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  Appointed by holy spirit

  by Ben57 in

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  i have been reading the posts on who is and or had been an elder.

  it amazes me at what many have said.

  perhaps i have misunderstood what they were saying.

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  Hecce

  No Holy Spirit, just likes and dislikes and mechanical pre made decisions.
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  Is there Racial harmony among the JWs?

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i joined the jws, racial issues were not really discussed much, other than some mention in the material given to me during my bible study in the "truth" book.

  our kingdom hall had only one dark skinned individual, who is portguese, and one of the anointed.

  i believe that he is now deceased.

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  I think that like in all segments of Society there is a certain degree of racism, and this goes both ways. The JWs are great at faking unity but there is a separtion undercurrent present.

  In all honesty it seems to me that the bigger split is between the "haves and have not" regarding service privileges.
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  When selling was preaching ...

  by Hecce in

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  2. beliefs

  i am going way, way back.

  history reveals that in the beginning the wt was just a publishing house, selling books and magazines; over the years it evolved into what it is today..

  the placement of the original publications was mostly done thru sales people masquerading as preachers.

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  They were however, not unique to Charlie Russel's Bible students.

  Frankly I don’t see anywhere in all the comments any reference as to this method being unique to CTR.

  The WT is the one that for more than 100 years has represented that their way of selling is unique and that they are not selling but preaching. I am pretty sure that anyone who has been involved in field service knows that is one of the first lines that you will learn as a witness.

  As to the other religions I don’t think that they are the subject of conversation and I for one couldn’t care less about all those groups.

  For sure this material is slanted is about the WT and no one else.

  My focus is the WT and their preaching-selling techniques.
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  The truth about Hispanic JWs in the United States

  by Hecce in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

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  i will like to share some facts about the spanish congregations in usa.

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  Hecce

  This is a quote from the Golden Age repeated several times here:

  1927 -"Spaniards .. and other backward races [came to settle in America under the influence of Rome]" {G AGE Nov 30 1927 141}
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  Closed WT Branches list.

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the friends at extj forum provided this list of wt branches that have been closed so far, there is also a mention that two large ones are in the process of being dismantled, they are spain and argentina.

  posted for informational purposes and it seems to be accurate.. thanks for reading.

  1) alaska.

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  Hecce

  A correction, the following were only WT Offices and not Branches: Armenia, Belarus, Malta, Nepal and Sudan.

  Sorry
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  Closed WT Branches list.

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the friends at extj forum provided this list of wt branches that have been closed so far, there is also a mention that two large ones are in the process of being dismantled, they are spain and argentina.

  posted for informational purposes and it seems to be accurate.. thanks for reading.

  1) alaska.

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  Hecce

  TS

  Spain is in guarded condition, according to the locals the WT is having a tought time finding a suitable buyer.

  Argentina was just added to the watch list.

  Thanks
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  Closed WT Branches list.

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the friends at extj forum provided this list of wt branches that have been closed so far, there is also a mention that two large ones are in the process of being dismantled, they are spain and argentina.

  posted for informational purposes and it seems to be accurate.. thanks for reading.

  1) alaska.

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  Hecce

  Phizzy

  Your are correct.

  Comparing the list to the 2000 yb, I don't see listed: Antigua, Armenia, Belarus, Lithuania, Malta, Nepal, Sudan and Turkey. Maybe they were closed before that year, seem to remember Malta as a Branch.

  Let me see if my compadre sheds more light in this issue.

  Thanks
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  Closed WT Branches list.

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the friends at extj forum provided this list of wt branches that have been closed so far, there is also a mention that two large ones are in the process of being dismantled, they are spain and argentina.

  posted for informational purposes and it seems to be accurate.. thanks for reading.

  1) alaska.

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  Hecce

  Very Odd:

  2013 yb: 96 Branches

  1999 yb: 109 Branches

  After 41 closings.

  ???????
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  Closed WT Branches list.

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the friends at extj forum provided this list of wt branches that have been closed so far, there is also a mention that two large ones are in the process of being dismantled, they are spain and argentina.

  posted for informational purposes and it seems to be accurate.. thanks for reading.

  1) alaska.

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  Hecce

  One of the friends at EXTJ forum provided this list of WT branches that have been closed so far, there is also a mention that two large ones are in the process of being dismantled, they are Spain and Argentina. Posted for informational purposes and it seems to be accurate.

  Thanks for reading

  1) Alaska

  2) Antigua
  3) Armenia
  4) Austria
  5 ) Bahamas
  6) Belize
  7) Belarus
  8) Czech Republic
  9) Cyprus
  10) Costa Rica
  11) Guadalupe
  12) Guinea , Africa
  13) French Guiana
  14) Guyana
  15) Hawaii
  16) Guatemala
  17) El Salvador
  18 ) Estonia
  19) Honduras
  20 ) Ireland
  21 ) Israel
  22) Iceland
  23 ) Latvia
  24 ) Lithuania
  25 ) Luxembourg
  26 ) Malaysia
  27 ) Malta
  28) Martinique
  29) Nepal
  30) Nicaragua
  31 ) Norway
  32) New Zealand
  33) Panama
  34 ) Puerto Rico
  35) Samoa
  36 ) Sudan
  37) Sweden
  38 ) Switzerland
  39 ) Togo
  40 ) Turkey
  41 ) Uruguay
  42 ) Jamaica (sale )
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  When selling was preaching ...

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am going way, way back.

  history reveals that in the beginning the wt was just a publishing house, selling books and magazines; over the years it evolved into what it is today..

  the placement of the original publications was mostly done thru sales people masquerading as preachers.

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  Hecce

  I don’t know if this is truth or not but I have been told that they were not so much afraid of the income tax but rather of the sales tax that was going to be due with the placements or sales.

  If I recall correctly the whole thing started as a State case in California over sales taxes due on the publications.

  I agree that they lost their main source of revenue due to this decision.

  Just my recollection.