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Brett King (Jehovah's Witness) Releases Video of why he removed his ill son, Ashya, from a UK hospital
by jwleaks in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14etqn9zpwk .
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Stephen Lett (Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses) Publicly Counsels Politicians During Convention Keynote Address In Africa
by jwleaks inzambia: fulfill promises ... jehovah's witnesses counsel politicianstimes of zambia.
august 23, 2014. by chatula kampo.
a top jehovah's witnesses' world leader has bemoaned politicians' failure to fulfill campaign promises.. stephen lett, who gave a keynote speech at the on-going convention held at levy mwanawasa stadium in ndola, said politicians needed to meet the aspirations of people who vote them into public offices.. meanwhile, conversion overseer john mashilipa has urged fellow witnesses to respect the government of the day, obedient and continue remaining non-partisan.. in the keynote address streamed live from solwezi district in the north-western province, mr lett, one of the seven members of the world governing body said electorates expected much from the people they vote for.. "there is need for politicians to fulfill their promises to their voters once they assumed power," he said.. he observed that most politicians failed to fulfill promises to their voters who had high expectations.. "politicians usually promise a moon and not deliver to their promises, this is disappointing to the voters who have high expectations," he said.. mr mashilipa said believers needed to seek god's kingdom which he said never fails, unlike human governance.. this year's conversion attracted a historic attendance of more than 40,000 people from across the five districts in the province namely; ndola, kitwe, luanshya, mufulira, kalushi and chambishi.. gathered under the theme 'keep seeking first god's kingdom', witnesses filled the stadium and those who could not find seats monitored proceedings from outside.
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Zambia: Fulfill Promises ... Jehovah's Witnesses Counsel Politicians
TIMES OF ZAMBIA
August 23, 2014
By Chatula Kampo
A TOP Jehovah's witnesses' world leader has bemoaned politicians' failure to fulfill campaign promises.
Stephen Lett, who gave a keynote speech at the on-going convention held at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola, said politicians needed to meet the aspirations of people who vote them into public offices.
Meanwhile, conversion overseer John Mashilipa has urged fellow witnesses to respect the government of the day, obedient and continue remaining non-partisan.
In the keynote address streamed live from Solwezi District in the North-Western Province, Mr Lett, one of the seven members of the world governing body said electorates expected much from the people they vote for.
"There is need for politicians to fulfill their promises to their voters once they assumed power," he said.
He observed that most politicians failed to fulfill promises to their voters who had high expectations.
"Politicians usually promise a moon and not deliver to their promises, this is disappointing to the voters who have high expectations," he said.
Mr Mashilipa said believers needed to seek God's Kingdom which he said never fails, unlike human governance.
This year's conversion attracted a historic attendance of more than 40,000 people from across the five districts in the province namely; Ndola, Kitwe, Luanshya, Mufulira, Kalushi and Chambishi.
Gathered under the theme 'Keep seeking first God's Kingdom', witnesses filled the stadium and those who could not find seats monitored proceedings from outside. About 1,000 witnesses got baptised.
Despite the multitude of witnesses, order and calmness charicterised the event that had four sections running simultaneously in Bemba, English,Chinese and American sign language .
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Bible verses removed from NWT at jw.org
by hardtobeme inwhy would they remove bible verses from the bible?.
anyone knows why?.
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Seems okay: http://bit.ly/jwleaks-mission-statement
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JW Pedophile Henricus Landmeter shows no remorse; sentence not suspended
by blondie inhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/father-tells-young-daughter-not-to-worry-about-sexual-abuse-as-jehovah-sees-everything-and-will-sort-it-out-court-hears/story-fnii5yv7-1227038869989?nk=17930d6057db2d68aa89a987482d58a3.
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Henricus Stephanus Landmeter
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A QUESTION I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANSWERED BY JWs
by NAVYTOWN inthe jws make such a big deal about not taking (eating) blood in any form.
that being the case, shouldn't they avoid eating steaks?
even a well- done steak still contains the animals blood.
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This subject was discussed before the Senate of Australia 15 years ago. Note the responses from the Watchtower and Jehovah's Witnesses representatives, Donald MacLean and Vincent Toole.
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Ebola Fears Cloud Jehovah's Witnesses International Convention in Zimbabwe
by jwleaks invoice of america.
august 14, 2014. .
http://www.voanews.com/content/ebola-fears-cloud-jehova-witness-meeting-in-zimbabwe/2413748.html.
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*** g96 5/8 p. 23 Killer Virus Strikes Zaire *** [Awake! magazine, May 8, 1996]
BY AWAKE! CORRESPONDENT IN AFRICA
KIKWIT, Zaire, is a sprawling town on the fringe of a tropical rain forest. Forty-two-year-old Gaspard Menga Kitambala, who lived outside the city, was the only Witness of Jehovah in his family. Menga was a seller of charcoal. He prepared his charcoal deep in the forest, bundled it up, and carried it on his head to Kikwit.
On January 6, 1995, he felt ill. He fell twice on his way home from the forest. When he reached his home, he said that he had a headache and a fever.
Over the next few days, his condition deteriorated. On January 12, his family took him to Kikwit General Hospital. The Witnesses in Menga’s congregation helped the family to care for him at the hospital. Sadly, his condition worsened. He began to vomit blood. Blood flowed uncontrollably from his nose and ears. On January 15, he died.
Soon others in Menga’s family who had touched his body became sick. By early March, 12 people closely related to Menga had died, including his wife and two of their six children.
By mid-April, hospital staff and others began to sicken and die in a way similar to Menga and his family. Quickly the illness spread to two other towns in the region. Clearly, outside help was needed.
Professor Muyembe, Zaire’s top virologist, went to Kikwit on May 1. He later told Awake!: “We concluded that Kikwit was suffering from two epidemics: one was diarrhea caused by bacteria, and the other was a severe hemorrhagic fever caused by a virus. Of course, we needed to confirm this diagnosis. So we collected some blood from patients and sent it to be tested at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, U.S.A.”
The CDC confirmed what Muyembe and other doctors in Zaire had already suspected. The disease was Ebola.
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SEE ALSO: http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/5860
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Ebola Fears Cloud Jehovah's Witnesses International Convention in Zimbabwe
by jwleaks invoice of america.
august 14, 2014. .
http://www.voanews.com/content/ebola-fears-cloud-jehova-witness-meeting-in-zimbabwe/2413748.html.
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BULAWAYO24 NEWS | ZIMBABWE
August 2, 2014
http://www.bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-religion-byo-51784.html
Thousands of foreign visitors will this month come to Zimbabwe to attend the first international convention of Jehovah's Witnesses to be held at the National Sports Stadium in Harare.
More than 5000 delegates from as far as the United States, Europe, Latin America and African countries will descend on Zimbabwe international convention to be held from the 22 to the 24th of August.
In the past, national conventions were held and this is the first time it has gone international with Zimbabwe being chosen to host on behalf of Africa.
Some of the delegates are already in the country and figures from the tourism and hospitality industry show that all major hotels are fully booked for the duration of the conference.
Convention overseer, Mr Effort Mugabe said apart from delegates from Brazil, Germany and other African countries such as Kenya, Burundi and Morocco, 2000 will come from the United States.
“We are happy that visitors from all over the world will converge in Zimbabwe. This is the first convention in Africa and we expect to host between 35000 to 40000 delegates, with America sending 2000 delegates. I can also confirm that everything is in now place for the convention," he said.
The convention, which was arranged by the governing body of the Jehovah's Witnesses, will be held under the theme; ‘Keep Seeking First God's Kingdom.'
The church, which is also known as Watch Tower, is popular for street evangelism and believes God's kingdom will bring to an end all the sufferings the earth is experiencing.
The church also has kingdom halls in almost every suburb of towns and cities and some rural areas.
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Ebola Fears Cloud Jehovah's Witnesses International Convention in Zimbabwe
by jwleaks invoice of america.
august 14, 2014. .
http://www.voanews.com/content/ebola-fears-cloud-jehova-witness-meeting-in-zimbabwe/2413748.html.
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VOICE OF AMERICA
August 14, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/ebola-fears-cloud-jehova-witness-meeting-in-zimbabwe/2413748.html
HARARE—Zimbabwe's government is in a quandary as the country prepares to host a three-day Jehovah's Witnesses conference with 50,000 people from around the world expected to attend. Some delegates will come from West Africa, where there has been an outbreak of Ebola. Given the state of the host’s health care system, however, some delegates might be barred from attending.
Dr. Christopher Tapfumaneyi, the principal director in Zimbabwe’s health ministry, says the country has not had an Ebola case, but that the government is aware of problems that the conference might present. Tapfumaneyi says with the advice of the World Health Organization, Zimbabwe has started educating some medical officials about Ebola.
“They are going to ensure that if there is a visitor coming into the country who in the past three weeks has been in the three countries that have been targeted, they will look at the person closely. If there is reason to isolate that person, that isolation will be done. The centers have already been prepared for that," he said.
The Zimbabwean official is referring to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and that Zimbabwe is not taking chances. The government has since recalled all its soldiers on the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Liberia following the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.
The World Health Organization head in Zimbabwe, Dr. David Okello, says the southern African nation must not panic.
“The likelihood of Ebola coming here is remote," he said. "The risk is low, but we live in a global village. Somebody could be infected with Ebola in Liberia, flies to South Africa and is here the next day. I think my main worry is we are now dealing with, not an epidemic of Ebola here, but an epidemic of fear and panic."
Zimbabwe's health care system has been near collapse for more than a decade.
Earlier this week, the African Union said the continent’s ministers of health would meet in September to lobby their countries to replenish the AU's Special Emergency Fund for Drought and Famine, which will also now cover public health.
The AU said the Ebola outbreak provides an impetus to speed up the establishment of the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention for early detection, preparedness and response. An early detection center is what all Jehovah's Witnesses coming to Zimbabwe will experience.
Effort Mugabe, in Harare, Zimbabwe, Aug. 13, 2014. (Sebastian Mhofu)
If they have been to Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea, they might not attend the conference, but Effort Mugabe, the coordinator of the Jehovah's Witnesses conference, is convinced all will go well.
“We are not very much concerned, because very shortly the government assured that they are in total control of it. We do hope that with the help of the government, we will be happy to do it without any problems at all," he said.
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is probably the deadliest in history and led health ministers from southern Africa to meet in South Africa last week. They asked World Health Organization officials to provide for the control of the international spread of disease across borders.2014 District Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses New Releases
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Not on jw.org - comments regarding bad Jehovah's Witness employees
by jwfacts ini used to be very impressed with convention experiences regarding how worldly employers would hire jws because they were known as the most honest workers.
i was too indoctrinated to realise these were selective experiences, and there are plenty of experiences of jws being dishonest in the workforce.
i have received a couple recently by email.. i have cut quite a bit out of the following email i received so that the person and company cannot be indentified, but you will get the message.. .
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August 4, 2014: Yoga 'allows evil' into the body, says sacked Jehovah's Witness fitness coach, Maciej Grochowski, who won a payout from Virgin Active after he was sacked for ranting about religion which upset clients.
Awarded - £653.50
Hearing Fee - £950.00
Sacked from work for Bible preaching - Priceless
http://www.yourpersonaltraininguk.co.uk/trainer/954
UK MEDIA REPORTS
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Australian brother and sister country band
by under the radar ina while back, there were some interesting posts about an award-winning australian brother and sister country music band.
they had a music video out which showed "hot button" words from the watchtower as if cut out and pasted on a wall for a backdrop.
does anyone know the name of this band and/or the title of the song i'm thinking of?
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Glen and Kaylee Harrison are the siblings that make up the duo Kaylens Rain. The song that’s introducing them to the world is called Outta Here, and the story behind it is pretty remarkable.
After spending their whole lives as Jehovah’s Witnesses, there came a time when they made the decision to leave that life behind them. So in 2009 they officially became a country music duo. Hence, “Outta Here,” which is the lead-off cut on their 2012 debut album Found.
Described as a song about freedom, Outta Here is not just a song about changing one’s religious beliefs, though that is where the inspiration came from. But lyrically, this song can apply to any difficult situation that forces a person to face an ultimatum, like leaving a relationship, or leaving a job.
As the brother and sister sing “I wanna break free ’cause I can’t be any stronger,” hard times will resonate with the listener. “I’ll go crazy if I stay here any longer. Before it breaks me, take me outta here.”
Album available on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/found/id567625251
http://us995.cbslocal.com/2014/02/14/new-country-buried-treasures-kaylens-rain/
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.kaylensrain.com/
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/KaylensRain
Effort Mugabe, in Harare, Zimbabwe, Aug. 13, 2014. (Sebastian Mhofu)
