his article was published by f18news on: 23 july 2009. russia: jehovah's witness lawyers deported for defending extremism cases?by geraldine fagan, forum 18 news service <http://www.forum18.org>.
four lawyers defending jehovah's witnesses have been deported since march, forum 18 news service has learned.
a leaflet by a traditional mari el pagan priest is among the latest additions to the federal list of extremist materials, meaning it is banned throughout russia.
Knowing the two Canadian lawyers fairly wll I admit to snickering at their experience. For John Burns not to even have a chance to say a word...that is amazing since he usually has more to say than most. Shane thinks of himself as untouchable and god's gift so for him to be roughed up a bit would do him good.
Only trouble is this situation just makes him more of a hero in the eyes of the Witnesses. It will only increase his god complex
I am content in believing that this life is all there is. I live my life with that in mind. Being worm food is guaranteed nothing after that is.
If there is something else after this, I can just be pleasantly surprised ... hmmmm ... I hope pleasantly .... wouldn't be too happy to come back as a goldfish or the like
this was jokingly mentioned in another thread.... i think it would be great to do it- just in time for x-mas gifts!!!.
what better to give your fave aposta-buddy than a scintillating men of jwn calendar??.
a women of jwn calendar??.
I guess you will have to reserve July August and part of Septmeber if you want my picture in it. Though I still have my paramedic uniform (sorry not Fire, Rebel) that covers a multitude of ummm excess.
how many of you have heard this one, or words to that effect?.
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail. - Ecclesiates 2:26
For wisdom is a defense and money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom giveth life to them that have it - Ecclesiates 7:12
"The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidty of the ignorant" - Winston Churchill ...... ahem.... cough cough reniaa cough cough
i'm really getting addicted to that show.
i love ike, kyle's little canadian brother..
I have to say the episode on Scientology had me in stitches. By far one of the most cutting and accurate renderings of that Cult and Tom Cruise too. LOL
let's just stay hypothetical.
if someone wanted to create a fake congregation in 7-miles-from-nowhere, north dakota (7-m-f-n, n.d. congregation) in order to trick the elders at another congregation, what could they get away with?.
just assume that they use a p.o.
At the time I left it was important to me to disappear. I did manage to have my Publisher Records cards forwarded to a family member including the letter of introduction. I was however in relative good standing at the time which facilitated the deception.
I still have my cards and I did a successful disappearance. However later when I got involved in Child Abuse issues as an advocate and appeared on TV and testified in court the resulting shunning still happened even tho a formal Committee has never been formed against me.
So disappearing while still in relative good standing is fairly easily accomplished (I've helped a few people do so). Getting reinstated so as to then fade is a lot more difficult but not impossible. Posting the exact details of how it was done is rather self aggrandizing and threatens the success of the initiative but people make their choices.
Uzzah
when using a public restroom, how do you feel when a complete stranger pulls into the urinal right next to you and starts up a conversation with you?
do you feel indifferent, slightly uncomfortable, or violated?.
or are you one of the weirdos who does this?.
It is a violation of the guy code to talk while at the urinal. Any recognition that a person is even standing beside you is pretty much off line!
Conversation can begin or even resume once the zipper is pulled back up.
Conversation while washing one's hands (yes guys do that once in a while) and someone is using the urinal is in the grey area but would not be met with the same scorn as doing so while standing side by side or even while in stalls.
some of you probably read my jw daughter's letter to mrs. flipper and me a few weeks ago where she tried explaining to mrs. flipper why she doesn't have anything to do with me ( says i talk negative towards the organization ) .
in that letter though she showed some flashes of her authentic, kind personality and told us she loves us.
but much of the letter was proselytizing to us about how bad the system is and how jeovah will bring a paradise, etc.
When someone presents themselves as a pseudo pyschologist and one with all the answers they set themselves up for the kind of scutiny Vinny is persuing albeit to a strange degree.
Flipper can come across as a very arrogant "all knowing" character. Such characters are going to be challenged,
C'est la vie
after reading the ouji board thread, i wondered if anyone had "dared" anything of this nature.. i was always too scared to even watch movies with any of this content.
i do read my horoscope.
my great aunt was into the occult and she was told she would die before she was 50 when she was in her 30's.
I have had two readings. Both were almost exactly the same, stating I am a very old soul 2,000 years plus and that I will have an reasonable existance but will come into a money making venture later on in life.
They both spoke of a spiritual turmoil but that I would come to rest in mid life with my spirituality.
It was alll vague enough to question but close enough to make me wonder. Having two say the same thing either means accuracy or I give off the same 'tells'
http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/523105.html?nav=5021.
oh contrare mes amis. (On the contrary my friends.)
Due to various circumstances I recently took a demit (aka quit) from my Lodge. It took a letter and it was done. No pressure, no grief, no repercussons. They did want to know why but accepted my decision.
I will likely be joining another Lodge in the very near future (my old lodge didn't/doesn't know that) but this crap about not being able to leave is just that ...crap.
The Masons are pseudo religious but can't really be called a cult. No high control, no demand for common belief except in a creator/designer.
Back to the point of the article however, the Mason's will do more for the community than the JW's ever have and certainly won't be harassing the neighbours at 9:30 Saturday/Sunday morning.
