i am in need of the current copy of the newest dpa blood card as some of the jw's in my mothers congregation are asking about if she signed the latest copy after she passed today.
i am curious as to why they are asking about this specifically and not offering condolences on the loss of my mother.
there has been some shady interactions leading to my mother requesting me to talk to certain elders to request that certain people not interact with her further.
My condolences to you and your family. It isn't easy, I know.
My computer doesn't want to open Atlantis' documents. Are they different from the ones posted earlier? Knowing the Watchtower, I suspect its about money but I can't imagine what a DPA has to do with that, unless they are trying to determine who might be appointed to settle the estate.
the best president.
the best boxer?
the best over all athlete?
I didn't like Reagan much at the time, Nixon even less.
In retrospect I think they were good Presidents. Nixon's problems stemmed from his internal demons.
Min: I knew I was going to reel in somebody with that one.
the best president.
the best boxer?
the best over all athlete?
Best Movie: (tie) "Casablanca" and "The Shawshank Redemption"
Best Song" "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd
Best Playboy Playmate: Cynthia Myers (Miss December 1968) Hey, I was seventeen and that image was burned into my brain.
my wife and i were intrigued by the trailer, which looked like a humorous, over the top, dark comedy.. the story centers around the unscrupulousness of a female attorney named marla grayson (rosamund pike) who makes her living by preying on old people.
grayson has her victims declared mentally incompetent, locks them away in a care facility she has bought off and then liquidates and pockets their assets as their court appointed guardian.. (spoilers ahead).
ms. grayson humorously makes the mistake of singling out a seemingly helpless retiree name jennifer peterson (dianne wiest) as her next target.. grayson however, quickly discovers that peterson has millions of dollars in diamonds in a safe deposit box and far from being helpless is the mother of roman lunyov, (peter dinklage) a russian mafia figure who is not terribly happy with this turn of events.. up to this point, the movie was great.
Hollywood is overrun with this nonsense. They'll probably nominate it for an Oscar. It will come back to bite them. People don't go to the movies to be lectured.
when i was a witness i knew what my beliefs were and could defend my views, even if it really was wrong.
i understood jw doctrines .
i could define what the faithful and discreet slave was.
But do most Witnesses know what they believe in??
No. A few years ago two men (had that look that made me think elders) came to my door. I've moved several times so they had no idea I'm an XJW. They introduced themselves and said they were JW's. I stopped them right there and told them as a Christian I can't follow a group that doesn't accept Jesus as mediator for all people. He said I was mislead, they believe he is.
Me: when did that change?
Them: We've always believed that.
Me: There are two QFR articles in the 1989 Watchtower that say differently. Why don't you check on that and come back, I'd be interested in hearing about it.
Never saw them again. I suspect there are other issues where they don't know what their own religion teaches.
what is the difference between doctors & nurses, and police?.
studies have estimated that medical errors cause 250,000 deaths per year in the us.. police only kill around a thousand people each year in total, with only a small number being unjustified or accidental.. so the difference?.
police are expected to be perfect and for all the hype, you're are far greater risk of being killed by someone in the health industry than by a cop.
If you don't like or trust your doctor, you can get a different one.
i have a family member who is a remote bethelite and they are working on creating content for online "university" for bethelites to teach them skills that are needed at bethel.
from what i've seen it is a lot of recorded content saved on their sharepoint sites.
i haven't seen any information on this from this site or reddit which i'm more active on.
I'm a retired accountant. Accountancy would (in my opinion) be relatively easy to teach online. However, it would require instructors who learned their trade in the real world, something the GB frowns on. I think they'd run a risk of finding themselves running on a school on how to leave the JW's.
i have come into possession of memorial zoom meeting codes for tonight that cannot be traced back to me.
i will not be attending.
what are your thoughts on posting these codes so activists can join tonight and maybe say something?
What Vienne said. Possibly also illegal - malicious mischief, trespassing, I can picture an elder yapping about terrorism and hate crimes. Certainly it will play into their persecution complex. I think the negatives of this kind of stuff outweigh the benefits.
jehovah's witnesses in belgium have to pay €12k fine for shunning policy.
news.
you have probably heard of the trial going on in belgium about the shunning policy of jws.
Anony Mous: You're making me glad I'm an American. What worries me about these decisions is setting precedent. Maybe EU courts don't work like American courts. In the most US courts a case like this establishes precedent which can be used in the future to make a "narrow" decision less narrow. That and we can all ignore the GB if we want to. We can't ignore the government.
jehovah's witnesses in belgium have to pay €12k fine for shunning policy.
news.
you have probably heard of the trial going on in belgium about the shunning policy of jws.
I've said this before on this subject:
Keep in mind, a court decision like this cuts both ways. They can't keep you from associating with them, and you can't stop them from associating with you. You tell Grandma uberzealous JW she can't come over and preach at your children, she pulls this court case out and says the courts says you can't stop her. Now what do you do?
