Posts by gcc2k

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The 9/8 Awake - Well Crafted Deception!

by metatron in

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the sept. 8, 03 awake contains an article about a disaster in ecuador.. on page 14 it says, regarding witness volunteer efforts, "by saturday evening,.

approximately 200 volunteers from local congregations had sealed the windows of 91. witness homes.

many non-witnesses also benefited.

gcc2k

In my mother's congregation one of the elder's homes was flooded, his wife was not

Um, how did he get to be an elder if his wife was not a JW? I thought you had to have your household in order before you could be appointed?

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Why Do JWs Only Preach In Poor/Middle Class Neighborhoods?

by Latin assassin from Manhattan in

as my name suggests, i'm from nyc.

i've lived in every borough of new york and spent time at most of the local congregations until i finally decided that it was all for nothing (my recent posts on this forum explain why).

during this time, i noticed an interesting pattern - the jws only preach in poor to middle class neighborhoods.

gcc2k

I agree, territory cards were rotated in and out regularly.

Personal preference dictates you would go preach where you would expect a good response (ie, poor areas). But personally I would rather not get shot going door to door in the ghetto, so I'd prefer to stick to the suburbs :)

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WT pays 1.55 million $

by Hamas in

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from watchtower observer org

wt pays 1.55 million $.

the largest settlement ever paid in the history of jehovah's witnesses occurred this past october, but no news outlet has yet reported it.. .

gcc2k

Slightly off topic, but:

Stella Liebeck, 79 years old, was sitting in the passenger seat of her grandson’s car having purchased a cup of McDonald’s coffee. After the car stopped, she tried to hold the cup securely between her knees while removing the lid. However, the cup tipped over, pouring scalding hot coffee onto her

Note the word "she". The McDonalds worker did not spill coffee onto the lady, she did this to herself.

Bringing this full circle and back on topic, I once did the same thing out in service while working with 3 sisters :)

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WT pays 1.55 million $

by Hamas in

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friends

from watchtower observer org

wt pays 1.55 million $.

the largest settlement ever paid in the history of jehovah's witnesses occurred this past october, but no news outlet has yet reported it.. .

gcc2k

I actually disagree with this case/settlement. If the driver had been working for a trucking company, which required him to drive a certain number of hours (ie, he was working), fine. But to sue a religious organization because of a simple accident, which had nothing to do with that organization, is plain wrong. It's up there with suing McDonalds for a hot cup of coffee dropped in ones lap.

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 8-10-03 WT Study

by blondie in

comments you will not hear at the 8-10-03 wt study

reviewer comments are in black and parentheses ().

wt quotes are in red or quotes ""

gcc2k

Someone said:

"well, Sister Intelligent/Caring/Insightful is a JW, so they must see something I can't see. Such-and-such a doctrine doesn't make sense, but if Sister Insightful has no problem with it, then it must be me that just can't understand."

Isn't it funny? I bet many of us thought that way. Brother so-and-so is so smart, insightful, converted as an adult, has a masters/phd/whatever, surely he would know if he was being duped. I'll just sit on my concerns and "wait on Jehovah."

Thanks for the writeups Blondie, I force myself to read them each week (not for your content but theirs).

Just a suggestion - could you provide questions at the end of the article so we can look for the key words in each question, and find the corresponding answers in the paragraphs? :)

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Watchtower is DocLine Subscriber

by Amazing in

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this is not a wow necessarily ... but it shows the watchtower id for this service.

http://nnlm.gov/mar/perspec/2000/0004.pdf (see page 2 of 8 box shows watchtower)

gcc2k

For those wondering what "docline" is:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/

DOCLINE is the National Library of Medicine's automated interlibrary loan (ILL) request routing and referral system. The purpose of the system is to provide improved document delivery service among libraries in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine® (NN/LM®) by linking journal holdings to efficiently route the requests to potential lending libraries on behalf of the borrower.

It also says under eligibility guidelines:

Eligibility Guidelines for new DOCLINE Libraries
Health sciences libraries and libraries at institutions with a health sciences mission are eligible to apply for access to NLM's DOCLINE system. Libraries may also be invited to join DOCLINE as part of their affiliation with the NN/LM, as either a full member or as an affiliate member (your RML office can help to determine what level of membership is best for your institution). Each potential DOCLINE library in the U.S. must contact the Regional Medical Library (RML) in its region to determine its level of eligibility and to apply for participation. The phone number for all regions is: 800-338-7657 (800-338-RMLs).

I don't see how the WT qualifies as a health sciences library. Perhaps Awake! qualifies as a publication that refers to medical information, but that's a stretch.

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What does your online handle mean?

by iiz2cool in

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a few of us use our real names as our handles, but most of us use something else, such as a nickname or a variation of our real name.

iiz2cool - it was not my nickname (i really don't think i'm all that cool), but that of an old friend named mike prezelj.

i won't go into how he got the name, but it happened when we were all very high, and you had to be there to understand.

gcc2k

Absolutely nothing. I wanted a vague, meaningless handle so I couldn't be tracked down. :)

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Hemopure

by Lee Elder in

biopure receives fda response to hemopure(r) marketing application .

cambridge, mass., aug. 1 /prnewswire-firstcall/ -- biopure corporation (nasdaq:.

bpur) announced today that the u.s. food and drug administration (fda) has.

gcc2k

gcc2k is referring to this page -- http://www.dirtclod.com/blood.html where it says that Hemoglobin-based blood substitutes are considered a "Personal Decision."

Correct, thanks for the link. Can you explain the origin and/or authoring of this document? Is it an official HLC document, identified with a special WT code like NB-411 or something like that? I've seen the media reports, but because they are from a secular source, many JWs will not accept them as authentic or authoritative.

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Hemopure

by Lee Elder in

biopure receives fda response to hemopure(r) marketing application .

cambridge, mass., aug. 1 /prnewswire-firstcall/ -- biopure corporation (nasdaq:.

bpur) announced today that the u.s. food and drug administration (fda) has.

gcc2k

Thanks for the bump Blondie. Other than the document at dirtclod, I have not seen any official word from Brooklyn that this product is allowed (same for Polyheme). If anyone has additional information, please share.

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Question to all JW

by JesusFreak88 in

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what makes the watch tower organization the authority of the scriptures?

the bible does not say any thing about a watch tower.

gcc2k

Jesusfreak, they're goofing with you.

The word 'Watchtower' has been lost over the years through mis-translations, along with Blessed are the cheesemakers and other such insights.

Now look, I had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, "that piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah."

Seriously, the WT claims authority (and is recognized as such by JWs) by virtue of its unique understanding of Bible principles, termed the "truth". Many JWs refuse to look elsewhere because they believe the WT uniquely holds the "truth" and will not even consider other organizations unless you can prove that they have the "truth".