Topics Started by Haereticus

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Email to my Dad on the UN / Prison Stories
by msil in
1. jw
2. friends
ok......it has taken me lots of soul searching to put this post up (it contains some facts i dont really feel all that comfortable putting up).

but i will try and leave out here for as long as i can.. it is an email i have sent to my dad.

it is a followup - he has some of the info on the un already.
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Intesa
by Haereticus in
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2. friends
somewhat familiar helsinki came up so many times that i started searching for jehovah at http://www.csce.gov/helsinki.cfm i found a csce document "deteriorating religious liberties in europe".

this meeting held july 30.

1998 had interesting connection to the society.
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Judah Schroeder and the Helsinki Kommission!
by Kent in
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2. friends
pressrelease from bellona usa .

congressional briefing .

helsinki commission joins russian parliamentarian in human rights, nikitin debate.
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to all who were DF'd
by somebody in
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2. friends
hi folks,.

i'm doing some interesting research on the procedure of reinstatement back into the org.. if anyone here can relate how many months/years passed by from the time you got df'd, till the time you got reinstated, it would be very helpful.

also include how often elders met with you, if you attended meetings regularly during the time you were df'd, and if you approached the elders for reinstatement(and how many times you approached them), or they approached you.
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Changing the Watchtowers charitable status (UK)
by nicolaou in
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2. friends
the uk charity commission lists 'the advancement of religion' as one of its 'first group charitable purposes'.. it makes the "general assumption that the advancement of religion is for the public benefit".

the advancement of religion.

for the advancement of religion to be charitable, a religion has to:.
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Living in a bottle
by Haereticus in
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2. friends
through the years jw are taught not to read this and that, ham radio was evil (altghough awake listed frequencies and sceduled times for jw hams), today this is applied to internet as well.

i hope this ngo/dpi alone will prove the dangers associated here.

blind faith simply does not pay off.. here is one way of describing the difference how faith can be based either on assumption or a proven knowledge.
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What media outlets have you contacted?
by detective in
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2. friends
i would like to get a sense of what media outlets have been contacted so far.

who has contacted the media?

what media have you contacted?
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Yesterday
by Haereticus in
1. jw
2. experiences
years ago young jw finns were detained for refusing military service.

the option of serving a non-governmental organization instead was a no-no for us.

the time i served was two years four months and fifteen days hard labour (1965-68) and i have not regretted any of that before yesterday.. for almost thirty years i have not been in contact with jw but as my youngest left home i started more active internet surfing and chatting.
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UNITED NATIONS , NGO's and WTBS
by MacHislopp in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
following the link given by kent,.

i have several observation to make:.

(from the link : http://www.un.org/moreinfo/ngolink/brochure.htm).
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JW preaching work to end in the 20th Century
by Scorpion in
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2. friends
page 12 of the january 1, 1989 wt magazine paragraph 8 ends with the statement that the apostle paul's missionary activity laid a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century.".

i take this as subtle prophecy that 'the end' will come by the year 2000 a.d., or should have come by now.. i find it interesting that the bound volume reprint has the wording changed to read, " a work that would be completed in our day.".

does anyone know why the change?