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  Helsinki Times Article: "The End of the World" - Lengthy interview with many former JWs

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/10435-the-end-of-the-world.html.

  the end of the world.

  last autumn, jussi k. began to plan his disassociation from jehovah's witnesses.

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  InquiryMan

  Follow up:

  http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/10438-raesaenen-people-must-not-be-punished-for-leaving-a-religious-community.html
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  District Assemblies, Were they a Financial Burden to you? They Cost $1200 to $2000 in some lands!

  by RottenRiley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why does the watchtower place a harsh burden on it's low-paid and low-skilled army of witnesses?

  the district conventions don't really add much value, you have witnesses making minimum wage with both husband and wife working while the elite witnesses can afford to burn a ton of cash making the poor witnesses feel worse about themselves.

  i remember, some of the really poor witnesses would bring their own "cooker" to the motel to make "top ramen" and mac&cheese" while the company men had the elites take them out for "surf and turf" and other great feasts, the poor witnesses get the shaft was they are told how lucky they are to financially struggle to afford to pay for their hotels.. .

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  I have never heard anyone complain about financial burdens when I was a witness. But I do come from a country where there is far more egalitarity and where people can live a decent life even when having so called minimum wage jobs... So I reckon this is a much bigger problem in the US.
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  New May WT continuing to beat persecution/organization drum

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  check out the new may wt.

  " is nauseating.

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140515/moving-ahead-jehovahs-organization/.

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  It is the main feature of biblical questons on jw.org right now
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  A $7million assisted living facility for aging JW ministers?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.lvb.com/article/20140204/lvb01/140209972/serfass-to-build-$65m-assisted-living-facility.

  who is going to get to stay here?

  the gb, co's?

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  a thousand a dollar was not very pricy.... Most witnesses I guess would afford that, at least in my country...
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  MEXICO | Jehovah's Witness Family of 8 Massacred including three Children

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  eight family members killed in mexico massacremexico | november 17, 2013. mexican police found sunday a family of eight, including three children, stabbed to death and tied down in their home in the northern city of ciudad juarez.. a two-year-old boy survived the attack and was handed to neighbors, local police said.. the chihuahua state prosecutor's office said the assailants apparently forced their way inside the house and killed two men, three women and three children between the ages of four and six.. their mouths were covered with duct tape and their hands and feet were tied.

  neighbors said they heard gun shots but authorities said the victims had stab wounds.. neighbors said the house owner was a car salesman.. the family was supposed to attend a meeting of jehovah's witnesses when they were attacked inside their home on sunday morning, according to testimonies.. they were discovered dead after members of the congregation went to look for them.. ciudad juarez, which borders the us state of texas, was once the deadliest city in mexico amid a turf war between drug cartels.. more than 10,000 people have been killed in the city since 2006 but the murder rate began to decline in 2011.. local officials say the drop in violence is due to tougher policing and crime prevention programs, but security experts believe it began to wane after the sinaloa drug cartel defeated the rival juarez gang.. read latest breaking news from newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mexico-crime-murder/2013/11/17/id/537112#ixzz2kziajt8f.

  {google translate].

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  That is not entirely true. There has been articles in Awake! in the past of witnesses having been victims of crime.
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  Are YOU Paying More or Less or the Same $$$ For Insurance Since Obamacare?

  by minimus in

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  just curious.

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  I so love our Scandinavian welfare state :-)
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  WTF... JW Library ranks #4 in the Top (Free) Charts on Apple Store for iPhone/iPad

  by undercover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  checking out the apple store for any new cool apps, and lo and behold!

  i see that the wts has finally embraced that demonic form of information dispensing.

  and all jah's chil'ren are snapping it up.

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  It is actually a good thing that they have included the other translations allowing for comparisons.
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  JW's supposedly at Mall shooting

  by zound in

  1. jw
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  the following is from annointedjw - a website i dislike the more i read from them.

  this reeks of total bs to me, but interested if anyone else has heard about this.. the part that gets me, is how the hell they could know what these jw's did or said if they were killed - who witnessed this?

  and the other thing that makes me rage is that these guys are martyring these jw's to further their own 'ministry' - very watchtower-like.. opinions?.

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  And no JW would use this kind of speech. It does not sound witnesslike.
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  WTS admits (indirectly) decreasing in U.S. publisher ratio to population

  by Gayle in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  service year reports:.

  2010 - 1/259.

  so, the wts is not keeping up with the u.s. population (and they know it), though it rants about increasing pubs., etc..

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  And especially in Norway.... I guess when the memorial is in the beginning of eastertime, the attendance might be higher than if it happens to take place dyring the five succecutive holidays... (Thursday-Monday) when most people have holiday. It is interesting that a very small congregation up in the mountains used to have one of the highest attendance of all con. in the country due to vast number of witnesses going on holiday during memorial season.
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  Bethelites told to protest by the GB??

  by williamhconley in

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  when i served in bethel during the late 90's i was told by several bethel elders that since the city did not approve the 30 story residential building (now 90 sands) to be built in columbia heights, bethelites were sent to stand in front of city hall as a protest.

  this was approved by the gb.. i wasn't there at that time but my question is.... is there anybody here that may have been at bethel or nyc at that time that can shed more light on this?

  the wt criticizes organizations and individuals that protest to protect their rights.

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  InquiryMan

  They have also had peaceful protests as far as I remember in Strasbourg