Posts by InquiryMan

The countries mentioned specifically in the media site, are listed consecutively after a news item has been released. So far, there has not been any news item devoted to Australia (and I doubt there will... :-)

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If two elders showed up at your front door

by unbeliever in

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and asked do you accept the faithful and distreet slave as jehovahs channel on earth (or something similar to that) what would you say/do?.

i would laugh my ass off and slam the door in their face.

this really happened to a friend of mine a long time ago.

InquiryMan

In fact I was asked this very question from my "father-in-law". He obviously had been instructed by an elder-friend as he is not an elder himself to ask this cardinal question. I did not provide him with an answer, cause he was not entitled whatsoever to get one. Since we’ve chosen not to DA/DF due to family, we are able to maintain family relations. However, this man (who was inactive for years, leading a rather messy life) has the guts even to "shun" us by not coming to our house, being in a cafe nearby if my mother in law pop’s in for a visit (very rare though). He obviously is afraid of being contaminated by people who have enough nerve to think for themselves.

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Online WT article: Religion - How Should It Be Financed?

by truthseeker in

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in light of the recent letter read to congregations, it would be good to review the article they have on financing religion.

while jehovah's witnesses do not practice tithing, they sure do have a way of getting that proverbial plate round the congregations.. for those not familiar with the recent letter to congregations in the us, here is a snippet... wts bills us jws $8.4 million for traveling overseers.

being announced at service meetings this week at all us congregations:.

InquiryMan

Some European assembly halls also provide electronic contribution devices.

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Without the Internet. Would you still have been a active believing dub??

by Samuel Thorsen in

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perhaps i would.. struggeling with doubts of course, but going to the meetings and turning in 2 or 3 hours on my report every month like i used to.... what about you guys?

InquiryMan

Perhaps I would also. I had a nagging doubt, but the internet proved it to be valid. And also realizing that a lot of others had drawn the same conclusions. (I however, did not turn in just in 2-3 hours, I was an elder almost close to my "departure")

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Canadian Teenager update

by InquiryMan in

jehovah's witness teen doing well without transfusion

girl at centre of court battle in n.y. hospital

isabel vincent

InquiryMan

Jehovah's Witness teen doing well without transfusion Girl at centre of court battle in N.Y. hospital Isabel Vincent National Post May 25, 2005 A Jehovah's Witness teenager from British Columbia will be released today from an elite New York children's hospital after undergoing medical treatment without blood transfusions. "She hasn't required any blood transfusions and her hemoglobin is stable," said Michael Lacorte, director of the blood avoidance program at Schneider Children's Hospital. "The most difficult part of the therapy has been concluded. For the next two months she will be treated as an outpatient." The 14-year-old has been at the centre of a Canada-wide legal battle over whether she can seek bloodless treatment for her bone cancer in the United States. Blood transfusions are contrary to her family's religious beliefs. Her physicians at the B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver had said last month she would likely need a transfusion following chemotherapy, which can inhibit the growth of blood cells. The girl travelled with her parents to Toronto to seek a second opinion at the Hospital for Sick Children -- in contravention of a B.C. court order that she undergo treatment in her home province. An Ontario Superior Court judge this month upheld the B.C. ruling, and ordered the girl to be flown back for treatment, even though her family had made arrangements to have her treated at the Schneider hospital. The girl, who cannot be identified because of a court-imposed publication ban, was prohibited from travelling to the United States with her family. She was led sobbing from a downtown Toronto courtroom, and transported by air ambulance to Vancouver a few hours after the hearing. But last week, the family, their lawyers and the B.C. ministry of Children and Family Development agreed to a compromise, and allowed the teenager, who will be 15 next month, to be treated at the New York hospital, which specializes in bloodless medical treatments for children. "We came to an agreement that was filed before the court that none of the parties would be commenting on this matter," said Jeremy Berland, the assistant deputy minister of Children and Family Development in an interview from Victoria yesterday. "We wish her the best, and we want to respect her right to privacy." Although physicians at Schneider Children's Hospital have said they cannot offer an ironclad guarantee that they can treat her without resorting to transfusions, they have had a great deal of experience treating children without using blood products, Dr. Lacorte said, adding that hospital staff and administrators believe that avoiding blood transfusions in children is good medicine. The girl was diagnosed in December with osteogenic sarcoma, a bone cancer, in her right leg. She later underwent surgery in Vancouver to remove a cancerous tumour from her leg, and was told by her physician at the B.C. Children's Hospital that he would likely need to administer transfusions with the chemotherapy treatments. Shane Brady, the lawyer for the child's family, said they were "delighted" with last week's agreement with the B.C. ministry, although he would not comment further on the negotiations that led to the resolution. "The family has been through a really gruelling experience," said Dr. Lacorte. "They would really like some anonymity right now. We have had a lot of interest from local media, but we're not responding." According to Dr. Lacorte, the girl, who was first seen by doctors at Schneider last Wednesday, has already undergone the most difficult phase of her treatment, which has included surgery and chemotherapy. Dr. Lacorte would did not elaborate on any specific treatments she received, but said she will remain in the New York area until mid-July and be treated at the hospital as an outpatient. In March, Canadian doctors removed a cancerous tumour from her right leg. The family is living with a local Jehovah's Witness family, Dr. Lacorte said. "All I can tell you is she is in good spirits and has a really great sense of humour," said Dr. Lacorte. "She's a doll."

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Do JWs Actually Have Less of a Divorce Rate Than Other Religions???

by minimus in

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i think so.

very few couples got divorced, even after they were caught with another person.i know that most that got df'd for straying still didn't get divorced----they tried to work it out.

have you seen this too?

InquiryMan

According to a cencus taken among German JWs (I recall more than 140,000 responded to the JW-sponsored gallup), some 4 per cent were divorced. In a circuit assembly, the CO very candidly stated that before he could proudly state while preaching that JWs had less divorces than the general population. He said, that regrettably that is no longer the case.

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City Confidential - Profiled Jehovahs Witness murdered in Boise, Idaho

by pratt1 in

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i was wondering if any one else saw the city confidential eposide on saturday may 7th, that profiled a dub from boise, idaho that was killed by a russian dancer - her husband.. i didn't see the show from the beginning, but apparently the russian dancer was convicted of murdering the dub, however he still claims his innocence - his theroy is that the jehovah witnesses killed his wife because she married him.

a voilation of their laws.

he appeared to have some supporters who also believed in his innocence.. .

InquiryMan

I remember it. It got quite a lot of press coverage in Scandinavia. It was pretty naive to try to preach to "outcasts", who in dress/groom was a wandering warning of trouble.

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Rutherford, "I made an ass of myself"

by Fatfreek in

.resurrected in 1925 to rule as princes over the earth.

(millions now living will never die, 1920, pp.

89-90) they failed to show up, of course, and rutherford quit predicting dates.

InquiryMan

Did he refer to himself as a donkey or did he imply his butt?