Posts by blindersoff

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Anyone that still attends meetings?

by kls in

i was told that ( by the husband) that child molesting is brought up often at the meeting and how it is up to the family if the police should be notified.

now i know it is not favored to call the police but has anyone heard these talks on molesting at the meetings?

anything about molestings?.

My Letter RE: Beaumont Article on JW's "disaster relief"

by badwillie in

here is my letter to the writer who authored this piece: .

http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15921650&brd=2287&pag=461&dept_id=512588&rfi=8 .

dear jamie,

blindersoff

This is great!!!!!!!!!!

Can more of us do the same to make known the truth? Why not post your letter here to encourage others to get the truth out to the media?

Many of us have plenty of irritation when we read something like this article. Why not express it where it counts? A word of caution----A respectful, appealing letter (as this one is) will get a better hearing than 'hate mail'.

B

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Beaumont Article

by TallTexan in

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i read this on another post, but there are so many things wrong with this article.

beaumont - each weekend since october, danny farrow has driven about 90 miles to the golden triangle, where he lives in a trailer and feeds thousands of homemade meals to volunteers.

he could be golfing.

blindersoff

Link to the article http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15921650&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512588&rfi=6

Here is the contact info for the writer.

[email protected]

(409) 833-3311, ext. 428

©The Beaumont Enterprise 2006

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WTS view of Red Cross, etc

by blindersoff in

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http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/105666/1.ashx .

"this is probably the one organization you will see that will see this project to the end," farrow said.

(seems somewhat arrogant).

blindersoff

* g02 8/22 p. 28 Watching the World ***
Red Cross Called to Task
Shortly following the September 11 attacks, the American Red Cross was on the scene, soliciting donations of cash and blood. Some $850 million in cash was given, and 400,000 units of blood collected. While collections were quick, disbursements were not. "The American Red Cross was slow to distribute relief funds to the families affected by the attacks," states The Washington Times. "Relief funds were being used for programs unrelated to September 11," and a large share was slated for "long-term needs, such as [a] blood-freezing program, counseling, and future attacks." With little need for the blood collected and its 42-day shelf life over, the blood "is useless and must be burned," the article says. The news media reported that the Red Cross board, beset by heavy criticism, forced out its president and announced at the end of January 2002 that 90 percent of the funds gathered will go to victims of the disaster by September 11, 2002.

WTS does not need to worry about being called to task since the donations can't be earmarked and no figures are given.

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WTS view of Red Cross, etc

by blindersoff in

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http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/105666/1.ashx .

"this is probably the one organization you will see that will see this project to the end," farrow said.

(seems somewhat arrogant).

blindersoff

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/105666/1.ashx

"This is probably the one organization you will see that will see this project to the end," Farrow said.
(Seems somewhat arrogant).
Jehovah's Witnesses who can't drive to Southeast Texas donate money to help the cause, Avila said, which is used to buy supplies and food. Also, several nonprofit groups, like the Red Cross, have donated frozen and canned foods.

w51 11/1 pp. 643-644 Charity in Christendom ***

On such occasions or when flood, fire, earthquake or windstorm make many homeless and rob others of life or limb, as surely as the press is there to report it, so will other familiar figures turn up. The community chest will be there, the Red Cross with its blood bank will be there, priests fully outfitted with pious face and last rites will be there and politicians will rush back from a Florida vacation so that they can be there—all to offer charitable help.

But let the disaster be on a smaller scale where the returns in publicity are not so promising; then the widely acclaimed charitable organizations do not flock to the scene. It is clear that they choose the publicized tragedies, that their giving may be publicized along with the event. The motive of attention and credit perches plainly on their every "good deed". Contributors to the community chest receive a red feather; to the Red Cross, a button;

I have worked with some of the people mentioned in the article. How about some letters going out to this reporter at the Texas newspaper? I can furnish his email address

B

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Church members come from far and wide to repair hundreds of houses

by Country Girl in

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church members come from far and .

wide to repair hundreds of houses .

by: jamie reid, the enterprise 01/13/2006 .

blindersoff

The writer gave his email address at the end of this article. I, for one, am going to write to him with the other side of the story about their 'love'. I will try to look up something from WT publications about the Red Cross.

Any others?

B

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Campaign - with credit to Schne_Belly

by MidwichCuckoo in

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i did post this on schne-belly's thread - but thought more may read it as a new topic.

apologies if idea has already been posted.. i think a good campaign would be for us to compose a 'standard' letter (maybe bullet points regarding certain issues, ngo - which the average jw is unaware of - child abuse, hypocricy of mexico / malawi stuff etc.

with quotes from watchtowers if need be, as they seem to carry more weight than the bible does) and each of us to print off several copies and send to selected members of the local congregation - the ones we know / remember as the intelligent thinkers.

blindersoff

Let's do it

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The Watchtower Study: The one way to make your views publicly known

by sir82 in

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as most of us here are aware, the watchtower "study" weekly meeting is no "study" at all.

paragraphs are read, pre-arranged questions are asked, and the "correct" answer is a slight re-wording of the sentences in the paragraph.. however, sometimes (many times?

depending on the congregation), members could use the study as a way to publicly air their opinions on a variety of topics, without fear of interruption (so long as the answer was couched in enough "theocratese").

blindersoff

Yeah. It's also a great way for sisters to be able to counsel the whole cong about their pet peeve.

B

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Church members come from far and wide to repair hundreds of houses

by Country Girl in

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friends

church members come from far and .

wide to repair hundreds of houses .

by: jamie reid, the enterprise 01/13/2006 .

blindersoff

Also, several nonprofit groups, like the Red Cross, have donated frozen and canned foods.

????????????

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Old committee notes.

by Gregor in

as an elder in the late '70's i served more than my share of time on judicial committees.

the jc was made up of three elders: the presiding overseer, wt study overseer and bible study overseer.

since these positions rotated yearly, the average elder would serve three years straight on the jc.

blindersoff

Even though at elders schools, co visits, etc there is at least lip service given to confidentiallity, when an elder leaves, what happens to your confidential info?

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(I posted this on another thread earlier, but it is even more appropriate here) As an elder I hated the whole JC arrangement. I think that being on that side of the table helped me to realize what a man made setup it is.