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I graduate tomorrow!!

by Leolaia in

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with my phd!

finally after all these long years.

the funny thing tho is that i'm walking through the ceremony, but not getting my diploma... yet.

pseudoxristos

Congratulations. What a great accomplishment.

pseudo

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Annual Convention/Keynote Speaker; Parallels between Today and Noah's day?

by pseudoxristos in

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has anyone heard what is being discussed at the convention this year?.

i noticed that an article from the amarillo globe mentions the keynote speaker's talk is about the parallels between the world of noah and the world today.

i'm wondering how much emphasis is put on the 120 years?.

pseudoxristos

Has anyone heard what is being discussed at the convention this year?

I noticed that an article from the Amarillo Globe mentions the keynote speaker's talk is about the parallels between the World of Noah and the World today.

I'm wondering how much emphasis is put on the 120 years?

pseudo

"A belief is not true because it is useful."
-- Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821-81), Swiss philosopher, poet

http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/060504/new_jehovah.shtml

Web-posted Saturday, June 5, 2004
Jehovah's Witnesses gather in Amarillo

By Paige Dickerson
[email protected]
The Amarillo Globe-News

Alta Tinsley went to her first Jehovah's Witnesses convention 62 years ago in Phoenix. She never stopped.
Six decades later, she brought her daughter, Maudean Moore, and her granddaughter, Melanie Reynolds, to the annual convention at the Amarillo Civic Center. The three generations met up from New York and Lubbock at the Amarillo convention this weekend at the Civic Center.

"I belonged to another church, and I learned nothing there. Then I started to hear about the paradise on Earth and I thought that was the best news I'd heard, so I pursued it," Tinsley said.

Even though she encountered some resistance, Tinsley continued to attend conventions and services with the Jehovah's Witnesses.

"There was nothing so severe that it outweighed the benefits," Tinsley said.

Tinsley took her daughter to the conventions from a young age and at 7 years old, Moore was baptized.

"Being the good mother she was, she instilled biblical principles in me," Moore said. "I had a normal childhood in the sense of going to school. There is not only a better hope for the future, but there is less involvement in the dangerous things that are around."

Reynolds, Tinsley's granddaughter, works directly for the Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y., in the purchasing department. The primary function of the headquarters is to train and send out missionaries all over the world.

"I did examine some other religions, but I knew this way of life was best," Reynolds said. "The conferences are the highlight of our year. We are always wondering what biblical prophecy talks are going on."

One of the thing all three generations appreciate about the Jehovah's Witnesses is the trustworthiness of everyone at the conventions.

"They said in New York there were lots of policemen assigned, but they said they had nothing to do. They were all riding around on horses, and the big excitement of the day was to give the kids rides around," Moore said.

Reynolds also emphasized the dedication to obedience that the members have.

"It's not that we're not individual people or personalities, but we do try very hard because we have a great love for Jehovah and a respect for the theocracy that is set up," Reynolds said. "If we were at a Yankees' game, they (the audience) would be so disrespectful, but for us we do (what the announcer says) because it is part of our worship."

This year's convention will draw an estimated 4,500 people for lessons on a "Walk with God."

Keynote speaker Virgil Lowery spoke on the parallels between the world of Noah and the world today. The convention continues through Sunday with an emphasis on the role of religion in a world of changing values.

Today's events will include a baptism service at 11:50 a.m. in the Civic Center Coliseum. A drama, "They Bore Thorough Witness to the Good News,"will be at 11:10 a.m. Sunday in the coliseum.

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Blatant Lie, or is it possible?

by pseudoxristos in

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quote of a witness, while discussing the jan 1, 1989 watchtower versus the 1989 bound volume:

"the apostle paul was spearheading the christian missionary activity.

he was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century.

pseudoxristos

Farkel,

Maybe I didn?t make this very clear.

The Witnesses I quoted is saying that there were magazines with both the "IN OUR 20TH CENTURY" phrase and the "IN OUR DAY" phrase.

He is also implying that the Bound volume is correct in that it correctly reflected the magazines where the article read "IN OUR DAY".

This is what I considered a blatant lie.

It doesn?t seem likely that the Watchtower would stop the presses in the middle of the printing, change the article, continue the printing and then distribute both versions of the article.

I find that it may be difficult to argue this point with him, because he claims to have seen a copy of the Watchtower with the phrase "IN OUR DAY" in it.

I?m wondering if anyone else has heard of such, and how to politely tell him he is full of crap.

pseudo

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Blatant Lie, or is it possible?

by pseudoxristos in

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quote of a witness, while discussing the jan 1, 1989 watchtower versus the 1989 bound volume:

"the apostle paul was spearheading the christian missionary activity.

he was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century.

pseudoxristos

Quote of a Witness, while discussing the Jan 1, 1989 Watchtower versus the 1989 bound volume:

"The apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian missionary activity. He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed IN OUR 20TH CENTURY."
[emphasis added]
However there are some that actually read like this:
"The apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian missionary activity. He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed IN OUR DAY."
[emphasis added]
It was an interesting study to say the least. My copy read as the first example but my wife's read as the second example. There are things that are refered to as "typo" errors. Mystery solved.

I feel relatively sure that this is just a blatant lie, but I am curious if this could even be remotely possible. I?m also wondering how to handle this in a debate situation.

Pseudo

but the FACT is once out of the congregation, once outside the organization, an enormously large percentage of them go on to practice filth and debauchery of ALL sorts.

--Anonymous Jehovah's Witness (2004)--

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Hey, I can get paid to go to church

by pseudoxristos in

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church to try pay for pray

new life tabernacle in sand springs will give $10 cash to easter guests.

by bill sherman

pseudoxristos

Church to try pay for pray

New Life Tabernacle in Sand Springs will give $10 cash to Easter guests.

By Bill Sherman

World Religion Writer

A Sand Springs congregation will bring new meaning Sunday to the idea that it pays to go to church.

New Life Tabernacle, 13107 W. 41 st St., will give a $10 bill to each visitor, ages 15 and older, who attends and Easter service.

?It?s pretty radical. Some of my friends think I?m crazy,? said the Rev. Dan Switzer, who has been the pastor of the United Pentecostal church for 16 years.

?But we think we have a great church, and we want people to experience it.

?Hopefully the service will touch some lives and have a positive effect on some people.

?We realize we could get all kinds of people.?

Switzer said he knew of no Oklahoma church that has paid people to attend services, but he had heard of a California church that had great success doing it, and a black church that offered money to white people to attend as a way to break down racial barriers.

Bishop Fred Caldwell of the predominantly black Greenwood Acres Full Gospel Baptist Church in Shreveport, La., paid whites $5 and hour out of his own pocket last year for attending Sunday services, and $10 an hour for Thursday night services. The offer was made in an effort to decrease segregation during services.

New Life?s guests will need to sign in as they arrive, and they will be told where to pick up their $10 bill after the services, Switzer said. The 130-member church is prepared to handle up to 500 people, he said.

?We anticipate this could cost us several thousand dollars,? he said. ?That would be a good problem to have.?

New Life?s Easter services are scheduled for 10 a.m. and 6:30 P.M. Sunday. The sermon will be by Daryl Bennett, an evangelist from Lufkin, Texas.

The children?s church will have puppets and skits. An Easter egg hunt with candy for the children will follow the 10 a.m. service.

yeudo

but the FACT is once out of the congregation, once outside the organization, an enormously large percentage of them go on to practice filth and debauchery of ALL sorts.
--Anonymous Jehovah's Witness (2004)--

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?The International Year of Volunteers" and the Watchtower

by pseudoxristos in

first, on may 11, 2001, in response to an enquete commission demand, jehovah's witnesses submitted a document containing their viewpoint on the subject "the future of civic activities.

statement of jehovas a witness to the enquete commission?

275, 29 november 1997, s. l 5); jehovas.

pseudoxristos

Thanks NewSense,

I was able to find the following information on the different commitees:

I assumed that the Watchtower was responding to a "Study Commission".

The "Committee of Inquiry" appears to be a much more serious investigation and seems to be geared toward government issues.

pseudo

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Committees of inquiry

In accordance with Article 44 of the Basic Law the Bundestag has the right to set up committees of inquiry to investigate specific matters; it is obliged to do so upon the motion of one quarter of its Members. This very important minority right is used in particular by the opposition to ensure investigation of cases of alleged misgovernment, maladministration or misconduct on the part of individual politicians. The motion must contain a precise description of the subject of the inquiry. When deciding to set up a committee of inquiry, the Bundestag also decides on its size. Generally, such committees are relatively small with between five and seven members. Committees of inquiry have the right to summon and swear in witnesses and to demand that the Federal Government submit files and grant permission for its civil servants to give evidence. The Federal Government may only refuse to do so if, by submitting files or granting such permission, it feels it would harm the interests of the Federation or one of its constituent states, or seriously jeopardize or impede the performance of public functions. In principle, committees of inquiry must hear evidence in public.

Committees of inquiry summarize their findings in a report which they submit to the plenary. If there are differences of opinion on the findings between the ruling coalition and the opposition, as is mostly the case, the report contains both the majority and the minority view. More important, however, than the report, which appears some time after the completion of the committee's work, is the impact on public opinion of the committee's public meetings. Two committees of inquiry were set up in the 13th electoral term (1994-1998):

1st Committee of Inquiry ,
concerned with the illegal plutonium deal in Munich in August 1994;
2nd Committee of Inquiry ,
concerned with assets of the GDR and, in particular, the question whether prior to the peaceful revolution in 1989 state-owned enterprises and the Department of Commercial Coordination worked together with and transferred funds to the intelligence division of the Ministry of State Security.

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Study commissions

A distinction must be made between committees of inquiry and study commissions. Whereas the former are composed entirely of Members of the Bundestag and have the task of investigating public affairs, the latter comprise both Members and independent experts. Their task is to gather as much relevent information as possible on a given subject, thereby providing law-makers with a basis for decision-making on complex and important issues. In these study commissions, the experts enjoy the same rights as the Members of the Bundestag. Unlike those submitted by committees of inquiry, the reports presented to the Bundestag by study commissions do not end with recommendations for decisions by the plenary. Rather, if the Bundestag is to take a decision on them, proposals contained in the reports must be taken up by the plenary or by the Federal Government and introduced in the Bundestag in the form of a motion or bill.

Study commissions are another instrument, in addition to public hearings, by means of which the Bundestag draws on external expertise. They do not affect the Federal Government's right to set up expert commissions of its own, as it has done already on subjects such as party law and electoral law.

In the 14th electoral term the following five study commissions were active in the German Bundestag:

Study Commission on the Protection of Mankind and the Environment
(12 Members and 12 experts)
Study Commission on Overcoming the Consequences of the SED Dictatorship in the Process of German Unity
(12 Members and 12 experts)
Study Commission on Demographic Change
(12 Members and 12 experts)
Study Commission on the Future of the Media in the Economy and Society - Germany on the Way to the Information Society
(11 Members and 11 experts)
Study Commission on So-called Sects and Psycho-groups
(24 Members and 11 experts)

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?The International Year of Volunteers" and the Watchtower

by pseudoxristos in

first, on may 11, 2001, in response to an enquete commission demand, jehovah's witnesses submitted a document containing their viewpoint on the subject "the future of civic activities.

statement of jehovas a witness to the enquete commission?

275, 29 november 1997, s. l 5); jehovas.

pseudoxristos

mineralogist,

Here is a rough translation using google's language resources.

pseudo

Sparkling wines or religion? - witnesses Jehovas fight for acknowledgment as church
AUTHORS: Michael Heine and Marcus Weller

We had already reported into contrasts on the witnesses Jehovas, on cases of child abuse. It was particularly heavy for the concerning to look for assistance because the members are not to call the lay courts.

The community rejects the state as system Satans. But the material support by our State of, those would like it already, including all privileges.

Now the court must decide whether the witnesses Jehovas are recognized as a body of public right. Then they might levy church tax and for their youth work would get them automatically money of the state, which they call nevertheless in their writings devil work.

Michael Heine and Marcus Weller with rare views of the interior life of an organization, which shrinks from the public.

The world fall, the total destruction. The end of all disbelieving ones. Already soon it will so far be. In it the witnesses Jehovas believe. Only they will survive. For more than 100 years already they wait for the approaching end, because then the paradies follows it:

No wrong, no diseases and eternal peace on ground connection - that is the promise.

"it will wipe each tear off of its eyes and will be death no more."

the strictly led organization counts 190,000 trailers - alone in Germany. Their members reject the lay order as system Satans, in addition also the state with all its institutions counts.

Paradoxically: Nevertheless they fight before court for the acknowledgment by straight this state. They would be then the office churches on an equal footing. It does not concern here however faith contents. Crucial is only, as the organization deals with the rights of its members.

The Kirchenrechtler Professor Ralf Abel was intensively occupied with the witnesses Jehovas:

Professor Ralf Abel:
"the condition says one, in a general manner: everyone can do and leave which it wants, but: it must respect the rights other and it must the general order accept."

To this different in the sense also the members of the organization belong to the condition. Particularly door-willing has heavy conditions with the witnesses. And who offends against the strict rules of the witnesses Jehovas, the separation from the own family and the social isolation risks. Because Jehova does not bear a contradiction. An amateur video shows now for the first time, what the witnesses of critics in the own rows hold:

Amateur video:
"and there should be under the members of the large people quantity someone, which embodies a notorious spirit of a Noerglers or a know-it-all, someone means to have to transform the theokratische organization from down he should change if he liked to remain a far guest in tents."

The court will also have itself to employ with how the witnesses Jehovas deal with their children: which role plays physical corporal punishment and in what respect a personality-disturbing bulkheading of the external world takes place.

Professor Ralf Abel:
"with the respected rights the other one it depends naturally also on as one deals for example with the own protection-ordered. Thus for example with child under age as coined/shaped, some say possibly to be trained, like SE to ideas of the witnesses Jehovas be subjected."

Already one year ago it reported CONTRASTS that the witnesses Jehovas in many cases hurt the rights of their children.

An example under many: Ursel wagner was nine years old, when she was sexually abused of a witness Jehovas.

Ursel wagner:
"there the brother came regularly to attendance and to my parents offered, hey, I brings the small one in the bed, I reads out to her still another history, makes it determines fun."

Cornelia wagner:
"you must introduce yourselves, I stand and make my handle laundry, Mach mean washing-up and this young man are in the room of my daughter, read out to her stories and continue to abuse them a room."

Ursels parents, even glaeubige witnesses Jehovas, contact - as prescribed - the religious community. But the oldest ones of the municipality require to regulate the thing internally:

Cornelia wagner:
"I could not believe that, what these people of me to require now, what I do should, i.e. are silent."

For Stefan wolf has this proceeding method. The former witness Jehovas documented numerous of such cases:

Stefan wolf:
"the concerning have themselves to the oldest ones turned, which were first question, give it to witnesses for it and the second action consisted of saying to the victim it is not or it is not about it to talk. It is tried in all rule to clarify the whole internally. If the author repents it, there were such cases also, then, okay, dear child, you is evenly said must forgive it, because Jehova also forgave it."

Layman courts with the witnesses Jehovas. In the text book for the oldest ones "give eight on you and on the whole herd" is called it:

Quotation: "certain disputes... should not become delivered before lay courts...."

"... it lies with the oldest ones to decide whether the statements are reliable "

Wants to be called: Even if children are abused, the witnesses try to prevent Jehovas that the victims before lay courts look for assistance. The organization strives for it - as in this advertising video -, to up-polish their image. Because with the acknowledgment as church it concerns also much money and power.

So the witnesses Jehovas could among other things. Church tax to draw in leave, their youth work would be automatically eligible for promotion and they could own representatives into public committees e.g. broadcast councils send. They would have a national seal right. So they might authenticate officially for documents.

Stefan wolf:
"if they absolutely and at very much expenditure this body status to attain want, conclude I from the fact that they have other motives, which do not have to do nothing at all with religion. And there only monetary reasons actually occur to me."

The center of the witnesses Jehovas in the Taunus: CONTRASTS naturally for an interview asked. But the organization partitions itself and places unacceptable demands.

In a letter not intended for the publication the "Glaeubigen" demands from the Taunus:

Quotation: "the statements unabridged and ungeschnitten sent, without these are commentated."

With such methods an independent reporting is to be prevented. Because into the public only that is to arrive, which in its magazines "being awake tower" and "awake" one announces.

Freedom of religion against rights of the children. The higher administrative court Berlin will now finally have to clarify whether the witnesses Jehovas fulfill the criteria for the acknowledgment. If the organization should be once recognized only, you can be taken the body rights only with difficulty again - so it wants the law.

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?The International Year of Volunteers" and the Watchtower

by pseudoxristos in

first, on may 11, 2001, in response to an enquete commission demand, jehovah's witnesses submitted a document containing their viewpoint on the subject "the future of civic activities.

statement of jehovas a witness to the enquete commission?

275, 29 november 1997, s. l 5); jehovas.

pseudoxristos

mineralogist,

Thanks for your response.

I had the feeling that the document was BS, as you brought out ?usual BS from the WTS.?

I hope you can answer a few questions.

1. ?Enquete-Komission? what does the term ?Enquete? mean in English?

2. Do you know if the other organizations were NGOs?

3. You said the ?JWs had no success?, what were they trying to accomplish?

4. Were the organizations ?demanded? to respond or was this something that was voluntary?

Thanks,

pseudo

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?The International Year of Volunteers" and the Watchtower

by pseudoxristos in

first, on may 11, 2001, in response to an enquete commission demand, jehovah's witnesses submitted a document containing their viewpoint on the subject "the future of civic activities.

statement of jehovas a witness to the enquete commission?

275, 29 november 1997, s. l 5); jehovas.

pseudoxristos

Does anyone know anything about this seven-page document submitted to an Enquete Commission concerning ?The Future of Civic Activities?

It is interesting that the Watchtower, on their media site, used the phrase ?in response to an Enquete Commission demand?.

I suspect that their NGO status had something to do with the requirement to submit this document.

What follows is some text and several links to information concerning this matter. I have also included a very rough translation, (from German to English), of the document.

First, on May 11, 2001, in response to an Enquete Commission demand, Jehovah's Witnesses submitted a document containing their viewpoint on the subject "The Future of Civic Activities." In that seven-page document they stated: "The necessity of voluntary commitment for fellow humans is deepened through Christian understanding. Religious service and civil commitment therefore are directly associated . . . [Jesus] Christ himself emphasized the unselfish giving that is to be expressed by not expecting any service in return."

The statement of the religious community can be retrieved from the Internet under the following address: http://www.bundestag.de/gremien/enga/enga kir.html [dead link]

http://www.jw-media.org/region/europe/germany/english/releases/events/ger_e010704.htm

The link on the media site does not work. The following is a good link to the document in German.

http://www.bundestag.de/gremien/enga/enga_kir003.pdf

Civic Activities: Towards a Civil Society with a Future

Summary of the Study Commission´s Report

http://www.bundestag.de/gremien/enga/02Zsf_en.pdf

Not sure what the following links are. Some may be unrelated. I copied them while trying to find info on this subject.

http://www.bundestag.de/gremien/enga/enga_tow.htm

http://www.unv.org/infobase/articles/2002/02_10_04USA_SG_Report_final.pdf

http://www.icnl.org/journal/vol4iss4/cr_weurope.htm

Interesting article containing a reference to one of the UN support articles in the Awake.

Volunteerism as Democratic Expression

We once read an ?Awake Magazine? handed to us by one Jehovah?s Witness in a bus stop. That was in July 2001. The main caption of the monthly magazine was ?Volunteers: Can they make a difference?? Before this time, we have had the gut feeling to dislike materials published by the Jehovah?s Community. We could not assume that we had never been influenced to sneer at their ways of argument and religious claims. But in this particular edition, it captured our attention in somewhat old thing in a new notion and parlance. So with unusual passion to know, we read every sentence of the magazine from the cover-page to the back-page. Not only did we find the excellent research and insights put forward in the said magazine so fascinating but we also realized that reading every piece of material that may come ones way can in many cases help diminish and eradicate ignorance.

http://www.gamji.com/NEWS2474.htm

Just curious as to what all this is about. If anyone else has looked into this, please let me know.

pseudo

Here is the rough translation of the 7-page document to English.

Statement of Jehovas a Witness to the Enquete commission?

Zukunft the Buergerschaftlichen commitment?

Voluntary commitment in people picture and self understanding

humans as creation of God

Jehovah?s Witnesses are coined/shaped in its daily acting of their Biblical conception, which understands humans as direct creation of a personal God. From the first pair of people a mankind family should develop, the earth was entrusted to which, in order it for all humans to a paradise dwelling to arrange (Bible book Genesis 1,27.28; 2,15 1 ). Each humans are God as his creation valuable (Bible books John 3,16; 1. Timothy 2,4); everyone God with love meets regardless of its origin, race or skin color (Bible book Acts 10.34,35), so that all should have a close personal relationship to it as base of life (Bible book Acts 17.26,27). On this basis each person earns attention, respect and love as creation of God.

From it a responsibility of the personal lebensfuehrung results in relation to God (Bible books Galations 6,4.5; Romans 14,12). The personal relationship to God will for the motivation of each particular to take responsibility in relation to its fellow man and the environment. This understanding is inherent in however also the matter of course that each commitment determines and answers for voluntarily effected, as each individual kind and extent of its active becoming (more?Jeder gives like it is in its heart planned, ungrudgingly and not under obligation; because God loves a merry giver?, Bible book 2 Corinthians 9,7).

Christian people

The necessity of voluntary commitment for fellow humans is deepened through Christian understanding. Religious service and civil commitment therefore are directly associated (?Du are to love your next one like you?, Bible book Matthew 22,39; we want? are connected particularly however, those do all humans of property to those with us in the faith?, Bible book Galatians 6,10; someone fortunes has and its heart before the brother locks, whom it sees in emergency, as can the God love in it remain??, Bible book 1. Johannes 3,17; pure and immaculate service before God, the father, consists of it: to provide for orphans and widows, if they are in emergency?, Bible book Jakobus 1,27).2 fulfillment and sense in the life lie thus in joyful serving opposite its fellow men (Bible book Acts 20.35). Christ himself emphasized the unselfish giving that is to be expressed by not expecting any service in return (Bible book Matthew 10.8).

From their faith understanding the individual Jehovah?s Witnesses seize the initiative, in order to help others. Since the motivation justifies itself in the Religionist of the particular, voluntary commitment takes place usually spontaneously, individually and on personal level, from humans to humans. Jehovah?s Witnesses do not regard it as task of the religious community to institutionalize such voluntary commitment. Nevertheless for the implementation by projects, which require a multiplicity of volunteers, by the religious community an appropriate organizational framework is made available.

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1 all quotations are taken from the unit translation of the holy writing, Stuttgart 1980.

2?Warum one should worry about others??, in: Peace and security? To find as real?, Being awake tower company (Hg), Selters/Ts. 1986, P. 163-174.

However individual Jehovah?s Witnesses operate in own initiative institutions such as z. B. Homes for the elderly or are often in the public interest helpful occupations actively (approx. 25-30% of the employed Jehovah?s Witnesses). 3

Family

The most important service at the next one begin in the family as the fundamental component of the human society. Many the state and the society loading problems are based on the fact that in the families social responsibility and welfare service are not any longer carried out. The promotion of strong family federations and high stops associated values is an important contribution for stability in state and society. Responsibility for the family and in the family to carry is an elementary component of the Christian self understanding. (more?Wer however for his relatives, particularly for the own fellow tenants, does not provide, denied thereby the faith and is not worse than a disbelieving?, Bible book 1. Timotheus 5.8.) Therefore it is an important request of the religious community to strengthen the families.

The religious community makes free of charge on the basis voluntary commitment manufactured documentation available (magazines, books, audio and video cassettes) over topics up-to-date. Values will turn like conjugal loyalty and the responsibility of parents for the promotion of the well-being of the children hervorgehoben. 4

In families of a Jehovah?s Witness parents therefore much time and strength up? often through renouncement of professional activity and career chances?, in order to educate their children. An important aspect is thereby the providing for a good training and professional training of the children. Common activities of the family promote the co-operation. By intensive discussions is helped to the children to recognize and also notice their responsibility opposite their fellow men. This is supported by special publications. The family responsibility concerns thereby not only the parents child relationship, but includes also the providing for frail ones and old persons within the family. Necessarily becoming support of family members is therefore carried out in the families themselves. That has an accommodation in age in the past also to public acknowledgment gefuehrt.5

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3 more?Wer as many had an accident to the life returned as the Wiggerl, is a grateful object for medals and decorations... The?Gruene cross? the alpine association, the olympia memory medal, the decoration of the German red cross, the putting cross and naturally the Order of Merit of first class. The Green the cross made it happy at most. It for ten living person salvages lent... More will never have itself to strive humans for others in such a way, for others to so often strive in such a way will have, its own life will as often begin, in order to save or save others, as it?, DAV, 6/97, S. 456.

4?Moralische values on the retreat?, the Biblical moral the best??, in: The being awake tower, 1 November 2000, S. 3-7.; family? For humans indispensably?, in: The being awake tower, 1 April 1998, S. 6ff.; more?Wer the children will protect??, in: Awake!, 8. April 1999, S. 8f.; more?Miteinander talk? an art?, in: Awake!, 8. April 1995, S. 15-18.; child from earliest childhood educate?, in: The secret of the family luck, 1996, P. 56-58, with the requests: model its... A companion its... An interlocutor its... A teacher its?; prospects for old humans??, Christians honour older ones?, interests of the older ones?im eye? keep? as well as?Gottergebenheit in handling betagten parents?, in: The being awake tower, 1 June 1987, P. 1-18; more?Fuer betagten parents ensure?, needs of parents find out? and?Mit the daily loads become finished?, in: Awake!, 8. February 1994, P. 1-10; responsible task of the care?, handling the feelings? as well as?Beistand for the maintaining? Like others to help can?, in: Awake!, 8. February 1997, P. 1-13; with Alzheimer?, became the patient protects? and?Was maintaining to do can?, in: Awake!, 22. September 1998, P. 1-13. (all publications were published by the being awake tower company.) Helene writer the Order of Merit received

5 to the hand of mayor Gerd Kaimer, which made the honour on behalf of the Federal President [ novel duke ], to gang. The 74jaehrige cares for selbstlos and under large employment for nearly 20 years a mentally handicapped in its hometown part of Ohligs. By its commitment it help their?Pflegesohn? to a high measure of independence and thus also to an independent occupation... Helene writer, member of the Jehovah?s Witnesses and also there very engaged, thanked you itself for their part with a book concerning the religious community? (Solinger day sheet, 22 October 1994; s. Jehovas a witness? Humans from the neighbourhood. Who are they?, 1995, P. 5). care with the Distinguished Service Cross appreciative. Gertrud and Herbert Wilker care for seriously ill son over 40 years day and night... They drew, stressed strength the nut/mother, also from their faith as Jehovas a witness? (Westfaeli round rundschau, Werdohl, 28 January 2000).

or nursing homes becomes only as last?Ausweg? regarded. Such a high value will follow this responsibility within the family attached that full-time of clergyman of the Jehovah?s Witnesses give her service up, in order to maintain parents.

The responsibilities in the family, represented here, exist independently of whether the other family members are likewise or were a Jehovah?s Witness.

Service at the next

Jehovah?s Witnesses see themselves as community within the responsibility, for their faith members in the medical case to ensure in the case of a handicap or at the age. This is expressed within the domestic range thereby that members of the municipality provide for the daily needs of the concerning e.g. meals purchases, flashes of the dwelling and travels to the physician. This responsibility developed Jehovas also in relation to neighbors, teammates and other acquaintance gesehen.6

Over someone, which needs stationary hospital treatment to make an optimal medical supply possible a witness a world-wide network of hospital connecting committees (1,400 committees in over 150 countries; in Germany 55 committees with approx. 4,400 physicians co-operate). These committees sit down from trained and experienced? transact due to voluntary commitment? A Jehovah?s Witness together, which become active the patient as connecting persons between physician and patient when desired. Beyond that they arrange medical information about treatment alternatives without blood for the interested physician. Thus, the authority gap between physician and patient is tried to verkleinern.7

Groups of hospital attendance furnished by the religious community also cares for the patient in seelsorgerischer and practical regard. The completion of provisions covers itself up to the support of foreign family members, often under supply of free accommodations with faith members in the proximity of the hospital, making available for it.

Beside the practical assistance represented above also intensive seelsorgerische support is carried out. All religious offices are noticed free of charge. The range of the voluntary commitment in the Seelsorge reaches fewer hours from the employment over the reduction of the professional activity up to the full-time activity. Seelsorgeri support becomes in particular the following person's groups assigns: Families, a parents families, psychologically patients (beside professional assistance), blind ones, gehoerlosen ones, widows and orphans, arrested (Gefaengnisseelsorge). On their needs cut publications like the hearing Bible, literature in large pressure and in Braille, video in the bearing language as well as the synchronous translation of God-official meetings into the bearing language supplement these services at the next one.

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6?Wenn is engaging itself for others runs Regina Hannelore Dohrn, if it must be, doors. It is not located so gladly in the footlights...?Es is worthwhile oneself to use itself honorary?, stresses Regina Dohrn. in addition, invested much time, has much joy? ... it engages itself with the Jehovah?s Witnesses. Where always you open a field, she notices it. one its civic obligations seriously takes, belongs to it to use itself for others?, does their maxim read? (Brunsbuetteler newspaper, 11 July 1998). Wiggerl was however not only inventor and technical designer (42 patents run on its names), it all these devices also in series built. There was actually no situation, in which humans assistance required and the Wiggerl would not have known advice. if disappointment and emergency help to award courage lindern, were its life contents?, DAV, 6/97, S.456.

7 see among other things. Dr. med. Barbara Zieger et aluminium, university clinic Freiburg, monthly review child medicine, volume of 145, NR. 10, October 1997, P. 1079; The Royal college OF Surgeons OF England, code OF Practice for the Surgical management OF Jehovah?s Witnesses, 1996, P. 5; Dr. Richard K. Spence?Surgical talk Blood Cell Transfusion Practice Policies?, in: The American journal OF Surgery, consensus Conference: Blood management Surgical Practice Guidelines, Neuaufl., volume of 170, NR. Ã (Suppl.), December 1995, S. 14Sf.; Professor Dr. med. Benno of boron man, director/conductor of the hospital for Anaesthesiologie, operational intensive medicine and pain therapy, pc. Johannes hospital Duisburg, AINS, volume of 31, NR. 8, October 1996, P. 489; Dr. jur. Elmar Biermann, Justiziar of the professional association of German Anaesthesisten, Anaesthesist, volume of 42, NR. 3, March 1993, P. 199.

The possibility is open to everyone of receiving for the accomplishment from concerns and problems free individual seelsorgerische support. Religious services take place just as free of charge with baptism, wedding celebrations, death/funerals. Large commitment within the religious community is furnished also regarding assistance in the everyday life e.g. with unemployment, removal, care of children, authority courses, renovation and garden work including financial allowances to needy ones.

Besides Jehovah?s Witnesses furnish also voluntary commitment in the context of assistance in emergencies and belonged for others the public interest helpful Projekte. 8 to it also the building of kingdom Kingdoms of (Anbetungsstaetten of the Jehovah?s Witnesses), which are established by voluntary commitment (alone in the new Lands of the Federal Republic in the past years of 126 halls).

By the close co-operation in the religious community one corresponds to the human need on acknowledgment, security, personal allowance. Particularly on the needs by socially weaker ones e.g. older ones, frail ones, however-educating, unmarried one, widows as well as foreigners consideration is taken. It is made certain that they are merged into religious and social activities. Many families of a Jehovah?s Witness refer concerning into the own family also and take in this way social responsibility. Jehovah?s Witnesses are the opinion that this personal and individually adapted assistance the needs of the concerning becomes better fair than rather impersonal institutionalized assistance.

This intact social community made possible not only the dialogue between the generations and thus mediating traditional values, but works against also splintering the society in groups of interests (e.g. youth, seniors, foreigners) and the associated Ausgrenzung. This serves besides the fight against problems arising in the society such as Vereinsamung, foreigner discrimination and craze problems.

An Asian proverb means: you for one year plan, sow seeds; if you plan for ten years, plant trees; do you plan for one hundred years, do instruct people? Many today's social problems are to be attributed to the fact that mental values are missing. Social compatible and social responsible acting will have to be found only, where thinking humans is based on appropriate value conceptions. Jehovah?s Witnesses put large value accordingly in the context of its voluntary commitment on the switching of values, those the social responsibility as task of life of a Christian stressed as well as ethical values such as honesty, consideration, attention of the public property and the property of others as well as force liberty and tolerance opposite other-thinking one. Thus Jehovah?s Witnesses contribute to the solution of social problems, like criminality, hatred of foreigners, craze prevention (drug craze, alcoholism, smoking) and Vandalisms. Beyond that important virtues mediated among other things diligence, by

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8?Im July 1997, when inundated the or far areas of Northern Europe, heard Jehovas a witness in Germany of the emergency of humans in neighbouring Poland... Individual witnesses into and around Berlin showed a marvelous generosity and brought together within fewer days freiwillige donations at a value of more than 200,000 Marks. Jehovah?s Witnesses with farmer driving drove six hours from Berlin into the flood area around Wroclaw (Breslau), and at own expense. In the entire area concerned houses and kingdom halls were arranged of a Jehovah?s Witness. And also one did not survey the andersglaeubigen neighbours. They estimated it much that at its houses likewise much was done? (awake!, 8. October, 1998, P. 10; see also?Zeugen Jehovas helped in Krapkowice?, in: Focus, prince forest, November 1997, P. 2; Jehovas from castle helped in Poland damaged by flood one?, in: Voice of the people, Burger round rundschau, 30 September 1998, P. 12). In Hamburg Barmbeck for example because of missing budgetary appropriations some Jehovah?s Witnesses in selfinitiative in a hospital reconditioned a hospital ward (Hamburg evening papers, 8 February 1992, P. 11; ebd., 28 May 1996, P. 14). taken in Niederselters officially in enterprise... Due to an agreement between Selters and the being awake tower company the Jehovah?s Witnesses placed the specialists, the municipality took over the construction supervision and the circle placed the material? (Nassauer day sheet, 15 September 1995, P. 13).

to provide own work for own needs and the needs of others. For these values Jehovas witnesses occur opposite all fellow citizens by the fact that they spread Bibles and Bible-explaining publications 9 and in the context of their Christian mission work holds personal conversations.

Summary

Working Jehovah?s Witnesses presupposes the readiness of the particular for voluntary commitment. All activities of the religious community is based on this voluntary and free commitment. Only voluntary commitment makes possible a developing of a close Christian community, which understands itself as solvent bad A shank, for their task in the mutual welfare service exists and in the assistance opposite others. Thus that this responsibility is noticed is furnished, a multiplicity of services, whose perception was demanded otherwise from the national social system.

Possibilities of the promotion voluntary commitment by the religious community of the Jehovah?s Witnesses

Exclusively by donations financed the work of the Jehovah?s Witnesses promotes voluntary commitment of the particular, by creating organizational basic conditions, which help the particular to bring in its readiness for voluntary commitment. In the religious and seelsorgerischen range this takes place via the mechanism of religious of offices, which can be dressed by Glaeubigen. With it training courses are connected by the religious community, in order to equip the concerning for the associated tasks, in particular for the seelsorgerische support. For other activities exist organizational precautions, which include appropriate training courses, how was already described above.

Who has the desire from the faith members to engage itself due to its religious motivation excluding and without vocational activity in the religious community the possibility has of occurring the medal-similar community of the special full time servants of the Jehovah?s Witnesses. For these the economic maintenance and lifelong supply are ensured according to the rules of the medal-similar community.

Further promotions are not intended and in opinion of the religious community also not necessarily, there the most important condition for voluntary commitment the motivation of the particular are with the deep desire, by voluntary commitment of its by it recognized responsibility before God and opposite its fellow men to follow to want. A such motivation is promoted by the religious community by the fact that they obtain Christian values. For this the religious community makes faith members and the public available Bibles and Bible-explaining publications free of charge, whose production is connected with substantial expenditure and large efforts.

Acknowledgment culture

The acknowledgment for voluntary commitment consists in the certainty to please God since the love for God and the next one is also the basis for the motivation of the particular. Voluntarily for others to engage sense and fulfillment in the life mediate themselves. Also the brought gratitude as well as the acknowledgment as active creditors on the part of

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9 do not?Ist honesty no more in demand??, it means to be honest??, in: The being awake tower, 15 February 1988, P. 3-7; purge of the umgangsformen?, in: Awake!, 22. July 1994, P. 3-6; before others and before their property?, in: Peace and security? To find as real?, P. 165-168; world does not come from smoking loosely?, a smoking give up?? and?Wie one it creates?, in: Awake!, 22. March 2000, P. 3-9; stop can be ordered?, in: The being awake tower, 15 June 1999, P. 4-7. (all publications were published by the being awake tower company.)

other members of the religious community works motivating. The knowledge, united a world-wide to belong itself from humans of all nationalities and races building up Christian religious community leads to deep satisfaction.

In contrast to it the acknowledgment is often missing by the society. At different times and for different reasons Jehovah?s Witnesses were even subject to resistance and pursuit. A tendencious?Sektendiskussion? finds its expression in negative reporting in the press, in the broadcast and television. Voluntary commitment will only not abqualifiziert, by being only called advertisement for the own faith, separate to often become the particular or the religious community large low intentions unterstellt.10 the disconcerted public rejects therefore often voluntary commitment of most different kind or obstructs it. Even national places have suddenly doubts, which continuation of the voluntary for many years commitment of a care nut/mother of far zuzulassen.11 not failed thereby the concerning only for many years the acknowledgment which is entitled for their self-sacrificing activity, but any further commitment is prevented. Also the processing of the past of the religious community in the?Dritten realm? by means of assumption of wrong motives substantial is obstructed. Not to be concealed the zuspruch and the acknowledgment of individual citizens, standing in contrast to it, are to employ, prejudiceless with the performed voluntary the commitment and their appreciation to the expression bringen.12

New one forms and projects

A constantly changing society and with it accompanying needs and problems require themselves adapted emphasis with the switching of the Christian values. More than ever the question arises, how the Bible coming of Christian values in our current society can be still realized.

Since as well as the basis for the commitment the motivation of the particular concerns volunteering its love for God and the next one and is independent of social changes, no necessity for changes of fundamental working results due to a carrying out social change. trade between Selters, the circle and the Jehovah?s Witness criticizes

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10? (Nassauer day sheet, 30 March 1994); see Hans's Hessian (Hg)?Am most courageous were the witnesses Jehova again and again?, 2. Aufl. 2000, P. 327, 342; Free press, Chemnitzer newspaper, 12 June 1997; Michael Krenzer?Verfuehrte outsiders or discriminated against minorities? To differentiating handling the sparkling wine problem?, in: Primary school, number 12, December 1999, S. 19f.; offered use of videos, school materials and exhibitions is rejected; see Hans's Hessian (Hg)?Am most courageous were the Jehovah?s Witnesses again and again?, 2. Aufl. 2000, S. 326ff., 342, 416f., 419.; in November 1997 with solid pressure of parents it was prevented that an exhibition of the Jehovah?s Witnesses with the title?Standhaft despite pursuit? Jehovas a witness under the LV regime? in the six-form high school Gerolzhofen took place. As a substitute the city put however to area in the citizen hospital at the disposal (Schweinfurter day sheet, Gerolzhofen, No. 250, 30 October 1997, S. L 3; The riser forest messenger, No. 253, 4 November 1997, S. L 2; Schweinfurter day sheet, Gerolzhofen, No. 257, 8 November 1997, S. L 4; The riser forest messenger, No. 259, 11 November 1997, S. L 1; ebd., No. 260, 12 November 1997, S. L 1; ebd., No. 275, 29. November 1997, S. L 2; Schweinfurter day sheet, Gerolzhofen, No. 275, 29 November 1997, S. L 5; The riser forest messenger, No. 277, 2 December 1997, S. L 2; ebd., No. 300, 31 December 1997, S. L 3; Main post office, people newspaper, No. 259, 11 November 1997, S. F 2, L 1; Main post office new LINE, 12 November 1997; ebd. 13. November 1997; Main post office, people newspaper, No. 270, 24 November 1997, S. L 3; Schweinfurter day sheet, Gerolzhofen, No. 275, 29 November 1997, S. L 5); Jehovas. Disputed handling victim role?, in: Hersfelder newspaper, No. 40, 17 February 1997, P. 3; Waldecki general ones, HNA, No. 40, 17 February 1997; to the exhibition in Stuttgart: Stuttgart messages, 29 February 1998, P. 22; Winnender newspaper, 29 January 1998; Fellbacher newspaper, 29 January 1998, P. 19; Waiblinger circle newspaper, NR. 23, 29 January 1998; Rem newspaper, 29 January 1998; Stuttgart newspaper, 24 January 1998, P. 29; Cannstatter newspaper. Untertuerkheimer newspaper, 26 January 1998, P. 4.

11?Zeugen Jehovas/Wachtturm society: A?vormoderne? religious community in the?modernen? Society??, in: The new Inquisitioren: Freedom of religion and faith envy, part of II, Gerhard Besier/Erwin K. Scheuch (Hg), 1999, P. 194.

12 Vgl. Hans's Hessian (Hg)?Am most courageous again and again were the Jehovah?s Witnesses?, 2. Aufl. 2000, P. 413, 416, 419; Guest book entries to the exhibition?Standhaft despite pursuit? Jehovas a witness under the LV regime?; to the exhibition in Bensheim: Jehovah?s Witnesses as?vergessene victims? the Nazis?, in: Bergstraesser indicator, 9 September 1997, P. 3; victims of the Nazis?, in: Mannheimer mornings, 9 September 1997.

One of the larger projects of the last years was the historical processing of the history of the Jehovah?s Witnesses in the?Dritten realm? by the itinerant exhibition?Standhaft despite pursuit? Jehovas a witness under the LV regime?, accompanied of topic evenings with time witnesses and video demonstrations. Many persons of the public life expressed themselves appreciative over it that this processing makes a valuable contribution to awake stops of consciousness to this dark chapter of German history and that thereby dangers and mechanisms are made clear, the one such dictatorship made possible, and at the same time with the help of the time witnesses for young humans history becomes alive by learning contents

Will be possible for possibilities of the legal and political promotion

Voluntary commitment in the represented sense only if a broad organization clearance permits the most different forms of the commitment. Often the commitment requires Spontaneitaet and pragmatic proceedings, why voluntary commitment must remain legally unloaded. Adjustment or regimentation suffocates the selfinitiative of many. Voluntary commitment in the represented sense must be further free of charge possible.

As long as the state professes itself to the freedom of religion, what is expressed also in religious neutrality, it promotes also the commitment of the voluntary, who belong to a minority religion. The acknowledgment of this voluntary commitment, will lead to a dismantling of social resentments, which restricts at present the extent of the commitment. Then experiences, like an overcoming of discrimination of any kind, could have collected the Jehovah?s Witnesses in successful overcoming of social problems hatred of foreigners, fighting against craze problems, learning tolerance and attention opposite all humans as positive contribution in the social discussion entrance to find, by this in the form of lectures o. A. in the context of national and/or school meetings

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lol i wish i'd won the lottery and had time to really look at just 10% of what you post.

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Another true follower of Leolaia here. Does that make me a Leolaiatian?

Seriously though, I do enjoy your posts.

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