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  Diane Sawyer interviews Jaycee Dugard 7/10/11, ABC 2-hr. Special, 9PM EST: Jaycee was kidnapped by Garridos, supposedly one-time JWs

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  preview: http://abcnews.go.com/us/jaycee_dugard .

  diane interviews jaycee.

  chris como tracks the police investigation.. authorites called at garrido home 60 times and didn't find jaycee in back yard..

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  AnneB

  As I said, someone else will have to research and find the quotes, I don't have WT literature any more. It could have been in the KM, the WT, it could have been in letter form (BOE letters) but I doubt that. It wasn't just some local elder's opinion, it was "from Bethel" as they used to say. At least one of the mentions came with the requisite scary story, something about unscrupulous prisoners knowing that putting on the pretense of reform might lessen their prison time, another one came with the warning that prisoners would feign love for a sister who, in her innocence, would fall in love with the prisoner, leading to all sorts of complications because it was all fake.

  If you have a good memory for dates, the first mention that I can remember was around the time the Lloyd Barry - Japanese Prisoner who became a brother story was circulating on cassette tape.

  Somebody else will have to take it from here, that's all I remember.
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  Diane Sawyer interviews Jaycee Dugard 7/10/11, ABC 2-hr. Special, 9PM EST: Jaycee was kidnapped by Garridos, supposedly one-time JWs

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  preview: http://abcnews.go.com/us/jaycee_dugard .

  diane interviews jaycee.

  chris como tracks the police investigation.. authorites called at garrido home 60 times and didn't find jaycee in back yard..

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  AnneB

  As far as Nancy Garrido preaching in prison or studying with someone in prison, WTBTS has written against that many times. Someone else can look up the exact quotes, but WT has said for years not to write to strangers who are imprisoned even to witness to them, and not to take on Bible studies with prisoners. Apparently only certain persons (elders?) are assigned to do prison work. It's been that way since the late 70's or early 80's, plenty of time for Nancy Garrido to know of the policy.
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  June 15th WT ( again ) WT Society Bashes College & Earning a Living

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry for the redundancy of this being the 3rd article out of this magazine i've made a thread on- but i felt it was important to share these quotes from the aricle titled " make your way successful - how ?

  " i think you'll see the extreme dissing of higher education here and guilt tactics used to discourage jw members from getting a college education or earning a decent living.. under the subheading " higher education " ?

  it states, " a christian has a scriptural obligation to care for his family, and that includes providing for their material needs.

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  AnneB

  Is it coincidence that their college-bashing issue comes out at graduation time and their begging issue comes out near Christmas?
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  Spear-chucker me?

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  no racial slur here.

  literal!.

  about 20 minutes ago, while working in the yard, the banny rooster who is always threatening me and others [we have several free-range chickens not a farm], decided to approach and feign a flogging.

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  AnneB

  The chicken was demonized so Gawd guided your hand. Did you happen to yell anything about Gideon's sword whilst chucking?
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  Linguistics misunderstanding - please help.

  by hotspur in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  maybe it's a "common people separated by a common language" thing but i really don't get this.. .

  many times i see somebody posting about something that irks them and they say "i could care less.

  " but they use it in such a way as to infer they're not really bothered by it all.. .

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  AnneB

  I was raised to be a grammar Nazi, so I thought I had it all sewn up when I started into a Master's in Linguistics. Hmmph!!! The first lesson was on the difference between Prescriptivism and Descriptivism. The instructor explained that Prescriptivists tell people how to speak their own language while Descriptivists accept language the way it is spoken by a group of individuals. What??? No more standards? Nope, none. Whatever you write or say is OK.
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  How I Know The Assembly Parts Are Made Up

  by lovelylil in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we had a co looking for a certain experience for an assembly part coming up and the elders in my hall at the time sent him to see me, since i usually had good experiences out in field service.. anyway, after speaking with the co, i was sorry to inform him that i did not have an experience that suited the type he needed.

  he told me that was o.k.

  because he could use me anyway for another part.

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  AnneB

  True story: a PO, let's say his name was Vicari ('cause it was), was told to put together the speakers and experiences for a Circuit Assembly. When the day came just about every speaker or person giving a demonstration or experience was a Vicari, or married to one. Come on, in a major US city a PO couldn't find anyone but his own relatives to take the parts???

  Same Assembly: The talk was aimed at teens, telling them not to go to the Prom. Another Vicari got up there to give her experience, how she turned down an invitation and didn't go to the prom. The teens from that congregation were seething and at lunchtime I asked a couple of them why. As it happened, they all knew she had been to the prom the previous weekend and was up there lying through her teeth!
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  Such disrespect- Someone desecrated a WT at the laundromat

  by keyser soze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just in case you're wondering what happens to the magazines after they're left at laundromats..... it was ripped apart, with pages scattered all over the floor.

  evidently, someone didn't like what they read..

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  AnneB

  Does anyone else remember the days when laudromat owners complained to Watchtower about magazines being left behind? It seems the paper WT and Awake! were printed on worked just fine in the dollar changers and owners were losing a lot of money!
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  Cant get over this

  by dogisgod in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i really can't get over that there are more than over 50 "gnostic" books that have every qualification that the other books in the new testament have and people won't consider them because it doesn't jive with "their" dogmas.

  i really like the book of thomas.. i also consider paul the first big time hijacker of jesus intent..

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  AnneB

  A friend just referred me to christianbooks.com, I pass the info on to you. This link should get you to all the material you could ever hope to read:

  http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/easy_find/1212217420?event=HPT&category=Academic&N=1107463&Ne=1000000&Nso=1&Nu=product.endeca_rollup&Ns=product.number_sold

  Look to the left and take note of the categories of Academic materials, that should get you started!
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  DRY BEGGING....

  by Snoozy in

  1. social
  2. family

  i just learned about this yesterday..i was amazed!.

  i have a grown daughter that is a expert at this... .

  dry begging:to ask for in an indirect and roundabout way.

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  AnneB

  Late entry into this thread, but..... Couldn't she take her utility bill to a help agency? Every place has them. They'll either make arrangements with the utility company or pay the bill outright in her behalf.

  In the city where I live they've made a huge campaign out of teaching people *not* to give cash when asked. They've even printed up a poster-sized help list (that folds down to wallet-sized) with all the agencies listed along with what help that agency can give. They have listings for rent, utilities, medical, violence, substance abuse, clothing, meals, groceries, employment, training, you name it. The police, libraries, etc. have stacks of these lists and they encourage people to carry a few with them in case they are approached for help. The idea is to hand over the list, not the cash.

  My suggestion is that you look in the front of your local phone book or online, anywhere there is a list of agencies for your community. Get familiar with it and make the appropriate recommendation(s) any time you are asked for cash. Try 2-1-1 (phone). Many communities use that number for a general, anonymous help line. You tell them what you are looking for and they tell you what's available in your area.

  Edited to add that unless you are a doctor, the correct response, imo, to "give my head a break, please" (migraine) is "See a doctor, go to ER".
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  A Happy House

  by noglow in

  1. social
  2. family

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  i apologize in advance if this is inappropriate for this forum.

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  AnneB

  http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2008/10/real-estate-agents-increasingly-use.html

  Tuesday, October 28, 2008

  Real Estate Agents Increasingly Use Faith Advertising

  An article in last Saturday's Washington Post reported on the growing practice among real estate agents to engage in faith advertising-- attempting to appeal to members of a particular religious group. An increasing number of real estate agents are aiming at Christians, either by incorporating Christian symbols in their advertising or joining groups such as the 1600-member Christian Real Estate Network. Other religious groups are following suit. Kosher Connection will connect users to Jewish real estate agents. In Michigan, a few real estate agents are marketing to Muslims who want Islamic financing for their home purchase. Some of these practices risk legal challenge. The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits real estate agents from using ads that indicate a preference for members of a particular religious group. Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines however say agents can use religious symbols if they add a non-discrimination disclaimer. In 2004, federal authorities ruled that Section 806 of the Fair Housing Act required the Christian Real Estate Network to admit non-Christians to membership. This ruling is reflected in the organization's current policies.