Posts by InquiryMan

eight family members killed in mexico massacremexico | november 17, 2013. mexican police found sunday a family of eight, including three children, stabbed to death and tied down in their home in the northern city of ciudad juarez.. a two-year-old boy survived the attack and was handed to neighbors, local police said.. the chihuahua state prosecutor's office said the assailants apparently forced their way inside the house and killed two men, three women and three children between the ages of four and six.. their mouths were covered with duct tape and their hands and feet were tied.

neighbors said they heard gun shots but authorities said the victims had stab wounds.. neighbors said the house owner was a car salesman.. the family was supposed to attend a meeting of jehovah's witnesses when they were attacked inside their home on sunday morning, according to testimonies.. they were discovered dead after members of the congregation went to look for them.. ciudad juarez, which borders the us state of texas, was once the deadliest city in mexico amid a turf war between drug cartels.. more than 10,000 people have been killed in the city since 2006 but the murder rate began to decline in 2011.. local officials say the drop in violence is due to tougher policing and crime prevention programs, but security experts believe it began to wane after the sinaloa drug cartel defeated the rival juarez gang.. read latest breaking news from newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mexico-crime-murder/2013/11/17/id/537112#ixzz2kziajt8f.

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InquiryMan

That is not entirely true. There has been articles in Awake! in the past of witnesses having been victims of crime.

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Are YOU Paying More or Less or the Same $$$ For Insurance Since Obamacare?

by minimus in

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just curious.

InquiryMan

I so love our Scandinavian welfare state :-)

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WTF... JW Library ranks #4 in the Top (Free) Charts on Apple Store for iPhone/iPad

by undercover in

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checking out the apple store for any new cool apps, and lo and behold!

i see that the wts has finally embraced that demonic form of information dispensing.

and all jah's chil'ren are snapping it up.

InquiryMan

It is actually a good thing that they have included the other translations allowing for comparisons.

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JW's supposedly at Mall shooting

by zound in

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the following is from annointedjw - a website i dislike the more i read from them.

this reeks of total bs to me, but interested if anyone else has heard about this.. the part that gets me, is how the hell they could know what these jw's did or said if they were killed - who witnessed this?

and the other thing that makes me rage is that these guys are martyring these jw's to further their own 'ministry' - very watchtower-like.. opinions?.

InquiryMan

And no JW would use this kind of speech. It does not sound witnesslike.

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WTS admits (indirectly) decreasing in U.S. publisher ratio to population

by Gayle in

service year reports:.

2010 - 1/259.

so, the wts is not keeping up with the u.s. population (and they know it), though it rants about increasing pubs., etc..

InquiryMan

And especially in Norway.... I guess when the memorial is in the beginning of eastertime, the attendance might be higher than if it happens to take place dyring the five succecutive holidays... (Thursday-Monday) when most people have holiday. It is interesting that a very small congregation up in the mountains used to have one of the highest attendance of all con. in the country due to vast number of witnesses going on holiday during memorial season.

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Bethelites told to protest by the GB??

by williamhconley in

when i served in bethel during the late 90's i was told by several bethel elders that since the city did not approve the 30 story residential building (now 90 sands) to be built in columbia heights, bethelites were sent to stand in front of city hall as a protest.

this was approved by the gb.. i wasn't there at that time but my question is.... is there anybody here that may have been at bethel or nyc at that time that can shed more light on this?

the wt criticizes organizations and individuals that protest to protect their rights.

InquiryMan

They have also had peaceful protests as far as I remember in Strasbourg

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Bethelites told to protest by the GB??

by williamhconley in

when i served in bethel during the late 90's i was told by several bethel elders that since the city did not approve the 30 story residential building (now 90 sands) to be built in columbia heights, bethelites were sent to stand in front of city hall as a protest.

this was approved by the gb.. i wasn't there at that time but my question is.... is there anybody here that may have been at bethel or nyc at that time that can shed more light on this?

the wt criticizes organizations and individuals that protest to protect their rights.

InquiryMan

It did happen. It was even an article in Awake (or the Watchtower) about it.

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New Zealand headquarters: Witnesses sell, Elim buys

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/9124458/witnesses-sell-elim-buys.

it was the national headquarters for the jehovah's witnesses for 30 years.. but the 7.5ha wattle downs property has now been sold to elim church and could soon house a new christian college.. jehovah's witness minister george gray says advances in technology mean the property is no longer needed for running the church's new zealand and south pacific activities which will now be administered from australia.. elim church bought the property for its growing south auckland congregation and volunteers helped transform the site in just a matter of days.. pastor boyd ratnaraja says the congregation moved in on a sunday straight after morning services at their much smaller weymouth rd premises.. "they have done a superb job of setting up," he says.. the church will hold services for its 450-strong congregation at its new home as well as running counselling sessions and operating an op shop and a weekly soup kitchen.. "we believe in reaching out to the community.

we want this to be a centre of hope.

InquiryMan

http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/john-lorraine-wills/75/36b/aa8