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Watchtower July 2025
by St George of England in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i just saw the new wt is up and available.

the cover picture looks to me like the one that should have been used on the august 2024 wt but was pulled at the last minute and released with a different picture many weeks later.

someone on here uploaded a low res version of the picture last year.. of course we all know why the picture was pulled in the first place........ george.
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The Governing Body have a lack of self awareness in this discussion
by ukpimo in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
david splane's infamous pandemic "land of the living" speech will be shown at the midweek meeting in 2 weeks.. https://www.jw.org/en/library/jw-meeting-workbook/march-april-2025-mwb/life-and-ministry-meeting-schedule-for-march-3-9-2025/.

in this item,.

7. demonstrate trust in jehovah’s organization.
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Doesn't this convict look similar to Stephen Lett?
by ukpimo in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.fox21news.com/news/crime/affidavit-religious-elder-abused-raped-children-for-decades/.
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I want a marriage mate that’s a brother
by Lace83 in
1. social
2. relationships
hi, my name is leacy and i am 41 years old.

i live in california.

i attend the rancho santa margarita congregation.
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Did you have a written schedule?
by karter in
1. jw
2. friends
the wts encouraged us to have one, i alway found it funny when people would desplay it where everyone could see it to show how busy they are in the lords work.. karter..
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Jehovah provides Javier a part-time job
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the watchtower—study edition | march 2025. keep walking by faith.

7 note how javier, a brother in south america, saw the need to walk by faith.

he says: “i had applied for a prestigious job that would double my salary and provide considerable personal satisfaction.” however, javier had the deep desire to pioneer.
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Further Crisis looming for JW org re Safeguarding ?
by Phizzy in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
if you substitute j.w org for c of e this really hits home : (from bbc news site) :.

the church of england risks further crisis if it fails to adopt a sweeping new independent system to keep people safe, the former head of a national inquiry into child sexual abuse has said.

(prof. alexis jay).. "i think it's absolutely necessary because church safeguarding as it stands falls below the standards of secular organisations, and i do not think that can continue when it has also led to such serious weaknesses," she told the bbc..
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Miscarriage myths amongst JW
by Anony Mous in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so i am having these discussions about children etc and there are witness ties and family history in these discussions.

i got the feeling having this discussion that they seemed to imply somehow it was ‘the parent’s fault’ for having a miscarriage.

whether it was domestic violence, or the mother did something wrong themselves.
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2025**02-February**S-147**Memorial**and Campaign!
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
2025-s-147-announcements english-memorial and memorial campaign.

( i am still waiting to receive it in other languages.

https://pdfupload.io/docs/8307b8ef .
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A message from Barbara Anderson re: the health state of her hero, her husband, Joe Anderson
by jwleaks in
1. jw
2. friends
from barbara:.

my dear husband, joe anderson, has had very real problems with his short-term memory for at least a year which really worried me.

as his mental health deteriorated, i decided to have our local longtime physician talk alone with joe during an office visit last september.