My garden. I started in 2008 with a barren yard and have planted and built everything myself, except the pool, but I did build the fencing and shade sail.
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Pretend to honour principles, but make laws instead!
by doubtfull1799 inthis from the latest watchtower question from readers:.
"how a christian chooses to protect him- self, his family, or his possessions is, of course, largely a personal matter, as is his choice of employment.
that said, bible principles reflect god’s wisdom and his love for us.
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"...spiritually mature Christians choose not to keep a firearm for protection against other humans..."
How to have fun when translating Watchtowerspeak:
"spiritually mature Christians" - the seven members of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses believe that they alone are the most 'spiritually mature Christians' among the 2.2 billion Christians alive today.
"a firearm" - note the phrase 'firearm' is in the singular and not plural as in 'firearms' but, by contrast, the word 'Christians' is in the plural and not singular thereby denoting it applies to a minimum of "two or more" individuals who are "spiritually mature."
Therefore, as long as Geoffrey Jackson has at least "two or more" firearms "for protection against humans," including "mentally diseased human apostates," then no scriptural principles have been violated. The same applies to the collective governing body.
Evidently, one Christian one firearm is a sin.
After all, this is how the GB translate and interprete the bible.
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Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses launches worldwide campaign againt Russia
by jwleaks injehovah's witnesses mobilize global response to threat of ban in russia.
march 21, 2017. https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/russia/jw-mobilize-global-response-to-threat-of-ban/.
new york—threatened with an imminent ban on their worship in russia, jehovah’s witnesses are responding with a direct appeal to kremlin and supreme court officials for relief through a global letter-writing campaign.
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So Jehovah's Witnesses are being asked to each send six separate letters to six different Russian officials. Can't the governing body let eveyone send just one letter addressed to all six Russian officials and simply call it an overlapping letter?
Can't wait for the JW Broadcast video featuring Stephen Lett ...
"In doing the math we have found that there are more letters going out than coming in."
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Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses launches worldwide campaign againt Russia
by jwleaks injehovah's witnesses mobilize global response to threat of ban in russia.
march 21, 2017. https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/russia/jw-mobilize-global-response-to-threat-of-ban/.
new york—threatened with an imminent ban on their worship in russia, jehovah’s witnesses are responding with a direct appeal to kremlin and supreme court officials for relief through a global letter-writing campaign.
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What would happen if members of Jehovah's Witnesses around the world started writing letters of disapproval to the governing body, or their local branch committees, over the seizing of kingdom halls and congregation funds by Watchtower?
Would the assets be returned? No. The local bodies of elders would be instructed to seek out the letter writers to silence them with threats of
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Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses launches worldwide campaign againt Russia
by jwleaks injehovah's witnesses mobilize global response to threat of ban in russia.
march 21, 2017. https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/russia/jw-mobilize-global-response-to-threat-of-ban/.
new york—threatened with an imminent ban on their worship in russia, jehovah’s witnesses are responding with a direct appeal to kremlin and supreme court officials for relief through a global letter-writing campaign.
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smiddy - I dont believe JW`s should be banned in Russia.
Freedom of religion should be paramount for all.
I am interested in reading the personal letters each and every member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses wrote as well as the letters written by all their helpers and lawyers.
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Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses launches worldwide campaign againt Russia
by jwleaks injehovah's witnesses mobilize global response to threat of ban in russia.
march 21, 2017. https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/russia/jw-mobilize-global-response-to-threat-of-ban/.
new york—threatened with an imminent ban on their worship in russia, jehovah’s witnesses are responding with a direct appeal to kremlin and supreme court officials for relief through a global letter-writing campaign.
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pale.emporer - This could backfire.
I agree. Also there exists a potential problem if disgruntled former members of the JWs commence immediately to write anonymous letters threatening the Russian government. There is no way the Russians could tell the legitimate JWs from others.
pale.emporer - This is like history repeating itself. Remember when Rutherford wrote a letter the Hitler.
Joseph Rutherford, president of Watchtower and leader of the JWs, organized a letter writing campaign against Hitler which, more or less, personally threatened him. Interestingly Rutherford died first, in 1942, and Hitler died in 1945.
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Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses launches worldwide campaign againt Russia
by jwleaks injehovah's witnesses mobilize global response to threat of ban in russia.
march 21, 2017. https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/russia/jw-mobilize-global-response-to-threat-of-ban/.
new york—threatened with an imminent ban on their worship in russia, jehovah’s witnesses are responding with a direct appeal to kremlin and supreme court officials for relief through a global letter-writing campaign.
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Sorry about the topic heading. This is not my doing but a technical glitch with the forum.
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Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses launches worldwide campaign againt Russia
by jwleaks injehovah's witnesses mobilize global response to threat of ban in russia.
march 21, 2017. https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/russia/jw-mobilize-global-response-to-threat-of-ban/.
new york—threatened with an imminent ban on their worship in russia, jehovah’s witnesses are responding with a direct appeal to kremlin and supreme court officials for relief through a global letter-writing campaign.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Mobilize Global Response to Threat of Ban in Russia
March 21, 2017
https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/russia/jw-mobilize-global-response-to-threat-of-ban/
NEW YORK—Threatened with an imminent ban on their worship in Russia, Jehovah’s Witnesses are responding with a direct appeal to Kremlin and Supreme Court officials for relief through a global letter-writing campaign. The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses is inviting the over 8,000,000 Witnesses worldwide to participate.
On March 15, 2017, Russia’s Ministry of Justice filed a claim with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to label the Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia as extremist and liquidate it. The claim also seeks to ban the activities of the Administrative Center. If the Supreme Court upholds this claim, the Witnesses’ national headquarters near St. Petersburg will be shut down. Subsequently, some 400 registered Local Religious Organizations would be liquidated, outlawing the services of over 2,300 congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. The branch property, as well as places of worship used by Witnesses throughout the country, could be seized by the State. Additionally, individual Jehovah’s Witnesses would become subject to criminal prosecution for merely carrying out their worship activities. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the claim on April 5.
“The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses wants to heighten attention to this critical situation,” states David A. Semonian, a spokesman at the Witnesses’ world headquarters. “Prosecuting non-violent, law-abiding citizens as if they were terrorists is clearly a misapplication of anti-extremist laws. Such prosecution is based on completely false grounds.”
The Witnesses’ global campaign is not without precedent. Nearly 20 years ago, Witnesses wrote to defend their fellow worshippers in Russia in response to a smear campaign by some members of the government in power at the time. Additionally, Witnesses have initiated past letter-writing campaigns to motivate government officials to end persecution of Witnesses in other countries, including Jordan, Korea, and Malawi.
“Reading the Bible, singing, and praying with fellow worshippers is clearly not criminal,” adds Mr. Semonian. “We hope that our global letter-writing campaign will motivate Russian officials to stop this unjustifiable action against our fellow worshippers.”
Media Contacts:
International: David A. Semonian, Office of Public Information, +1-845-524-3000
Russia: Yaroslav Sivulskiy, +7-812-702-2691
DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS FOR JW LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN AGAINST RUSSIA
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help needed -pre 1970 literature source
by closed inhi there.. can somebody, please, point me in right direction.. i am looking for literature from 60' 50' especially watchtower and awake.. any sources i could download them from?
preferably searchable formats?.
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Blood problems in Italy
by OrphanCrow inin february 2017, the european association of jehovah's witnesses made a "submission to un human rights committee subsequent to the adoption of the list of issues on the sixth periodic report of italy".. the 119th session of the human rights committee is currently underway - the dates are march 6 - march 29.. the wts has been trying to get "intesa" status in italy for decades and this latest submission to the un highlights the problems the jws are encountering in italy concerning the blood taboo.. this link will take you to a downloadable word document that is the wt's submission being considered:.
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/treaties/ccpr/shared%20documents/ita/int_ccpr_css_ita_26670_e.docx.
23676 of 2008: mr grassato (one of jehovah’s witnesses) was unconscious when admitted to the hospital.
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RC: blood transfusions do save lives. But it should also be looked at as a slippery slope, if a government can tell you what medical procedures you should or should not accept then that is when a problem does come in. It does apply to doctors as well. It is your body you get to decide what medical treatments you allow and which you deny.
I agree also. But it is also worth considering that not having blood transfusions cost lives. But it should also be looked at as a slippery slope, if the Watchtower can tell you what medical procedures you should or should not accept then that is when a problem does come in. It does apply to the governing body as well. It is your body but as a Jehovah's Witness you do not get to decide what medical treatments you allow and which you deny.