Can't we just respect the copyright here and stop bending over backwards to defend some clown who slapped his logo on the back and pirated copies in an attempt to promote his website? I have a copy of it in English and Spanish. You want it, it's yours. I've already read it and don't need it anymore. And it's not like he's been truthful in the matter to begin with. He's insisted that the printing was done by his friend solely, yet when that same person was contacted he fully admitted that this printing was an 'arrangement' between the two. He's lying through his teeth and blaming others including JWFacts when he's the one who's been involved with this from its embryonic stages. Ray himself contacted a former mod here and complained about pirating, now the copyright owners are doing the same. That should be that. Either pay for the book, borrow/buy it from somebody or wait until the copyright owners distribute it again as they are indicating. When there's that much of a demand as some are indicating, the supply will find a way to increase.
Las Malvinas son Argentinas
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Did you KNOW Ray and Cynthia or the legal copyright holder? Only a few maybe had limited contact.
by blondie ini have known all of them over the last 15 years, talked at length with them, and knew what their wishes were, the copyright holder and spouse spent even more time with them socially and helping them set up their arrangements for when ray and cynthia passed.
i don't believe that anyone else on this board or others was a confidant.
there is no need to prove it to anyone but the copyright office which is satisfied with this.
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Everybody loves Raymond
by Saintbertholdt ina while ago the user vinman started a forum thread called: "ray franz was an idiot".
the reaction to it was quite negative but i have to admit that the title of that thread was intriguing to me.
by nature i am an iconoclast.
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You are confusing Ewart Chitty with Leo Greenlees. Chitty left in 1979 and Ray served on his judicial committee. All he says is that Chitty was asked to resign by the GB and he did so afterwards. Perhaps he felt that this was a personal and private affair and he'd be a hypocrite in criticising the JW policy of judicial committees if he were to tell all about Chitty. Besides, what narrative is he going to further just by saying Chitty was gay? Greenlees resigned in 1984, after Ray was expelled and after the first release of CofC. In later editions Ray just said Greenlees resigned and that was it. It's likely he heard the reason through the Bethelite gossip network but wasn't about to put out second-hand information in his book. Besides, I think Greenlees was one of the more liberal members of the GB alongside Swingle, Ray and Sydlik. -
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Why does the Watchtower leadership slap its own defenders in the face?
by slimboyfat intake the case of rolf furuli.
i don't think there has been a specific thread on the hebrew verbs u-turn in the nwt, and how the society has responded to the work of perhaps their brightest and ablest defender in their history.
so here goes.. rolf furuli has defended jws on multiple fronts in many different settings, on issues ranging from chronology, mental health, doctrines, bible translation and the blood issue.
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I'm going to go with the standard assumption that the WTS doesn't like anyone who is not directly authorised by them making commentary that is not already drawn out for them in the publications. We've all had a co-worker who is like that - any effort at helping or working with them is immediately viewed as a threat and considered unwelcome. They tolerate Furuli since he doesn't contradict them, but I am sure they keep an extra eye on him and and any words out of him are carefully analysed for deviating off-script. They view him as unnecessary since they already have Jehovah's guidance. -
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Bethel Layoffs In Australia Confirmed
by jonahstourguide inyes, last week the number of bethel layoffs was confirmed from 90 to 125. .
and those going in thinking they may be there for some time have been told.
that they may be there for two months rather than 3 years depending on .
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Back when cassettes were still in circulation, an acquaintance of mine at Bethel couldn't stand listening to Kingdom Melodies so he taped over the gaps on the top of the cassette that prevented erasing and taped Metallica songs he liked. Problem was he kept the tape on the Kingdom Melodies cassette and someone found it. When he got back to his room, they were going through all his possessions and he was sternly taken by his arm by a brother and kept under guard, forbidden from re-entering. They threw him out that night, all they gave him was his wallet and this babble on how he insulted Jehovah's house. He eventually got the rest of it back, but they must have really put his reputation through the ringer as no one would speak to him and the rumour about him by the time he got home was that he was involved with demons. Yeah they don't play around there, and if they want you out it's quick and efficient. -
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No 'Tight Pants' policy is now official - classed as 'disturbing'
by wizzstick inin short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?
)- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.
wow.
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Ultimately this is going to be something the individual JW is going to have to see for themselves. No one can make these people change their dress codes and no media outlet besides the exJW ones are going to think that it's a newsworthy event that Jehovah's Witnesses have a policy against tight fitting and/or revealing clothing. As has been mentioned, this is a policy that is hardly exclusive to JWs. You can put the info out there, but for a gay or closeted JW to see the light and get out of the JWs, it's going to have to be something that makes them realise that JWs do not have the truth. I don't see many exits primarily based on 'why do I have to wear these silly clothes?'. Being indoctrinated to the point that you honestly believe that the GB has the exclusive channel of God and all these directives must be adhered to is the root issue. Once this is removed, then they can realize how silly it is for a religion to dictate what you can wear, and eventually that the Bible's anti-gay rhetoric originates with the cultural taboos of some desert nomads thousands of years ago. -
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No 'Tight Pants' policy is now official - classed as 'disturbing'
by wizzstick inin short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?
)- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.
wow.
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This just in - that strange American-based sect known as Jehovah's Witnesses hates gays. You can't be gay, nor can you adopt clothing styles that they discern as being 'gay'. If you despise homophobia, stay the hell away from those fuckers. If you are still in, think about how your own religion stigmatises and mistreats not only gays but people who dress and act differently than them, otherwise known as 'worldly' people. And I agree, let them have those rules. This is the 21st century. Homophobia is for the most part not acceptable in western countries and they are going to scare away any potential converts and the homophobia ingrained into the minds of the born-ins is going to get themselves rightfully ostracised. -
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Cedars leaked letter requested to be taken down by WTBTS
by umbertoecho ini don't know if this is already posted so sorry people if it is.
cedars site has had a request to take down the leaked letter regarding changes to the theocratic ministry school and other issues.. the reason given by wt is that it is a "copyright" issue.
of course this validates the letters authenticity even more.. have a good day or night people.
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On a side note, you would think they would place a few control words in there that differ from several copies that were internally distributed so as to catch the source who is leaking. Perhaps they have already done so with this letter and have narrowed down their search. -
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Cedars leaked letter requested to be taken down by WTBTS
by umbertoecho ini don't know if this is already posted so sorry people if it is.
cedars site has had a request to take down the leaked letter regarding changes to the theocratic ministry school and other issues.. the reason given by wt is that it is a "copyright" issue.
of course this validates the letters authenticity even more.. have a good day or night people.
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He said he will take it down because it has already been spread over the internet. Happy JWSurvey Day in case I forget. -
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No the WT Borg is not closing! That's Wild Dreaming!
by DwainBowman inno the wt borg is not closing!
that's wild dreaming!
they have been changing directions for a while now, and for whatever reasons, what is happening now is a part of that change!
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My opinion - Mismanagement. WTS has always been reticent about bringing in outsiders and exposing them to such confidential items as financial documents. Whatever educated JWs who were advising them on financial matters were in way over their head and the problem was discovered too late. I do agree that this is a symptom of a much larger problem that is related to their contraction policy of late, but it's hard to connect the dots on a notoriously penurious organisation being this far in the hole and it's all to do with falling donations. The sale of the Brooklyn properties should have been enough to at least keep them temporarily afloat. -
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LOST - one Slim Boy Fat
by besty inlooks like this:.
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hasn't been seen for over a month.. if anybody sees this man please tell him to come back to jwn immediately and tell us wassup..
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I thought about him when I went to Glasgow last month. Even if he didn't want to talk about anything JW-related, I'd imagine he'd have a few things to say about the SNP sweep of Labour earlier this year. Sorry about the referendum though. Take care.
Emilie