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  Amazing new graph - publisher increase compared to country population increase rates

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  world population growth rate is 1.13%, whilst jehovah's witness average publishers grew by 1.8%.

  watchtower growth is outpacing population growth, though at a dismal rate considering the 2 billion hours of preaching required for an increase of just 115,194. this is an aggregate number, and most growth is from developing nations in africa and south america.

  what i was really interested in finding is how watchtower growth compares to the population growth in different countries.

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  KiddingMe

  Thanks for posting. Very interesting!
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  Irregular to meetings, can I partake in memorial?

  by Squekylive in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi friends .

  i don't believe in jw doctrines anymore but because of family i have to be a jw for now.. i am not regular to meetings, and don't answer in meeting, but i report some hours so i remain as active jw now.. .

  congregation knows that i am not spiritual and i don't talk to people and i don't care what they think about me.. now, i believe it's important to observe lord's supper as a christian as per john 6:53, so in the coming memorial if i attend i want to partake in the communion,.. i believe it is a sin to pass the bread and wine inspite of knowing it's flesh and blood of jesus.. it's like rejecting jesus.. so i want to partake.. but i dont consider i am anointed etc.

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  KiddingMe

  I agree with Rocky_Girl.

  If you dont believe in JW doctrines anymore and only attend for family, why do you feel the need to partake at thier memorial? Are you really rejecting Jesus if you dont partake from them?

  The bread and wine are prayed over by JW's at their version of a service commemorating Jesus' death. If you no longer agree with them, why participate in thier service any more than you have to?

  Since your attending for family, how will they view you if you partake? Maybe observe somewhere else?
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  Message from Trey Bundy, investigative reporter for the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR)

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  today we're launching disfellowshipped, a three-episode story about the jehovah's witnesses' practice of shunning, told in virtual reality.. we designed disfellowshipped to be an immersive experience, best viewed with a vr headset.

  (you can find several affordable models on amazon.

  ) but you can also watch it on most newer smartphones and desktops in 360-degree flat video, without a headset.

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  KiddingMe

  Thank you
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  Lunch today with.. JW step father....

  by raven in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it has been a while since i've posted, i think its because i have finally gotten some peace and quiet as far as harassment from the jw elders.. my step father, the one who reported me to the elder police for a sinful act invited me to lunch today.. it has been almost a year since the incident, we have talked here and there, it has been just casual though.

  he says he is in town for work and asked if i would like to meet up for lunch, i couldn't think of any excuses so i agreed.. i hope it goes well, hope that we don't go into the jw nonsense.

  hope he doesn't bring elders with him, am i paranoid or what?

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  KiddingMe

  I am glad your lunch went well. Continue to tread lightly in future lunches.
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  Angry and scared

  by BlackWolf in

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  2. friends

  i feel like everything that comes out of my mothers mouth is something negative and cringe worthy.

  all she seems to talk about with me is how terrible and demonic our disfellowshipped relatives are, how horrible the world and holidays are, or how she is so much better and "holier than thou".

  it really makes me sick sometimes.

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  KiddingMe

  I second what Pete Zahut said above.
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  Scientology special on A&E tonight with Leah Remini

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i'm not sure where it is airing elsewhere, but on the a&e channel, at 7p then again at 10p est tonight, leah remini is doing a scientology special.

  it looks to be a great show.

  i am not sure if it is one time, or the beginnings of a series.

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  KiddingMe

  Thanks for posting the interviews.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 11-27-2016 WT Study (CHILDREN FAITH)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  blondie’s highlights from the november 27, 2016 wt study (september 2016) (parents build children faith).

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-september-2016/.

  excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .

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  KiddingMe

  Thanks Blondie.
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  Royal Commission Australia - Report into Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower Society has been released

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  link to pdf:.

  http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/getattachment/c2d1f1f5-a1f2-4241-82fb-978d072734bd/report-of-case-study-no-29.

  reading it now...no comment yet.

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  KiddingMe

  Thank you.
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  Article: Jehovah's Witnesses condemned for using 2,000yo rules regarding child sex abuse

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-28/jehovahs-witness-handling-of-child-abuse-condemned-in-report/8063798.

  by michelle brown.

  jehovah's witnesses use of 2,000-year-old protocols when dealing with abuse complaints has been condemned in a report by the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse.. last year, the commission examined the experiences of two abuse survivors within the jehovah's witness organisation.. it also looked at evidence from case files that recorded reports or complaints of abuse by just over 1,000 jehovah's witnesses.

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  KiddingMe

  Thanks for posting!
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  So, how did the 'beard article' go over yesterday at your congregation?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at mine the conductor was somewhat awkward and minimal and there were nervous chuckles from the audience.

  two people, including an elder, gave reasonable comments that it's okay as long as it's not extreme styles, etc.

  but then another one of the elders commented that nothing has changed and they still aren't proper locally.

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  KiddingMe

  We had our circuit assembly and they played it really safe. They read exactly what is in the magazine, no additional comments even from the speaker.