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  Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower Society Houses Hidden Sexual Abuse Records, Says Journalist

  by no password in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  jehovah's witnesses watchtower society houses hidden sexual abuse records, says journalist.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  I tell you this much. The day that the pedophile database is actually released, I will party like it's 1999.
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  Kingdom Hall Renovation Question: Who Pays?

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  so last night it was announced at the local hall that the ldc had decided against building a new hall, and that the existing hall would be "renovated.

  the prospect of a new hall has been dangled before this congregation for at least 10 years now.

  in fact, the congregation had already purchased property, had approval from the rbc for a new hall.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  Thanks for posting that letter Wifi. After reading it, it seems clear to me that the GB is so rapped up in itself. They want to control everything they can. Not so with the general churches. So sad. No autonomy.
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  2016-12-29 BOE Re: Donations in Support of Kingdom Interests Worldwide

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  december 29, 2016 to all congregations re: donations in support of kingdom interests worldwide.

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  I agree. They are clearly asking for donations just by mentioning donations. To anyone half awake or even the JW with half a brain, it's asking for money.
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  COUNTDOWN! - The Great London Bethel Sell-off!

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  following the initial publicity for this multi-million pound sale sell-off - as highlighted here and here some three months ago....the sale process has been progressing with tender dates announced:green court (residential apartments):best and final bids invited by monday 19th december 2016 at 5pmno.1 elstree way:expressions of interest and initial bids by friday 3rd february 2017 at 5pmibsa house:expressions of interest and initial bids by friday 3rd march 2017 at 5pmwatch tower house:expressions of interest and initial bids by friday 31st march 2017 at 5pmconference centre & open field:expressions of interest and initial bids by friday 31st march 2017 at 5pmmanor point units 1 & 2:this property will be available for sale with vacant possession in early 2020buttermere court (residential apartments):bidding details to be announcedullswater court (residential apartments):bidding details to be announced.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  Looks like the GB is applying the concept of centralization (moving all the New York city properties to upstate NY). Now they are doing the same in the UK sounds like.
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  TV - Revealed: JWs in the Philippines - Investigative Documentaries

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  note: although some of the interviews in the following video are in english, the majority is in tagalog/filipino, if that's a problem please don't watch it.. investigative documentaries: jws in the philippines.

  broadcast on thursday 22 december 2016 on the gma news tv in the philippines.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mydu2bq-lwm.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  darksilver - hey, thanks for trying for me. That one says, "The uploader has not made this video available in your country." But thanks for trying.
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  TV - Revealed: JWs in the Philippines - Investigative Documentaries

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  note: although some of the interviews in the following video are in english, the majority is in tagalog/filipino, if that's a problem please don't watch it.. investigative documentaries: jws in the philippines.

  broadcast on thursday 22 december 2016 on the gma news tv in the philippines.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mydu2bq-lwm.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  Video not available in my country. USA. Could someone tell us what it's about? Thanks.
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  5 Ways to Improve Your Online Security

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. family

  let's face it, we're all connected now.

  we take it for granted that we access our bank accounts from our laptops or phones.

  it's so convenient.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  Thanks Simon, I made notations. A big help. :)
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  Major congregational quake in Southern California

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this notice is not official yet and it should be confidential until released thru the proper channels.

  a friend of mine told me about a huge elders meeting in southern california.

  the subject was the relocation and dissolution of some congregations; it seems that this is the result of some project that has been going on for some time and is going to be implemented right now.. please let me know if this is happening all over the country?.

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  Not to speak selfishly, but if it heads my way in Ohio, I'd welcome it. I hate the congregation that my wife goes to anyway, and I attend because she doesn't know I'm awake and it would utterly destroy her otherwise.

  But back to the original post, yeah, mother will take care of mother.
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  Vow of Obedience and Poverty? WTF??

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  listener on here started a cool thread about the april 2017 wt which can be found here.... https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4881380162928640/watchtower-april-2017-overview.

  it got me to look at it closer and in the opening study they use terminology i've never heard used before namely, "vow of obedience and poverty".... 19 currently, there are some 67,000 members of the worldwide order of special full-time servants of jehovah’s witnesses.

  some perform bethel service, others engage in construction or in circuit work, serve as field instructors or special pioneers or missionaries or as assembly hall or bible school facility servants.

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  I remember somewhere about a brother at Bethel who made cheese for 30 years. After they moved him to a different department he said "great" because he never really liked making cheese.

  I wonder how many of these type of guys are even left around anymore. Probably not many.
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  A history of global living conditions in 5 charts

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  great article with charts showing how the world is getting better, despite the attempts of the news and certain religious groups to say it ain't so (or try and make it not).. https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions-in-5-charts/.

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  LevelThePlayingField

  A Believer - let me be a prophet. If you continue here long enough, you will leave the JW religion. Trust me. Why? because facts will show you what it's really like and you will see from the experiences of others that it's not this rosy picture the WT makes it out to be. No, the JW religion is really sick from it's own sickness.

  As you have just seen from the facts presented here on how the world is becoming a better place in many respects. Yes there is still war, but there has always been war, from the very beginning.

  Trust me, just stick around, just stick around.