Loubelle -
Do the wealthy white brothers do anything to help the desperately poor black brothers in SA?
Just wondering....
Sorry no PM for ages - life is crazy, am making myself ill with over work, very silly but necessary at present.
HB
No angelic protection for 20+ Jehovah's Witnesses on way to Convention. All dead.....
by Balaamsass 46 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Whiteorchid
Exchanging words with people whose life is just blogging will make no meaning. Ziddina, get busy.
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punkofnice
Very sad story.
All I can say is: Well done WBT$ there are more martyrs for your cause............not that you care, only if they leave you all they have in their will....and even then....................!!!!
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Black Sheep
Poverty isn't an excuse for loading your family onto an overloaded, illegal, vehicle with a driver who has no regard for the laws designed to protect your family.
Romans 13:1-2 "Let every soul be in subjection to the superior authorities, for there is no authority except by God; the existing authorities stand placed in their relative positions by God. 2 Therefore he who opposes the authority has taken a stand against the arrangement of God; those who have taken a stand against it will receive judgment to themselves."
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princecharmant
Mostly unfair comments, unfair in the sense that conditions in third world countries differ. Most of the people involved in the accident probably never had a choice but step on that truck (except not attend the assembly). As unimaginable as some here may think it is, travelling on overloaded trucks or riding three or four on a motorbike is akin to luxury to people in many parts of the world.
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Black Sheep
Most of the people involved in the accident probably never had a choice...
The children didn't have a choice.
The adults did.
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princecharmant
You missed the word "probably". In any event, could it have made a difference if they hired an aircraft and it crashed?
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BluesBrother
A tragedy.........Those poor people died doing something that they loved to do and believed in.
However, I have NEVER seen any responsible dub or the WTS in print saying that they would be protected either in "service" or at or travelling to a meeting. There are too many examples of such accidents occuring.
To lay blame is unfair, unless we live in that part of the world. Was it locally illegal to use a lorry? I do not know. It would be around here but many things are different in Africa. When I was young, I grew up going out in service and to Assemblies by piling Bros & Sis into the back of vans that were commercial in the week, not many private individuals had cars then. The law allowed it , we thought it "fun"
Condolences to all.......
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Black Sheep
You missed the word "probably". In any event, could it have made a difference if they hired an aircraft and it crashed?
The adults had a choice. They were not forced to get on it.... and if they hired a cowboy pilot with a cargo aircraft, unlicensed for passengers and overloaded it, they couldn't complain if they got the same result.
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Balaamsass
Does anyone know if Watchtower has provided any financial or medical assistance for the victims?