just got this email from stephen bates:.
"i think another article will be going in the guardian tomorrow (ie saturday's.
paper...) so long as the war doesn't take up all the space.....".
English,
Thanks for the info. I just emailed Stephen this afternoon asking if he could let us know if there were going to be any updates.
I am not familiar with English newspapers. Is it safe to assume that The Guardian is a reputable newspaper? It looked like it was from the various, well written articles on the site.
just received this from a friend.
submitted without comment.
borgfree.
Wow......did you get this out of the Live Forever Book or United Worship book? Hahaha!
You can find links in anything if you look hard enough.
http://www.ins.state.ny.us/cdcha.htm .
the watchtower is in this list.. on http://www.ins.state.ny.us/hp97wel.htm it is said:.
the insurance department is responsible for supervising and regulating all insurance business in new york state.
I doubt very much the Property and Casualty claim.
I would like to see an official answer from the Watchtower, see what the spin will be.
If they are investing money in some sort of annuity plan for the witnesses that volunteer there, then being listed as a charitable annuity society makes perfect sense.
The only way that this bothers me is that the WT always claims to be different from other religions. Well, there are plenty of religions that take care of the people that devote their life to the religion with pensions, etc. There is nothing wrong with that. It is the high and mighty tone they take that annoys me.
check out this paragraph from the article "serve jehovah without distraction" in the april 1994 kingdom ministry:.
time-consuming side issues: some have got caught up in efforts to resolve common problems in modern society.
christians need to avoid becoming involved in the worlds endless debates over social issues or its futile struggles to correct injustices.
Ack!!!!
Basically, don't stand up for ANY rights unless they affect the ability of witnesses to practice thier religion. Who gives a damn about anyone else's right.
Nice...sheesh!!
http://www.ins.state.ny.us/cdcha.htm .
the watchtower is in this list.. on http://www.ins.state.ny.us/hp97wel.htm it is said:.
the insurance department is responsible for supervising and regulating all insurance business in new york state.
This has to do with annuities, which are actually back by life insurance. The society is not an insurance company, but it looks like they offer some kind of annuity program, which many educational and religious organizations do. That is why they are under Charitable Annuity Societies.
They line may seem fine to some, but you cannot consider these organizations listed to be like a Metropolitian or Prudential, etc. They are all just regulated by the Insurance Department.
I have never heard about this before. Do they have annuities for the GB or something? I have never heard about any Bethelites getting a pension or anything. Can anyone elaborate? It would be great if they did offer that to those that work for years for them in an otherwise unpaid work.
well, the other night i had invited a young man to my house to share with him, respectfully, the false prophecies of the wt, using older wt books.
the conversation started very nicely, with the usual small talk and such.
i decided to ask some questions, that i knew the answers to, but just wanted to get the gears in his head turning.
I would like to see more references to books that were NOT written by CT Russell way back when. How about books written by the WTS in the last 20 years or so? I think that will have much more leaverage. Remeber, the religion was just developing back then, so of course all JWs are going to expect that CT did not have all the accurate knowledge because it was not food at the proper time.
Something more recent people. I always shake my head when I hear people using books that old to try to sway JWs. Of course they are not going to take it seriously.
many have emailed me regarding donations for the victims of the terrorist attacks in new york and washington d.c. others have expressed concern and would like to help with donating money.
i have found a way to do that.
i have signed up with several programs that pay for leads.
The only problem with these programs is that they take a great deal of time to pay and actually involve a good deal of effort supplying information about yourself, etc...and lead to a LOT of junk emails. I know this because I started signing up with hundreds of different programs two years ago. Most went out of business before any money was paid.
There are a lot of legit sites out there, and I am not doubting your sincerity. With many you have to reach a certain dollar amount before a check is issued (say, $20, $30 $50 ). However, these people need the money now. I think it would be more helpful for us to send in small donations now.
Just my opinion...I am posting this because I don't think many people realize the time involved in signing up for these programs and all the junk mail that it will create. I would hate for people to be upset with you because of this.
ok so i hear from my bro, that he hears the fbi is saying somthing might happen on the 22nd.
the other day there were several low flying planes around the nuclear station in our area.
they were unknown, and there was not to be any schedualed flights at the time in the area.
Makes me think Canada would be a nice destination this weekend...hmmmm.
this is a complete list of "lyrically inappropriate" songs being banned from several us radio stations in the wake of the attacks.. "it's very dangerous," says nina crowley, director of massmic, a music free-speech organization.
"i understand they're pulling certain violent songs.
but you put out a list of songs like this, and the next thing you know someone's pulling the albums off the shelves in wal-mart.".
Why won't they ever ban songs by the boy bands? I think it would be very healthy for this country if we were never subjected to 'Nsync, Backstreet boys...ick all those!
Hmmm....maybe this is the real reason that religious extremist hate the US. Think of all the evil boy band music that the US has unleashed on the world!!!
this morning i walked over to a 7/ll to get a cup of coffee.
as i was leaving, i was approached by this very timid asian fellow.
he wasn't in a suit.
I never realized that the WTS would refuse to give anyone a subscription! How arrogant!
I let mine run out a few years ago, and let my son's to the Awake run out a year or so ago. I did it because I didn't often read them and thought it was wrong to waste paper. I am thinking about asking my mom to get a subscription for me again, but I do not want her to get her hopes up and think I want to come back. I am quite intrigued as to what will be coming out soon.
