hey,.
i would be grateful to anyone who could give me some feed back on the "one witness policy".. i can't get over how if someone is convicted by a court of law for abuse, but denies it to the elders then they can't be disfellowshipped.
i've spoken to most of my family over this and several elders, they (mostly, apart from the true die-hards) all find it hard to accept.. surely this is no different from the catholics who don't ex-communicate.. surely they have to do something about this.. .
Hmmm.....so it was the Devil who gave the WTS the right to go door to door in Stratton, Ohio.
Was it the Devil who built all those bridges and roads in your city/state? So it was the Devil who came up with welfare and social security benefit! And it was the Devil who gave the JW right to refuse blood tranfusion.
Please.....
So true!
hmmm... tastes like chicken.. .
am i chicken?
am i a frog?
Vanilla, please!
in response to an enquiry, i received this e-mail today.
does this prove beyond any doubts that the watchtower's entire list of pedophiles names, in brooklyn headquarters, has to be turned over to appropriate law enforcement officials?
by their failure to do so, is not the wts clearly breaking the law?
My dear Bleep,
Are you talking about those 23,720 pedos in the WTS HQ? Maybe they were never reported. ;-) However, one by one they are forced to face the consquences. I'm sure many of them repented, but when you broke the law , you have to face the consquences just like Jehovah said.
Just let you know, Bleep dear, I'm not saying that the repented pedos should get DF'd. I don't think they should get DF'd if, only if they truly repented. But they are obligated to abide the Caesar's law at this time. As you may know many pedos tend to have multiple victims. We should prevent it before we get another victim.
The WTS said that there are brothers, who were found guilty of pedophilia, still going door to door and holding positions as elders. The problem is, Bleep, they are told by the WTS that no one should know about this even the publishers in the congregation. This was told to me by the elders in my former congregation as well. I don't know how much you know about the pedophiles. But I understand that some of them are more serious - kind of like being mentally ill. I'm not going to go into details, but I think the WTS should change the policy. Other wise some one in your congregation might become the next victim.
howdy folks,.
last night i was reviewing the new publication: "worship the only true god" ("worship") which is an update of the "united in worship of the only true god" ("united").. while i only spent a short time doing this there are evidently many changes.
some are just grammatical or stylistic changes and others i am wondering if they may be more significant in terms of doctrinal shifts.. examples:.
It's interesting to see that the new book mentions, "the slave class and its Governing Body". I was taught that the Governing Body itself was the slave class. I guess the corporation is really taking off now. ;-)
Of course the old United book was printed before they changed their doctrine on "the generation". ( sigh...) I guess we just have to wait and see.
Thank you, Ed. Nice post!
in response to an enquiry, i received this e-mail today.
does this prove beyond any doubts that the watchtower's entire list of pedophiles names, in brooklyn headquarters, has to be turned over to appropriate law enforcement officials?
by their failure to do so, is not the wts clearly breaking the law?
Please check www.Meganslaw.org.
In the U.S.A. no matter where you were convicted or commited the crime. If you are a sex-offender, you must register to the local authority. But those 23,720 pedos are not convicted yet. I would love to see the reactions of District Attorneys of all 50 states.
our friend alan f. and his wife julie have been on vacation in oregon for a week.
they took a couple days to visit the oregon coast and rented a beach house in a small town south of cannon beach.
i drove down from portland yesterday to spend the day with them and their daughter julie and my son abe.
seven006, ( SIGH...). No comment! x-(
scientific american has been very conservative about reporting progress.
on the anti-aging front.. that may change, however, with the new august issue discussing.
the testing of new chemicals which mimic caloric deprivation.. as the article explains, the best bet for extending the life of.
And I thought it was another facial cream.
what irritates me is when the car in front of me on the interstate leaves his turning signal on for 8 miles.
i was so irritated at this coming back from lunch today that all i could think of was, 'wouldn't it be great if i had a rocket installed in this little car so i could blow his car off the road?
' why do we get pissed at little stuff like this?
Closed mind people. I'm trying to learn how to ignore those kinds of people now. x-(
in response to an enquiry, i received this e-mail today.
does this prove beyond any doubts that the watchtower's entire list of pedophiles names, in brooklyn headquarters, has to be turned over to appropriate law enforcement officials?
by their failure to do so, is not the wts clearly breaking the law?
Does the State of NY have "Megan's Law" as well?
If they do, then the WTS might be in a bbbbbbbiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggg trouble.
