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  Foundations giving thousands of dollars to the WT. Documents from CitizenAudit.org

  by oppostate in

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  8 years ago

  there are a ton of foundations, corporations and groups giving money, thousands of dollars in contributions, to the wt according to citizenaudit.org documents.. here's one example from the edwin j. and patti curtze foundation:.

  http://pdfs.citizenaudit.org/2016_10_pf/26-1439455_990pf_201512.pdf.

  in this instance they get dividends from investments and disburse thousands to the wt.. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/261439455.

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  Question for SBF

  by Fisherman in

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  2. beliefs

  8 years ago

  slimboyfat, it appears that wts is going, gone digital.

  can you show your view what is wts next move after they are completely gone from kings county and settled in warwick?

  - this thread is your if you want it..

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  The special talk is now BEFORE the Memorial

  by wifibandit in

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  8 years ago

  august 11, 2017 to all bodies of elders re: 2018 memorial invitations and date of special talk .

  fyi:.

  the 2018 memorial will be held on saturday, march 31, 2018.. the 2019 memorial will be held on friday, april 19, 2019..

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  An infographic I just created...

  by HappyHappyHappy1914 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  8 years ago

  hey everyone.

  i don't post here often, but i lurk pretty much everyday.

  i just created the following infographic based on the recent yearbook stats.

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  Do you think the general public cares about former Jehovah's witnesses?

  by Christian Gutierrez in

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  2. friends

  8 years ago

  i was wondering if you guys think if the general public cares about our stories or if they even care what the watchtower does to people??

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  Recent mistakes of the Governing Body contributing to the decline of JWs

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  9 years ago

  they have made so many strategical mistakes it's hard to keep track.

  some changes within the last decade or so that are contributing to declining numbers of jws:.

  1. elimination of book study groups, the most informal, enjoyable and sociable of the jw meetings, contributed to loss of sense of community among jws.. 2. policy of consolidating kingdom halls.

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  Kids continue to leave in droves - so what is the organization's grand plan? This

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  9 years ago

  jws have one of the worst, if not the worst, retention rates among their kids.

  i've seen numbers from 65% to 88% who leave, never to return.. you'd think this would be a priority amongst the leadership, right?

  where do tomorrow's leaders come from, if the vast majority of kids leave the organization?

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  Honeymoon over for the carts

  by Deltawave in

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  2. beliefs

  9 years ago

  speaking with inlaws i another congregation today who said exactly what is being said in our own hall.

  the trolly work is long and boring and no one even notices they are there anymore but walk right on by.

  jehovah really is speeding up the work lol.

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  Ex elders vs. Current elders

  by dothemath in

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  2. beliefs

  9 years ago

  in our congregation there are now more ex-elders than current ones.

  (probably very common).

  what i notice most of all, is that the ones who were the best speakers (we actually had some good ones) are the ones who have all stepped down.. i'm of the opinion the better teachers recognize its all a joke, and can't be bothered to reach out again.. so the ones left who are taking the lead are the most boring ones available.

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  Just realized this recently - as a JW, I never "owned" any of my accomplishments or talents & abilities....

  by Muddy Waters in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  9 years ago

  just realized this recently - as a jw, i never "owned" any of my accomplishments or talents & abilities....we were always told how we are nothing, just specks of dust, grasshoppers, worms.... lowly, despicable sinners in need of redemption, born into sin & misery, constantly facing temptations that we could never handle on our own but only with "jehovah's help"... so we were continually marginalized, all our abilities and talents... they would even quote scriptures that said things like "why should we boast as if we didn't receive these abilities..?

  "it was a weird mentally psychotic dichotomy -- being told we were worthless sinners, undeserving of god's kindness -- and on the other hand being the only ones who would survive the great day of jehovah the almighty god at armageddon.

  (well, probably, maybe, if we did enough and *kept* doing enough...)so we didn't "own" any of our abilities and accomplishments.

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