Um, from my position in Oz, land down under also, NO.
jtg...
PS I got a few in friends that are with me on this.
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Do they take the GB seriously?
by Tech49 inso this is an honest question that i have been thinking about for some time.. do regular jehovahś witnesses in other countries (other than the usa) take the governing body in new york seriously?.
i mean, i cant help but wonder about the publishers in japan, or south africa, or mexico, or new zealand, or even the uk, or spain, or italy...... or russia?.
not you and i (we know what you think of them), but the regular jwś...... do they take these american buffoons seriously?
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"No junk mail". How witnesses ignore these signs!
by stuckinarut2 inas we know, many people have "no junk mail" signs on their home letterboxes.
this clearly means that they do not want unsolicited mail or advertising material.. so how are witnesses getting around this?.
during the campaign to distribute the convention invitations, when they come across a house with "no junk mail", they are just putting the leaflet inside an envelope and hand writing "to the householder" on the front and putting it in the letterbox!.
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Ok Stuck, My bad, the instruction to address to person directly is an wt directive to pubs here in Victoria as I understand it. I re read my post !!. I wasn't clear enough. I also get the to the hh junk mail. But, I will also look further into that. However I keep junkmail reply paid envelopes, jam them full of junk mail and send them off to the addressee.......
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"No junk mail". How witnesses ignore these signs!
by stuckinarut2 inas we know, many people have "no junk mail" signs on their home letterboxes.
this clearly means that they do not want unsolicited mail or advertising material.. so how are witnesses getting around this?.
during the campaign to distribute the convention invitations, when they come across a house with "no junk mail", they are just putting the leaflet inside an envelope and hand writing "to the householder" on the front and putting it in the letterbox!.
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Here in Australia the Freedom of religion right ceases at the front gate and, if the occupant of a property puts up a "do not knock" sign "no hawkers" or, "no trespassers", your right of access to the property has been denied. If you knock, you break the law. If a no junk mail sign is on the mailbox, no literature is to be placed therein. Any mail you try to place in the mailbox must be addressed to the person directly and not simply "to the householder"
Most jw's that I know respect any occupants' request in this matter. There are of course the uber zealous and illiterate ones, as there are in society generally.
I must say, there is an increase in signs stating jws directly as not being welcome.
The best one I've heard of is where the occupants sign states that "before you knock. be aware that a charge rate of au$50.00 per minute will be made for any religious discussion. If you agree with this then feel free to knock". I kid you not its a ripper. apparently a few of them have been spotted.
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10 Years Japan losses 5,400 Publishers and 638 Kingdom Halls! Why?
by Witness 007 injapan had a handful of witnesses after ww 2....this number skyrocketed to 222,912 by 1998!
then something happened.
publisher figures didn't stop, they dropped by thousands over the next decade!.
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2016 yearbook
Pubs 215,294.. Congs 3,059.
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Jonah Letter
by Coded Logic indear brothers and sisters,.
it has come to our attention that many in our ministry are encountering individuals who question the accuracy of the bible on scientific grounds.
for example, they may ask questions such as, how does a snake talk when it has no vocal chords or mouth and lip muscles?
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I was there
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So, any comments from the Memorial?
by NewYork44M inperhaps i missed the comments, but i did not see a lot of comments from, or about, the memorial.
it happened last night, right?.
in years past the jwn board was hot with comments.
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it was boring and organisationally self aggrandising
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so much for babylon the great falling in 1919
by nowwhat? insuposedly babylon the great lost her power and influence over the people and government rulers back in 1919. flash forward to today the russian orthodox church is behind the banning of witnesses in russia.
yet another failed prophecy!
have these guys gotten anything right?!
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jonahstourguide
or... did it simply blow a fuse
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RUSSIA: (6 April 2017) Day 2 - Jehovah's Witnesses hearing under way
by jwleaks intighter security today and much greater police presence.
great weather.. .
lunchtime view over moscow.. .
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jonahstourguide
me too,,,...
Yess indeedy to all updaters including dreary
jtg
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so much for babylon the great falling in 1919
by nowwhat? insuposedly babylon the great lost her power and influence over the people and government rulers back in 1919. flash forward to today the russian orthodox church is behind the banning of witnesses in russia.
yet another failed prophecy!
have these guys gotten anything right?!
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jonahstourguide
um,,,,,, nope
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RUSSIA: (6 April 2017) Day 2 - Jehovah's Witnesses hearing under way
by jwleaks intighter security today and much greater police presence.
great weather.. .
lunchtime view over moscow.. .
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thanks for the great updates "leaks"
jtg