i started a thread a few days ago that probably went unnoticed for the most part (under "scandals & cover-ups") regarding steve hitting selma in tomorrow's wt study... i just wanted to recap it here for those who may have missed it.... the spanish version changes the story completely.... if you've read that paragraph 12 it basically says that steve hit selma as she tried to prove a point.
selma then feels sorry for herself.. in the spanish version steve merely gets furious with her and she gets sad.. by the way, i just looked up the italian version... .
selma ricorda una lezione che imparo dalla sorella che le conduceva lo studio.
Not only the family books were altered. No reference ever has been made to corporal punichsment in e.g. the Norwegian editions of WT and Awake and other literature since corporal punishment was outlawed in the early 80s.
Thus, such behaviour never take place in the KHs either. And even prior to that some JWs did not like that kind of child upbringing. People are of course influenced of the cultural atmosphere they live in.
no, i didn't really - but i'm anxious to hear from anyone who did!!.
what happened after the paragraph was read?
did anyone try to denounce abusing one's spouse under any circumstances, or were most answers supportive of the "advice" given to selma, i.e.
When I was in, I remember a ministerial servant lost his privileges and got a public reproof for having hit his wife. His wife was even a non-witness at the time.
1960's the watchtower pictures showed jesus clean shaven and with short hair {watch 1954 p.511 "why do watchtower books now show jesus with short hair and no beard?
....because he is shown that way in representations that are older than the traditional effeminate looking pictures..."}.
yearbook 2011 p.57 "a bearded man named eric showed up at a congregation in the united states {oh god a bearded man!!!
Wow. I hope bearded elders in Denmark don´t take offence on the yearbooks bigoted view...
heard a new rumor that:.
the borg is going to phase out big district assemblies - so they can fit 'em in assembly halls.. they will reduce the size of circuits.
they will synchronize c.o.
Lack of holiday never been a problem here.... After all get 5 weeks and 1 day paid holiday :-)
i remember going to a new school, and before i said anything there were a few kids poking fun at jehovah.
jehovah this and that .
at no stage did i ever hear anyone mention any other god or religion in conversation or playground banter.
In Finland, a survey made on religions, showedet that 4 per cent liked JWs. It was even included as an item I think in "Watching the World" in Awake.
The JWs commented it stating that they were going from house to house searching for those who liked them.... or something along that line...
will higher gas prices bring about some new light regarding field service?.
in the part of the u.s. where i live most of the territories require driving long distances.
some congregation members are unemployed and many are retired/living on limited income.
so what... We have distances here too, drive 110 km a day to work.... with norwegian gas prices :-)...
it seems Americans in general complain very easily when a tax is imposed on them or risen slightly...
are jws not allowed to join fb?
if so, what is the reason that the wts gives them??
and also if so, what is the real reason??.
In fact the the feature articles of Awake February 2012 were devoted to FB and judged by watchtower standards it seemed rather liberal to me... At least it did not at all demonize FB as some might have expected... But of course this was in Awake, not in the study edition of the Watchtower, different targets
hello all, i have seen several topics of df/da records being kept, but not any on how long they keep private/public reproof records.
anyone know?.
are forms sent to the society on these instances like they do for df/da individuals?.
Due to strict privacy laws in European countries, things are somewhat different over here.
E.g. in Norway, no records are kept... When a notification of a DF is sent to the Society, the reason for the DF offense is spelled out with reference to a bible quiotation onlye, e.g. Matthew 5:3 (example have no real reference). The file are not kept.
will higher gas prices bring about some new light regarding field service?.
in the part of the u.s. where i live most of the territories require driving long distances.
some congregation members are unemployed and many are retired/living on limited income.
This is kind of funny. In Norway the gas price has risen to some 10,80 dollars a gallon...
Why do you complain about gas prices?
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/304267/28/jehovah-witnesses-hurl-bibles-at-pit-bulls-attacking-grandma.
I also remember being attacked by a dog, but fortunately i was not bitten. But I was scared for dogs for years, and still a bit weary.
To me it seems that witnesses saw a householder or a person walking being attacked by the dogs and intervened on her behalf,
but I might have understood it incorrectly.
