My mother is still a very avtive JW and communicates with me daily. According to her no such reading of any such letter occurred.
kelsey007
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'Prepare for Banning' A HOAX! READ INSIDE
by ashitaka inmy friend called me last night and said that his mother heard a letter read on monday night at her congregation meeting that said that the rank and file should be prepared to be banned, to go underground, and persecution is coming soon, that halls would be taken, and such.
that these things are definitely coming soon.
could this be the spin that the wt is heading towards.....instead of facing the hard issues, make the issues the boogeyman and shut down the halls, giving the elders ultimate power?
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ANY PREDICTION ON SILENTLAMBS DEMONSTRATION?
by minimus inother than bad press, do you think there will be a good result of the picketing?
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kelsey007
Having grown up in the org making anual and semi anual trips to Brookly headquarters, having done volunteer work there, and blah blah blah.... anyway- many have marched, many have picketed assemblys- many many many over the years. Silent Lambs has gained attention more so than any other bacause of the Catholic church issues, because of cable news networks and the internet.
I agree with Dragon- this will probably be another burp on the streets of Brooklyn. One can hope otherwise. There have been a few articles in the local paper here in Nashville. The one I was onterviewed for had my ugly mug posted on the front page. When it came out few noticed. Just a few months later no one remembers. The world is focused on Bush and Iraq- few are worried about JW's and Silent Lambs. The Society know this and I am sure they will try to quietly ride the storm out knowing how short memories are- remember they are the ones that perfected "New Light".. no one remembers the old light-
But again one can hope......
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The long awaited Dossier on Iraq UK Position
by Celtic infull copies of the evidence for the case against iraq only published today for the first time are available from number 10 downing street http://www.pm.gov.uk.
http://www.fco.gov.uk.
the ministry of defence http://www.mod.uk.
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kelsey007
I am reading a book: "Forbidden Truth". Written in France by Jean-Charles Brisard and Guillaume Dasqie. One of the sources for the material in the book was John O'neal, the former head of anti-terrorism in the US and deputy director of the FBI's New York office in charge of national security. Mr. O'neal perished trying to save lives at the WTC towers on 9-11 when he perished in the fall of the buildings.
For any of the flag-waving- "let's kick Sadams ass" Bush supporters out there I ask that you read this book. There is much more material available for those who can get away from cable news long enough to find the facts.
To fight terrorism we must turn to Saudi Arabia. In my humble knowledge I always wondered why we were not going to the source in this war. The long and the short of it is "OIL" and and oil companies. Our desire to remove the Taliban was due to an oil pipeline not a desire to catch bin Ladin. President George W. Bush was a recipient of bin Laden family investment money.
Cold hard facts that are well doccumented but now conveniently white washed over now with Bush anti Sadam propaganda. Americans do well to remember what they saw on the cable news last year much less what was on the 2nd page of the paper 10 years ago.
Terrorism must be fought at it's source- it's roots are in Saudi Arabia. Terrorism must also be fought in the USA. Cells still exist here. They are the ones that can harm us. Iraq does not posses any weapons of mass destruction that he can fire at our land from where he sits. None that the US cannot effectively stop short of reaching our turf. This administration will not ever effectively wage a war against terrorism because oil gets in our way. History bares it out.
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The long awaited Dossier on Iraq UK Position
by Celtic infull copies of the evidence for the case against iraq only published today for the first time are available from number 10 downing street http://www.pm.gov.uk.
http://www.fco.gov.uk.
the ministry of defence http://www.mod.uk.
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kelsey007
What the hell- let me put in my two cents worth. I tend to agree with logical. However, what of all the other countries that are abusing the human rights of their citizens? I still can't get our of my mind the young lady in Africa who is to be stoned to death for haing a baby out of wedlock. And please remember that we, the US, empowered the Taliban and were aware of the atrocities they were committing against their women and children for a decade. We had video tapes of women being beheaded on the soccer field way before 9-11. They would stop in the middle of a game, drive a pickup out to the middle of the field and chop off heads in front of the sports spectators- children and all. We did not do crap for those people until it became a US political issue WHICH WE HAVE YET TO FINISH! Now with some 7,000 US troops still fighting in Afganastan we are going to dispurse more troops to another region? We would all love to see Sadam out of power. But Sadam has no more capabilities today than he did 10 years ago. The approach this administration is going for is going to put us into a worldwide Vietnam. When we put Sadam on the run then we will put into place another puppet government that will bleed our economy even dryer. We need to take a long hard look at what we are doing. Bush is still trying to maintain or regain a mementum from 9-11 when his approval rate soared. Hostory should teach us something- but NO ONE wants to slow down and look at history beyond a couple of years.
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Is 40 too old for a tattoo????
by mamashel inok, as you know, i am a wife, mother of 6 and almost 40 years old.
i have had this urge to get a tattoo for about 3 years now.
shelley
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kelsey007
I am a bit put off by your question. One of the reasons that I never got a tattoo is that if I got it at age twenty then I would eventually be a 40 year old man with a tattoo- and 50- and 60 and 70.....
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Look what I found.
by Monster injust last night i tried to talk with my sister about things going on with the jws, she gave me a book (a jw book) of course, that says the "worlds religions" are going to receive god's judgment against them.
the book is called 'isaiah's prophecy" i went on line to do research and found this place.
now what's really interresting to me about this is; this man (a jw) has used the same scriptures the jws used against christendom churches, to kick the witnesses asses with.
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kelsey007
I have been posting something similar to that for a while: Ez. chapter 34 states it very clearly when Ezekial was commanded to prophecy against God's shephards!
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All humans are mentaly ill.
by sleepy in.
all humans are mentaly ill.well sort of.since there is no "correct" standard of mental fitness to which humans can measure themselves its dificult to know what is sane.. most people do or think things other find strange, in fact i have yet to meet anyone who does not do at least one thing i find strange, and i expect people would think the same about me.. but the real problem is that humans are delusional.we believe or think things that arn't true.. you have crinimals who justify what they do to others in their minds and won't admit they are wrong.greedy business men who reason that they are not harming anyone by their greedy ways.people going to auditions to be a pop star who think they can sing when they cant.people who follow the jehovahs witness organisation no matter what.in fact how many of us can really admit to our flaws and weakness when we think we are doing a good job?that is the important part , when we think we are doing right or want something we shouldn't have and justify it , we are deluding ourselves.we are showing a sign of irrantionality in our judgment of our actions.. its hard to go through life without justifying what we do.those who always think they are wrong tend to end up going mad anyway.. but it seams to be a function of the brain to delude ourselves when we need too.the brain lies to us.this makes us act irrationaly and prevents us from considering the real facts.
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kelsey007
Sounds like good old Benjiman Rush- a doctor and signer of the Constitution of the USA. His words were: The majority of mankind are madmen (insane). He advocated the "tranqualating chair" to control the masses of insane humans.
Given the popularity of prozac and a mass of other drugs for treating ADD, ADHD, Bipolar-on and on I guess he got his wish....
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megachurches
by kelsey007 inhttp://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2002-09-22-megachurches-1acover_x.htm
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forward-moving organisation
by ballistic inthe 1983 year book reported that.... to assist his dedicated people to accomplish this twofold publishing work, jehovah has provided his forward-moving organization
with many high-speed offset printing presses as well as modern bookbinding equipment.
he has also equipped his people with the latest technology in the field of computer phototypesetting.
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kelsey007
I distinctly remember in the years coming up to 1975 that some questioned why the society would expend so much on equipment and property to expand the preaching work when they were being told to not go to school, buy homes or extend their careers. Many talks were given trying to explain to the pubs why the society was forging ahead with the end sooo near.
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Disfellowshipping Procedure Changes
by WTLies inhas there been any changes as of late in the way the judical committe operates?
i was just in email with a dub that assured me that the elders no longer make decision to disfellowship but instead it's made at the society.
the elders only recommend.
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kelsey007
From a procedural standpoint the society always had the last word. The reality is that rarerly if ever does the society override the decision of the local elders in such matter.