Posts by pseudoxristos

I had been a member of the forum (yahoo group) since 9/11/01. I mainly use it just to find out what's going on with the Witnesses, I usually never post there. I got kicked out because they found out that I was not a Witness by reading my posts on another yahoo group. I should have know to use a different name. That will never happen again.

I am also curious to find out if any of the Witnesses in that group monitor this site. If so, they may see this topic and decide to change the question they use to verify who is a Witness.

Thanks,

pseudo

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Kingdom Ministry July 2004

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i'm trying to join a witness forum and need information from the july 2004 kingdom ministry.. i hope someone can help.. thanks in advance.. pseudo

pseudoxristos

I'm trying to join a Witness forum and need information from the July 2004 Kingdom Ministry.

I hope someone can help.

Thanks in advance.

pseudo

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Anybody ever sold anything on line? Can you give me any pointers?

by Robdar in

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i work for an art store.

today, after checking the bradford exchange, i discovered that 2 plates that we had in the store were considerably underpriced.

each plate was priced at $49.95 but i got them for 30% less because of my employee discount.

pseudoxristos

I've sold stuff on ebay, mainly for the entertainment value.

Go to the dollar store, buy some junk for a dollar.
Take a couple of pictures.
Write up a catchy description and list it.
Set the price at 50 cents.
Set the shipping at $2.50

Set back and wait.

Two months and $70.00 later I got bored with it.

Good luck.

pseudo

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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?

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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?

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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

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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)