Topics Started by Viva la Vida

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Baptisms exceeding 300K last year – a possible reason
by Viva la Vida in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
two facts to consider: 1) most baptisms take place during assemblies and conventions; 2) the theocratic year goes from september to august.

my theory: the borg changed the calendar of conventions and assemblies so to concentrate the baptisms in a single theocratic year.

if some conventions used to take place in july/august, for the 2018 series they moved them to september.
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New Branch Office in Argentina in Luxury Area of Buenos Aires
by Viva la Vida in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
they are using a construction company to build the new branch office in one of the most expensive areas of buenos aires .

http://www.criba.com.ar/en/works/116-asociacion-de-los-testigos-de-jehova.
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The Polish Effect on JW Europe statics
by Viva la Vida in
1. jw
2. friends
according to the 2017 yearbook there was an important reduction of publishers in poland (over 2,000) and small increases in countries like uk, ireland, germany and norway.

i thought that there might be something more than just people leaving jw in eastern europe and joining in western europe, so i checked in jw.org the number of polish language congregations outside of poland.

as you can see below germany, the uk, ireland and norway have a lot of polish congregations.
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WT sells branch in Hong Kong for 65M
by Viva la Vida in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.savills.com.hk/_news/article/574/141879-0/12/2015/savills-appointed-sole-agent-for-the-tender-sale-of-12-and-14-kent-road--kowloon-tong.

savills appointed sole agent for the tender sale of 12 & 14 kent road, kowloon tong.

the two-storey property at 14 kent road has a site area and saleable area of 10,771 sq ft and 4,303 sq ft respectively.
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Activism idea. Get former JWs celebrities to raise awareness
by Viva la Vida in
1. jw
2. friends
it just occurred to me that former jws celebrities could help in a campaign to raise awareness on some of the most controversial jw's practices (two witness rule in relation to child abuse, shunning, blood).

we would need some of them to record brief videos and share them through social media.

this can be more effective than what any of us could individually do.
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What happened with Dr. Applewhite's supplementary report? Mistery solved
by Viva la Vida in
1. jw
2. friends
542 on 16 august 2015, dr applewhite wrote to the legal representative of watchtower.

australia and advised that she was unable to prepare a supplementary statement due.

to other commitments.
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McFarland v. West Congregation of JW - oral arguments online
by Viva la Vida in
1. jw
2. friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjpujjniw4
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New Geoffrey Jackson statement on Royal Commission's webpage!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Viva la Vida in
1. jw
2. friends
check his signature... it looks kind of childish/feminine (at least in my part of the world)... is this a grown man's signature for you?.

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=9d0ca1dc-1bd6-41c4-9cfc-b1d616d1cc65&type=exhibit&filename=stat.0670.001.0001&fileextension=pdf.
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If Jackson is not available due to compassionate reasons, can other GB member take his place?
by Viva la Vida in
1. jw
2. friends
i would think the only christian organization on this planet would be more than willingly send another gb member to australia in order to answer rcs questions, taking the place of jackson who is taking care of his ill farther.

.

if someone should show compassion to jackson those are his gb pals.
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Dr Applewhite and Conti's case
by Viva la Vida in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
this is from conti's appeal veredict:.

monica applewhite, a clinical social worker and an expert on child sexual abuse, testified for defendants that watchtowers policy against disclosing private information .

very closely mirror[ed] the codes of ethics of the national association of social workers and the american counseling association.