Stephanus

Joined

• started 323 topics
• posted 4,638 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Stephanus

• 
  9

  How the Tower Will Write Up This Tragic Event:

  by Stephanus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is an extract of the awake!

  article on the port arthur massacre some years ago in tasmania.

  a nut with an automatic weapon went around slaughtering people willy-nilly in this famous tourist area.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Stephanus

  The Dubs will take any broad human tragedy and try and turn it into a shallow photo-op for themselves. See the way the Dubs on the scene were turned away from the site yet try to give the impression that their presence there was important. Yet a Salvation Army officer died while trying to help others at Port Arthur. Who are the true Christians, the ones who help, or the ones who stand on the sidelines chanting "We told you so! The Time is short!"?

  Expect a 'Tower/Awake! article in this vein soon!
• 
  9

  How the Tower Will Write Up This Tragic Event:

  by Stephanus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is an extract of the awake!

  article on the port arthur massacre some years ago in tasmania.

  a nut with an automatic weapon went around slaughtering people willy-nilly in this famous tourist area.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Stephanus

  Here is an extract of the Awake! article on the Port Arthur massacre some years ago in Tasmania. A nut with an automatic weapon went around slaughtering people willy-nilly in this famous tourist area. Look at the shameless way in which the WBTS tries to steer attention away from the victims onto itself:

  *** g96 12/22 16-18 Massacre at Port Arthur-Why Did It Happen? ***
  Sunday Afternoon Preaching
  In the meantime, Jenny Ziegler and her family, part of the Port Arthur Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, met at 1:30 p.m. in preparation for sharing in the ministry. The family then headed toward the Port Arthur Historical Site. Jenny wanted to call on David Martin, the friendly owner of the Seascape Cottage guesthouse. Earlier, she and another Christian sister had enjoyed a Bible discussion with him.
  A little after 2:00 p.m., as Jenny, her husband, and their children approached the guesthouse, they noticed smoke coming from a burning car on the lawn. Police officers stopped them and told them to return the way they had come. “Things began to take on an air of foreboding for us,” Jenny noted. “The roads seemed strangely deserted.”
  However, still unaware that anything was really wrong, the family turned off the highway to go to a little beach to carry on their planned preaching activity. There, all appeared normal: Children were swimming, people were walking along the far end of the beach, and an elderly couple were sitting in their car reading. “My husband approached them, and a pleasant conversation followed,” Jenny said. “He informed them that there seemed to be a problem along the highway and suggested that when leaving the beach, they do so by another route. I spoke briefly to a young man, and we left shortly afterward.”
  The Zieglers continued on the road toward the Port Arthur Historical Site. “Here, blocking the entrance to the site,” Jenny explained, “were several cars. Later we learned that they blocked from view the bodies of people who had been shot. A man informed us: ‘A bloke’s run amok with a gun; maybe 15 dead!’ We were advised to leave immediately.”
  A Horrible End to It
  The ordeal was far from over, as Jenny noted: “The drive home was nerve-racking because we didn’t know where the gunman was. Each time we met another car on the road, we wondered whether he was in it. Even when we reached home safely, we felt vulnerable, since we live in an isolated area where a person with knowledge of the local terrain could easily hide. Since our Christian brothers and sisters knew where we had headed that afternoon, we immediately began receiving calls to check on our safety.
  “As we thought about what had happened, we realized that if we had arrived to visit the guesthouse owner a few minutes earlier, we could have been among those slain. It chilled us to think that the killer might even have had us in his rifle sights as we talked to the police there!”
  More than 200 police eventually surrounded the guesthouse that Sunday night, keeping low to avoid the gunman’s occasional volley of bullets. He apparently demanded a helicopter to make his escape, but during the night negotiations broke down. At about 8:00 a.m. on Monday, smoke was seen coming from the house. The gunman got out alive, although he suffered burns. The three hostages, including the guesthouse owner the Zieglers had attempted to visit, were later found dead in the incinerated remains of the house, raising the death toll to 35.
  Why Did It Happen?
  About seven weeks earlier, on March 13, a gunman in Dunblane, Scotland, had entered a school gymnasium and gunned down 16 small children and their teacher. In keeping with an old television news maxim, “If it bleeds, it leads,” this became an international news event. Some behavioral experts suggested that the Australian gunman may have been trying to exceed the death count of the Dunblane murders. Significantly, in the United States, the so-called Zodiac killer, who had for years terrorized New York City, said that he had tried to exceed other slayers that he had read about.
  Another factor that many say contributes to the epidemic of killings is the sex and violence depicted in films and videos. Australia’s Herald Sun reported: “A total of 2000 violent and pornographic videos have been confiscated from the house of alleged Port Arthur mass murderer Martin Bryant. . . . The discovery of the video cache came as the focus turned to the role of violent movies in the Port Arthur massacre.” Similarly, the New York Daily News reported that “two boxes of pornographic videos lay on the single bed” of the confessed Zodiac killer.
  When the Port Arthur massacre became known, some television stations immediately changed their scheduled programs. Afterward, columnist Penelope Layland wrote the article “Hypocrisy of TV on Violence and Grief” and noted: “In a way, pulling those violent shows was like a token one-minute silence. Tomorrow, next week, next month, it will be business as usual.”
  However, to gain greater insight into why violence is now so prevalent, we need to turn to the Bible. It long ago foretold that “in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be . . . without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness.” (2 Timothy 3:1-5) Thus, today’s increase in violence only adds to the evidence that we are in the last days and that the end of this system of things is near.—Matthew 24:3-14.
  As many may suspect, the demons—wicked invisible spirit forces—are involved in the epidemic of savage, inhuman behavior. (Ephesians 6:12) After describing the ousting of Satan the Devil and his demons from heaven, the Bible says: “Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing he has a short period of time.” (Revelation 12:7-9, 12) We are in that period of woe right now, and Satan and his demons are using whatever means they can to urge humans to commit increased acts of violence.
  Yet, Satan, his demons, and their wicked world will soon be gone, and the rule of God’s Kingdom will usher in a new world of righteousness. (Daniel 2:44; Matthew 6:9, 10; 2 Peter 3:13; 1 John 2:17; Revelation 21:3, 4) Jenny noted: “At the moment, we are ‘weeping with people who weep,’ but it is our desire to share our Kingdom hope with those in the community who have been deeply shocked by this tragedy.”—Romans 12:15.
• 
  34

  Planes just a diversion... Ambulances had bombs.

  by biblexaminer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i feel pretty sure about this, that the planes were just a diversion set to allow emergency vehicles easy access to the basement parking lot.

  eye witnesses placed a large explosion just before the south building came down.

  one thing is sure, the buildings did not come down as a result of the planes hitting them or any explosions due to that.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Stephanus

  Aha, BX! I knew you were a "second explosioner"! LOL

  UO, I choose to believe you as a reliable source.

  Trouble is, for years now, the "exploding ambulance" theory will be doing the rounds of the conspiracy theory community!
• 
  32

  Pinch ME Please I Must be Dreaming!

  by Cassiline in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i woke up this morning as you all did to this chaos that has enveloped our country, for those of you outside our country i am sure you were just as shocked.

  nothing as devistating has happened during my lifetime.

  although for some of you in countrys where terriosm is an everyday occurence i now can see the horror and heartache you must deal with on a daily basis.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Stephanus

  Nothing as devistating has happened during my lifetime.

  I've got the same sick feeling I had when the Challenger exploded. It's one of those tragedies which transcends the deaths of the individuals involved - it's like a part of humanity itself has died! My heart goes out to all involved - this is a truly horrific thing which should never have happened.
• 
  5

  Opinions on how this tragedy will affect us all

  by Ranchette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am just as shocked as every one else because of todays events.. i am sorry about all the loss of life and injuries.also my heart goes out to the friends and families of those lost.. i'm looking at how this will affect us all.. what are your oppinions on what this will do to the economy?.

  what other far reaching effects may this have?

  any thoughts?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Stephanus

  At least you've got a Bush in the Whitehouse now, TR - Clinton's response to Bin Laden's terrorism was to bomb a pharmacueticals factory in a poverty stricken part of Africa so as to divert attention from his philanderings! Hopefully wherever Bin Laden is will hand him over without a struggle...
• 
  34

  Planes just a diversion... Ambulances had bombs.

  by biblexaminer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i feel pretty sure about this, that the planes were just a diversion set to allow emergency vehicles easy access to the basement parking lot.

  eye witnesses placed a large explosion just before the south building came down.

  one thing is sure, the buildings did not come down as a result of the planes hitting them or any explosions due to that.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Stephanus

  Shades of the "second explosion" rumour which started circulating around the internet minutes after the Oklahoma bombing, BX! Can't conspiracy theorists ever accept the apparent and obvious reason for anything??

  On a positive note, it makes my heart glad to see so many ex-JWs jettisoning that last taboo and coming forward to give blood to help in this crisis - that's what true religion is all about! Tragedy tends to bring out both the best and worst in people.

  Best: "I will give blood to help others"
  Worst: "I will give "When a Loved One Dies" pamphlets out to further the Kingdom"
• 
  21

  What does the WBTS say about today? READ!!

  by LDH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just called wbts public information office.

  718 560-5619.. i had a hard time not busting out laughing........ i asked them, "is this armeggedon?".

  the girl who answered the phone laughed.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Stephanus

  On the other hand, todays events will certainly make the markets crumble tomorrow, my estimate is Dow down 600 to 1000. Oil will go through the roof, so will gold, making You Know and his gold cronies some money.

  YK will never make money - you cannot by continuously maintaining a short position...
• 

  Join the Fight Against Global Good Spelling!

  by Stephanus in

  1. jw
  2. friends
• 

  Stephanus
• 
  20

  Tickets for special meeting changed!

  by Esmeralda in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey all,.

  i've been out all day, so i apologize in advance if anyone already posted this info.. one of my jw relatives (whom i happened to see while visiting my dad this afternoon) told my mother that she'd have to "turn in her ticket to the elders to get a replacement.

  " from what she said, they've changed the color of the ticket.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Stephanus

  Why not make a few hundred of them, and give them away to all alcoholics in the streets in the area, telling them there is free luxory dinners and free booze on the tickets? I bet the WT SS-guards would have a hard time in the door! LOL

  How cruel, Kent! They may find the "meat in due season" to be extremely unpalatable! LOL
• 
  8

  Norwegian Election

  by Stephanus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  tell us all about it, jan, norm and kent!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Stephanus

  I wonder if he's a republican...