breakfast see this link:
http://4jehovah.org/dialogue-6-how-can-you-find-the-true-religion/
You can take ideias from that.
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Discussion w/ Wife: I Welcome Your Suggestions
by breakfast of champions inso these last few wts have definitely eroded my wife's faith in the org.
she is definitely seeing the bs, and i even overheard her talking openly about it to a family member.
good for her!.
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New Zealand headquarters: Witnesses sell, Elim buys
by Fe2O3Girl inhttp://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/9124458/witnesses-sell-elim-buys.
it was the national headquarters for the jehovah's witnesses for 30 years.. but the 7.5ha wattle downs property has now been sold to elim church and could soon house a new christian college.. jehovah's witness minister george gray says advances in technology mean the property is no longer needed for running the church's new zealand and south pacific activities which will now be administered from australia.. elim church bought the property for its growing south auckland congregation and volunteers helped transform the site in just a matter of days.. pastor boyd ratnaraja says the congregation moved in on a sunday straight after morning services at their much smaller weymouth rd premises.. "they have done a superb job of setting up," he says.. the church will hold services for its 450-strong congregation at its new home as well as running counselling sessions and operating an op shop and a weekly soup kitchen.. "we believe in reaching out to the community.
we want this to be a centre of hope.
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I highlight this gem:
"There were a few groups interested in it. We had favour with the Jehovah's Witnesses. They wanted to give it to a faith-based organisation. They put so much love and care into this place. We want to maintain this property. We want to honour them because they were phenomenal."
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Witnesses explore new way of witnessing
by TJ Curioso inwitnesses explore new way of witnessingby: john longhurst.
if you work or ride transit through downtown, you've seen them -- standing quietly and politely in pairs on the sidewalk, nodding pleasant hellos to passersby.. they are jehovah's witnesses, and they are no longer just coming to a door near you.. "people are not at home more than ever before," says mark ruge, director of public information for jehovah's witnesses in canada, explaining why members of the church are now standing on sidewalks downtown.. "we still do door-to-door, but downtown is where the people are.".
although members of the church have been doing downtown witnessing for a few years in the u.s., this is the first time they are doing it in canada.. they started in toronto, montreal and vancouver in spring, followed by winnipeg, calgary, edmonton and halifax in summer.
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Witnesses explore new way of witnessing
By: John Longhurst
If you work or ride transit through downtown, you've seen them -- standing quietly and politely in pairs on the sidewalk, nodding pleasant hellos to passersby.
They are Jehovah's Witnesses, and they are no longer just coming to a door near you.
"People are not at home more than ever before," says Mark Ruge, director of public information for Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada, explaining why members of the church are now standing on sidewalks downtown.
"We still do door-to-door, but downtown is where the people are."
Although members of the church have been doing downtown witnessing for a few years in the U.S., this is the first time they are doing it in Canada.
They started in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver in spring, followed by Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Halifax in summer. Ruge says they will soon be doing it in other communities as well.
In Winnipeg, members of the church can be found on Portage and Graham avenues, standing on each side of a portable literature rack filled with magazines.
"We're doing it to be more visible (as a church)," says Ruge. "But we don't want to be in people's faces."
They are on the street as early as 7 a.m. some mornings. I have stopped to talk with a few of them; they told me they do it as part of their service to the church, and that a number of people stop by to talk, ask questions or take a magazine.
One of the magazines they give away is The Watchtower, the church's official publication. With a print run of 43 million copies of every issue, it is the most widely-circulated magazine in the world. What also makes The Watchtower unique is that it is published in 190 languages and distributed in 237 countries -- something no other publication can likely match.
Some of those translations are available in Winnipeg, which makes it very appealing to immigrants.
"People from other countries are happy to find something in their language," says Ruge.
Is the street witnessing making a difference? According to the National Council of Churches Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, in 2010 the church grew by 1.85 per cent to 1,184,249 members. Only the Mormons and Assemblies of God added more members.
As for Manitoba, the church has 3,320 members, up from 3,232 in 2000. They belong to 47 congregations meeting in 35 Kingdom Halls, worshipping in English, Tagalog, Spanish, Chinese and American Sign Language.
Canada-wide, there are 114,792 Jehovah's Witnesses, up from 110,814 a decade ago.
About the same time I noticed Jehovah's Witnesses downtown, I came across an article in the Calgary Herald about the church's controversial stance on blood transfusions.
Citing the experience of doctors at a hospital in New Jersey, the article noted patients who refused transfusions during surgery on religious grounds recovered just as well as transfused patients--and in many cases, even better.
According to the article, they "suffered fewer post-surgery complications, spent less time on mechanical breathing machines and had shorter stays in intensive care."
Doctors at another hospital in Ohio found something similar; Jehovah's Witnesses who refused blood transfusions while undergoing cardiac surgery were "significantly less likely to need another operation for bleeding compared with non-Witnesses who were transfused," the article stated, adding that "they were also less likely to suffer a post-op attack or kidney failure."
Asked the reporter: "Are the Jehovah's Witnesses on to something?"
For Ruge, the answer is yes. "We've been saying that all along," he says, noting that while the church refuses blood transfusions for theological reasons, "now different organizations are seeing the benefit."
And if you don't believe me, you can read all about it in a Jehovah's Witness publication. All you have to do is ask one of the nice people downtown. They'll be happy to tell you all about it.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition August 24, 2013 D15
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Steve Hassan Interviews XJW elder, Roberto di Stefano, at ICSA Conference in Italy
by AndersonsInfo intrieste, italy - icsa conference - july 6, 2013. both roberto di stefano and steve hassan were speakers at the conference.
you can see the hassan interview on his website.
here's the link:http://freedomofmind.com/media/video.php?id=59.
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Great video! Thanks Barbara!
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I'm thinking about going back
by Corboy101 ini have been out for 22 years.i was raised as a jehovahs witness.
i was baptized in 1986 but soon after left the religion.
theres a whole lot to the reasons why i left, but i left.
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Corby101 what made me leave (fade) this religion was exactly the doctrine. For example, for me is worse the watchtower's doctrine that You don't have a mediator (Jesus), than believe in a professed pagan belief (Trinity or the immortal soul).
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I'm thinking about going back
by Corboy101 ini have been out for 22 years.i was raised as a jehovahs witness.
i was baptized in 1986 but soon after left the religion.
theres a whole lot to the reasons why i left, but i left.
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Corboy101 if is doctrine that matters to You, please see this site:
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Role Reversal: Placing 1969 Awake with JW's Manning the New Portable Literature Displays
by snapdragon4 inin recent weeks the jw’s here in the uk have been setting up their new portable watchtower literature displays in my local town square on a saturday morning.
as they hadn’t knocked on my door for at least five years, and consequently feeling somewhat neglected, i thought that i would pay them a visit instead.. .
the first thing i needed to do was arrange my literature.
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Great job!!!
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Catholic Cardinal Says Adam and Eve Didnt Exist
by His Excellency inhttp://consciouslifenews.com/catholic-cardinal-adam-eve-didnt-exist/1127457/
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TJ Curioso
If Adam and Eve did not exist, what is the need of the redemption of Jesus ( according to the Scriptures )? If we believe that there was a special creation and intentional from a Creator , how difficult to believe at a first human couple created by God?
After all if life began , why not believe that existed a first man and a first woman ?
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Jehovah's Witnesses calling us "mentally diseased" hits Danish media
by Amelia Ashton inhttp://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/2013/07/25/151958.htm.
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Another article:
Jehovah’s Witnesses under fire
25. jul. 2013 13.26 EnglishAt the recent summer conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Silkeborg and Herlufmagle, speakers likened lapsed members to a deadly virus, snakes and contaminated soil that should not be mixed with clean soil.
The rhetoric was so strong that the movement may have breached article 266b of the Danish Criminal Code, under which “a ny person who publicly or with the intention of dissemination to a wide circle of people makes a statement or imparts other information threatening, insulting or degrading a group of persons on account of their race, colour, national or ethnic origin, belief or sexual orientation shall be liable to a fine, simple detention or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years” .
Overstepping the markThis is the conclusion of lawyer Niels-Erik Hansen, head of the Documentation and Advisory Centre on Racial Discrimination (DRC), after having read excerpts from the sermons delivered at the summer conventions, reports Danish newspaperKristeligt Dagblad.
“The speeches clearly overstep the mark. When someone compares another group to deadly diseases and snakes, we’ve moved into the core area of the anti-discrimination article,” said Hansen.
Harsh attitude towards defectors“The speeches are the same type of rhetoric that we heard against the Jews in Europe in the 1930s. This is precisely what the anti-discrimination article was introduced to restrain,” said Hansen.
Jehovah’s Witnesses are known for having a harsh attitude towards those who choose to leave the movement. Among other things, many defectors find that existing members refuse to have any contact with them.
Nevertheless, Poul Dal, chairman of the Support Group for Former Jehovah’s Witnesses, believes the language used at the summer conventions represents a stepping up in rhetoric.
Could be reported“The rhetoric has become more intense in recent years, when they have begun to use terms such as ‘mental illness’ and ‘Satan’s workers’ in relation to former members who now oppose the religious community,” said Dal.
The support group is now considering reporting Jehovah’s Witnesses to the police for violating the anti-discrimination article.
Carit Stypinsky, a spokesperson for Jehovah’s Witnesses, denies that the summer conventions’ sermons and denunciations of former members are in breach of Danish laws.http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Andre_sprog/English/2013/07/25/132435.htm
