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Are there any ex-missionaries here??
by fulano in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have been a missionary in the dominican republic for almost 10 years and i was wondering if there were any ex-missionaries on this forum.. i am back in my country now for 3 years and totally inactive.. what i noticed in those missionary-years was the lack of spiritual interest among the missionaries.. discussions were about rooms, cars and greater responsibilities, the bad territory.

and the local c.o.s and d.os.. was this only in the dr or are there other experiences??.

ere other experiences?
Thursday

Hey fulano
Did you happen to know a David van Brug and his wife Luana? They were in the DR and also in the US Bethel for some time, I forget the years, 90's and early 2000's maybe. They were also in Zambia.
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Help Me Undertand...
by DarioKehl in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
according to the 2014 annual report:.

"worldwide, there are 115,416 congregations of jehovahs witnesses and 8,201,545 publishers.".

i don't understand how the borg is facing financial difficulty.
Thursday

Here's my conspiracy theorist hat on:
Can't be a coinky-dink that the front page of their website is "How does God view War" right after recent events in France. And "Is religion dying out", knowing full well that activities like these being undertaken will result in a crackdown on extremist religions.
Given the issues they've had with France ... smells like sneaky payback.
* http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/213191/resolution-on-jw-case-france
* http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/130681/way-go-france
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Instagram witnessing
by Thursday in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
sorry if this has been covered, but are they now counting time by linking to their website on instagram accounts of jws?.

i keep a casual stalk on my niece and nephew on insta, and have found links to all their local jw youth insta accounts, even their parents have accounts, it seems quite acceptable.

99% of them are private but every single one has a link to the website in their bio and a thing saying "jw" and often a scripture or god reference.
Thursday

Sorry if this has been covered, but are they now counting time by linking to their website on Instagram accounts of JWs?
I keep a casual stalk on my niece and nephew on insta, and have found links to all their local jw youth insta accounts, even their parents have accounts, it seems quite acceptable. 99% of them are private but every single one has a link to the website in their bio and a thing saying "JW" and often a scripture or god reference.
Are they counting this as witnessing? Or is it ok now to use social media as long as you link it to their website?
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2015 10-20-BOE!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
2015, 10/20/boe.. .. re: making wise use of printed magazines.. .. page 2: .

this postscript should neither be read to the congregation nor be posted .

on the information board.. .
Thursday

well THAT explains why my parents are posting me books, and sending links to the jw.org website every single email. they're counting it as preaching lol
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Told a JW about ARC in August, finally got a reply - Return to Jehovah booklet!!
by Xanthippe in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
so i've mentioned this friend of my husband's who started writing to me out of the blue about three years ago, decades after we d'aed.

last august i wrote to her about the arc and jackson's summons.

i gave her the website details so she could see for herself.
Thursday

Xanthippe, similar with my family, I reached out to my fanatical father with the ARC info, several months of emails later, not one single email asking how I was or asking anything at all about my life (it's been like 5 years)... I get the prodigal son dvd and return to j-man book AND an email request to my partner (non religious non JW) to get me to look at the November broadcast. yeah, nah. kthxbai. I'm only keeping in contact with them (implying Im interested but never actually saying so) to try and get to my nephew and nieces, who are on social media and look like they may need someone to talk to someday when they figure it out for themselves.
hugs.
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As a Matter of Conscience, I Am Resigning from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
by Sail Away in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
after listening to the hearings of the australian royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, i am no longer content to have simply walked away from the organization.

as a matter of conscience, i do not want my name linked with the organization in any way.

i know this letter has been posted previously, and i thank the author.
Thursday

I meant to bookmark it, apologies, but can someone link me to the thread where it linked to the exhibit from the RC on requesting a copy of your personal file from your country's headquarters?
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Geoffrey Jackson Royal Commission update
by umbertoecho in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
hello people.

the rc will still go ahead with it's live stream on friday 14th august.

however, it seem that it will be a video link.
Thursday

Angus is my hero.
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How many Jehovahs witnesses do you think watched the royal commission
by Sabin in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
do you think any jws watched the hearing to lend soupport to their gb member.

brother jackson?
Thursday

I'm fairly certain they've been pre-warned against the persecution and lies, and not to watch apostate television. So I'd say close to none.
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Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
Thursday

With the scripture they use about the woman being raped and she is not sinning if she screams, Deut 22:23-24 I believe, I remember growing up being told that that scripture meant that if (and it was implied that it was very likely as all non-JW men were good-for-nothing evil rapists) I did not scream, whether or not it was because I was physically incapable due to fear was not the issue, but that if I did not scream it was not rape, it was consensual and I would be brought in front of a judicial committee for sinning.
My sister was raped in her late teens, date rape from what I was told, and my parents took that to mean that as she was on a consensual date with a worldly man when it happened that she consented to potentially having sex, and she put herself willingly in that situation, therefore it was not rape, and she was not allowed to move back home as she was unclean. They even went as far as to say that she would transmit disease to the family.
Oh the memories. If someone is still forward our accounts to Angus, I'd appreciate that being sent.
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Guardians of the Doctrine... Illustrated
by ILoveTTATT2 in
1. jw
2. friends
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Thursday

huzzah