James Thomas Rook Jr.

I strongly suspect that it has ALREADY gone to the Highest Court, and Jehovah is not pleased that the Brotherhood's hard earned money, contributed to His service, is being used to pervert Justice ..... for the god Mammon.
 
 

If God created the animals before Adam & Eve....and death and disease weren’t introduced to the world until Adam & Eve disobeyed God them please explain how this dinosaur had a tumor?
Very simple ......
 

If God created the animals before Adam & Eve....and death and disease weren’t introduced to the world until Adam & Eve disobeyed God them please explain how this dinosaur had a tumor?
Very simple ......
 

Christendom's tax exempt organizations bless Nationalism and Warfare ... killing a half BILLION people in the last 1700 years, in Europe, alone.
That's why they get the tax exemptions.
The Kings and the Clergy of the Earth are whores to each other.
 

I upvote when arguments are sound and well reasoned.
I upvote ideas that are often  in direct conflict with each other, as I can see the viewpoint of both (or more) sides.
SOMETIMES I even upvote because I agree with what is being said.
Be sure to save all your upvotes because they are worth $37 dollars EACH.
Let's say you have 16 upvotes a month. (16 x $37 = $592).
That's $592.00 a MONTH!
Please make the checks out to me, personally.

You can sue someone for ANYTHING.
Winning is quite another thing.
The WTB&TS, in anything that involves money, will ignore Justice, and appeal, and appeal, and appeal until the Plaintiffs are bankrupt.
Here is how tax exempt religious organizations are defined (Please expand the video to full size, and turn up your speakers ...):

Televangelists_ Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO).mp4

I still, in my own mind, assuming that I know the mind of Russian thinking ... especially of a man who used to be the head of the Soviet KGB, and also presumably knowing how adults in such positions think, do NOT believe that he used the word "persecute".  I believe this was in the mind of the translator, or the algorithm of the translation computer program,  ... NOT V. Putin.
Unless I can talk to someone who has the original video or transcript, in Russian, and who is conversational in BOTH Russian and English ... and I can get an equally qualified second opinion ... It is my belief and conjecture that the word he used is "prosecute".
Here is the general idea of  how I believe the thoughts actually were spoken:
" V.Putin: I don’t know to which confession she belongs, she is Christian, but there are also many directions. Jehovah's Witnesses are also Christians, for which I do not really understand how it is (meaning "why?") we prosecute them. Therefore, you just need to analyze, you need to do it. I will talk with Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, and try to do it."
If there is ANYBODY that knows HOW to persecute AND prosecute someone ... it is the former head of the KGB.
Translation is an art, as well as a science, and there are some artists that put out poor work, and scientists that plow your aircraft into a cornfield, and some computer programs that, like the HAL9000, do not take into consideration all aspects of a problem.

Deactivating Hal 9000 HD (COMPLETE).mp4

No, TTH, it probably does NOT amount to the same thing.  The two words have nuances that make them completely different ... which is what this WHOLE CONVERSATION has been about.
Words have intonation, flavor, nuance, and emotional indexes, depending on culture, context, and time and circumstance of usage.
Soft words in one language are hard words in another.  The same word used in street slang, an Elder's meeting, and in a court of law will be quite different, due to "environmental" factors, and common usage.
Once again, you are trying to soften and justify that you are wrong.
.... And as to your question ... if you don't understand the answer intuitively, an explanation is beyond the amount of work I want to devote to an answer.

They are both related by adoption to Morris the Cat, and have a very "close Social Relationship", and whose cartoon kittens have taken up with Caleb and Sophia, in a LOOOOooong series of  ...... *coff* ...... "overlapping generations".

Behind the Scenes_ Morris the Cat (1985).mp4

A man being unarmed is like having a car without gasoline, a flashlight without batteries,  an uncharged fire extinguisher, and a camera without film or an SD card, or run on gravel without shoes.
And Yet ....some people EXULT in their determined incompetence, and un-preparedness.
Throw your cell phone at them!

Perhaps the reason for this is, that we have much more questions than answers in life.

Is there anything to the rumor that Phillip Morris is the brother of Anthony Morris?
I find that “coincidence” VEERRRRYYYY suspicious 

Just a little more longwinded opinion here.
I think his tone and most of his words were intended to portray himself as someone who recognizes that there were and are human rights issues to take care of now and to avoid in the future. He also is is to be seen as a source of wise advice, giving the impression that if he had just known some of these issues in advance that he would have known better ways to handle these things. But he also recognizes that some issues are too complex to make snap decisions about on the spot. He gives the impression that he is generally knowledgeable, perhaps had an idea about some of these issues, but was really just now learning the specifics, either on the spot or from reading the papers provided in preparation for the meeting.
Otherwise he would be portraying himself and therefore the Russian nation as knowingly culpable in any of the errors that had been made in the name of the state. That's the big difference in using the term to mean "prosecute" vs "persecute." If he had intentionally used the term to mean "persecute" this would have been very much at odds with that tenor -- it admits national culpability -- and that he KNOWS there is national culpability. That's why it is very different from "prosecute" which admits only procedural error at most, e.g., too strict a definition being put on the word "extremist," and therefore something that could potentially be redressed merely through a change or adjustment in judicial procedure, if deemed necessary.
To me, his words indicate that he would not be averse to a positive change in the procedure against "extremist" groups, especially when these are generally seen as "Christian" groups. It seems he would be more forgiving of first time offenses of trying to proselytize. I don't get the impression that he, on his own, will want to make a big deal of what happened with the Witnesses. But he will no doubt be informed again of the JW status and will be more knowledgeable each time he is re-informed, and this could easily lead to a situation very soon where he asks for a change to the procedure against JWs. The JWs may have to "compromise" in the sense of being more of an autonomous religious group in Russia that doesn't give the impression that it merely takes all marching orders from outside of Russia (New York). To work well in Russia, the state wants to know that tens of thousands of people are not going to suddenly begin carrying "Religion is a Snare and a Racket" signs in the streets, or drink Kool-Aid, or collect money for a corporation in Wallkill, New York where instruction will trickle down through other branches to update rules about where new Halls will be built, what to do about national anthems, military service, blood transfusion policy, or look to an internal judicial system that could be seen as competing with or overriding that of the state. 
When he is advised again about the JWs, he will be concerned about how it looks to his own nation, outside international organizations, how it reflects on himself, and therefore, if making a change is useful or worth the effort. I don't get the impression he is anxious to make a big deal about it. I see it very possible that his own advisors on these issues could talk him out of doing something, even if he thinks it is advisable. I see right now as a good time for the WTS HQ to help orchestrate the leverage of human rights organizations.
Getting 8 million people to write the same set of letters is not as impressive to him as it seems to us, because it only proves that the very thing he doesn't want in a Russian religion, exists to the nth degree in our religion: that everyone follows orders from the same HQ outside of Russia.

No, TTH, it probably does NOT amount to the same thing.  The two words have nuances that make them completely different ... which is what this WHOLE CONVERSATION has been about.
Words have intonation, flavor, nuance, and emotional indexes, depending on culture, context, and time and circumstance of usage.
Soft words in one language are hard words in another.  The same word used in street slang, an Elder's meeting, and in a court of law will be quite different, due to "environmental" factors, and common usage.
Once again, you are trying to soften and justify that you are wrong.
.... And as to your question ... if you don't understand the answer intuitively, an explanation is beyond the amount of work I want to devote to an answer.

FINALLY!
...someone has solved THAT problem plaguing humanity!

In Russian "преследовать" can be translated as "prosecute" or "persecute". Maybe it is better to ask the president what did he mean by saying this :D 

I am the one probably responsible for the Society calling many of the Anointed mentally ill.
During the Vietnam war, circa 1966,  I was of Draft age, and was asked to prove I was one of the "Anointed", to keep from getting drafted, so I put on my Speedo, and covered myself with corn oil, pecans, and pine cones ... put on a Smokey The Bear hat, and went for my interview.
Not only did I get a Draft deferral, but I made a lot of new Forest Friends.
The Elders asked me if there was a problem of mental illness in my family, and I replied, No, we rather enjoyed it.
 

I am the one probably responsible for the Society calling many of the Anointed mentally ill.
During the Vietnam war, circa 1966,  I was of Draft age, and was asked to prove I was one of the "Anointed", to keep from getting drafted, so I put on my Speedo, and covered myself with corn oil, pecans, and pine cones ... put on a Smokey The Bear hat, and went for my interview.
Not only did I get a Draft deferral, but I made a lot of new Forest Friends.
The Elders asked me if there was a problem of mental illness in my family, and I replied, No, we rather enjoyed it.
 

Like Harry Callahan once said  "A man's got to know his limitations".
 
A Good Man Always Has to Know His Limitations (1).mp4

That sentence scares the hell out of me.

"Despite the consequences, Reddington insisted he didn’t hold any personal grudges against Bishop. “I’ve done stupid things at bars to impress girls, too,” Reddington said. Bishop apologized to Reddington in court. “Mr. Reddington… I’m extremely sorry for everything he’s gone through,” Bishop said. The FBI has not commented on the case, but the Reddington’s lawyer said he had heard the agency fired Bishop shortly after the incident."
 
So... a criminal, on probation and lost his career. Over an accident.

SMH. Sad.

This guy is going to need retraining, a therapist like the victim and to recover a positive attitude about life in general.

Well well, @JW Insider, now you're going all JTR on me!!

The best cockroach killer is instant coffee, straight out of the jar.
Coffee is a vegetable, and is edible ... its a bean. So the cockroaches love to eat aromatic beans.
It's the caffeine that kills them, but it does require some work on your part.
You have to get up in the middle of the night and as fast as you can, flick the light switches on and off for at least 20 seconds.
In the dark, all the cockroaches have come out into the center of the room, and when you rapidly switch the lights, the stroboscopic effects scare and disorient them.
  Remember ... they are ALREADY totally wired from eating the coffee.
This gives them a heart attack, and in the morning, you will see them all in the middle of the floor, lying on their backs, with their six legs and "hands" clutching their hearts. If you look close, they may have little tiny "x"s on their eyes, with tongues hanging out.
 
 

I was once cleaning my firearms on the dining room table, and my now ex-wife stood behind me, watching .. with a very worried look, and her fingers intertwined, and asked "What would you do is everyone in the world gave up THEIR guns?"
Without pausing or turning around, I said "Rule wisely!"

I upvote when arguments are sound and well reasoned.
I upvote ideas that are often  in direct conflict with each other, as I can see the viewpoint of both (or more) sides.
SOMETIMES I even upvote because I agree with what is being said.
Be sure to save all your upvotes because they are worth $37 dollars EACH.
Let's say you have 16 upvotes a month. (16 x $37 = $592).
That's $592.00 a MONTH!
Please make the checks out to me, personally.