Posts by MidwichCuckoo

I was quite 'shocked' when I first saw this (nothing about the WT shocks me anymore though). The WT is clearly touting for donations from 'Worldlies' (as JWs donate at the KH).

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have noah's shoes bEen found?

by badboy in

i read that they have found some very old shoes in armenia recently.. could these be the shoes noah wore in the ark?.

have noah's shoes bEen found?

by badboy in

i read that they have found some very old shoes in armenia recently.. could these be the shoes noah wore in the ark?.

MidwichCuckoo

Good to see you back - I had a theory (but kept it to myself, as I'm usually wrong, lol) as to why you disappeared for a while.

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Jehovah's Witness abused young boy...another one

by onemore in

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another abuse that comes to the news!.

jehovah's witness abused young boy(ukpa) jul 20, 2010. a jehovah's witness has admitted sexually abusing a boy from the age of seven.. thomas gold, 45, abused the child over a period of seven years at an address in clackmannanshire, the high court in glasgow heard.. the abuse began with a kiss on the boy's mouth and became more sexual as the youngster got older.

MidwichCuckoo

...am I reading this correctly..?

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/07/20/jehovah-s-witness-abused-boy-from-age-of-seven-until-he-was-a-teenager-court-hears-86908-22426919/

"He approached elders at his church and told them and they said it was wrong and that if it continued he would have to be dis-fellowshipped by

the church.

...and again here...(I'm reading this as though the victim is being blamed - by the Elders..?)

http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100721/paedophile-jehovahs-witness-faces-jail/ai_n54516330/

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More Society cutbacks - Society says "screw you" to the publishers yet again

by sir82 in

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at our service meeting it was announced that there is a change in the manner in which magazines are now to be delivered to the congregations.. up until now, magazines were sent to each kingdom hall via ups.

in years past magazines were sent to each congregation po's home address via ups.. going forward, magazines will be sent only as far as the assembly hall.

it is the responsibility of each kingdom hall to send brother(s) twice a month to drive out there, pick up the magazines, and return.. this of course saves a little bit of money for the society - shipping larger packages to fewer addresses will cost less.. however, what about the expense to the local congregations?.

MidwichCuckoo

funny how there making the JW's think that times are so bad now and the end is sooooo sooooo soooo near that they have to start cutting things back....

Good one peaches...when the end was so, soooo VERY close decades ago, publishers were encouraged to sell up etc and put 100% into preaching work (you know, the poor families that lost everything). You'd think, if they believed their own words, they'd sell up all their lovely treasures on Earth (instead of trying to grasp more) and subsidise the R&F to preach till the VERY IMMINENT end.

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Watchtower most widely read magazine??? Gawd

by ESTEE in

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i have not posted in a very long time, but here is a link i thought might be of interest.

it made our local paper, likely sent by the jws for some more free publicity.. http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/thesearch/archive/2010/05/27/what-is-the-most-widely-read-magazine-in-world.aspx?commentposted=true#commentmessage.

i posted a reply under their comments.

MidwichCuckoo

It´s funny you STILL go and hang on every word. Sounds like some kind of obsession to me.

Oh, the irony

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UK Newspaper articles. Young JW death re 'no blood'

by ThomasCovenant in

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279252/jehovahs-witness-15-dies-refusing-blood-following-crash.html.

MidwichCuckoo

The article doesn't mention if the lad was Baptised..? Let's see Paul Gillies claim that 'we only Baptise as adults' as he did (on UK morning TV programme) after Emma Gough died refusing blood.

Poor lad, such a waste

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A sister from an old congregation wants to talk to me tomorrow....

by not a captive in

it is peculiar.

she called the woman i work for to set up a visit after noon tomorrow to talk to me.. i don't know this sister very well.

she is from a congregation i attended about six years ago.

MidwichCuckoo

What nelly said - weird - to contact your employer (rather than drop you a note/text directly) to speak to you...?

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How dangers is field service really, has anyone ever heard of someone being hurt or killed while doing some form of witnessing

by life is to short in

ok my other thread was not totally what i was after.

after thinking it through i was wondering if any of you have ever heard of someone being hurt by a householder in field service.. .

like i mentioned in my latest thread about the sister who was murdered and then her death was blamed on her.. i know in the hall i grew up in there were many sex offenders living in the area.

MidwichCuckoo

Blondie - I can't find it but I remember an experience in the magazines about a brother who was killed by a man at the door who ended up studying in prison and becoming a jw, upon release he put in 200 hours a month to make up for the pioneer brother and for himself (back in the 100 hr/mo day)

I heard that one as a teen at my Kingdom Hall...looking back, I find it hard to believe.