Posts by MidwichCuckoo

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Wow, the year is 2008, and still no Armageddon!

by Nosferatu in

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every time we enter a new year, i think about how i wasn't supposed to make it this long.

i really believed we wouldn't live past the year 2000, and armageddon would change everything.

it almost strikes me as living on borrowed time, but then i remember that armageddon is a story, not a reality.

My sister died in a head on collision last night

by Bumble Bee in

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friends

i still can't believe it.

she was here for the bbq, we had an awesome time, laughing, her telling stories from our childhoods.

i gave her a hug and told her i loved her before she left.

MidwichCuckoo

Awful news. Thinking of you BumbleBee.

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JanesyHull

by jookbeard in

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friends

are you popping in tonight, wondering if we could continue our little chat from friday night?.

MidwichCuckoo

Hello again WTL

In October 2001, Stephen Bates (Religious correspondent?) wrote an article in the Guardian, here...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/oct/08/religion.world

A day or so after, the WT withdrew association with the UN (as an NGO). The WT then LIED about why it associated in the first place, and several letters from WT HQ contradict each other (as far as I recall).

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JanesyHull

by jookbeard in

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friends

are you popping in tonight, wondering if we could continue our little chat from friday night?.

MidwichCuckoo

I particularly like this bit...

''By accepting association with DPI, the organization agreed to meet criteria for association, including support and respect of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations''

It has been mentioned before that the WT printed positive comments about the UN during its years of association (which only ended when it was exposed in a British newspaper - the WT immediately withdrew its association)

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JanesyHull

by jookbeard in

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friends

are you popping in tonight, wondering if we could continue our little chat from friday night?.

MidwichCuckoo

Hello wantstoleave ...take a look here...

http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/pdfs/watchtower.pdf

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How Much Do You Know ...

by snowbird in

about "other" american history?.

http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/quiz/.

18/20 was my score.. sylvia.

MidwichCuckoo

I surprised myself...I scored 10

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Two new leaflets announced at Meeting today - desparate times?

by cantleave in

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i don't know if anyone else has posted about this, but at tonight's meeting it was announced there are two new leaflets one dealing with how to leave a legacy for the worldwide work and the other on how to make tax effective contributions?.

this maybe for the uk only but i thought it showed that they really are focussing on filling up the depleted coffers..

MidwichCuckoo

The Society receives many inquiries from publishers and others interested in financially advancing theocratic activities.

I don't know why, but I really don't believe that. ''Others''?

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Oct.15th WT- " Wanna Be Jesus Friend? Have to Support the Faithful Slave"

by flipper in

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under the study article " you are my friends " ( indicating jesus naturally by his quote ) the wt society makes it very clear that the only way to be jesus friend is to come through them or else you won't be approved by jesus or god.

translation : friendship with jesus = treating the " faithful slave " kindly = jesus approving you.

our jw relatives will be studying this in december at their meetings.. under the subheading on pg.

MidwichCuckoo

Rather , by using our material assets to further kingdom interests.

That implies a little more than a weekly donation to me. I notice too they use ambiguity to try to cover their greed and themselves. The whole FDS as mediator smacks of Spiritism to me too. How do they know they're 'channeling' God? If they make false prophesies in the future maybe they can use the excuse that Satan ''came through'' (He's soooo devious) ...far fetched..? Yes - but the R&F would swallow it.

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I have a little announcement to make.

by JWoods in

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jwoods is sixty years old this morning.. btw, the actual name is james.

james woods.

my old logon would not work, so i had to make another..

MidwichCuckoo

Many Happy Returns James

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How much will Watchtower publish online?

by jonathanconway in

i've noticed that they have a small selection of articles online.. however the majority of their stuff is only accessible through either the watchtower cdrom or dead trees.. has anyone yet asked them about putting their entire library online?.

if their aim is to "spead the good news", then what possible reason could there be for not making the content publicly accessible?.

since they already have it in electronic form (i believe the content is already in html format on the cd), the cost of doing this would be minimal, and it would probably make their website rank better in google.. of course, the flip-side is that this would allow others to link to their content and discuss it openly and, anonymously, which might expose them to much more criticism than they've ever experienced before.. but i'm wondering what their excuse would be if someone asked them "why not"?.

MidwichCuckoo

Here's something odd, I feel I ought share... Last night JWs called (not on me, but rather not say who) and *he* told them *he* doesn't like JWs because of <quote> ''the Org, the way they treat people, the blood thing, the silly dates, the Riley Trust and smoking, the use of the web, and the secret editions of the WT...and if he wanted to sell me stuff I'll have the secret one please'' ...to which the JW told him that he could download the WTs from the web, including the study edition!! First time I've heard this. *He's* asked them to return to 'discuss things', but I suspect they won't. Odd.