Topics Started by J. Hofer

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Do you think he's counting time?
by J. Hofer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.youtube.com/user/04n29.

just saw this youtube profile when watching an "apostate" video.. 4 minutes by 558 views is almost auxiliary pioneer, isn't it?.

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what is "false belief"
by J. Hofer in
1. jw
2. friends
is there such thing?.

"belief" is something you cannot prove.

as soon as you can prove it, it's no longer belief, but knowledge.
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Rum or Whiskey?
by J. Hofer in
1. jw
2. friends
after a few beers and a bottle of french wine (2007 cote du rhone) i'm having myself some "ron zacapa centenario solera reserva".

but that's probably because i spent a lot of time in latin america.

i guess you gringos are more into whiskey?
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The urge to convert people
by J. Hofer in
1. jw
2. friends
where does the urge to convert people to ones own view come from?.

i grew up a jehovah's witness and jehovah's witnesses are always right.

that's where i learned to always be right and it took me years to realize that i could also "agree to disagree", although i still often forget about this.
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I just attended a talk by Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation
by J. Hofer in
1. jw
2. friends
and boy, it was almost like a geek kingdom hall.

he talked about moral issues and what's right and wrong.

that doing the right thing might require sacrifices and what not... i mostly enjoyed the talk, but some of the words he used were reminding me a lot of what i heard in the kingdom hall.. but on a funny twist he put on a robe and a halo made of an really old computer disk and proclaimed the church of emacs.
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Child Protection Area
by J. Hofer in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
a styrian land owner put up these signs on a pilgrim's path passing through his forrest.

he does not allow priests to pass through his property when accompanied by children without their parents.

"stopp missbrauch" is "stop abuse", "kinderschutzgebiet" means "child protection area".. .
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best(?) friend's wedding: no invitation for me...
by J. Hofer in
1. jw
2. friends
) best friends is marrying, he already gave out wedding invitations, several of his "worldly" work mates are invited.

me and a friend of mine are not invited, because of supposedly being "marked" (didn't even know about that) and inactive.

the funny part is that the bride's parents are "marked" and inactive too.. but then i attended weddings where even the groom's brother didn't show up to not lose his "privilege" of ministerial servant.... the other one who isn't invited says he doesn't care, as he knew it'll go that way.
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i just came back from the memorial
by J. Hofer in
1. jw
2. friends
it wasn't all that bad.

met a few friends who also don't give too much about it and had some great laughs afterwards.

we talked about how we still remember when only about 7000 took from the emblems and now its more than 11000. we also laughed about how it would look like having jesus and his disciples pass around wine and bread on a plate like that.. all in all it was the same procedure as every year.
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bro in law just checked if i'd go to the memorial
by J. Hofer in
1. jw
2. friends
just had a conversation with my brother in law when he suddenly popped the question if i'd be attending the memorial.

i evaded the question and just went on talking about the original topic.

so he asked again.. bil: now, are you going to the memorial or not?.
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hemoglobin sausage
by J. Hofer in
1. watchtower
2. medical
since jws have been allowed blood fractions for some time now, and sice refusing a life saving blood transfusion is clearly more extreme than the original biblical nutrition commandment, i'm now planning to step into a whole new business:.

blood fraction sausages: hemoglobin mortadella, hot albumin dogs or immunoglobulin salami.. would there be a market for that?

would it be ok for jws to eat those?.