Posts by cantleave

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WITNESSES CAN STOP REPORTING FIELD SERVICE!

by The Searcher in

the lawyers acting on behalf of the wtbts/g.b./'mother' during a paedophile case a couple of years ago, have stated on record that - .

a) "field ministry is not controlled or monitored by the elders, the congregation, or watchtower".

b) "an individual publisher's field ministry activity, including the time and manner it is carried out, is a personal matter between the publisher and his god.".

cantleave

I love "theocratic warfare"

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ELDER BOOK surrender - FINLAND (also in Scandal/Coverups section)

by RagingBull in

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jehovah's witnesses to hand over top-secret manualon friday finland's jehovah's witnesses will give their religious rule book to the minister of justice and the minister of the interior so that it can be inspected to ensure that it's in line with finnish rule of law.

jehovah's witnesses will hand over their secret rule book to the minister of justice, anna-maja henriksson, and the minister of the interior, paivi rasanen.

image: heikki saukkomaa / lehtikuva until now, only senior members of the jehovahs witnesses committee have had access to the congregation's secret book of rules.. the disciplinary activities of the jehovah's witnesses committee have been criticised for violating human rights.. according to anna-maja henriksson, finland's minister of justice, the purpose of the handover is to examine the book and determine whether its rules and regulations run counter to finnish law.. henriksson and interior minister paivi rasanen met on thursday with the leadership of the jehovah's witnesses in helsinki.

cantleave

The printed book is pretty inoccuous, it is the hand written notes and the references to the policy file that require scrutiny.

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An increase in security at this summer's conventions??

by gingerbread in

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we've heard from friends in two separate congregations in our city that convention security will be tight.. the brothers made announcements this week and reminded everyone to be sure to wear their name badges.

those that don't may be questioned and have their belongings searched.

the same will be happen to anyone arriving during the sessions.

cantleave

I might turn up, do you think some spotty faced 19 year old JW attendant will have the balls to search me?

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What does money represent to YOU ?

by new hope and happiness in

for example does money represent to you power, love, joy and much more or does money represent to you feelings of worry, guilt, anger, sadness.. for myself i have always enjoyed living largely on little, and i can appreciate that the best things in life are free.

having said that i am glad i have been fortunate and sensible enough with money to never have exsperienced the anxiety of debt.

and it may sound silly but i dont think winning it big on the lottery would improve the quality of my life nor my family.

cantleave

Money is a necessity, I don't crave riches but if they come I won't complain.

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which other JWN members have you met ?

by bigmac in

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as the title asks---which members on here have you actualy met ?.

ive met.

cantleave and nuggett.

cantleave

Mouthy - I would love to meet you too.

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When we die...

by Finallyfree12 in

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do you beleive our spirit lives on in other dimensions or are we really just dead?

?.

cantleave

I have come to the conclusion that this is the only life we can be sure of. I see no evidence for the supernatural so I am just making the most of now, being the best I can be.

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Question for active trolley publishers. Are you told not to approach anyone unless they approach you as part of your trolley training?

by KateWild in

if you actively do fs on a trolley i would love you to answer this question.

if you don't but know publishers that do can you ask them please.. are you told not to approach anyone unless they approach you as part of your trolley training?.

thanks kate xx.

cantleave

Jebuz said don't hide your light under a bushel - I don't recall an instruction to hide the bible in a trolley.

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Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans as Antarctic Ice Melts

by bohm in

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the collapse of large parts of the ice sheet in west antarctica appears to have begun and is almost certainly unstoppable, with global warming accelerating the pace of the disintegration, two groups of scientists reported monday.. the finding, which had been feared by some scientists for decades, means that a rise in global sea level of at least 10 feet may now be inevitable.

the rise may continue to be relatively slow for at least the next century or so, the scientists said, but sometime after that it will probably speed up so sharply as to become a crisis.. this is really happening, said thomas p. wagner, who runs nasas programs on polar ice and helped oversee some of the research.

theres nothing to stop it now.