@blondie,
Thanks for the info. I understand that as a result there is no publicly available information about the finances of JW congregations in the USA.
Anders Andersen
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Help: project to gather statistics on JW congregation finances.
by Anders Andersen inmany countries demand that charities publish a yearly summary of their finances.. where i live (netherlands), charities must publish these statements themselves, and jw do this at jw-anbi.nl.
(i'm quite certain almost no jw knows about that site btw.).
anyway i've been working on automatically harvesting data from all the congregation finance statements to gain more insight in how the borg is doing over time.. now it occured to me that i could do this analysis for more countries and get an even bigger picture.
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Help: project to gather statistics on JW congregation finances.
by Anders Andersen inmany countries demand that charities publish a yearly summary of their finances.. where i live (netherlands), charities must publish these statements themselves, and jw do this at jw-anbi.nl.
(i'm quite certain almost no jw knows about that site btw.).
anyway i've been working on automatically harvesting data from all the congregation finance statements to gain more insight in how the borg is doing over time.. now it occured to me that i could do this analysis for more countries and get an even bigger picture.
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Anders Andersen
Canada: https://apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/srch/advancedsearch-eng.action (search for both Jehovah's Witnessesand Temoins de Jéhovah)
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Help: project to gather statistics on JW congregation finances.
by Anders Andersen inmany countries demand that charities publish a yearly summary of their finances.. where i live (netherlands), charities must publish these statements themselves, and jw do this at jw-anbi.nl.
(i'm quite certain almost no jw knows about that site btw.).
anyway i've been working on automatically harvesting data from all the congregation finance statements to gain more insight in how the borg is doing over time.. now it occured to me that i could do this analysis for more countries and get an even bigger picture.
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Slim, thanks a lot for that information! Really helpful!
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Help: project to gather statistics on JW congregation finances.
by Anders Andersen inmany countries demand that charities publish a yearly summary of their finances.. where i live (netherlands), charities must publish these statements themselves, and jw do this at jw-anbi.nl.
(i'm quite certain almost no jw knows about that site btw.).
anyway i've been working on automatically harvesting data from all the congregation finance statements to gain more insight in how the borg is doing over time.. now it occured to me that i could do this analysis for more countries and get an even bigger picture.
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Australia is added to the list now.
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Help: project to gather statistics on JW congregation finances.
by Anders Andersen inmany countries demand that charities publish a yearly summary of their finances.. where i live (netherlands), charities must publish these statements themselves, and jw do this at jw-anbi.nl.
(i'm quite certain almost no jw knows about that site btw.).
anyway i've been working on automatically harvesting data from all the congregation finance statements to gain more insight in how the borg is doing over time.. now it occured to me that i could do this analysis for more countries and get an even bigger picture.
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Hi there,
Many countries demand that charities publish a yearly summary of their finances.
Where I live (Netherlands), charities must publish these statements themselves, and JW do this at JW-anbi.nl. (I'm quite certain almost no JW knows about that site btw.)
Anyway I've been working on automatically harvesting data from all the congregation finance statements to gain more insight in how the Borg is doing over time.
Now it occured to me that I could do this analysis for more countries and get an even bigger picture. A big issue though is that it's not easy to find where these statements are published.
So please help me out by answering these questions:
- Does your country require charities to publish yearly financial statements
- If so, do you know where these are published for JW?
Please don't forget to include what country you're answering for :-)
What I got so far (I'll update once more information comes in):
- The Netherlands: http://JW-anbi.nl
- United Kingdom: http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx
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How Do They Chose Someone To Be A Member Of The Illustrious Governing Body?
by Brokeback Watchtower ini'm mean were talking making someone a policy maker for the corporation that can have serious financial consequences.
i'm sure intelligence is not high on the priority list for this noble office being they hate higher education and consider it a waste of time.. i'm sure they would thoroughly know the party line as any self respecting mind control would never choose an original thinker.
i'm also sure a lot of ass kissing happens before one gets chosen as a ass wiping helper which seem to be a sort of initiation into governing body corporate politics and a sort of proving ground to show your determination protect the organization from the enemy be they what ever source.
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In the first century, Christian cast lots to choose Judas' replacement, Matthias. Like tossing dice and praying to god to control what came up to choose Barsabbas or Matthias.
This sprang into my mind too. JW always claim everything they do is Bible based. Yet they never cast the lot for anything. Especially not for deciding who's gonna be new boss.
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I’m so sad . . .
by HappyBlessedFree inso my husband asked me if i’m going to the memorial.
i said “no”.. he asked would it be okay if i take the kids.
“i would prefer that you didn’t”.. why can’t he see the lies!
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You must feel quite frustrated and anxious, trying to keep you child from being dragged into the cult while your husband wants to drag them in.
I'm in a similar situation, although I'm lucky enough to be the husband, and so far I managed to have my wife (reluctantly) agree to stop bringing our young child you meetings.
It may be tempting to try and make your husband see the light...but that may or may not happen. More important is to make him stop dragging your children into the cult.
Here's the 'script' that I followed:
- First come to an agreement that children (in general) should make up their own mind on religion, and not be forced to worship as their parents do.
- Then make it more specific: this applies to your children and JWism too, right? Or are JW children forced to become JW?
- Once the stage is set for that, come back to your husband's request to bring the children to the memorial. There is only one important question: why should your children have to be there or in any other JW meeting?
- Your husband has limited options to reply: because the Bible says so, or to save their lives, or because they need to learn about the memorial, pay respect to Jehovah and Jesus etc.
- Again: why would children (especially young children) need to do any of that? Would they understand what's going on there? If not, they needn't be there. If so, he might just as well explain the proceedings to them at home.
- If they are brought to JW meetings, would he agree to let you bring them to Easter mass in some other church too? After all, you agreed your children should be able to choose for themselves, so if they attend one church (JW) they should know about the others too.
I managed to stay out of any doctrinal discussions. While discussing this topic, I didn't make any claims about JW being not true. I simply stuck to
- what they tell at JW meetings isn't suitable for young children (murder, immorality, war, execution, incest) to hear
- if the child is too young to understand there is no use in bringing them
- if the child is older, it's basically unfair to them to bring them to the KH without showing them other church meetings at least just as often.
Perhaps you can use any of this l. It depends a bit on how out you are, and how old your children are. But I suspect this route is faster than trying to get your husband out. You can still do that afterwards....
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Dutch (ex) JWs: Online survey sexual abuse within JW Netherlands by Utrecht University
by jochie insince today dutch (ex)jws are asked to fill out an online survey by utrecht university with regard to (child) sexual abuse.as chairman of reclaimed voices i call on all dutch speaking (ex) jws to fill out this survey in case you were a victim of abuse or in case you know of someone else that was abused within the jehovah's witnesseswith your participation you contribute to an important investigation that is carried out.link to the survey: https://usbo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/sv_4hkmbqjhlm0uhmh
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After the special talk this weekend. An announcement was made to the congregetion that victims of sexual abuse or those who know them can participate in this survey.
Wow George One Time I take back my words about April Fools. You were right. They really did read a letter! Can't believe they actually did that.
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Dutch (ex) JWs: Online survey sexual abuse within JW Netherlands by Utrecht University
by jochie insince today dutch (ex)jws are asked to fill out an online survey by utrecht university with regard to (child) sexual abuse.as chairman of reclaimed voices i call on all dutch speaking (ex) jws to fill out this survey in case you were a victim of abuse or in case you know of someone else that was abused within the jehovah's witnesseswith your participation you contribute to an important investigation that is carried out.link to the survey: https://usbo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/sv_4hkmbqjhlm0uhmh
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Anders Andersen
I'd love to send the video footage of Geoff Jackson's ARC testimony to this fucktard, particularly the bit where Jackson - for all intents and purposes - admits that there's a problem.
I think the Dutch JW leaders are feeling the heat of the fire...this appears to be the first time they flat out mentioned to JW members the attention the media have for JW abuse issues.
The guy who gave the talk is high up enough that he probably knows he's talking shit. No doubt the GB already sent letters to all branches regarding the abuse issues, and he's probably aware of those letters.
No doubt this bro noticed the dozens policemen raiding his Bethel office looking for evidence re. child abuse.
No doubt this bro knows one of the GB came to The Netherlands to discuss child abuse issues with the Minister of Justice.
So he probably already knows about the ARC, perhaps even saw Jackass' testimony....still didn't help him much.
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Dutch (ex) JWs: Online survey sexual abuse within JW Netherlands by Utrecht University
by jochie insince today dutch (ex)jws are asked to fill out an online survey by utrecht university with regard to (child) sexual abuse.as chairman of reclaimed voices i call on all dutch speaking (ex) jws to fill out this survey in case you were a victim of abuse or in case you know of someone else that was abused within the jehovah's witnesseswith your participation you contribute to an important investigation that is carried out.link to the survey: https://usbo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/sv_4hkmbqjhlm0uhmh
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Anders Andersen
During the recent circuit convention the Bethel representative said in one of his talks that everything the media say about JW and child abuse are lies, and staying faithful means rejecting these lies. He claimed children of JW are in the safest possible environment to grow up.