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  Were there 200 JW's disfellowshipped in 1980 all at once - in Cleveland, Ohio?

  by BonaFide in

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  i have some old notes from a 1981 circuit assembly.

  brother frank bartell was the district overseer.

  i am pretty sure its 1981 or 1982.. anyway, in his last talk he said that there was a terrible situation in cleveland ohio the previous year (1980).

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  InquiryMan

  bttt might someone verify my watchtower reference.
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  Were there 200 JW's disfellowshipped in 1980 all at once - in Cleveland, Ohio?

  by BonaFide in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have some old notes from a 1981 circuit assembly.

  brother frank bartell was the district overseer.

  i am pretty sure its 1981 or 1982.. anyway, in his last talk he said that there was a terrible situation in cleveland ohio the previous year (1980).

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  InquiryMan

  Actually, an article in the Watchtower alludes to this taking place. It stated that Shocking things had happened in the mid-west.... It was even written in translated issues of the Watchtower.

  Sure Blondie might find that reference...

  I asked an ex-Bethelite (however, not an ex-witness) aboout it... He said it alluded to a prostitution ring... So it definitely had to do with sex...
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  Personal records of governing body members

  by TheBoss in

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  2. friends

  i'm looking for web site links to credible information about present governing body members specifically personal tax and financial records (personal u.s. and offshore bank accounts, net worth, financial and real estate holdings, blind trusts).

  as public figures they're fair game..

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  InquiryMan

  In Norway all information on tax, income and fortune is public knowledge and accessible on web sites etc.

  So it is easy to get to know the economic situation of those working e.g. at bethel.

  No surprise there....Those who have e.g. fortune, have most likeli inherited those funds.
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  Jehovah Street

  by RR in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is the society violating the 3rd commandment by naming the street of theuir branch on guam "jehovah street"?.

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  3you shall not take the name of the lord your god in vain, for the lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

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  InquiryMan

  I once read about this in a yearbook or something (might be another publication). It was of course the authorities that named the street that way....
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  Media Exposure of JW's- Oprah?

  by Cali2CO in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since we are unable to bring forth a class-action law suit against the watchtower society due to laws in place that protect religion, has anyone thought about or tried to expose the jw's in the media?

  people need to be aware this is not a loving group of people as they want to be perceived.

  everything i read recently placed alot of blame on jw"s who have left since it is their fault they joined in the first place.

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  InquiryMan

  Strange, in Scandinavia when programmes on JWs are showed on TV, it generally has very good ratings and coverage in newspapers as well...

  They do not constitute a larger part of the population there than in the US.
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  Beat to Hell.......were you as a child as a JW?

  by restrangled in

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  2. beliefs

  there was a scripture about a rod.......it seemed to be in every other watchtower.....it was an excuse to beat children.

  i was a little girl.

  i was beat with my pants down every time they could.

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  InquiryMan

  Only got spankings twice in my life. And that had nothing to do that my parents were JWs, more that I misbehaved and deserved it.

  However, since for decades now, all references on physical discipline has been removed from Watchtower literature in Norwegian. I guess sometimes the translation had to be somewhat rephrased compared to the original English text.

  I do not think physical discipline is more practiced by JWs now than the general population, e.g. it is actually illegal.
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  In what foreign countries is it acceptable by JWs to have a beard?

  by JimmyPage in

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  2. friends

  after seeing the danish movie "worlds apart" and being told on this board that it is acceptable in some foreign countries, how common is it and where?.

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  I once attended a District Convention in Denmark and one of the speakers had a beard.

  I saw Norway and Sweden listed here. I highly doubt that this is acceptable in those countries, cause I am a native myself.. Even moustaches are banned until this day in some congregations if you are enrolled at the TMS... etc...
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  Lots of familiar JW doctrine in Ellen G White

  by AuntBee in

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  http://www.greatcontroversy.org/books/gc/gc.html.

  see especially chapters 17 - 24, for those who are interested.

  basically, this is ellen white recounting in her own words the millerite movement, the great disappointment, and how she and others would never accept that he was wrong.

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  I remember once the watchtower discussing an aspect of adventist theology, based on numelogy in Daniel.

  Of course it labeled the adventist interpretation as wrong etc.... In spite of putting a spin on those numbers themselves...
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  Lots of familiar JW doctrine in Ellen G White

  by AuntBee in

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  2. friends

  http://www.greatcontroversy.org/books/gc/gc.html.

  see especially chapters 17 - 24, for those who are interested.

  basically, this is ellen white recounting in her own words the millerite movement, the great disappointment, and how she and others would never accept that he was wrong.

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  InquiryMan

  got that wrong, I mean of course numerology
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  Watchtower Society = Mama

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i seem to recall reading some time back that the society once wrote how some in the congregation refer to the society as "mama" or "mother".

  does anyone remember that?

  better yet, does anyone have a reference for that?.

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  InquiryMan

  must be an american thing (dub dom tends to be more extreme in the US)... never heard of that reference if not discussed in that biblical context at a meeting