Topics Started by rosa

34
Canadian JWs voting YES on city tax-exemption poll
by Had Enough in
1. jw
2. friends
i just got an email today telling me of an email circulation among the jws about an newspaper article in coquitlam, british columbia in canada.

currently, the jws are not exempt from paying city taxes.

it reports that the council is reviewing its policy on tax breaks to be given to certain groups.
40
If you DA yourself are you giving in to the GB?
by bronzefist in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm not criticizing anyone's decision to da themselves...just wondering what the advantages are.. if the whole da thing is something made up by the gb why make them happy by playing by their rules?

how are they hurt by your decision?

why not just walk away?
93
Wikipedia being abused by Jehovahs Witnesses
by Simon in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i had a look at the wikipedia entry for jehovahs witnesses yesterday and noticed that it wasn't as comprehensive as it once was.. most links to non-pro-jw sites have gone as is anything truly critical or exposing of their beliefs and practices.. last night i added a link to this site to the "other sources" section.

this morning it is gone.. i wonder whether this is some private zealot who has decided to do it or an organised campaign?.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jehovah%27s_witnesses.
19
Did You Shun Someone?
by Country Girl in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how did you feel when you met the person in public that you were shunning?

what were you thinking as you were shunning the person?

did you think about what other witnesses were thinking if you did not want to shun the person?
10
List of recent and current court cases against the Tower...
by Bryan in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i'd like to build a list here, especially, of current court cases and recent.

even if it's only filed.

bryan
15
Investigative / judicial committees are a function of Brooklyn.
by garybuss in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the investigative committees and the judicial committees are a function of brooklyn, not the congregations.

the elders on the committees are appointed by headquarters, not the congregations.

the elders on the committees report to headquarters, not the congregations.
19
The Organization is NOT Spirit-Directed! -- Says J.R. Brown!
by UnDisfellowshipped in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
"the watchtower" magazine, march 1, 1992, page 6:.

"the watchtower" magazine, march 15, 1991, page 22: .

"the watchtower" magazine, march 15, 1986, page 18:.
209
OFFICIAL WORLD CUP THREAD! "here we go, here we go, here we go"!
by nicolaou in
1. social
2. entertainment
less than 2 hours before it all starts and a quarter of the earth's population will be watching!

- c'mon you americans, get on board.

germany kick-off against costa rica at 5pm to be followed by poland v ecuador at 8pm (bst)
3
Fire in Chile's Bethel
by rosa in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
.

in may 8, 2006 there was a big fire in chile's bethel.. http://br.geocities.com/depositomb/incendionochile.htm.

informations in portuguese and spanish.
16
Brazilian man murder 5 JW
by rosa in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
the mototaxi valdimar lindoso, 34, was imprisoned in instant in the dawn of this wednesday, sao luis (ma), accused to kill the shots the son erick ricardo matos, 7, the former-woman helen rose matos, 31, the former-father-in-law, the former-mother-in-law and a former-brother-in-law.

the former-brother-in-law eliana rosely matos, 24, also was reached with a shot in the mouth.. .... "on the motivation of the crime, it it spoke that the victims were of the religion jehovah's witnesses and he did not want that the son was part.

he said that was pursued [for the family of the former-woman] and that they made a wrong judgment of it ", said commission agent pierson raimundo rodrigues, who will go to lead the inquiry.. .