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Sign JW Data Protection Form Or Else!
by AverageJoe1 in
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2. beliefs
in spain (and the rest of europe), the "improved" data protection laws come into force on 25th may 2018. this is a good thing and sadly america is still lagging behind; not surprising with their current president!.

watchtower legal department are hot on the case and have instructed elders to hand out the new "release" forms out to all the publishers in their groups, whilst making it clear to them that they won't have any privileges if they refuse to do so!.

note these points in the instructions:.
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Watchtower back to criticising the United Nations
by AverageJoe1 in
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the outline number 44 from this year’s regional assembly states:.

la organización de las naciones unidas es en realidad una falsificación del reino mesiánico, y es una ofensa para dios.. .

translation: “the united nations organisation is actually a counterfeit of the messianic kingdom, and it is offensive to god.”.
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Jehovah's Witness Spreads Propaganda On Family's Obituary
by AverageJoe1 in
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just seen this on: http://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2018/03/14/online-obit-hijacked-by-religious-propaganda-family/.

a jw doing their "witnessing" has resulted in the daughter of the deceased going to the news outlets in canada.

obviously wt have been quick to respond and back up their loyal fellow worshipper throw their drone follower under the proverbial bus as can be seen by their official statement:.
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2018 Regional (District) Convention Outlines
by AverageJoe1 in
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so the official program is out but does anyone have access to the actual outlines for the assembly this year in english and/or spanish?.

maybe the gb are clamping down on their "high-up" leaks within the organisation and the circuit overseers making these available have been kicked or had to no longer leak material for fear of getting themselves discovered by the wt gestapo..
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New Life Story From Active JW On AvoidJW
by AverageJoe1 in
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2. beliefs
just came across this a few minutes ago:.

http://avoidjw.org/en/true-stories/pimo/.

it’s just been posted and is quite lengthy but it makes a change to read something from a reasonable jw!
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Crazy JW Comments On AvoidJW.org
by AverageJoe1 in
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2. beliefs
i read john redwood’s excellent article on avoidjw.org but what was even more mind blowing for me was all the jw comments via disqus at the end of the article:.

http://avoidjw.org/en/news/problems-facing-jw-org/.

they are all the typical lashing out comments based on emotion rather than logical reasoning along with the watchtower apologists thrown in for good measure.. if any of you have a disqus account, then i’d encourage you to have your say.
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Special Talks now via video
by AverageJoe1 in
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tired of listening to your local elders giving the "special" talk ever year after the memorial?

well don't worry, as of next year we will be spicing things up for your enjoyment.. not only will we be having the talk before the memorial (i know, wild huh), but we will be treating you to the talk via video starring our famous speakers from bethel so you can see how a talk should be given (after all bethel does boast the best speakers in any country, right?!).

here's a copy of the text from our latest letter as i'm sure that with so much excitement you won't believe it at first!.
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Rick Wiles Praises Russia For Banning JWs
by AverageJoe1 in
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article source: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/i-wish-we-could-do-it-rick-wiles-praises-russia-for-banning-jehovahs-witnesses/.

‘i wish we could do it’: rick wiles praises russia for banning jehovah’s witnesses.

by kyle mantyla | june 22, 2017 1:37 pm.
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No more official visits to disfellowshipped & disassociated ones
by AverageJoe1 in
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new letter today (please visit avoidjw.org for a copy of the official letter and yes, i also noticed they got the date wrong!).

february 28, 2017. to all bodies of elders.

re: visiting disfellowshipped or disassociated individuals.
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JW.ORG Now requires personal address
by AverageJoe1 in
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2. beliefs
logging on to the user area access today, there appeared a message saying that they now require a postal and physical home address to attach to your profile, with a note saying that the branch may change the details as they see fit.

this raises several questions in my mind:.

why would they need to have your physical address on file?.