port-au-prince (reuters) - a major earthquake hit the impoverished country of haiti on tuesday, collapsing buildings in the capital port-au-prince and burying residents under rubble, a reuters reporter in the city said.. he said he saw dozens of dead and injured people in the rubble, which blocked streets in the city.. the epicenter of the quake was located inland, only 10 miles from the capital port-au-prince and was very shallow at a depth of only 6.2 miles.. it prompted a tsunami watch for parts the caribbean, the pacific tsunami warning center said on tuesday.. "everything started shaking, people were screaming, houses started collapsing ... it's total chaos," reuters reporter joseph guyler delva said.
"i saw people under the rubble, and people killed," he added.. a local employee for the u.s. charity food for the poor reported seeing a five-storey building collapse in port-au-prince, a spokeswoman for the group, kathy skipper, told reuters.. another food for the poor employee said there were more houses destroyed than standing in delmas road, a major thoroughfare in the city.. panic-stricken residents filled the streets desperately trying to dig people from rubble or seeking missing relatives as dark fell shortly after the quake.. "people were screaming 'jesus, jesus' and running in all directions," delva said.. a major earthquake, of magnitude 7 or higher, is capable of causing widespread and heavy damage.
there was no immediate report of damage or casualties.. the tsunami center said the watch was in effect for haiti, the neighboring dominican republic, with which it shares the island of hispaniola, cuba and the bahamas.. "a destructive widespread tsunami threat does not exist based on historical earthquake and tsunami data," the center said.
I have family in Haiti, we have had no word from them. My mother-in-law's lived 1/4 mile from Police HQ's, that is no longer there. Needless to say my wife is distraught.
Her family are well to do in Haiti. My in-law builts a kingdom hall there. Her alzheimers has wiped out over 30 years as a witness, she has no memory of being a witness and is now a Catholic again.
But as we know, rich or poor, mature nature does not discriminate!
RR
this just in from the rumor mill.. the society are selling their printing presses in mexico and that the mexican witnesses would now have to get all of their literature from the canadian branch from here on out.
needless to say, the mexican jws are livid.. as you know the society did the same thing with the madrid branch in spain.
as of this past october all literature now comes from the london branch.. rr.
This just in from the rumor mill.
The Society are selling their printing presses in Mexico and that the Mexican Witnesses would now have to get all of their literature from the Canadian branch from here on out. Needless to say, the Mexican JWs are livid.
As you know the Society did the same thing with the Madrid branch in Spain. As of this past October all literature now comes from the London branch.
RR
this may have been discussed before but......... .
heard that many jw's in birmingham are leaving organization....looking elsewhere for spiritual homes.
wonder what's happening.
Yep it's true, a mass exodus, upwards of about 250 Witnesses have left or are in the process. Some made their way to the Chicago Bible Students convention held during the New Years.
RR
hi guys, i have noticed that you two seem to have lots of knowlege at your fingertips.
so i hope you dont mind me attn to you!.
i have found the following information on the internet while looking into the miracle wheat:.
The cemetary was actually farmland owned by Charles Tayes Russell, C.T.'s uncle who left to him upon his death. Notice the different spelling of the middle name
a family member wants to know where in what publications does it say that jesus selected the wt in 1919.. it seems i've read that statement over and over again on "apostate" forums, but right now i can't find what publication it says that in.. this could be my chance to start planting seeds of doubt and expose 607, muahaha!
*evil apostate laugh* .
any know this off hand and can point me in the right direction?
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With this accurate rendering we can appreciate how our Lord promotes this consecrated service organization which he pictures as the “faithful and discreet slave” at this end of the world. Before being promoted the slave is put over only the Lord’s “domestics”, or “body of attendants”, to give them their spiritual food at the proper time; and so we can see how one in his position could turn evil and start beating his fellow slaves. But what promotion does the discreet slave organization get for faithfully feeding all the Lord’s domestics? Jesus’ prophecy on the world’s end answers: “Happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so. Truly I say to you that he will appoint him over [what?] ALL his belongings.” (Matt. 24:46, 47, NW; Luke 12:43, 44) And now the facts show that Jesus promoted his anointed slave class in this way since 1919
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i've been trying to get my ged for a few months now.
i bought some books and have been working through them on my own.
i came to a road block working on my own, and i decided to go for free classes offered by my local school district.
Getting my GED so I can go to college
College? Shame on you, you should be pioneering fulltime!
hi guys, i have noticed that you two seem to have lots of knowlege at your fingertips.
so i hope you dont mind me attn to you!.
i have found the following information on the internet while looking into the miracle wheat:.
I haven't looked at they charter in some years, I tried looking for it, but it's probably in a pile or in a box. I do remember there was a board of directors, and Bohnet was president and Russell was a member. There was no connection to the Watchtower in the charter. In fact, if you look at old photos of the cemetary, right where the Masonic temple is today, across theroad, is where the old farmhouse use to be where Bohnet lived, I believee he was a florist of sorts.
I have wondered myself what happened to United Cemetaries and whether or not it still exist on paper, if the Society owns it now. I do know that the Society had the pyramid opened to retrieve what was inside, I was told they found nothing, but who knows. If I find the document I'll scan it and make it available
in one sentence, can you define what the real "truth" is?
not the watchtower version (we all know what that is)..
so, how well hidden, is the exact meaning of this parable?
let's look at that parable now!.
45 "who then is a faithful and sensible slave,whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?
The Governing Body has never been the FDS. FLA Freytag is.
http://cgi.ebay.com/charles-russel-watchtower-paper-weight-jehovah_w0qqitemz370316401205qqcmdzviewitemqqptzlh_defaultdomain_0?hash=item563893da35.
is this a literal price or a figurative price?.
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Those were made in the mid 1920s, but I don't believe it was done by the Watchtower Society. I believe they were distributed by the Bible Students Bookstore which was run by Leslie Jones, who published all the early Convention Reports and compilations like "What Pastor Russell said (Question book) and "What Pastor Russell Taught (Covenants book), etc.
There were other items like these sold, like the great pyramoid paperweight with russell's picture inside ... LOL
Anyone want a Judge Rutherford dartboard?
