Yep - they love freedom of religion, until you want to leave.
Posts by besty
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15Florida teacher suspended over [JW] kids Pledge of Allegiance
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.azcentral.com/news/free/20131106florida-teacher-suspended-over-kids-pledge-allegiance.html?odyssey=obnetwork.
associated presswed nov 6, 2013 3:34 pmspring hill, fla. a florida school district has suspended a teacher after requiring a fourth grade jehovahs witness to participate in the pledge of allegiance.. the tampa tribune (http://bit.ly/1arwmom) reports that the hernando county school board recently concluded an investigation.. the student, who is jehovahs witness and prohibited by the religion from worshiping objects, refused on religious grounds, the investigation found.. officials said teacher anne daigle-mcdonald twice placed the students hand over his heart when the class recited the pledge.. the student told mcdonald during the incident that jehovahs witnesses do not worship objects, and that he stood during the pledge of allegiance out of respect for the country, but was not permitted by his religion to place his hand over his heart, according to the investigation.. after the student informed mcdonald of this, mcdonald went to the front of the class and said, if you dont want to say the pledge, you still have to put your hand on your heart and if you dont want to do that, you should move out of the country, according to the report.. the report also shows mcdonald said something about there not being a religion that prohibits doing the pledge, according to the investigation.. the district says that mcdonald violated a host of state education rules, professional conduct principles and the students right to free speech and freedom of religion.
several other students in the class corroborated the allegations, according to the investigation.. mcdonald was removed from student contact, and placed on alternative assignment on sept. 12.. while speaking to administrators at the school on that date, mcdonald said she thought the religion applied only to holidays, but said she did not attempt to contact the students parents for clarification, according to the report.. the investigation showed that she also said she didnt think it was good practice to regularly place hands on students, and that she feels strongly as a citizen of the united states that one should show respect to the flag.. superintendent lori romano ordered mcdonald be suspended five days without pay, reported the incident to florida department of education and ordered mcdonald provide proof of completion of diversity training..
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The Current State of the Watchtower & The Cynicism of Soviet Communism
by cofty ini am reading a book by victor sebestyn called "revolution 1989 - the fall of the soviet empire".
if you lived through the astonishing collapse of communism in the late '80s i highly recommend it.. what has struck me is the description of life under communism in the six soviet satellite states of east germany, poland, czechoslovakia, hungary, romania and bulgaria.. here is a couple of paragraphs that really stood out to me as a possible parallel to the current climate in the regime of jw.org.. ---------------------------------------------------------.
once idealism or revolutionary fervour had disappeared - certainly by the soviet invasion of czechosloakia in 1968 - the system stagnated.
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besty
I think the move out of Brooklyn is a huge red flag* from the leadership - this is not a statement of confidence.
* red flag - red flag - geddit? oh never mind...
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The Current State of the Watchtower & The Cynicism of Soviet Communism
by cofty ini am reading a book by victor sebestyn called "revolution 1989 - the fall of the soviet empire".
if you lived through the astonishing collapse of communism in the late '80s i highly recommend it.. what has struck me is the description of life under communism in the six soviet satellite states of east germany, poland, czechoslovakia, hungary, romania and bulgaria.. here is a couple of paragraphs that really stood out to me as a possible parallel to the current climate in the regime of jw.org.. ---------------------------------------------------------.
once idealism or revolutionary fervour had disappeared - certainly by the soviet invasion of czechosloakia in 1968 - the system stagnated.
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besty
I agree - the good news they are now out on the streets and we can ask them :-)
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Something NEW is happening with Jehovah's Witnesses on the internet
by Watchtower-Free indramatic growth is being reported on facebook.
groups of xjws.. .
ex-jehovah's witness recovery group 3 admin.
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Third from the top
by stillin innot being a very technical sort of person, i don't know what it is that makes the "results" from a web search change from day to day, but i have noticed this site sometimes on the first ten "results" and another time very close to the first "results.".
today it is the third result offered on my google search.
first is the official jw website.
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besty
comatose and emeth - neither of you know, so give it a rest.
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Third from the top
by stillin innot being a very technical sort of person, i don't know what it is that makes the "results" from a web search change from day to day, but i have noticed this site sometimes on the first ten "results" and another time very close to the first "results.".
today it is the third result offered on my google search.
first is the official jw website.
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besty
its quite to easy to disable Google personalisation - click Search Tools and then change from All Results to Verbatim - boom - natural results (ish)
Here's what i see for "jehovah's Witness" :
Jehovah's Witnesses—Official Website: jw.org
www.jw.org/ Fast Facts—Benin. 9,100,000—Population. 11,005—Ministers who teach the Bible. 168—Congregations. 1 to 827—Ratio of Jehovah's Witnesses to population ... Publications - Magazines - What's New on JW.ORG? - Online BibleJehovah's Witnesses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The organization ... Millennialism - Nontrinitarianism - Charles Taze Russell - RestorationismBBC - Religion: Jehovah's Witnesses
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/witnesses/ Jehovah's Witnesses are members of a Christian-based religious movement probably best known for their door-to-door evangelistic work. Religions - Witnesses: Beliefs - Jehovah's Witnesses at a glance - Customs - HistoryJehovah's Witnesses | Jehovah Witness | Christian Apologetics and ...
carm.org/jehovahs-witnesses The Jehovah's Witnesses go door to door, distribute the Watchtower and Awake magazines, deny the Trinity, the deity of Christ, and deny his physical ...Jehovah's Witnesses - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005394 Jehovah's Witnesses were subjected to intense persecution under the Nazi regime. The Nazis targeted Jehovah's Witnesses because they were unwilling to ...Jehovah's Witnesses: Watchers of the Watchtower World
www.freeminds.org/ JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ... keeping a critical eye on the Watchtower (Jehovah's Witnesses) ... Consulting on all matters regarding Jehovah's WitnessesJehovah's Witness Exposed Home Page
www.bible.ca/jw.htm Start here · Questions Jehovah's Witnesses don't like to be asked · History ofJehovah's Witnesses · Inspiration of the Watchtower · Jehovah's Witnesses abuse ...Man opens fire 19 times because female Jehovah's Witnesses were ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Man-opens-19-times-female-Jehovahs-Witnesses-l... 2 Oct 2013 - Man opened fire 19 times because female Jehovah's Witnesses were 'lolly gaggin' around' when he told them to get off his property.Jehovah Witness Beliefs - Learn About Distinctive ... - Christianity
christianity.about.com › ... › Denominations › Jehovah’s Witnesses Baptism - Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs teach that baptism by total immersion is a symbol ... Jehovah's Witnesses use the New World Translation of the Scriptures.History of the Jehovah's Witnesses | Catholic Answers
www.catholic.com/tracts/history-of-the-jehovahs-witnesses Fifty years ago the Jehovah's Witnesses numbered fewer than 100,000. Now there are several million of them around the world. They don't have churches; they ...
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Overheard some JWs on the train today- going to be interesting this year
by lrkr incruising down to the city this afternoon we were behind a group of j-dubs on the train.
part of the conversation centered around the "generation" teaching.
all of them clearly trying to wrap their heads around it.
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besty
This overlapping thing seems to me most similar to 1995.
It could take years for the full effect on the membership to be realized, although the Internet will accelerate this.
My guess - 2018 when the compound in the backwoods has been occupied will unleash some new batshit crazy ideas and jw.org will be the main recruitment tool...
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Mac Book Pro with Retina or Dell XPS 15? (both with new Haswell processors)
by Simon ini've been in need of a new laptop for a long time.
no, i mean it - a really long time.
the old dell that we have has a floppy lid and is woefully underpowered although it does build up my upper body strength every time i pick it up.. the last 6 months has been a bad time to buy something new though with the haswell processors on the horizon promising better battery life and also screen technology seems to have been leaping ahead recently to a new hi-dpi standard.. so apple finally released their mac book pro and at the same time dell has released an xps 15 ultrabook which looks like a pretty good alternative and probably better 'value'.. pro's and con's?
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besty
Mac with Parallels + MS whatever - best of both worlds...
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besty
2023 - ignore button - you heard it here first
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Blood sausage
by stillin inwhile visiting our neighbors across the pond, i visited a butcher store to rustle up something for supper.
that was the first time i had ever seen blood sausage.
we just never see it over here in the states.. when a witness leaves the organization over there, do they all eat blood sausage once again?
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besty
the moral of the story is don't go to irish pubs outside of ...erm....Ireland?
cofty - yep true dat or you may also like - haggis, egg (fried) and cheese with brown sauce on a roll - now that would put anyone to an early grave...