last friday, a guy who has spent 20 years in jail for assaulting and raping a 60 y.o.
woman at knife point has been set free.
before this, he had assaulted and raped a young mother in her house, her children were in the house at the time.
How horible for you Celia,
That guy should never have been let out of jail.
It must be horrible for you not to feel safe in your own home, Id be getting a really good monitored security system put in, or move away for a while untill this guy is thrown back in Jail.
It's horroblie though that someone else has to be hurt because of this creep.
Thinking of you and hope you and your family and friends remain safe.
Lehaa.
...dilemma?
my husband's ex-wife(a baptized jw) has been sending hateful messages with his children(a 4 and 10-year-old), whenever they come to visit us.
(i'm expecting), and she says hateful things about our unborn child to her children, and sometimes they repeat things they overhear her say about me and the baby.
Welcome to the Board.
I agree with Nina, Cruzanheart, If the kids are nice then talk to them about it and how they feel about it all, if they are horrid little snots then get their dad to deal with it.
Also keep all the notes, you may need them as evidence.
I don't think going to the Elders about ti would help, it would probably just make her angrier.
All the best with this problem and your new baby.
beth sarim, the house in san diego rutherford had built and lived in.. from the proclaimers book, page 76,a few years after brother rutherford?s death, the board of directors of the watch tower society decided to sell beth-sarim.
"the watchtower" of december 15, 1947, explained: "it had fully served its purpose and was now only serving as a monument quite expensive to keep; our faith in the return of the men of old time whom the king christ jesus will make princes in all the earth (not merely in california) is based, not upon that house beth-sarim, but upon god?s word of promise.
but, did the watchtower of december 15,1947 state what was the purpose beth-sarim had fully served?.
Thanks for all this guys, especially Farkel, I just read his original post about this from a few years ago.
I was reised in the truth and had never heard of Beth Sarim untill a few weeks ago.
Had to get out to find out about it.
Just makes me think about what other stuff I never heard about.
i've had a great last few days.
my sister had a baby a week ago, she lives in tasmania.
my dad and i flew over to see her and the baby.
Well the doctor changed his mind and decided not to redo her stitches yet, he gave her some anti-inflamatories and said he wanted to give it all a bit longer to heal and check on them later.
Oh well, well see what happens in a few weeks.
we all know how that worked with child sexual abuse cases - because the child was only one witness, unless the alleged perp confessed, he walked (and was even protected from cong.
"gossip"!)..
would the same principle apply in a case of "fornication"?
Ok what happens then if the person who admitted the guilt states that they lied, and was temporarily insane maybe they were trying to get at the other person for something, was do the elders do then.
are you an organ/tissue donor?
and why or whynot did you decide to or not?.
i am going to be as soon as i send in for my new health card this week.
No I'm not but it has been something I've been thinking about a lot lately. Have pretty much decided that I'm going to, also thinking of signing up for the bone marrow register here too. If I can save a life then I'm definately in.
Going to talk to my doctor about it when I see her next.
i've had a great last few days.
my sister had a baby a week ago, she lives in tasmania.
my dad and i flew over to see her and the baby.
Update:
My poor sister just rang me really scared. She's got to go back into hospital and have her stitches redone. She's not looking forward to it at all.
They had to use two lots of forceps to get the baby out, the doctor had to cut her a lot and it's healing wrong. My poor little sister, want to get on hte next plane back to Tassie to hold her hand.
i was at the local shopping centre with my ex-hubbie today, we walked past a car that the local children's cancer charity was auctioning off.
i support this charity when i can and really need a new car to, so walked back and bought two tickets.
my ex, who is still a baptised witness bought two as well.
When he turned around and saw me, I thought he was going to pass out. I just laughed and jokingly told him he'd have to pay me some serious hush money if he won, or I was going to turn his ass in to the elders.
LOL, My mym and i used to enter raffles together all the time, we figured if we got caught we'd go out together.
i was at the local shopping centre with my ex-hubbie today, we walked past a car that the local children's cancer charity was auctioning off.
i support this charity when i can and really need a new car to, so walked back and bought two tickets.
my ex, who is still a baptised witness bought two as well.
Here's what I found on the Disk.
Questions
From ReadersSince
Christians do not wager money, may they accept tickets or participate in drawings in which they may win prizes?This is a question that has arisen from time to time, so it has already been addressed in our publications. In some languages, we have made available indexes of our literature, such as the Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985 (and a similar one covering 1986-1990). If a Christian has such indexes in his language, these can prove very useful in locating satisfying answers quickly.
The question asked above is an example. Looking in the Index for 1930-1985 under the heading "Questions From Readers," one finds the subheading "?drawings,? may Christian accept ticket for?" The reader is referred to the section "Questions From Readers" in The Watchtower of February 15, 1973, page 127. Many Witnesses have the bound volume (or individual issues) of The Watchtower for 1973, or it may be consulted in the library of many Kingdom Halls.
The discussion published in 1973 pointed out that Christians rightly avoid any sweepstakes or drawings that involve buying chances (such as raffle tickets) or putting up money for a chance to win some prize. Simply put, we avoid gambling, which certainly is an expression of greediness.?1 Corinthians 5:11; 6:10; Ephesians 4:19; 5:3, 5.
The
Bible?s ViewpointIs
Gambling for Christians?God?s ViewpointThe Bible does not discuss gambling in detail. Nevertheless, it does provide us with principles that help us determine how God views gambling.
Experience has shown that gambling reflects greed. The Bible strongly condemns greed, warning that ?no greedy person would have any inheritance in God?s kingdom.? (Ephesians 5:5) Greed is seen even when gamblers lose. According to one authority, the gambler "tries to win back what he has lost?looking for the ?big hit.? If he does win big, he bets bigger, and eventually loses his ?big hit.?" Yes, greed is certainly a part of gambling.
Gambling is used by some as a means of feeding their pride. One survey conducted with compulsive gamblers showed that 94 percent considered gambling to be an "ego building activity," and 92 percent said they felt like a "big shot" when they gambled. Yet, God says: "Self-exaltation and pride . . . I have hated." Thus, Christians are urged to cultivate modesty and humility.?Proverbs 8:13; 22:4; Micah 6:8.
Gambling may also induce laziness, since it seems like an easy way to make money without the effort involved in working. But God?s Word clearly incites Christians to diligent, hard work.?Ephesians 4:28.
Moreover, what they call luck is so important to some gamblers that they become obsessed with it, making it their god. This is similar to the Bible account about men who were "setting in order a table for the god of Good Luck." Because of their idolatrous action, they were destined "to the sword."?Isaiah 65:11, 12.
i was at the local shopping centre with my ex-hubbie today, we walked past a car that the local children's cancer charity was auctioning off.
i support this charity when i can and really need a new car to, so walked back and bought two tickets.
my ex, who is still a baptised witness bought two as well.
I'm pretty sure you can get DF'ed.
It's classified as relying on the god of good luck.
