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  Treatment of Women In the Watchtower Society

  by phoebed in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am new here- and very very depressed.

  my story is very long and i can not now even tell all the story.

  i am shocked, disoriented, depressed.

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  InquiryMan

  Does this sometimes also has to do with culture?

  I remember once in my congregation, a ministerial servant who hit his wife lost his position and was disciplined even though his wife was not even baptized...
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  Male female ratio's at assemblies

  by Jeremy430 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i've heard it said that the male female ratio between jehovah's witness's is 7 female to 1 male.

  when you go to the assemblies or the hall, nothing could be further from the truth.

  were do people come up with those numbers anyway?

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  InquiryMan

  A statistical survey of some 75 per cent of German witnesses revealed that 39 per cent were men and 61 per cent women.

  I do know for sure that the ratio women vs men er highly in favor of men in e.g. Russia and Japan.

  Ialso noticed a disproportionate number of women compared to men in Italy.

  In Africa it even seemed the other way around.
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  Jehovah's Witness Saves House From Devastating Fire

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jehovah's witness saves house from devastating fire.. http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/local/news/jehovahs-witness-saves-house-from-devastating-fire/3918358/.

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  InquiryMan

  And what about the elder I told about ;-)?
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  Jehovah's Witness Saves House From Devastating Fire

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jehovah's witness saves house from devastating fire.. http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/local/news/jehovahs-witness-saves-house-from-devastating-fire/3918358/.

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  InquiryMan

  I do not agree.

  An elder I know got a medal for saving his neighbour in a fire. It was in the front page in the regional newspaper... He said he followed his instincts and just did what everybody would have done in such a situation...
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  Jehovah's Witness Saves House From Devastating Fire

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jehovah's witness saves house from devastating fire.. http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/local/news/jehovahs-witness-saves-house-from-devastating-fire/3918358/.

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  InquiryMan

  I do not agree.

  An elder I know got a medal for saving his neighbour in a fire. It was in the front page in the regional newspaper... He said he followed his instincts and just did what everybody would have done in such a situation...
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  DVD "JW's Faith In Action, part 1 Out of Darkness" Omits! Omits! Omits!

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been watching the new dvd and it is a bull fest about russell.

  i haven't even gotten half way and they already excluded one very important bit of information.

  you'll recall that russell "lost" his faith and "turning away from church creeds and searching for truth, russell examined some leading oriental religions, only to find these unsatisfying".

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  InquiryMan

  I would also like a link, please... (Have tried unsuccessfully a couple of times and hope for the best)...
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  JW from London calls TV show.

  by iknowall558 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdbonvka85s&feature=related.

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  Too bad the JW caller came across a scholar who had a JW Background.... He he
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  DVD "JW's Faith In Action, part 1 Out of Darkness" Omits! Omits! Omits!

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been watching the new dvd and it is a bull fest about russell.

  i haven't even gotten half way and they already excluded one very important bit of information.

  you'll recall that russell "lost" his faith and "turning away from church creeds and searching for truth, russell examined some leading oriental religions, only to find these unsatisfying".

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  InquiryMan

  Please send me a link too ;-)
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  DVD "JW's Faith In Action, part 1 Out of Darkness" Omits! Omits! Omits!

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been watching the new dvd and it is a bull fest about russell.

  i haven't even gotten half way and they already excluded one very important bit of information.

  you'll recall that russell "lost" his faith and "turning away from church creeds and searching for truth, russell examined some leading oriental religions, only to find these unsatisfying".

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  InquiryMan

  Please send me a link for downloading the dvd. Sounds interesting to see ;-)
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  Did you ever feel let down by the Bethel tour?

  by maninthemiddle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  reading jeff's thread about dress made me think of my one and only trip to bethel.. i can't remember if i was babtised at the time, but i went with a bus load of jws.. like someone said in the last thread, printing presses and empty rooms.

  i was very disapointed, however i don't think i had any pre-concieved notions of what it would be like.

  what i was diapointed in was so much of the "tour" was walking hallways looking at exhibits behind glass.

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  InquiryMan

  Sweden: went as part of a bus tour. Was very nice, impressed by all the marble (not that common in Scandinavia)

  Denmark: very nice tour with friends.

  Germany: huge, impressive. Very clean, modern. Kingdom Hall, nice architecture. Remember a small signboard giving the weekly times on visits from dentist, psychiatrist and doctor.

  France. (Old one at Boulogne-Billancourt): Friendly, but somewhat untidy and outdated.

  Great Britain: A bit old-fashioned

  Italy: nice, friendly staff - were allowed to tour it in bermuda shorts and t-short

  Greece: very nice, got wine and fish for lunch when I came unsuspectedly. The brothers played volleyball in the garden.

  Kenya. a bit old, was toured by Mark Noumair in jeans. Remember some African brothers had their family living in compounds close by.

  USA: huge, impressive, but rather old-fashioned by European standards.

  Austria: once in the 80s and then later on after re-decoration. Remember the ugly curtains from the reception on the first visit being re-used as draping something in a closet that was opened when I was there. Funny

  Netherlands: nice, modern, were invited for coffee to some of the workers.

  Barbados: small, like a family home. Very nice brother showing us around. Warning us gently when he heard we were going to Jolly Roger (an excursion with a lot of booze - we did not indulge in the drinking though).

  Norway: nice Bethal in quiet surroundings.

  And all had the same system when it came to washing...