Posts by InquiryMan

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What's you BIGGEST pet peeve/disagreement with the WT or GB?!?

by TeenageInsider in

for me its the district conventions.

not bragging in anyway, but i was born-into a family of 'higher ups' im talking co's and zo's..... and there is a room that they set up in the conventions/stadiums called the "chairmans office".

i always have access to these rooms, because im usually with one of my higher up family members who give talks and all that other crap.. anyways, while everyone in the convention is sitting in the sun, eating a slimy, soggy bolognia sandwich, the chairmans office is air conditioned, has a variety of chilled beverages, 'coke, pepsi, diet coke, gatorade, dasani water bottles,' not to mention the 'danishes, sandwich triangles, cookies, cakes, muffins, fresh coffee, and for lunch, pizza, salads, pastas, and lasagna'.

InquiryMan

1 shunning policy

2 blood ban

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Did You Give Much $$$ To The Kingdom Hall And/Or Watchtower Society?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i typically gave $$$ to the local kh and seldom gave donations to the society.. i always am amazed how some church going people have very little materially, yet make sure the church and the pastors are well taken care of..

InquiryMan

I was of course a regular contributor since I started earning my own money. Always contributed the value of the literature I took. When we built a new assembly hall we gave in the 1000s although that was a major part of our savings. However the past five years as an elder/JW i stopped contributing. A silent protest.

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My friend's conversation with a JW about me! Lol!

by TimothyT in

one of my old friends from work, who i used to have lots of spiritual conversations with, messaged me on facebook before and told me how he had a call from the jws this morning.

here is our conversation from facebook when he told me what happened:.

my friend: any way funny thing today, some jehovos came to me door and we were having a chat and i told them i didnt agree with their religion saying i was biased because i had a friend who used to be one and was kicked out for being gay and how could they preach like love etc and be so discriminative and then said they would know you mentioned your name and he did know you, and has even been on holiday with you in the past.

InquiryMan

You can love them in the agape, storge and philia way :)

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Jehovah's Witnesses Governing Body for Peace Prize 2013!- "Over 100 years in the service of peace."

by Most Noble in

jw
friends

the current members of the governing body and their predecessors have for over one hundred years contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, theodemocracy and human rights in more than 200 countries... on this account, the norwegian nobel committee has decided to nominate the governing body of jehovah's witnesses in 2013 for the nobel peace price.

InquiryMan

It is perfectly acceptable to show some discernment before one jumps to conclusions :-)

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Ex JW support group gets ad on national tv

by InquiryMan in

on 25th of december various volunteer organizations get to broadcast free infoads.

the main commercial tv station, tv2, will broadcast this ad:.

http://www.hjelpekilden.no/promofilm.html.

InquiryMan

Actually it has been ranked as the number 1 country to live in a number surveys.

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Jehovah's Witnesses Governing Body for Peace Prize 2013!- "Over 100 years in the service of peace."

by Most Noble in

jw
friends

the current members of the governing body and their predecessors have for over one hundred years contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, theodemocracy and human rights in more than 200 countries... on this account, the norwegian nobel committee has decided to nominate the governing body of jehovah's witnesses in 2013 for the nobel peace price.

InquiryMan

Did not see anything on the link/web site that substantiated the claim that the GB have been nominated for the Peace Prize...

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JWs exposed in Norway

by InquiryMan in

during the past week, 17 different articles on various practices of jws and comments to those, have been published on the web page of the norwegian equivalent of the bbc, nrk: http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.8397366.

in addition to this a special news programme with a discussion on sexual abuse and jw was broadcast on nrk2, and p1 contained an interview with an ex-jw on its weekly news summary programme.. it seems the expose is continuing..

InquiryMan

Now it has been brought to the next level. Last night NRK (the equivalent of the BBC) published this on their web site:

http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.10844955

Mr Bøhler is first deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Justice in the Parliament of Norway, the Storting.

Interestingly, the press spokesman of Jehovah’s witnesses in Norway, now statues that they might be willing to take part in the public debate on this and offer more information.

So it seems they are somewhat subduing to the intense media pressure. Of course, this having been raised to a political level makes it much more serious for the Watchtower society than simple negative statements in the press.

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JWs exposed in Norway

by InquiryMan in

during the past week, 17 different articles on various practices of jws and comments to those, have been published on the web page of the norwegian equivalent of the bbc, nrk: http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.8397366.

in addition to this a special news programme with a discussion on sexual abuse and jw was broadcast on nrk2, and p1 contained an interview with an ex-jw on its weekly news summary programme.. it seems the expose is continuing..

InquiryMan

Today, the ex-witnesses met with a member for the ruling labour party and also a member of the committee of justice at the Parliament (Storting) and explained a lot on various witness practices, e.g. also the non-involvement in politics, handling a abuse etc etc... There will most likely be an interview with them on NRK tomorrow.

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JWs exposed in Norway

by InquiryMan in

during the past week, 17 different articles on various practices of jws and comments to those, have been published on the web page of the norwegian equivalent of the bbc, nrk: http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.8397366.

in addition to this a special news programme with a discussion on sexual abuse and jw was broadcast on nrk2, and p1 contained an interview with an ex-jw on its weekly news summary programme.. it seems the expose is continuing..

InquiryMan

It even continues to day on the 6th day.

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JWs exposed in Norway

by InquiryMan in

during the past week, 17 different articles on various practices of jws and comments to those, have been published on the web page of the norwegian equivalent of the bbc, nrk: http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.8397366.

in addition to this a special news programme with a discussion on sexual abuse and jw was broadcast on nrk2, and p1 contained an interview with an ex-jw on its weekly news summary programme.. it seems the expose is continuing..

InquiryMan

During the past week, 17 different articles on various practices of JWs and comments to those, have been published on the web page of the Norwegian equivalent of the BBC, NRK: http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.8397366

In addition to this a special news programme with a discussion on sexual abuse and JW was broadcast on NRK2, and P1 contained an interview with an ex-JW on its weekly news summary programme.

It seems the exposé is continuing.