Posts by dropoffyourkeylee

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How many hours per week did you study/devote to the WT?

by The Song Remains The Same in

how many hours did you put in on average every week in doing wt activities?.

this would include:-.

i) the meetings and travelling time to/from,.

600 people up and left the DC after the 'apostate' talk?

by Julia Orwell in

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an 'apostate' inactive jw in america i know on facebook went to the dc and said fully 600 people left between the end of the apostate talk and the lunch break.

have any of you who also went to the dc seen something like this happen?

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Honestly, this thread is a non-event. It is not unusual at all for an afternoon session to have 600 fewer in attendance. Many times it is due to adverse weather reports, people being hungry and tired of packing their own food, boredom at the inane talks, multitude of other reasons, but not due to the JWs disagreeing with any of the talks.

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The first of many 2013 District Conventions is over . . .

by bats in the belfry in

was it worth attending?.

is your survival more sure now?.

which part of gods word is truth!

dropoffyourkeylee

So all of the talk about a revision of the NWT in English is untrue? I'm not surprised, but that still leaves the question; why then is the NWT out of stock in the US? hmm. maybe they will change their name from the Watchtower BIBLE and Tract Society to the Watchtower TRACT Society.

Now that we know that the summer conventions do not have a NWT release, the only reason that is coming to mind for me for the NWT to be out of stock for a long period is a cash shortage.

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Despite the denials from Ariel Castro's brothers, the family knew he was violent.

by wha happened? in

this article from cnn details an interview from the ex daughter in law of ariel castro.

she was told then about his behavior from the mother in law and then husband.

plus she witnessed his behavior first hand.

dropoffyourkeylee

One of the brothers appeared on the news last summer when they were digging in an empty lot looking for Amanda. Pedro said on camera "It is a waste of money!" It is a very brief segment, but is really suggestive

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/pedro-castro-amanda-berry-waste-time-interview-130940562.html

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OK, spill the beans, which one of us wrote into Biblical Archaeology Review this month about the pronunciation of YHWH?

by dropoffyourkeylee in

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here's the subject:.

the "q&c" questions and comments section of the journal 'biblical archaeology review' (one of my favorite magazines), jan/feb 2013 , p. 68, someone from illinois wrote the following question:.

quote: "we've often heard that 'jehovah' is an amalgamation of the unpronounced tetragrammaton (yhwh) and, when spoken, is pronounced "lord" (adonai).

dropoffyourkeylee

Leolaia, I agree completely. The WT society maintains that the occasional use of the archaic YHWH (if I could produce the Hebrew letters here I would but it would be: 'pipi' ) in the LXX does NOT mean that the Greek speaking readers would have spoken the name Yahweh. It means that they held the word sacred and were afraid/unable to change it to a Greek equivalent. So the appearance of 'YHWH' in the Greek LXX is evidence AGAINST the WT position. Incredibly they have twisted it around and claim that it supports their view and the typical JW is clueless

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Shunning a myth says jw spokesman

by doofdaddy in

http://www.theage.com.au/national/jehovahs-witnesses-a-cruel-cult-20130315-2g5x3.htmlit's hotting up in australia regarding cults, especially tax free like jws but how is the response of vin toole (the australian wts legal mouth piece) regarding shunning!.

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dropoffyourkeylee

First of all , Kudos to Raphael Aron, who is a courageous hero in my opinion!

Second, Vincent Toole, if quoted accurately, is lying. He has to know that his statement is grossly false, misleading, and contrary to JW practice.

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A JW Mentioned On The Executed Today Site

by Bangalore in

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http://www.executedtoday.com/2013/04/27/1940-wilhelm-kusserow-jehovahs-witness/.

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bangalore.

dropoffyourkeylee

This man died for standing up for God and Christ, and I admire him and others like him.

I do wish that writers of articles like this would make the distinction that the religion was not called 'Jehovah's Witnesses' until 1931. For instance the referenced article states:

Kusserow had actually been born Lutheran, but his parents became Jehovah’s Witnesses after World War I and raised their eleven children in the faith.

This is of course not accurate, as they would have become Bible Students at that time.

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Kidnaper of 3 Cleveland women - his mom a JW

by Gayle in

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/castro-brothers-spend-night-jail-article-1.1338131#ixzz2sjzrxozd.

dropoffyourkeylee

Sorry for the double post.

Here is another quote which says that Castro's JW mom visits Reading, PA frequently and attends 'church' while there.

http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=476287

One by one the Berks County family members of Ariel Castro got the horrible news Monday, all receiving cellphone calls or seeing news reports about the monstrous acts their relative in Cleveland was accused of committing.

Their first thoughts were for the three young women that Castro, 52, is charged with kidnapping, raping and imprisoning for about a decade, and the now-6-year-old girl one of them delivered in captivity.

And then they thought of Ariel's mother, Lillian Castro, who brought Ariel and her three other children to Reading in the late 1960s.

They were unable to comprehend how a man raised by such a good woman, who now is around 70 years old, could go so wrong.

"She is the rock of the family, and she's always been there for whoever needs her," said a Berks woman who is one of dozens of Ariel Castro's relatives in the county.

The woman's father is Lillian's brother, so she is Ariel's first cousin.

On Thursday she, her sister and brother spoke with the Reading Eagle, asking that only their last name - Rodriguez - be used due to concerns for their family's safety and privacy.

They said Ariel Castro was born in Puerto Rico and came to Reading with his mother, his sister and his two brothers after Lillian separated from her husband Pedro, the children's father.

They lived with the Rodriguez family in a row home in the 400 block of North Second Street, and the Castro children attended Lauer's Park Elementary School.

In 1975 they moved to Cleveland, where Pedro Castro was living, but Lillian remained close to the Rodriguezes, coming back to Reading for visits a few times each year.

'Didn't raise Ariel this way'

Lillian ensured that the family stayed tight, lent a hand where needed and insisted on meeting with all her Berks nieces and nephews during each visit.

Three times in the last few years she stayed in Reading for months at a time to care for two of her sisters and her mother when they grew ill. She attended church here, as well as their funerals when they passed away.

Lillian Castro still has two sisters and a brother in Reading, including the father of the siblings interviewed Thursday.

"My dad wants to stress that Lillian didn't raise Ariel this way," said one of those siblings.

The woman said she remembers Ariel as a normal child, and as an adult talked to him occasionally by phone. He would always tell her he missed her and asked when she was coming to visit him.

The last time they spoke was about a year and a half ago. Like always, he seemed normal and happy.

"Nothing seemed strange," she said.

He kept mom outside

The only red flag for Lillian Castro is that Ariel never invited her into his home, the cousin said.

Instead, he'd always go to her house for dinner, or tell her to leave her home-cooked meals on his porch. But she thought that was because he was a hoarder, and she had no clue what was really happening inside, her niece said.

"He knew how to keep people away," she said. "I can't even think what made him do this to these girls. What happened? What went wrong?"

The Rodriguez siblings plan to visit Lillian soon to comfort her.

Baffled by flesh and blood

"It's indescribable what she is going through, what the rest of the family is going through," said one of her nieces, who said Lillian is like a mother to her. "I spoke to her a little bit and she doesn't sound like herself.

"She said it's hard to believe your flesh and blood did something like this."

She is relieved, though, that her sons Pedro, 54, and Onil, 50, were released Thursday. Authorities said they won't be charged.

Ariel Castro's relatives said they are still in shock over the news.

"When I hear the 9-1-1 call from one of the victims and I hear all that she went through, all this stuff she had to endure and the cause of it was this animal (Ariel)," she said. "It makes me sick to think of it.

"Evil comes in different forms. You never know who has that cold, evil heart. You never know how it will be disguised."

She has been in touch with relatives in Cleveland, New Jersey and Puerto Rico who feel likewise.

"Our hearts go out to those families," she said. "We're all in disbelief. He made so many victims."

Fearing the fallout

The woman is afraid that her family will be persecuted or ostracized if it becomes known they are related to Ariel Castro.

"Some people are ignorant like they think something like this is in the genes," she said.

When the Rodriguez family saw photos of 6-year old Jocelyn Berry, who was born in Ariel Castro's home to victim Amanda Berry, they could tell right away that Castro was the father. They said the girl has his features.

Jocelyn is their cousin (first cousin, once removed), and despite all that happened, they hope her mother will someday agree to let the family meet her.

"We're so grateful that little girl is all right," one of the women said. "We're so thankful those girls are alive."

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