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If Your Child or Friend Told You They Were Gay, Would You Be Disturbed?
by minimus inas a jehovah's witness, you know that you cannot practice homosexuality.
it's considered a sin.
if your friend or relative revealed that they were gay, you would be obligated to "report" them to the elders.
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Jesus - was he just an exceptional teacher?
by SM62 ini have been doing a lot of soul-searching lately.. i have never considered questioning the bible before.
as a child, i was taught that to question the bible was blasphemous.
but lately, since coming to this forum and reading all the various posts and links to other sites, i have started thinking really seriously about things.
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Creative Ways in Which You Have Gotten A Job
by berylblue in.
a little too tipsy right now to elucidate...but i think i've already bored you all to tears on my job situation...so..... i'm doing all the "normal" things.. in what ways have you gotten jobs other than the usual?.
thanks,.
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HELP ME! TEENAGER INVASION
by Yerusalyim inmy 15 year old son is having a party this evening...i have 24 teens here...hormones and all...save me!...actually, they're pretty good kids...just skating and listening to music.
the real problem are the parents.
a few weeks ago there was a party at a house with no chaperones...and the house got trashed...bad.
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This is the GOOD elder thread
by jwbot inwell, after thinking about all the bad experiences, i just wanted to know, did you know any good elders, and what were they like?
probably unconventional, right?
one of the only elders i knew that i truly thought was a wonderful person is my father.
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The Bible according to Spike Milligan.....
by Gadget in.
in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth.. 2. and darkness was upon the face of the deep; this was due to a malfunction at the lots road power station.. 3. and god said, let there be light; and there was light, but eastern electricity board said he would have to wait until thursday to be connected.. 4. and god saw the light and it was good; he saw the quarterly bill and it was not good.. 5. and god called the light day, and the darkness he called night, and so passed his gcse.. 6. and god said, let there be a firmament and god called the firmament heaven, freephone 999.. 7. and god said, let the waters be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear, and in london it went on sale at six hundred pounds a square foot.. 8. and god said, let the earth bring forth grass, and the earth brought forth grass and the rastafarians smoked it.. 9. and god said, let there be lights in heaven to give light to the earth, and it was so, except over england where there was heavy cloud and snow over high ground.. 10. and god said, let the seas bring forth that that hath life, flooding the market with fish fingers, fishburgers and grade-three salmon.. 11. and god blessed them, saying, be fruitful, multiply, and fill the sea, and let fowl multiply on earth where prince charles and prince philip would shoot them.. 12. and god said, let the earth bring forth cattle and creeping things, and there came cows, and the bbc board of governors.. 13. and god said, let us make man in our own image, but woe many came out like spitting image.. 14. and he said, let man have dominion over fish, fowl, cattle and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.. 15. and god said, behold, i have given you the first of the free yielding seed, to you this shall be meat, but to the ec it will be a beef mountain.
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Did The Elders Always Talk With You "In A Spirit of Mildness"???
by minimus injw's, are as a rule, self-righteous pharisees.
they were the first to "report" you if they believed that you did something not up to standards.
even if you started "thinking" a certain way that might be considered "worldly", you might be talked to by 2 elders to "readjust you in a spirit of mildness.
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The More Important Things.........
by simplesally inwhen we were good jw's, we were ordered counseled to "make sure of the more important things.
" they meant we were to "buy out the opportune time" and read our mags, go to meetings and field service......etc.
spiritual things first.
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You Should all be Listening to The W?T Now!!!
by Latte ini have done load of washing, cleaning, getting school uniform ready - (and all that goes with that) this sunday morning.
what a chunck out of your day attending the kh was!
i remember being so tired after sunday activities: make sandwiches for fs, get kids ready, get to kh.
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Psyc Test on Monday
by hotdog ini have to do a pych test on monday for a new job i'm going for - anyone done one before?
whats in it?
will they find out about my dark side?