Brilliant post! Hope to meet you someday.
All best,
F.
DNCall
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Occupy Jehovah's Witnesses: When the 0.1% are the 99.9%
by rory-ks inon the evening of thursday, april 5th, after sundown, some 19 million people will meet in kingdom halls around the world to celebrate the lord's evening meal.
of those 19 million less than half will be fully-fledged jehovah's witnesses comprising men, women, and children, who have dedicated their lives to the cause, amounting to some 7-and-a-half million - a mere 0.1% of the world's 7 billion population.. .
that 0.1% are in a privileged position.
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Bill Maher Quip on "Real Time"
by DNCall inregarding the "stand your ground" law, bill maher joked that if the law was on the books in his state (california, i believe), his front lawn would be littered with jehovah's witnesses.
just felt like sharing.
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The show tapes in LA so I assume he lives in the LA area.
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Bill Maher Quip on "Real Time"
by DNCall inregarding the "stand your ground" law, bill maher joked that if the law was on the books in his state (california, i believe), his front lawn would be littered with jehovah's witnesses.
just felt like sharing.
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Regarding the "stand your ground" law, Bill Maher joked that if the law was on the books in his state (California, I believe), his front lawn would be littered with Jehovah's Witnesses. Just felt like sharing.
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An Apostate Twist Ending
by Terry inwhen charles taze russell, or judge rutherford, or fred franz published magazines, pamphlets and books about future matters.....the future they spoke about had not yet happened.
whatever they wrote could well be true.
what reasons they gave could be sound ones.
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Throughout the history of the organization major doctrinal changes have occurred as one administration ended and another began. JFR apostatized from CTR, Knorr and Franz apostatized from JFR and the GB apostatized from Knorr and Franz. Given enough time and GB.2 will apostatize from GB.1. And we're the apostates?
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An Apostate Twist Ending
by Terry inwhen charles taze russell, or judge rutherford, or fred franz published magazines, pamphlets and books about future matters.....the future they spoke about had not yet happened.
whatever they wrote could well be true.
what reasons they gave could be sound ones.
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What's The Worst Thing You've Heard An Elder Say Or Do?
by minimus ini think it has to be the way they treat disfellowshipped persons.
as another thread, they simply ignore the person as if they're dead!.
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Toth: You have a PM.
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LA Times Front Page - JWs Treated Without Blood
by BizzyBee ininteresting article on the la times front page this morning about a doctor in fresno, ca who treats jws without blood.
he only promises to repect their wishes, not that they won't die.
jw patients flock to him from all over the world.
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I submitted a letter to the editor of the LA Times in response to this article. I doubt that it will be published, so here it is for you:
Kudos to Dr. Michael Lill for providing treatment to Jehovah’s Witnesses despite the fact that he is, as described by Ms. Gorman, “a committed atheist who views [their] belief system as wholly irrational.”
Having been a member of the Witness religion for over 50 years, I do, however, take exception to Ms. Gorman’s use of the terms “biblically centered” and “literal interpretation of the Bible” when referring to the Witnesses’ belief regarding blood.
The following is a literal interpretation of what the Bible says about blood: When God first allowed Man to kill animals for food, the animal’s blood was to be removed so as not to be eaten. It was to be poured out on the ground. By doing so, Man would be showing proper respect for the sacredness of the animal’s life, in God’s eyes.
Jehovah’s Witnesses go far beyond a “literal interpretation of the Bible” when they say that this rule covers blood transfusions. Blood transfusions do not involve the taking of a life, as in the case of killing animals for food. Blood transfusions do not violate the sacredness of life. In fact, they are, in countless cases, the only way to preserve life.
Why do the Witnesses believe this way? It is not because they are “biblically centered.” It is to add to their list of beliefs that make them unique among myriad Bible-based religions, thus bolstering the claim that their organization alone is the true religion. It is a case of being organization-centered not biblically centered.
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LA Times Front Page - JWs Treated Without Blood
by BizzyBee ininteresting article on the la times front page this morning about a doctor in fresno, ca who treats jws without blood.
he only promises to repect their wishes, not that they won't die.
jw patients flock to him from all over the world.
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LA Times Front Page - JWs Treated Without Blood
by BizzyBee ininteresting article on the la times front page this morning about a doctor in fresno, ca who treats jws without blood.
he only promises to repect their wishes, not that they won't die.
jw patients flock to him from all over the world.
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Do you recall any disputes during the development of the New Song Book?
by Quarterback ini seem to recall someone mentioning to me that george benson assisted with some of the work on the new song book.. then he left the assignment after an argument with the team.
is there any thing that anyone remembers about that one?.
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Breakfast of Champions: Your speculation about the approach being too contemporary is pretty much on the money. As for Christine, she does have a professional career as a studio singer.