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  3 more branches closed?

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems the finland branch has taken over the work from estonia, latvia and lithuania (see http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/finland/).

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  Viva la Vida

  Recently I remembered an announcement that was made back in 2008/9 at morning worship in bethel.

  A letter from the GB was read inviting all bethelites to submit ideas that save money to the organization. Also, it was said (I'm not sure if at the same letter or in another instance) that branches shouldn't keep savings higher than what they needed for 2 months of running.

  I didn't thought much about this at that time but I think it explains some of the decision that have been taken recently.

  Was someone else at bethel at that time that remembers this?
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  3 more branches closed?

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems the finland branch has taken over the work from estonia, latvia and lithuania (see http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/finland/).

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  Viva la Vida

  Hi Cedars,

  I remember that when I was at Bethel I saw a list of all the branches, including some that were not publicly advertise (Turkey, Lebanon, and Malaysia).
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  Dinah's "friends"...

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  an example on how the wt gets things out of proportion.

  this is all we know about dinah's "friends" from the bible: .

  "and dinah the daughter of leah, which she bare unto jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land" (ge 34:1).. wt conclusion: .

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  Viva la Vida

  You're right Laika, they are blaming the victim with their argument.

  As a child I was taught the story from that book, and even thought there were three friends, then the dvd drama enforced that idea, but if you just read the Bible you get the correct picture... not the WT picture
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  Dinah's "friends"...

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  an example on how the wt gets things out of proportion.

  this is all we know about dinah's "friends" from the bible: .

  "and dinah the daughter of leah, which she bare unto jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land" (ge 34:1).. wt conclusion: .

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  Viva la Vida

  An example on how the WT gets things out of proportion.

  This is all we know about Dinah's "friends" from the Bible:

  "And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land " (Ge 34:1).

  WT conclusion:

  "DO YOU see who Di′nah is going to visit? She is going to see some of the girls who live in the land of Ca′naan. Would her father Jacob be happy about this? [...] How did all this trouble get started? It was because Di′nah made friends with people who did not obey God’s laws. We will not want to make such friends, will we?" (my story 20)

  Well I suppose the WT is the only entitled to speculate...
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  3 more branches closed?

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems the finland branch has taken over the work from estonia, latvia and lithuania (see http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/finland/).

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  Viva la Vida

  32) Ireland
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  3 more branches closed?

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems the finland branch has taken over the work from estonia, latvia and lithuania (see http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/finland/).

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  Viva la Vida

  List of closed branches

  1) Alaska

  2) Hawaii

  3) Puerto Rico

  4) Belize

  5) Guatemala

  6) El Salvador

  7) Honduras

  8) Nicaragua

  9) Costa Rica

  10) Panama

  11) Uruguay

  12) Guadeloupe

  13) Martinique

  14) Antigua

  15) Bahamas

  16) French Guiana

  17) Guyana

  18) Iceland

  19) Norway

  20) Sweden

  21) Estonia

  22) Latvia

  23) Lithuania

  24) Luxembourg

  25) Switzerland

  26) Austria

  27) Czech Republic

  28) Cyprus

  29) Togo

  30) New Zealand

  31) Samoa
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  3 more branches closed?

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems the finland branch has taken over the work from estonia, latvia and lithuania (see http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/finland/).

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  Viva la Vida

  Two years ago the yearbook related the history of the Estonia branch, first it was under the supervision of the Finland branch, then, in 1999, it became a branch, now under Finland again! http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/302011002?q=estonia&p=par#p298
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  3 more branches closed?

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems the finland branch has taken over the work from estonia, latvia and lithuania (see http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/finland/).

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  Viva la Vida

  It seems the Finland branch has taken over the work from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (See http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/finland/)
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  Memorial attendance in the USA a DROP of 59,404 from two years ago

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  according to the september 2013 kingdom ministry, the memorial attendance in the usa this year was 2,504,114. this is a drop of 59,404 from two years ago!

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  Viva la Vida

  Alaska and Hawaii were reported separately for several years and then (I think last year) they combined with the USA report without notice... so the drop must be bigger if compare correctly...
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  Upcoming KM!! Why we are not False Prophets!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this subject is coming up this month in the tms.

  i just thought i would start a post for newbies or lurkers.

  if you have any scans of the awake inside cover that would be awesome.

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  Viva la Vida

  I'm still in and a MS... guess What... I was assigned this part!

  So.... I'm planing to focus on why the WT is not a prophet and that they make mistakes... Planting the seed of doubt!