Posts by InquiryMan

1) during ww i they encouraged via the magazines to buy war bonds, i.e., liberty bonds, as it was then known, thus actively supporting the war effort (search, under "war bonds").. 2) during ww ii, the australian branch also invested heavily in war bonds in order for the ban to be lifted.

after the war, they had to repent, before jehovah could bless their efforts again.. 3) more recently the wts has invested in companies with defense contracts.. 4) membership of the un as ngo (1992-2001).

InquiryMan

I have read about the Australian issue in the society´s literature. however, I cannot remember where, probably a yearbook...

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Quote where WT says people can leave org. without repercussions?

by ronwashington in

months ago someone here mentioned a quote from some sort of interview where a wt spokeperson (brown?

) said a person can leave the org.

without repurcussions.

InquiryMan

That was an Awake, I think may 8th of some year...

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Do JWs treat women like second-class citizens, like their husbands' property?

by matt2414 in

as an elder, i recall that the husband always had to be present on any judicial committee meeting involving his wife, but that the wife was not to be present on judicial committee meetings involving her husband.

has this changed?

if not, isn't that treating women as lesser persons than their husbands?.

InquiryMan

I guess it is also influenced by cultural factors. In USA, fundamentalism is far stronger than e.g. Scandinavia.

Here female pioneers are written to in their own names. Also quite a few couples I knew were pretty equal and quite a women jokely states that such guidance goes into on ear and out of the other... Here I think it was more noticable if a sister was acting submissive.. most would then think that the husband was too dominating etc...

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New DVD, 1st century drama

by InquiryMan in

there has been a lot of focus on the dvd intended for children.. however, another dvd was also released, a close to an hour drama depiticting the tale of two christian families in jerusalem.. has anyone seen it, or has parts or all of it been uploaded on youtube or a link providing a downloading or something similar?.

just curious..

InquiryMan

it is written on the backside that it contains fighting, but that it does not glorify violence.

Thanks a lot baltar 447 for providing the links..

does anyone know btw if there still are any links featuring the history dvd 1 and 2 that can be downloaded?

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New DVD, 1st century drama

by InquiryMan in

there has been a lot of focus on the dvd intended for children.. however, another dvd was also released, a close to an hour drama depiticting the tale of two christian families in jerusalem.. has anyone seen it, or has parts or all of it been uploaded on youtube or a link providing a downloading or something similar?.

just curious..

InquiryMan

There has been a lot of focus on the DVD intended for children.

However, another DVD was also released, a close to an hour drama depiticting the tale of two christian families in jerusalem.

Has anyone seen it, or has parts or all of it been uploaded on youtube or a link providing a downloading or something similar?

Just curious.

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Norwegian branch up for sale

by InquiryMan in

the norwegian branch, as well as the swedish one, are now up for sale and the scandinavian headquarters will be located at the present danish bethel.. http://www.oblad.no/nyheter/omradet-i-ytre-enebakk-legges-ut-for-salg-1.7365526.

this news even made it to the national radio news yesterday.. .

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InquiryMan

Some 20-30 will be working at local administrative office. That might be situated at the assembly hall in Oslo....

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Norwegian branch up for sale

by InquiryMan in

the norwegian branch, as well as the swedish one, are now up for sale and the scandinavian headquarters will be located at the present danish bethel.. http://www.oblad.no/nyheter/omradet-i-ytre-enebakk-legges-ut-for-salg-1.7365526.

this news even made it to the national radio news yesterday.. .

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InquiryMan

The Norwegian branch, as well as the Swedish one, are now up for sale and the Scandinavian headquarters will be located at the present Danish Bethel.

http://www.oblad.no/nyheter/omradet-i-ytre-enebakk-legges-ut-for-salg-1.7365526

This news even made it to the national radio news yesterday.