Topics Started by William Penwell

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OFFICIAL-WT&AWAKE SUBSCRIPTIONS NO MORE
by lookin in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
it is official in usa.

the announcement was made at the service meeting.. letter read due to cost of postage...once your subsription expires it will not be renewed.
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New York Times & UN/WTS
by biblexaminer in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
new york times december 15, 2001 .

in a startling revelation, the watchtower bible and tract society of brooklyn ny, parent organization to the jehovah's witness religion, was exposed for a stark contradiction in their religious practices.. it was revealed this week by the guardian (a leading uk newspaper) that the governing body of the watchtower religion had secretly erected a christmas tree in celebration of the festive season.

when the facts were made public this week, the watchtower quickly, and quietly, removed the tree to another location.. paul gilles, spokesman for the watchtower in great briton, wrote a letter to the guardian, in which he stated that the "tree was in no way secret" and that it was "necessary to gain access to the un library".
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Silliest thing that Witnesses told you was wrong?
by gilwarrior in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there are two things.

in the early and mid 80s there were witnesses saying that the cartoon characters the smurfs were not acceptable for witnesses.

i had two smurf cartoon books and my mother made me throw them away.
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Elder School Summation
by messenger in
1. jw
2. friends
friday.

well sad to say it was not revelations of sweeping reform or "new light" on caring for the flock.

the first day was primarily rehash of old stuff.
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Watchtower accuses UN of improprieties.
by biblexaminer in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
mr. paul hoffel united nations -dept.

of public information .

in the watchtower bible and tract society's public position of october 22,2001 submitted for publication in the guardian in the united kingdom.
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New Official WTS Website Includes Something Fishy?
by MadApostate in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
home page url:.

http://www.jwrelief.org/hrc/mainpage/home.htm.

this website was evidently set up to milk all the pr the wts can get for doing what they should be doing anyway (except not letting the right hand know what the left hand is doing.).
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New NGO-Letter by German Branch
by GermanXJW in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
storch - a participant on the german board http://www.infolink-net.de/forum.htm wrote to the german branch.

he got the following reply.

and his local elders informed him without any reference to the letter that he is not to do talks in the tms at the moment.. the english translation is mine.
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JW Kids Leave the Organization: Facts
by Maximus in
1. jw
2. friends
the october 1 watchtower 2001 features articles on training children "properly" and dealing with a "prodigal child.

the latest inside u.s. figures reveal that 86% of jw children leave the fold, with some 29% who eventually come back for reasons of family ties, most never "reaching out.

" that means over half leave permanently.
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What happend to Covington
by hippikon in
1. jw
2. friends
what happend to covington.

i understand he left to org after being told he couldnt be on the gb because he wasn't anointed.

i'dd like to get some confirmation on that if anyone knows.. .
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Panties or Thongs, WHICH????????????
by JT in
1. jw
2. friends
i thought the name of this thread was so on time for this thread demostrates one of the sad things about claiming to speak for god, when one actually does not.. when i was a newly appointed elder at the tender age of 27 .

i was introduced to the world of the judical committee.. it was in fact my first case.

i had gotten a call from the po before the meeting stating that their would be an elders meetings to discuss some judical matters.