The Watchtower magazine May 1, 1965, page 278
"To pressure members of a congregation in a gentle way to contribute by resorting to devices without Scriptural precedent or support, such as passing a collection plate in front of them or . . . soliciting pledges, is to admit a weakness. There is something wrong. There is a lack. A lack of what? A lack of appreciation. No such coaxing or pressuring devices are needed where there is genuine appreciation. Could this lack of appreciation be related to the kind of spiritual food offered to the people."
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Additional BOE Letter: Please Be Advised that Further Direction Will Soon be Sent to the Bodies of Elders...
by TTATTelder indear brothers:.
we are writing as a follow-up to the letters dated january 24, 2014, and march 29, 2014,. to all congregations regarding the adjustments now underway to accelerate construction of king-.
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JWLEAKS.ORG | Frequently Asked Questions
by jwleaks injw leaks has recently published an faq page (frequently asked questions) on their website so as to answer some of the inquiries and questions received via email.. .
frequently asked questions include:.
is jw leaks an apostate web site?.
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JW Leaks has recently published an FAQ page (Frequently Asked Questions) on their website so as to answer some of the inquiries and questions received via email.
www.jwleaks.org/faqFrequently Asked Questions include:
Is JW Leaks an apostate web site?
Who are you?
Do you unlawfully publish copyright material from Jehovah's Witnesses or the Watch Tower Society?
Can I send documents or links on relevant information to JW Leaks?
Has the Watch Tower Society or Jehovah's Witnesses ever commenced legal action against JW Leaks? (see below)
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HAS THE WATCH TOWER SOCIETY OR JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES EVER COMMENCED LEGAL ACTION AGAINST JW LEAKS?
Yes. For example, Over the past 12 months, attorneys for the Watch Tower Society and Jehovah’s Witnesses have filed numerous ‘alleged’ copyright infringements against JW Leaks, on the basis of links we have published on our web site. However such claims are baseless under law.
Click below to download a sample of an ‘alleged’ copyright claim filed against JW Leaks by Watch Tower Society and Jehovah’s Witnesses under the DMCA laws.
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'American Pickers' Star and her Jehovah's Witness upbringing
by jwleaks indanielle colby went from jehovah's witnesses to burlesque dancer to vintage decor goddess.
dallas news | by joy tipping.
january 30, 2014. .
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Danielle Colby went from Jehovah's Witnesses to burlesque dancer to vintage decor goddess
Dallas News | by Joy TippingJanuary 30, 2014
You might think it’d be a monumental leap from a Jehovah’s Witnesses girlhood to a life of burlesque dancing, roller-derby team ownership, fashion design and reality show stardom.
Not so, says Danielle Colby of the History Channel’ s hit show American Pickers. “I beg to differ with you on that,” she says with a laugh, by phone from her home in Chicago. “All of my friends who left the faith became strippers, just about every one of them. They saved money and paid for college and got great jobs.”
...She grew up in Iowa, the daughter of “good parents who had a very liberal lifestyle, they were hippies. … Then they became Jehovah’s Witnesses, in a drug-induced haze or whatever,” she says, “and we grew up in this very strict, religious atmosphere where we were going to church three times a week, not including field service where we went out and knocked on people’s doors.” -
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They have got to be making this stuff up!
by Atlantis inthey have got to be making this stuff up!
posted here: .
http://www.jw-archive.org/ .
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Can Jehovah's witnesses eat halal and kosher meat?
by Reynam ini'm new here, i pretty much created this account cause i couldn't find the answer to my question.
and my question is, can jw eat halal and kosher meat?
i was searching online but all i found was that jw dont have any food restrictions besides consuming blood.. if someone can answer my question, please and thank u!.
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A discussion on the viewpoint of Jehovah's Witnesses concerning the butchering of animals for human consumption was held during an Australian Senate Investigation in 1999. An extract of the relevent section of the official transcript appears below.
[Don] MacLean is the director of Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia and a member of the Branch Committee.
[Vincent] Toole is legal counsel for Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia and an elder (former circuit overseer/sheep shearer)
The entire senate transcript, and other documents relating to Jehovah's Witnesses in Australia, can be downloaded at:
The senate document appears under the subheading "Senate Investigation".
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Need Scan from KIT 1985 version
by JWOP ini'm looking to see what the 1985 version of the kit says at matthew 27:52-53. i'm looking for the word-for-word greek/english part.
i have a 1969 kit, so i just need to compare to see if there's been any changes between the two.
if you can send me a scan of it, pm me.
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RUSSIA | Jehovah's Witnesses and Health Privacy
by jwleaks injw leaks has published court documents in relation to the medical and health privacy case of avilkina and others v. russia heard before the european court of human rights in 2013.. jwleaks.org/2014/01/23/jehovahs-witnesses-and-health-privacy-russia/.
the case concerned alleged harassment of jehovahs witnesses.
the applicants, a religious organisation and three russian nationals who are jehovahs witnesses: yekaterina avilkina, who was born in 2006 and lives in nalchik; nina dubinina, who was born in 1959 and lives in murmansk; and, valentina zhukova, who was born in 1956 and lives in the leningrad region.. relying on article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and article 14 (prohibition of discrimination), the applicants notably complained about disclosure of their medical files to the russian prosecution authorities following their refusal to have blood transfusions during their stay in public hospitals.
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JW Leaks has published court documents in relation to the medical and health privacy case of Avilkina and Others v. Russia heard before the European Court of Human Rights in 2013.
jwleaks.org/2014/01/23/jehovahs-witnesses-and-health-privacy-russia/
The case concerned alleged harassment of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The applicants, a religious organisation and three Russian nationals who are Jehovah’s Witnesses: Yekaterina Avilkina, who was born in 2006 and lives in Nalchik; Nina Dubinina, who was born in 1959 and lives in Murmansk; and, Valentina Zhukova, who was born in 1956 and lives in the Leningrad region.
Relying on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination), the applicants notably complained about disclosure of their medical files to the Russian prosecution authorities following their refusal to have blood transfusions during their stay in public hospitals. In connection with an inquiry into the lawfulness of the applicant organisation’s activities, the prosecuting authorities had instructed all St. Petersburg hospitals to report refusals of blood transfusions by Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Paragraph 33 of the Judgment states:
“The applicants considered that, by requesting the disclosure of medical files in respect of patients who were Jehovah’s Witnesses, the prosecutor’s office had excessively and arbitrarily extended the meaning of the relevant provisions of the legislation in force at the material time. There had been no criminal action or suspicion of criminal activities on the part of the applicants which could have justified the disclosure. The prosecutor’s office had merely been “fishing” for information. In the applicants’ view the relevant legislative provision could not be interpreted in so unrestrictive a manner as to grant the law-enforcement agencies access to confidential medical information without any relation to a specific criminal investigation.”
The applicants, including a child, were represented by the Administrative Centre of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, with assistance from the European Association of Jehovah’s Christian Witnesses, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, and an extensive legal team of lawyers from the USA, Russia, and the United Kingdom.
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How much money do you think WT actually makes a year ?
by cookiemaster ini know that just recently they've made billions by cashing in their real estate from brooklyn.
i also saw somewhere that only the uk branch, in a year, made 16 million pounds in profit with their stock portofolio.
my cousin worked personally for a guy in italy, who was involved in the mafia , and was a jw, and apparently he donated at a single convention more than 1 million euros(probably as a way to wash his sins).
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The only "Statement of Accounts" available for the Watch Tower Society (Pennsylvania) were for the years 1995-1998. They are available to download at:
http://jwleaks.org/watchtower/
The current "Financial Reports" for Watch Tower (Britain), the International Bible Student Association (IBSA), and the European Association of Jehovah's Christian Witnesses are available to download at:
The most recent years for the "Statement of Income" for Watchtower (Australia) are available to download at:
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I am looking for a page
by Doug Mason inhi,.
i am looking for a scan of: the interpreter's dictionary of the bible, edited by george a. buttrick, volume 1, page 166.. thanks,.
doug.
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This is what I have but am not sure it is the right page... my reference library gives this document as the one you requested. However it may not be correct. If not... my bad!
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USA, Oklahoma | Jehovah's Witness church elder Ronald Lawrence arrested over sex abuse claims dating back to 1980s
by jwleaks inusa, oklahoma | jehovah's witness church elder ronald lawrence arrested over sex abuse claims dating back to the 1980's.
a 76-year-old mcalester man was arrested tuesday on 19 counts of sexual abuse after police received claims he molested several children while in a position of authority more than 30 years ago.. mcalester police detectives were alerted to the alleged sexual crimes conducted by ronald lawrence back in august when his first accuser reported abuse at the hands of a jehovah's witness church leader.. a woman now in her 40s told detectives lawrence, an elder at mcalester's kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses, abused her when she was just eight years old, inviting her to his home, where he fondled her and raped her in his bathtub, according to her testimony found in lawrence's arrest warrant, which was issued tuesday.. two other accusers, also in their 40s, then came forward with similar stories of abuse.
both said they were very young, with one telling investigators the molestation took place from the time she was 10 until she was 13 years old.
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USA, Oklahoma | Jehovah's Witness church elder Ronald Lawrence arrested over sex abuse claims dating back to the 1980's
A 76-year-old McAlester man was arrested Tuesday on 19 counts of sexual abuse after police received claims he molested several children while in a position of authority more than 30 years ago.
McAlester police detectives were alerted to the alleged sexual crimes conducted by Ronald Lawrence back in August when his first accuser reported abuse at the hands of a Jehovah's Witness church leader.
A woman now in her 40s told detectives Lawrence, an elder at McAlester's Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, abused her when she was just eight years old, inviting her to his home, where he fondled her and raped her in his bathtub, according to her testimony found in Lawrence's arrest warrant, which was issued Tuesday.
Two other accusers, also in their 40s, then came forward with similar stories of abuse. Both said they were very young, with one telling investigators the molestation took place from the time she was 10 until she was 13 years old. She reported being assaulted in Lawrence's swimming pool, at the lake and in the janitor's closet at the First National Bank where he worked, his arrest warrant indicates.
Detectives spoke with Lawrence shortly after, on Oct. 25. Lawrence initially denied any sexual contact with two of the three, but admitted to at least some form of inappropriate behavior with one of the alleged victims.
"They shouldn't have [happened]," Lawrence told detectives during a recorded interview. "I'm sure and [it] may have been on purpose, I touched her."
Lawrence also said he was "dis-fellowshipped" from the Kingdom Hall after two allegations from within that community came to light. Lawrence even named another allegation involving a boy in the First National Bank basement, according to the affidavits. He refused to speak with investigators.
But after the interview in which Lawrence denied the majority of allegations facing him, he called a McAlester detective, the document states, to say he had confessed to the Kingdom Hall in 2005 that the claims of abuse were true in order to be reinstated into it.
According to Lawrence's arrest warrant, the elder did not believe the Kingdom Hall ever elected to tell law enforcement of the potential crimes. If officials did, in fact, withhold that information from authorities, they too could be prosecuted
The district attorney's office is now in the process of determining what laws Lawrence might have broken that were in place in the 1980s. McAlester detectives are also exploring the possibility of more victims.
