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  As a JW - Did you See Meetings Continue in Spite of Medical Emergencies?

  by flipper in

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  i was talking the other day with a fellow board member about medical emergencies occuring at meetings and how we both agreed that we ( while jw's ) had never seen a meeting stop or be cancelled due to medical emergencies experienced by a fellow jw.

  the wt society trains jw' s to lose their authentic human feelings or any empathy towards others physical or emotional sufferings many times.

  so many times at meetings , in spite of someone suffering a serious medical emergency it was " the show must go on " type of attitude displayed by congregation elders.. my first experience at seeing a medical emergency at the kingdom hall was an older sister who had an epileptic attack.

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  Two instance I can recall: at the Jersey City assembly hall, an elderery brother succumbed to a heart attact while the Circuit Overseer was on the platform. It happened at the rear of the round floor, or back of what was the ochestra section, of the building. The commotion caused the CO to angrily order an edit to the noise, and continued on his merry way with his useless lecture.

  Another: On a PBS program a documentary which highlighted the work of paramedics, several of the first responders related an incident at a Kingdom Hall where they were called to rescue another victim of a heart attack. They said that as they were administering first aid, several JWs sought to push literature on them; it caused them to remark on the JWs strange set of priorities.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 09-18-2011 WT Study (GOD'S REST)

  by blondie in

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  that the seventh day was still under.

  the man that has entered into gods rest has.

  what was the purpose of gods seventh day of rest?.

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  Nice work, as usual, Blondie. What the articlwe brings to mind is the Biblical use of "generation;" the whole idea of making the Israelites wander for 40 years in the wilderness was precisely because God sought to punish the faithless "generation" that opposed Joshua and Caleb, mandated that this "generation" "passed away" in the wilderness. So, in God's view, 40 years was enough to accomplish this.
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  Oct 15 WT life story of Fred Rusk beating children to attend church not a good idea?

  by life is to short in

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  i was just flipping through the oct 15 witness only wt about fred rusk as someone on this board had posted about it.. one point that really caught my attention was when fred was talking about being raised by his aunts and how they forced him to attend the baptists church.

  he says in his own words "grandfather's older daughters managed the household.

  although he was not a religious man, his daughters were strict southern baptists.

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  one creepy dude, if I remember correctly; didn't look like he had any blood in his veins.
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  Lawyer’s Response — Resigned and Withdrawn Elder

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  lawyers response resigned and withdrawn elder .

  today i uploaded a new article to my blog containing a 14-page incredibly detailed response from a watchtower lawyer to a long-time high-ranking elder who had resigned and withdrawn his association with watchtower.

  my article is titled lawyers response resigned and withdrawn elder and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2011/09/lawyers-response-resigned-and-withdrawn.html.

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  What a bloated, turgid crock! Do they pay these guys by the word??
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  JW Blasts Three Guys With Stun Gun Sunday At Jets-Cowboys Game

  by Room 215 in

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  news 88 new york reported this morning somebody named larry mckelvey, did not stand for national anthem; 3 guys tried to rough him up and he blasted them with stun gun at sunday's jets-cowboys game.

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  The newpaper report:

  http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/09/13/2011-09-13_stun_guy__did_what_i_had_to_do_says_he_was_just_protecting_self.html
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  JW Blasts Three Guys With Stun Gun Sunday At Jets-Cowboys Game

  by Room 215 in

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  news 88 new york reported this morning somebody named larry mckelvey, did not stand for national anthem; 3 guys tried to rough him up and he blasted them with stun gun at sunday's jets-cowboys game.

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  News 88 New York reported this morning somebody named Larry McKelvey, did not stand for national anthem; 3 guys tried to rough him up and he blasted them with stun gun at Sunday's jets-Cowboys game.
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  Watchtower defiance against Hitler

  by The Quiet One in

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  watchtower october 1, 2011 page 14 'did hitler receive letters of protest from church officials concerning the outrager perpetrated by the national socialists, or nazis?

  there were some, but such letters were few and far between.

  in the moscow archives, however, eberle found a file containing a number of letters sent to hitler by jehovah's witnesses..protesting against the conduct of the nazis.

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  It seems there's evidence that Hitler initially would have been satisfied with the expulsion of all Jews from Germany; but when the rest of the world, including the United States proved reluctant if not actively opposed to taking them in, he radicalized his intention, turning to the "final solution" option.
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  JWs relieved when judges decree their kids must have a blood transfusion

  by MrMonroe in

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  danny haszard tweeted the following story from the flordia sun-sentinel: state butts in to give kids a life.

  it's a fascinating story that shows the real attitude of many parents of young children who become seriously ill. though ordered by their religion to refuse transfusions and simply accept that their child may die as a result, some parents willingly accept the right of the state to decree that a transfusion must take place if doctors so decide.. no parent wants their child to die, and it would simply tear them apart to know that a reasonably simple and routine medical practice could save their life ... yet they would be shunned by their family and friends if they accepted.

  the solution is to hope like hell the state steps in, allowing them to say to their congregation, "well, what can you do?

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  One gets the sense that the GB wishes the whole blood ban mess would just go away, and are wracking their brains for a face-saving way to extricate themselves without triggering an avalanche of law suits.
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  Per the Oct 15, 2011 WT: Forced to attend church under threat of beating? Result: He had little regard for religion.

  by Open mind in

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  the current kool-aid watchtower has a life story by a guy named fred rusk who grew up in the 1930's.

  notice his understandable response to being forced to attend the baptist church.. .

  the watchtower, october 15, 2011, p. 18. .

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  Fred Rusk, Gilead instructor; ah, there's one cadaverous individual!
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  News article: Watchtower buys another parcel

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20110825/news/108250327/-1/sitemapwatchtower buys another parceljehovah's witnesses to exit brooklyn for orange county this is the former international nickel co. site in warwick that the watchtower bible and tract society purchased two years ago to be the site of its new world headquarters.

  the former international nickel property is about six miles from the society's latest purchase, the one-time international paper property in tuxedo.by alyssa sunkintimes herald-recordpublished: 2:00 am - 08/25/11 .

  the jehovah's witnesses organization is moving forward with its plans to move its world headquarters to the town of warwick.

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  Significant news, thanks; it seems the WT is sinking its claws ever deeper into the present system of things! Doesn't anyone ever care to remind them that they're supposed to averting bloodguilt by directing their energies and resources into shouting out their life-saving message to the billions of men, women and children from the impending doom they face at any moment, and by any means available to them?