Anders Andersen

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  What Do You Think of Socialism?

  by minimus in

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  do you support socialism?

  is it something that you would want in your country?.

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  Neither Canada nor the Netherlands are socialist. They are capitalist societies that use all their tax money they would have had to spend on national defense on health care because the U.S. mostly funds NATO

  That sounds logical right until you check the numbers and see that USA actually spends a lot more (per capita) on healthcare, and gets much less in return.

  Health care in Canada and NL (and many other countries) doesn't just work because they throw more money at it than USA; quite the opposite. The USA healthcare system fails because it's built on the principles of greed and selfishness. Even if they throw more money at it, the system will stay broken and ineffective.
  
  
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  When The Truth - is Not -The Truth

  by Esau in

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  is 607bc being a made up, “plug in” date the only thing that invalidates 1914 from being christ’s time of kingly rein?.

  i mean, screw the math & bs formulas.

  can 1914 simply work as a starting date for “the last days” simply by the events that occurred??

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  No. Life and world conditions have improved a lot in the past 200 years, including since 1914.

  These are not the worst time ever as the Bible claims the 'last days' would be.

  https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions-in-5-charts

  
  
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  Big Announcement in Montreal

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just got the heads up from montreal that 16 congregations will cease to exist from 1 april 2019. also 3 kh are no longer going to be used anymore.

  this was a major announcement for many and upsetting.

  wonder where the r& f are going to be dispersed with what sacrifices in the way!.

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  Let me guess....some of these congregations have had issues with child abuse. Dissolving all of them, shuffling the cards, and starting all over with 'new' congregations (legal entities) helps protect Watchtower from the child abuse lawsuit brewing in Canada....?
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  What Do You Think of Socialism?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you support socialism?

  is it something that you would want in your country?.

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  I have noticed that many people in the USA have no idea what true socialism is, nor what countries are or are not socialist states. Probably their political leaders' fear mongering and the virtue of ignorance are to blame for that.

  Norway is not a socialist state. It's a capitalist free market democracy with a social safety net. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model

  Yes, it's a mixed economy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_economy), but not socialism. Perhaps state capitalism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capitalism) is a good name, because the Norwegian government chooses not to regulate, but to own shares in some important companies instead.

  Anyway, I think USA royally fooked up with unbridled free market capitalism. There is a reason the USA has the highest per capita health expenses, and doesn't even get close with average life expectancy to countries like Poland and Chile, that have much lower per capita health spendings....
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  German got his silver sword

  by fastJehu in

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  on saturday 02-02-2019 german jws got there silver sword.

  rumour has it that all of europe received the translation yesterday, because gerrit lösch visited the european branch in selters (germany).

  can anyone confirm that?.

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  Afaik the Netherlands already have it for quite some time.
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  ''Special Letter'' to be Read In Canada Week of Feb 3,2019

  by Beth Sarim in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have just been informed that there is a 'special letter' to be read at the meetings week of feb 3,2019 in canada.

  anybody heard of this!!

  just a heads-up!

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  Anders Andersen

  Dear dubs,

  As we have informed you about earlier, Satan is persecuting us by launching a class action suit re. child abuse.

  Of course we ABHOR child abuse lawsuits.

  Anyway, just so you know, any JW who testifies in this court case and exposes our flaws, will be DFed.

  With creepy love,

  The old men at the lake.
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  "Finnish court orders Jehovah's Witnesses to end illegal data gathering"

  by treesthroughtheforest in

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  who remembers taking field service records?.

  "finnish court orders jehovah's witnesses to end illegal data gathering".

  https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish_court_orders_jehovahs_witnesses_to_end_illegal_data_gathering/10558162.

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  Nice. To be copied by the rest of EU member states.
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  Atlantis--Do You Have This File?

  by Atlantis in

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  atlantis, do you have the: [ i pledge file ] in a download?.

  hi becky, sure.

  it's the file on the national federation of the blind and so forth.. .

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  It's interesting that they don't identify themselves as Jehovah's Witnesses or the Watchtower Society.

  They know nobody knows what jw,org is. They purposely hide their identity. Typical cult behavior: using inconspicuous fronts to lure people in.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Getting Roasted In Comedy Shows

  by pale.emperor in

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  a selection of my favorite scenes from comedy shows/movies where they poke fun at jehovah's witnesses.

  in the old days whenever they'd mention jws my mum would change channel in outrage.. this one's my favorite!

  skip to 1:19 - .

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  Awesome P.E.!
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  Elders: Which legal office?

  by betterdaze in

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  2. child-abuse

  there are two legal offices listed on the jw.org website.. united stateswatchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc.office of the general counsel100 watchtower drivepatterson ny 12563-9204united states+1 [email protected].

  world headquartersjehovah’s witnesses, office of the general counsel1 kings drivetuxedo park ny 10987-5500united states+1 [email protected].

  to which location does one report child abusers and their enablers?

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  Anders Andersen

  In the USA there's the USA branch, overseeing JW activity in the USA, and there's the world HQ that oversees the world wide activity of JW.

  USA elders would normally contact the USA branch, not HQ. Just as German elders would contact German branch, not HQ.

  I guess HQ legal dept. is contacted by the legal dept. of the difference branches, and/or (if needed) by international organizations like the UN, OSCE, EU courts, etc.