i got a phone call from a person that i gave my phone # to.
and this person said that gays are not welcome here and this is not what this board was really about.
i told them that this is only one part of the crap that the wts did to people and that we are people too.
I have found that a lot of homophobic people who speak out so adamantly against gay people are struggling with their own homosexual desires. That being said, who is that person, that he/she feels they can make up arbitrary rules to be forced onto this board? Is he/she a Forum Assistant?
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there's a few on their list that surprise me.
it kind of gets me that these 21 places that they say are "wonders" are recent architecture.
how can you compare the pyramids in egypt or the great wall of china to the sydney opera house, the statue of liberty or the eiffel tower?
The Statue of Liberty in the same category as The Acropolis, Chichen Itza, Machu Picchu, and Hagia Sophia????? NOT!!
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the official watchtower 2006 service year report is not out yet, but i have it on good sources that this year's increase on publishers number is 1.9%.
the average number of publishers will be around 6,500,000. .
here's the % increase for this decade:.
Slim-
Four congregations in the Chicago area were recently disovled and the publishers moved into other congregations. I too am interested in the total congregations figure.
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over a month ago, amw filmed several of rick mclean's victims who were victimized while he served in authority in a number of jw congregations in and around san diego, california.. .
mclean found victims thru his involvement in jw congregations, and kept many quiet for years by intimidation/ 'no one will believe you'.. .
the episode is 'in the can', and mclean, who fled when he learned he would be arrested, is on the loose.you can bet he is molesting some child presently; he is a lifetime molester.. .
bttt
the most recent watchtower offers the usual nausea inducing, mind-numbing and jaw dropping sort of brazen hypocrisy they are becoming.
famous for by accusing other religions of being the antichrist.. page 5 of the dec 1 06 watchtower says the antichrist includes those that "falsely claim to represent christ or that improperly.
ascribe to themselves the role of messiah by presumptously promising to achieve that which only christ can do- bring about.
How true Metatron!!! Excellent post as usual!
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there many to choose from --------------how about .
" millions now living will soon be dead" (with no hope of a resurrection)--------------that means your unbaptized freinds and family members.
"how we have created god in our image" (jealous, hatedful, petty).
"Armageddon's Around The Corner" 2007 District Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses
i read today about three new scientific developments: british scientists are going to try to restore damaged hearts with the patients own.
stem cells, blind mice regained sight when treated with retina cell implants and the natural chemical resveratrol showed anti-aging.
in a mammal ( mice) for the first time.
Excellent commentary as always!!
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anyone seen this?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/tv_and_radio/onelife_series7prog4.shtml
norm
Another brain washed victim to EVIL religious policy which has no scriptural backing whatsoever!! It sickens me to read stories such as these. What a waste of life.
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do you have a favorite translation?
king james, niv, or others that i might not of heard of that are perhaps more poetically written.
or a style/version that you particularly like?.
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures......NOT!!! I have been doing all of my Bible reading in the American Standard Version
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i just read another topic about cos and it got me thinking .
almost every single co's wife was sick and terribly unhappy.
i remember listening to them complain about not having a home, not having children, the accomodations of the friends, etc.
I have known wives of COs who have had problems with depression and alcohol abuse. Of all the traveling overseers' wives that I have met and come to know, as many have stayed in my home while I was growing up, I can honestly say that I can think of only one who really enjoyed her role, she is in her 70s and she and her husband are still traveling. I just saw them a few weeks ago, she is still the "ball of fire" she has always been. She LOVES the ministry, especially working business territory. In my opinion, she does see her assignment as her "calling" I'd dare to say that women like her are few and far between!
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