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Luke Evans (born 15 April 1979)[1] is a Welsh actor and singer. Evans began his career on the stage, performing in many of London's West End productions such as Rent, Miss Saigon, and Piaf before getting his breakthrough role in Hollywood starring in the Clash of the Titans 2010 remake, playing Apollo. Following his debut, Evans was cast in such action and thriller films as Immortals (2011), The Raven (2012), and the re-imagined The Three Musketeers (2011), in which he played Aramis.

In 2013, Evans starred as the main antagonist Owen Shaw in the blockbuster Fast & Furious 6, and also played Bard the Bowman in Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.[2] Evans also portrayed the vampire Dracula in the character's film origin story, Dracula Untold.[3]

Early life
Luke Evans was born in Pontypool,[4] and raised in Aberbargoed,[1] a small town in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, the only child of Yvonne and David Evans.[5][6] He was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, though he left the religion when he was 16 and left school at the same time.[7]

At the age of seventeen, he moved to Cardiff,[8] where he studied under the supervision of Louise Ryan, an established singing coach.[9] In 1997 he won a scholarship to The London Studio Centre in Kings Cross, London.[10] He graduated in 2000.

Career

Evans at the 2011 WonderCon
From 2000 to 2008 Evans starred in many of London's West End productions including La Cava, Taboo, Rent, Miss Saigon and Avenue Q as well as several fringe shows in London and at the Edinburgh Festival.

In 2008, he landed his most significant theatre role playing Vincent in the play Small Change written and directed by Peter Gill at the Donmar Warehouse, it was significant in that he gained recognition from film casting directors and US agencies from this play and he was also nominated for the Evening Standard award for best newcomer because of his performance in Small Change. Later that same year he did his second show at the Donmar Warehouse, Piaf, in which he played Yves Montand.

Evans got his first film audition aged thirty. In 2009, he landed his first film, playing the Greek god Apollo in the 2010 remake Clash of the Titans. Also in 2010, he appeared as Clive in the film Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, as the Sheriff of Nottingham's thug in Robin Hood, alongside Matthew Macfadyen (whom he would later play alongside again in The Three Musketeers), and played handyman and good guy Andy, in director Stephen Frears' film Tamara Drewe, based on Posy Simmond's comic strip. Evans went on to portray DI Craig Stokes in Blitz (2011), the film adaptation of Ken Bruen's novel of the same name, in which he starred with Jason Statham and Paddy Considine. In early 2010, he shot the independent movie, Flutter, directed by Giles Borg.

Evans played the Musketeer Aramis in Paul W. S. Anderson's version of The Three Musketeers (filmed in 2010 and released in 2011). He was cast in a lead role in Tarsem Singh's Greek epic, Immortals (2011), in which he played the King of the Gods, Zeus. And at the end of 2010, he took a role opposite John Cusack in James McTeigue's film The Raven, replacing Jeremy Renner. In the film, released in 2012 and set in mid-19th century Baltimore, Evans played Detective Emmett Fields, who investigates a series of murders alongside Cusack's Edgar Allan Poe.[11] Shooting took place in Budapest and Serbia in November 2010. In 2011, he shot No One Lives, a psychological horror film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, in New Orleans, and began filming a role in Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, playing the role of Bard the Bowman.[2]

In 2013, Evans played the antagonist Owen Shaw in Furious 6, and in 2014, he played Dracula in the film Dracula Untold.[12][13][14]

Evans was cast as Eric Draven in the reboot of The Crow. In January 2015, it was announced that he officially exited the project to pursue other projects.[15] In June 2014, Evans join the cast of the upcoming film High-Rise with Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons.[16] In October 2014, it was announced that he had signed to star in Free Fire, directed by Ben Wheatley and co-starring Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde and Armie Hammer.[17] In March 2015, it was announced that he would be playing the role of the villainous Gaston in Disney's upcoming live-action remake, Beauty and the Beast, which co-stars Emma Watson.[18]

Personal life
Evans is openly gay. In a 2002 interview, he said, "Everybody knew me as a gay man, and in my life in London I never tried to hide it," and that by being open he would not have "that skeleton in the closet they can rattle out".[19] In 2004, he said his acting career had not suffered by being out.[20] In 2014, Evans acknowledged the importance of marketability, and that, although he does not hide his homosexuality, he is reticent to discuss it with the media.[21] The Spanish media has reported he is in a relationship with model Jon Kortajarena.[22][23][24]

In 2015, Evans was named one of GQ's 50 best dressed British men.[25]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Evans_(actor)

On the Jonathan Ross show actor Luke Evans said he was raised a JW. He used to go from door to door in Wales. He left the religion at sixteen. He obviously didn't want to talk about it and Jonathan didn't push him.

March 19, 2016

His father, Vance Sabbatino, told KABC-TV Channel 7 that his son lived with depression and struggled to find a career.

Turner Construction, the company that manages the building site, said the worker had no reason to be above the third floor. Witnesses said it appeared he had removed his hard hat prior to the fall and that he was not wearing a tethered safety harness.

March 19, 2016

An electrician in just his second day of work at the downtown Los Angeles Wilshire Grand construction site fell 53 stories to his death Thursday, striking a vehicle and prompting an evacuation of the building.

The man, who was identified Friday as Joseph Sabbatino, 36, of Palmdale, struck the rear of a woman’s car on Wilshire Boulevard around noon, according to Sgt. Barry Montgomery, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman.

Turner Construction, the company that manages the building site, said late Thursday that the worker had no reason to be above the third floor. In a statement, the company said safety protections were not a factor in the fall.

“We have confirmed with CalOSHA and LAPD that the incident which occurred at the Wilshire Grand project site today was not work-related,” the statement said.

“After an initial on-site investigation, Cal OSHA has confirmed that no fall-protection violations were observed. Our hearts go out to the family of the deceased. We are also sending our deepest sympathies to our loyal and dedicated workers, for whom today’s tragedy is deeply saddening.”

L.A. Times photographer describes moment when worker plummeted to death at Wilshire Grand hotel
The building project will shut down Friday “to honor our workforce and out of respect,” and counselors would be available to help workers through “this very difficult situation,” the statement said.

Witnesses along Wilshire Boulevard, who said the man did not appear to be wearing a safety harness or hard hat, heard an impact and turned to find the man’s body near the vehicle.

“We asked the driver: 'Did you run this man over?' She said no,” said a construction worker who spoke to The Times on condition of anonymity. “That’s when I knew he had fallen off the building.”

The woman in the vehicle was taken to a hospital, said Montgomery, who described her status as stable.

Times staff photographer Mel Melcon was at the construction site on assignment when he heard a loud thump and saw the man’s body lying near the driver’s side of the car.

“It sounded like a bag of cement fell off the edge of the building,” Melcon said.

The man who died had been working on the tower’s 53rd floor, which does not yet have windows. However, the floor is outfitted with an eight-foot-high “integrity fence” — a metal barrier intended to keep construction workers, building materials and tools from falling out of the tower. Safety nets have also been hung to catch falling objects at some of the building’s highest points, but the man fell from a floor below those.

Chris Martin, head of the architectural firm that designed the building, said the construction site was shut down after the man’s death. He said there would have been no reason for him to be doing electrical work that close to the edge of the building.

“We extend our condolences to the family and wish them well ... in a tragic situation,” Martin told reporters Thursday afternoon.

Neither Montgomery nor Martin would say if the man was wearing a safety harness. A spokesman for Cal-OSHA said the man was an employee of Irvine-based ASSI Security. The agency has also launched an investigation into his death.

The man’s death prompted an immediate shutdown and evacuation of the tower, as construction foremen were asked to conduct head counts of the on-site staff. The process took about an hour, said Dave Snodgrass, an operator of a construction elevator.

Martin said the project had a workforce of 891 people this week. No one had suffered a serious injury at the site until Thursday’s incident, he said.

News of the man’s death stunned onlookers who milled around the police tape blocking traffic along stretches of Wilshire and Figueroa Street. Police erected a white tent in the middle of Wilshire next to the woman’s car, which sat idle in the roadway with its passenger door open.

Maurice Lopez, who works outside at the nearby Bonaventure, has watched the building rise slowly over the last two years. He said he was disturbed to hear someone working on the project had died.

“That’s crazy. Usually when you walk by here, you see the guys up there attached to something,” said Lopez, 50, of Los Angeles. “Now I’m gonna feel sick walking by here.”

Reached by telephone Thursday, Michael Willey, owner of ASSI Security, said the company had been notified of the employee's death but was not yet prepared to comment.

Upon completion, the 1,100-foot Wilshire Grand tower will be the tallest structure west of the Mississippi. The $1.2-billion hotel and office project is scheduled to be completed next year.

News of the man’s death shocked workers, who have been on site for almost three years and recently celebrated the tower’s “topping out.”

Some workers said the death recalled bad memories from the Las Vegas construction boom in the early 2000s. Many had worked along the Strip in that time, when 12 workers died in 18 months.

Times staff photographer Mel Melcon contributed to this report.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-construction-worker-falls-from-l-a-high-rise-hits-cars-dies-20160317-story.html

Hugh Baxter · March 14, 2016

The practice of using donated funds from Jehovah’s Witnesses to purchase a very high probability of “winning” an award is not new for the Watchtower organization. Since at least 2002, Watchtower has amassed a collection of certificates and statues, the result of dozens of submissions to numerous for-profit organizations, bypassing legitimate and critical sources of acclaim.

Located just outside the Brooklyn, New York office of senior Governing Body aide Robert Wallen stands a bookcase featuring a plethora of Telly and Aurora certificates and statues, purchased over a 14+ year period. A glass wall is all that separates this display from tens of thousands of Jehovah’s Witness tourists who pilgrimage to Brooklyn Heights each year.

The next best thing to having actually won an Emmy award is apparently having someone think you won that award. For a few witty entrepreneurs, a golden opportunity emerged.

According to its website, the Telly Awards was founded in 1978 and “is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online commercials, video and films.”

[NOTE: – in their press release package, Telly declares 1979 as the date of their founding instead of 1978]

Combining a website with a shopping cart, clever marketing campaigns and a contract with the same manufacturer who produces the Oscar and Emmy statuettes, Telly zeroed in on an untapped market of emerging video creators who would jump at the chance to showcase a trophy which bears a striking resemblance to the Emmy statue.

Official Emmy Award
How does it work? When Watchtower produces a video or online news release, it uploads the video or URL to Telly using a web submission form, paying for this opportunity according to the number of entries and categories chosen. Per the Telly website: “The Telly Awards Final Entry Fee is $105 (U.S dollars) for single entries and $190 (U.S Dollars) for campaign entries.”

After the published “deadline” for entries, Telly contacts the “contestant” and advises them that they have won, in most cases, either a silver or bronze award. Once notified, the organization must cough up $210 U.S. for the trophy, which weighs approximately 4.5 pounds, one half the weight of an Oscar. You would think that a frame-able certificate would come with your victory, but sadly, this too is for sale – for $45.00.

March 13, 2016

I was curious about successes with the cart witnessing work. I have had some success, but have not had any follow-up contacts nor have I started any Bible study as a result. What are your experiences with the cart work?

March 13, 2016

http://forum.theworldnewsmedia.org/forum/205-buddhism/

I have heard this reply before:

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Buddha was not a Buddhist, so Jesus could not have been a Buddhist monk, Buddha was against religion , Buddhism was formed after his death. So there is no way he could have been a Buddhist monk, however, he could have been a Buddha. Buddha means enlightened one, and Buddha Skyamuni has stated, there has been many before him and many which will come after, both women and man.

March 13, 2016

This documentary by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha's life, a journey especially relevant to our own bewildering times of violent change and spiritual confusion. It features the work of some of the world's greatest artists and sculptors, who across two millenia, have depicted the Buddha's life in art rich in beauty and complexity.

Hear insights into the ancient narrative by contemporary Buddhists, including Pulitzer Prize winning poet W.S. Merwin and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Join the conversation and learn more about meditation, the history of Buddhism, and how to incorporate the Buddha's teachings on compassion and mindfulness into daily life.

March 13, 2016

March 13, 2016

Should true Christians now boycott McDonald's since they are actively promoting false teaching against the Bible?

Edvan Guerra Magalhaes Magalhaes · March 12, 2016

Governing Body member Leo K. Greenlees was forced to resign and leave Bethel in late 1984. He entered the Toronto, Canada Bethel in 1936, eventually becoming treasurer of the Canadian branch and of the IBSA of Canada. In 1964 he went to Brooklyn Bethel, and in 1965 was elected as a director of the Society's New York corporation. As a director Greenlees automatically became a "governing body" member when that body was formally instituted in 1971. He often spoke at Gilead graduations, and was the concluding speaker for the day at the Watchtower Centennial business meeting at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 6, 1984. A 1982 Watchtower mentions him as being on the Teaching Committee of the Governing Body. Greenlees' last mention in Watchtower publications is in the December 1, 1984 Watchtower where he is said to have passed out diplomas at the September Gilead graduation.

In late 1984, Greenlees was allegedly convicted by the rest of the Governing Body of molesting a ten year old boy. My information is that the boy's parents had complained to the Society and it took action. Greenlees was a friend of the family and often visited them. After leaving Bethel Greenlees served as a Special Pioneer and eventually an elder in the "Downtown" congregation in New Orleans, Louisiana. He died in the late 1980s.

Interestingly, the boy who Greenlees molested applied for Bethel service a few years later, around 1991, and was rejected. Watchtower leaders apparently feared that other Bethelites would tell him the 'rumors' about Greenlees, not knowing that he was Greenlees' victim, and cause the young man to know that justice had not been done. He might then have confirmed the rumors.

March 12, 2016

Information regarding this former member of the Governing Body is hard to find. This is a snippet of some information found online about him:

I think in today's world the situation would have been handled differently since nowadays they have made a distinction between homosexual tendencies / thoughts and a "practicing homosexual".

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Governing Body member Ewart Chitty (born ca. 1898) resigned his position in 1979. He entered the London Bethel in 1921, began to work in "the office", and by 1938 held some sort of official position, as two 1938 Watchtowers have him reporting to J. F. Rutherford on the attendance of Bethel family members at the "family" study. By 1942 Chitty was the secretary of the International Bible Students Association (IBSA; the Society's British equivalent of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.). Somewhere along the line he was appointed as secretary-treasurer of the IBSA, which position he held until his appointment to the Governing Body in November 1974. After his 1979 resignation from the GB, Chitty remained in Brooklyn working in Writing Correspondence, so he was certainly in good standing. A 1981 Awake! article has Chitty making comments about people having lost their love of neighbor and God. Apparently by this time Chitty was drinking heavily, according to close acquaintances. Likely this contributed to his being dismissed from Brooklyn and reassigned to the London Bethel a few years later. There he worked at an assignment of little responsibility, but was appointed an elder in a local congregation. Chitty died about 1993.

As to Chitty's alleged homosexuality, the information I have is mixed. He certainly made some remarks in his 1963 life story in The Watchtower that leaned in this direction. By then he had roomed with the same man for 30 years and just about gushed when speaking about him. See the email comments below for one Brit's take on this. When in Brooklyn, Chitty seems to have preferred younger men as roommates. The actual charge brought to the GB against Chitty was made by a former roommate and involved some sort of inappropriate conduct. The GB concluded that Chitty had homosexual tendencies, whatever that means, and asked him to resign. Chitty could hardly do anything but comply with the rest of the GB's wishes, since his only alternative would have been to leave Bethel at age 81 and after being there for 58 years. It may well be that the GB didn't view Chitty as guilty of homosexual activity, since he remained a Bethel member in Brooklyn or London, but it may also be that they made a deal: Chitty would remain quiet about where "the dead bodies" were buried as long as the Society cared for him in his old age. Sounds like a good deal to me.

See also:

March 9, 2016

http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202750028414/Jury-Awards-100K-to-Family-of-Jehovahs-Witness-Who-Died-After-Refusing-Blood-Transfusion?mcode=0&curindex=0&curpage=ALL

DY: This is why is so important to do one's homework finding hospitals and doctors that respect the JW stance and treat accordingly prior to facing an emergency.
The team of JWs that take care of finding hospitals and physicians which accommodate the bloodless belief do a great job in this regard here in the USA.
The money awarded is not nearly enough. I would've gone for millions.
Oh for Gawd's Sake. Do your homework. Your post is a propaganda fueled statement that comes from a position of ignorance.

The hospital and the blood management team who treated this women were JWs.

Check it out.

Atlanta Medical Center.

Atlanta Medical Center is a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia operated by Tenet Healthcare. It has 460 beds and over 700 physicians, a Level I trauma center, a Level III neonatal unit, and supports air ambulance service via heliport.
Be sure to read the reviews of Atlanta Medical Center.

Atlanta Medical Center operates a Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Unit.

To ensure the best experience possible for every patient, Atlanta Medical Center provides a full-time program administrator to assist patients and their families throughout the consultation, admission and procedure process with:
Physician referral
Assistance with outpatient services
Scheduling
Family member accommodations
The program administrator, Brenda Depena-Gray, is intimately familiar with the religious issues involved in bloodless medicine. As program coordinator for Atlanta Medical Center’s Bloodless Medicine & Surgery program, her goal is to ensure that each individual’s decision to participate in a bloodless medicine procedure is both understood and respected. To facilitate this, she is personally engaged with the patient and his or her surgeon. Brenda’s personal interactions help healthcare professionals involved in the care of that patient to better understand the individual’s needs and expectations during treatment.
Brenda Depena Gray BS,BSN,RN

- worked for United Airlines from 1983 - 2011 (customer service and airport operation)

- in 2011, Brenda magically transformed herself from a customer service rep at an airport into ... a Registered Nurse who, in June 2010 (while still booking flights at the airport), became theDirector of Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program at the Atlanta Medical Center.

Brenda's Volunteer Experience & Causes:

- Pioneer - JW.org

Brenda claims the following as her education - (I am not sure when she fit all that in - if it was in between her airport experience and pioneeering....not sure how that worked out...)

Clayton State University
BSN, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Howard University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Human Biology
So...that is who is the director of the Bloodless Unit at Atlanta Medical Center - a Jehovah Witness woman who somehow gained registered nursing education and experience in between booking flights at the airport and door knocking.

Let's take a look at Tenet Healthcare that operates Atlanta Medical Clinic.

Tenet Healthcare employs a special Blood Conservation Program Coordinator;

Hired to create, oversee, and market the Blood Conservation Program. Blood utilization was reduced and the patient population increased as a result of the program.
And...who is this special guy? the one who claims this on his professional profile? :

Accomplishments:

Managed Program at two hospital campuses
Developed Policies and Procedures
Created new patient forms
Wrote marketing brochures
Established Anemia Clinic
Facilitated contract with Jehovah's Witnesses Headquarters
Featured on Channel 10's Health Beat report
Edward Blakeney.

I have talked about this guy before. He came up the ranks of the bloodless cult through the Hospital Liaison Network.

He is the dude who "Created a database company specializing in improving patient outcomes and lowering blood utilization cost. Company was acquired by Haemonetics in 2007. Traveled extensively in US to meet with hospital administrators regarding better blood utilization..."

And that....is who controls the bloodless medicine unit at Atlanta Medical Center.

Watchtower trained people. The same Watchtower that told that woman to not take blood in the first place.

One of the very first bloodless units was established by a JW - Jan Castro at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago back in 1987.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-05-18/news/9002090905_1_bloodless-medicine-and-surgery-transfusion-hospital-board

...Jan Castro, coordinator of the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery. She is a licensed practical nurse and a Jehovah`s Witness.

via Orphan Crow

March 9, 2016

It appears like the Telly Awards are set up to promote and publicize the producers of the work. This award that JWorg "won" as a result of entering the competition, is actually an advertising scheme.

https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/publicity_tools/

This section is to help Telly Award Winners publicize their award winning work.
You have been selected as a Telly Award Winner out of nearly 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents and now's your chance to share this outstanding accomplishment with the rest of the world. This also gives you a chance to salute your team and recognize the time and effort they put in to create award winning work.
To help out, you'll find links below to several tools to help you promote and publicize your win.
Being selected as a Telly Award Winner presents a great opportunity to create buzz in the media and throughout your industry, bringing you front and center among potential clients and partners.
Check out our suggestions below and start spreading the word!
This is humorous. The statuettes that JWorg is displaying on their website along with the amazing win article, would have been purchased by the Watchtower. Lol!
https://www.tellyawards.com/awards/awards/

Designed by the same firm that makes the Oscar® and Emmy®, the Telly statuette is nearly 12 inches tall and weighs more than 4 1/2 pounds. Winners that wish to commemorate their achievement will have the opportunity to purchase a winner's package, which includes one statuette and one commemorative certificate. If you wish to honor other members of your team, your client, or anyone else involved in your award-winning entry, additional statuettes and certificates are available.

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“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.”—Matthew 6:1-2

Γιαννης Διαμαντιδης · March 8, 2016

According to local newspaper Geoffrey Jackson was 57 when he married his second wife Loraini aged 30 in Jan 2013.

Geoffrey William Jackson, 57, Loraini Rokoloma Michell Sikivou, 30, Brooklyn, N.Y.

(http://www.knoxnews.com/news/l...

According to JW.ORG (https://www.jw.org/en/publicat...

Fact 1: Jehovah has blessed me with another beautiful wife, Loraini Sikivou. Loraini and Jenny had worked together at Bethel in Fiji, and Loraini too was a translator.

Fact 2: Sadly, my dear wife Jenny was not there with me. She had died in 2009, after fighting cancer for ten years. We were married for 35 years.

Fact 3: In 2003, Jenny and I were transferred from the Translation Department in Fiji to Translation Services in Patterson, New York.

Fact 4: Then, in 1996, we were assigned to the Fiji branch, where we helped with the translation work being done in the Fijian, Kiribati, Nauruan, Rotuman, and Tuvaluan languages.

The facts gathered from the article in JW.ORG, Jenny and Loraini would have worked together sometime in 1996 to 2003 before moving to NY. In that case, Geoffrey Jackson would have been introduced to Loraini between the age of 13 to 20 when working with Jenny as a translator.

Hmmmm.....

Sandy466 · March 8, 2016

March 5, 2016

We have some shocking news from Yemen. This morning around 8.30 am Al-Qaeda/IS entered the Mother Theresa’s convent in Aden and killed 9 people including four MC Sisters. Presently we have no information about the whereabouts of Fr. Tom Uzhunnanil SDB, who too was in Aden when the incident took place. Seemingly they have taken him along, but this is still to be confirmed. We had a call from Fr. M.K. George SDB, who is currently in Hodeidah. We are trying to establish the facts from various sources.
Its a salesian mission and MC sisters place. The Salesian missionaries and the sisters are from India. Kindly pray for them.
The Salesian provincial of Bangalore province requested all those who can to spend half an hour before the Blessed sacrament to pray for the mission and for the safety of other missionaries in the area.

Photos of the Massacre

Γιαννης Διαμαντιδης · March 5, 2016

It makes me feel odd to invite tons of worldly people who are obviously fornicators and idolaters and then not be able to even show a little love such as a "hello" to a disfellowshipped brother or sister.

Does not compute mentally. Just sayin'

We should make the Memorial for baptized, active, approved members of JW.org in secret locations only. Less stress for me.

Jesus did not die for thier sins since they unrepentant and subsequently disfellowshipped.

How do you handle the disfellowshipped at the Memorial?

March 2, 2016

016 Skills Questionnaire BOE, Instructions, and Form combined in this PDF.

2016-02-29_Skills_Questionnaire[1].pdf

February 29, 2016

Seven years up to now Prince turned a Jehovah’s Witness. Though to the right of my info, most people had stopped talking about Prince by then so it didn’t exactly make headlines. The New Yorker has an fascinating temporary interview with him the place he talks about his religion and the way in which it applies to his life. Appears Prince isn’t a sort of fancy, spoiled film star Jehovah’s Witnesses who thinks he should be dealt with greater than everyone else. Granted there aren’t a complete lot of Jehovah’s Witnesses which may be celebs (the Jackson family entails ideas, nonetheless that’s about it), nonetheless Prince will get in the marketplace an identical to everyone else is supposed to.

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YES, that’s Prince going door-to-door in LA to evangelise the phrase of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. The purple-loving pop star tells this week’s New Yorker that since he joined the Christian denomination two years previously, he’s started leaving his gated group to knock on doorways and proselytize. “Usually people act shocked, nonetheless principally they’re utterly cool about it,” says Prince. The “When Doves Cry” singer supplies that he sees his conversion as additional of “a realization. It’s like Morpheus and Neo in ‘The Matrix.’ “

I’ve obtained to admit I’d uncover it pretty humorous if Prince obtained right here to my door. And whereas I normally gained’t take heed to anyone interrupting me at residence to discuss religion, I’d most likely let the person in out of sheer curiosity. I don’t take into consideration he’ll get turned away nearly as usually as totally different people do. I’d moreover ought to make some really harmful “Purple Rain” jokes, ‘set off it’d be pretty onerous to face up to.

Prince talked a bit further about his non secular and social views, and the excellence between pink and blue states.

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Currently, Prince hosted an authorities works for Philip Anschutz, the Christian businessman whose agency owns the Staples Center. “We started talking pink and blue,” Prince said. “People with money—money like that—aren’t affected by the stock market, they often’re not freaking out over one thing. They’re merely watching. So proper right here’s the way it’s: you’ve obtained the Republicans, and principally they should keep primarily based on this.” He pointed to a Bible. “Nonetheless there’s the problem of interpretation, and in addition you’ve acquired some church buildings, some people, principally doing points and saying it comes from proper right here, however it doesn’t. After which on the opposite end of the spectrum you’ve obtained blue, you’ve obtained the Democrats, they often’re, like, ‘You’ll be able to do irrespective of you want.’ Gay marriage, irrespective of. Nonetheless neither of them is true.”

When requested about his perspective on social factors—gay marriage, abortion—Prince tapped his Bible and acknowledged, “God bought right here to earth and observed people sticking it wherever and doing it with regardless of, and he merely cleared all of it out. He was, like, ‘Adequate.’ ”

[From the New Yorker

I don’t assume that closing half goes to make him many new followers. Prince is a conundrum. He appears like the kind who’d be open-minded and liberal, nevertheless that quote positively doesn’t come off meaning. Inside the context of the article it moreover doesn’t come off as excessively judgmental or one thing, nevertheless it’s nonetheless not what I anticipated to take heed to the person say. He holds some unusual views that may make him pretty unpopular in Hollywood. That and the knocking on people’s doorways at dinnertime. Neither will make him plenty of associates.

Proper right here’s Prince all through London development week in 2007. Pictures due to PR Photos.

https://filmstar.space/prince-preaches-as-a-jehovahs-witness-door-to-door-in-la/

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February 29, 2016

One of his most interesting cases came in the 1980s, when John represented defendants in a case involving Jehovah’s Witnesses.

“A good, pure constitutional case doesn’t come along very frequently,” John said. He represented five Jehovah’s Witness overseers (like elders) and the church, who were being sued by a man and a woman who had been disfellowshipped from the church, an act similar to excommunication.

“They didn’t get properly divorced from their spouses” before getting together, prompting their expulsion for adultery, Paul explained.

John represented the church and the overseers, arguing Jehovah’s Witnesses had a right to freely exercise their religion and to set up rules for members’ behavior.

District Judge John McCarvel ruled in favor of the church and the overseers, and the Montana Supreme Court ultimately agreed.