehovah's witnesses?

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  Farkel, certainly I accept empirical data if it's based on some significant quantity of objective observation. However, the referenced anecdotes on this and similar sites do not, in my opinion, meet that standard. There is as much lack of objectivity here as there is in the repeated reference one hears at the meetings to Witnesses being "the happiest people on the Earth." Now, if you had a randomly selected sample of 1,000 Witnesses from the general Witness population and they were observed over whatever period was necessary, say six months, by three psychiatrists who could demonstrate that they were indeed objective and operating independently, and even two of them reached the conclusion that there was more mental illness in Witnesses than in the rest of the general population, then I'd accept that conclusion without hesitation.

  Actually, that's a rather good idea. I wonder if we could get someone to fund it? You'd have to do some serious work on the selection criteria but I think you could get there in the end.
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  Sports and JW's (allowing kids to play)

  by confusedjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what are people's experiences here of jw's who let their kids play sports and the consequences for them?.

  for instance did you know any kids who played little league or high school football or basketball?.

  any canadiens who allowed their children to play hockey at any of the levels?.

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  It's not as unheard of as it used to be. I've known JW kids that played high school football, basketball, soccer, golf, tennis and some that were in track. I've also known kids in band and orchestra, and a few that were in plays and that kind of thing. Not a lot, but some.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Have a High Mental Illness Level

  by Bryan in

  1. social
  2. family

  now we know what the problem is...

  scroll down...

  jehovah's witnesses"faith of our fathers: part one, were the early christians jehovah's witnesses?

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  Anecdotes are virtually meaningless in this context. There is no rigor in the information imparted by these 'discussions' and 'personal experiences'. They are just as meaningful as the 'experiences' cited at the weekly Service Meeting.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Have a High Mental Illness Level

  by Bryan in

  1. social
  2. family

  now we know what the problem is...

  scroll down...

  jehovah's witnesses"faith of our fathers: part one, were the early christians jehovah's witnesses?

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  To reinforce Farkel's comment, Bergman is not very credible. His degree has nothing to do with psychology, psychiatry, sociology or medicine so he's talking out of his hat. He also hasn't done very well in the "expert witness" business.
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  As JW did you Recycle? Did you give to Charities? Do You Now?

  by xjw_b12 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is to expound on what fe203girl said in an earlier topic.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/69666/1094454/post.ashx#1094454.

  it always bothered me as jw, just how little social and global responsibility we felt responsible for.

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  Pork Chop

  Yes, Yes, Yes, walk for juvenile diabetes, breast cancer, and march of dimes preemies & birth defects. Anyone like to sponsor me?