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  Exactly where is the expansion?

  by NeverKnew in

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  there is a thread that i'm really enjoying discussing the consolidation of congregations into existing kingdom halls.

  i'm realizing that the only threads that have spoken of building were related to branch offices.

  we know the wts's consolidations and reopening a are a shell game of sorts but i'm wondering... is anyone seeing an increase in kingdom halls in their part of the world?

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  Londo111

  The work IS speeding up in the JWs need to work faster!
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  Brownstoner: How the Jehovah’s Witnesses Acquired Some of Brooklyn’s Most Insanely Valuable Properties

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2016/01/jehovahs-witnesses-history-brooklyn-properties-selling/.

  how the jehovah’s witnesses acquired some of brooklyn’s most insanely valuable properties by.

  suzanne spellen 1/26/16 .

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  "Between 1920 and Rutherford’s death in 1942, the organization grew to include millions of followers worldwide."

  Just to nitpick...this point is not quite accurate.
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  Do U Detest JWs.

  by minimus in

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  Londo111

  I don’t detest JWs. I used to be one, so I know their mindset. One cannot detest a blind person for not being able to see. I was once blind myself.

  That said, I view most as unhealthy “association” in their current state and for my own mental and emotional health believe it is best for me to keep my proximity to them at a minimum. It is the unloving organization I detest, not the individuals caught within it.
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  Spokane 2016 Convention dates - "darkest weekend"

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i came across an odd remark concerning the booking of a jw convention in an article from spokane.. visit spokane’s cheryl kilday: meeting expectations.

  since cheryl kilday returned to the northwest 5 1/2 years ago, the spokane convention center has been expanded, a 750-room hotel has opened across from it, and a number of smaller investments have added dining and shopping options in the city’s core.

  all of the changes have added options or improved the pitch for spokane for kilday, who as the president and ceo of visit spokane heads up the organization tasked with bringing more people and events to town.

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  Londo111

  Rather than regional convention, it should be called Guiltfest. And it is indeed a dark time anything there is a Guiltfest.

  But as a JW, you can only say, "That was the best convention ever!"

  Queue the ‘spontaneous’ applause!
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  When Captain America Throws His Mighty Shield!

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how does the society feel about two of marvel's most popular avengers?.

  first, captain america.

  the star-spangled man with a plan.

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  Londo111

  Steve Rogers would have to quit his job, take up part time work like window washing or painting, and regular pioneer. Then the Watchtower might put its stamp of approval on it.
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  New Light: Clap when it is given a Reinstatement ad

  by TheTruthBR in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a new letter was posted in jw.org to the elders who are under the brazilian branch:.

  january 25, 2016to all bodies of eldersref .

  : clap when given a readmission addear brothers:we would like to inform you about a recent adjustment.

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  Londo111

  Sometimes when certain people were reinstated, I believe some still clapped. Maybe they realized they can't stop it.
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  Office Jargon, drives me nuts

  by punkofnice in

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  'granular' seems to be the latest buzz word going around my office.

  previously it was 'appetite'.. abstract words that appear to be designed to make the person saying it appear powerful and part of the 'team'.. as lord sugar has observed before; why not just speak english and say what you mean.. office jargon really annoys me.

  i had enough loaded language and jargon in the disgusting jw cult..

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  Londo111

  For years the term "reaching out" irked me. Then I began to use it.
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  Non JW friends don't understand

  by kozmo in

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  it never ceases to amaze me that your personal friends have no clue what it is like to have been one.

  i was speaking with a friend the other day about having been a jw.

  she said, oh i have a dear friend of 30 years who is one and she is so nice!

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  Londo111

  Yes, mad props to HB!
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  when you went to an "assembly" did you wear a badge?

  by greenhornet in

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  2. friends

  it embarrassed me.

  when i was young my folks made me wear one and i opened it up and took the paper out making it look like it fell out.

  after my folks ask what happen i said i dont know.

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  Londo111

  I was very obedient to what the Organization told me. Although sometimes after the convention was over I looked for ways not to wear it out to dinner.
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  Your Jehovah’s Witness Is Showing

  by David_Jay in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since i just signed up and posted a few times without doing this yet, here is my story..

  i think that i became a jehovahs witness because of my immaturity.

  i had some quirky personality traits, and i joined finding that i fit in because, as i said to myself: these people get me.

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  Londo111

  Well said!