Yes very much so. I read every book about Native Americans I could find at my local library. This meant persuading the librarians to allow me to use the adult section because they had a wider selection when I was technically too young to qualify. In the end they ordered more books on the subject for my benefit.
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Were visits to the library an important part of your childhood?
by compound complex ingreetings, fellow bibliophiles:.
i remember how sad i was, as a little child, when our beloved carnegie library was razed (unsafe, structurally).
the same tragedy occurred when we moved to a new town and that similar architectural treasure was demolished to put up a new and gleaming building of steel and glass.
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Shoud individuals be held responsible for their INACTION?
by nicolaou inif you see someone about to be struck by a car or otherwise step into harms way but choose not to call out a warning or act in some way to prevent disaster, are you responsible for any harm caused?.
what defence, if any, can be offered for choosing inaction?
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slimboyfat
In my opinion yes, sometimes it can be wrong not to act. If you see someone in trouble and choose not to help you are morally as well as sometimes legally culpable. Is there a further purpose to the question?
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Watchtower and the Robert F Kennedy assasination
by pale.emperor inonly stumbled upon this letter today:.
http://jw-wayback.org/jw-wb/english/letters/to%20congregations/1916-2006/1968-07-09%20to%20all%20congregations%20in%20the%20usa%20(jw%20involved%20in%20assassination%20of%20kennedy).pdf.
apparently, the father of bobby kennedy's killer was accused of being a jw.
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slimboyfat
Very interesting letter. Funny reading the old-time Watchtower belligerent style. It has a certain nostalgic charm.
Plus, as often with Watchtower, it's more interesting what they don't say than what they do say. They say congregations reported back that no member of the family is a baptised JW. Which is clearly not the same as saying they have no JW connection whatever. They say he was unknown to the Watchtower Society. They don't say he was unknown to the congregations they consulted. I don't think the ambiguity is unintentional. I assume this means his family had some JW connection, possibly as long-time Bible studies and KH attenders. But they don't spell that out.
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Broadcasting january 2018: annual meeting
by Gorbatchov infor the second month no jw.org tv show, but the annual meeting this time... .
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slimboyfat
They are in serious trouble, no doubt about it.
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Hello from Scotland - it has been ages....
by The Scotsman inwell how the devil is everyone?
i have not been here for a long time........totally lost track of what is going on in jw land, apart from the little bits i hear from family members still in.
(they say everything is swell and that armageddon is just round the corner).... :).was hearing that anniesland congregation in glasgow has been (or is about to be) disbanded.
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slimboyfat
That's interesting. I wonder how they justified it to the congregation. Simply, "look we need the money, and you can drive ten minutes down the road so don't complain". Who makes rather decision, I wonder. And can local elders stop it?
By the way Scotsman I wrote this thread arguing that WT is in serious financial trouble a few months ago. Not everyone agrees, but the facts speak for themselves.
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Hello from Scotland - it has been ages....
by The Scotsman inwell how the devil is everyone?
i have not been here for a long time........totally lost track of what is going on in jw land, apart from the little bits i hear from family members still in.
(they say everything is swell and that armageddon is just round the corner).... :).was hearing that anniesland congregation in glasgow has been (or is about to be) disbanded.
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Thanks Scotsman could you clarify are Anniesland and Kelvin merging congregations or are they selling one KH so two congregations share one KH?
I would be surprised if they merged congregations. I was at Kelvin congregation in the summer and there was 80 or more in attendance.
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Hello from Scotland - it has been ages....
by The Scotsman inwell how the devil is everyone?
i have not been here for a long time........totally lost track of what is going on in jw land, apart from the little bits i hear from family members still in.
(they say everything is swell and that armageddon is just round the corner).... :).was hearing that anniesland congregation in glasgow has been (or is about to be) disbanded.
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slimboyfat
Not homes? How quaint, do they still do that?
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Since leaving the JW Organization, who is believing?
by Issa ini left the jw organization last year during summer.
maybe some of you can relate.
who of you are agnostic or an atheist?
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slimboyfat
I think I'm agnostic too. But most people who leave JWs seem to keep some sort of belief in God. Although you wouldn't realise it from reading this discussion board where atheism tends to dominate. We don't hear from believers much on this forum for whatever reason, many keep it to themselves or go elsewhere.
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UK - please post names of congregations being disbanded/merged
by truthseeker ini will soon be done with my jw charity analysis project.
can we make this an official thread for uk congregations being merged/disbanded so i can update the list.
i will post the results when finished.. truthseeker.
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slimboyfat
I can find a picture of Ardrishaig KH on google but it's not listed on the website. Is it gone?
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UK - please post names of congregations being disbanded/merged
by truthseeker ini will soon be done with my jw charity analysis project.
can we make this an official thread for uk congregations being merged/disbanded so i can update the list.
i will post the results when finished.. truthseeker.
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slimboyfat
Yes Annieland is still there. They could easily move in with Kelvin congregation. But ordinary JWs would wonder why? Both are large viable congregations, capable of running their own Halls. If they are to share a hall who will make that decision? Do local JWs have any say in the matter?
Paisley and Renfrew congregations share a hall and only get about 40/60 at the meetings. That's probably a clearer case for merger if numbers fall a bit further. Clydebank and Dumbarton are not far, but both are pretty big congregations. Most Scottish congregations are pretty spread out. (Not easy to merge Oban with "neighbouring" Fort William or Ardrishaig) And the ones that share Halls (Aberdeen, Livingston and so on) are big congregations anyway.
Hang on there's no congregation in Ardrishaig? I thought there was. What happened to that?