there's been discussion on this forum about the wt's preaching campaigns in israel - here's an interesting article with pictures.
a rare glimpse into the insular world of israeli jehovah's witnesses.
the state refuses to recognize them and they have been victims of harassment.
I suspect that NOBODY does that in Mea Shearim
But considering the WT HQ was in Brooklyn for many years....
And Brooklyn / Borough Park has one of the highest populations of ultra-orthodox Haredi outside Israel (and see when they come out to protest in New York City on the youtubes below - and that's only the men)
And I even think a few of the old WT HQ buldings where located within Eruvs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruv
following on from andersonsinfo's posting a couple of days ago.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5428995908698112/do-you-have-virtual-reality-headset-your-smartphone-yet-prepared-soon-all-press-will-using-vr-tell-stories.
now comes this...... the virtual reality production, disfellowshipped, is attempt to push forward the possibilities of immersive storytelling.
Following on from AndersonsInfo's posting a couple of days ago
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5428995908698112/do-you-have-virtual-reality-headset-your-smartphone-yet-prepared-soon-all-press-will-using-vr-tell-stories
now comes this.....
The virtual reality production, Disfellowshipped, is attempt to push forward the possibilities of immersive storytelling. To tell a narrative, character-rich, document-rich, investigative story in VR.
Disfellowshipped revolves around Debbie McDaniel, an ex-Jehovah’s Witness in McAlester, Oklahoma. Debbie says she was sexually abused by the top elder in her congregation for five years, starting when she was 8 years old. In the aftermath, she lost her family, her friends and her faith.
The result is an experience we hope helps open up the possibilities of VR storytelling and gives our audience a more powerful understanding of a tragic issue that affects thousands of people around the world.
PART ONE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE5-f8WVbek
PART TWO
many here have asked how the average witness in australia is taking the news of the arc findings and conclusions.. is it affecting them?.
sorry to say, hardly any are even aware of the facts.
those that are, have been convinced that all the publicity is "apostate lies and satanic propaganda".
Hi gerry
At an elders school we were told not to respond to any accusations made against us in the press. The idea is if no one is talking it will be forgotten.
Which, to be fair, is kinda how you can avoid the Streisand effect
on december 12, 2015 this statement was made by the copyright holder:.
i am presently considering three different routes to publishing crisis of conscience.
i hope to make a decision within days and plan to publish within weeks.. it has now been 50 weeks since that statement.. has the book been published yet?
Thisismein1972
Did you see how much a certain person got for a crowdfund appeal? Over $17000, I think it worked out at 1000% funded for a book that still has not been released!
I'm glad someone has mentioned this.
Yes, the crowdfunding method can work very well for publishing both books and music CDs - effectively 'pre-sales' the product also which means you get an idea of how much interest there is to gauge how big a first print run you want to do bearing in mind economies of scale.
Deborah could've done it with CoC - she could've also added a small premium for mentioning names on a 'thank you' page printed in the book. Maybe could've have gone with a hardback edition too.
$17,000 was raised by 'only' 355 people giving an average of just $47.88 each - so not really huge numbers of people giving large amounts of money - another benefit of crowdfunding.
BUT then you need to consider Nathan Natas' earlier comment in this thread.
and, of course, there is a small chance she has already been given a (small) advance by a publisher already.
there's been discussion on this forum about the wt's preaching campaigns in israel - here's an interesting article with pictures.
a rare glimpse into the insular world of israeli jehovah's witnesses.
the state refuses to recognize them and they have been victims of harassment.
Hi opppostate
Looks like one has to have a login password to read the article.
Must be quite secretive reporting...
Here's a link to a screenshot for you - includes pictures etc
The article makes some interesting comments.
Also, I don't think I've seen so many paintings / pictures on the inside walls of a KH before!!!
there's been discussion on this forum about the wt's preaching campaigns in israel - here's an interesting article with pictures.
a rare glimpse into the insular world of israeli jehovah's witnesses.
the state refuses to recognize them and they have been victims of harassment.
There's been discussion on this forum about the WT's preaching campaigns in Israel - here's an interesting article with pictures
A rare glimpse into the insular world of Israeli Jehovah's Witnesses
The state refuses to recognize them and they have been victims of harassment. But Jehovah's Witnesses insist that they lead normal lives and are not a dangerous cult.
Yarden Zalimansky is only 25, but comports himself like a staid older citizen. He’s been married for a few years, and wears a white shirt, tie and dark slacks for our meeting; he has a tablet opened to a Bible app and speaks in a deeply serious tone of voice. Until age 19, he styled himself an atheist, now he’s a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses. He grew up in Tel Aviv in a secular family (“One Holocaust and three cases of cancer was enough for the loss of God”), and majored in film at an arts high school.
Read the full 4,900 word article - with pictures - at http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.756487
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6069730538422272/anyone-else-hear-this
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/285095/watchtower-encouraging-members-go-preach-israel
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/289445/campaign-israel
the third in an occasional series....... following on from wollongong, nsw, australiahttps://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5753386743889920/wollongong-new-south-wales-australia.
and valparaíso, chilehttps://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5763151209431040/valparaiso-chile-jw-org-front-page.
and gerry's interesting photo at: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6009869029081088/_post/5508330128670720.
The third in an occasional series......
Following on from Wollongong, NSW, Australia
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5753386743889920/wollongong-new-south-wales-australia
and Valparaíso, Chile
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5763151209431040/valparaiso-chile-jw-org-front-page
and gerry's interesting photo at: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6009869029081088/_post/5508330128670720
here's.......
Agaete, Canary Islands, Spain
From the front page of jw.org (shown as top image below)
and at bottom, the same view on google street view
StreetView: https://goo.gl/maps/cDZG8JitjgQ2
Google Map: https://goo.gl/maps/UFUE4YRRuwz
The view is from a public walkway / bridge over the road that seems to lead in to the private dock / port area
leah remini’s anti-scientology doc: former celeb wrangler admits how tom cruise was “surrounded” and isolated.
http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/11/23/leah-reminis-anti-scientology-doc-former-celeb-wrangler-admits-how-tom-cruise-was-surrounded-and-isolated.
"leah remini’s anti-scientology documentary on a&e is scorching.
USA lists the Episode One allegations - and remember there's seven more episodes to go....
'Leah Remini: Scientology' accuses church figure of statutory rape, abuse
Here are the seven major allegations from Tuesday's premiere episode.
1. Statutory rape went unreported to the police
2. Scientologists take judicial matters into their own hands
3. Leader David Miscavige is physically abusive
4. Letters are written to families so members won’t be reported missing
5. Amy Scobee was ordered to swarm Tom Cruise with Scientologists
6. Security guards keep members from fleeing
7. Members are relentless when encouraging disconnection
chapter 7. easy to join tough to leave .
so even though jehovah’s witnesses are pacifist there are some people the witnesses actually do hate.
the people they hate the most, are former jehovah’s witnesses.
Hi new boy
So even though Jehovah’s Witnesses are pacifist
JWs are NOT pacifists
They are looking forward to the biggest war that has ever taken place, with the biggest number of fatalities, ever.
Yeah, fairly basic JW doctrine.
i would imagine that most brooklyn bethelites attended congo meetings via subway.. how do they manage transport from warwick?.
Hi Vidiot
Commuting would defeat the whole purpose.
that's cool then, commuter's for the chop before full-timers!
