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  Watchtower and the Robert F Kennedy assasination

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. scandals

  only stumbled upon this letter today:.

  http://jw-wayback.org/jw-wb/english/letters/to%20congregations/1916-2006/1968-07-09%20to%20all%20congregations%20in%20the%20usa%20(jw%20involved%20in%20assassination%20of%20kennedy).pdf.

  apparently, the father of bobby kennedy's killer was accused of being a jw.

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  slimboyfat

  Very interesting letter. Funny reading the old-time Watchtower belligerent style. It has a certain nostalgic charm.

  Plus, as often with Watchtower, it's more interesting what they don't say than what they do say. They say congregations reported back that no member of the family is a baptised JW. Which is clearly not the same as saying they have no JW connection whatever. They say he was unknown to the Watchtower Society. They don't say he was unknown to the congregations they consulted. I don't think the ambiguity is unintentional. I assume this means his family had some JW connection, possibly as long-time Bible studies and KH attenders. But they don't spell that out.
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  Broadcasting january 2018: annual meeting

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for the second month no jw.org tv show, but the annual meeting this time... .

  g..

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  slimboyfat

  They are in serious trouble, no doubt about it.
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  Hello from Scotland - it has been ages....

  by The Scotsman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well how the devil is everyone?

  i have not been here for a long time........totally lost track of what is going on in jw land, apart from the little bits i hear from family members still in.

  (they say everything is swell and that armageddon is just round the corner).... :).was hearing that anniesland congregation in glasgow has been (or is about to be) disbanded.

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  slimboyfat

  That's interesting. I wonder how they justified it to the congregation. Simply, "look we need the money, and you can drive ten minutes down the road so don't complain". Who makes rather decision, I wonder. And can local elders stop it?

  By the way Scotsman I wrote this thread arguing that WT is in serious financial trouble a few months ago. Not everyone agrees, but the facts speak for themselves.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6316808367767552/reasons-concluding-that-watchtower-serious-financial-trouble
  
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  Hello from Scotland - it has been ages....

  by The Scotsman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well how the devil is everyone?

  i have not been here for a long time........totally lost track of what is going on in jw land, apart from the little bits i hear from family members still in.

  (they say everything is swell and that armageddon is just round the corner).... :).was hearing that anniesland congregation in glasgow has been (or is about to be) disbanded.

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  slimboyfat

  Thanks Scotsman could you clarify are Anniesland and Kelvin merging congregations or are they selling one KH so two congregations share one KH?

  I would be surprised if they merged congregations. I was at Kelvin congregation in the summer and there was 80 or more in attendance.
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  Hello from Scotland - it has been ages....

  by The Scotsman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well how the devil is everyone?

  i have not been here for a long time........totally lost track of what is going on in jw land, apart from the little bits i hear from family members still in.

  (they say everything is swell and that armageddon is just round the corner).... :).was hearing that anniesland congregation in glasgow has been (or is about to be) disbanded.

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  slimboyfat

  Not homes? How quaint, do they still do that?
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  Since leaving the JW Organization, who is believing?

  by Issa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left the jw organization last year during summer.

  maybe some of you can relate.

  who of you are agnostic or an atheist?

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  slimboyfat

  I think I'm agnostic too. But most people who leave JWs seem to keep some sort of belief in God. Although you wouldn't realise it from reading this discussion board where atheism tends to dominate. We don't hear from believers much on this forum for whatever reason, many keep it to themselves or go elsewhere.
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  UK - please post names of congregations being disbanded/merged

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i will soon be done with my jw charity analysis project.

  can we make this an official thread for uk congregations being merged/disbanded so i can update the list.

  i will post the results when finished.. truthseeker.

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  slimboyfat

  I can find a picture of Ardrishaig KH on google but it's not listed on the website. Is it gone?
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  UK - please post names of congregations being disbanded/merged

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i will soon be done with my jw charity analysis project.

  can we make this an official thread for uk congregations being merged/disbanded so i can update the list.

  i will post the results when finished.. truthseeker.

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  slimboyfat

  Yes Annieland is still there. They could easily move in with Kelvin congregation. But ordinary JWs would wonder why? Both are large viable congregations, capable of running their own Halls. If they are to share a hall who will make that decision? Do local JWs have any say in the matter?

  Paisley and Renfrew congregations share a hall and only get about 40/60 at the meetings. That's probably a clearer case for merger if numbers fall a bit further. Clydebank and Dumbarton are not far, but both are pretty big congregations. Most Scottish congregations are pretty spread out. (Not easy to merge Oban with "neighbouring" Fort William or Ardrishaig) And the ones that share Halls (Aberdeen, Livingston and so on) are big congregations anyway.

  Hang on there's no congregation in Ardrishaig? I thought there was. What happened to that?
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  Hello from Scotland - it has been ages....

  by The Scotsman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well how the devil is everyone?

  i have not been here for a long time........totally lost track of what is going on in jw land, apart from the little bits i hear from family members still in.

  (they say everything is swell and that armageddon is just round the corner).... :).was hearing that anniesland congregation in glasgow has been (or is about to be) disbanded.

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  slimboyfat

  I agree WT is in meltdown. I wrote a thread about it which Morph is still giving raving reviews.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6278706236489728/watchtower-organisation-all-over-bar-shouting

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6316808367767552/reasons-concluding-that-watchtower-serious-financial-trouble

  Anniesland is still listed on JW website. Stevenston and Kilbirnie were apparently combined, but apart from that I don't know of any Scottish closures as a result of the new mergers policy.
  
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  Analysis of 2017 vs 2016 Yearbook reports for Europe

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so these countries roughly constitute europe.. here's how well they did in 2017 vs 2016:.

  2017 peak pubs.

  2016 peak pubs.

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  slimboyfat

  I think they announced the British memorial attendance at the meeting in a letter, but I was almost asleep with boredom and I've no idea what it is.