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  $77 Million sent OS from Australia

  by why144000 in

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  poor watchtower in australia, they made a loss of $1,537,325 in 2019 according to their filings with the government.

  they obviously can't participate in the national redress scheme as they don't have the funds.

  only problem is that they have sent over $77,000,000 of donations from australian publishers to overseas branches in the past 4 years.

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  why144000

  Here is the link to the Watchtower financials

  https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/db994d2f8dec3cdfdbca01e8c8e28da9#financials-documents
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  $77 Million sent OS from Australia

  by why144000 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  poor watchtower in australia, they made a loss of $1,537,325 in 2019 according to their filings with the government.

  they obviously can't participate in the national redress scheme as they don't have the funds.

  only problem is that they have sent over $77,000,000 of donations from australian publishers to overseas branches in the past 4 years.

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  Poor Watchtower in Australia, they made a loss of $1,537,325 in 2019 according to their filings with the Government. They obviously can't participate in the National Redress Scheme as they don't have the funds. Only problem is that they have sent over $77,000,000 of donations from Australian publishers to overseas branches in the past 4 years. The Australian Government should immediately strip the watchtower society of tax exempt status. They are a despicable organisation that needs to be held accountable for their actions.
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  Economist article on JWs

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have not read it yet but will later.. https://www.economist.com/erasmus/2019/02/09/jehovahs-witnesses-often-clash-with-earthly-powers?fsrc=gp_en?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/jehovahswitnessesoftenclashwithearthlypowersreligioussects.

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  why144000

  Checkout outline.com. Copy and paste the web address and you can read the whole article.
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  Watchtower Now Considers Elders to Be Clergy Class

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my father's uncle and spiritual mentor, benjamin ray kent, had been a deacon (ministerial servant) in watchtower founder c. t. russell's home ecclesia (congregation) in brooklyn, and also served as russell's personal secretary at brooklyn bethel.

  after attending university my father served a 5-year prison term during world war ii, supposedly for his loyalty to god.

  while his mother's proud and patriotic family disowned my father for his decision, it was his uncle ray who regularly visited him in prison.. that is the culture in which i was raised, and for much of my life, i took great pride in the belief that my father was a man of integrity to god.

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  Would it be possible to give a link to the court case where the Society claimed that elders were part of a clergy class? Thanks in advance.
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  Last week's WT - a convoluted trip back to Earth

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last weekend's wt study (nov. 18) had 3 count em three biblical references to the christian hope of heavenly resurrection that had to be twisted into talking about earth to fit their doctrine.. 1:.

  in what sense do the mild-tempered “inherit the earth”?

  jesus’ spirit-anointed disciples inherit the earth when they rule over it as kings and priests.

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  I always understood that if I inherit something I take possession and ownership of it. Looks like even though I inherit something I am only 'allowed' to have it as it could be taken off me at any time. WTF?
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  An update for the completionists

  by jaydee in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for all of you who have closely followed my posts over the years....(ok, so that's none, i get it).

  some time ago in a galaxy far far away.... i posted some aus government files.. one of which contained an article...'what is a jehovah's witness - - by milton g henschel.

  (see here).. https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/161119/more-aus-watchtower-pdf-files.

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  Interesting that there were 402 Governing body members from 29 countries. How things change.
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  Watchtower and the Robert F Kennedy assasination

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  only stumbled upon this letter today:.

  http://jw-wayback.org/jw-wb/english/letters/to%20congregations/1916-2006/1968-07-09%20to%20all%20congregations%20in%20the%20usa%20(jw%20involved%20in%20assassination%20of%20kennedy).pdf.

  apparently, the father of bobby kennedy's killer was accused of being a jw.

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  What I found interesting was the fact that the Watchtower Society of Pennsylvania was recognised as the Governing body of the JW's. How things change!
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  Flat earth vs round earth

  by Jrjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

  what are people's thoughts on this?.

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  As they say, there are flat earth believers all around the globe!
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  How do JWs pronounce COBE?

  by Wild_Thing in

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  2. friends

  just wondering.

  when i was a witness, we had presiding overseer, and would say p-o for short.

  do they spell it out when they say cobe or do they say it with as a word?

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  Pity you still can't use the old saying "should I tell the DO or the CO that the PO has BO?"
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  Video about history of JW in Australia

  by why144000 in

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  2. friends

  i recently saw a amateur video about the history of jw's in australia.

  for the life of me, i can't find it again.

  could someone do me a favour and give me the link?.

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  why144000

  Hi Jaydee, thanks so much!