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  What are your new year's resolutions?

  by rebel8 in

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  do you have any?

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  Do you have any?
  
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  Rivercrest Luxury Apartments

  by tezrichmond in

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  i was totally p***d off about watchtower teaching u should keep your life simple and not investing in treasures in the earth etc while they are buying luxury apartments and forcing its residents out on the street including children.

  so i got on with an email and sent it as follows.

  if any from uk want to launch a complaint go to http://www.frsb.org.uk/donors/.

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  i had read someplace that those who go to help on these building projects have to pay for their own food and lodging.

  Please tell me they're not going to charge volunteers to stay at the apartments. 8|
  
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  urban legends

  by chirac in

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  dear brothers ans sisters.

  i just received this mail in french..(thank you google to have translates it)..this mail is from a still inside brother who encourage to come back.

  do you think its a fact or an other urban legend.

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  i seriously doubt That the secret service agent That allowed a guy to have something in his pocket even if was told not to, would have been sacked.

  The angels hid it from their view just like they hid Daniel from the lions. Duh.;)

  It strikes me (again) that the bible itself is urban myths like this.
  
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  urban legends

  by chirac in

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  dear brothers ans sisters.

  i just received this mail in french..(thank you google to have translates it)..this mail is from a still inside brother who encourage to come back.

  do you think its a fact or an other urban legend.

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  It's probably a lie just like the other jw urban myths. They sure like to talk about famous people encountering dubs, don't they?

  If true, big whoop. You can meet the President and try to hand him something. And any good politician would say thanks I'm gonna read it, right before he throws it in the circular file.
  
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  Any luck kicking the bottle?

  by Ignoranceisbliss in

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  as i continue my sllllooooooowwwwwww fade one of the things that i want to do is better myself as a person.

  one of my biggest pitfalls has always been drinking.

  i don't think i am an alcoholic but at the same time i've never been a very good drinker.

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  Whatever your label is, you need to stop this behavior or it will kill you. You're going to continue to develop tolerance to get the same buzz.

  7 drinks in 1 day is  not normal and it's very bad for your health.

  A professional can help you figure out why you're doing this and develop strategies to deal with what underlies it as well as techniques to stop.
  
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  What if.....the impossible happened?

  by sparrowdown in

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  what if the almighty gb announced that all shunning will cease, and next minute all the people who have shunned you start calling and texting saying "hi, we're baaaack, we can talk to you now!".

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  what would do you do, and how do you react?.

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  What would do you do, and how do you react?

  Keep them on  my block lists just like always. (Facebook, email, etc.)

  Add them to my phone block lists.

  IOW, I don't want to have contact with them.
  
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  JW Doctor mis-Illustrates a Blood Doctrine

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  today i added a new article to my blog addressing an article written by a jw medical doctor in a regional medical journal.

  it's part of an initiative giving attention to how licensed medical professionals among jws have dealt with the blood transfusion subject.

  what they say, how they say it, and what they don't say are all very telling.

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  Good points in that article.

  BTW there is nobody by that name on file with the GA medical licensing authority at this time. FYI
  
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  Rivercrest Luxury Apartments

  by tezrichmond in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was totally p***d off about watchtower teaching u should keep your life simple and not investing in treasures in the earth etc while they are buying luxury apartments and forcing its residents out on the street including children.

  so i got on with an email and sent it as follows.

  if any from uk want to launch a complaint go to http://www.frsb.org.uk/donors/.

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  ok, I guess I did not understand the sale price was the OP's objection. It sounded like buying something called "luxury" and not renewing leases was the issue.
  
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  Rivercrest Luxury Apartments

  by tezrichmond in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was totally p***d off about watchtower teaching u should keep your life simple and not investing in treasures in the earth etc while they are buying luxury apartments and forcing its residents out on the street including children.

  so i got on with an email and sent it as follows.

  if any from uk want to launch a complaint go to http://www.frsb.org.uk/donors/.

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  I don't think it's very nice to call it a stupid letter.

  And good for him for giving the wts a little grief for their behavior.
  

  Anyway, OP, I'm not sure I understand your objection in regards to these apartments.  In the US, owners have a right to use their rental property for their own purposes and not renew leases for existing tenants. The tenants are aware of this when they sign the lease and move in. I'm sure it's disappointing, expensive and inconvenient for them to move, but it shouldn't come as a shock, and they're not "throwing them out on the street" really--just not renewing a lease. Unless I'm missing something?

  Is it the word "luxury" that's bothering you? You might be interested in this. Sounds like some people are of the opinion that these are the opposite of luxurious.
  

  What is the Charity Commission that you mentioned? Is it a legal entity with authority in New York State? I don't think so. The Attorney General's office has some authority over nonprofit organizations in NY but they do not get involved in complaints of this nature (people not liking what the money was spent on). They only get involved if there was a violation of law.
  
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  Status of people shunned before rule change?

  by rebel8 in

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  back in the early 1980s, some congregations were "disassociating" unbaptized people who committed alleged disfellowshipping offenses and weren't repentant.

  it was announced from the platform in the same way, "so and so is disassociated," followed by 1 scripture about shunning and another about the specific sin that person had committed.

  the ritual shunning was exactly the same as dfing.

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  millie, after that debacle in my congregation (most of the teenagers getting DA or DF within a matter of weeks), and the later change in procedure, there was a talk telling parents/kids to not avoid getting baptized so they can't be punished--something like, "Even if you aren't baptized, jehoopla reads hearts and you won't have the benefit of his discipline and maybe lose your life at Armageddon."