Athanasius

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  Free signs for Memorial night protesters!

  by koolaid-man in

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  isn't it time to speak up?

  take the giant step!

  on tuesday, march 30,2010, after sundown, is the biggest event in the jehovah's witness world.

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  Athanasius

  Why not just attend the Memorial at your favourite Kingdom Hall and drink up all the wine.
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  Injuries at Assemblies, who covers the cost

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  well, i knew it would happen, and i wasn't surprised when it did.. a friend of mine, older brother with a heart condition, was assisting in shoveling snow at the circuit assembly this weekend (suit and tie, no less!

  ) and slipped on the ice and cracked a couple of his ribs.. what is the likelihood that the circuit or society will assist or cover his medical bills?

  any takers on this?.

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  It may depend on who owns the facility where the CA is to be held. If the Watchtower owns it, he is out of luck. If the landlord is a "worldly" corporation, he could possibly sue them. However, most landlords, in a situation like this, require their tenants to carry Workers Compensation Insurance for their employees. It's written in the lease agreement. So it is possible that his work related injury is covered.
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  Tell me about your avatar(not the Gravatars)

  by asilentone in

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  my avatar is a pic of a cool car, obviously.

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  That's me in 1976, a year after the Great Tribulation. Most of you are probably too young to remember the Battle of Armagedon in 1975.
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  Do Most Pedophiles Use Religion as Their Cover?

  by cameo-d in

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  as children, we were always taught not to accept candy from strangers and not to ride with strangers.

  however, it seems that the danger most always comes, not from a stranger, but from someone the child knows.. one day we headed to the school bus stop knowing we were 'almost' late.

  we waited and waited.

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  I think pedophiles just like to get into postitions where they have acess to children. In our locality we have seen public school teachers, boy scout troop leaders, tennis coach, etc. prosecuted for child molestation. These people like to get a job where they have authority over children. For them it doesn't matter whether it is religious or secular, it's the power they wield over children.
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  Dedication of Kingdumb Hall?

  by NikL in

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  so my wife who is an active sister got an "invite" to the dedication of the new hall in our town.. apparently it's a big deal 'cuz some big whig from krooklyn is coming to deliver a talk, yada yada yada.. my question, why spend the bucks to fly some old geezer out to the west coast for a building dedication?

  is it not officially a kingdumb hall without his coming and having a big ceremony?.

  just curious about your thoughts..

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  Don't gay Governing Body members travel with their domestic partners? Aren't they disguised as traveling companions or assistants so the rank and file won't catch on?
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  Dedication of Kingdumb Hall?

  by NikL in

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  so my wife who is an active sister got an "invite" to the dedication of the new hall in our town.. apparently it's a big deal 'cuz some big whig from krooklyn is coming to deliver a talk, yada yada yada.. my question, why spend the bucks to fly some old geezer out to the west coast for a building dedication?

  is it not officially a kingdumb hall without his coming and having a big ceremony?.

  just curious about your thoughts..

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  Regarding the GB members giving talks at the KH dedications, it seems that in the past the local congregation had to pay for the GB member's travel expense. And, if he brought his wife or domestic partner along, the congregation paid for them too.
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  Discussions with JW's and JW sympathizers in forums

  by safari in

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  i'm new to this site, though familiar with it for years, and glad it is here.

  i have never been a jw though i was almost sucked in when i was a teenager.

  that close call led me to study and research the jw doctrines and teachings so that if i do talk with them i may know their mentality a lot better.

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  Good observations, Terry. However, you forgot to mention that they probably count the time they spend on the internet "witnessing" to "apostates" and considering it field service.
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  Photo of GB 2006

  by Titus in

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  please, compare this photo with the gb photo in the book "bear thorough witness".

  gb2006.

  isn't that the same photo?.

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  There was an interesting book published a few years back titled THE COMMISSAR VANISHES--The Falsification of Photographs and Art In Stalin's Russia by David King. Whenever Stalin would purge a member of the Communist Party leadership, their image would vanish from official photographs. The disappearance of Commissar Barber from the JW Supreme Soviet, I mean Governing Body photograph, caused me to wonder if he was purged and sent to the Watchtower Gulag.
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  What does it mean to be spiritual but not religious?

  by asilentone in

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  I think that the Jehovah's Witnesses are "religious but not spiritual."
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  Did you Have One " Power Controlling " Elder in your Congregations ?

  by flipper in

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  i believe many congregations had one, if not 90 % of the congregations i attended.

  there seemed to always be one elder that dominated over the other elders and incredibly - in spite of the arrangement being called a " body of elders " many times it seemed that one elder would arise and take control over the other elders.

  the other elders would roll over and bow essentially to these power elders.

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  I served on a BOE that had a controlling elder. His brother-in-law was a CO and he had friends back at the Vatican and was always calling the service desk to back him up if an issue arose in which he didn't get his way. All the other elders would give in to him so he got his way most of the time. One time he tried to interfere with a JC on which he didn't serve. I had served on that JC and we had been compassionate in our decision regarding a young couple that had got into trouble with JW rules. He complained that we had been too lenient in our decision and tried to overturn it for a harsh sentence. We stood firm and let the couple off lightly. He complained to the CO but still wasn't able to get his way.

  The last two years I served as an elder our BOE became polarized with him as the reactionary and myself and two other elders as the liberals. The rest of the BOE tended to be moderates who could go either way. Later one of the liberal elders was forced off the BOE. However, after reading Crisis of Conscience, I realized the JW religion was hopeless and resigned from the BOE and faded away.