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hope the scans show up ok.. the article is presented as it comes, for your own assessment.
you could not make this stuff up!
Gee, sounds like a JW youth could now get into some serious trouble if he is caught choking his chicken one time too many.
It used to be safely tucked away as "not an unforgivable sin", but now it sounds like a d/f-able offense.
Better start zipping em up boys!
INQ
this is was very hard swallow.
i know of a family who has suffered tremendously when their son (15) came down with a mental illness - he cuts himself, has intended suicide 5 times.
he hard a hard time dealing with so many issues that he at one point told the elders i don't want to have anything to do with the jehovah's.
Good form, WAC.
there are a lot of customs that jws cant do without any clear scriptural backing (off course there is always some infered scriptural principle to back up what they say) .
when i was a teenager my study conductor disciplined me for burning incense, reading me some mosaic laws that obviously do not apply to christians.
though this was a personal opinion not a watchtower ruling.
In the exceptional circumstance where a meeting has to be conducted by sisters (there is no baptized male present), the JW custom is to have conducting sister wear a head covering.
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w02 7/15 p. 26 Questions From Readers ***
In what situations is it appropriate for a Christian woman to wear a head covering for spiritual reasons?
"Every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered shames her head," wrote the apostle Paul. Why? Because of the divine principle of headship: "The head of a woman is the man." Praying or preaching in the Christian congregation is normally the responsibility of a man. Hence, when a Christian woman cares for matters pertaining to worship that ordinarily would be performed by her husband or by a baptized man, she should wear a head covering.—1 Corinthians 11:3-10.
Paul was explicitly critical of the woman who "prays or prophecies" without a head-covering. The scriptures say nothing about a woman wearing head cover to lead a congregational meeting. Of course, a fast-thinking JW would quickly defend the Watchtower Society saying that they have successfully discerned that the spirit of the Law is for a sister to show respect by wearing a head covering.
But they forget that Paul outrightly FORBIDS a woman from teaching, head covering or not.
1 Timothy 2:12 states," I (Paul) do not permit a woman to teach, or to exercise authority over a man, but to be in silence."
So if we're being true to scriptural authority (Pauline authority anyway) and we regard leading a congregation meeting as a form or teaching, the inevitable conclusion is that sisters may not conduct meetings at all, ever, nadda. But we know that it is in the Organization's interest to keep the show running by making concessions to our much opressed, sheep-like sisters. Concessions that have no biblical basis.
INQ
does anyone remember the awake (or was it watchtower?
) article that the borg put out about witchcraft?
i remember the picture of the women dancing on the front cover in front of the alter w/ the pentagram and everything on it.
Has it got a few ladies, wearing flowers around their heads, dancing in a circle?
INQ
a few weeks ago there were a couple of threads about the wts and higher education, and some stated that judah ben schroeder (son of the late governing body member al schroeder) was attending law school at columbia university.
i got an e-mail from a very reliable source today about some inaccuracies in those threads.
here are some quotes from the e-mail, which the writer asked me to share anonymously on jwd:
looking_glass : I cannot imagine higher ed is really that frowned upon because she is doing it and so are some of her other friends and from what I understand it is not a big deal.
Did you mean it is not a big deal to your Mum? To you? Or to JW's all over the world?
Your Mum is fortunate that she is with a congregation which could care less what people do with higher education. However, that is most certainly the exception, not the rule. After all, those who stick to what the society says can easily tell that the tone of recent articles on this issue has been anything but positive. Can you deny that there are Witnesses who will pick up on this "silent directive" and take issue with any aspirations for higher education?
Besides, on principle alone, it should be a big deal. Consider this analogy: the WTS policy on 2 witnesses to prove sexual abuse. If your Mum's congregation is staunchly litigatory towards those knowingly guilty of sexual assault, would you then ask why the WTS "2-witness-rule" is such a big deal? Would you question people's interests in the issue simply because you don't have a problem?
The WTS should not be allowed to get away with giving the public and the R&F the impression that their's is a "balanced view of education" when it isn't. The WTS should be held responsible for the way it has played on their youth's loyalty to Jehovah, causing them to forsake their secular careers. This should be a big deal to everyone, including those not directly affected by it.
INQ
does anyone here have the dates and venues for the australian district convention?
i understand that a tract was released to invite innocent people to this dc.
anybody got scans?
Thanks for trying, serendipity
INQ
does anyone here have the dates and venues for the australian district convention?
i understand that a tract was released to invite innocent people to this dc.
anybody got scans?
I've Googled but no luck. I doubt this info is on the web (I've only found dates and venues for certain parts of the USA).
I'm happy for anyone to prove me wrong though
INQ
does anyone here have the dates and venues for the australian district convention?
i understand that a tract was released to invite innocent people to this dc.
anybody got scans?
Did I ask the wrong question? Nobody has scans of the tract?
INQ
a few weeks ago there were a couple of threads about the wts and higher education, and some stated that judah ben schroeder (son of the late governing body member al schroeder) was attending law school at columbia university.
i got an e-mail from a very reliable source today about some inaccuracies in those threads.
here are some quotes from the e-mail, which the writer asked me to share anonymously on jwd:
Valkyrie said: Why not write to him [JBS] and ask him yourself?
Hey Valkyrie, see my alias? I'M the Inquisitor! I'm running this interrogation around here. You will sit there and smile and tell me what I wanna know!
Just messing with ya! heheh
No need to do the asking myself since JBS's age seems to be common knowledge on JWD.
Regards,
INQ
a few weeks ago there were a couple of threads about the wts and higher education, and some stated that judah ben schroeder (son of the late governing body member al schroeder) was attending law school at columbia university.
i got an e-mail from a very reliable source today about some inaccuracies in those threads.
here are some quotes from the e-mail, which the writer asked me to share anonymously on jwd:
Wow, you guys have really been following JBS's career huh? I wonder if he knows he's being watched by so many exJWs!
I'm glad you helped answer my second question, Seeker. And yes, it did cross my mind that my friend was spouting off something that she hadn't confirmed or that was untrue altogether. But I couldn't say anything at that moment cos she was the Bethelite and I was the one who opted for higher education with no links to Bethel whatsoever. We both had to assume she was in the know.
INQ
