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2022 WTS Numbers
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
2022 grand totals.

branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 86. .

number of lands reporting: 239. .
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On the current migrant crisis
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. social
2. current
thousands of migrants have come to england this year, already beating last year's total.. some may have fled syria and other war-torn countries; others are economic migrants.. let me try to get my head around this phenomenon: migrants are relatively safe in france and other countries.

they then leave the relative safety of continental europe and risk their lives and that of their children by crossing the english channel in rubber dinghies.

there's just no fixing stupid, is there .
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Critical Race Theory…do you think kids should be forced to be taught this in schools?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i do not support crt.

but having said that i find it disturbing that schools are teaching children whatever they want to teach.

if parents object or even teachers refuse to teach something, anything that violates their conscience or morals, i don’t think government or schools have the right to push these people to accept it.
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Pand€mi£ Contribution$
by snare&racket in
1. jw
2. friends
hi everyone, hope all are well :).

just wondering, with all these zoom meetings and cancelled assemblies, just how the financial contribution system works in 2020?.

i obviously am wondering if it will have a huge impact on the wt org.. can someone kindly summarise how contributions are managed nowadays, both officially and anecdotally in kh's.. i was last attending around 2004, where there were x2 contribution boxes, the world wide work and kh fund.
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In the USA, why so often is the vote for President just a vote against someone?
by RubaDub in
1. jw
2. friends
in my lifetime, (i will include kennedy even though i was probably breast-feeding at the time), but it seems that there have been relatively few presidents that we vote "for.

" my list would be kennedy, reagan, clinton and obama.

i'm not talking about their politics here but who generally got voted for, instead of simply voting against.. any thoughts?.
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"The Best Convention Ever" - 2020 starts today
by bats in the belfry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
dress up for the show.

... and now please be seated.

proudly presenting your 2020 convention program.. ... and, thank god, for the ff button on my player.
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wt religion protection racket
by waton in
1. watchtower
2. bible
last week's study (october wt, page 23), par 10:.

abigail and david.

david and his fellow outlaws protected the nabal family's flocks no doubt with daily support (how else would these fugitives make a living?
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How old is old?
by joey jojo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
having a conversation with a pimi elder and i asked him how he deals with the fact that he never expected to get old.

i get the feeling that some dubs still have the original generation explanation hard-wired, even though they claim to accept the new version.

so my question is, how old do you have to be to be considered old?
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Canadians and Europeans, what do you think of your national health care ?
by RubaDub in
1. jw
2. friends
we have been in a battle over health care for so long here in the us regarding public, private, gov't subsidized, obama care, medicare for all, and just about every permutation of the above.. we hear the horror stories here that people wait 20 years for a check-up (ok, bit of an exaggeration), but you get the point.

one side tells us that canadians flock across the border when they are sick and need to see a doctor.

the other side says that is simply not the case.. so tell us, if you live under one of the government systems would you replace it?
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Walked away from bible study after 8 months
by Biblestudent1 in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been working through the grey book with a married couple for several months.

actually after a while what happened was a different brother or sister got invited each week to my study.

i met lots and lots.