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It's dedicated to news stories about the United Nations from wire services and newspapers around the world. I just glanced through it and barely scratched the surface. You can find both the Guardian stories in there just by searching for "Jehovah's Witnesses." I'm sure that as more stories come out, you'll be able to find them here.

It's powered by a parent site called WorldNews.com and would be a great resource for anyone searching for news stories on *any* topic.

A definite bookmark.

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Unity Among Jehovah's People Today

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from a forthcoming watchtower article:.

12. some opposers claim that the unity among jehovah's witnesses is enforced and that there is no room for the exercising of individual consciences in god's organization.

just consider the delightful variety that exists in the congregation.

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Now THAT sounds better, ozziepost!

We need more behooving in this organization!

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Unity Among Jehovah's People Today

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from a forthcoming watchtower article:.

12. some opposers claim that the unity among jehovah's witnesses is enforced and that there is no room for the exercising of individual consciences in god's organization.

just consider the delightful variety that exists in the congregation.

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Hey!

Do I detect a lack of respect for the fine spiritual food provided by the faithful and discreet slave (that would be me in this case--classy, huh?)?

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Unity Among Jehovah's People Today

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from a forthcoming watchtower article:.

12. some opposers claim that the unity among jehovah's witnesses is enforced and that there is no room for the exercising of individual consciences in god's organization.

just consider the delightful variety that exists in the congregation.

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From a forthcoming Watchtower article:

12. Some opposers claim that the unity among Jehovah's Witnesses is enforced and that there is no room for the exercising of individual consciences in God's organization. But is that really so? Far from it! Just consider the delightful variety that exists in the congregation. One brother may choose to wear a white shirt while delivering a Bible-based discourse, yet another prefers blue. Some sisters clean their houses each morning upon rising, while others do their chores later, after field service and food shopping.

13. Even young folks can express their individual personalities. Nathan, a five-year-old unbaptized publisher in Canada, says: "It is my desire to serve Jehovah at Bethel when I have achieved greater spiritual maturity." With loving parental guidance, his older sister Michelle has set the goal of pioneering when she turns 16. Among honesthearted observers, there can be no doubt: "Where the spirit of Jehovah is, there is freedom." (2 Corinthians 3:17)

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Supplementary Meeting, Pontiac

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just got this e mail describing special meeting from pro-jw stance...song 155, opening prayer brother sam hurd (governing body).

brother hurd commented on the privilege of being at this special meeting, and that the governing body wished that the provision could have been made for all publishers, but it was simply not possible.. .

summary of the watchtower brother gary cross.

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Here's a comment that was very telling to me, although not in the (positive and humorous) sense that Brother Carey Barber intended:

Finally, Brother Carey Barber was mentioned, who is now 96 years of age and has been faithful in full time service for 78 years of his life. When asked how he accomplished this, he said "I never let anything bother me. Next thing you know, 78 years passed by."

This could be the secret of the entire Governing Body's success: THEY NEVER LET ANYTHING BOTHER THEM! (Including facts and other such trifles.)

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New Guardian Article

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here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/story/0,2763,574175,00.html

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Here is some information on how to place a display ad in the New York Times:

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Boiling It All Down

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comment: "why should i believe the governing body?".

witness: "because history shows that they teach the truth and distribute spiritual food at the proper time.".

comment: "on the contrary, they've made dozens of mistakes throughout their history, huge mistakes that damaged other people's lives and happiness.".

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Comment: "Why should I believe the Governing Body?"

Witness: "Because history shows that they teach the truth and distribute spiritual food at the proper time."

Comment: "On the contrary, they've made dozens of mistakes throughout their history, huge mistakes that damaged other people's lives and happiness."

Witness: "They are imperfect men. Even the apostles had wrong expectations at times."

Comment: "But the apostles didn't enforce the shunning of others who chose to disagree with them."

Witness: "We need to maintain unity in the congregation."

Comment: "But you refer to your faith as 'the truth.' If you make that big of a claim, then truth, not unity, should be the bottom line. Which brings me back to my first question..."

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Why My Wife and I Have No Kids

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*** g74 11/8 ***9 is this the time to have children?there has always been a positive attitude about childbearing.

*** g74 11/8 10 is this the time to have children?

what does imminent mean?

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You know, this thread reminds me of a sister I know who had her first child in 1975. I believe she would have been pregnant at the time this 1974 Awake! article JT cites came out. Anyway, she told me years later that some other sisters in the congregation had scolded her for having a baby then: "Don't you know how close we are to the end?" She said, though, that it was really just some people taking the Society the wrong way and overreacting, and more symptomatic of "local, parochial attitudes."

Those "local attitudes," I find, are often used by faithful Witnesses as a scapegoat for whatever may be going wrong in their congregation. Yes, out here in the sticks they may be making petty rules and reading things into the Watchtower articles that the fine brothers in Brooklyn never intended, but elsewhere in the country and around the world, they're doing it Jehovah's way. So, just treat it as a trial of faith and persevere.

Sometimes, too, it's not just blamed on the local *Witnesses* but on the overall local culture of Wisconsin or Washington or wherever.

But when you see quotes like this, the light really goes on. Why would women scold another woman for choosing to have a child? Normally women are delighted about that kind of stuff.

THE PROBLEM IS FROM THE TOP DOWN, NOT THE BOTTOM UP.

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