e-watchman has sent over 5000 letters to congregations in the u.s informing them of the ngo debacle and a similar one to 101 branches around the world.
and according to his guestbook post he has signed his real name to the letters!
great work and great news!
e-watchman takes the leap (or the plunge, as you may)
Dansk, I doubt many 'll consider e-watchman a bonafide Annointed; he's not working hand-in-hand with his fellow Christ's Brothers, neither does he seem to be serving shoulder-to-shoulder with them; he must be an evil slave. He's probably sheep in wolf's clothing, but the WT 'll make him wolf in wolf's clothing. The matter of his disfellowshipping is a question of very short time.
Great letter though. E-mail lists, anyone?
well, weve been in our new house now for almost two years, and we finally got our first visit from the witnesses, a couple of days ago.. two very nice middle-aged ladies stood on my doorstep, asking me would i accept their two magazines for free?
- they were old issues from january well, how could i refuse?.
its gods will that zebras are striped and thats the beginning and end of it.. for an educational magazine this is just a disgrace.. can you hear the voice of the great teacher in this?
C,
here's the (short) thread
It's Awake Jan 2001.
well, i guess it's time i came clean.
i've actually been seeking reinstatement for almost six months now.
by getting married, i've removed the next-to-last obstacle to being a part of jehovah's clean people once again.
Hey you spoilt it: it's under humour. The part about that first beautiful Saturday morning, when once again I will march forth in service to our great God gave me a chuckle though.
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congratulations to the spanish people, who voted the socialists to power as a protest against the conservative government's supporting bush's war on iraq, and for claiming the madrid bombs were acts of the eta nationalists and not an al-qaida attack because of the war on iraq.. so one government has fallen, and there are many more to come, bush.. who says these days ain't fun?
This had nothing to do with terrorism, this had to do with the Spanish PM being an American ass kissing liar.
Not exactly. Some to do with terrrorism, but yes, a lot to do with the former Spanish PM supporting America, turning a deaf hear to the wishes of the people.
The guy was an idiot who tried to use the bombing for political gain and tried to pass it off as internal strife to victimise the basque people yet again.
Correct. He tried to play the Spanish people for a fool; not even the hurried UN resolution to blame ETA worked. Good for a people to be alert.
This is not a message that terrorism wins, this is a message that if you lie to the people and do not listen to the people then you will get your ass kicked out of office.
Add to that that when you go against the wish of the people in a matter of war, you have total responsibility to make sure the home front is safe. That's where the outted Spanish govt failed; and they deserve what was coming for the stupid attempt to pile it all on ETA.
would mr emery-wallis;convicted child molester b welcome?.
would the great unwashed b welcome?.
any other ideas!.
I'm probably going; thing is i'd like to eat the bread and drink the wine...
did our letter-writing campaign work?
http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/watchtower.pdf.
here are some lovely instructions drafted by syn, and hosted by valis, on how to navigate to the site yourself.. http://www.sassquatch.com/syn/un_ngo_letter/.
Question: what's it about the ethics of sending this link to JW lists?
Opinions?
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/2919/reasons2.html
are these true especially numbers:.
20, 26 (is this true in uk?
14. You are discouraged from attending college
******Largely true, but this is changing; depends on where you live; in certain places, people attending colleges are neither shunned nor discouraged, nor are others who indicate they will directly. The WTS however spews out rhetoric encouraging youths to dedicate their life to "service to God", or serving as full-time servants of the WTS
36. You cannot speak to former members who are shunned (disfellowshipped)
*****You may not, except if they are minors and/or very close family members living at home.
49. A child abuser is reported to Watchtower elders and not the police***** Not necessarily. YOu may choose to report a child abuser to the police; the WTS encourages that a first report be made to the elders, especially if the abuser is one of Jehovahs' Witnesses.
52. Men cannot wear beards.
**** Depends on where you live. A man wearing a beard may not get "responsibilities" in the congregation.
53. Men must wear short hair (but cannot shave their heads bald)
***** Almost correct. Men may not wear their hair long. You may shave your head bald if you're a man with a really good (bad :)) balding head; you're encouraged not to look "different" from the rest.
100. You can never question what is printed in Watchtower literature
**** Not exactly. You may politely ask elders about it; you may write to the WTS about it; but you may not discuss contentious issues with several others. You may have to do what the WT literature says before there is any official change.My 2cents. :)
this is a moderated forum and unfortunately it's occassionally necessary to deactivate accounts of posters who purposefully and/or repeatedly violate the simple & sensible posting guidelines, there to ensure that the forum is a welcoming and friendly place to visit.
most deletions are not permanent however.
we appreciate that some are the results of misunderstandings or personal circumstances coloring people's behavior.
No bikerchic, that's not what i understand Abaddon to be saying. You're putting a spin on what he said, fine; he's got a point, and your "it's simple" emphasis doesn't cut it.
i dated a number of witness girls, but none of those relationships went anyware.
however, as a younger, active jw, i also went out with a few ?worldly?
girls from school and work.
Yep. I did. I almost never dated JWs: no fun. Was never worried about being found out; I knew you couldn't get DF 'cos of that.
At least when you watch Fox News, you get balanced and fair programming on political issues.
Hey Richie, you're kidding, right? FOX news?? You gotta be kidding.
