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  CONSOLIDATION REQUEST: Branch Closings

  by Black Man in

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  hey all - i was wondering if we can use this thread as an ongoing one to detail branch closings of the last 5 years or so and any moving forward?

  i had a discussion with some members of my family, who are still dyed in the wool jws, and they didn't believe me about numerous branch closures in recent years.

  i was trying to look up some threads that talked about it here (on my phone), but couldn't find a thread quickly.. thanks in advance!.

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  When they were trying to beg money from JWs to build these branches they said they

  would get used as organizing centers after Armageddon
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  Author McEwan condemns Jehovah's Witnesses as 'perverse and inhumane'

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10728126/mcewan-condemns-perverse-and-inhumane-decisions-of-religious-parents.html.

  non religious people are better at making reasonable, compassionate judgements, ian mcewan argues, as he condemns the "utterly perverse and inhumane" decision of religious parents allowing their children to die.. mcewan, the author of atonement, on chesil beach and enduring love, said he believed religion to be "distinctly unhelpful" in making rational choices.. his new book, the children's act, will explore the issues of the family courts, and the heartbreaking decisions faced when parents insist their child must die for religious reasons.. speaking at the oxford literary festival, mcewan used the examples of jehovah's witnesses who refused a blood transfusion for their son, and catholic parents who insisted their conjoined twins must not be separated.. his plot, finished only last week, will follow the judge's decision on whether to save the stronger twin at the expense of his dying brother.. .

  when asked whether he had learned anything from his time observing medical decisions in the family courts, he said: "i found generally that religion was distinctly unhelpful in making compassionate, reasonable judgments about people's lives.. "on the whole, the secular mind seems far superior in making reasonable judgments.. "especially with the jehovah's witness, where parents allow their children to die because of some theological line invented in 1945 by a committee, seems to be utterly perverse and inhumane.".

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  Now the UK Mail

  Author slams JW blood policy as Perverse
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/10765041/Ian-McEwans-new-novel-to-take-on-perverse-religious-parents.html
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  Is this new donation arrangement for real?

  by nugget in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just read a post on jwsurvey about the new donation arrangement.

  congregations are to pledge a monthly amount to be sent to the society to fund the building of assembly halls and kingdom halls.

  congregations who already have a loan from the society will no longer have to pay back the loan but the amount pledged should not be less than the current monthly repayments to the society.

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  Watchtower-Free

  Did a search found this pic of the typical JW apologist on JWN

  

  Apostate & Ex-Jehovalarious Meme Collection
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/JWmeme/
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  New Donation arrangement (tithe) Asked my Elder about it he hung up on me

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  new donation arrangement (tithe) asked my elder about it he hung up on me.

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  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/governing-body-instructs-congregations-to-pledge-fixed-monthly-donations.

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  PROCLAIMERS BOOK chap. 21 p. 341 - "There are no emotional appeals for funds in their congregations or at their conventions......... Christians...........do not tithe, nor are they under obligation to give any other contribution of a specified amount or at a particular time." (Matt. 5:17; Rom. 7:6; Col. 2:13,14)
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  New Donation arrangement (tithe) Asked my Elder about it he hung up on me

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  new donation arrangement (tithe) asked my elder about it he hung up on me.

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  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/governing-body-instructs-congregations-to-pledge-fixed-monthly-donations.

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  Cedars is releasing this info weeks before its to go to the Congo's (May 5).

  He's doing a great service to people worldwide.
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  New Donation arrangement (tithe) Asked my Elder about it he hung up on me

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
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  new donation arrangement (tithe) asked my elder about it he hung up on me.

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  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/governing-body-instructs-congregations-to-pledge-fixed-monthly-donations.

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  I asked my elder why they are told to hide 3 pages of the 4 page letter from the congregation. Thats when he hung up
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  New Donation arrangement (tithe) Asked my Elder about it he hung up on me

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  new donation arrangement (tithe) asked my elder about it he hung up on me.

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  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/governing-body-instructs-congregations-to-pledge-fixed-monthly-donations.

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  New Donation arrangement (tithe) Asked my Elder about it he hung up on me

  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/governing-body-instructs-congregations-to-pledge-fixed-monthly-donations
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  Is this new donation arrangement for real?

  by nugget in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just read a post on jwsurvey about the new donation arrangement.

  congregations are to pledge a monthly amount to be sent to the society to fund the building of assembly halls and kingdom halls.

  congregations who already have a loan from the society will no longer have to pay back the loan but the amount pledged should not be less than the current monthly repayments to the society.

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  I talked to one of my elders about the letter he hung up on me
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  Looking for BOE letter regarding DF'd at memorial

  by Dutchdelight in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last year i decided to attend the memorial.

  i came in last minute and ended up sitting at the end of the row.

  when the symbols were passed out they skipped me and gave to the person next to me.

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  I can't find any letter going back to 1981 that says anything about DFed and memorial
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  Facebook Site

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i ran across a facebook site entitled "ask a jehovah's witness anything.".

  it seems to be run by jw elders for jws and studies who are seeking information about "the truth.".

  they don't want apostates there or wt bashing.. i wonder if some people here would like to go to that site and ask questions.. of course, it would be easy to say stuff there that would get you banned.. i think the challenge would be to be respectful and see how long they will tolerate genuine questions.. i don't know how much follow-up they will allow.. of course, if you're fading, that's not a place to post.. .

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  Watchtower-Free

  Its apostates trolling JWs. I.m a member