i am suprised not to have seen this posted yet (or at least i didnt see it).. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/28/ar2010062805003.html.
Well this is good news.....I really have a strong prejudice against child molesters.
But this begs an additional question, why have we not heard of other big settlements involving the WTBTS. It seems that the big settlements years ago should have been the first of many. There have to be more than 13 victims.
MTM
people, please don't be angry at me, but do you sometimes ask yourselves this question?
i do..
A blind hog roots up an acorn every now and then......
i never heard of it nor ever saw such a picture before.
let's see who can come up with the funniest caption for one of these photos:.
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"Luckily we have this ambulance for you brother, er wait I mean, not luck...uh....luckily Jehovah has provided this ambulance for you....er wait, uh....not luck, uh luckily well it' a privilege for you for us to have this ambulance to transport you to a bloodless medical provider to save your replaceable ass, er not ass uh butt, well whatever."
i found out that in a local congregation the service overseer has directed that magazines not be given by jws to:.
a) inactive jws.
b) return visits that are not coming to the meetings after 6 months.
It is actually a win win for the WTBTS.
1) Less magazines equal less cost, more profit.
2) Puts more pressure on the R&F and pioneers to get those people to the meetings and or find others who will come to the meetings so they can keep their magazine placement up.
3) More fear for the congos that they are not doing their part and so they will not have God's favor or inherit everlasting life.
...at the next assembly.
i've heard from various sorces that the gb are planning on making it off limits, like they have already done for myspace.
has anyone else heard this?
Great! The more they crack down and the more strict they become the more they will drive away young people. Love it, let them annouce this.
MTM
so all of you that are trying to help your family and friends as a disassociated person, or disfellowshipped, or sort-of-shunned.. what do you think about getting reinstated or reactivated to help them get out?.
the time invested would be two meetings a week, about 6 hours total including driving.
for those on the outside, you would have to get reinstated, so you would need 2-3 months of going to meetings making sure the elders see you and know your intention.. add field service in there.
I am thinking about the same thing......I hate that I would be counted in the numbers attending meetings but I think it must be done inorder to rescue my family. Sucks but must be done.....
I am trying now from the outside with little to know results. I am inactive and love the freedom it allows but my wife is totally in and so I need to get her out.
MTM
some of my friends claim that growing up as witnesses was a normal experience, in the sense that they did not miss celebrating hollidays or associating with wordly people.
these friends are witnesses in good standing, therefore, i doubt their sincerity and feel that they just do not want to go agaist the party line.
in my case, since i always had the desire to participate in extracurricular activities in school (and did when i could), always felt actracted to politics and art, it was very hard.
Yes, I am glad this issue came up because it seems that people have commented on here before about being normal even though they were raised a witless.
I feel that I am permanantly scarred from being raised a witness.
I still feel guilty when in social settings that are not deemed acceptable to dubs.
What a waste of a good human. I don't mean to sound like better than others but I feel like if given the chance I could have done so much more with my youth so that I wouldn't have to work so hard now.
The hurt runs deep.
MTM
i guarantee you, if everyone in the united states were allowed to carry a gun on their hip, people would treat each other with alot more respect.. warlock .
I agree that everyone does not need a gun. I can think of several that do not have a record and would qualify to have one but do not need one.
Alright lets think about this logically.
Say, we inact a gun ban, and ban all guns from public citizens leaving only guns in the hands of law enforcement.
The GOVERNMENT begins confiscating guns from all citizens and begins a WAR ON GUNS, sound familiar, if not let me refresh your memory, WAR ON DRUGS. Billions with a B have been spent since this war started 36 years ago!
Now what have we just accomplished here with this legislation?
We have forced guns underground. Check!
We have disarmed law abiding citizens who own guns responsibly. Check!
We have started a war that will cost the tax payers billions of dollars for many years. Check!
We have caused gun running to become a profitable illgal venture that otherwise law abiding citizens get involved voluntarily and involuntarily (say you are a wife, daughter or son of a gun runner who forces you run guns). Check!
We remove guns from criminals hands. Not a chance in hades!
We add to an already heathy underground economy millions of dollars that go unreported and thus cost the taxpayers more. Check!
We create another party platform that distracts from the real problems we face. Check! (I will win the war on guns! crowd cheers)
We put thousands of more individuals into an already overpopulated prison system, that would not have been there had this legislation not been passed. Check!
But to be fair let's prepare the otherside of the argument.
How many people, men, women and children die from gun related deaths per year? 29,569 but you must minus 45% off of that because of suicide and you get 16,263. That is a lot!
Children die needlessly from Gun's each year. (Not really, children die because of irresponsible gun owners)
Criminals can more easily get guns. (Sure if they can get someone to buy them a weapon then yes they can get a gun. But if you take that avenue away from them, they will probably not ever get on will they. Believe me if they want it they can get it.)
People won't responsibly own guns. (Really, then why are gun classes required in most states inwhich a teacher can ask a student to leave if they feel that he/she will not be a repsonsible gun owner and not give them a certificate of completion)
Here are some facts to consider:
How many Americans die in auto crashes each year? 299,398 Americans. (Wow! So what should we do about that? A war on Cars! Let's repeal the legislation allowing federal highways and rip up the roads. There will be more automobile deaths because of the hybrid cars that are becoming so popular now a days in the near future.)
How many die in the war on drugs each year? About 200 officers yearly. No outcry about America's finest who otherwise would not have died from this war.
65,000 violent crimes are prevented each year by guns, and many of those could have resulted in death. We don't know how many because the victim didn't die!
There are other sources that say millions but I believe those to be propoganda, but I do believe that millions of violent crimes do happen each year.
So the proof is in the numbers folks. So yeah let's get the War on Guns started, fortunately only two of mine are registered the others will be in my house to protect my family should the need arise as most assuredly it will when we give the criminals the upper hand.
MTM
were you one of those deemed "qualifed for this privilege":??
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Yes, like others it was a welcome distraction and made the meeting go much faster. It was also one of the reason's I got babtised was to get to do the mikes.
Reading the WT was another thing that made it go fast to.
MTM
i know i have seen a scan of this document.
can anyone direct me to it?.
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Nice, Dawg.
MTM
