Nice to see you Yknot !
SIAM
perhaps this is a common topic for newbies on the site, but i have browsed for a while and not seen this exactly answered.. as an active jw who understands the flaws in wts doctrine, but believes in the bible, how do i identify a form of worship that meets all the criterea:.
1) by this all will know you are my disciples if you have love among yourselves (john 13:35).
sure i know that not all jws do this, and that people from other religions or non-religious people do this also, but as an official doctrine jws will not kill one another in war, and in general there is a genuine effort to exercise "agape" love not widely found in the world at large.. 2) preach the good news.
Nice to see you Yknot !
SIAM
whistleblower watchtowers dump.
today i added a new article to my blog sharing the whistleblowers letter to new yorks department of environmental conservation (dec) disclosing watchtowers pollution sites and incidents related to it.
my article is titled whistleblower watchtowers dump and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2011/12/whistleblower-watchtowers-dump.html.
Marvin, Great news. I have worked in a regulatory type of position and can't understate how big of a deal this is. There are so many layers to it.
There is willful negligence, stupidity, conspiracy, and huge exposure to liability claims from the environmental agencies, Bethelites, and neigbors of the farm who potentially have been exposed.
SIAM
whistleblower watchtowers dump.
today i added a new article to my blog sharing the whistleblowers letter to new yorks department of environmental conservation (dec) disclosing watchtowers pollution sites and incidents related to it.
my article is titled whistleblower watchtowers dump and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2011/12/whistleblower-watchtowers-dump.html.
Gentlemen.
Lets focus on the fact that the Society has been dumping chemicals at the farm. Marvin's information is still valuable because the whistleblower letter matches the news account. In my opinion this gives it some credibility.
I sincerely hope that this brother will come forward to the media about this toxic dump. As an "undercover brother" though I can appreciate the need for anonimity at times. Marvin's information in the past has been reliable, I see no reason to question the validity of it now.
SIAM
whistleblower watchtowers dump.
today i added a new article to my blog sharing the whistleblowers letter to new yorks department of environmental conservation (dec) disclosing watchtowers pollution sites and incidents related to it.
my article is titled whistleblower watchtowers dump and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2011/12/whistleblower-watchtowers-dump.html.
Please share the information with all you can. Its funny because I used to do the talk " A Cleansed Earth who will Live to See it?" The talk gave examples of how severe God's judgement would be against those who were polluting. It is incredible that the Society can be this hypocritical.
As for the brother who wrote the whistleblower letter. I am sure that the branch has already sniffed him out. He was one of four people at that time who were assigned to clean up the mess. Marvin, if you know this brother, have hime come forward. This story needs to be shouted from the rooftops, not buried away.
SIAM
it seems that the wt is guilty of illegally dumping printing chemicals (or as they like to say "ruining the earth") in upstate new york.
read the full articles from the news sites below.. "state officials are investigating chemical pollution found buried at an upstate new york property owned by the jehovah's witnesses organization.
" http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8e675d204fbf4352ab2cf65086b4b411/ny--buried-chemicals/.
BTT. Marvin has interesting information at his blog. http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2011/12/whistleblower-watchtowers-dump.html
whistleblower watchtowers dump.
today i added a new article to my blog sharing the whistleblowers letter to new yorks department of environmental conservation (dec) disclosing watchtowers pollution sites and incidents related to it.
my article is titled whistleblower watchtowers dump and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2011/12/whistleblower-watchtowers-dump.html.
Marvin,
This news story has been the tipping point for my wife as she reassessed whether or not this was God's organization. Please if possible, can you share the source and encourage him to publicly come forward? This will be the final "nail in the coffin" in terms of my families involvement with the Watchtower.
SIAM
i copied and pasted the article below because the link may not work, you have to pay to see this newspaper site.. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20111226/news/111229858.
shawangunk state authorities are overseeing the investigation of chemicals and debris that were found buried at watchtower farms.. the state department of environmental conservation said the pollution was found at three different sites on the 1,141-acre property.
each of the pollution sites covers roughly 2 acres.. matt hubicki, a dec environmental engineer, said hints of the contamination were found in 2007 while the jehovahs witnesses organization was building an expansion.. they found some drums while digging the foundation for one of their residential facilities, hubicki said.
I wonder if the drums of chemicals poisoned any ground water ? This has the potential to be a huge headache for headquarters.
these are the countries with 80 to 89.99% internet penetration:.
these are the countries with 70 to 79.99% internet penetration:.
these are the countries with 60 to 69.99% internet penetration:.
Cedars you have an email.
these are the countries with 80 to 89.99% internet penetration:.
these are the countries with 70 to 79.99% internet penetration:.
these are the countries with 60 to 69.99% internet penetration:.
Great work Cedars. It seems like there is a definite trend with a little bump at 30-39%. Could you aggregate the totals and show a total trendline as in % growth per internet penetration? It is little wonder that the WTS depicts a Cat 5 cable as a snake. It is a snake that has bitten them.
SIAM
the 2012 yearbook has released the publisher statistics for the 2011 service year.
a scan of the report can be found at http://www.jwfacts.com/images/2011-publisher-report.pdf and i have started updating the graphs at http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php.
as expected, it is following on from similar trends to the last 15 years.
I haven't seen the report yet but I think that the Bahamas and the Turks Caicos have been assimilated into the us branch. Siam