Dennis Gilman

In Sweden mine was on a Monday and watchtower on Saturday.
True. 
Evolutionists hate the big bang because it points to a "beginning".  It may have been a controlled big bang because the elements that formed all have order and specific patterns emerge.

It is not the same thing.   We do not expel people from the area they are living in or deny them a living. 

ITS  A  COMMANDMENT  FOR  ALL  JW,      EVERY  YEAR  TO  CELEBRATE  THAT  MOST  IMPORTEND  DAY...  THE  BIGGEST  GIFT  EVER !
THANKS  TO  JEHOVAH  AND  JESUS

Nothing wrong to expect others to agree with me; I just don't expect everybody to.  Insisting that everybody agree with me would be wrong.  Your error is that you expect (insist?) that everyone agree with you.

David scooped me.  I speak Spanish and studied German, so I know that both languages have words for lesbianism.

Since I have already said that you can keep your opinion, tat already shows that I don't expect you to agree with nor adopt my opinion.
As for why:  It begs the question; Where is the limit?  Or are you saying that it is O.K. to just post a facsimile of any letter to the elders?  I guess that your opinion is yes, because you state that you " believe EVERYTHING that we do, down to the last jot and tittle of minutiae, should be public, open, transparent, and that we should be PROUD of it!".  I will forever disagree with that!

As I said, I have no problem with quoting the contents of the letter for the very reasons you all  have stated.  Notwithstanding that, my objection is to the posting of the facsimile.  It is unnecessary and totally inappropriate to use the facsimile to give "greater credibility to the authenticity of the information being relayed".
Whoever did that, please remove the facsimile and replace it with a quote; even if it is verbatim.

Facsimiles of letter to the elders should never be posted on sites like this, no matter what the content.

Notwithstanding the fact that every word of this letter has been made public, I am of the opinion that a facsimile of it should have never been published and request that it be deleted.  I have no problem with the contents of of the letter being quoted word for word, but the facsimile should be deleted.

Notwithstanding the fact that every word of this letter has been made public, I am of the opinion that a facsimile of it should have never been published and request that it be deleted.  I have no problem with the contents of of the letter being quoted word for word, but the facsimile should be deleted.

Notwithstanding the fact that every word of this letter has been made public, I am of the opinion that a facsimile of it should have never been published and request that it be deleted.  I have no problem with the contents of of the letter being quoted word for word, but the facsimile should be deleted.

David scooped me.  I speak Spanish and studied German, so I know that both languages have words for lesbianism.

David scooped me.  I speak Spanish and studied German, so I know that both languages have words for lesbianism.

According to google translate German is Lesbische Liebe
According to google translate Spanish is lesbianismo
I don't know where he got his information. I just checked both the German study edition and Spanish study edition and he is incorrect. In Spanish they used " relación lesbiana cuando. In German they used einer lesbischen Beziehung 
Easy thing to check. Takes just a few minutes. Not sure if this is the real issue that Jay was trying to highlight. 

There was never a time when they were not allowed. Who's going to 'not allow' them?

It depends on where you live and the standard of the community 
I don't see anything wrong with that 

I love a neat looking beard!  Scruffy ones - noooooo.   Unfortunately it is very easy to let a beard go wild.  It takes constant care it seems..... I have no experience regarding this so I better shut up! -  although the menopause stray hairs have started developing and this also takes some care!

That is why I often say we should retire the saying "religion is a snare and a racket". We should be ashamed of that kind of speech because it is not necessary. Actually, it is incorrect, because Jehovah's Witnesses say they are a legitimate religion, and should be respected as such. Therefore if religion is a snare and a racket, JWs would also be included in that. We have to take care with our words. And we should not highlight or resurrect ignorance. God has overlooked those times. Leave them in the past.

I also expected the same of Putin.  I sent letters to all six of the persons listed.

Go easy on this person, Anna. I've been known to agree with my own remarks so frequently that the authorities will send for guys with straight jackets.

It's hard to imagine that traffic to jw.org will not increase, perhaps even explode. In view of the publicity, people will want to see if it is truly extremist. This may be especially true with those we find difficult to reach: the newsworthy and well-connected. What will be the result when they discover that it is not?
Perhaps that is the greatest contribution our Russian brothers make to Jehovah.
True, some are preaching the Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. The latter are proclaiming the Christ out of love, for they know that I have been appointed to defend the good news; but the former do it out of contentiousness, not with a pure motive, for they are intending to create trouble for me in my prison bonds. With what result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and I rejoice over this. ...  Phillipians 1:15-18

I also expected the same of Putin.  I sent letters to all six of the persons listed.

I also expected the same of Putin.  I sent letters to all six of the persons listed.

Not even one Jehovah's Witness was in that crowd, yet the Minister of Justice wants them banned as extremists!  :-D