Posts by William Penwell

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KM in 1974 praising people for selling all their stuff and pioneering?

by ithinkisee in

someone on this site mentioned they got a km off ebay that praised those that sold all their belongings and preached.. does anyone know which km that was?.

interesting, when going through the society's cd-rom i noticed that the drama for the district convention in 1975 was about noah's ark and was something along the lines of "there's still time left!

" (i'm paraphrasing).. -dm

William Penwell

The evidence is clear that Jehovah has used and is continuing to use his one organization, with "the faithful and discreet slave" taking the lead.

It gets back to, if Jehovah is perfect why would he use an imperfect organization?

Will

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2004 Numbers are on WT web site it looks like.

by garybuss in

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http://www.watchtower.org/statistics/worldwide_report.htm.

can anyone confirm this is what it looks like?

i may be delivering old news.

William Penwell

That is the first thing I noticed that they did not compare the 2004 stats with the 2003 stats. To my knowledge they have always compared previous years stats.

Will

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The Sneaky Governing Body and How They Steer a DF'ing Committee

by frankiespeakin in

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i was envolved about 16 years ago in a committee that sole purpose was to disfellowship a respected member of the congregation for being an apostate.

we recieved information from the wt legal department and co and do on how to proceed.

often the co and do would meet with us individually to sort of direct the process.

I recall similar type questions that some elders asked me. Are those question similar to the ones that a person answers at their baptismal talk? I would think it is like they are reconfirming your dedication or contractual vows you originally take and if not they would have legal grounds to DF.

Will

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Is Walmart right or wrong?

by JH in

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here in quebec, walmart decided to close a walmart store because the 190 employees wanted to become unionized.

walmart said that they weren't making money at that store, and that's why they are closing.

we all know that the real reason why walmart wants to close is because the employees want to be unionized.. in this day and age, do you think that walmart is right, or the employees?.

William Penwell

I wonder if Sam Walton were still alive these things would be happening.

I don't know about that. I recall seeing a Biography on him and he was a real ruthless guy.

Will

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New Tactic Used By Society

by minimus in

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...or not so new-----i'm seeing that they are getting rid of people on false charges.

to the person, they are going after them and confronting them on whatever it may be but when it comes to official reasons for deletion, they are giving false information.

this morning, i heard that another elder got deleted for going to a believer/unbeliever's wedding.it was also reported that he was caught "talking to a disfellowshipped person".

William Penwell

IP_SEC

The story I heard was that this elder knew ahead of time that someone was going to sing a "pagan" hymn. I think they were trying to find a reason to delete this elder and this was a good reason. Maybe another elder would have only got private reproof but its always who you know that counts.

Will

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New Tactic Used By Society

by minimus in

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...or not so new-----i'm seeing that they are getting rid of people on false charges.

to the person, they are going after them and confronting them on whatever it may be but when it comes to official reasons for deletion, they are giving false information.

this morning, i heard that another elder got deleted for going to a believer/unbeliever's wedding.it was also reported that he was caught "talking to a disfellowshipped person".

William Penwell

I knew of an elder that was asked to step down because he gave a talk at a funeral that they sang a "worldly" hymn. The elder said it was his decision but I think he got pressure from the other elders because he didn't always see eye to eye with the rest of the elder's in that congregation. So I think that the hard line elders will weed out those ones that that may not go along with everything the other elders say.

Will

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Is Walmart right or wrong?

by JH in

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friends

here in quebec, walmart decided to close a walmart store because the 190 employees wanted to become unionized.

walmart said that they weren't making money at that store, and that's why they are closing.

we all know that the real reason why walmart wants to close is because the employees want to be unionized.. in this day and age, do you think that walmart is right, or the employees?.

William Penwell

Its all to do with Union busting. They are setting an example out of that one store that if you try and unionize,

this is what you will get. I hate Walmart and all it stands for. Its nothing to do with losing profits as I was

looking at the top ten riches people in the world and 4 or 5 were Walmart family members. Its all to do with greed.

Will

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DA-ing Announcement in the Society's New Book

by Mark in

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the society's new book 'organized to do jehovah's will', to be released in the congregations .

on the 20th of march, introduces a change in the df and da announcements.

announcements will read the same: "[name of person] is no longer one of jehovah's .

William Penwell

I can see the elders making more "sheparding" calls just to get enough info on a person and then have them DA. All they would have to see is a old discarded xmas tree or talk to a strange person of the opposite sex and then they would have enough grounds to DA a person.

Will

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