Topics Started by Attewc

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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?.
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Who would you like to be the next President of USA?
by Iamallcool in
1. jw
2. friends
any takers?.
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Printed vs Produced
by Rattigan350 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in the january 1, 2015 watchtower it says printing each issue 52,946,000 in 228 languages semimonthly.

in that 2016 #1 issue watchtower it says produced each issue 58,987,000 in 254 languages monthly.

what is the difference between printed and produced?.
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2018 Service Year Report - Released on jw.org
by Drearyweather in
1. watchtower
2. bible
2018 service year report of jehovah’s witnesses worldwide.

see details of the global preaching work of jehovah’s witnesses from september 2017 to august 2018.. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2018-service-year-report/.

average publishers preaching each month: 8,360,594 (2017 - 8,248,982).
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JW Australian Finances
by Attewc in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i imagine someone has done this already, but i couldn't find it in a search.

feel free to move to another thread if i'm posting in the wrong one.. i've been watching leah remini's scientology show (eerily very similar psychological traits to jw's) and one episode talked about how australia now requires non-profit organizations to make their finances public, so i decided to look for jw's reports.. link to jw's reports:.

https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/db994d2f8dec3cdfdbca01e8c8e28da9#financials-documents.