Fair to say that Brits don't complain that much
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Jehovah's Witnesses and spiritual healers top complaints to Charity Commission
by iamwhoiam injehovah's witnesses and spiritual healers top complaints to charity commissionby ian griggs, third sector online, 7 january 2013. charity commission.
the rspca and national trust are also in top 10 most-complained about charities, the regulator has revealedthe central body for jehovahs witnesses in britain and a spiritual healers organisation were the charities about which the charity commission received the most complaints in the two years to march 2012.. the regulator said it had received 13 complaints about both the watch tower bible and tract society of britain and the nfsh charitable trust during the period.. the figures were revealed in response to a request under the freedom of information act, made by the conservative mp simon hart in july, for a list of the ten charities about which the commission received most complaints.. the rspca and jnf charitable trust, which is concerned with israel, were the next most complained about, with 12 complaints to the commission over two years.. hart, a former chief executive of the pro-hunting charity the countryside alliance, was one of a group of cross-party group of politicians that has called on the commission to investigate the rspca after it spent more than 320,000 on a successful private prosecution of the heythrop hunt.. the commission's list does not include complaints made to charities themselves or to other regulators such as the advertising standards authority and the fundraising standards board.. the commission said none of the complaints against charities in the top 10 resulted in any formal action against those organisations.
it also said the number of complaints would not necessarily mean that a charity had acted wrongly or contrary to its charitable purpose.. begin ad tag c501 end ad tag c501 "an internal dispute within a membership body could result in several letters of complaint or dissatisfaction, but may not be be a fair indication of the level of service that is being received by beneficiaries," said liam carroll, the commissions complaints manager.. .
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For Ethos: The Basis of Christian Unity
by Londo111 incontinued from: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/241969/3/greetings-from-an-existent-jw.
a repost from re: greetings!
from an existent jw.
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Ethos said
"Unity is a recurring scriptural mandate and a lack thereof can be greatly distributed to the varying denominations and sects in Christendom"
This is just repeating the totally incorrect impression that the Watchtower paints of 'Christendom' and is certainly not based on any actual research, investigation or accurate information. They make sweeping statements about the different denominations which create the image of a constantly squabbling group of different churches at loggerheads with each other because of their differing interpretations which they jealously guard in isolation from each other for fear of contamination. They base these statements on historical origins of some denominations with their schisms from another but totally fail to consider hundreds of years of dialogue and reconciliation which have brought about the state of love and unity that Londo describes. Many JWs, certainly in the UK, think that Henry VIII is responsible for the Protestant Reformation!
As is usual, unity is confused by uniformity. And the assumption is that unity cannot exist while different interpretations and traditions are tolerated.
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Hello, I Am New Here
by arrakis1 inwas a jw for 40 years.
stopped attending 2010...resigned officially in 2011. still a little shell shocked but beginning to feel much better now.
awesome revelation....people in the world are not all that bad.
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Arrakis1 should know!
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Hello, I Am New Here
by arrakis1 inwas a jw for 40 years.
stopped attending 2010...resigned officially in 2011. still a little shell shocked but beginning to feel much better now.
awesome revelation....people in the world are not all that bad.
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
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F&DS New Light Official JW Statement
by konceptual99 inthe new light (tm) is on jw.org.
not had time to digest it but it's looking pretty much whathas been divulged already.
looking forward to seeing the responses from the forum and the brothers and sisters now it's in the open.
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Surely a landmark moment. 'New Light' via the website.
I suspect that they hope most of the rank and file miss this . . .I wonder if they are actually going to put this in the Watchtower.
As usual, the HUGE implications of this will be lost to virtually all JWs.
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I was actually wondering if was legal. Or would it fall foul of 'discriminating on religious grounds?'
I honestly don't know . . .
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This was an advertising banner on my Facebook . . .
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JWs are attending the OSCE meeting in Warsaw as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) & giving presentations
by AndersonsInfo inwatchtower representatives (jehovahs christian witnesses) are once again attending the osce, organization for security and co-operation in europe,meeting in warsaw on september 24 - oct. 5, 2012. http://www.osce.org/hdim_2012to see jehovahs witnesses listed as a non-governmental organization, click on http://www.osce.org/hdim_2012?view=conference_documents&display=page_2&arg=92455.
please scroll down under non-governmental organization and click on administrative centre of jehovahs witnesses in russia as well as european association of jehovah's christian witnesses.
once you click on them, you will be brought to a page with a list of all of their presentations at the osce.
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Presentations about what?
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im stunned
by maccauk11 inhere is something tha thas just amazed me.
i had two witnesses at the door.
i invited them in for a few minutes because of the cold.
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So why are you stunned?
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My video recorded apostasy trial is now live
by RayPublisher inpart 3 (which is where the actual meeting begins) is finished.
it took my computer hours and hours to render and upload it!!
anyway, this is what i just posted on my youtube channel:.
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Just a technical point about uploading.
If you try to upload footage directly it usually takes hours and hours. But if you upload the video into Windows Moviemaker or whatever the Apple equivalent is (you said you were using an iPhone) this produces a much smaller file which uploads a lot quicker, and I do mean hours and hours quicker
My favourite bit?
"recording devices are not allowed"
"Yes I understand that"