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  Underrated topic: Gazprom contract with CCJW in the Netherlands

  by Gorbatchov in

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  i posted some days earlier a toppic about the contract between the russian state owned energy supplier gazprom and the ccjw.

  here in the netherlands for all the kingdom hall's gas and electricity.. the contract is chosen by ccjw because gazprom is the cheapest suplier.

  with the heated debat here in holland because of the mh17 shooting and.

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  Gazprom Energy is a new player on the dutch energy market for businesses. The dutch branch (located in Den Bosch) is now active for some 3 years and has also branches in the UK , Ireland, France and Germany. The gas is not from Gazprom but delivered by GTS (Gas Transport Services formerly known as Gasunie) . GTS is an international gas trader and 100% state owned by the dutch government.

  The electricity is also not russian. They do not produce energy in western europe but buy it from europes providers a and sell it again at a more compettitive rate.

  Many companies and also our dutch governent has got deals with gazprom in russia of gazprom energy in the Netherlands. The situation with MH17, Ukraine or human rights did not influence that at all.

  Big chance you heat your home and prepare your food with russian gas too because a lot of the gas (if not most) on their network is norwegian and russian.
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  JW's donations going to sexual abuse cases?

  by Ginx in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i read somewhere on the internet (don't recall what site it was) that jw's donations are going towards sexual abuse cases.. is this true?.

  where can i find solid evidence regarding this matter?.

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  not at all
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  Jehovah's organization growing like never before: but bible studies are way down. Huh?

  by kneehighmiah in

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  2. friends

  so the governing body likes to keep claiming incredible growth.

  at the same time they claim bible studies are way down.

  are the finally admitting what we've known all along, that they can no longer recruit outsiders?

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  @Edenone also in the U.S the number of biblestudies is growing

  2011 714,151 biblestudies

  2012 722,179 biblestudies

  2013 732,326 biblestudies
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  Jehovah's organization growing like never before: but bible studies are way down. Huh?

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so the governing body likes to keep claiming incredible growth.

  at the same time they claim bible studies are way down.

  are the finally admitting what we've known all along, that they can no longer recruit outsiders?

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  the number of bible studies is growing every year. see for example the yearbooks of 2012, 2013,2014

  Average number of monthly biblestudies during 2011 - 8.490.746

  Average number of monthly biblestudies during 2012 - 8.759.988

  Average number of monthly biblestudies in 2013 - 9.254.963
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  Jehovah's organization growing like never before: but bible studies are way down. Huh?

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so the governing body likes to keep claiming incredible growth.

  at the same time they claim bible studies are way down.

  are the finally admitting what we've known all along, that they can no longer recruit outsiders?

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  where do they claim that bible studies are way down?
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  JWs - A View From Outside

  by Joe Grundy in

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  2. friends

  i never was a jw (i make this point in - almost - every post) but having been brought up ('raised' for our us cousins) in a non-conformist fundy sect with 'rapture' aspirations, it wasn't that different.. i still have extended family members in it, or in that mindset, but we rarely discuss religion.

  in particular, my sister and bil lost their son (my nephew) some years ago when he was just 13. their comfort is that he is in a 'better place' and i don't want to challenge that to them.. i keep up with all things jw here in this forum and maintain my academic interest and these are just my thoughts as an outsider, for what they are worth.. ime, those people who have heard of jws tend to lump them in with mormons and other crazies and have no knowledge or interest in them - other than to warn neighbours when they are about.. where i live should be prime 'witnessing' territory but they rarely come round, even in the recent leafletting campaign.

  they are not as effective as the people who regularly call with the latest menus from the local curry/chinese/kebab houses.. on the occasions when jws have called, despite invitations to come in and have a cup of tea, etc., none has ever wanted to engage in conversation, far less progress to an invitation to a kh meeting or start a bible study (and i always present myself as an 'imterested householder').. my conversations with people in general and friends in the real world lead me to conclude that few people have heard of jws, those that have regard them as a minor irrevelant nuisance and that there is no interest in their message or beliefs.. a few months ago i did a 'drive-past' of the million pound seafront property in bangor, north wales that wt recently bought for use as a 'translation office' (ha ha!).

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  Jehovah's Witnesses themselves are aware they are just a minor and tiny religion and throughout history it was always like that. The israelites were just a tiny nation.... noah and only 7 others were saved.. abraham and Lot only ones that were saved etc etc always tiny amounts of believers that were seen as 'right' and the big majority seen as 'wrong'

  But Jehovah's Witnesses are confident that this will soon change. They are expecting all other religions to be done away with in a short period of time and are confident they alone will stay.
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  Children calling jw adults uncle and auntie, when did that start?

  by awakening in

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  2. friends

  i cant figure out when the auntie and uncle thing started or why.

  it sure is a peadophiles dream to have a kid they dont know call them uncle!

  they are now in a special relationship.

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  I did it too as a child but only to brothers and sisters that were close to my family. As a matter a fact i still have one couple (an elder and his wife) that i refer to as uncle and aunt the few times i see them during the year... lol i am 45 now :-)
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  Caleb & Sofia have Mormon cousins

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was pointed out by throwingawayjehovah.

  http://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2lnkst/this_was_in_a_mormon_catalog_that_got_sent_to_us/.

  http://www.coreyegbert.com/blog/i-want-to-be-baptized.

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  this Mormon stuff

  https :// www . lds . org / friend / online - activities / videos / little - friends ? lang = eng

  looks like shit compared to JW stuff
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  New Zealand News: Jehovah's Witness dies after refusing blood transfusion

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. medical

  jehovah's witness dies after refusing blood transfusion.

  monday, october 20, 2014.

  3 news - nzn.

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  the title of this topic is misleading. She was not one of Jehovah's Witnesses. As a matter a fact she was an EX-JW like most of the posters on this forum
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  Watchtower circulation jumps up!

  by factfinder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the jan. 1, 2015 w shows an updated printing of 52,946,000 copies each issue in 228 languages.. this is an increase of 7,002,000 copies per issue over last year, this is the biggest increase i have seen in the printing of the w per issue for any one year.

  thus, including the study edition over 70 million copies of the w are now being printed each month.. .

  i wonder if awake!

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  @jwfacts there never were print numbers in the study edition