we've had a few comments lately that show that people don't seem to fully comprehend the way moderation works or the point of it.. if someone point something that other people don't like or agree with then that is a difference of opinion.
live with it.. if someone posts something that is crude, insulting, contains bad language etc.
then it violates the posting guildelines and can and should be removed.. now, sometimes we won't immediately notice a post that should be removed.
This is an excellent forum. The rules are very clear and sensible. Moderating takes time. When you deal with the public, in any capacity, there will always be trouble-makers seeking attention.
You can take a horse to water - but it will always stink!
Please keep up the good work Simon.
i've been thinking about brother morris' statement at the zone meeting this past weekend that inactive ones are bloodguilty.
bloodguilt is defined as "guilty of murder or manslaughter.
" murder is #1 on the list of disfellowshipping offenses- all they would have to do is change the wording from "murder" to "bloodguilt" and suddenly there you have grounds to disfellowship anyone who's inactive.
Ah, now you see, bloodguilt is not the sort of thing that bothers gladiators.
got to admit that when some of these screechers get wound up, ive felt the same as the young lady.. http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/11/06/08/34/girl-tells-street-preacher-to-shut-up.
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All sorts of wierdos and fruitcakes hang around towns making a noise. Central london is full of clowns, acropbats, buskers and preachers. Hyde Park corner is pretty interesting too. I've seen the same in New York and all over Europe.
Those that want to watch or listen to their noise stop and toss coins into a hat. Those that aren't walk on by. To stop in front of any street entertainer and repeatedly tell them to shut up is rude.
For a little girl to be encouraged to behave like this is plain sad. The parents should teach her to stay away from strange men, not confront them. They must have been confident he was a nice enough guy to ignor her. He is seriously deluded in his beliefs but he handled it well; dare I say in a Christian way.
Just my take it, but then I live in the UK. Perhaps children like that are par for the course in the USA. Feel free to tell me to shut up - you must be over 18 to do so.
cleveland cavaliers basketball player dion waiters stayed in the locker-room during the national anthem at a recent game.
asked why he responded 'i am rededicating myself to my muslim faith'.
another basketball player recently refused to stand for the anthem while on the court and was fined by the nba, dion chose to remain in the locker-room.. have you heard of followers of islam refusing to stand for the national anthem or to say the pledge of allegiance on religious grounds.. .
When basketball players stand they make it look like everyone else is sitting down. Perhaps they should all not be allowed to stand for the National Anthem.
Many years ago I was at Wembley stadium indoor arena to see an ice-skating show. Jehovah's Witnesses had block booked a whole section. When the National Anthem was played, no-one stood. A gasp went around the arena and the skaters looked up. Apparently they assumed we were communists.
this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.
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The overlapping of the 1914 generation has been replaced in a blinding flash of new light with an new revelation.
The generation that will not pass away until all these things occur, refers to those that witness the present Iraqi conflict in the Middle East. The encamped armies are fighters loyal to Islam. Simon is Gog and Magog in both a literal and symbolic sense, and the Devil is in-the-detail.
the answer to this question is not that easy or obvious as you might think.
if your answer is "creationists" you are wrong, they are evolutionists a rare breed of evolutionists, but evolutionists at last .. at this stage of my argumentation you might think i have lost my mind for stating jehovahs witnesses are evolutionists, but this might be because you are thinking as the wt has taught you to think.
the wt has presented a distorted view of the theory of evolution.
Jehovah's Witnesses are whatever they need to be in order to make sense of their contradictory, convoluted, crass, dysfunctional, deluded, destructive, egotistical, failed, god-fearing, hypocritical, incongruous, Jehovah-fearing, kingdom-on-earth, lamentable, make-believe, neurotic, obtuse, pretend, queer, reprehensible, spiritually-void, theocratic, unbelievable, vacant, witless, xenophobic, yesterday’s-story, zany USA publishing company that claims to be spirit appointed by the Hebrew desert god Jehovah to educate the world to walk in pastures of righteousness.
Phew!
every word this man preaches is official muslim doctrine.. fear of hellfire is central to the life of every muslim.
it is axiomatic that every non-muslim, all kaffir like you and i will spend eternity in hell.. just like roman catholicism and evangelical christianity it is a cult of fear and of death.
unlike christian writers mo was not coy about describing the details of hellfire.. i have just finished reading two autobiographies by ayaan hirsi ali who is a muslim "apostate" and lives under a death threat.
Western and Eastern culture are subtely different.
People in the western world are concerned about where they are headed.
People in the Eastern world are concerned about where they are beheaded.
i have all my family in the cult and was brought up in it myself.
although mentally i'm out if i leave i loose all my family and that would break my heart.
i've somehow got to fly under the radar and not be detected.
Wear a burqa. 
let's say he began ruling in 1914.. where is that rulership?.
i'm hoping this line of thought gets someone thinking.. .
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It's hard to say where Jesus is - he's difficult to nail down.
according to the letter (link below) out of 705 kingdom halls in spain, 295 are being disposed of.. if someone can translate german/spanish, it would throw some light on the specifics.. http://www.bruderinfo-aktuell.de/index.php/brief-zum-koenigreichssaalbauprogramm-in-spanien/#more-948.
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Why is the Watchtower Society making long term plans to expand real estate so close to the end of this wicked, materialistic system? Back in 1974 members were commended for selling their homes and becoming Pioneers.
Surely, with the end so close renting would be the best option. All the many years of toiling to build a property empire, is time that could be spent saving lives. Also with the Great Tribulation almost upon us, and the persecution that will bring, owning Kingdom Halls will make it impossible to 'go underground' unless they abandon the halls. Surely, with the end so close renting would be the best option.
The hypocrisy of the Watchtower Society's position is not beyond belief - it is typical.
