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  TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS "Handling Cases of Drug Abuse" September 1, 2018

  by Not_Culty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://jwglossary.blogspot.com/2018/09/to-all-bodies-of-elders-handling-cases.html.

  to all bodies of elders "handling cases of drug abuse".

  september 1, 2018. to all bodies of elders re: handling cases of drug abusedear brothers: as noted below, the procedure for handling the misuse of marijuana and the abuse of medi- cal, illicit, or addictive drugs has been adjusted to harmonize with the procedure for handling the misuse of tobacco.

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  Corney

  To be fair, that has always been the JW stance - there are lots of JWs taking some pretty heavy opioids.
  
  

  Yes, but I doubt they have any "Scriptural basis" for this exception.
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  TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS "Handling Cases of Drug Abuse" September 1, 2018

  by Not_Culty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://jwglossary.blogspot.com/2018/09/to-all-bodies-of-elders-handling-cases.html.

  to all bodies of elders "handling cases of drug abuse".

  september 1, 2018. to all bodies of elders re: handling cases of drug abusedear brothers: as noted below, the procedure for handling the misuse of marijuana and the abuse of medi- cal, illicit, or addictive drugs has been adjusted to harmonize with the procedure for handling the misuse of tobacco.

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  So, drugs are prohibited by Bible but they are allowed when prescribed by a doctor.

  Divorce is prohibited by Bible unless it's necessary to save the live, health, material or "spiritual" well-being.

  Blood is prohibited... without any exception.

  Where is the logic?
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  Oktoberfest exJW Community: Saturday 22nd September 2018

  by Darth FayDehr in

  1. social
  2. current

  read all about it in this pdf: https://1drv.ms/b/s!arekzxkzlp8yettbolw5x5vy73s.

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  Corney

  The attached table contains a mistake, i.e. double-counting; compare rows 259-279 and 280-300.

  And why the number of created congregations wasn't mentioned? It also looks bad for the organization since only 9 out of 194 ones are German-language: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6316808367767552/reasons-concluding-that-watchtower-serious-financial-trouble?page=16#5706778462388224 (the figures are bit outdated - stats from the most recent bulletin wasn't taken into account).
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  Humans only survive for 3-5 days without water...

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  and yet today's watchtower and indeed the bible condemns the israelites for moaning about having no water!

  it's never occurred to me how unjust this is!

  and how could a so called loving god not provide a basic human need?!.

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  Surprised no one here remembered about another cruel and narcissistic god of people in a desert.

  "Do not, my friends, become addicted to water, or it will take hold of you and you will resent its absence!"

  
  

  
  (Sorry, I couldn't resist)
  
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  Anyone notice there has not been any announcement for the annual meeting broadcast this year?

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  let the speculation begin!.

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  careful

  Here are some thoughts:

  https://rmovideo.blogspot.com/2018/08/jw-annual-meeting-2018-new-updates-speculations-provisions.html
  

  To add some context:

  https://rmovideo.blogspot.com/2017/06/jw-annual-meeting-2017-new-updates-speculations-provisions.html

  http://rmovideo.blogspot.com/2016/09/jw-annual-meeting-2016-new-updates-speculations-provisions.html
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  Can you help with this?

  by vienne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i need a scan of this: the apocalyptic interpretation of history of american premillennial groups, phd dissertation by carl ludwigson, 1944. if you have it, please contact me..

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  Vienne,

  Do you still need a scan?
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  German branch stats: the number of KHs has decreased by 1/8 during the past 7 years

  by Corney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  according to its own statistics, the jw organization in germany had 1075 kingdom halls in august 2011, 997 khs in november 2016, and 940 ones in august 2018. .

  the average decrease was 1.25 khs per month in 2011-2016 and 2.7 khs per month during the past two years.. .

  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16znuhftwpwq1nf_9jidc_srarst0errjssgcuxkbl8a/edit?usp=sharing .

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  _Morpheus, all the figures are from the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany where the official bulletins of Jehovas Zeugen in Deutschland, K. d. ö. r. are published.

  The google sheet contains all links as follows:

  https://web.archive.org/web/20070711035045/http://www.jehovaszeugen.de/akt/zwv/default.html (this link works only being clicked on the google sheet and I have no idea why)
  

  https://web.archive.org/web/20120127173330/http://www.jehovaszeugen.de/Statistik.18.0.html

  https://web.archive.org/web/20151120010610/http://www.jehovaszeugen.de/Statistik.18.0.html

  https://web.archive.org/web/20170103005649/http://www.jehovaszeugen.de/Statistik.18.0.html

  https://web.archive.org/web/20180812100950/https://www.jehovaszeugen.de/Statistik.18.0.html
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  German branch stats: the number of KHs has decreased by 1/8 during the past 7 years

  by Corney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  according to its own statistics, the jw organization in germany had 1075 kingdom halls in august 2011, 997 khs in november 2016, and 940 ones in august 2018. .

  the average decrease was 1.25 khs per month in 2011-2016 and 2.7 khs per month during the past two years.. .

  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16znuhftwpwq1nf_9jidc_srarst0errjssgcuxkbl8a/edit?usp=sharing .

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  According to its own statistics, the JW organization in Germany had 1075 Kingdom Halls in August 2011, 997 KHs in November 2016, and 940 ones in August 2018.

  The average decrease was 1.25 KHs per month in 2011-2016 and 2.7 KHs per month during the past two years.

  
  

  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ZNUhfTwpwq1Nf_9JiDC_srarst0ErrJssGCuXkbL8A/edit?usp=sharing
  
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  JW-RUSSIA.org cross image

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just browsing the russian jw site and saw this image that appears to represent christian persecution by showing handcuffs in front of prison bars that appear to form a cross.

  which would be weird because they don't even believe in the cross, or maybe it was clip art from another source and they didn't notice.

  or last and most likely i'm seeing things that aren't there 😜.

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  Oh Jesus, the local site team used this image in 2 of nearly 50 articles published on the site during this summer. It's one of the first appropriate stock photos they found. Finally, do you really think those very few Christians and non-believers browsing this site don't know who JWs are and will be deceived by a thumbnail (apart from the fact that not every person would even see a cross on it)? Is it really a big deal?
  
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  PROOF That Trump Colluded With Russia

  by minimus in

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  is there any “proof” yet??

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  Jehalapeno The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the U.S. will impose tough new trade sanctions on Russia in response to the poisoning and attempted murder of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain.

  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/world/europe/russia-sanctions-ruble.html
  

  Yeah, the Trump admin announced that tough sanctions will be imposed in November or later. The announcement was made after new sanctions bill was introduced by US senators.

  So, I think the Trump's intention is clear: to prevent the new bill from being passed and to pool the wool over Americans' eyes before the midterm election.

  His entire foreign policy (from sabotaging implementation of CAATSA, decimation of State Department under Tillerson and abandonment of democracy and human rights agenda to countless attacks on US allies and international institutions and undermining America's influence) was beneficial for Putin/Russia. Why will the pattern change?