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Russia "Persecuting" Jehovah's Witnesses
by ziddina inis there anyone on board who has the following information???.
in the past, when jehovah's witnesses have been persecuted around the world, the watchtower society has passed out the addresses of the government officials and/or ambassadors of the offending country, along with a 'sample' letter giving the rank&file a model to base their "letters of protest" upon.... i remember clearly that this happened when the watchtower society set the malawian jehovah's witnesses up to be persecuted - er, i mean, when "satan" 'inspired' the malawian government to attack its own people over a simple u.n. library card - er, over a card that identified the individual malawian witnesses as inhabitants of that country.... i clearly remember the 'sample' letter - perhaps it was in a "kingdom ministry" instead of an "awake" or "watchtower" magazine - and i even remember writing a letter or two in protest and sending it in..... so, my question is this: has anyone seen anything in recent watchtower publications - and probably within an internal publication, like the aforementioned "kingdom ministry" pamphlet - that gives the names and addresses of russian government officials to whom the rank&file are to write 'protest' letters???.
if so, could you please post those names and addresses here, as i would like to send them a few letters - with suggestions - of my own.... thank you in advance!!.
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For Hamsterbait - and anyone else who's feeling angry or sad...
by ziddina inhope these help... (david arkenstone...).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xggx_ibiee&feature.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8l7pruayi4&feature.
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What?!? NO-ONE's speculating on the WTBTS getting any of Michael's $$??
by ziddina inwhaaaat?
no - one is speculating on michael jackson's mom donating, say, 30 million bucks to the wtbts if she gets her grubby little hands on all that money as the kids' guardian???
i pity those poor kids - they're doomed to be beaten - er, 'raised in the truth' - by grandmumsy dearest.... wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall at a governing body meeting about michael jackson's money??
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"How Smart Can We Get?" Program on PBS tonight...
by ziddina inthis was briefly mentioned on another thread, and i wanted to bring it to peoples' attention.... .
pbs' "nova sciencenow" program tonight is titled, "how smart can we get?".
the program description reads:.
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"What Would Jesus Buy???" On Sundance Channel in about 3 hours...
by ziddina inwell, sundance channel has done it again!!!
the people who brought you "worlds apart", the danish movie based on a young jehovah's witness girl's disfellowshipment and shunning, are bringing you another good movie.... this one, however, is much more humorous!!!.
"what would jesus buy???
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Propaganda - or "Meat in Its Due Season" - Which?
by ziddina in(this is definitely supposed to be under humor - it's a spoof of the 4 articles on "propaganda" from the wtbts that middleman posted on bible research and study articles...).
"a liar starts out by lying to himself.
" - ziddina .
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"Moral Orel"(tm) - Anyone here ever heard of it??
by ziddina injust wondering whether anyone here has ever heard of this tv show - on "adult swim" if you've got cable in the u.s. - was usually on late at night to prevent impressionable young minds from exposure... : http://www.adultswim.com/shows/moralorel/indexpage.html#video.
anyway, it's one of my favorites - and you can access and see complete episodes at that website.
though it spoofs protestantism in general, there are aspects which apply to jehovah's witnesses also, since the jw religion/cult is an offspring of american protestantism - in fact, i think jws would be classified under the "frontier revivalism" category..... enjoy!
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Thank you to everyone who sent me a Christmas card!!
by ziddina ini am so sorry that i was not able to respond in kind.... this cold has had its teeth in me since december 12th, and unfortunately due to this illness i had to cancel christmas at my house this year..... hugs and kisses to everyone, though!!
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zid .
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Art and Artists...
by ziddina ini wonder whether this artist - masseot abaquesne - was one of the inspirations for gustav klimt... though these are mentioned here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gustav_klimt as his influences, but masseot abaquesne was a french artist of the 16th century... .
"klimt travelled little but trips to venice and ravenna, both famous for their beautiful mosaics, most likely inspired his gold technique and his byzantine imagery.
but doesn't this look like klimt's "golden" period??
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"Wise Blood" 1979 John Huston Movie - religious satire
by ziddina inand it's on tonight for those of you who get tcm - turner classic movies... comes on at 4:00 a.m. eastern standard time - u.s.a eastern seaboard.... or check it out from your local video store.... here's a preview.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt_nsl1hw1s.
i've read something to the effect that this was john huston's favorite movie....