as anybody notied the photo on the new worship book cover?.
guess the source?.
us navy, why use us navy photos, dont wt have any non miltary sourced pictures they could have used.
You guys are silly.
If you notice throughout the publications, photos are licensed from all sorts of places and no it isn't bad to license one from the armed forces. In that logic any non-JW source would be of the same standing.
the bros just make an "artistic" choice and I don't think money or license fees or what the source is makes much difference at all. Who knows, someday we might even see a small print with: "Larry Flint Enterprises, LP"?
--Eduardo
every book that is published, every magazine written ,highlights the hebrew scriptures as opposed to the greek.do you think it's because most christians stress christ's words and jw's need to be different?
Howdy,
I am not sure that your hypothesis/assertion is true. Actually, some of the most important scriptures that JWs cite and that serve as the backbone for modern day procedure/doctrine are Christian-Greek (New Testament) scriptures.
However, assuming that your hypothesis/assertion is true there are a couple of reasons. First, the Hebrew-Aramaic (Old Testament) scriptures make up about 2/3rd of the Bible by volume. Thus any approach to use the whole Bible as JWs attempt to do is as a result going to have a majority of utilized scriptures coming from the majority OT.
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, most of the recent (last 20 years) publications have focused on "organizational" matters. Simply put the OT serves as a better basis for supporting a rigid (JW) organization structure, having a more concrete foundation in all of the rules and procedures set forth there for the Jewish system of worship.
While there was some cohesiveness to the early Christian congregations including some shared direction among the brothers, it seems apparent that these were a much looser "association of brothers" in terms of procedure than what parallels the firm command and control hierachy of the JW organization.
--Eduardo
sometime in late 1969 to 1970, the number one hit song "spirit in the sky" by norman greenbaum was interesting to me.
don garloff, jr., the jw man who brought me into the religion lived next to norman greenbaum ... don told me that norman based part of his song about going to heaven to meet the "spirit in the sky" as a rebuttal to the jw belief system of living on earth forever.
norman greenbaum at that time lived in the rural areas near petaluma, california ... i was listening to the radio a while ago and heard this song again, and thought that this might be an interesting bit of trivia.
Yall are funny you don't have to agree with the lyrics to appreciate a good song. If that were true just exactly how many songs, even the sappy ones, would you then approve?
I love "Spirit in the Sky", I think it has one of the all-time best guitar riffs ever and I frequently blast it as I drive, including occasionally on the way to the Kingdom Hall!
-Eduardo
voyeur gets women to bare breasts for satellite .
(filed: 28/06/2002) .
four women have contacted police after being persuaded to stand topless in their windows or balconies so that a satellite could give them a mammogram.. the women, aged between 19 and 45, living in the algarve, southern portugal, were all contacted by telephone by a woman claiming to be a doctor.. she told them that a revolutionary method had been developed of conducting breast examinations by satellite.. they were told that the consultation would be free if they followed instructions by stripping to the waist and standing in view of the satellite.. one woman was so trusting that she took off all her clothes for the "examination".. later, the women were telephoned with the alleged results of the examinations.
this sounds like an URBAN LEGEND
--Eduardo
i noticed that in september 2001 there was a change in the contact adress in the jw literature.. for example, awake!
september 8th, 2001 says on page 5: would you welcome more information?
write watch tower at the appropriate adress.
At this summer's District Convention it was announced/explained that the "goal" is not to merely place literature with persons or to create subscriptions but rather it is to help them to study God's Word the Bible.
It was therefore stated that publishers should attempt to establish "magazine routes" with persons who desire to receive the magazines. At each delivery they can highlight a point or answer questions, the ultimate goal to establish these into bible studies.
--Eduardo
many of you know what a year i have been having... .
things got a wee bit worse for me... .
i work for a non-profit membership based high-technology corporation.
Amanda,
Hopefully another opportunity that you never anticipated will present itself.
best wishes,
--Eduardo
developing.
story
judge who issued pledge of allegiance ruling issues stay pending further appeals.
Bigboi and others,
too much misinformation...
no one was forcing Mr. Newdow's daughter to say the pledge. As i stated in an earlier post the JW case, West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, already established the freedom for persons to not be compelled to salute the flag or say the pledge. This was not the issue in this case and the Ninth Circuit Court even addressed that.
In fact one article Mr. Newdow admitted that he did not know if his daughter said the pledge or not and apparently has not talked with her or instructed her either way. He said this case was "more about him than her".
To clarify another misunderstanding here, the Court has not stayed or is not reconsidering its opinion or decision, it has only stayed the application of its ruling pending the outcome of the appeals and petition for rehearing. Big difference.
After reading the full opinion of the Court, I have to say that the legal reasoning is actually fairly sound.
So another misperception above is that all legal scholars are saying it will be overturned. The media, politicians and others may be saying that, but I have read some notable constitutional scholars including my old professor, Erwin Chemorinsky, state that it is likely to be upheld or simply that the U.S. Supreme Court may deny cert (that is to hear the case).
I do not agree with the ruling as I see it as a case of the "Tyranny of the Minority" and feel that if anyone has a problem with the pledge they had the option under Barnette to refuse to recite it but left the freedom intact for the majority to recite it as they wished.
However, I am not as sure as I was before reading the opinion that the decision is legally flawed. I still think it is morally, ethically, practically and socially wrong.
Here is an interesting subthought. As Jehovah's Witnesses we view the flag salute and Pledge as an act of religious worship (akin to the Bablyonian requirement to bow down to the idol given to Meshak, Shedrach and Abednego). So it is interesting to consider how it is possible to taint what is already a religious act with another religious aspect? In other words, the whole thing is already a religious exercise so either the world can recognize and remove it from the school setting or perhaps they should admit that and recognize it for what it is?
--Eduardo
maybe this is just my observation but.... with the exception of crimal offenses, is not disfellowshiping by the wts unconstitutional?
at the very least they violate the right to freedom of speech.
(i know about the separation of church and state...).
Here is a quick primer:
The U.S. Constitution applies to the Federal Government, specificially the Bill of Rights (1st 10 Amendments and principally the First Amendment--that you are talking about). The 14th Amendment made the amendments applicable in full force to the States and State entities.
In short the Constitution protects persons rights against the GOVERNMENT not Private "Persons".
This is what we call State Action and State Action must be shown before a claim under the Constitution can be raised. In other words in any suit against a private person/entity, such as the WT&BTS, based on a Constitutional violation there must be some showing of a nexus between the Government and the private entity.
So to answer your question DF'ng is not unconstitutional because you are talking about the actions of a private entity (the WTS) and not the government or its entities and thus the constitution is not involved at all!
The above is not to say that I agree with DF'ng as it is practiced, only to clarify what is a very common misperception among people.
--Eduardo
i am sitting here reading posts & trying to decide how to leave the organization.
i really left years ago- but three years ago got reinstated because my dad was dying of cancer- and needed to be around him.
(great reason, eh?
Unlike a lot of the JW bashing above, here are some helpful suggestions:
The only succesful way (but expensive and a big hassle) is to move away (assuming you don't live in a small town) out of the congregation's territory and do not inform anyone, especially the secretary, of your new location. If you do wish to attend meetings occasionally you can choose a random hall but try not to choose the one that has your residence in its territory so that in the off chance they come to your house in the formal ministry they will not recognize you. With a change of telephone number, preferably unlisted, you will have effectively taken yourself off of the local radar.
Dealing with your family is a more complicated matter.
The only thing I can recommend is to have an honest talk with your mom (other family) and clearly state that they can either have a choice: to let you have your own relationship with (Jehovah) God on your own terms (and that you would appreciate it if they no longer gave you any guilt trips about it--use the you have to "make the truth your own" phrase) OR you can end up DF/DA'd again in which case they will have next to no contact with you so which of these two options would they prefer? (this may get them off of your back)
If you can't move residences for whatever reason, if you have another congregation in your city, you can try "changing" congregations, if you are single you could use the excuse you are looking for a mate or use whatever excuse you want or just don't say anything. In any case if this is the option you go with, do have the new congregation's secretary request your publisher's card, so that officially your old congregation will considered you moved and you will be less likely to be bothered by the old friends. Your new hall might bother you occasionally but most likely as a stranger who comes once in a blue moon you are likely to be overlooked or ignored.
--Eduardo
pledge of allegiance ruled unconstitutional.
june 26, 2002 posted: 3:04 pm edt (1904 gmt) .
san francisco, california (ap) -- for the first time ever, a federal appeals court declared the pledge of allegiance unconstitutional wednesday because of the words "under god" added by congress in 1954. .
Freeman,
You are completely wrong!
The JWs had nothing to do with the adding of the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.
It is true that President Eisenhower had some exposure to JWs.
As to the 1954 Act that added the words, the issue was championed by the Catholic group, the Knights of Columbus.
The historical record shows that the Senate and House supported the act because this was time of fear against the supposed growing menace of (atheistic) communism.
As for someone else's question about the inscription "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, the Ninth Circuit Court addressed that issue in Aronow v. United States, 432 F.2d 242 (9th Cir. 1970) holding that it was not unconstitutional because it did not call for active coercion or endorsement on the part of the objectors.
--Eduardo
