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How much money does the R&F give to the WT?
by Viva la Vida in
1. jw
2. friends
that is a very difficult question to answer since the wt doesnt publish its accounts.

but some countries require from charities to make public theirs finances.

i've been thought the wt accounts published for canada, uk and new zealand for 2012. .
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Remember what happened in 2005?
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
would any of us defend the right of a medicine manufacturer to advertise curative powers without side effects when evidence to the contrary was indicated?.

would any of us defend the right of a pharmacist to make up his own prescriptions and pass it off as what our physician specifically gave to us?.

would any of us approve equal time for tv advertisers to promote products as effective which had repeatedly proved to be dangerous?.
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Dropping itty bitty bits of Truth About The Truth to other Witnesses!
by OneDayillBeFree in
1. jw
2. friends
this'll probably get me disfellowshipped eventually but it's been hella fun!.

so lately every time an opportunity arrises while speaking to other jdubs at the meetings or assemblies or even just overhearing their conversations about new light or new publications, service, anything really i drop little things that pass unoticed by most but make some stop and think for a minute.. for example, after one sunday meeting, a brother came up to me with about 5 other jdubbies to poke fun at me saying, "i thought you said you never sat at the front?!

huh?
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Elder lost position for a poor Elvis impersonation singalong!!
by Witness 007 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
afew years ago an elder at a witness gathering decided to dress sort of like elvis...i mean he had a white suit and big belt with sunglasses...called his wife pracilla etc.

big deal...he sang love me tender..etc.

all the witnesses clapped and cheered.
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Angels and Jehovah's Witnesses
by Cold Steel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what would happen if a jehovah's witness claimed to see an angel or have an angelic experience?

what would the reaction of the church be if one of the governing body claimed to have seen an angel or have an angelic experience?

by "angelic experience" i mean being shown future events by an angelic presence.
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Well done informative video of how the Watchtower Corporation psychologically damages people in its intent to control and exploit
by Finkelstein in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this youtube video put out by a once member of the jws, goes into concise detail the extraneous efforts the watchtower corporation intentionally goes into luring people into their organization to only exploit them as its own controlled and subservient sales representatives for their publishing empire.

its a bit long to watch in both parts, it might be a good idea to just not watch it but rather listen to the audio portion alone.

as the video plays along, how many points does this guy hit the nail on the head as to correctly identifying what is really happening and going on in this religious corporate hybrid organization ?.
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Disfellowshipped Facebook friends?
by ldrnomo in
1. jw
2. friends
i just recently friended someone i knew many years ago.

they have been disfellowshipped for a number of years.

i am currently not da'd or df'd so if the elders wanted could they disfellowship me for having a fb df'd friend?.
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WT Mar 15th 2012 - 144,000 no longer a literal number?
by dozy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
reading idly through this magazine , i read the study article "rejoicing in our hope" which discusses the two "hopes" according to the wtbts ie heaven & earth.. a couple of points were of interest:.

(1) absolutely no mention at all of the 144,000 or rev 14. usually an article like this would be filled with references , but it isn't even mentioned.

it does discuss the "limited number" , but only in contrast with the "no man can number" great crowd.. (2) a much more laid back attitude towards the two hopes.