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ValiantBoy
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War Bonds WW2 Australia
by JW83 inthis information is taken from thesis by peter strawhan, 1984, re jws in australia in ww2.
rees was head of jws in australia, who were banned 1941-43.
jws contributed 10,000 to war bonds from cash accumulated during ban, reported to knorr july 1943. rees: ?of course the fact that we took out the bonds has not been publicized, but we have seen to it that the government officials such as security, army, manpower, etc, know of it.
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ValiantBoy
Hey Jayne..Thanks for the info. It's been so long since I read that yearbook that I'm surprised I remebered any of it. I wanted to look it up to see if I was correct before I posted, but, alas, for some ungodly reason I've discarded all my Witness literature...
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War Bonds WW2 Australia
by JW83 inthis information is taken from thesis by peter strawhan, 1984, re jws in australia in ww2.
rees was head of jws in australia, who were banned 1941-43.
jws contributed 10,000 to war bonds from cash accumulated during ban, reported to knorr july 1943. rees: ?of course the fact that we took out the bonds has not been publicized, but we have seen to it that the government officials such as security, army, manpower, etc, know of it.
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ValiantBoy
Actually I believe there is ome discussion of this in the 1983 yearbook. I may have the year wrong, but it was either 82 or 83. It discussed the factt hat the organization in Australia had compromised their neutrality. It blamed stagnation within the organization on the removal of Jehovah's blessing due to these compromises. Of course, once the situation was corrected, the organization moved forward
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Ruined marriages
by greendawn ini just wish to know does the wts have a deliberate policy of splitting married couples if one of the spouses leaves the org even if adultery is not involved?
do they at least indirectly encourage this to happen?
and if yes is this a fairly recent policy?
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ValiantBoy
I grew up in a divided household. My father was an abusive husband, but my mom was forbidden by the elders to leave him. There marriage was horrible, but the cong always told her she had to stay. There was never any attempt to make them split up.
Their marriage is a lot better now...almost a model marriage. It's cool. Know when it got better? When mom quit going to meetings.
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Were any of you "Self righteous" in the begining?
by new boy ini know i was!------------ in my "20s" there was no one more "self righteous" then me.
i thought everyone should be pioneering since we were so close to 1975!.
i actully had a card make up to hand to people saying "have sword will travel"------on the bottom it said a a a {available after armageddon} because i tought anyone who got married before then was a slacker.. what a "jerk" i was!!!.
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ValiantBoy
I was a total prick. Pioneer at 16, ms at 19, public talks at twenty, etc. told on my firends for minor infractions of the rules, etc. I still have to watch that tendency to judge others or try to exalt myslef.
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JW Shoots a Suspected Child Molester
by Gerard inhttp://www.journalnow.com/servlet/satellite?pagename=wsj%2fmgarticle%2fwsj_basicarticle&c=mgarticle&cid=1031782032292
anger caused ex-marine to kill man, kin say
accused man thought the victim had abused three boys, family says in his defense
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ValiantBoy
He's obviously not a witness...he actually took some action against a child molester...very unwitnesslike
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The Pope and JW Urban Legend
by xjw_b12 indoes anyone remember pope john paul i ?
he was elected in 1978, and died 33 days later, leading the way for pope john paul ii.
(now maybe that was a conspiracy)
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ValiantBoy
I had heard the one about John Paul II's brother being a witness in Poland. In the incarnation I read, he was the branch committee coordinator in Warsaw. I told Sister Christall that I did not believe that was true. She said it most definitely was. So I went down to Walden books and read throught the Pope's autobiography. Of course he had no witness siblings. I reported this to the sister and was told that he had disowned his brother and that's why he wasn't mentioned...and she cautioned me about reading books about the pope.
Of course, it's a crock of shit...but she wouldn't admit that even in the face of indisputable evidence
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Something funny I heard on Howard Stern
by TweetieBird ini was listening to howard stern this morning and robin mentioned that someone approached her with the watchtower.
she told the jw that she was not interested, he asked her if she had ever read the watchtower.
she said yes, he asked her what she thought about it and i loved her reply...she said that she thought that she never wanted to read another one.
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ValiantBoy
That's hilarious. Even as a Witness I hated reading the magazines. Even if I agreed with the doctrinal articles, those lame ass awake articles were an embarrassment. Particular ones I hated were aboutt the stacking Russian dolls and an article about Hungarian goulash. Poorly written and just stupid! Really, who in Texarkana AR or Valliant OK gives a flying fuck aboutt he origins of Hungarian goulash?
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14 YEAR OLD JW GIRL NEEDS BLOOD - CAN YOU HELP
by SHUNNED FATHER ina 14 year old jw girl in vernon, british columbia, canada needs a blood transfusion.
the watchtower society lawyers.
both parents are jw.
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ValiantBoy
They say she is old enough to make that decision herslf. But suppose her decision was to take blood? Suddenly she would no longer be old enough.
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are congregation revolving around mini-moguls or dynasties of elitist JW?
by cyborgVision inin your experience, did you ever see congregation being revolved around clan-like, all-influential families?.
i don't know about your experiences, but in my personal experience and basically wherever i went i've seen congregation being influenced by mini dynasties of elitist jw.
in fact their influence goes far beyond of what you'd normally consider "spirituality" and branches down to some absolutely bizarre issues such as what type of car you should drive, what brand of clothing is "christian", what sort of barbeque is appropriate, even what cereal you should not buy since it supports "babylon the great", etc.
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ValiantBoy
Most definitely. Every cong I've been in has had these families. In fact, I am felated to one of these families from Central Oklahoma.
The last cong I was in...the PO has a son and son in law who are both elders also. I am convinced that in any other cong the son and son in law would not be elders. Anyhow, they are all very materialistic and lacking in compassion. They all have sports cars, pools, go on cruises, etc. This in a cong that is by and large poor. I recall once the PO was told that a very elderly sister in a town about 15 miles from the KH could no longer drive. He was asked if the cong could make arrangements to pick her. He said no, the cong could not be expected to make such a sacrifice on a regular basis. It was disgusting. This woman was one of the first witnesses in the area and had been a witness for nearly 40 years.
But my favorite thing they did was change the Sunday meeting time. For many years it was at 930. A lot of pubs wanted it changed to 1000. SO a vote was taken. It was close, but the cong did vote to change to 1000. Well, this elder and his fam were upset because they liked getting out at 1130 so they couls get good seats at restauraunts before the church crowds came in. ANd they made that known.. So, after a couple of motnhs, an announcement was made that the body of elders had reexamined the issue of meeting times and it was decided to go back to 930. No vote was taken or anything. At the time, the only elders in the cong were the PO, his son and son in law. It was so obvious what had happened.