i know this might sound like a question from "la-la" land but as a black ex-jws most of the white jw's that i did have contact with were really nice.
i was talking to a hispanic ex-jws the other day and he was telling me of some of the racist experiences he had as a jw.
i did not contradict him but i never experienced racism from caucasian jw's.
I was told this story by a Bethel 'heavy' who swore it was true.
It is of Lyman Swingle (was a Governing Body member, now dead) at the dinner table in Brooklyn Bethel: a new black lad was at his table and Swingle asked him, "Pass the salt, boy."
He lad took this as a racial slur and said, "Pardon me, Brother Swingle?"
"Pass the salt, nigger," Swingle replied.
a dialogue has opened up between me and a jw friend about their stance on blood.
just wondered if any of you were ever asked a question that made you think twice, or if you have any questions that you think would be good to ask?
(i don't want to offend this person.
A crucial link in WT's teaching that the Scriptures forbid blood transfusions is the argument that a transfusion is nothing more than eating, but by a different route. One of their favorite illustrations is if a doctor were to tell you to abstain from alcohol, could you then have an alcohol transfusion instead?
This appears persuasive until you turn it around: if a doctor were to tell you you needed a blood transfusion, could you drink it instead? Obviously not, because the blood would be digested in the gut, some nutrients would be absorbed into the bloodstream but the solids would be expelled with the rest of your solid waste. But drinking a pint of blood will do nothing to stop your veins collapsing if your circulatory system is hemorraging. It's about as sensible as, when your doctor tells you you need a kidney transplant, asking if you could just have some steak and kidney pie instead.
does anyone remember being taught that the wts got into trouble way back when for using someone else's music w/o permission?
i swear i remember reading or hearing from the platform their excuse that they didn't remember the melody was used by someone else and it was an honest mistake.
something about them using parts of some other church's hymns in the kingdom melodies....something like, "a musician hears many songs and doesn't memorize them all.
rebel8,
The other day I was looking through some old posts made here by the Guardian reporter Stephen Bates, and smiled when he wrote in thread WTS supports The Guardian:
Incidentally, the PR at the Watchtower never did respond to my letter to him, or to the suggestion that they were in breach of copyright for lifting Guardian words without payment....
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for those who requested copies of the deed for beth sarim, i mailed them today.
you should probably receive them between 4--7 days.. apostanator
lime05,
Where is the actual file?
Congratulations--you passed the first part of the test (you found the link), but failed the second (to download the file)!
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for those who requested copies of the deed for beth sarim, i mailed them today.
you should probably receive them between 4--7 days.. apostanator
If anyone's interested, I've posted the deeds here , where they can be downloaded. It's a 0.18 Mb PDF file.
The word 'here' has the link. Sorry for making it too obscure.
Here it is in a more legible format: http://www.savefile.com/files.php?fid=3650666
Hope this helps!
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for those who requested copies of the deed for beth sarim, i mailed them today.
you should probably receive them between 4--7 days.. apostanator
If anyone's interested, I've posted the deeds here, where they can be downloaded. It's a 0.18 Mb PDF file.
a critical windows flaw has been found and microsoft are not releasing a fix until jan 10th.
in the meantime, you can still protect yourself: read
wmf faq
In an indication of how seriously they view this vulnerability, Microsoft have now released their own fix for this problem, in spite of originally saying they weren't going to release it until 10 January.
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll
Microsoft's No-Charge support phone number for virus and other security-related issue support is 1-866-727-2338 , and is available 24 hours a day for the U.S. and Canada. For other countries, see http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=4 .
i have already seen in my local congregation the "blessing"
this bethellite couple has been reassigned as special pioneers, and they have accepted this blessing.
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Apparently the reasons for the massive layoffs:
- They don't need so many workers because of the speed and efficiency of the new printing equipment,
- Because we are so deep into the last days, they need every possible person in the preaching work.
Haha!!
Why am I not surprised they'd never admit it's because demand for their so-called 'literature' is falling and contributions are drying up?
Good question, Minimus.
I've spoken to a number of JWs recently and the one thing on which they all disagreed with the Society was higher education. They all felt sufficiently strongly about it to openly say they were going to university no matter what the Watchtower says.
Good on them. Nice to see some independent thinking. No doubt they'll soon also be posting on JWD...
a critical windows flaw has been found and microsoft are not releasing a fix until jan 10th.
in the meantime, you can still protect yourself: read
wmf faq
A critical Windows flaw has been found and Microsoft are not releasing a fix until Jan 10th.
In the meantime, you can still protect yourself: Read WMF FAQ .
Read also Microsoft Security Advisory (912840).
