Judging by that Topix thread and some of the comments being aired on this forum, some people are getting rather too excitable.
MrMonroe
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Steven Unthank's case is back in court on Tuesday
by Mickey mouse inhttp://www.jwnews.net/.
will anyone be there?.
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why JWs doesn't celebrate birthday?
by vientotz ini'm so curious, why they're not celebrating their birthdays?
is it just because jesus don't celebrate it and it's not written in the bible that they celebrated the birthday of jesus?
or is it written in the bible not to celebrate birthday?
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MrMonroe
That's right. The Watchtower suggests it's implied that birthdays are bad, since both birthday celebrations in the Bible had a beheading occur, and both were birthdays of pagan people.
Someone somewhere made the point that using the same logic, Jehovah's Witnesses would never keep dogs. There is not one positive mention of dogs in the Bible; every mention is negative and pejorative.
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Read This Book: Crisis of Allegiance
by headisspinning inwe already read crisis of conscience which was incredible, but if you are canadian, you need to read crisis of allegiance.
my husband knows a lot of the players and if you're an ex-canadian elder you probably will too.
he is just riveted and i can't wait to read it next!.
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MrMonroe
Yes, and also the book contained in this thread. Certainly worth tracking down.
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Victoria, Australia: Report on Oct. 11th hearing involving Steven Unthank
by AndersonsInfo invictoria, australia: report on oct. 11th hearing involving steven unthank.
(this report is from an anonymous xjw who attended the hearing.
i had no plans to turn up to the court hearing as an observer, as in my experience, it can take several hearings and a number of months before any court case gets rolling.
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MrMonroe
Snare&racket, the trial has not begun yet. I seriously doubt there would have been any recording taken of comments at a mentions hearing. Therefore, no transcript.
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transcripts of the WWC case...can we get? MAYBE
by Aussie Oz infound this tonight...anyone here close to the action that thinks its worth a go?.
http://www.magistratescourt.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/justlib/magistrates+court/home/practice+and+procedure/.
q:how do i obtain a copy of the audio recording for a case that was heard?a:all proceedings of the magistrates court are recorded.
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MrMonroe
Many of these points have been previously addressed. The case is criminal, not civil. I doubt whether anything would have been taped to date because they are only mentions, an administrative process. Unthank has no lawyer: he has been the prosecutor so far. The WT law firm, Vincent Toole Solicitors, is headed by Vin Toole, who lives and works at Bethel. It is most unikely he would cooperate with any outside request.
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Out Of All JW Beliefs Which Is The Weirdest?
by minimus ini know there's plenty.. one that comes to mind is the blood doctrine.
whole blood is bad, blood fractions may be ok but not all.....wtf?
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MrMonroe
In The Golden Age (March/April 1935) dear old Clayton Woodworth published a three-part article claiming the calendar was the work of the devil. His solution: a new "theocratic" calendar replacing the names of all the days of the week (drawn, naturally, from pagan gods) to new ones: Lightday, Heavenday, Earthday, Starday, Lifeday, Mansday and Godsday.
The months of the year were also renamed in a calendar that started the year in the (northern) spring. Those months would be called Redemption, Life, Visitment, Freedom, Vindication, Hope, King, Peace, Order, Logos, Jehovah and Temple.
Since Woodworth was part of the faithful slave class and therefore in direct receipt of God's new light, it's odd that it was never adopted. In the end, I guess they just decided to compromise with Satan's world for the sake of convenience.
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Out Of All JW Beliefs Which Is The Weirdest?
by minimus ini know there's plenty.. one that comes to mind is the blood doctrine.
whole blood is bad, blood fractions may be ok but not all.....wtf?
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MrMonroe
God is very displeased if you celebrate Mothers Day. It is linked with pagan gods. The WTS even gave the faithful a reference from a 1950s Encyclopedia Britannica in the Reasoning Book to prove it.
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"Theocratic Warfare" and the Annual Report
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite inone of the things i certainly noticed as a jw, and even during the time i was in bethel, was the complexities of reporting "truth.".
beginning with an observation on a personal level, i consider myself an honest person.
but something happened along the way, beginning when i pioneered.
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MrMonroe
Sigh. And they say their organisation is modelled on the first century Christians. Any current JWs visiting this forum will know the truth of the comments here and can only admit that so much of their religion is all about appearances.
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A JW Corpse 'Speaks'
by Bangalore ina jw corpse 'speaks'.
http://alwaysonasaturday.blogspot.com/2009/08/jw-meets-undignified-end.html.
bangalore.
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MrMonroe
No matter what, the brothers could not get the corpse to straighten up.
Curious indeed. Why were "the brothers" struggling to straighten a corpse? I would have thought that would be a job for the undertakers. I'd hate to think this is an urban myth.
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Watchtower STUDY EDITION - Vehicle for Vitriol and REALLY crazy statements?
by punkofnice inis it me or do i notice that all the weird and hateful cultish statements are now appearing in the 'study edition' washtowels?.
anointed are nuts - august 15, 2011 watchtower (the study edition) pg 22 qfr: memorial partakers.
this is the number.
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MrMonroe
Teary, it's a members-only version of The Watchtower because its intended audience is Jehovah's Witnesses who attend meetings. As opposed to the public version, whose intended audience is the public. As you well know.