Although I don't like it when they do this at weddings but I can accept that more than them taking advantage of peoples vulnerable state of mind in their time of grief. It is the lowest of the low and here I always thought undertakers were pretty low.
William Penwell
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My Fathers Memorial Service
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My Fathers Memorial Service
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William Penwell
I know we have had discussions on here about this topic in the past. My elderly father died some time ago. When it came to his memorial service I asked if I could put together a video tribute to him. The answer was that they do not allow personal tributes or translated "Big Brother" does not approve of anything that has not being approved by them. I guess that will take away from their 30 minutes of a preach fest. Is a memorial service supposed to be about the person? I just think it is just a cheap tactic to use this time of grief to try and win converts to their cult.
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James Beverley's book on Penton's expulsion now on Abebooks
by MrMonroe in"crisis of allegiance" is a slim, but excellent book written by a professor of religion on the events in lethbridge, alberta, around 1981, that led to the expulsion of jim penton, a jw who believed he was anointed but also happened to think the wts had some doctrines wrong.. it's a great read that ties in quite closely with the campaign to get rid of ray franz, showing the dirty tricks used by the society to rid themselves of someone who dared to question them.
penton was an academic who the society loved when he wrote a book on their human rights legal challenges ... but when he expanded his research and decided to do a book on their history, pow!
they began regarding him with great suspicion.
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William Penwell
Nothing new to me as to what he said in the video.
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Wal-Mart trims health care coverage for some
by darthfader inseems the cost of healthcare for it's employees is getting to be to much.... http://news.yahoo.com/wal-mart-trims-health-care-coverage-225625971.html.
new york (ap) wal-mart stores inc., the nation's largest private employer, is scaling back the eligibility of health care coverage offered to future part-timers and dramatically raising premiums for many of its full-time workers.
industry observers say the changes could have implications for millions of other workers, as more companies on the fence could replicate its moves.. the discounter, which employs more than 1.4 million workers, said the changes were forced by rising health care costs.
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William Penwell
This just goes to show you that when it comes too people over profits, the profits win. The Repubs fought Obamas health care bill. So who are the Repubs looking out for? The profits of the big corporations?
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Thoughts on the current Governing Body
by JRK inhere is a list of the current governing body members:.
gerrit losch: born 1942, appointed july 1, 1994 .
guy h. pierce: born 1935, appointed oct. 1, 1999 .
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William Penwell
Makes me feel old when sone of the GB is around my age. So what happened to their porphecy that the generation that seen 1914 would not pass away? Growing up we were told that generation would still be alive and in charge after armageddon. That was written in Freddie's books.
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October 21, 2011 (THE END OF THE WORLD) Starts When First?
by blondie inif you are closest in time and place, call me and let me know if it starts........................
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William Penwell
Reminds me of the pre-JW Millarites, hiding out in a farm house in the fall of 1847 for the end to come. So how did that turn out?
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Some pretty blatant stuff coming up in bookstudy
by agent zero inso i was reading ahead in the bookstudy book "bearing thorough witness" about god's kingdom, and i came upon some shockingly direct damage control on behalf of the gb in the material for the upcoming weeks.. on page 104: what a privilege it is to be instructed and molded by our patient and kind heavenly father!
the results are always good and always to our advantage.
so let us never proudly push ahead with our own ideas or react negatively to organizational changes or to adjusted explanations of certain scriptures.
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William Penwell
Two years ago I heard a DC talk about how the FDS was on the watch in 1975 and even if nothing happened then at least they were alert while all other religions were in deep sleep.
The WT is still getting flack on the lies the told about 1975 and are now trying to spin the story that they were right to be on the out look instead of admitting their screw up. I think a lot of ex Jdubs would have been more forgiving if the GB at the time would have just admitted to their mistake and apoligized.
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Two-Tiered 1%--Issues With The Top 1% OR The Top .05%?
by Justitia Themis in...not sure if this has already been posted.
it is from a sociology professor's blog, but it is written by his friend, who manages assets for wealthy clients.. http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/investment_manager.html.
i sit in an interesting chair in the financial services industry.
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William Penwell
As the ecomony does a downward spiral, there will be a point where the bottom 99.5% of the people will say enough is enough and there will be a revolt. As long as the 99.5% were buying into the American dream that moving up the finacial later look viable, the top .5% were able easly control the money flow. We have been living on a finaciall bubble caused by easy credit but this is beigining to burst. It will be interesting to see how long it will take the average working person to revolt.
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Removing Resentment for The Watchtower and our Jehovah Witness Families
by Greybeard inas a person who has suffered from much resentment sense learning the truth about the truth (ttatt).
i have needed to put tools into place in order to get over it.
for me, it hasnt been easy.
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William Penwell
All the best in your journey minus the JW mind control. I have been away from the organization now for 20 years but because I still have family members inside the cult I will never really be away from it. For an organzation that claim they are based on love, they really don't understand what unconditional love is all about. I will always be considered by them as secound class. It does bother me a bit but I have moved on with my life. I have found true genuine friends that care about me as who I am. I am now enjoying my life, guilt free from this mind control cult.
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Are you going to Auxilliary Pioneer this October?
by Quarterback inthe little demo at the ca showed a young fella meditating and by golly he reasoned that october had an extra weekend so that was reason enough for him to put in a a pioneer application.
what a brilliant idea.. who else will be doing this?.
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William Penwell
Now that is a complete waste of time.