recently there has been mention of assemblies with credit card machines for contributions.
it was also mentioned on the last six screens call i think at the stanley theatre.
has any one seen this taking place?
hmm interesting ,What would Jesus think about these money changing/lending machines in God's house ?
[Jesus] made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
John 2:15
that is funny on so many levels
seeing as it's that time of year i've been reminiscing.
i used to volunteer as i really struggled to sit still all day, even with all the note-taking and sitting next to the deaf loop system and watching the bsl interpreter to try and learn a bit of bsl.. i have.... counted and voided food tokenspacked fruit bags at a sandwich stallcleaned the stadium at opening and closingcleaned and attended ladies toiletsmanned (or should that be womanned?!
lol) contribution boxeswhat did you do?.
I was assigned security when I was a young man. later I was assigned to first aid.
why do the jws consider pansuits worm by women not appropriate attire?.
pantsuits are considered appropriate attire in the conservative business world.. secretary of state hilary clinton wears pantsuits quite often.. would pantsuits be considered appropriate for a visit to bethel?
if someone showed up at bethel wearing them, would be be asked to leave?.
There are no written rules. The WT magazines are referenced to determine what a "Christian" would wear but no hard, fast rules are laid out. In a lot of conservative areas, the elders or older sisters will wield a lot of influence on the younger and newer sisters on what is acceptable or not.
if you search other threads here you will see how elders have used the type of underwear worn in their decision process in judicial committee meetings with reguards immorality. There is also a thread where an elder refused go to a wedding due to the fact the girl was noticed by him, wearing thong underwear while cleaning the kingdom hall .
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/190127/1/My-PO-refused-to-come-to-my-wedding
why do the jws consider pansuits worm by women not appropriate attire?.
pantsuits are considered appropriate attire in the conservative business world.. secretary of state hilary clinton wears pantsuits quite often.. would pantsuits be considered appropriate for a visit to bethel?
if someone showed up at bethel wearing them, would be be asked to leave?.
I'm surprised they don't dictate what kind of underwear should be warn while on tour.
The scarey thing is they do. Women are not supposed to wear thong underwear
hi guy's and gal's,.
the jwb crew is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a grant by the cyprus film and arts academy to create a short film based on on the diary of an armageddon survivor - http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/2010/01/diary-of-armageddon-survivor.html.
the grant is small (around $16,000), but includes the leasing of 4 very good cameras, lighting and sound equipment.
i am confused how can you be in post production but not have cast the actors yet?
please view this video:.
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http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/06/11/burzynski-the-movie.aspx.
exactly SixofNine that was a false statement. I am suffering from cancer myself right now as some of you know and if it was not for the medical advances made in the last 20 years I would have very little chance of surviving.
People suffering from some of the most common forms of cancer are twice as likely to survive for at least 10 years, compared with patients diagnosed in the early 1970s, research showed today.
Breast, bowel and prostate cancer survival rates have shot up, as have those for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and leukaemia. The study, for Cancer Research UK, compared data on 10-year survival rates of patients diagnosed with cancer in 1971-72 with the expected survival rates of those diagnosed in 2007. On average it found that 45.2% of cancer patients are now expected to survive at least 10 years, compared with 23.7% in the 1970s.
please view this video:.
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http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/06/11/burzynski-the-movie.aspx.
I am in the medical proffesion. Trust me if there was a proven cure it would be heralded rather quickly. here is my rational;
1 The greed of big pharm has no bounds, They would stand to make a fortune on a recognized cure. Remember many many of these big pharm companies are located outside the US(where he US government and the FDA have no say)
2 The biggest spender on treatments for cancer (medicaid, medicare) is the US government. It would save them so much money (money that they don't have) That they would be pushing the treatment even if it had a 50% success rate)
Please be careful about supposed cures for cancer. The evedenc they use to support their claims is usually antidotal, and never peer reviewed. I would need to see a peer reviewed scientific study to support any such treatment. Peer reviewed studies are scientific studies where results of treatments must be duplicated in order to be accepted. Do not forget the Laetril hoax in the 70's
as i reflect on my life as a jw i remember how the religion attempts to control so many aspects of your life.
i decided to make a list with examples of the mind numbing number of things that they feel they have the right to control in members lives.. 1 what and how much education its members are entitled to pursue.
the witnesses look down on formal secondary education.
interesting. The examples you guys have demonstrated make a question come to mind. Why do they want to control members choices even when it has nothing to do with religion. i.e clothing choices, facial hair etc
as i reflect on my life as a jw i remember how the religion attempts to control so many aspects of your life.
i decided to make a list with examples of the mind numbing number of things that they feel they have the right to control in members lives.. 1 what and how much education its members are entitled to pursue.
the witnesses look down on formal secondary education.
any one else have any thoughts on the control factor of jws
