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  10 Longstanding Problems that I have with the WT Society: A Summary

  by Bluegrass Tom in

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  i have a problem with this.

  do they know what the right thing is?

  this must mean that college is worse today than it was years ago, but is now okay to attend?

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  seesthesky

  blue grass t - u seem like u have an agenda - not questions - like your whole outpouring of questions = a witness to witnesses - if i am right then i feel for u - dishonesty begets dishonesty
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  jimmy swaggert - gasp!

  by seesthesky in

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  why do ex-jws/jws get so disturbed by the fact that the wts filed an amicus brief in the swaggert case?

  do you suppose those miffed by that fact do not know how the filing of an amicus brief works and its purpose?

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  seesthesky

  he tried to dance one too many times - lol - no -here's a link
  
  http://www.geocities.com/paulblizard/jimmy.html
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  jimmy swaggert - gasp!

  by seesthesky in

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  why do ex-jws/jws get so disturbed by the fact that the wts filed an amicus brief in the swaggert case?

  do you suppose those miffed by that fact do not know how the filing of an amicus brief works and its purpose?

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  seesthesky

  the wts involvement in the case certainly gave an image of forbidden association - that, coupled with the failure to explain - seems like a double standard
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  jimmy swaggert - gasp!

  by seesthesky in

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  why do ex-jws/jws get so disturbed by the fact that the wts filed an amicus brief in the swaggert case?

  do you suppose those miffed by that fact do not know how the filing of an amicus brief works and its purpose?

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  jimmy swaggert - gasp!

  by seesthesky in

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  2. beliefs

  why do ex-jws/jws get so disturbed by the fact that the wts filed an amicus brief in the swaggert case?

  do you suppose those miffed by that fact do not know how the filing of an amicus brief works and its purpose?

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  seesthesky

  odrade -
  
  i don't disagree that the wts has 2ble standards - but the anger over the amicus brief in the swaggert case seems misplaced to me insofar as it gives rise to anger because it exemplifies a 2ble standard -
  
  indeed, the filing of the brief does not, in any way i can see, = a double standard - if i knew how to post it (the amicus brief) here, i would - nothing in it (the brief), as far as i can tell, argues to support the alleged money grubbing of swaggert - but argues against the taxation of religious literature
  
  by stating, "and yet, the ACLU won't shun contributing members if they do something in support of an organization they don't approve," it appear that you are still viewing the filing of an amicus brief as the equivalennt of supporting a litigant - on either side - that is not the case yet i have found, unfortunately, numerous claims that it is - i say unfortunately because flawed conclusions rarely, if ever, lead to truth
  
  if i had to speculate as to any bad conduct by the wts with re to the swaggert case, it'd be that the wts, as far as i know, nerver gave the full details of how the swaggert case influenced it (the wts) to give away its literature on a donation basis
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  jimmy swaggert - gasp!

  by seesthesky in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why do ex-jws/jws get so disturbed by the fact that the wts filed an amicus brief in the swaggert case?

  do you suppose those miffed by that fact do not know how the filing of an amicus brief works and its purpose?

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  ordade - the aclu has filed amicus briefs which, if followed, (and they were) would benefit the actual litigants of a case who were racists - that does not mean that the aclu condoned the racism of those litigants - it just means that they saw the broader implications of a ruling against the racist litigants - i think the case is RAV
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  jimmy swaggert - gasp!

  by seesthesky in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why do ex-jws/jws get so disturbed by the fact that the wts filed an amicus brief in the swaggert case?

  do you suppose those miffed by that fact do not know how the filing of an amicus brief works and its purpose?

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  seesthesky

  my last message was to ordade not euphemism - sorry - i aint good at this forum stuff
  
  yet
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  jimmy swaggert - gasp!

  by seesthesky in

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  2. beliefs

  why do ex-jws/jws get so disturbed by the fact that the wts filed an amicus brief in the swaggert case?

  do you suppose those miffed by that fact do not know how the filing of an amicus brief works and its purpose?

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  seesthesky

  you, apparently, do not understand the function of an amicus brief and are thus concluding on a false premise that the wts supported swaggert because it filed an amicus brief - here, this may help
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amicus_curi%E6
  
  i don't know how to make the link live so you'll need to cut and paste
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  jimmy swaggert - gasp!

  by seesthesky in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why do ex-jws/jws get so disturbed by the fact that the wts filed an amicus brief in the swaggert case?

  do you suppose those miffed by that fact do not know how the filing of an amicus brief works and its purpose?

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  seesthesky

  also - an amicus brief does not mean the party filing it necessarily supports either party involved in the actual controversy
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  jimmy swaggert - gasp!

  by seesthesky in

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  2. beliefs

  why do ex-jws/jws get so disturbed by the fact that the wts filed an amicus brief in the swaggert case?

  do you suppose those miffed by that fact do not know how the filing of an amicus brief works and its purpose?

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  seesthesky

  it means "friend of the court" not of a party