APPEAL their decision
give them something to be occupied and to think twice before acting stupidly as they did
kind regards
LL
this is my first post on this board even though i have been lurking for a looong time.... .
i have just being told that the judicial committee has decided to disfellowship me and that i have a week to appeal if i decide to do so.
the reason: "apostasy".
APPEAL their decision
give them something to be occupied and to think twice before acting stupidly as they did
kind regards
LL
when prime minister tony blair was 'summoned' to camp david a couple of day's ago, he looked succinctly uncomfortable when doing a press interview with president bush.
today, the prime minister faces the tuc conference, the main agenda covering the impending war on iraq.
british public opinion is very much for the action to not take place against iraq.
and I always thought 'Anglo-America' was an invention of the WTS
LL
jem,
Ron Drage
Stephen A. Hardy
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LL
Edited by - loyalleon on 10 September 2002 8:39:16
i have a short question.. while you were in the truth would have been impressed by the quotes on the quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com page about 1914 and all the other wrong prophecies or would you have simply ignored or denied the accuracy of the quotes?.
would that have caused doubts or would you have found a way to rationalize the obvious lies?.
thanks a lot!.
link,
I 'try to get others to believe what I believe not what I do not believe' and I work hard to practice what I believe. The simple fact that others do not live up to what they profess to believe doesn't make it wrong in the first place.
Salvation at Armageddon is not my motivation, making the heart of my creator rejoice by imitating his son's example is.
LL
i have a short question.. while you were in the truth would have been impressed by the quotes on the quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com page about 1914 and all the other wrong prophecies or would you have simply ignored or denied the accuracy of the quotes?.
would that have caused doubts or would you have found a way to rationalize the obvious lies?.
thanks a lot!.
Believe it or not: it is possible to read CoC and become a baptized witness thereafter.
If you are raised in a witness family with roots back in the 30s there is nothing unheard of. Even 1975 was awaited with some kind of skepticism. So if you have such a back history you want to make sure of what you do before you get baptized, as the WTS encourages one to do. Thus one comes across unbiased information at the public library which contains information based in part on apostate literature. Knowing both sides one is able to make an informed decision, which can still be to become a JW, although you know of the inconsistencies and imperfections.
But to this day I have not found a sound alternative.
LL
when i was in the truth i thought that the most ludicrous and petty ruling they ever introduced and still practiced is that congregation book study conductors were and are responsible for collecting every group members report.
surely every member ought to be responsible for his/her own actions.
at the beginning of the following month and certainly before the 5th i would always receive the stupid telephone call from the secretary are you aware that 3 publishers havent reported?
Sorry Martin,
I guess ozzie has it right, but many congregations handled matters as yours did, to facilitate things.
So the new light at this years' KMS was nothing really new.
LL
we all know how the wts loves to toot their own horn about how jws are the most law abidding citizens in the world.
so then, why does the wts tolerate (encourage by its own inaction) the continuous ignorance of immigration laws?.
i have personally observed a whole host of illegal former canadians, mexicans, and central/south americans in congregations scatttered throughout the u.s. is the withholding of "privileges" sufficient conduct by those god told to obey all laws not conflicting wih his own?
The change in policy came also to Europe 10 yrs ago.
But by communication via COs the former rules are now applied again.
LL
dose any else find this study book boreing?.
the last 12 months at the book study has been very hard work for me.
i have found the isaiah book boreing and very hard to follow.
Oh, volume II really gears matters up!
607 - 1919 - 607 - 1919 - 607 - 1919
with these numbers it's so easy to give always the correct answers
LL
some excerpts from the october 2002 our kingdom ministry insert regarding the new schedule for the tms:.
introductory remarks.
5min study point several paragraphs of one of the 53 studies in the new benefit from tms education (to be handled by the school overseer, his helper or perhaps another qualified elder).
Some excerpts from the October 2002 Our Kingdom Ministry insert regarding the new schedule for the TMS:
Introductory remarks
5min Study Point Several paragraphs of one of the 53 studies in the new Benefit from TMS Education (to be handled by the School overseer, his helper or perhaps another qualified elder)
10min No. 1 - Instruction Talk As usual from w, si or one of the introductory chapters of the new be (qualified e or ms)
10min Bible Highlights 6min as usual, then 2 audience questions: 1) how has the material benefited you personally 2) how can you use material to help others (qualified e or ms)
4min No. 2 Reading assignment - no commentary; once a month from the Watchtower, otherwise from the bible (brother)
5min No. 3 A discussion from the Reasoning book or a discussion of a certain theme (no references given), the latter is to be assigned to advanced students only (two sisters)
5min No. 4 as No. 3, but can be assigned to a brother, who delivers a talk
Counsel by the TMSO has been limited to one minute per talk and has to be positive
the Written Review will be replaced by a Oral Review of 30 min (after Study point and Bible Highlights) every two months (as we were used, as with some other aspects of this "new" schedule)
LL
LT, the secrets in the km-E Us 10/02 are the following:
Convention Release No. 1- 23 languages
Convention Release No. 2- 17 languages
Imagine anybody were to read this before attending their convention!
LL