following on from terry's thread about mind filters and being open minded....... i'm neo-pagan.
for a loose definition of my beliefs see here http://www.religioustolerance.org/neopaga1.htm.
but i'm willing to consider christian belief systems.. just recently i've been studying the jewish kabballah (qabalah).
Every week I have to attend Christie Hospital, a major specialist cancer hospital here in the northwest of England. My heart breaks every time I enter the foyer. I've seen sights that would make you cry - from children to the worst deformities imaginable in adults. I ask myself how a loving God could permit such things to go on. My faith in God has been utterly shattered.
Ian
please join us in sending your prayers, good thoughts, reiki, healing vibes, lighting a candle or just taking a moment to think of all those named and unnamed who are fighting cancer or in any other need.
also their loved ones and caregivers.. hugs, peace and healing to you all!.
dansk (ian) - has been fighting mantle cell lymphoma for three years.
Hi Emo:
maybe you could volunteer to record for a talking newspaper
I didn't know there were such things. What would I talk about?
I'm not great with jigsaws and doing puzzles. I love writing and am back working part-time, but this depends on my energy levels.
Ian
hi everyone,.
a letter has been prepared by anonymous brothers to be sent to bodies of elders around the world.. of course this is a massive undertaking and we are asking for assistance from active and inactive ones around the world who share the sentiments of the letters contents.. your participation in this action indicates your sincere desire to see change within the organization that has become authoritarian in recent years.. we ask that the letter be addressed to "the body of elders" in each respective congregation.. please do not add any further information or commentary.. we are also relying on non-english speaking brothers to translate and distribute this letter.. it will not matter if more than one letter is received by each congregation.
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Has anyone got anything to report regarding the sending out of these letters yet? What has the response been?
Ian
dear all (especially those in the uk),.
following on from danny's excellent post here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/16/128626/1.ashx i have just sent an e-mail to the charities commission.
some time ago i wrote to you about the dangers of jehovah's witnesses and how they don't deserve charity status because far from helping mankind they are a real danger to it.
James,
This is the third similar reply I've had from the CC in the past year - could be two, I can't remember because I'd been so ill. The point is, if enough complaints keep reaching the CCs desk sooner or later someone with balls in their office is going to make enquiries and open a can of worms. Now, we could sit around and do nothing or we could try and undermine the organisation from as many angles as possible. I believe charity status is still a weak spot for the org but at the moment no one in the CC has the balls to act. - but I remain optimistic. There's already been one Member of Parliament who has raised the issue.
You said:
Time to move on to more productive methods?
And what might they be?
Ian
please join us in sending your prayers, good thoughts, reiki, healing vibes, lighting a candle or just taking a moment to think of all those named and unnamed who are fighting cancer or in any other need.
also their loved ones and caregivers.. hugs, peace and healing to you all!.
dansk (ian) - has been fighting mantle cell lymphoma for three years.
((((((((Grace)))))))))
Wont you ever learn to do as your told????
LOL! You know me too well! I really hate to be sitting around unable to do anything.
Love,
Ian
i took a break from my cooking adventures for a while but want to get back at it.. which one should i try to make next?
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got any good recipes?.
I love lemon meringue and apple crumble. Cheesecake is also good
Ian
arrrrrrrrrrrrrrchgghhhhhhhh.
cops just came to my house,,,my two big windows at my shop were smashed,,sheesh,,i dont have insurance,,going to cost me 1500$.
i said to cops,,looks like ahit, they agreed aaaaarrrhhhhhhhhhh.
Morons with nothing better to do. I thought it was just an English disease! Sorry you've had to experience it.
Around here bush shelters are a great favourite to be smashed!
Ian
please join us in sending your prayers, good thoughts, reiki, healing vibes, lighting a candle or just taking a moment to think of all those named and unnamed who are fighting cancer or in any other need.
also their loved ones and caregivers.. hugs, peace and healing to you all!.
dansk (ian) - has been fighting mantle cell lymphoma for three years.
Hi Emo:
Is that virus a bit like MRSA - you never actually get rid of it but have positive/negative states depending on its activity?
CMV is found in approximately 75% of the UK population but an immunity has been built up so the virus just sits around in the body dormant and not dangerous at all. In my case, because of my immune system being destroyed through the treatments I had, plus my immune system being suppressed by strong drugs to allow for the stem cell transplant to take place, the CMV was able to break out. One major reason blood is taken twice a week is to be able to monitor exactly what is going on as one doesn't feel ill from CMV until it could be too late. Once the CMV is detected, known as 'positive', action has to be taken through the use of drugs in tablet form. If these don't work, which they didn't in my case the first time round, one has to be readmitted into hospital for about a week to receive more powerful drugs through a drip.
I am now negative again but I still have to be closely monitored because, as the drug that suppressed my immune system in order for the stem cell transplant to take hold is gradually reduced, my immune system will start to get stronger and come into its own. In other words, my immune sytem is going to be relied upon to fight the CMV on its own.
Ian
dear all (especially those in the uk),.
following on from danny's excellent post here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/16/128626/1.ashx i have just sent an e-mail to the charities commission.
some time ago i wrote to you about the dangers of jehovah's witnesses and how they don't deserve charity status because far from helping mankind they are a real danger to it.
Reply from the CC:
Our Ref.: ND/1077961/G6447 07 /LCD
Dear Mr Hinze
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain (1077961)
Thank you for your e-mail of 5 October 2007 about the above charity. The charity is established with exclusively charitable objects. These are available on the Commission's website under the Register entry for the charity:
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/showcharity.asp?chyno=1077961
The Commission has no evidence to suggest that the charity undertakes activities outside these objects and that it is therefore failing to operate as a charity.
With regards to the issue of disfellowship, this is a doctrinal issue which we have previously considered. Different doctrinal practices are common in religious charities and this is not something which would cause us to consider the charitable status of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain.
I note also that you have sent an article which alleges a link between the charity and paedophiles. If you have evidence to support this, as with any criminal activity involving charities, you should contact the police in the first instance.
The CC's regulatory interest only extends to issues pertaining to charity law.
The Commission's publication, CC47, 'Complaints about Charities' is available on our website at:
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/publications/cc47.asp
This details our role in considering complaints about charities, as well as providing information about the factors we will consider before deciding whether to take up a complaint against a charity.
I hope this information is helpful.
Yours sincerely
Nick Donaldson
Senior Liaison Officer
Large Charities Division
Charity Commission
PO Box 1227, Liverpool L69 3UG
t: 020 7674 2362
f: 020 7674 2301
w: www.charitycommission.gov.uk
General enquiries: 0845 300 0218
I replied:
Dear Mr. Donaldson, Thank you for getting back to me re the above subject. I'm sorry but, to be quite frank, the Charities Commission is being completely fooled. According to the link you sent me Watchtower's aims, on the surface, look admirable (I ought to know, I fell for them hook line and sinker - until I discovered the truth). I notice it says area of benefit not defined! I really do feel the commission should thoroughly investigate Watchtower because it is making millions of pounds out of not paying tax, something the French authorities recently discovered and rectified. The religion is also banned in Russia for "It's destruction of and danger to families." I asked that you contact the BBC programme makers 'Panorama' who have evidence of Paedophiles within the Watchtower's ranks and how they are able to get away with it. I also directed you to a web site, Silent Lambs, containing the history of individuals personally injured by paedophiles. You can contact Bill Bowen, an ex Jehovah's Witness elder of over 25 years standing, at the said website. He has all the evidence you'll need. Also, if you contact the Guardian newspaper, religious affairs section, you'll find evidence of how Watchtower lied about its involvement as an NGO with the United Nations (in its publications, The Watchtower and Awake, the organisation expressly forbids involvement with the UN and, indeed, continually speaks of its complete destruction by Jehovah God at Armageddon). Watchtower takes advantage of its charity status and yet tells its members that the very governments who award it that status will be destroyed by God for being evil. It also teaches than anyone who is not a Jehovah's Witness will perish -man, woman and child at the hand of God. You have absolutely no idea what is being taught in its magazines and, especially, at its meetings. I very much hope you will look further into Watchtower's dealings and contact the people and organisations I have indicated above. Thank you. Sincerely, Ian Hinze
please join us in sending your prayers, good thoughts, reiki, healing vibes, lighting a candle or just taking a moment to think of all those named and unnamed who are fighting cancer or in any other need.
also their loved ones and caregivers.. hugs, peace and healing to you all!.
dansk (ian) - has been fighting mantle cell lymphoma for three years.
((((((((Emo))))))))
Great news! I was at the hospital yesterday and tested negative for the cytomegalovirus (CMV) but have had to go back to visiting the hospital twice a week instead of once to be monitored, just in case it rises again. This means my immune system is kicking in
I had bone marrow taken yesterday and await the results. On Thursday my Hickman line is to be taken out of my chest. This means needles will be inserted into my arms to take blood in future - but it also means I'm on the road to recovery
It's been a roller-coaster ride - still is at times - but I'm feeling like I'm getting stronger (trouble is, I tend to overdo things because I feel stronger than I actually am).
Blessings on ALL our sick ones.
Love,
Ian
