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Newly Built Greece Bethel Sold and Old One Kept
by GermanXJW ina jw contact in germany who is involved in international wt building projects said that jw in greece are upset.
the old bethel buildings there had allegedly become too small and jw in greece were in need of a new building, a bigger one.
when the new one was finished, the old buildings could not be sold.
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Who is Theodore Jaracz
by insearchoftruth ini know he is on the gb, but i see his name mentioned in a lot of posts and never with any respect or reverence.. is he the senior member of the gb and is he somewhat the key figure?
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aligot ripounsous
There must be a thread where AlanF recounts that he once had a phone conversation with TJ and he found him being honest.
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US Presidential - race of minnows in pursuit of power
by core infirst - yes - i am in uk and have no vote and possibly no right to overly criticise.
be that as it may i must comment that the candidates available for the us voters do not stand out as world leaders, neither are kennedys, eisenhowers, or even nixons.
is this choice the best that the us has to offer itself ?
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aligot ripounsous
This Czech minister is seemingly not one of the 2 or 3.
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US Presidential - race of minnows in pursuit of power
by core infirst - yes - i am in uk and have no vote and possibly no right to overly criticise.
be that as it may i must comment that the candidates available for the us voters do not stand out as world leaders, neither are kennedys, eisenhowers, or even nixons.
is this choice the best that the us has to offer itself ?
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aligot ripounsous
the candidates available for the US voters do not stand out as world leaders
True, this is an opinion that is fairly common on this side, concerning past US presidents (including Kennedy whom, historians say, was an outright crook, having cheated on getting his university degrees, on his WW 2 heroic deeds and was allegedly shot by the mafia on account of having not carried out a previous arrangement with them). Now, can we safely say that all the heads of states that European countries produce are of planetary stature ? When a country produces 2 or 3 of those within a century, it can be satisfied, and they usually reveal themselves in war time, which thing we don't really need just to prove the point. IMO, this shared european opinion is due to the fact that we don't really know American political people and, to us, they look like second fiddles, which they likely are not. Another explanation, far less flattering, is that some of those pale presidents, guess who, have been mere puppets in businessmen's hands, being ready to start wars and send the country's kids to death just to secure oil supplies.
As for the current candidates, we can be entitled to think that McCain has disqualified himself and displayed his poor judgement when he chose Palin. Obama is another matter altogether. He represents intelligence in power (valid content can be wrapped in articulate rhetoric), America being reconciled with its history and, yes, he will be soundly supported by his brilliant wife. If only those nazy fools can be kept off his way.
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JWs and National Oaths of Allegiance Expose' by Marvin Shilmer-Please Read
by AndersonsInfo inthe following three paragraphs are part of a startling new essay written by a well-respected poster on jwd.
he spent much time and money to gather proof of duplicity on the part of watch tower leaders.
marvin shilmer (not his real name) has given permission for me to put his entire essay on my website, www.watchtowerdocuments.com.
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aligot ripounsous
That double speech on the part of the WTS leaders is utterly despicable, specially when considering how they have commanded to JW children to abstain from saluting to the flag, singing national anthem, etc, making them targets to harassment. Of course, having ordered Malawyan JWs not to buy that party card while at the same time these leaders were so lenient with themselves is plainly criminal. In doing so, they showed that they were true heirs of Rutherford, who didn't hesitate to send German JWs distribute provocative tracts under Hitler's windows, knowing perfectly well about the retaliations that woud ensue, while he was warm, comfortable and safe in his californian residence. There will have to be a divine judgement for such individual and collective duplicity.
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Todays rant
by purplesofa inwhat the government gives to the people.. have you noticed or did you know, how many single women have babies that the government pays for?
they pay for the births, healthcare, there is wic programs, that supply formula and dairy products.
housing, college tuition, a program called tea, that can even assist or give you a car.. i worked as a temp at dhs, dept of human services, answering the 800 number, taking calls from all over the state.
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aligot ripounsous
I worked my way out of welfare, even dropping way below the poverty level to do it. As you keep bringing in income, your benefits go down,
Quite a courageous move, Purps. Indeed, public funded survival allowances provided to people who have been out of work for so long that they are not entitled to unemployment benefits anymore can produce pervert effects. When the beneficiaries want to go working again, they lose so many welfare benefits that they find themselves poorer than prior to their resuming work. That's why, in France, they are currently setting up a special public allowance that is paid to those who make the effort of going back to work. It is devised to make up for the income difference and make working whorthwhile. May be efficient but could turn out quite costly to the tax payer if generalized.
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Billy's Comments You Might Hear at the 10-12-08 WT Study (MAINTAIN LOYALTY)
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite incomments you will not hear at the 10-12-08 wt study - august 15, 2008, pages 7-11 (maintain loyalty).
review comments will be in red.
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
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aligot ripounsous
V,
- A brother insisted that Jehovah had something to do with the lion killing the young prophet, regardless of what the paragraph said.
The WTS has no doubt that Jehovah had something to do with the lion killing the young prophet. ยง 10 reads : "Jehovah was not pleased. When the deceived prophet finally got on his way back to Judah, a lion found him and killed him".
Still, the elder who conducted the study didn't seem to see the point. In good faith, he quoted a WT article back from 1962 where the society was holding the opposite view.
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Billy's Comments You Might Hear at the 10-12-08 WT Study (MAINTAIN LOYALTY)
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite incomments you will not hear at the 10-12-08 wt study - august 15, 2008, pages 7-11 (maintain loyalty).
review comments will be in red.
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
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aligot ripounsous
As I read this study article today at the KH, it became quite evident to me that it has been written for the purpose of getting the soon-to-be laid off COs mentally prepared and "spiritually encouraged" to keep on the full time service and not think of engaging in a "materialistic" new normal life, may be out of bitterness for having been made redundant, and possibly being counseled by local elders who will play the part of the "older prophet" as they see these new aging pionners arrive in congregations as potential material burdens. Same reasoning with laid off bethelites. This view seems to be confirmed by the next article which deals with families and congregations having to take care of the elderly faithful ones who will need material support. The WTS is paving the way for the official announcement, IMO.
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Apostasy from JWs? That's not what the Bible says...hmmmm
by Awakened at Gilead ini have been called an apostate in the past week by my sil, my stepdad, and my soon to be ex-wife.
it didn't help that apostasy was featured in this past weeks wt study, a point my ex was quick to remind me.... .
i have done a quick search in the wt cd rom to see how many times the word apostate or derivatives appear (i searched "aposta*").. .
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aligot ripounsous
I was honored being called apostate by an elder last WE because I had publicly said the week before that in the mature-grain-being-harvested parable in Mark 4 :26 the sower must be Jesus and not the JW publisher. Very convenient term when they want to stigmatized someone.
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aligot ripounsous
Don't worry, Warren Buffett is going to fix it up soon, he's taken stakes in electric companies lately, at a very good price at that, which btw should drive him to be twice as much the richest man on earth.