Posts by lancelink

these quotes and excerpts i'm going to post here come from the " jehovah's witnesses - office of public information " from their website as it was posted on 12/2/07.

my wife and i have a lurking witness friend who sent us this information as she is very pro-active trying to fight child abuse from within the organization itself !

so get your barf bags ready- you are going to need them to stomach this " official policy " garbage from the wt society.

lancelink

If so, we expect the elders to comply.

A loophole,

just like the police EXPECT everyone to obey the speed limit

It looks nice on paper, but when the rubber meets the road,, it is a different story

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Blood Quotes in Jan 2009 Awake

by Gladring in

the awake jan 2009 has a quote in it's watching the world.

"for almost 9000 patients who had heart surgery in the [united kingdom] between 1996 and 2003, receiving a red cell transfusion was associated with three times the risk of dying in the following year and an almost sixfold risk of dying within 30 days of surgery compared with not receiving one.

" - new scientist, britain.. for starters, this quote is not exactly straight from new scientist.

lancelink

fair use:

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JW runs when he hears the word "Jesus"

by Honesty in

this morning i was in the office of a company that i do business with.

3 women were in the office and they all asked me how i was doing since i had major surgery last month.. i told them that i was recovering but it was kind of disappointing when i woke up in the recovery room instead of at the pearly gates.. one of the women said, "god must have more for you to do here.".

at which i replied, "yes, there are so many lost people who don't know jesus.".

lancelink

Reina sounds to me like a child who builds a sandcastle right next to the ocean, looks at it,
thinks 'boy what a good job I did building it", and then gets upset while the waves slowly destroy it.

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Anyone want to post a funny Youtube?

by Snoozy in

we can always stand to have a good laugh.... do you think this one is funny?.

maybe we should rate them as we post them.... snoozy.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5scw9ybtwju.

.

lancelink

Mine has language. But I LOVE it.

That is way,too funny, thanks for posting I needed a good laugh.

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top 10 fugitives, one is a JW

by lancelink in

this afternoon i was reading the local newspaper and there was an article of the most wanted fugitives in the u.s. .

interested, i went through each person, reading all the charges against each one.

suddenly there was the phrase "jehovahs witness" whoa, back up a minute they dont do anything that bad!!?

lancelink

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Worshiping the cross

by Amyfa in

jw
friends

there is a poster on here called reniaa and she has said a few times that we worship the cross.

i know i don't and know my family don't.

so i decided to look into it to find out if what she is saying is true.

lancelink

I reflect on what it means and it reminds me of what I was taught about God as a child.

That he loves everyone, and he died for all,

not just a few who proclaim loyalty to the WTBTS.

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Ran into the JW table at San Diego airport...

by Confession in

yes, my ladyfriend and i were entering the san diego airport for our flight home to phoenix late yesterday afternoon, when i noticed a forty-ish man and woman sitting down behind a table loaded with wts publications.

i stopped to glance over them with joy.

i made familiar comments about some of the publications, noting the newer soft covers and trying to casually engage the pair in conversation.

lancelink

"What a huge waste of time, energy and my 20's and 30's. I used to get up at 4:00am so I could meet my group at 5:30 -- 30 miles away."

Oh My God, 4 am for service !!!

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Have you met Governing Body members?

by BonaFide in

jw
friends

brother jaracz taught one day of my mts class, the very last day.

when i was in bethel i met brother schroeder, brother sydlik, barr, barry.

i said hi to brother franz once as a kid.. the new ones?

lancelink

Bro. Glass, he did the dedication talk for the hall I attended back in the early 80's