Posts by ElderEtta

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A drastic medical view

by Fatfreek in

when mom and dad and i adopted watchtower teachings during the mid 50's, the most influential couple we knew were special pioneers by the names of raymond and doris bridgman.

they were truly fine people in many senses, a bit younger than my folks, and very charismatic.

the place was new bedford, massachusetts, u.s.a.. it wasn't long before you realized that the bridgmans ate differently than the rest of us.

ElderEtta

I just dug this one out of the archives it's worth posting again

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Baptized at a young age, homeschooled, and pioneered ...

by Wild_Thing in

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and all of this by the time i was 14. i was the youngest person in my pioneer school.

was anybody else in the trenches (to this degree) at such a young age?.

i look back on it now and marvel at how isolated i was.

ElderEtta

you could be my grandson who is now 26 or 27 years old and whom I have never met

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Irish News: Man who almost died after refusing blood transfusion hits out at 'harmful' Jehovah’s Witness teachings

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/man-who-almost-died-after-refusing-blood-transfusion-hits-out-at-harmful-jehovahs-witness-teachings-35756799.htm.

news irish newsfriday 26 may 2017. man who almost died after refusing blood transfusion hits out at 'harmful' jehovah’s witness teachings.

rebecca lumley.

Completing the Scan of All WT Publications - Bibles List

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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i am working with paul grundy from jwfacts and with the administrator of avoidjw.org, and they are ok with me doing the work that i am doing right now, which is to try and complete, as much as possible, the availability of everything the wt has ever published, in pdf format.therefore, i will start listing in this thread what i have not been able to find anywhere online.

please let me know where i can find the pdf's for the following:(now, i know that there are multiple versions of these and that there are some that seem the same but they are not.

i am looking for the wt published versions of these publications.

ElderEtta

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What's worse, 2 week old getting nearly 100 rat bites and living, or Jesus' torture and death?

by FatFreek 2005 in

some 35 miles from here, in the small town of magnolia, ar, a teen couple is in trouble -- as they should be -- for allowing their 2 week old girl, a 5 pound baby, to suffer nearly 100 bites from rats.

one of the bites was so large and deep it required plastic surgery.

i don't want to even think about the horror this teeny creature felt during those instances -- and the horrible nightmares she may suffer in years to come.. i wonder if this is one of those human experiences that may be worse than what christ suffered on that stake.

ElderEtta

its terrible what this 2 week old girl went through / suffered ,while painfull she was not of an age to comprehend what was happening to her

And what exactly is the age of comprehension?

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God is a Union Man

by breakfast of champions in

for those active jws, there is a new program in place where publishers who frequent and 'witness' on apostate websites will receive triple time!

that's right, for every hour you spend on an apostate site you may count three hours (hazard pay) just let your service committee know you're interested in this new program and you may be approved to receive triple time!.

ElderEtta

Bump

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World Religion News: New Jehovah’s Witness Headquarters Hosts First Open Houses

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/new-jehovahs-witness-headquarters-hosts-first-open-houses.

new jehovah’s witness headquarters hosts first open houses.

28 apr 2017 posted by nathan glover .

ElderEtta

What -- no dress code for visitors any longer?

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Do you air on the side of caution?

by compound complex in

well, that would be an airer.

it's all in how we hear the spoken word.

when a little boy, one fellow thought "world peace" was "whirled peas.

ElderEtta

The Greats of Wrath

https://jwfacts.com/images/governing-body-watchtower-2013-july-15-p26.jpg

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Do you air on the side of caution?

by compound complex in

well, that would be an airer.

it's all in how we hear the spoken word.

when a little boy, one fellow thought "world peace" was "whirled peas.

ElderEtta

One of our elders while delivering a public address was never especially eloquent but revealed how especially ignorant he was when he cited the Bluebonnet plague three times during the speech

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Disfellowshipping decision to go before Canadian Supreme Court

by Simon in

high court will examine whether judicial review applies to membership decisions made by religious groups.

the supreme court of canada has agreed to hear an appeal involving a calgary man who was kicked out of his jehovah's witness church.. randy wall, a real estate agent was "disfellowshipped" from the highwood congregation for being drunk on two occasions and allegedly verbally abusing his wife.. as a result, he says his clients refused to do further business with him, so he argued his property and civil rights were affected.. after losing three internal church appeals of his expulsion, wall made an application with the court of queen's bench in calgary which ordered a hearing to first determine if there was jurisdiction for the court to hear the application.. decisions and appeals.

a judge decided the superior court did have jurisdiction to hear the application.. the church then appealed wall's decision to the alberta court of appeal, which upheld the court of queen's bench, affirming the court has jurisdiction to hear the matter.. one of the three appeal court judges dissented — arguing that congregations are private organizations akin to bridge clubs, whose decisions "are not enforceable promises and have limited, if any, impact outside its small circle.".

ElderEtta

I understand what you are saying Richard However the fact is that I heard it and you heard it and the question is what was the source and how did it get to us