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  Does The Music in This Songbook Sound Familiar?

  by berrygerry in

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  2. entertainment

  heard/saw this 30-second commercial last year - they just started it up again this growing season.. pink songbook memories, anyone?.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocuojb1ripq.

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  JWdaughter

  Pretty much any "kingdom" song that is at all catchy or recognizable was copied from a song popular in the culture. There are several that are based on church songs, Disney, and a couple of songs that I heard of from mid century old movies.
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  'Clergy' and 'Ordained Ministers'

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  what i can't seem reconcile are the concepts of 'clergy' and 'ordained minister'.. the wts has consistently won legal battles, specifically in cases involving military exemption, by making the claim that each and every baptized jw is an 'ordained minister'.

  and, they bolstered this label with the assertion that 'we do not have a clergy class'.

  so, why is that different now in the sex abuse trials that happening right now?

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  This has been an issue for me since the WT has been trying to downplay the minister role that they proclaim for one and all JWs, while denying it in court and on boards where folks are griping that everyone picks on JWs and always mentions their religion (not really correct), but the deal is----they go around telling everyone that they are ordained ministers and ministers have a higher perceived duty and responsiblity in our culture-just as teachers are held to higher standard and vilified more in child abuse cases as are cops, senators, ministers, rabbi's, imam's and school bus drivers,even. They are expected to be safer and better. Some of those are held to a higher standard legally-teachers can't even date legally adult students without being accused of predatory behavior, for example.
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  TRUE STORY Christian Longo Movie

  by JWdaughter in

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  has anyone seen this movie about christian longo and his adventures in id theft?

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  The book was called True Story, too, I think.
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  Thank you for redirecting me to the right organization!

  by economy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thank you, jw.net and cofty, for redirecting me to the right organization!.

  when i posted why did god permit scriptures to be corrupted?

  then i thought, if there is an organization that believes all scriptures are corrupted (which obviously makes it enemy of all religions), that organization is not ordinary, but gutsy, lionhearted, and worthy of close examination!

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  ai yi yi
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  Protect governing body with your life

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there was a quote in the literature some years back about protecting the governing body from secular authorities and insinuated that we should do whatever it took to insure their safety.. i seem to remember it was something about refusing to help the authorities locate the governing body.

  i may be off track here.

  if this is familiar to you could you please help me find the quote?.

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  I think BOTR is a female and got run out of here/or left-pissed off.
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  TRUE STORY Christian Longo Movie

  by JWdaughter in

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  has anyone seen this movie about christian longo and his adventures in id theft?

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  thanks for info
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  TRUE STORY Christian Longo Movie

  by JWdaughter in

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  has anyone seen this movie about christian longo and his adventures in id theft?

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  Has anyone seen this movie about Christian Longo and his adventures in ID Theft?
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  Kendrick " Letter of Introduction " from Elders regarding Candace Conti Case

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  as many of us saw in the pbs news hour program and the abc news nightline program the elders from one congregation failed to communicate properly to the elders in another congregation concerning the child molester jonathan kendrick when he moved to a new congregation.

  i have parts of this " introduction letter " from the fremont congregation to the oakley congregation elders so you can read it for yourself and decide how irresponsible these wt appointed elders were.

  dated 1/16/98 it opens : .

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  This all brings up a thought I have often had about the WTBTS/JWs. They pride themselves on their organization to a degree that is pretty offensive generally. How could Jehovah do any of his work without an organization? Well, yeah, they have one. And yet, with all that organization, they don't do any of the good that they COULD do with it-like helping people, having and using a database of people who are known criminals or abusers so that the elders have fair warning, It all seems kind of helter skelter. They have rules, supposedly, but no one is following the ones that could do any good. And all that organizational power sends a known child molester to another congregation with recommendations that he work with kids.

  Most religions have no such "organization" corporately, yet, individual congregations check anyone who works with children or the public for criminal history. They would NOT allow such a person to volunteer in any position which would put a vulnerable person in danger. What good is the WT ORGANIZATION if they can't organize a basic protection for the congregation?
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  "What will I do if I leave Jehovah's Witnesses ?"

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  whenever we visit the board we see a lot of angst among jehovah's witnesses who are just learning the tatt (the truth about the truth).

  hey, don't feel bad, we had it at one time ourselves.

  "angst means fear or anxiety (anguish is its latinate equivalent, and anxious, anxiety are of similar origin).

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  JWdaughter

  We all experience different things when leaving this religion. One thing we can all share in common is to be strategic about it. So that we don't lose everything in our eagerness to shed the burden of being a JW. We had it for (fill in the blank) years, we can take the time to get all our ducks in a row.

  Line up your ducks, people!!
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  New KH design announcement?

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has there been any official announcement made regarding the new kh design?

  i am asking because i know some publishers on my cong that already seen the pics from elders who attended the presentation.

  also made me wonder how long would it be before they have to dedicate a section of the meeting (local needs?

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  There is a new building on Hosmer in Tacoma WA.The ONLY ID on the actual building is JW.org! There is a sign on the gate (it locks up tight). I think the only windows are in the front lobby area, but I will have to drive by to see for sure.

  It is very much an office/strip mall kind of building. Not real big-a branch of a credit union or a 2 person medical practice, maybe? But again, just looking at the outside as a drive by. It will be easy to sell once they drive out the congregation to another site and keep doing the flip game-it is in a very commercial area, very close to the local regional Group Health (HMO), and lots of hotels, restaurants, and other "right off the interstate" kinds of businesses. You could probably see it on one of those street view maps,but it looks really new. I just moved here, so I couldn't say for sure HOW new.