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  "NEW LIGHT" FROM BROTHER WALDO D/O SANTA MARIA ,CALIFORNIA 1/22/2012 "HOW JEHOVAH IS LIKE BROTHERS ACCUSED OF BEING A CHILD MOLESTER!

  by Bubblegum Apotheosis in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i was shocked to hear how the slander against jehovah's name that we see in the world can be compared to a good man accused of being a child molester.

  he went on to describe how terrible such an accusation would be, and how "friends" of the accused would know he's not capable of such an act and would rally to his defense.

  at several points in the talk, he refers back to the child molester "example" and how eventually, despite the hideous slander heaped on a man in this situation (depicting jehovah in the bigger picture, we assume), that man's good reputation would be restored.

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  Stick to the outline:

  
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  Circuit Leasing selling on JW.ORG ????

  by yknot in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i was poking around jw.org a lil recently...... noticed this advertisement was still present in the 'privileged' section (ie you gotta have login access).

  this was posted on jw.org a little over a year ago (as shown in pic) but since it is still viewable......figured it is fair-game for jwn fodder.

  thoughts?????.

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  Selling those cars is "ethically diseased".
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  StarTrek Replicator? This Could Be Big.

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  see:.

  http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/01/24/161240/pirate-bay-to-offer-physical-item-downloads.

  imagine transmitting a physical object over ip, that is, the internet.. metatron.

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  Check out this one > www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ-aWFYT_SU
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  Jesus Edition (April 1st) Now up on JW.org

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  skimmed it quickly, fairly boring.

  no bloody jesus on the stake for the cover, looks like a jw with a beard.. available here for download http://www.jw.org/.

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  therevealer > Does anyone have any thoughts or comments as to why they would not have created an image and stuck with it?

  This campaign of declaring “the day of vengeance on the part of our God” has freed many from the shackles of demon religion, so as to gain “good will” from Jehovah. (Isa. 61:2) It has been “right in Jehovah’s eyes,” no matter what the apostate clergy may think or say. Jehovah approves, just as he approved Hezekiah’s action: “He it was that removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars to pieces and cut down the sacred pole and crushed to pieces the copper serpent that Moses had made.” (2 Ki. 18:4) For this serpent, pictorial of Christ and his sacrifice, had come to be idolized, in much the same manner as the “sacred cross” is worshiped by many today in Christendom. Idolatry has no place with God’s true people, ancient or modern. — Ps. 106:35-40; 1 Cor. 10:6, 11, 14.

  w68 3/1 p. 151 par. 19 / Up with the True, Down with the False!
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  Circuitleasing.com hosted on wtbts.org

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  read some posting about [email protected] related to circuitleasing, the firm selling co/do's buicks in the us.. nice to know is the fact that www.circuitleasing.com is hosted on the wtbts.org servers.. this information makes it clear:.

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  mx3.circuitleasing.coma208.74.140.17united statesmx2.us.jw.org208.74.140.0/24wbtsny-net1-0as40335wbtsny-as watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc.circuitleasing.coma67.215.242.52united states(none)67.215.224.0/19as29761 67.215.224.0/19as29761quadranetns-soans1.wtbts.org31 days old208.74.141.4united stateswtbts.org208.74.141.0/24wbtsny-net1-1as40335wbtsny-as watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc.ns.wtbts.org -nsns1.wtbts.org31 days old208.74.141.4united stateswtbts.orgns.wtbts.org -ns3.wtbts.org85 days old (only in zone)208.74.142.4united states208.74.142.0/24wbtsny-net1-2ns2.wtbts.org507 days old208.74.140.4united states208.74.140.0/24wbtsny-net1-0mx10mx1.circuitleasing.com26 days old208.74.141.17united statesmx1.us.jw.org208.74.141.0/24wbtsny-net1-160mx2.circuitleasing.com25 days old208.74.142.17united statesmx3.us.jw.org208.74.142.0/24wbtsny-net1-260mx3.circuitleasing.com208.74.140.17united statesmx2.us.jw.org208.74.140.0/24wbtsny-net1-0.

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  A question for a better understanding:

  As of January 2012 the WTBTS engages as a car dealership with $1,540,525.-- in expendable assets. Who are these cars sold to? Are they enhancing their capability of converting current liabilities quickly into current assets by selling to the general public, or is it just an purchase opportunity for the next CO/DO they lay off?
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  Which generation do you belong to ?

  by edmond dantes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ask a witness which generation do you belong to and see if they really know how to answer.. i have decided that every time i hear a true definition of the meaning of a generation i will post it here just to reinforce the true meaning just in case a stray jw happens to look in on here.. yesterday evening i was watching an antiques programme on the television and under discussion was a very well made baby high chair from about the nineteen thirties and the approximate date of manufacture and the length of time it had been in the family.

  the expert then went on to confim how old it was and in doing so said that considering who first purchased the chair and the length of a generation that it was from the thirties and went on to say that we consider a generation to be about 25 years.. that is a truer definition of a generation than a watchtower definition.. .

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  WTBTS environmental impact: Printing Production - Worldwide

  by bats in the belfry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  221,746 trees per month are felled.

  "in wallkill, every month some 1,400 rolls of paper arrive at the printery, which uses some 80 to 100 tons of paper a day".

  during 2008 the printery received "requests from the 12,754 congregations of jehovah's witnesses in the continental united states and 1,369 in the caribbean and hawaii".. the watchtower, 2009 7/1 pp.

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  221,746 trees per month are felled

  "In Wallkill, every month some 1,400 rolls of paper arrive at the printery, which uses some 80 to 100 tons of paper a day". During 2008 the printery received "requests from the 12,754 congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses in the continental United States and 1,369 in the Caribbean and Hawaii".

  The Watchtower, 2009 7/1 pp. 15-16

  

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  Sources:

  [1] 2009 Yearbook, pages 32-39

  [2] The islands of the Caribbean likewise receive their supplies from Britain. - 2000 Yearbook, page 120

  23,490 tons of paper annually represents 15.87% of the 6,829,455 publishers' worldwide (1,083,999 publishers ≈ 14,123 congregations), thus, 147,993 tons of paper for the worldwide annual production.

  The Paper Calculator (www.environmentalpaper.org) shows the environmental impacts of different papers across their full lifecycle. Running the above calculations in the Paper Calculator yields an average of 221,746 trees per month, or 2,660,948 annuallly, that were felled for the production of their literature.

  DATA SET	Paper Name:	Baseline Paper
  	Paper :	Uncoated Groundwood (e.g. newsprint)
  	Quantity per year :	147993 Tons per year

  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

  Wood Use	383,971 tons	Wood use measures the amount of wood required to produce a given amount of paper. The number of typical trees assumes a mix of hardwoods and softwoods 6-8" in diameter and 40' tall. Calculated collaboratively by Conservatree and Environmental Paper Network based on data from Tom Soder, Pulp & Paper Technology Program, University of Maine, as reported in Recycled Papers: The Essential Guide, by Claudia G. Thompson, The MIT Press, 1992. The Baseline Paper uses 383,971 tons, made from about 2,660,948 trees
  Net Energy	4,980,629 million BTU’s	The Paper Calculator includes an energy credit for energy that is created by burning paper - or the methane that decomposing paper creates - at the end of its life. The Net Energy takes the total amount of energy required to make the paper over its life cycle, and subtracts this energy credit. If most of the energy used to make the paper is purchased, then the energy credit might make the Net Energy lower than the Purchased Energy. The average U.S. household uses 91 million BTUs of energy in a year. The Baseline Paper uses 4,980,629 million BTU's, the equivalent of about 54,732 homes/year
  Purchased Energy	4,771,461 million BTU’s	A subset of total energy, purchased energy measures how much energy comes from purchased electricity and other fuels. The unit of measure is British Thermal Units (BTUs). The average U.S. household uses 91 million BTUs of energy in a year. The Baseline Paper uses 4,771,461 million BTU's, the equivalent of about 52,434 homes/year
  SO 2	5,188,656 pounds	Chemical compound produced when boilers burn fuel that contains sulfur. Of the fuels used in the paper industry, oil and coal generally contain the highest quantities of sulfur. Sulfur dioxide contributes to air pollution problems like acid rain and smog. The average 18-wheel truck emits 5.5 pounds of SO 2 in a year. The Baseline Paper uses 5,188,656 pounds, the equivalent of about 943,392 18-wheelers/year
  Greenhouse Gases	1,055,798,946 pounds CO 2 equiv.	Greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from burning fossil fuels and methane from paper decomposing in landfills, contribute to climate change by trapping energy from the sun in the earth's atmosphere. The unit of measure is CO 2 equivalents. The average car emits 11,013 pounds of CO 2 in a year. The Baseline Paper uses 1,055,798,946 pounds CO 2 equiv., the equivalent of about 95,868 cars/year
  NOx	1,882,004 pounds	Nitrogen Oxides (NOx, which include NO and NO 2 ) are products of the combustion of fuels that contain nitrogen. NOx contribute to acid rain and can react with volatile organic compounds and sunlight in the lower atmosphere to form ozone, a key component of urban smog. The average 18-wheel truck emits 261 pounds of NOx in a year. The Baseline Paper uses 1,882,004 pounds, the equivalent of about 7,211 18-wheelers/year
  Particulates	744,619 pounds	Particulates are small particles generated during combustion, and pose a range of health risks, including asthma and other respiratory problems, when inhaled. The average urban bus emits 11.2 pounds of particulate matter in a year. The Baseline Paper uses 744,619 pounds, the equivalent of about 66,484 buses/year
  Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP)	308,298 pounds	Hazardous Air Pollutants are any of a group of 188 substances identified in the 1990 Clear Air Act amendments because of their toxicity. The Baseline Paper uses 308,298 pounds
  Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)	203,100 pounds	Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are a broad class of organic gases, such as vapors from solvent and gasoline. VOCs react with nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the atmosphere to form ground-level ozone, the major component of smog and a severe lung irritant. The Baseline Paper uses 203,100 pounds
  Total Reduced Sulfur (TRS)	36,388 pounds	Total Reduced Sulfur compounds cause the odor associated with kraft pulp mills. Exposure to TRS emissions has been linked to symptoms including headaches, watery eyes, nasal problems, and breathing difficulties. The Baseline Paper uses 36,388 pounds
  Wastewater	2,403,824,552 gallons	Wastewater measures the amount of process water that is treated and discharged to a mill's receiving waters. Wastewater volume indicates both the amount of fresh water needed in production and the potential impact of wastewater discharges on the receiving waters. 1 Olympic-sized swimming pool holds 660,430 gallons. The Baseline Paper uses 2,403,824,552 gallons, the equivalent of about 3,640 swimming pools
  Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)	1,094,081 pounds	Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) measures the amount of oxygen that microorganisms consume to degrade the organic material in the wastewater. Discharging wastewater with high levels of BOD can result in oxygen depletion in the receiving waters, which can adversely affect fish and other organisms. Average home discharges 186 pounds of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) in a year. The Baseline Paper uses 1,094,081 pounds, the equivalent of about 5,882 homes/year
  Total Suspended Solids (TSS)	1,694,247 pounds	Total suspended solids (TSS) measure solid material suspended in mill effluent, which can adversely affect bottom-living organisms upon settling in receiving waters and can carry toxic heavy metals and organic compounds into the environment. The average home discharges 207 pounds of Total Suspended Solids (TSS) in a year. The Baseline Paper uses 1,694,247 pounds, the equivalent of about 8,185 homes/year
  Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)	1,978,349 pounds	Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) measures the amount of oxidizable organic matter in the mill's effluent. Since wastewater treatment removes most of the organic material that would be degraded naturally in the receiving waters, the COD of the final effluent provides information about the quantity of more persistent substances discharged into the receiving water. The average home discharges 465 pounds of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) in a year. The Baseline Paper uses 1,978,349 pounds, the equivalent of about 4,255 homes/year
  Solid Waste	283,180,269 pounds	Solid Waste includes sludge and other wastes generated during pulp and paper manufacturing, and used paper disposed of in landfills and incinerators. 1 fully-loaded garbage truck weighs an average of 28,000 pounds (based on a rear-loader residential garbage truck). The Baseline Paper uses 283,180,269 pounds, the equivalent of about 10,114 garbage trucks
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  An Article From The Canadian Medical Association

  by Bangalore in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  an article from the canadian medical association.. .

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  bangalore.

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  That is a 15+ years old article - medicine has advanced; just like your computing has.
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  Watchtower and World Government

  by Infowarrior in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i, like many of you, are aware of many issues involving the watchtower society.

  this is about the watchtower, world government and the new world order.. .

  " -- watchtower 1978 3/1 the kingdom of our lord and of his christ takes over.

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  james_woods > ... to 4: bats in the belfry
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  "Be Successful in Coping with Change" - Notes from a special talk given after Watchtower Study at Brooklyn Bethel December 5, 2011

  by wannabefree in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  these are notes passed on to me, i thought i would share.. .

  be successful in coping with change.

  special talk given after watchtower study at brooklyn bethel december 5, 2011. monday night - monday night we had a special lecture to attend after study of the watchtower entitled "be successful in coping with change".

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  bats in the belfry

  Gayle > Yeah, and those extra 533 ordained ministers cost them $18M more, or $33,771 each, per year ($2,814 /month)