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  Watchtower Society greedily steals Witness Tsunami relief fund...Sick!

  by Witness 007 in

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  just after the tsunami brothers donated millions in relief funds, marked "for the tsunami victims"....not realizing few brothers lived in these muslim areas.

  problem is the society wanted this money for itself so..... kingdom ministry nov 2005 {11 months after tsunami} "last year brothers donated towards those effected by the tsunami disaster...however, when donations are earmarked for certain disasters it is...to use these funds only as specified by the donor {so what?

  } and within a certain period of time, whether the needs of the brothers have been cared for locally or not.

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  eyeslice

  I am sure that many of us would still be in if they were truly a humanitarian organisation.

  There is lots of talk about down-sizing but no talk about building up any humanitarian efforts. There is nothing this organization could not do if they had the will but the hard fact is that they cannot see beyond the door to door ministry and printing and distributing of literature and all that goes with it.

  Are they truely greedy? Perhaps not, but they are totally mis-guided with regard to the love of God.
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  Any one for cricket?

  by eyeslice in

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  it's the world's greatest game; played by the english gentry and kids in every slum in the indian sub-continent.. but like peanut butter and marmite, you either love it or can't see what others see in it!.

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  eyeslice

  It's the world's greatest game; played by the English gentry and kids in every slum in the Indian sub-continent.

  But like peanut butter and marmite, you either love it or can't see what others see in it!
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  Each man's death diminishes me ...

  by compound complex in

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  a friend has died.

  another has gone missing; we are hoping and praying that he is still alive.

  john donne's immortal poem comes to mind:.

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  eyeslice

  I have always loved the John Donne poem. It has inspired the title of the Hemmingway novel 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' and a great Simon and Grafunkel song ; 'I am Rock'.
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  How do you know when someone LOVES you?

  by The Berean in

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  i suppose the english word "love" has many meanings according to individual needs and experience.

  the questions are for me: if love is unilateral or an interactive relationship?

  is unrequited love none-the-less rewarding?

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  eyeslice

  I guess you just know.
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  Zen living part 6 (summarized): When Bad Things Happen

  by JimmyPage in

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  you aren't in charge of anyone or anything, and when you realize it, you will set yourself free to really live.. humans tend to categorize, label, and set up expectations.

  cultivating a zen attitude means simply living, experiencing, and being without categories, labels, or expectations.. "tragedy" is only "tragedy" because we label it as "tragedy".

  removing the label and simply experiencing the experience can help negative feelings pass and can turn a "tragedy" into a learning opportunity.. when humans experience catastrophic loss, it is more difficult to put things into perspective, but as with less serious losses, major loss is difficult because we attach our expectations and false sense of ownership, fears, and regrets to the things we have lost.. letting go of the attachments to our feelings of pain, grief, and sorrow can help us move through any experience..

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  I too like the idea of Zen living. I would love to be at peace with myself when my time time comes and I think the attitude that Zen teaches would help.
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  Does eating a rare steak = eating blood?

  by neverendingjourney in

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  i always wondered about this when i was still a jw.

  i just assumed that it was improper for a jw to eat any meat that wasn't thoroughly cooked, especially steak.

  i though everyone could see that the red juice contained blood, which, if eaten, amounted to a violation of the prohibition against eating blood.

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  The whole problem with the JW stance is that they fail to recognise that abstinence from blood was symbolic. They, therefore, need to have to have a rule for everything and continue to make up pointless rules and regulations, such as you can eat rare steak and have blood components.
  
  Remember, that the rule on blood was originally symbolic of a life taken - God wanted the majority of the blood symbolically poured on the ground and not reserved for consumption. After that it is irrelevant that a small amount of blood is left – you done the symbolic bit. Taking blood from a live person to save the life of another has absolutely nothing to do with the Old Testament symbolism, where you probably killed your animal yourself and poured out its blood to remind you as an individual that a life was taken to sustain you.
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  Very Moving memorial to Michael. First class all the way

  by StoneWall in

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  glad i decided to watch it.

  i was afraid it would turn out to be a circus and i was very pleasantly surprised at how.

  dignified and honorable it turned out.. thanks to the jackson family for allowing many to see all the good things michael will be remembered for as well.

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  I disagree. I don’t want to be a cynic but it was a 'show, a surreal piece of pop-culture entertainment.
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  Puppeting the Message

  by Hope4Others in

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  quite a few years back i had various pioneer friends who were asked to give experiences at the circuit conventions.. they were to write up there experience first give it to the elder and they would go over it.. however, when it came time for this the elder who was giving the part decided to change their experience and it did not.

  and was not even truthful now, it was not how it happened.

  my one friend in particular was very upset about this because.

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  Part of the problem with these assembly parts is that there just aren’t the ‘encouraging’ experiences out there. So the brother giving the part either embellishes the truth or re-cycles old experiences.
  
  I must have heard the same experiences from a former missionary couple half a dozen times. The reality is that they left the country they were serving in in the late 60’s and have never been back since.
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  How Many Are Watching the Jackson Memorial Now?

  by cabasilas in

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  it's on msnbc right now.....

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  My goodness! They have a 12 year old boy, Shaheen Jafargholi, from this year's Britain's Got Talent, singing ‘I wonder who's loving you now’.

  It is a moment in his young life he will never forget.
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  How Many Are Watching the Jackson Memorial Now?

  by cabasilas in

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  it's on msnbc right now.....

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  eyeslice

  Watching it now - it is so surreal! The picture of him above the stage with his arms stretched out in a Christ like crucified pose was just creepy.
  
  The guy had a great talent as an entertainer but he was certainly screwed up mentally. And now they are treating him like some sort of saint. Yes, he might have done some humanitarian work but who of us wouldn’t do the same given the time and money he had.
  
  I gave a few witness funeral talks in my time. This show certainly doesn't follow the instructions not to eulogise the dead.