When writing to the Israel branch, the name of the organization is not for example "JW in Israel" etc, but "Watchtower Association of Israel, RA" - so is WT is the name they use (in order to get any letters thru at all ) then why could they not use that name, their official, when trying to rent a location?
TheOldHippie
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Israel National News reports a most amazing story about JWs
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/flash.aspx/288677#.ux9165ao7l9.
court rejects missionary lawsuit against netanya schools for voiding leasethe tel aviv magistrates court has rejected a claim by a missionary group, saying that the school they had been renting space in unlawfully voided their contract , and asking the court to instruct the school to pay nis 108,000 in compensation and mental anguish, as well as legal expenses.. it began when a missionary group, via a non-profit organization called "mitzpe l'yisrael", rented space at the raziel school in netanya to conduct daily afternoon activities.
shortly after signing the rental agreement , the school authorities discovered that the group was, in reality, the notorious missionary sect of "jehovah's witnesses".
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ATMs in assembly halls
by Xanthippe ini only heard about these atms last year on this forum.
the poster seemed to be saying they are for donating only, is that correct?
absolutely gobsmacked over this, don't the brothers see any correlation between this and the likes of jimmy swaggart?
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TheOldHippie
Making this a problem or something to be shocked about - I just don't get it. Maybe you still use cash to a great extent in the US? I don't know. But I do know that here in Europe cash is used to only a very very small extent. If a child comes around to my house selling cookies, or selling the Sunday newspaper, there is a wild chase around the house to try to find some cash, and ususlly we don't succeed. At the assemblies, only very few carry cash. So why not use machines? I seriously don't get the exitement.
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Statement by David Clohessy, Director of SNAP: JWs predator escapes consequences
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.snapnetwork.org/pa_jehovah_witness_predator_escapes_consequences .
pa--jehovah witness predator escapes consequences .
posted on snap website by barbara dorris on march 01, 2014 flag .
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TheOldHippie
North Korean officials have repeatedly stated in North Korea there are no homosexuals. Following their line of thought, one might wonder why, and also make a rather qualified guess at what the punishment for paedoes would be ..................
Up against the wall.
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Will the jw's get all excited about Russia in the Ukraine?
by hoser inusually when world events like this take place the dubs start into how the end must be so close they can almost taste it.
maybe there will be some speculation about the king of the north and south again.
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TheOldHippie
JWs will not get exited. But the evangelicals at my work ARE exited and preparing for a great war, and one of them is constantly checking if there are any troop movements towards Israel.
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Will the jw's get all excited about Russia in the Ukraine?
by hoser inusually when world events like this take place the dubs start into how the end must be so close they can almost taste it.
maybe there will be some speculation about the king of the north and south again.
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TheOldHippie
conversation between Knorr and Fredrick the Great: " well, the Great Crowd is not so great after all".
Actually it was The Judge who said that.
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Another day, another JW child rapist bust - Jeffrey Buzzard
by zed is dead inhere is the article, i can't make it clickable, and would appreciate if someone would do that for me.
http://www.fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/fw/20130313/news/320132863/1005.
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Every abuser should get his/her judgment, no doubt - but where does it say he was a JW? It isn't mentioned in the newspaper cuttings?
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Every JW should pay attention to Steven Pinker's lecture: A History of Violence
by cognisonance incame across this lecutre (or alternatively you can read the transcript) in a class from yale on moralities of everyday life:.
a history of violence edge master class 2011some excepts:.
"believe it or notand i know most people do notviolence has been in decline over long stretches of time, and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence.".
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TheOldHippie
"Things have never been better."
That is perhaps to move slightly too much in the opposite direction. At least, one should be careful not to shout it out loud in the gates of Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, North Korea, Central America, Colombia, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Palestine, Ukraine etc. etc.
Lest it be too much of "us and here" versus "them and there".
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Curious change in December 15 Study Article
by Bobcat ini ran across a change between the printed edition of the december 15, 2013 wt study edition and the magazine as a pdf download from the jw.org website.. whether the change amounts to much, i'm not sure.
but it is curious.
the change is in paragraph 16 on page 15:.
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TheOldHippie
Same change in other languages too. Also inh the present book study book (Draw Close).
By the way, did anyone notice the "Research Guide 2014" available as a pdf on jw.org?
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Is This Current Governing Body As Bad As Previous Ones!
by minimus inor are they all the same?
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"3rd world countries love dictators."
Yeah, sure ......... Go ask the people of Argentine, Chile, Nicaragua, and all the colonies why they revolted and died by the thousands to combat the generals and juntas. Go ask the people of Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador etc. why former guerilla leaders are now presidents or runners-up.
"love dictators" - shame on you!
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Interview with an apostate: Bruja-del-Sol
by Bruja-del-Sol intell us a little about yourself and your family.. im a 45 year old female.
married age 18 to another jw (pos son), became the mother of two wonderful children, girl and boy (now adults), divorced and dfd when i was 33 years old and since 2008 married to my first love who used to be my classmate when i was 16 (but got kicked out of my life by my dad b/c he wasnt a jw).. were you a born in or a convert?.
my grandmother from fathers side, my parents, 2 of my 3 sisters and their husbands (one is an elder) and kids, my brother and his wife and children, and the wifes of my two uncles are all still jw (uncles both have faded, but their cult personas are still intact, unfortunately).
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TheOldHippie
Very sad to see how small personal disagreements can lead to such tragic results .............