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  Why Are JWs Allowed To Ignore Immigration Laws?

  by ErieGuy in

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  we all know how the wts loves to toot their own horn about how jws are the most law abidding citizens in the world.

  so then, why does the wts tolerate (encourage by its own inaction) the continuous ignorance of immigration laws?.

  i have personally observed a whole host of illegal former canadians, mexicans, and central/south americans in congregations scatttered throughout the u.s. is the withholding of "privileges" sufficient conduct by those god told to obey all laws not conflicting wih his own?

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  ABSOLUTELY R.O.T.F.L.M.A.O.!!!!!!
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  Why Are JWs Allowed To Ignore Immigration Laws?

  by ErieGuy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  we all know how the wts loves to toot their own horn about how jws are the most law abidding citizens in the world.

  so then, why does the wts tolerate (encourage by its own inaction) the continuous ignorance of immigration laws?.

  i have personally observed a whole host of illegal former canadians, mexicans, and central/south americans in congregations scatttered throughout the u.s. is the withholding of "privileges" sufficient conduct by those god told to obey all laws not conflicting wih his own?

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  My understanding is that U.S. illegal aliens had "privileges" removed in the early 1990s. That was from an October 1995 conversation with a California elder, and was supposedly confirmed about one year ago by a Florida elder. It would be nice if someone could verify or correct.
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  Why Are JWs Allowed To Ignore Immigration Laws?

  by ErieGuy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  we all know how the wts loves to toot their own horn about how jws are the most law abidding citizens in the world.

  so then, why does the wts tolerate (encourage by its own inaction) the continuous ignorance of immigration laws?.

  i have personally observed a whole host of illegal former canadians, mexicans, and central/south americans in congregations scatttered throughout the u.s. is the withholding of "privileges" sufficient conduct by those god told to obey all laws not conflicting wih his own?

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  I suppose there are two separate issues here.

  One is the case where an already "illegal alien" is converted, and the other is where an already JW ignores a country's immigration laws to become an "illegal alien".

  I have personally seen both cases. I suppose that the greater percentage is probably "illegals" becoming JWs, but my own firsthand contacts have been JWs becoming "illegals".
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  Why Are JWs Allowed To Ignore Immigration Laws?

  by ErieGuy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  we all know how the wts loves to toot their own horn about how jws are the most law abidding citizens in the world.

  so then, why does the wts tolerate (encourage by its own inaction) the continuous ignorance of immigration laws?.

  i have personally observed a whole host of illegal former canadians, mexicans, and central/south americans in congregations scatttered throughout the u.s. is the withholding of "privileges" sufficient conduct by those god told to obey all laws not conflicting wih his own?

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  We all know how the WTS loves to toot their own horn about how JWs are the most law abidding citizens in the world. So then, why does the WTS tolerate (encourage by its own inaction) the continuous ignorance of immigration laws?

  I have personally observed a whole host of illegal former Canadians, Mexicans, and Central/South Americans in congregations scatttered throughout the U.S. Is the withholding of "privileges" sufficient conduct by those God told to obey ALL laws not conflicting wih his own? Surely, JWs are not allow to pick and choose?
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  Can anyone recommend books?

  by ballistic in

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  2. friends

  i read crisis of c, now what?

  actually doesn't have to be about the dubs - i think i may over-load on dub-doom if i read anymore witness business.

  anyone recommend something else.

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  IF you enjoy "history", here is a link to "DAYS OF DELUSION", which is a book that chronicles the Millerite Movement of the 1840s, from which the Second Adventists emerged, including Charles Taze Russell's Watchtower Society.

  This book contains a lot of "gems", such as the fact that "signs in the heavens" appeared in 1843, which seemed to provide biblical support to the Millerite's prediction that Christ was returning in 1843, very similar to the fact that "war and reports of war" appeared in 1914 seemingly supporting the Watchtower's prediction that Christ was returning in 1914.

  Given the societal circumstances which existed in the 1840s, individual Millerites behaved much as did JWs prior to 1975.

  Well worth the time for those intellectually inclined:

  http://ellenwhite.org/delusion/daysofc.htm
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  DF story in Detroit Newspaper on Shirley Jackson

  by blondie in

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  http://www.detnews.com/2002/religion/0208/30/d05w-574630.htm

  the detroit news

  'disfellowshipped' jehovah's witnesses speak out against practice.

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  http://www.myinky.com/ecp/community/article/0,1626,ECP_737_1358584,00.html
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  CHRISTIAN LONGO NEWS ARTICLE (CONCLUSION)

  by ErieGuy in

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  JW's Letter-To-Editor disputes author's assessment that JW teachings caused MaryJane to feel under Christian Longo's control: (Tab down)
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  WBTS Starts Filipino Disinformation Campaign

  by ErieGuy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a jw-authored philippines newspaper article which, as usual, is full of lies and half-truths intended to deceive the filipino general public.

  i guess that the wbts assumes that they can get away with this crap in the philippines.

  maybe some of us reasonably familiar with the wbts's history, doctrine, political activity (lobbying us congress to help with foreign governments, un affiliation), etc.

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  NOTE FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITY AT BOTTOM OF ARTICLE!
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  NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON SHUNNING, DF'ING, SILENTLAMBS

  by ErieGuy in

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  NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON SHUNNING, DF'ING, SILENTLAMBS

  by ErieGuy in

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  TWO Letters To The Editor regarding this article: (Tab to bottom.)

  http://www.sptimes.com/2002/08/27/Opinion/Keep_children_at_the_.shtml