I suggest you take a look at the neighborhood and agenda of those who are up in arms before sending any letters.
benext
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DUMBO area in Brooklyn says "No!" to watchtower development
by Dogpatch inread the whole article at: http://www.nypost.com/business/13351.htm.
december 14, 2003 -- another real estate turf war is cooking in brooklyn.
this one squares off dumbo dwellers against jehovah's witnesses, whose plans to build a massive housing complex has the trendy neighborhood residents from down under the manhattan bridge overpass fuming.
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Field Service Hours
by Mystery inmy "jw" family came down for the "thanksgiving" holiday.
my mom & sister - my sisters family - my full time pioneer niece (17 years old).
we were sitting around playing cards and my niece was writing letters inbetween deals.
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benext
The announcement is made to turn your TIME in. Rarely have I heard an announcement to turn in your field service REPORT. It's all about the hours.
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Secret literature
by HarryPotter inalmost the majority of us know that there is a secret book just for the elders which is called "pay attention..." everybody knows that the society defends herself saying that the book is not secret becasue it was shown to the witnesses in an assambley and there is a picture of it in the book proclaimers so she askes how the book could be a secret.
well, acccording to my dicctionary for learners of english says: secret; something that is secret is known about by only a small number of peple, and is not told or shown to anyone else.
so the book is secret.
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benext
Secret? How many elders are there worldwide?
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The view from Sydney: Badge cards everywhere!
by ozziepost inmrs ozzie and i are having a day in the city.
the roads are jammed with xmas shoppers and the dubs' sighteeing coaches!
it's a nightmare!
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benext
Anyone wanting a lapel card can simply go to the lost and found and pick one up. Unless things have changed in the last couple of years they would put them right on the tables along with the lost songbooks, Bibles, etc.
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The Good Faith
by benext ini was in the audience to see the play "the good faith" along with the nyc ex-jw yahoo group last week.
this play is based on the experiences of richard and francis rawe.
there's a song in the show entitled: "disfellowshipped and shunned.
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benext
I was in the audience to see the play "The Good Faith" along with the NYC Ex-JW Yahoo group last week. This play is based on the experiences of Richard and Francis Rawe. There's a song in the show entitled: "Disfellowshipped and Shunned." After the show, I had the opportunity to speak to some of the cast members and enlighten them on what it means to be shunned. One asked if an active JW would be allowed to see the show. People outside the org. really have no idea the amount of control exerted on the minds of those in. If you have the opportunity I recommend you see this show. It runs thru December 7th.
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Sad to Say ?
by Blueblades in.
why does the wt.society use this phrase so much in their literature and talks from the platform.. for example:sad to say that when a wife refuses her husband the sexual due,sad to say she is contributing to his adulteress affair.found in the wt.also,sad to say,even some of those promonent in the society have been guilty of sex offenses.and then ,sad to say,some grownups like to have sex with children,from the new great teacher book,page 170.. why use the phrase "sad to say?
"prior to making their point on sexual issues?do you know of other issues where they use the term,phrase,"sad to say".just curious as to the purpose of using those words.. blueblades
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benext
There's a style guide for use in the writing dept. Sad to say, this may be one of the phrases approved for use.
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Arson at the Kingdom Hall
by detective ini hope this isn't a repeat... .
from yesterday's boston globe: .
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2003/11/30/jehovahs_witness_church_destroyed_in_arson_teenager_charged/.
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benext
I went to a KH that someone tried to burn down. Rumor had it he was DF'd and was trying to destroy the records.
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Now I`ll be disfelowshiped for sure ...
by invictus inwell after two months of silence i got a couple of phone calls from my "best jw friends".
probably motivated by november watchtower instructions, they were nice asking about a family, kids etc, and then came "the" question: when are you going back to the meetings?
i told them again reasons why not ,yet they tried to be sympathetic by warning: as long as you do not go around and bad-mouth the organization we can still be friends.
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benext
Someone told me this weekend about this article. Which mag was it? I'd hate to have to ask for more than one and boost the circulation figures.
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How JT got Shafted as a Bethelite- and OTHERS TOO!!!!!!!!1
by JT inelp us keep your earnings record accurate
you, your employer and social security share responsibility for the accuracy of your earnings record.
since you began working, we recorded your reported earnings under your name and social security number.
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benext
This makes me feel sad for some of the Bethelites I used to know. The day will come when they're kicked to the curb and have to rely on someone "back home" to give them a job mopping in an office building. As for the others I used to know that day can't come soon enough.
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Looking for info on CO Pedro and Levine Hienz from Philly
by sis in distress inhe looked like al jareau/ louis farakan with his little bow tie and his wife looked like venessa williams a light skinned woman with green eyes.
they were the cooliest couple i had ever met in the traveling work- they had a style that was very unusal, in most cases the wife if often times unknown and stands in the showdow of her man, not levine she was all woman- smile.
alot of the boys had a crush on her - she never got fresh but she was just nice-.
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benext
I was in a congregation served by a them few years ago in NY. The last name is spelled Hines. I wasn't aware they had left the circuit work. He was a cool guy.