Posts by InquiryMan

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Swiss TV Program w/Andersons and Bowen on the Internet although in French

by AndersonsInfo in

i just received the email below from an xjw in quebec.

we were wondering if we would get to see the program, a jw expose', we were interviewed for last spring and now everyone can see it all on the internet.

it aired on swiss tv yesterday.

InquiryMan

I saw it, and it was well done. Witnesses were also given footage, although it seemed to me that this was more as to give them a chance to give their version in a way... The brother interview in disguise, stated that the witnesses claim their organization is perfect. Well it has been said many times that the organization is made up of imperfect people, thus not perfect. However, of course by means of the way it is taught in the congregation, one is told to obey as if it was perfect...

The witnesses portrayed also gave a positive impression.

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Does the Watchtower contain photo's of the Devil

by jwfacts in

i have not been able to find any photo's of satan the devil in the watchtower.

there are photo's of the serpent with eve, satan's hand offering kingdoms to jesus and a shadowy cloaked figure speaking to jesus on the mountain.

apart from that i cannot locate any of a proper looking devil.

InquiryMan

Could it by that publication entitled something with worldwide peace... That contained some odd idead on living on other planets and stuff..

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bethel brother murdered by fellow JW

by InquiryMan in

this took place in the "branch-town" of selters in germany in front of more than 30 other witnesses.. it was a knife-stabbing that took place without a word or anything in advance that could explain why it happened.. quite a tragedy... .

http://www.fnp.de/tz/region/lokales/tod-eines-taeters_rmn01.c.8415611.de.html.

(if one puts the url in google-translate, one might understand what it is all about for those who do not speak german)..

InquiryMan

Thanks for providing the link. did not realize I was double-posting.

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bethel brother murdered by fellow JW

by InquiryMan in

this took place in the "branch-town" of selters in germany in front of more than 30 other witnesses.. it was a knife-stabbing that took place without a word or anything in advance that could explain why it happened.. quite a tragedy... .

http://www.fnp.de/tz/region/lokales/tod-eines-taeters_rmn01.c.8415611.de.html.

(if one puts the url in google-translate, one might understand what it is all about for those who do not speak german)..

InquiryMan

It appears that there is some distinction in the information on the killer´s relations to the JW... One source states that he has been baptized for two years. A policemen stated he was taking steps to become a member..

the murder took place in the Kingdom Hall...

Pretty dramatic pictures here in Bild Zeitung:

http://www.bild.de/BILD/regional/frankfurt/aktuell/2010/11/08/messer-mord-killer/ersticht-zeugen-jehovas-wirft-sich-vor-zug.html

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One reason JW's go to their Meetings

by Sour Grapes in

last week i drove by the kh thursday at 6:25 pm which is.

35 minutes before the meeting starts and there were already.

15 cars in the parking lot.

InquiryMan

That might apply to some witnesses. However, that is not my general impression... many go to the movies, theatre, sports events, have gatherings, travel a lot etc... Quite a few also have regular association with non-witness family.

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bethel brother murdered by fellow JW

by InquiryMan in

this took place in the "branch-town" of selters in germany in front of more than 30 other witnesses.. it was a knife-stabbing that took place without a word or anything in advance that could explain why it happened.. quite a tragedy... .

http://www.fnp.de/tz/region/lokales/tod-eines-taeters_rmn01.c.8415611.de.html.

(if one puts the url in google-translate, one might understand what it is all about for those who do not speak german)..

InquiryMan

google translation can get some strange renderings:

The injured, who worked in the headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany soda, died an hour later.

soda of course should be Selters....

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bethel brother murdered by fellow JW

by InquiryMan in

this took place in the "branch-town" of selters in germany in front of more than 30 other witnesses.. it was a knife-stabbing that took place without a word or anything in advance that could explain why it happened.. quite a tragedy... .

http://www.fnp.de/tz/region/lokales/tod-eines-taeters_rmn01.c.8415611.de.html.

(if one puts the url in google-translate, one might understand what it is all about for those who do not speak german)..

InquiryMan

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fnp.de%2Ftz%2Fregion%2Flokales%2Ftod-eines-taeters_rmn01.c.8415611.de.html&act=url

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bethel brother murdered by fellow JW

by InquiryMan in

this took place in the "branch-town" of selters in germany in front of more than 30 other witnesses.. it was a knife-stabbing that took place without a word or anything in advance that could explain why it happened.. quite a tragedy... .

http://www.fnp.de/tz/region/lokales/tod-eines-taeters_rmn01.c.8415611.de.html.

(if one puts the url in google-translate, one might understand what it is all about for those who do not speak german)..

InquiryMan

This took place in the "branch-town" of Selters in Germany in front of more than 30 other witnesses.

It was a knife-stabbing that took place without a word or anything in advance that could explain why it happened.

Quite a tragedy...

http://www.fnp.de/tz/region/lokales/tod-eines-taeters_rmn01.c.8415611.de.html

(if one puts the url in google-translate, one might understand what it is all about for those who do not speak German).

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Does the Watchtower contain photo's of the Devil

by jwfacts in

i have not been able to find any photo's of satan the devil in the watchtower.

there are photo's of the serpent with eve, satan's hand offering kingdoms to jesus and a shadowy cloaked figure speaking to jesus on the mountain.

apart from that i cannot locate any of a proper looking devil.

InquiryMan

There was an illustration of him showing a pretty, but haughty angel... Cannot remember which publication. Perhaps blondie knows?

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Change in membership rolls Norway

by InquiryMan in

the watchtower society in norway has voluntarily and on their own initiative reduced their membership rolls in order to fit to the world wide practice of witnesses when it comes to membership enrollment.. now, they only incluce baptized members, not children and non-baptized publishers in the number they report to the authorities.

as a registered faith community, jws, alike with all other registered religious and philosophical communities, receive support from the government.

that is calculated on basis of the number of members... in times past they included children, thus making the membership into some 15,000, whereas now they report just slightly above 11,000. the money paid is a sort of repayment of taxes paid by inhabitants, as norway has a state church.

InquiryMan

One can enlist children when the parents belong to a faith community. When they are 15 they can choose themselves according to law. There has been no reports whatsoever in the press that this is a move on part of the government.

This is an excerpt from their annual report written to the authorities:

In 2009, the religious community that we are from 2010 will only apply for grants for the baptized members. Reason for this change is that we want to do it the same way in Norway that Jehovah's Witnesses do elsewhere around the world, although we are aware that in accordance with Norwegian law we also have the opportunity to count non-baptized persons as members, as we have done until now. The new practice means, for example, that we no longer make use of the opportunity to to include children of baptized members as eligible members..