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Leaked video- Watchtower's Preaching Initiative SIFT
by Newly Enlightened in
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watchtower's leaked video.... watchtower's preaching initiative sift.
jonahstourguide

Stuck and sir82 have it correct.
The presenter is an married uber elder regular pioneer who moved into the Niddrie cong some time ago.
Some friends recognised his voice.
So far there is no evidence that this proposal to the elder body saw the light of day....
The guy is renowned for being 'up himself' ,,,, full of his own importance
jtg
Edit to add,,,,, on the western side of melbourne, morning door knocking during the week yields around 6% of doors answered.... no one is home or they refuse to answer when they see the field circus arrive.
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Leaked video- Watchtower's Preaching Initiative SIFT
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
watchtower's leaked video.... watchtower's preaching initiative sift.
jonahstourguide

Niddrie cong,,,,
not far from me. Its a presentation to the Elders at their meeting,around march..,, to be reviewed at their next meeting. i will find out if it saw the light of day,,,,, i know a couple of pioneers in that cong,,,, one is pimo.
The speaker also names the current c.o. who is in the area at the moment.
jtg
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JW Door-to-Door Notekeeping Attracts Scrutiny of EU Authorities
by Room 215 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a newly- enacted eu gdpr privacy protection law, to become effective from may 25, has apparently prompted jws to file suit in protest: .

(translated from the italian) .

source: ex-jwblog: http://testimonidigeovachiedono.blogspot.com/2018/05/le-note-di-casa-in-casa-sono-illegali-per-il-gdpr.html):.
jonahstourguide

Oh yes, and here in Melbourne on weekdays the eldubs are tellin da muppets to take not homes and hand them in to the group conductor. then on Saturday the group conductor hands out not home slips scribbled almost illegibly to all and tell em to do em.
jtg.
p.s. I would love to record the direction and utube it
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Selloff update Melbourne Australia
by jonahstourguide in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've posted this here so all visitors to this site can see info relating to the great expansion.. the kealba kingdom hall in st albans will be sold.

perhaps worth around au1.4 million dollars.

on two blocks of suburban land with off street parking.
jonahstourguide

@gerry
I don't live far from the hall and will be keeping an eye on real estate ads.
I heard a whisper that an approach may be made to the local councils to solicit interest as a "Community Centre"
jtg
p.s. the value stated is based on land values in the area i.e. app 500k unimproved per block.
developers are snapping up these blocks and putting up to three two storey units on each.
Edit to add @ amicabl, A similar situation to Caboolture has recently occurred north NSW near qld coastal border. jworg promised, changed their mind and are in the process of grabbing the cash.
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Selloff update Melbourne Australia
by jonahstourguide in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've posted this here so all visitors to this site can see info relating to the great expansion.. the kealba kingdom hall in st albans will be sold.

perhaps worth around au1.4 million dollars.

on two blocks of suburban land with off street parking.
jonahstourguide

Hi all,
I've posted this here so all visitors to this site can see info relating to the great expansion.
The Kealba kingdom hall in St Albans will be sold. perhaps worth around Au1.4 million dollars. On two blocks of suburban land with off street parking. Probably suit community activities or perhaps the ever expanding Christendom
The two congregations meeting there, Australian and Philipino have been given their marching orders as of July 1 2018.
The Australian cong have been told to go to Sydenham,,,, not that far away and the Philpino's have been told to chat amongst themselves to decide which central location might suit all of them as they are scattered.
Various other congs have had Kealba pubs visiting to see if they can go elsewhere.
Williamstown and St Kilda halls are also in the sell-off sights.
fwiw
jtg
p.s. I've checked jworg, the details have not been updated yet but the announcements are official here.
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The 'IN' families
by punkofnice in
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2. beliefs
one thing i don't miss about being a jobo, is those families that ruled the congregations.. i've seen how the elders protected their own using our old friend, nepotism.. eg.

the son of an elder that stole a car and was prosecuted but 'let off' because it was kept secret and all his relatives were elders in the same congregation.

it certainly went on when i was an elder but i wasn't one of the 'in' crowd.
jonahstourguide

@jTrottigy-
To put it in plain Australian vernacular, from a current jw (been there seen that) pimo. You are a dickhead with your head stuck in the toilet bowl.
Perhaps you should rename yourself,,,,, jTrolligy......... IDIOT !!
jtg
P.S. Or ApostateTrolligy for being here, wanker.
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Was There a First Century Governing Body? - Fred Franz's View
by JWB in
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2. beliefs
was there a first century governing body?

- fred franz's view.

on 7 september 1975, during the graduation day of the 59th class of gilead, wts president nathan knorr introduced wts vice-president frederick franz to the audience.
jonahstourguide

Bump
for sundays wt consideration re paragraphs 16 to 20
jtg
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Evolution is a Fact #1 - Protein Functional Redundancy
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i intend for this to be one of a series of bite-sized ops on the evidence for evolution.. introduction to dna genes are sequences of dna made up of words (codons) each of which are three letters (bases) long.

there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet (acg&t) each word or codon is the recipe for one amino acid.

there are 20 different amino acids in living organisms.
jonahstourguide

Have to say, I'm thoroughly enjoying the discussion and the associated 'squirming'.
I'm off to the pub anyway but am going with a perpetual smile. Thank you cofty.
jtg,,,,
beers are on me mate.
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Getting personal data erased
by Damascus in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
request for personal data erasure under gdpr refused on clause which says religious organisations can keep records.

the following is in their privacy policy:.

upon receipt of your written request, after you provide sufficient evidence of your identity and enough information to permit us to identify your personal data, the applicable data controller will fairly consider granting the request by balancing the interests of the individual in gaining access to data or correcting or deleting data against the legitimate interests of the organization, including whether granting the request would endanger the organization’s right to religious freedom and practice.
jonahstourguide

@stuckinarut2,,,,, are you in Oz? I am and am thinking of doing exactly the same but am uncertain of the law requirements down here.
jtg
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May Broadcast,, a plagiarised musical accompaniment !?
by jonahstourguide in
1. social
2. entertainment
hi folks.. how close is the music of this months "spiritual video" at app 55 minutes to michael buble's "i still haven't met you yet".!?.

i posted here so all and not members only would see this.

perhaps da big 8.. i don't have the skill set to post the comparisons but, i hope someone will.
jonahstourguide

Thank you oppostate. And, well clarified zboubiz.
I often remark on how this religion is fast becoming the same as every other Tele-Evangelism mob.
jtg
P.S. SCAM indeed....