slimboyfat, I guess you refer to the case of Olaf Fichtner. He used to be a Special Pioneer and later sued the Society for a certificate of employment. The case about pensions was settled out of court. That is why the Society always stresses that their current procedure has not resulted from a court rule. Their procedure is: when a Fulltime Servant leaves, they pay his pension insurance ex post (!) upon request(!). (I am not sure if details have changed but this was the procedure some years ago.)
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ALERT FRON BETHEL (this may be it)
by Hiddenwindow ina prominent bethel elder shared this information with another elder: there are some bethel workers who have been invited to leave bethel, but are refusing to do so and are taking the society to court while still residing in brooklyn.
if this is true, this could be the reason behind the sale of brooklyn property.
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No More gum chewing
by Iwonder17 inwe have this hounder in our hall who doesn't like people chewing gum in the hall.
now i can understand kids but come on..... so he gets up there a few weeks ago and says:.
"a brother told me that he was talking with a gb member, and the gb member said that chewing gum is rude".
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GermanXJW
I have not seen it myself but years ago an active JW and collector of old JW-material told me that chewing gums were condemned in the Golden Age-magazine.
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GermanXJW
No instance on WT Library.
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Watchtower Publication Standards
by juancarloshg ini could somebody hang in internet this publication?.
the link does not work .. watchtower publication standards.
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GermanXJW
Very interesting stuff. "WARNING: The Living Bible, The New Living Translation, and The New Testament [Johannes Greber] should never be quoted in any publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses."
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What are your plans post JWD?
by penny2 inwill you be joining another forum or leaving it all behind?.
i took to heart simon's thread about moving on past the "ex-jw" phase and i've been spending less time at the computer.
it's comforting though, to come back on here occasionally and see how my cyber friends are doing.. so i'm glad there are options - i've noticed some familiar faces on new forums - there may be access to jwd in some form..... .....and there's a whole world out there!.
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GermanXJW
I think I'll be leaving it all behind.
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What is the special tract campaign for this year starting October 20?
by asilentone inthe km says so, but what is the name of the new tract?
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GermanXJW
IIRC it is "Dou you Want to Hear the Truth?"
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GermanXJW
Does it mean that 20% of vegetarians like sausages?
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Danish Movie "To Verdener" about a JW girl now in English on DVD!
by GermanXJW inthe danish movie about the life of a jw girl is being releases soon in english on dvd:.
http://www13.cd-wow.com/detail_results_2.php?product_code=2969017&subcat=region2.
(not sure about the region 2 thing but dvd player can overcome this).
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GermanXJW
The movie is now Denmark's candidate for the Oscar for best foreign movie!
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when did JWs start and stop useing Deutichland uber alles?
by dogon ini can remember singing the song but can any one post a link to when it was incorporated and when it was dropped?
what song was it?.
thanks.
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GermanXJW
They did not sing the lyrics "Deutschland über alles" but song 64 "Zion's Glorious Hope" (Zions Herrliche Hoffnung) from the Bible Student's songbook was sung to the same tune of Haydn that was used for the German anthem. The Songbook was in the songbook from at least 1905, the tune was used for the German anthem from 1922. Hope that helps.
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Tell Simon why we want JWD to stay... our apprecaition...
by burningbridges inok, i'll start, maybe if we can all tell simon our reason why this site means so much to us he will reconsider and leave it here.
this site has given me the courage to speak out.
i used to be ashamed of my history with the witnesses.
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GermanXJW
I came here as GermanJW and one day I had to asked you to change it to GermanXJW. I have met wonderful people at the apostofests. The German board links here.