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tresdecu
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Television: 'Homeland'
by leavingwt inhave any of you been watching the new showtime series, homeland?
the season finale will air next sunday.
i've really been enjoying it.
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An old email from cong. sec.
by tresdecu inwas going through some old emails from about 4 years ago or so.
came across this one, i was "conducting" a b.s.
study and was in charge of getting everyones time and turning it in.....oops.. dear brothers,.
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tresdecu
Was going through some old emails from about 4 years ago or so. Came across this one, I was "conducting" a B.S. Study and was in charge of getting everyones time and turning it in.....oops.
Dear brothers,
I do not have any service time for the xxxxxxx study group or the xxxxxxx study group. What do you recommend that I do? I need to report on the sixth of the month. Every month!
Should I just not report for these two groups tomorrow morning?
Very concerned.
Your brother,
xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx
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No Supreme Court review of ban on Jehovah's Witnesses magazines in Russia
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://rapsinews.com/judicial_news/20121029/265164439.html.
newsno supreme court review of ban on jehovah's witnesses magazines in russiacontextban on jehovah's witnesses magazines validatedjehovah's witnesses magazines ban challenged by distributorwatchdog's ban on distributing jehovah's witnesses magazines affirmedtags: telecommunications, federal service for supervision of communications, the ninth commercial court of appeals, russia, moscow13:18 29/10/2012moscow, october 29 - rapsi.
the supreme commercial court will not be reviewing the lower court's ruling prohibiting the distribution of two jehovah's witnesses magazines, the watchtower and awake!, the court's spokesperson told the russian legal information agency (rapsi/rapsinews.com) on monday.. on april 6, 2010, the federal service for supervision of communications, information technology and mass media (roskomnadzor) annulled the permission to distribute the aforementioned magazines in russia issued in 1997 by the state committee for press after some of the content was declared extremist.. in february, the ninth commercial court of appeals upheld the federal service's ban on publishing and distributing the magazines.. the court thus dismissed the appeal filed by wachtturm bibel- und traktat-gesellschaft, deutscher zweig, e.v, the legal entity which holds the license to the magazines, and the jehovah's witnesses administrative center responsible for their distribution.. the religious organization requested to reconsider the ruling, but the supreme commercial court found no grounds for this.. the roskomnadzor representative said that the organization is carrying outs its activity outside russia and it is not subject to russian laws regulating the enterprises activity.. jehovah's witnesses is an international religious organization.
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tresdecu
Hopefully the supreme court will review the paragraph calling former JWs "Mentally Diseased" ...I would think that might clinch it. ;-)
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70 JWs in horrific crash on way to a Convention
by Nambo inentire family, 20 others die in fatal accidenttragedy struck weekend in akwa ibom state as a man, his wife and all their children, as well as more than 20 others, all members of the jehovahs witness church, perished in a fatal road accident which occurred, friday, along the utu etim ekpo road in etim ekpo local government area of the state.. forty other members of the church sustained varying degrees of injuries following in the crash which occurred on their way to the jehovahs witness annual convention ground in ikot ekpene local government area of the state.. thisdays gathered that more than 70 members of the church had hired a lorry to convey them from ukanafun local government area to ikot ekpene for the annual district convention which began on friday and billed to end today (sunday) but the journey ended half way with many members of the church dying on the road in the accident.. eyewitnesses alleged that the driver of the lorry conveying the church members to the venue of the convention lost control of the vehicle when he got to utu etim ekpo, the junction opposite the local government secretariat, and hit the stone used to construct the roundabout, thus resulting in the lorry somersaulting, leaving many of its passengers and others wounded.. the corpses and those injured in the accident were said to have been taken to neighbouring hospitals and mortuaries.. one of the eyewitnesses, mr. friday john, said the people who died may have been more than what was seen because a whole family including parents and their children were all trapped in the accident.. we were all here discussing when suddenly the lorry appeared and was looking like the driver had lost control of it.
then the lorry drove straight and hit the stone and somersaulted into the gutter.. many people died, more than 18. in fact, we couldnt count the number because there were many corpses, including husband, wife and children and they were all taken to the mortuary in various hospitals near etim ekpo here, john explained.. in another narration, a secondary school teacher in eka uruk eshiet etim ekpo, mr. ndipmo nkanta, said the lorry boarded by the deceased and the injured passengers was not meant for passengers but goods only.. he blamed the accident on poverty , arguing that if there was a better alternative, such casualties wouldnt have been recorded, especially as they were going to worship god.. the public relations officer of the federal road safety corps, frsc, in the state, mr. godsgift uwen, blamed the incident on over-speeding and overloading by the driver of the lorry.. he said the lorry was not supposed to carry any passenger as it was a meant for goods only but the driver stubbornly used it as a passengers vehicle, which led to the sad incident.. he advised against rush and drunken driving, especially in the yuletide, noting that these are some of the major causes of accidents on the roads..
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tresdecu
My heart hurts when I hear this kind of stuff...I always think of that last moment and the terror they must have felt...makes me shudder.
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Rick Simons' Opposition to WTS Motion in Conti case is brilliant--Check it out @ Alameda Sup Ct Website
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I am signing off....
by Cagefighter inmight be back, might not.
i really appreciate the historical information on the jw's this board allowed me to find out about.
it really put things into perspective.
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tresdecu
"I have no interest keeping that kind of company."
Well aren't you the coolest guy ever? I hope you find company that suits you better. Take care buddy.
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My introduction/experience
by happy@last ini have only just recently found this site, in fact only recently gone online to do research of my own about jws.
before i left i had only gone on my gut instinct, not even realising i was not alone with my feelings.
the week i was appointed an elder some 11 years ago, i had had to write to a congregation many miles away from me about how unloving they were (more details below).. not long after i started to have concerns about jws, expecially as the message of 'following the bibles message' subtly changed to 'follow the fds', this did not sit well with me.
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tresdecu
[email protected] to the board. It's very theraputic to be a part of this community. We are all related in the faith, so to speak ;-) Many current and former elders here who feel the same as you.
Thanks for posting your experience.
TD
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My introduction/experience
by happy@last ini have only just recently found this site, in fact only recently gone online to do research of my own about jws.
before i left i had only gone on my gut instinct, not even realising i was not alone with my feelings.
the week i was appointed an elder some 11 years ago, i had had to write to a congregation many miles away from me about how unloving they were (more details below).. not long after i started to have concerns about jws, expecially as the message of 'following the bibles message' subtly changed to 'follow the fds', this did not sit well with me.
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Whitney Heichel - first hand account from congregation member on Facebook
by sir82 inwhy, he even has gone to some meetings at their kingdom hall!
someone calls with a large wedding tent that they would like to donate and set up in the kingdom hall parking lot for the public memorial on friday.
i was amazed how people who came that didnt even know whitney, but simply felt a need to be here and comfort the family.
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tresdecu
As Dubs we have it ingrained in us to turn a negative into a positive for the WTS and JAH. No Doubt JWs are a tight group...that is one of the things that used to give me warm goosebumps..ahhh the brotherhood. It is real, a real feeling of closeness but once you are on the 'outs' you realize how stale and conditional it really is. For all these brothers that closeness really helped. No arguing that they can quickly organize things. In the case of this search it obviously helped.
Had I been a worldly searcher that day that was fed on Larch Mtn, I would have genuinely thought, wow, what a great group of people. I don't think it would move me to go grab a Bible Teach book though ;-)
I was also bothered by this line: " Why, he even has gone to some meetings at their Kingdom Hall!" Really dip$%it...he was baptized!!! Whenever you start a statement with the word 'Why' it amps up the corny factor. How stupid.
And the statement about Jehovah not letting it rain...sure, Jehovah controlled the weather so you could pass out more books...but he didn't help whitney when she needed it most. What another stupid thing to say.
I wonder after all the dust settles if, and how many might be baptized because of this tragedy.
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Oregon Jehovah's Witness Rapes and Murders Jehovah's Witness neighbor. The congregation a spiritual paradise..where lambs and lions are at peace?
by Balaamsass inthe northern california circuit overseers been making announcements at circuit assemblies for sisters to be extra careful when shopping and out and about..."remember we are surrounded by satan's system.
" this has been been in reference to a young sister who went missing in the portland or area.
well now the whole story is comming out...she wasn't a victim of "the outsiders"...it was her "spiritual brother" who raped and murdered her.
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tresdecu
Sir82...if that's the case, what are the odds some of the notes from a (possible) JC were destroyed? Do you think a COBE would be preemptive, and have the sec shred anything that related to earlier problems with his viewing of child porn?
hmmmmm