Posts by Phantom Stranger

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A blessing for everyone

by Blue in

i hope and pray you all have a happy life,.

and that life is kind,.

and warm sunshine fills your life.. i pray that you will be happy and healthy,.

Have You Had Any "Blessings" Since You've Left The Truth?

by minimus in

jw
friends

When would a non -baptized person be DA'ed?? ( Blondie or others)

by Poztate in

jw
friends

on ozzie post i noticed this statement from blondiedoes anyone remember the days when an unbaptized person was "disassociated".

i was of the impression that kids who were brought up in the "truth" but had not been baptized would still be da'ed if they were caught doing something against any of the many rules.has this changed???.

could a local congo still practice da'ing even if head office had changed their policy??

Phantom Stranger

Eduardo, I believe you are possibly using incorrect terms.

"Diassociated" is and was different from "bad association" during the early 80's. The DA'ing you describe was already in use in the early 80's. "Bad Association" was the term, in the US at least, for unbaptized folks who would ahve been DF's were they baptized.

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Remember Herbert W. or Garner Ted Armstrong?

by wednesday in

recently i have remembered a man named armstrong and a mag.

he used to publish "the plain truth".

i remember in the 60-70 many people used to get him mixed up with jws.

Phantom Stranger

From what I have heard from ex-WCG friends, it was possibly worse than the WTS.

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What is your agenda?

by Phantom Stranger in

jw
friends

(this is not short.

please be warned.

it?s said that there are three ways of listening.

Phantom Stranger

J, Frank, thanks for your reading and commenting on such a lengthy post.

Regards,

PS

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When would a non -baptized person be DA'ed?? ( Blondie or others)

by Poztate in

jw
friends

on ozzie post i noticed this statement from blondiedoes anyone remember the days when an unbaptized person was "disassociated".

i was of the impression that kids who were brought up in the "truth" but had not been baptized would still be da'ed if they were caught doing something against any of the many rules.has this changed???.

could a local congo still practice da'ing even if head office had changed their policy??

Phantom Stranger

The term I remember from the platform was "Bad Association".

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Iraq Al Qaeda link apparently is there

by Yerusalyim in

fox news is putting out a report that the senate intelligence committee has a sixteen page memo detailing the links between iraq and al qaeda going back before the first gulf war.

this includes monies...weapons...and training going to aq, atta meeting twice with iraqi intelligence (1994 and 2000), and a possible visit by ubl himself to baghdad a few years back.

it'll be interesting to see how this pans out...even more interesting to hear what the oppossers have to say if this all proves true...you know...the ones who keep saying there's no link between iraq and a q.

Phantom Stranger

Funny how every other major news organization didn't touch this story. Actually, no, I guess it's not. Broadcast journalism in general has declined in quality over the last decade, but FNN remains unparalelled.

Where have you gone, Walter Cro-onkite, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you... woo hoo hoo..

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Study: No Sign Saddam Transferred WMD

by Phantom Stranger in

cordesman is a bright fellow, btw...

washington - a new study by an independent military and intelligence expert who toured iraq (

news

Phantom Stranger

Cordesman is a bright fellow, btw...

WASHINGTON - A new study by an independent military and intelligence expert who toured Iraq ( news - web sites ) recently found no evidence that Saddam Hussein ( news - web sites ) tried to transfer weapons of mass destruction to terrorists.

Anthony Cordesman, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, met with top U.S. officials in Iraq, including David Kay, the CIA ( news - web sites ) representative leading the search for chemical, biological and other unconventional weapons. President Bush ( news - web sites ), in justifying the invasion and occupation of Iraq, said he feared Saddam, then Iraq's authoritarian president, would supply weapons of mass destruction to terrorist organizations such as al-Qaida.

"No evidence of any Iraqi effort to transfer weapons of mass destruction technology or weapons to terrorists. Only possibility was Saddam's Fedayeen, and talk only," Cordesman wrote of his briefing with Kay. The Fedayeen is the deposed leader's former paramilitary force.

Cordesman, who also met with L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. civil administrator in Iraq, said foreign terrorists appear to be crossing the border from Syria, with some entering from Saudi Arabia and a few from Iran. He said that U.S. troops "still face major threats from criminal elements released at the end of the war."

The report said Saddam appears to be cut off and isolated, constantly on the move with no real role in controlling the anti-American forces. Over the course of his Nov. 1-12 visit, Cordesman traveled to Baghdad, Babel, Tikrit and Kirkuk, among other areas, meeting with combat commanders and staff in high-threat areas.

His report was released Friday.

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