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  Disaster Relief Funds

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if the need for relief is beyond what the congregations in the area can provide, the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses arranges to supply what is needed.

  [...] since the work is performed by unpaid volunteers, the funds that are allocated go toward actual relief, not administrative expenses.

  - jw site.

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  And what little relief they do actually give is discriminative whereby they give only to fellow members or those in approved standing in the congregation and certainly not to the general public.
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  Ladies in Black

  by zeb in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  have just seen this film.. utterly beautiful..

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  Its a musical comedy ? is that right ? that gets good reviews ?
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  JW's Would Stay With The Org Even If 1914 Was Dropped

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i asked the question on quora: .

  if the governing body abandoned the 1914 teaching, would you leave jehovah's witnesses or you would remain a member regardless?.

  https://www.quora.com/if-the-governing-body-abandoned-the-1914-teaching-would-you-leave-jehovahs-witnesses-or-you-would-remain-a-member-regardless.

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  Would they ever be fazed out by dropping the date 1914 ? No

  They wouldn`t even be fazed out by dropping the name Jehovah and replacing it with Yahweh as "new Light"

  That`s how much they worship JW.Org and the Governing body.
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  Kingdom Hall Closures In Canada.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  one of our friends in canada posted the following message to their circle of friends.

  "in our meeting last night, the coordinator read a letter from the canadian branch about the reorganized territories.

  all the territories in the fraser valley from hope to vancouver, about a hundred miles in all, have been reorganized to create larger congregations and improve the use of kingdom halls.

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  This trend is certainly not one of an organization that is prospering and increasing in growth , but most certainly one that is experiencing problems ,whether its growth or lack of it,,or a real short fall in finances to keep the organization going at a profitable pace ?

  An organization that is prospering expands ,builds more and covers the world .

  An organization that once claimed to cover the world and now is downsizing at an alarming rate with the sell off of so many K.h`s , branches etc ,and mergers of K.h`s , worldwide is not a sign of growth but one in decline and trouble financially.
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  Watchtower Corp of New York worth over$ 2 billion

  by Diogenesister in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  in the montana sex abuse court case for the first time watchtower has been required by the courts to give a financial statement to the court to assess awards of punitive damages for negligence and (for the first time)malice in non compliance of mandatory reporting laws.. watchtower corp of new york has finances in excess of $2 billion while cc of jw is worth $49 million.

  this doesn't include the pensylvania corp or what overseas branches may have.. pretty healthy bank balance by any standards..

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  At least when they printed Books ,Bible Aids ,Magazines etc,they got profits from those sales to over 8 million +followers ,surely it would have still been profitable for them to pay a tax and still reap the rewards.?

  I think they have cut their nose off despite their own face . { or whatever the saying is }

  I think any worldly publisher would relish a guaranteed market of 8+ million sales or their about`s of anything they produced ,maybe the Governing Body are not as smart as they think they are or just maybe the Holy Spirit is not operating on this religion.
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  Taking children out on the ministry

  by Freedom rocks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can i ask your views on taking children out on the ministry?

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  do you have any experiences you can share of things you as a child/your children/grandchildren have witnessed on the ministry that they shouldn't have?.

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  I am ashamed of myself for making my kids go out in fs with me when I did.I only did up to ten hours a month for most of my fs time of 33 years "in' and I didn`t make them go out every weekend only maybe once a month but not of course for the whole 33 years of my being a JW.

  I cant imagine what they would have gone through hoping they wouldn`t meet one of their school mates in the d2d service.

  And sad to say on occasion they did.

  But taking babies out in FS ? that is so screwed up ,I wasn`t that fu***d up.
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  Watchtower Corp of New York worth over$ 2 billion

  by Diogenesister in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  in the montana sex abuse court case for the first time watchtower has been required by the courts to give a financial statement to the court to assess awards of punitive damages for negligence and (for the first time)malice in non compliance of mandatory reporting laws.. watchtower corp of new york has finances in excess of $2 billion while cc of jw is worth $49 million.

  this doesn't include the pensylvania corp or what overseas branches may have.. pretty healthy bank balance by any standards..

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  I think slim has made some valid points here

  what other corporations are associated with JWs and what is their net value?

  Warwick, Patterson, Wallkill, Assembly Halls, and whatever other property they own.?

  And I agree that the figure given raises more questions than it answers
  
  
  
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  Thought Provoking Question to a JW?

  by Solzhenitsyn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did jesus ever utter the name jehovah?.

  and if he didn't what are the implications?

  nwt answers don't count but feel free to use the kingdom interlinear.

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  The first recorded use of the name Jehovah was by a Spanish Catholic Monk in the 13th century.

  One J.Martinus who translated the four Hebrew letters of the Tetragrammaton into Latin and English and added the vowels to come up with the name Jehovah.

  Jehovah`s Witnesses now have two things to thank the Catholic church for the books of the Bible and now the name of the God they worship.
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  More Info on the Montana Sex Abuse Decision

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  courtesy of a redditor:.

  https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/montana-jehovah-s-witness-sex-abuse-case-underscores-church-s/article_fddc41e5-536b-5843-af30-200cc14892d8.html.

  montana jehovah's witness sex abuse case underscores church's worldwide reckoning.

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  Thank you for sharing this article ,it was very informative,

  Thanks also for the BBC panoramic Video ,very powerful info against the J.W. Organization .

  Its difficult to understand their stubborn arrogance against change ,i hope they bleed to death {Financially}
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  Thought Provoking Question to a JW?

  by Solzhenitsyn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did jesus ever utter the name jehovah?.

  and if he didn't what are the implications?

  nwt answers don't count but feel free to use the kingdom interlinear.

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  John 17:26 (kjv): "And I have declared unto them thy name

  Yet their is still not one scripture in the N.T. that has the name Jehovah in it......Not one.