Posts by clearpoison

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Elders book....margin notes not copyrighted!

by snare&racket in

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the watchtower moan about copyright when people quote or display the shepherd the flock book, but those big margins are there for the info they dare not write in ink, the juicy bits!

being in the margin and penned, are not copyrighted.... anyone fancy copying their margins, or sharing the interesting legal/doctrinal bits and bobs?.

anyone have the time to scan them in?.

clearpoison

At least in Europe it seems widely be accepted that you may quote any literar work as long as you keep it short and refer to original source. To those handwritten notes there are two categories in my understanding. Are you just writing down what you heard in a presentation or are you making personally thought notes that raise the bar to individual piece of literar work? To be able to quote to those handwritten notes in correct way you should be able to refer to the originator of that note, Brother Smith stated this in his speech on.... Brother Warren states in his notes that..... . By default those notes are equally copyrighted but obviously the originator do not need to be the one writing them down.

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I'm curious, when you were asked to do a demo for a Service Meeting part, how did the request make you feel?

by Stand for Pure Worship in

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did you decline out of fear?

decline because you hated doing demos?

accept the request graciously?

clearpoison

Anxious, it was worse than going to actual field service.

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Interesting Conversation

by piztjw in

so i had what i thought was an interesting conversation this morning.. elder: "mother" sure is loving, and knows exactly how to care for us.. me: "mother"?

who are you referring to?.

elder: well the organization of course.. me: the organization?

clearpoison

In the modern society where divorces and separations are daily bread this should not be difficult to understand. Father and mother used to be together, and got this child. Now they are separated. Father had a relation already before meeting the mother, thus having another child. For some reason this son from Father's first relation and spouse from second got interested in eachother and are now engaged. It is not at all difficult.

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Marriage In The New World

by Cold Steel in

okay, here's the issue.

some people, even some jws, believe that in the new world they will be reunited with their spouses.

jesus, however, said that in the resurrection there would be no marriage or giving in marriage.

clearpoison

Technically no problem here. Adam was really alone from human point of view before Eve. In paradise there are lots of people around=you are not alone.Two separate issues here one being alone, one getting complement.

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Pioneer Service School Adjustment for 2014

by bnybyt in

the pioneer service school will now be only one week, monday thru saturday.. it will consist of 40 hours of instruction and illustrations/presentations.. the reasong given is that this will make it more accessible to the pioneers for due to work schedules and for congregations having to sponsor and support the school.. it will make it easier on everyone and those who haven't attended in the last five years may be able to attend this school with the new curriculum.. .

what do you feel would be included in the new curriculum.

probably more worship of the governing body and they don't need two whole weeks to get this across.. .

clearpoison

Sad, sad news. Many young zealous witnesses will now miss the golden opportunity to party hard two weeks in row, away from home and your regular congregation.

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"Building 1.5 Million Square Feet in 4 Years will NOT Happen Without Jehovah's Spirit"

by Yan Bibiyan in

a quote from the latest jw video pimping the warwick project.

link below, quote @7:30 mark.. http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/construction/video-world-headquarters-jehovahs-witnesses-history-warwick/.

i call bullshit!.

clearpoison

Technically all those other buildings were built by volunteers too. Yes they got paid for building those, but they could have chosen to participate in a totally different building project or do something else during that time.

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No one in JW religion has a title that elevates them above others! I did not know this fact!

by Faithful Witness in

from jw.org (while waiting for new bible to download, i clicked on the link for "christian," which asks the following question...).

"are we christians?

we are christians, for the following reasons.

clearpoison

Well the only difference is that you do not go and kiss bishops (sorry) CO:s hand and statusring, but maybe some other body parts.

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Head coverings yet again in the latest KM

by life is to short in

my husband just gave me the latest km the novermber 2013 and it yet again has a question box on head coverings.. question box "should a female publisher wear a head covering if she is accompanied by a male pubisher at a doorstep bible study?".

it says "when a female publisher conducts a reagular, scheduled bible study and a male kingdom publisher is present, she should wear a head covering.

(1 cor 11: 3-10) the july 15 2002, issue of the watchtower page 27, explains: "this is a prearranged session of teaching where the one conducting the the study actually presides.

clearpoison

How would that be considered if somewhat "rebellious" sister would reach for the burka in her servicehandbag and wear it. At least she would comply with this rule in its most perfect meaning.

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Need Help - Looks like some one in my family got to know that we are fading...

by MissConfused in

letter from a close family member... need help responding.... what a powerful illustration of the affect that our choice of friends can have on us, especially if we leave jehovah after being 'raised' by him from infancy!.

pack of wolvesthere was a farmer who raised sheep and had trouble with wolves stealing his sheep.

he loved his sheep and didn't want to lose even one of them.

clearpoison

Well, if I received this kind of mail I would just play ignorant dumbass not understanding what they are trying to tell me. I would not respond but next time I would meet them I would thank them for sharing this nice little story and still look like I did not catch their real agenda.

But that just me.

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Visit to Bethel, Convention Jitters and Kingdom Hall Attendance Dropping of a Cliff!

by AuntConnie in

i feel like jehovah has cursed me some days and others i feel he is using me to direct others out the front and back door of our kingdom hall.

here's my update on our perfect congregation, we are losing publishers monthly with meeting attendance down below one hundred during the weekday meeting.

should i feel guilty for mistreating the miserable mentally ill and chronically ill publishers who are milking the public welfare system, nto because they do not deserve anything better but because they bring only their appetite to our spiritual banquet while we elderettes study the watchtower and wow the publishers with our thirty second polished comments to bring praise to jehovah.

clearpoison

"What's the best advice to avoid the majority of the publishers who don't publish but whine about their lot in life?"

It is very easy and actually built-in within the system of things. There are clear directives how to be afraid for those that are weaker in spirit, how you can consider them as marked and dangerous for your own spiritual welfare. It is just activating the shunning-mode and treat them like they were dead.

This shouldn't be problem at all.

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