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  Service Dept VS Writing Dept

  by Socrateswannabe in

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  i have seen it alluded to in various posts that there is a major rift between the service and writing departments at the world hq.

  for those of you in the know, please explain what is going on, who the players are, what turf are they battling over, who is winning, and the consequences of all of this.

  i am intrigued but i know nothing about it.

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  TheOldHippie

  20-30 years ago it used to be Swingle versus Jaracz. But now?
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  Why is France fighting in the middle of Africa?

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. current

  seriously i have no idea what is going on or why.

  because of my situation at home i have not been watching the news for the past two months or so.

  but i keep catching glimpses about some sort of french war in africa.

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  TheOldHippie

  In Mali it might be a good thing - but then, the Islamic extremists did not gain a certain support in a void - but when the Mali government for years have done nothing but making themselves rich and not doing anything for the people, there is bound to come a reaction. And in some of the other countries where the French have "helped", who knows if the rebels were not the if not "good" then at least the "better" guys than the corrupt governments they tried to topple? Africa is a tragedy, is THE tragedy. The other parts of the world are slowly moving towards a slightly better and more even distribution of what wealth there might be and even more a slightly improved democracy - but Africa? 1 % is still corrupt and suppressing the 99 %. But then those trying to overthrow turn out to be equally bad as soon as they come to power. And behind it all lurks China, giving no thought to human rights at all. Rich Chinese being the reason why the slaughtering of rhinos and elephants has now reached new heights. China + France + African elite = shit shit shit.
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  Still Waiting For the Governing Body To Explain Their “New Light”

  by Cameron_Don in

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  regarding the governing bodys new light relative to matthew 24:45-47, anointedjw.org recently said the following:.

  this new light certainly poses a problem for the governing body.

  perhaps this is another reason why they have not yet published a sober and scriptural xplanation of this new light.

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  TheOldHippie

  Perhaps it will not appear until the DCs this Summer? A range of talks, and then study articles in the WT based on these main talks, to be studied as usual around the turn of the year or early next year.
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  Why is France fighting in the middle of Africa?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
  2. current

  seriously i have no idea what is going on or why.

  because of my situation at home i have not been watching the news for the past two months or so.

  but i keep catching glimpses about some sort of french war in africa.

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  TheOldHippie

  France has "always" been there, in the shadows, and there has scarcely been any attempted coup during the last decades in any of the earlier French colonies, where the ruling dictator has not asked the French forces to help in defeating the rebels. And they have "helped" the dictators, again and again. You probably have read about the diamonds given by Congo ruler Mobutu to the then French president some years ago. The good old boys' network in action. France is a nasty colonial power thru the Legion.
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  Interesting Genetic Research Published on Dog Evolution

  by cantleave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some interesting work has been published this month in nature and reported in various blogs and journals.

  it is work that gives more evidence to support the fact of evolution.

  a team of swedish scientists led by evolutionary geneticist erik axelsson from uppsala university have identified genetic changes that could have been responsible for the transformation of wild wolves, into the ancestors of our beloved pet dogs.

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  TheOldHippie

  Ain't macro at all since they can still interbreed.
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  Fascinating 1914 exchange between CT Russell and a colporteur

  by cedars in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm just doing some research for my book, and i uncovered a real gem from the watch tower of july 1st 1914 - published three months before the "gentile times" were due to end climaxing (as they thought back then) in armageddon.. a rather brave "colporteur" (pioneer) wrote in to the magazine asking whether the studies in the scriptures series of books advocating 1914 to be the end of the world should cease to be circulated after october.

  not only does the question itself prove that the expectations of publishers back then were entirely contrary to what the society repeatedly implies them to be, but the answer given by russell shows the same arrogance and evasiveness that we see in modern literature from the society, showing how little has changed since those days.. here is the clipping.... .

  notice how russell falls back on the same line of argumentation used by the society, namely "we have not attempted to say these views are infallible.".

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  TheOldHippie

  I particularly liked the humble and polite way by which he started his reply:

  "You are entirely in error."

  Nice!

  And it is, as always, enlightening too see the statement that one should be aware of the fact that the year 1914 was not to be the BEGINNING of the troubles, but the END of them .............. There is a certain variance between how now the pre-1914 period is described as a peaceful, happy period ending abruptly in 1914 - whereas the QFR around 1907 circled around whether Russell was mistaken or not, because world conditions then were so tough and full of crime, violence, wars, rumours or war, famine, pestilence - that it was difficult to see how mankind could survive to 1914.
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  Zone visit in France - April 21, 2013

  by fifth.column in

  1. watchtower
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  fyi, a zone visit is scheduled in france for sunday, april 21, 2013. .

  at bethel : only do, some co, a few bethelites and long time elders will be invited to attend.. in each kh : only elders, ms, and pionneers will have the priviledge to attend the direct live retransmission (each kh is used by several cong).

  the rf will have to wait for the mp3 file.... no hierarchy ?

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  TheOldHippie

  Cannot be true. In other parts of Europe this summer's zone visits main talk will be shown in all KHs. You are sure it is not mixing it up with a special meeting for pioneers and elders/servants?
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  Coco Rocha: lonely celeb Jehovah's Witness

  by recovering in

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  here comments made me laugh.

  " if you are not interested just say so".

  http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/lonely_believer_jlww5fd1bwokhvuq7u2e9i.

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  TheOldHippie

  I think it does, Listener, and other factors must be considered too. Greg Stafford was always treated extremely nicely. Writing critical books where you balance extremely carefully in citing what opposers have said and what valid points they might have etc. - and according to himself not being critisised, just having talks and discussions and being on friendly terms with the congregational elders; it surprised me he managed to balance. Then he started his "own religion", Servants of Jah - but still I don't know if he was df'ed. I have shown the Coco articles to others, and they are all thrilled and find her "way" a very positive one.
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  Trend of Fewer Baptisms Continues: Latest JW Conventions in New Zealand

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the round of "international" conventions that started in the middle of last year in the states "wrapped" up last weekend in new zealand.

  there was some media converage (from which i derived the information that follows).

  (someone who knows how to copy links may be able to provide the relevant media links?).

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  TheOldHippie

  Baptismal talks are given when there are no candidates, to make the baptised audience medidate on their own baptism. The questions are not asked if no-one gets up.

  As for age, I have a couple of acquaintances that were baptised at the age of 8 - and that was back in the 1940s, so low age should not be emphasised too much as a sign of an organisational crisis.
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  Just yelled at my mom today

  by trujw in

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  2. experiences

  sorry to post this but for some reason after a year of not talking i got drunk this morning(yeah i know no lecture) and called my mom and blew up.

  i tolded her she was a false prophet and a horriable christian mother who never even came to her grandson's birth by my wife.

  my words came out like a river of rage from which i never knew.

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  TheOldHippie

  Stupid, stupid you.

  And what good did you think you might accomplish with that?