Personally, I would think they need to prove that they are God's personal organization and not vice versa. If you make a claim you must prove that claim, right? Granted, "Crisis of Conscience" pretty much blows there claims right out of the water...
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Can it be proven that the WTS is NOT God's personal organization?
by M.J. inimagine trying to prove to someone that firmly believes in leprechauns that they simply don't exist.
where do you start?
an excellent saying i have heard is "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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adelmaal
The "class thingy" is purely based on how many posts you have made I believe.
Once you hit 100 posts you are no longer a "newbie" I believe...
Welcom to the board :)
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JW work situation
by pratt1 ini work for a rather large financial institution in nyc.
i run a large profit center and manage over 100 people.
on of my best workers is a dub doing a slow but progressive fade.
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adelmaal
I have not yet read the responses but someone on this board (screen name Sassy) has been in the position of the fading dub. She took the matter to HR and HR handled it. From what I gather HR let the over righteous dub know she was not to bring religious matters into the workplace and that it would be considered harrassment if she did so. The over righteous dub was treatened with losing her job. They also let her know she was not allowed to release personal information protected by the privacy act regarding other employees (such as work telephone, address, home phone, etc.).
I would communicate to them both that while at work they are to carry on a work relationship. When communications are strained it affects the overall work environment and these two need to be able to put religious differences aside and work together. If either of them is unable to do so then I would make sure they know it will mean their job.
The poor fader is lucky to have a boss such as yourself.
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Ok now i am getting the creeps
by kls ini live in the country on a hill and i know in the country there are lots of birds but for 3 days now there have been a group of turkey buzzards flying over my house non stop.
as far as i know there is nothing dead in my yard but they constantly circle and circle around my house and getting close to the windows.
now i shower everyday so it can't be that i smell,,,,,,,,could it?.
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ROFLMAO - JH!
Are you the graphic artist or what!
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Ok now i am getting the creeps
by kls ini live in the country on a hill and i know in the country there are lots of birds but for 3 days now there have been a group of turkey buzzards flying over my house non stop.
as far as i know there is nothing dead in my yard but they constantly circle and circle around my house and getting close to the windows.
now i shower everyday so it can't be that i smell,,,,,,,,could it?.
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You should be fine so long as you don't drop dead in front of them . But you should probably stay away from large logs, etc. Who knows whether or not they are protective of their nests! Yikes -- a 6 foot wing span is taller than me .
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Ok now i am getting the creeps
by kls ini live in the country on a hill and i know in the country there are lots of birds but for 3 days now there have been a group of turkey buzzards flying over my house non stop.
as far as i know there is nothing dead in my yard but they constantly circle and circle around my house and getting close to the windows.
now i shower everyday so it can't be that i smell,,,,,,,,could it?.
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adelmaal
Turkey Vultures select undisturbed nesting sites in a variety of habitats. They prefer caves and crevices in cliffs or rocky outcroppings but will nest on the ground under a log or stump. Except for a little scraping of the chosen surface no effort is put into the nest building process. Two creamy-white eggs with brown to faint purple splotches are laid and both parents incubate them. The rather unattractive naked young hatch in about 40 days and the adults brood them continually for a further 5 days. After that period the parents leave the young increasingly alone and will reduce the feeding to two or three times a day. The ungainly, dark headed babies will fledge at about 65 to 70 days and the family generally stays together until the next breeding season. The pair bond is strong and some birds may become lifelong mates.
Could you possibly have a nest nearby? Maybe so if it's mating season...
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Child Protection Policy "Victim" - Legalism Gone Mad
by Stephanus insince a second person in our church faced criminal charges of paedophilia, the church decided to get serious about taking steps to ensure the safety of children in the congregation (n.b.
there is no-one currently in the church that are victims of these two - both the "gentlemen" in question did what they did decades ago).
our boys go to the church youth group on a friday night and can walk there (20-25mins) but usually need a lift back (it's dark) and especially if the group is going somewhere, like to ten pin bowling (we don't drive).
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Were they not wise enough to have thought of two men getting into a car and taking your son home prior to taking themselves home. Personally, it sounds to me like they didn't want to be inconvenienced by the new policy or they would have erred on the side of safety by carpooling your son home then going back so they could then proceed home separately themselves. A bit out of the way, yes... In compliance of the policy, yes. I'm glad your wife let them have it! A phone call was the least they could have done...
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I'm going to Bethel... Wanna Come?
by RichieRich inso my mother suprised me about a week ago by telling me we are going on a bus trip to bethel from april 13-17. for those of you who aren't used to this concept, american dubs seem to think that packing themselves on the bus with 60 other witnesses and driving for 4 days is somehow going to strengthen themselves spiritually.
well, i doubt that will work for me.
i was just wondering, is there anything i should look for/ be on the alert for?
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Be strong brother! My daughter is 10 and she will be visiting Bethel with her Grandmother (my ex's mom) this summer. We talked about it and I told her it will be good for her to see where the little group of men who write there opinions about the Bible in the WTBTS literature live. Hopefully, she will be able to see that it is just a glorified publishing company.
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A letter to a dear friend
by happyout indear alcohol,
first & foremost, let me tell you that i'm a huge fan
as my friend, you always seem to be there when needed.
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adelmaal
That's too funny
I have this one on my wall at work:
"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drank I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver." -- Jack Handy
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Kill the Kid, Now That's Justice! (WT 5/15/05 QFR)
by ezekiel3 inthis in it's entirety from the watchtower may 15, 2005, page 31. you might find the reasoning a bit hollow.
questions from readers.
why were david and bath-sheba not put to death for committing adultery, whereas their newborn son died?.
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adelmaal
The Bible was pretty clear on the matter in this scripture. The blow was struck directly by God according to the account.
I am more and more so getting to the point where I believe the Bible is a book written and then translated by men, which leaves lots of room for error. It's an imperfect book written by imperfect men. I refuse to believe that God would kill an innocent child because the dad is a butthead...
I do believe in a loving God and I do believe for the most part that it was inspired by God. I'm not going to twist what's said in the Bible to make it fit my view of a perfect God though... The Bible says what is says and that to me means I need to take what I want and leave the rest behind just as I do with anything written by a man or woman for that matter.
I prefer to look at God through rose colored glasses and I know that's an idealistic view. Kind of funny because I usually tend to be more realistic.
I believe we are inherently good and therefore it makes sense to me that our Creator is also inherently good. I do not believe that just because a man wrote something awful about God and it happened to make it into the Bible that it must be so. Many men have done and said awful things in the name of God (9/11 is a good example).