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Petitions urge White House to classify Westboro church as hate group and . . .
by ABibleStudent infyi the westboro baptist church is in the news again: westboro baptist church article .
according to the article there are 5 white house petitions to either label the westboro baptist church a hate group, ban organizations from holding demonstrating near funerals, and revoking the westboro church's tax-exempt status.
the following white house petitions could spark public debate that might affect the westboro baptist church and other organzations like the watchtower:.
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Experience with elder: From top down to bottom up organization
by Gorbatchov init was around 2009, when i attended higher education (bachelor), an elder of the congregation made an appointment for a encourage conversation at home.
because i know the elder whole my life, and i have respect for his age, i couldn't say no.
we started with a good cup of coffee.
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Recent "New Light"?
by lilbluekitty inso i've been away from anything witness-y for a number of months...what "new light" are they talking about now?
anything or is it all the same doom and gloom?
i haven't talked to my mom in awhile and when we do talk we don't talk about jw stuff much except for her bragging about rbc stuff.. what news is there?
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Christians could be called "extremists" by Government
by Infowarrior inthis should be important if you are christian, the authorities may now declare you to be an "extremist" threat, and under the law, particularily american law, it could even result in the fullest extant of law (ndaa, etc).
http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/army-labeled-evangelicals-as-religious-extremism.html.
a u.s. army training instructor listed evangelical christianity and catholicism as examples of religious extremism along with al qaeda and hamas during a briefing with an army reserve unit based in pennsylvania, fox news has learned.. the incident occurred during an army reserve equal opportunity training brief on extremism.
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FLDS, Jehovah's Witnesses and Mass Suicide.
by jw07 inan flds sect under the leadership of warren jeffs has told his followers to prepare for the end of the world by tonight (december 31st, 2012).
note the last sentence found in the link below.
its just warren whipping them up into another frenzy to gather money," wyle told the station.. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/flds-prepping-apocalypse-article-1.1230155.
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A Parable Relevant to Those Who Say We Should Wait on Jehovah
by Eustace inhint: the "drowning man" represents the jw hierarchy, and the men in the rowboat, moterboat, and helicopter represent those who complain about injustices ("in france, a former elder believed that he had been the victim of an injustice, and he became bitter...").. "the drowning man".
a fellow was stuck on his rooftop in a flood.
he was praying to god for help.. soon a man in a rowboat came by and the fellow shouted to the man on the roof, "jump in, i can save you.".
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Looking for partakers site that are upset at GB for taking ball home
by notjustyet inrecently i stumbled across a site that seemed to be made up of a group of partakers that was sending letters to the gb stating that they should .
be used to help prepare some of the articles instead of the non partaking members of the writing committee.. .
you could read each and every letter that had been sent in the past, but now i cannot seem to find that site again.. anyone know where that is located?.
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The difference between a religion, however strange, and a destructive cult
by Eustace ini think the difference has to do with ostracizing former members.
when a group does this, then whether or not they used "brainwashing" techniques to get peoplein, the people in have a tremendous amount of pressure being put on them to stay in no matter how badly they're treated.. the problem i face when it comes to studying this issue is that there is i'm having a hard time finding data on which groups do and do not ostracize former members.. here's a list of some groups i consider destructive cults with information on whether or not they ostracize former members in paranthesis:.
destructive cults.
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First draft of first part of PDF on Disfellowshipping
by Eustace inrecently someone asked if someone could put together a pdf on the disfellowshipping prochedure.
i've been trying to write one the last couple days and so far the following is what i have.
any thoughts, pro or con, are welcome.
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Annointed JW Website on Blood Ban
by Eustace inon october 7, 2012, we received the following comment and inquiries: .
thank you for your answer, and i see your work very positive.
however, as i see, you seem to be active jehovah's witnesses.