Topics Started by Attewc

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JW Church is "Uncooperative" in Investigation
by Attewc in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
came across this local article in a small town nearby.

video names the church as jw's:.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/child-sex-crimes-alleged-kingsburg-015601519.html.
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Would it be right to post Memorial Zoom codes?
by ExCircuitOverseer in
1. jw
2. friends
i have come into possession of memorial zoom meeting codes for tonight that cannot be traced back to me.

i will not be attending.

what are your thoughts on posting these codes so activists can join tonight and maybe say something?
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2020-10-12--Year End Report! (as of 2020-10-14)
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
2020-october-12th.. re: 2020 year end report.

reply below for the link and a milkshake back in the pm section.. https://www.legendairymilkshakebar.com/.

petra!.
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Inconsistencies is the Preachng Work
by LetTheTruthBeKnown in
1. jw
2. friends
with the shutdown of the public preaching work.

some take it to mean all preaching in all forms.

other take it to mean it only includes door to door and cart witnessing, but you can do phone witnessing.. what is interesting is that depending which country you live in the direction that was given what to do is different.. two countries (malta and ireland) that i know of were told explicitly not to do phone witnessing.
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My email to JW Following Trolley Conversation
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a few weeks ago i had an really interesting conversation with three male jws who were loitering around a trolley at the west end of princes street in edinburgh.. i managed to completely avoid giving any hint about my jw past and focussed on why they thought the bible was a reliable moral guide.

i used the subject of slavery to illustrate my concerns.. one of the three was in his early twenties, knew a lot about his own beliefs but nothing about the real life and it was difficult to get through his thought-bubble.

the second one was in his 60s and not very bright.
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2019 JW Statistics
by Attewc in
1. jw
2. friends
here is the updated chart based on jw.org provided statistics found here: link to 2019 statistics.

anything that stands out to you ?.

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2019--December--4--Leaked--Videos!
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
congregation expenses types and approvals.

issuing donation acknowledgment letters.

monthly congregation accounts reports--s-30.
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Looking for Podcast recommendations.
by nicolaou in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm a postman so i get 4 to 5 hours every day with my headphones on and i'm really chewing through some stuff.

i'm after science (evolutionary biology and anthropology especially), history of religion and comedy.

old sci-fi audio books are also a favourite.
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Help: project to gather statistics on JW congregation finances.
by Anders Andersen in
1. jw
2. friends
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.
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Anyone every heard anything about your own blood?
by Tobyjones262 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was wondering if there was any policy from the cult about your own blood in you cut your finger and put it in your mouth out of reflex ect.

what if any is the position of this?

i always thought the amount of blood is not the real issue, even a drop would be a sin?.