Topics Started by Juan Viejo2

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Jehovah's Witnesses Came to My Neighborhood
by Juan Viejo2 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
for nearly two years i have not seen any jehovah's witnesses going door to door in my neighborhood.

that was not the case when my wife and i first moved here (north central oregon).

in fact, our neighborhood was visited at least once every 4 to 5 months - even in the coldest winter months.
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Talking to support and contacts at WT HQ
by Juan Viejo2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have a story to share about my calls to wt ny hq this past week.

i was quite surprised by the level of disinterest and lack of concern from the two contacts that i spoke to.

rather than jumping right in and sharing my experience - and perhaps "poisoning the well," i'd like to read experiences of others on this forum who had the urge or need to call the wt contact number.. btw - mine was not an apostate rant or overly critical of the wt and was presented in a friendly and helpful way.
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JW.org email and contact numbers
by Juan Viejo2 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
ok - here is your task for the day:.

go to jw.org and find their information email address.

then find their weekend support desk phone number.. there is a link at the bottom of many pages that says [ ] email link.
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Will firing the DOs be the first step to a new Watchtower?
by Juan Viejo2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
against my better judgement, i've decided to share the following as a response to guy pierce passing and the announcement of the elimination of district overseers later this year.. late in january (2014) i got an email from one of my contacts (a fader) who served at bethel for several years, but is no longer at wt hq.

he still has a lot of close contacts within the service department and in other departments at patterson and knows people in all of the ny offices.

i kept this email set aside on a flash drive and haven't shared it with anyone - figuring i'd publish an article about it later this year when i had more time to do it right.
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Menlo Park Legal Advisor Tells All
by Juan Viejo2 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
someone sent me a link to the anoninsurrection youtube page.

i found eleven videos documenting an interview with the legal advisor for the former menlo park kingdom hall elders.

you can find them here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=plszmu_qv0dgtco2wl5bnjdx12ny2_cmoo .. i've also published the entire set of eleven along with my comments on ex-jw.com.
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Several Sites Are Down
by Juan Viejo2 in
1. jw
2. friends
in case you have noticed, several websites that are managed and administered by me are down.

at this moment i do not know specifically why, but my hosting company (secureserver.net) tells me only that it is due to a "copyright infringement.

" i do not even know which of the 30 some sites might actually have the claimed infringement and so far all i've been told is that there is a claim and that i have to email a certain group and they will get back to me.. i have no idea when these sites will come back on line.
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Wordpress 3.5 - warning!
by Juan Viejo2 in
1. social
2. current
as many of you know, i am the webmaster for several jw discussion websites.

as a rule, any new site i install and maintain uses wordpress as it's background operating system.. while working on the new freeminds.org website, i happened to upgrade to the latest version of wordpress.

i immediately noticed some serious issues.. i was able to work around most of them using plugins or my own ingenuity, but then i noticed a few new issues that i simply could not resolve on my own.. the folks are wordpress have been swamped with support forum hits from irate users that upgraded and the found their sites were not nearly as functional as before and in some cases (loading and inserting media) were not working at all.. wordpress 3.4.5 is the last stable version.
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HELP!!! Need Contacts in Portland-Gresham Oregon
by Juan Viejo2 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
a very special request for help - not money - just information!!!.

i normally would not ask this kind of a favor, but this really is important.. i am working with portland area investigators and journalists who are doing research on the whitney heichel /jonathan holt murder case and one other case involving other serious criminal activity.

they are particularly interested in anyone who might have attended kingdom halls in or around gresham and might know some of the members, former jws, or other related contacts in that area.. if you are from that area, or have connections there, please contact me via pm.
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Dying to find out if you made it to Paradise
by Juan Viejo2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i remember as a jw kid listening to a special talk about life after death by lester dugan, a circuit overseer whose mother attended our kingdom hall.

i don't think he was our circuit servant (in fact i'm pretty sure he was not), but he would visit our hall about twice a year when he took time to see his elderly mom.. his talk was about life after death and achieving paradise through good works and staying active in the preaching work.

after nearly 60 years, i remember very little of the bulk of his talk, but i do remember a couple of questions that he answered afterwards:.
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Candace Conti's Attorney Takes the Stage
by Juan Viejo2 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
rick simons takes the stage and tells why the candace conti lawsuit was the right case at the right time against the watchtower.. this is the first of at least three videos documenting mr. simons' presentation on july 14, 2012. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffywyvy9anm.

last segments of this program should be up within a few hours.. .