Euphemism

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  Musings of a new moderator

  by onacruse in

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  part 1 (personal considerations).

  first and foremost, i'd like to thank all of you for being patient with me this last week, and for the supportive comments you've sent me need, the constructive criticism you've offered.

  i am, after all, only a man, and wts-damaged goods at that.

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  And Bendrr and Euph, great to talk with you both too, for the first time.

  Likewise! Just a notice to everyone, however... onacruse practices censorship at home, too...
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  To ALL active and newly escaped JWs

  by somebody in

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  when there are adjustments in a volunteers status, such as when one moves or is appointed as a ministerial servant or elder, new forms should be filled out promptly and submitted.

  as far as volunteer status, in this regional building committee, and the kingdom hall volunteer worker questionaire goes, why would the title elder or ministerial servant effect ones satus?

  i can understand anyone having to fill out a form form for volunteer work for a major corporation or religious building, for backgroud checks.

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  LOL The pioneers are allowed to count their work on the construction project as field service time. Since the can count 16 to 20 hours for a weekend's work on a construction project, that frees them from having to go out in service for the rest of the week.
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  I Got A Job!!! w00 h00!

  by Yizuman in

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  i'm working 3rd shift for 32 hrs a week with a potential of overtime at a shell station for $8.50 an hr.. w00 h00!!!.

  thanks for everyone's love and support!

  yizuman

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  Awesome news! So glad to hear that, Yizu!
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  Is the Watchtower's idea of preaching what Jesus had in mind?

  by Latin assassin from Manhattan in

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  what kind of preaching was jesus talking about in mathew 24:14?

  it seems to me that jesus wanted christians to preach the hope of the resurrection to mankind.

  nowhere in the bible, does it say that christians were to preach their own interpretation of bible prophecy as the wts does today.

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  At a very simple level, "the Kingdom" means salvation. The "good news of the kingdom" is humankind's ability to enter that kingdom through faith in the ransom of Jesus.

  For the Watchtower to claim that "the good news of the Kingdom" is that it was invisibly established in heaven in 1914 is ridiculous.
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  The Society Wrote Back To Me

  by johnathanseagull in

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  ok the background to this story , i wrote to the german bethel, with a screen capture of their web site, where they still promote the pre 1995 definition of the "generation".

  i wrote on the premise that i fell away due to this change in 1995 and what is their stance now as i would like to start studying again lmao ( i did tell a few personal white lies, theocratic warfare right?, in order that they felt they could write back to me ).....................never thought they would write back, it took them nearly four weeks to reply, interestingly enough, there is an email address on the letter, my letter is first, so you can get the gist, then their "exact" reply, (with the help of "germanjw" for translation purposes,many thanksgjw ).

  the watchtower society.

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  I agree with Elsewhere here. There's nothing deceptive about the response... in fact, if you asked any of us here, I'm sure we could have told you the same thing.

  To me, it just demonstrates the lockstep control the Society is in. Not only can they not create original material for the website--they have to recycle the written publications--but they can't even edit "mistakes"!

  At least, on the plus side, it's a certain form of honesty, that reveals to anyone looking that they change their doctrine.
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  Musings of a new moderator

  by onacruse in

  1. jw
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  part 1 (personal considerations).

  first and foremost, i'd like to thank all of you for being patient with me this last week, and for the supportive comments you've sent me need, the constructive criticism you've offered.

  i am, after all, only a man, and wts-damaged goods at that.

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  Euphemism

  Well, I hate to be a backseat driver, and I greatly respect the work of the mods here... yourself definitely included. But since you asked for advice...

  1. Avoiding thread-hijacking

  IMHO, one of the major judgment calls a moderator has to make is whether a debate is hijacking a thread.

  I personally have no problem with debates per se; I can just ignore the threads. (This is easier if the threads are moved to the "debates" forum. IMHO, the mods could be a bit more proactive about this.)

  What bothers me is when an interesting discussion gets buried under a pointless debate or personal attacks. IOW, when a thread gets hijacked. It would be ideal if the board had a thread-splitting feature; the moderators could spit off the irrelevant portion into a separate thread, perhaps placed in the debate forum, and those of us who wanted to keep up with the original thread could do so.

  2. Personal attacks

  If two people are attacking each other, I don't give a darn. Throw it into "heated debate" and let them have at.

  The problem is when the attacks are one-sided. And the challenge, as you noted, is deciding what constitutes an attack. Perhaps we could have some sort of 'restraining order' system, where if a person feels that they are being persistently attacked by someone else, the latter person is forbidden from directly replying to them or mentioning them by name? That's the best solution I can come up with off-hand.

  3. Threads about moderation

  I also have a request for the mods... please stop locking the threads that criticize moderator decisions. It's true, of course, that most of these threads are a pile of baloney. But why not just move it to the debates forum, and ignore it? Let the whiners knock themselves out. Their rantings aren't doing you any harm.

  4. Technical solutions

  After writing all the above... I decided that there's a much simpler solution. Move to a Slashdot-style rating system. Any chance of that, Simon?

  At the very least, I think it would help a ton to get the Ignore feature back. Pretty please?
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  Lawsuits allege cover-up of sexual abuse by Jehovah's Witnesses-CNN.com

  by ashitaka in

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  don't know if anyone has covered this article yet.

  sorry if this is a repost.

  ashlawsuits allege cover-up of sexual abuse by jehovah's witnesses.

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  Anyone have any details on the complaints in these cases?
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  Article needed: d/fing of those who hold personal views

  by Euphemism in

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  2. beliefs

  i recall seeing a statement in the watchtower that those who personally disagree with major wt doctrines, even if they are not promoting their personal viewpoints, are apostates and liable to disfellowshiping.

  i'm searching the wtlib, however, and i can't find it.

  does anyone remember where it is?

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  Thanks a lot, blondie!
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  jw homes for the elderly

  by be wise in

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  a witness told me recently that jws have homes that house the elderly.

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  Euphemism

  I recall reading a post somewhere here that stated there are retirement condominiums at the New Jersey Patterson educational center. Can anyone confirm this?

  I don't think that there is anything that would officially be designated such.

  However, it's true that the Society will sometimes take "special full-time servants" into Patterson when they're unable to work any longer.
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  absolute newcomer, absolute

  by mash in

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  hello you lot....god it's been a while!

  well, like my topic says, i really am a newcomer so i don't really know what this scene's about.

  i hope i don't get ostracised again, like the last time i spoke my mind!

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  Euphemism

  Welcome aboard, mash! It sounds like you did an awesome job of getting rid of all the Watchtower guilt crap.