Why isn't any of this passed on to the media? Especially about the infirm and people in wheelchairs, etc. This is the type of discriminatory stuff the news media would love to make into a story. Especially on a slow news day.
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27"Pst! You CAN go to an international convention even if you're poor, but don't tell everyone!"
by cedars inthe 2014/2015 international conventions have been announced, and will be held in the following cities.... melbourne, australia october 2014london, england august 2014quito, ecuador january 2015frankfurt, germany july 2014athens, greece june 2014seoul, korea september 2014mexico city, mexico november 2014harare, zimbabwe august 2014as always there is a long list of requirements for those wealthy enough to attend - including the requirement to keep your "exemplary status" right up to the day of departure or lose all your money.. there is also a curious paragraph that seems to indicate an element of subterfuge.... special rooming: confidentially, we will be asking the host branch office to poll local brothers to determine if some might be able to provide limited rooming provisions in private homes.
this information is not to be made known to the applicants in general.
however, if the elders are aware of a longtime, faithful servant, perhaps with many years of full-time service, who is not able to fully finance such a trip, he could be encouraged to apply and the secretary can check the box on the electronic jw.org application that this delegate qualifies for the special rooming provision, if available.. basically, watchtower is admitting that it is possible to attend an international convention even if you can't afford the hotel, but they don't want everyone to know because they want as many full-paying delegates as possible.. my article on this can be found on the link below.... http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/watchtower-announces-new-international-conventions-while-downsizing-district-conventions-for-2014.
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Do You Regard President Obama In The Same Way As You Did BEFORE The Election?
by minimus inlately, even late night comedians are starting to make fun of the president.. i hear more negatives about the president than ever before---even from his own voters.. (i had high hopes for him when he beat mccain but since then, i believe the president has been a huge disappointment)..
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Another new book: Jehovah's Witnesses - AN EXPOSE, written by a former elder and retired veteran United Airlines pilot
by AndersonsInfo ina comprehensive new book:.
"the good... the bad... the deceptive.... and worse!
an expose".
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VIII
Perhaps if s/he were Serena Williams and wrote a book about the JWs and how awful and deceifful they were s/he'd have more credibility and a lot more people would read it and pay attention. And it actually might make money!
Since that isn't likely to happen, ex-JWs from out of nowhere will continue to write books no one will read about their unique experience (thinking it's unique, when it's really not, we've all been there, done that) and hope they have that best seller that will be made into a blockbuster movie.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say this isn't the one. Heck, no one cares about all the famous Scientologists coming out. Why care about some ex-JWs?
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I Just Had A Big Fat Bomb Drop On My Head and It Leaves Alot Of Questions
by TotallyADD inwhen i got home from work this afternoon my wife was standing near the door looking at me and said you need to sit down i have some hard news to tell you.
so i sat down and she began saying my brother called and i imminently ask if my mom had died.
she said no but my mother told my brother a deep family secrect that no one knows about.
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VIII
Wow, what a bombshell!
I would do a google search and try to track him and the mother down. I wouldn't initiate contact until you have some idea of what their family life is like and what their life circumstances are. There could be great resentment on both of their parts for your father not supporting them.
Or, the mom may have remarried/hooked up with someone else and said that the son was that guys child. This would rock their world to find out that you and your family are the half-siblings. You need to really think this through.
Do you know the Mom's full name? Perhaps look for death notices to start. Work backward. Ask your brother as much info as you can to try to determine what he really knows. And your Mother. What did/does she know? Why now after all these years is this being brought up? Did someone contact her?
Try not to make an emotional decision or go to quickly. I can only imagine the emotions you are experiencing.
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Was Alias written by former JWs?
by Londo111 inspoiler alert!.
i finally got through all five seasons on netflix.
this series really floundered toward the end...sometimes the plot devices made characters like sloan do some wacky things...hes evil, hes good, hes evil, hes good.
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Hate Speech Youtube concerning Apostates
by flipper in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4x3bkdeu4w.
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My Letter to Brooklyn about the Parousia that got me disfellowshipped
by cofty inthis is the letter i wrote back in '96 about the parousia.
following the '95 watchtower that disconnected the "generation" from 1914 i began to look carefully at end-time prophecy and soon discovered what i knew were basic errors in what i had been taught.. i was a loyal jw at the time and was still serving as an elder.
i used only watchtower publications in my research.
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NSA PRISM program spied on Americans' emails, searches
by Nathan Natas infor the last several years, the national security agency has been reportedly spying on the searches, emails, and file transfers of americans using a program called prismwhich tapped directly into the servers used by apple, google, microsoft, and others.. the program was revealed thursday in separate stories from the washington post and the guardian, which earlier revealed that the nsa had worked with verizon to monitor the metadata of millions of phone calls made by americans.. read more: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040991/report-nsa-prism-program-spied-on-americans-emails-searches.html.
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VIII
Very sorry to hear this OTWO. You are a great brother to be helping your sister so much.
My sister was in a very similar situation with her POS husband as she was dying last year. Her situation closely parallels your sisters. BIL refusing to work, asking MIL to pay the bills etc. Sis got a restraining order against him a few years ago. Then when she knew she was terminal she allowed him to be power-of-attorney. That sealed her fate. At least, right now, your Sister is letting you help her. That's good.
Hang in there. Try to remember any positive memories of your sister. You'll cherish those later.
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A Rant By A Householder Upset By the JW's Constant Visiting
by Bangalore ina rant by a householder upset by the jw's constant visiting.. http://britpoptarts.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/those-darn-jehovahs-witnesses/.
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