the 'awake' magazine never misses an opportunity to project the thought that.
the world is frightening - and hopeless.
the latest (oct.22,2002) is no excception.. on the final page inside, it quotes from a review of a book called "inviting disater -.
"never misses an opportunity to project the thought that
the world is frightening "
Before I got wiser, I beleived that
1) Worldly people told lies all the time
2) If you had a blood Transfusion you would surely get Aids, Hepatitus or something equally nasty
3) It was only other churches that had scandals of moral behaviour
4) Women in the world would jump into bed with anyone they liked
Any other misconceptions?
when prime minister tony blair was 'summoned' to camp david a couple of day's ago, he looked succinctly uncomfortable when doing a press interview with president bush.
today, the prime minister faces the tuc conference, the main agenda covering the impending war on iraq.
british public opinion is very much for the action to not take place against iraq.
If we want to keep a moral high ground then the US/Britain cannot start a war on someone who has not fired a shot (significantly) at "us" in years. "We" would be the aggressor
I am appalled at a further loss of human life, and it would be the innocent who would suffer. For what?
So western politicians make a name in history and rich westerners sleep a little more soundly because the media will stop giving horror stories about Iraq ?
Dont make Watchtower predictions come true!
Religion MUST be done away with.
Lisa
Edited by - BluesBrother on 10 September 2002 15:52:52
We all know that Bill has got a snowball's chance in hell of meeting with the Branch Committee, but you have to admire his spirit and attitude. And no one can take away the success of his campaign or the people he has helped
Go for it Mate!
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That is aweome! enough there to keep me enthralled for 24/7!
hi to everyone on this board - i have been around reading many of your posts for some time now but have only just felt strong enough to post my own thoughts.
the watchtower has left me with guilty feelings that i find hard to cope with at times.
my story in the "truth" started when i was 18 years old.
Hello , good evening and WELCOME !
We have all been where you are and you are now in good company. I am still in association ,for family reasons, but I consider myself mentally free.
It took something special to cause me to realise the real truth
Glad to have you with us
since watchtower attempted to "ruin the earth" they were required to post $25,000.00 bond in their cleanup effort.
if watchtower continues to comply with the law of the land, $20,000.00 of the $50,000.00 fine is suspended.
your personal copy of this is available under (foil) freedom of information law from: .
O K , I can accept that someone acted wrongly and caused the org. to have to pay a hefty fine.
BUT WHAT THE HECK IS THE WTS DOING OPERATING A MINE?
Do they send Bethel Boys down mines these days?
Is it an underground shelter for when Armaggedon comes?
Or another dodgy commercial investment, that the faithful dubs sending in the donations every month know nothing of ?
or am I missing something here
several weeks ago i asked a lot of you here about the involvement with the un.
you were really helpful in your replies.
thank you.. i approached an elder who i know is "up" on that sort of thing and guess what... he had no idea!.
Yes, I guess we have all had the standard reply form letter. In my case it came from London although I wrote to Brooklyn
I have previously posted, that when I wrote again to query it the sent me a very curt letter saying they had nothing more to add, "perhaps I should read it again."
I am still awaiting a reply to my letter re. the Rand Cam shares issue
so my wife calls me and says, "my mom told me there is a sexual offender in our hall, but she won't tell me who!".
i have a small child, so i obviously want to know.
her mom tells her a website where she can search for sexual offenders, www.criminalfiles.info.
"I don't want to put young children in the hall at risk ."
This has got to be your first, last and only consideration.
If it were not for the fact that his computer records show he is still actively feeding his perversion, perhaps you might have given him the benefit of doubt. But it IS a fact . Do what you have to do.
last night, i returned from the chess club with my son to find my wife on the phone.
apparently the congregation secretary had phoned to get our time.
not wanting to disappoint him, she put us both down for two hours.. now, none of us have stepped foot in a kingdom hall since april 10, and we haven't been out in service since march/01.
Not wanting to disappoint him, she put us both down for two hours.
Doesnt this just show a typal secretary's attitude. You haven't been there for months. Does he miss you as a brother? Does he care about your welfare?
No , he is just concerned about filling in neat little forms with neat little figures so he can report to the all wise Society that most of his friggin record cards have got numbers on them.
I was once a secretary but I am pleased to say that I never got to that state..... Pharisee!!
who rules the world?.
is there anyone one dominant force that has a large control over the world?.
who should make up the rules for life( the most powerful nations, businesses,scientists,others), and why should we follow them?.
My wife keeps telling me that Satan rules the world and I am one of his followers because I talk with my "Friends" on the net.
In reality I agree with you in that the international commerces are powerful enough to influence government , and lets not forget the media since it decides what people need to know and slants it so they think alike
Hey, but God is still there ! I believe He is still in charge.
"Would the world be better with a single ruling body overseeing independant states? "Yes
