@BobFlanagan007 That's great! We all know how much the Guardian loves religion - I think you could be right about a chance of the story going national. A very good chance I would say.
krejames
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UK Manchester Elder Child Abuse Conviction
by snare&racket inmanchester evening news (the paper who owns the arena used for assemblies).
"jonathan rose was branded a hypocrite as he was locked up for molesting two little girls he met through the church.. manchester crown court heard that rose, of new moston , won the trust of his victims families before targeting their daughters.
his youngest victim was just five-years-old when she was groped by him in her own home.
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Survey: Who Here Believe In God/The Bible? Who Are Not Sure? Who Do Not Believe?
by minimus ini think there are many that still want to believe in a god but just aren't sure.. personally, do you believe in a god?.
are you a "spiritual" person?.
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krejames
I want to believe in a God. Not sure though.
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UK Manchester Elder Child Abuse Conviction
by snare&racket inmanchester evening news (the paper who owns the arena used for assemblies).
"jonathan rose was branded a hypocrite as he was locked up for molesting two little girls he met through the church.. manchester crown court heard that rose, of new moston , won the trust of his victims families before targeting their daughters.
his youngest victim was just five-years-old when she was groped by him in her own home.
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krejames
A lot of local papers are owned by big nationals. Our local one is owned by the company that runs the daily mirror. local stories that are seen as being of national interest sometimes end up in the Mirror. Just saying.
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DANMERA - VIDEO
by clarity ingetting better all the time!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tudwtmxze_a.
clarity.
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krejames
That husky voice, the cool blues streaks in your hair, watchout Danmera, you're a risk of becoming a gay icon!
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Can it be delayed until 1914?
by Doug Mason inunder the heading of "can it be delayed until 1914?
" in zion's watch tower of july 15, 1894, russell advised his readers that the trouble they were experiencing was taking place exactly as he had anticipated 17 years earlier.. russell's readers were concerned that, given the troubles they were experiencing, matters could not hold out until 1914.. he comforted them with the information that 1914 was not the date for the beginning of the time of trouble, but for its end.. the full text and a scan of that page from the watch tower is available at:.
http://www.jwstudies.com/watchtower_1894_07_15_page_226.pdf .
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krejames
Someone I know posted a copy of that article on their facebook page, but without any comment. This was the response from a JW:
"Wow, that's amazing! Where did you get that? I really liked what they said in the WT a couple of weeks ago about this: "For instance, in the year 1914, some thought that their being taken to heaven was imminent. When their hopes were not immediately realized, an earnest reexamination of the Scriptures brought into focus that a great preaching campaign lay ahead." How easy it would have been for them to get discouraged, sit around moaning, or even leave the truth, but instead they went back to the Bible and examined it to see what was going to happen next and then took up the preaching work. Really wonderful. I find it so hard to be like that if I'm disappointed about something! Good example!"
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New Article on BEARDS and Attire of Jehovah's Witnesses
by jwfacts ini have had requests to add an article about beards and jehovah's witnesses.
it is interesting that there is virtually no statement that says a witness cannot have a beard, yet universally they do not have beards.
i have scoured quotes from all the threads on jwn, all references to beard on the cd watchtower library, and copies of elders letters that i have.
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krejames
I was an MS in the UK and i wore a beard (still do). The elders said it was acceptable because it was well trimmed ( tho one elder did tell me another elder was anti-beards)
Incidentally I remember someone telling me that in illustrations throughout the 70s and 80s (and i think the Live Forever book might be a good example) evil people, those dying at Armageddon etc were often given a goatee.
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Jehovah's Witnesses MOST FEARED VIDEO 220,000 views
by Watchtower-Free in220,000 views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id18qonjzu4.
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krejames
What Steve2 said
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How men become homosexuals...
by Calebs Airplane infinally, i've found the reason why some men become homosexuals.. the 1976 book "your youth: getting the best of it" explains it here in great detail.... .
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krejames
The two Stephen Fry documentaries were excellent (the two part documentary was called "out there")
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MEXICO | Jehovah's Witness Family of 8 Massacred including three Children
by jwleaks ineight family members killed in mexico massacremexico | november 17, 2013. mexican police found sunday a family of eight, including three children, stabbed to death and tied down in their home in the northern city of ciudad juarez.. a two-year-old boy survived the attack and was handed to neighbors, local police said.. the chihuahua state prosecutor's office said the assailants apparently forced their way inside the house and killed two men, three women and three children between the ages of four and six.. their mouths were covered with duct tape and their hands and feet were tied.
neighbors said they heard gun shots but authorities said the victims had stab wounds.. neighbors said the house owner was a car salesman.. the family was supposed to attend a meeting of jehovah's witnesses when they were attacked inside their home on sunday morning, according to testimonies.. they were discovered dead after members of the congregation went to look for them.. ciudad juarez, which borders the us state of texas, was once the deadliest city in mexico amid a turf war between drug cartels.. more than 10,000 people have been killed in the city since 2006 but the murder rate began to decline in 2011.. local officials say the drop in violence is due to tougher policing and crime prevention programs, but security experts believe it began to wane after the sinaloa drug cartel defeated the rival juarez gang.. read latest breaking news from newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mexico-crime-murder/2013/11/17/id/537112#ixzz2kziajt8f.
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krejames
It seems they missed the meeting because they had been murdered. It was not that they were murdered while missing a meeting. Let's not be too quick to find any excuse to bring a "heartless-JWs" negative into this tragedy. My heart goes out to them, their family and all their friends. And the congregation will no doubt be devastated.
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When was the significance of the year 1919 first stated?
by jwfacts in.
when was it first introduced that the watchtower organisation was chosen in 1919?
i expect this was something first published under rutherford, as a way of making his leadership more important than that of russell, but would like some evidence to back that claim up.. .
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krejames
Good question. Will check A People For His Name, later as that has quite a good account of how doctrine developed over the years. (I'm at work at the moment)