I checked both the official JW website and the JW media site. Interestingly, there is no feedback facility, e.g. email us. It appears they want to give out information but actively discourage any comments.
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Only One Religion's WebSite Ignores the Desaster in South Asia
by GermanXJW into whatever religion's website you surf, all have a comment on the tsunami in south asia: be it catholic, protestant, adventist, mormon, new apostolic or whatever.
they try to give comfort and encourage people to donate for the suffering people there.
but if you go to http://www.watchtower.org or http://www.jw-media.org there is no mention of it (at least by now).
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Positive Islamic Thread
by eyeslice inthere has been a bit of stick about the negative comments about islam on this board, so i thought i would start a positive thread.. towards the end of the 90s, i lived for a year in an asian country with a population of over 100 million muslims.
all muslims i came across were honest, decent people.. a couple of years back, i went to work in iran for a couple of weeks.
as a result i had a couple days off at the weekend, which also happened to coincide with a public holiday.
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Until Islam decides to join the 21st century, they're going to continue to be left behind."
Hopefully, they will. I am heartened by the progress that is being made especially by highly educated young Muslim women who still remain loyal to their faith. These are the ones that will lead the way in changing many of the negative things raised in this thread.
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Do " Bad News Religions" Sell Better?
by JH inprobably you all noticed that when disasters strike, news papers sell better.
the tsunami was a good example.
is it that people love to read bad news rather than good news?
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Yes.
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JW's protected from Tsunami by going to the meeting... from bethel
by Max Divergent incame across this from one of the "faithfull".... now just watch out now you inactive ones there's a tsunami looking for you, so just be sure you "keep you eyes on the prize ocean".
just spoke to [some bethalite at a bethhell near you] last night.. she was telling us of the news regarding our brothers and sisters in the tsunami region.
in one area all the brothers were at the meeting when it struck, except for one sister who was home sick and a 6 member family of inactive ones who were caught up in it because they hadn't gone to the meeting.
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Even before I was out of the JWs it bothered me when I heard stories of how people were saved because they were at the meeting or the assembly or some such nonsense.
ditto for me too.
I can understand some of their reasoning though. JWs are trained to think of themselves as a world-wide united family. Hence, this sort of news is regarded as news of one's own family.
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Donating to Religious Charities
by GermanXJW inhow do you feel when donating to charities?
do you make choices?
of course you will check if the organization is serious but do you also check if it has a religious background?
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When I was active, I rarely gave to 'religious charities', though I would to non-religious worldly charities. Things are different now, as I do not have the same prohibitions.
Just a thought, but my guess is that many JWs do not give to any other charities other than the WTB&TS.
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W.T. will use Tsunami disaster to "prove" end is coming soon.
by hubert ini believe that the watchtower society will use the tsunami disaster to "pump up" the fear factor for armaghedon coming soon.
what better way to keep the flock moving in a positive direction?
they know book sales are down, and so is recruitment.
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Too right there will be an Awake article on it - in about 6 months time.
You have to understand how long in advance the articles are prepared. Each article is submitted the Brooklyn and then "editorial suggestions" are made and it is sent back to the Awake Correspondent. This process goes on several times before the final article is approved. Then because the magazines are published simultaneously in many languages, there is a further delay before the article get to press.
You can also bet the article will not conclude with a list of 'worldy' charities that readers can make donations to.
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Favorite Book as a Child?
by whyamihere inwhat was your favorite book when you were a child?.
mine was: the giving tree by shel silverstein.
said ickle me, pickel me,tickle me too.
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- Just William
- Biggles
- Hornblower
- Swallows and Amazons
Then again, I am giving my age away here.
lol
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Positive Islamic Thread
by eyeslice inthere has been a bit of stick about the negative comments about islam on this board, so i thought i would start a positive thread.. towards the end of the 90s, i lived for a year in an asian country with a population of over 100 million muslims.
all muslims i came across were honest, decent people.. a couple of years back, i went to work in iran for a couple of weeks.
as a result i had a couple days off at the weekend, which also happened to coincide with a public holiday.
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It's not the Muslim people's fault, ....... Like the WTS, it's the people at the top who control everyone else's lives who are to blame.
Mary & Dansk - Nice summary.
One thing we do know is that Islam covers a huge variety of beliefs and practice. Most Muslims are the most peaceful people you can think of -- in spite of decades of anti-Arab racism.
Narkissos - thanks for the personal insight.
Is there still an outstanding Fatwa against Salman Rushdie despite his apology?
stillajwexelder - as far as I know - No. My avatar is really Salam Rushdie as he is one of my literary heros (I am not as good looking as he is though). He can be seen for a couple of seconds in the original Bridget Jones Diary movie; where they are at a launch party for someone else's new book.
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Positive Islamic Thread
by eyeslice inthere has been a bit of stick about the negative comments about islam on this board, so i thought i would start a positive thread.. towards the end of the 90s, i lived for a year in an asian country with a population of over 100 million muslims.
all muslims i came across were honest, decent people.. a couple of years back, i went to work in iran for a couple of weeks.
as a result i had a couple days off at the weekend, which also happened to coincide with a public holiday.
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Mary,
Whilst I understand your concerns, please be careful of stero-typing people.
I work in IT and went to do a job for the National Bank of Iran. The team of 30 people I managed in the UK had one woman in it at the time (incidentally an Asian lady), half the team I worked in Iran were women programmers. My team I UK wasn't particularly typical of IT in general, I lead a team of very technical IT architects at the time, the more general programming teams had a few more women in them but perhaps 1 in 5, no where near the numbers I encountered in Iran.
Yes, the women had to cover their heads at work but nonetheless my general impression was that women there were encouraged in their education and careers.
I am not saying that I personally agree with the general treatment of women by Islam but things will only change with education and prosperity.
On the subject of the 'hole in the ground toilet' that has nothing to do with this. Lack of proper sanitaion and clean water has to with global poverty not religious belief. Also, the water closet, wc, is perhaps the most environmentally unfriendly device ever invented, but that is the subject of another thread at another time.
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Positive Islamic Thread
by eyeslice inthere has been a bit of stick about the negative comments about islam on this board, so i thought i would start a positive thread.. towards the end of the 90s, i lived for a year in an asian country with a population of over 100 million muslims.
all muslims i came across were honest, decent people.. a couple of years back, i went to work in iran for a couple of weeks.
as a result i had a couple days off at the weekend, which also happened to coincide with a public holiday.
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There has been a bit of stick about the negative comments about Islam on this board, so I thought I would start a positive thread.
Towards the end of the 90s, I lived for a year in an Asian country with a population of over 100 million Muslims. All Muslims I came across were honest, decent people.
A couple of years back, I went to work in Iran for a couple of weeks. As a result I had a couple days off at the weekend, which also happened to coincide with a public holiday. There wasn't much to do in the hotel, so I went for a long walk up into the hills on my own. All the people I met were so friendly, enjoying the early spring sunshine with their friends and family. I was offered cigarettes and numerous opportunities to smoke hookahs, which I declined as I am never too sure exactly what they smoke in hookahs.
I met one guy who spoke no English at all but we had a great conversation, if you get my drift, using signs plus a bit of French and Italian. He took me into a little café for a beer (non-alcoholic of course - very much like the alcohol free lagers we get) and insisted that I went back to his house.
Fortunately, his daughters and son-law spoke good English so conversation was a lot easier. They insisted that I stay for the family meal with them. Their hospitality even ran to a glass of wine - proper alcoholic stuff at that - it appears that even in Iran, the prosperous middle classes can put their hands on anything if they want.
I left Iran with a totally different impression of Iran than that we pick up from the news and media. Far from being fanatics, the vast majority of people there are friendly, family oriented people.