Posts by ItsJustlittleoldme

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What One Elder Is Saying About Dateline

by silentlambs in

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i recieved this email today i thought you might find it interesting.. dear bill: i have a question for you.

at book study last week, the conductor said that dateline's web site apologized for their show on jehovah's witnesses pedophiles because they had learned that the people interviewed on the show were "not who they claimed to be.

" i tried to find dateline's web site to see what they said but i was unable to do so.

ItsJustlittleoldme

I think someone should call Dateline, and ask them straight out what happened to the apology on their website for the May 28 program.. Tell them that an elder in the JW congregation said that you appologized for the program and it was on their website, but you cannot find the link....

If the person plays their cards right, I have a feeling dateline might even do a follow-up story on the JW's

In fact, I'd be sure to give the elders name, phone number, congregation, etc.. And make sure you sound really ipset that dateline would put something on the air that they found wasn't true, and retracted, but only on their website, which obviously is of sooo little importance to them that you cannot even find the apology.. And then I would ask when they are gonna retract it on Dateline itself?

Wouldn't it be great if Dateline's lawyer called the Elder directly

Don't think it will happen, but it certainly is wishful thinking..

Regardless, I'm sure dateline will come out and state infatically that they stand behind their program, and no retraction has been done.. !!!!

Of course, I'd go one step further then, and ask the elder where he got his information..

And, then I agree with Dung, lying is the tool of Satan, and I would stop the book study immediatly after you find out the truth, and confront the elder!

Oh, I would have fun with this one!!!!!!!! It almost makes me want to start a book study so an elder can lie to me like that :-)

Edited by - itsjustlittleoldme on 12 July 2002 18:25:29

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So...how to get UN NGO book

by Xander in

i know i've seen reference to the un ngo listing document somewhere.

as i recall, the '2002' edition was published before the wtbts withdrew from the un, such that they were still listed in it.

now, my family (all good jws) are insisting we come over for my mom's anniversary and i'm, like, 100% sure they are planning on bringing up our recent very obviously anti-jw behavior.

ItsJustlittleoldme

Welcome to the board Twinkletoes!!!

I'd love to hear what comes from that Sunday meeting..

- Itsjustlittleoldme

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Perfect gifts for GB/Elders

by ItsJustlittleoldme in

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Best Watchtower

by IslandWoman in

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to my friends who do not post here,.

"along with the missionaries, these now literate witnesses rejoice.

because they can now use their ability to read and write to honor jehovah.".

ItsJustlittleoldme

Oh good SYN,

I thought it was only me that lost my secret decoder ring!!! :-)

Care to translate, IW?

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New Blood Card has been printed and is......

by Jourles in

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....due out in june of 2011. this is what it will boil down to in another nine years imo.

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ItsJustlittleoldme

Hey, if you print out a few thousand of these, slip them into the convention, and start passing them out I'd bet you'd have witnesses sign them without even reading them :-)

Just think of the lives you'd be saving <hehehe>

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U K ELDER JAILED 2 YRS, TODAY

by BluesBrother in

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bbc central news have reported that james barrat , an elder in rugby congregation has received a two year sentence for abusing two teenage boys over a ten year period.. the abuse took place at bible studies .. the judge called him an "arch hypocrite".

the police said he is "extremely dangerous" and one of the victims , now in early 20's,gave an interview and said "do not bother with the elders, go straight to the police

ItsJustlittleoldme

Yes, stinks huh? And then they wonder why people don't have faith in the criminal justice system ...

Agreed, it isn't much better on the other side of the pond, either.. But, at least the justice system did act, my guess, he's still a JW, and will be the only active JW elder in his new congregation, a UK prison.. Just think of the power he can wield in there!!!!

I would really like to find out if he's been DF'd or not!!! Maybe Silentlambs can find out for us, or maybe it will be on your Panorama show!!!! Let us on this side of the Atlantic know, will ya :-)

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JW Beliefs of Yesteryear

by Double Edge in

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in janh's brillant post today: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=31893&site=3 .

he mentioned that the jw's use to believe in the rapture of the saints, a belief commonly held by some mainstream christian sects.

i started to wonder "why and when did they change that belief" and "what other beliefs were held by jw's that were held by other christians, but have now completely changed?

ItsJustlittleoldme

Interestingly enough, I've never been a JW either, but if the JW's still believed what they believed back before Rutherford's time (Minus the pyramidology crap) I probably would have joined!!! It sounded like they were sincere people reading the bible... Obviously, they've come a long way baby, lotta steps backwards from their roots!!! The light is getting darker and darker all the time!!!

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So...how to get UN NGO book

by Xander in

i know i've seen reference to the un ngo listing document somewhere.

as i recall, the '2002' edition was published before the wtbts withdrew from the un, such that they were still listed in it.

now, my family (all good jws) are insisting we come over for my mom's anniversary and i'm, like, 100% sure they are planning on bringing up our recent very obviously anti-jw behavior.

ItsJustlittleoldme

Xander,

I believe f you call the office of DPI at the UN, and ask them, I believe they will voice confirm with you that they were indeed a member of the UN (NGO) from 1992 to 2001, and that they were 'disassociated at their request in Oct, 2001".. At least they did back in Nov, 2001.. Maybe they won't confirm that over the phone any longer, I don't know.. But I suspect that they still would!!!

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Did the 1914 Generation Die Anyway?

by JanH in

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did the 1914 generation die anyway?

ver since the beginning of the watchtower movement, they have had some sort of deadline for god's activities.these activities could be the rapture of the saints (which jws today do not believe in), the destruction of "false religion", ie every other religious group, or the final end of this world.

earlier, these deadlines were explicit dates.

ItsJustlittleoldme

It's like the Society can cause a reboot in peoples brains so they forget old 'truth' and replace it with new 'truth'.

Too bad their brains couldn't get automatice Virus protection, and just not accept the reboot!!!

McAfee virus warning: You've been exposed to the JW/blinkingLight virus: Choose your option:

(Abort download) (shutdown) (continue anyway) (disable virus protection) (short out brain cells that cause dissention) (stand up for what you know is BS)

ROFL!

Edited by - itsjustlittleoldme on 11 July 2002 11:21:52

Edited by - itsjustlittleoldme on 11 July 2002 11:24:36

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Did the 1914 Generation Die Anyway?

by JanH in

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did the 1914 generation die anyway?

ver since the beginning of the watchtower movement, they have had some sort of deadline for god's activities.these activities could be the rapture of the saints (which jws today do not believe in), the destruction of "false religion", ie every other religious group, or the final end of this world.

earlier, these deadlines were explicit dates.

ItsJustlittleoldme

The insurance industry in the USA and many western nations treat 95 or 99 years of age as statistically at the end of human life. So, if I buy a life insurance policy at age 30, then when I reach 95 in the USA, the insurance company will pay out my policy to me as though I died. This is not to say that all 95 year old people are expected to be dead, but the few that remian do not make up a viable, insurable generation.

Quick, someone tell the GB.. They can issue "new" used light, and go back to their previous definition of Generation, and start all over at the year 2013 or so!!
(sigh).. Sadly enough, if that started showing up in print from them, I would not be the least bit surprised...
-- WT 1/15/2003
"Brothers, in the handbook published by the Insurance Industry of a well known country, they define the term generation as being 95-99 years of age. We feel this is very relavent to our current day, as we all know, the average life span of humans throughout bible history has varied greatly, from 969 years for Methuselah to as little as 30-40 years during Jesus' time. It is now evident from reliable sources, and backed up by bible chronology that the life span of the generation Jesus was talking about HAD to be 95-99 years. From bible scripture, we have more evidence today than even Noah had in his day that 1914 was the beginning of the time to the end. We have bible chronology to support the reliable interpretation that the generational span would be 95-99 years, coupled with the beginning of the last days starting in 1914, and we can clearly see that bible chronology supports the battle of Armageddon happening sometime between now and 2013. Yes, my friends, Armageddon is not far away. Stay vigilent in these last days, as Satan is well aware that his time is drawing to a rapid close, and will become even more devious and deceptive in trying to draw us away from Jehovah in these final months before the battle begins!"