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My daughter came home wearing a cross...........

by happehanna in

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and it made me feel odd, unnerved.. i haven't been to a meeting for two years now and am quite anti jw but this still felt odd, to see her wearing a cross.

any ideas?

Joker10

why the hell would she wear one? with all the nice jewelry out there.

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JW's BANNED IN RUSSIA - 04-01-04

by 4JWY in

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jehovah's witnesses banned from moscow by russian court.

is the heading of the article in the religious section of our newspaper yesterday.

moscow (ap) a moscow court has banned the religious activities of jehovah's witnesses from the russian capital in a move that critics called a step back for democracy and religious freedom.

Joker10

Russian Jehovah's Witnesses complain to European rights court over ban - TV.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

[Presenter] Today Moscow's Golovinskiy Court passed a decision banning the Moscow community of Jehovah's Witnesses. Aleksandr Mostoslavskiy reports.

[Correspondent] This is not the first attempt to outlaw the Jehovah's Witnesses - the previous one failed in the same court six years ago. Both then and now, members of this Protestant organization were accused of stirring up religious discord, destroying families and carrying out financial machinations. Prosecutors brought these accusations a month ago adding that the teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses was dangerous for life.

[Tatyana Kondratyeva, senior aide to the Moscow Northern Administrative Area prosecutor, captioned, interviewed outside the courthouse] There is a categorical ban on blood transfusion which under certain circumstances poses threat not only to Jehovah's Witnesses themselves but to their children too.

[Correspondent] Jehovah's Witnesses have been banned in 25 Asian and African countries, China among them. The Christian world does not like Jehovah's Witnesses but tolerates them. The main contradiction between the Jehovah's Witnesses [and other Christian confessions] is that they do not believe in Holy Trinity, hell, heaven and immortality of human soul.

[Unidentified woman, speaking to camera] Since I have acquired this joy, my heart orders me to tell other people about this joy. But people are getting angry, I don't know why. They reject and persecute us.

[Correspondent] Jehovah's Witnesses were banned in the Soviet time for their anti-Communist protests. In 1991, along with other religious organizations, they obtained an official registration which was confirmed by the Justice Ministry last year.

Jehovah's Witnesses are disappointed but nor surprised by today's decision to stop their activities in Moscow. Senior believers say that in the Soviet time they had already been banned, imprisoned and killed.

[Vasiliy Kalin, chairman of a managing committee of the centre of Jehovah's Witnesses, captioned, interviewed outside the courthouse] In the Soviet time a Russian had to be an atheist. The situation has changed and a Russian must be Orthodox now.

[Correspondent] The Witnesses say that despair is not their feeling. They will appeal with the Moscow City Court on Monday [29 March]. Moreover, a complaint about Russian justice has already been filed with the European Court of Human Rights.

[Video shows court proceedings, people reading the Bible, interviews, magazines, people outside a courthouse]

Source: Ren TV, Moscow, in Russian 1630 gmt 26 Mar 04

[c] BBC Monitoring

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Saturday Evening Post . . . Jehovah's Witnesses Make Hate a Religion

by garybuss in

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here is the post article for the historians, collectors, and writers among us.

armageddon inc. .

by stanley high.

Joker10

Is this real?

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Hey im NEW

by kozmik in

i pertain to a congregation in the orange county.

from the ages of around 5-16 i went to all the meetings etc etc.

i am currently 18 years of age, although i am not the ''ideal'' christain boy, i have strong faith in jehova.

Joker10

If you stick around Kosmik, you will realize that people here can be pretty liars themselves. Don't defend Jehovah's Witnesses. These people don't care about them. I do agree with you that JWs are better than most religions out there. You know how the Witnesses in the congregation say that many who leave the organization don't do well and end up having inmoral lives, sleeping with people, getting drunk, doing just bad, etc? Well you know what? They do. Keep on reading on this board, and the things you will read will confirm it.

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the memorial

by galaxy7 in

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well the memorial was as interesting as everthere were about 50 people in attendance.. i was happy to see about 10 people come in jeans.i thought that was wonderful.

he gave a good talk ,this is one time he had to mention jesus but he did well not overstating the name.. he quoted the american standard version a few times except when he talked about john 3:16 then he used the new world translation.. i liked how they have a curtain up around a pretending window,that initself gave me food for thought.. the local priest has been attending the memorial over the years word has it when he retires he is going to become a jw.

a few people talked to me, all in all i guess it went well.

Joker10

I think there was at least 1 partaker. Possibly two.

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the memorial

by galaxy7 in

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well the memorial was as interesting as everthere were about 50 people in attendance.. i was happy to see about 10 people come in jeans.i thought that was wonderful.

he gave a good talk ,this is one time he had to mention jesus but he did well not overstating the name.. he quoted the american standard version a few times except when he talked about john 3:16 then he used the new world translation.. i liked how they have a curtain up around a pretending window,that initself gave me food for thought.. the local priest has been attending the memorial over the years word has it when he retires he is going to become a jw.

a few people talked to me, all in all i guess it went well.

Joker10

parents congregation ; 90 publishers 269 attendance

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13-year old son going to partake tonight

by roybatty in

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my 13-year old son is with his jw mom this weekend but he just popped by to grab his baseball mit and to tell me (lol) that since his mom is making him go to the memorial tonight, he's going to eat the bread.

he's a great kid but he has no sense of fear.

i didn't know if i should laugh or tell him not to.

Joker10

Lets see if it made him sick.

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Memorial - those who go, how many will talk about attendance figures?

by truthseeker in

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for those of you who do go to tonights show, how many of you expect to hear people talking about "beating last years record"?.

when i went, it seemed that if we got 300 over in attendance, then it was a success.

i think most congregations of 125+ seem to aim for the 300 number.. see how much of the talk centers around jehovah instead of jesus.

Joker10

My parents congregation has some 90 publishers and had 267 in attendance last night. (SE L.A.)

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Why is there a High Rate of Suicide among Jehovahs Witnesses?????

by Aikon in

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hi guys.

last week i was involed in a very distressing situation, going with a family to identify their mother who had commited suicide.. we are waiting for the coroner to release the body for the funneral.. but, so far this year a number of jw have commited suicide in england,why???.

can any one throw a light why so many jw of good standing commit suicide,.

Joker10

Avishai, both were dfd.

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Why is there a High Rate of Suicide among Jehovahs Witnesses?????

by Aikon in

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friends

hi guys.

last week i was involed in a very distressing situation, going with a family to identify their mother who had commited suicide.. we are waiting for the coroner to release the body for the funneral.. but, so far this year a number of jw have commited suicide in england,why???.

can any one throw a light why so many jw of good standing commit suicide,.

Joker10

i knew or heard of no W who commited suicide