Posts by JW83

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Would you go?

by Mysterious in

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would you go to a funeral at a kingdom hall?

would it have to be someone that is very close family or just an acquaintance?.

i dont know that jw funerals really off ther much closer and point blank i can not think of a single person i would go to the hall for.

I would go if it was someone I formerly cared about & who hadn't actively shunned me!! I went a couple of years ago for a friend who died in her late 30s. It was so tragic & I needed to go to pay my respects. It was in a funeral home but was given by the dubs. To go to an actual kh it would have to be someone pretty special!!

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Only just read this - anyone record it ?

by A Paduan in

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the recent australian sunday program.

http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/transcript_1789.asp

JW83

Nathan, that is a great article and very true! I just wanted to criticise the point: This is not about political correctness. I am a huge political correctness proponent, & that is because language can be a horrific tool, as the author points out. Let's stop this pc bashing!

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I'm telling lies from the stage

by DannyBloem in

i recently gave a public talk, and i really felt bad about it.. it was the public talk about the great flood of noahs days.

the is so much evidence that this great deluge never happened, but that is something you can't tell the audience from the stage.

(i will tell about that evidence if people are interested, but it is a bit off-topic now).

JW83

I do not think that they are very harmful. In the time I did see people change for the better.

I'm sorry, but the reason you are posting here is to find out how you can exit this high-control group without losing your family and friends. That sounds harmful to me. It makes me quite angry to hear of people who have 'positions of responsibility' who continue to give public talks etc - they are perpetuating the lie. I was brought up as a Witness & I believed it wholeheartedly. If I found out that any of the elders etc in my congregation were knowingly lying to me, I would be MAD. If you are disillusioned, LEAVE.

Leaving is hard, but that is an issue that all here on the site have experience with. I realise that for some it is hard, and fading might be the best option. But please don't keep up the pretence - for the sake of any intelligent, caring children who might be completely hoodwinked by your personality/charisma into believing the whole thing!!!

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The status of women in early Christianity

by Leolaia in

the watchtower society maintains a very strict gender dichotomy in its organization.

this is news to no one.

although men -- in many cases, unqualified men -- are expected to reach for advancement within local congregations (e.g.

JW83

Leo, I just hopped on the net while taking a break from writing an essay on the rise of monotheism & status of women - now I think you should write my essay for me! I'll just take myself off to the tv, where hopefully there is no discussion on pseudo-Pauline scripture!

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Ozzie's Wine of the Month - June 2005

by ozziepost in

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it's been a while since we shared our wine tasting notes.

perhaps this weekend is just the right time!

our good navy friends have been keeping in touch from all parts of the globe while i was in hospital, phoning from this or that terminal.

JW83

Sounds good to me, Ozzie!

I'm into pinot at the moment - but you can't beat a good merlot!

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Birthday Ideas

by Aude_Sapere in

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does anyone have any ideas for a birthday gift/surprise/whatever for a 24 year old?

my brother turns 24 tomorrow and has never had a family member do anything for his birthday.

i would like to do something but really have no idea what to do.

JW83

Maybe do a silly b'day - with a cake, candles, party hats just for you two! & a gift. I'm sure he'll love it! I've had four birthdays & one of my favourite things is my mother-in-law singing 'happy birthday' in a silly voice to me! Makes up for all those b'days we missed as kids ...

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If Armageddon came tonight, and you could tell God one thing..

by GetBusyLiving in

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.. what would you say before he plunges a sword through your chest?

gbl

JW83

F*ck off!

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Documenting the 2-witness rule applies to child abuse

by Robert_V_Frazier in

over at carm, corvus the jw defender from australia is loudly proclaiming that the two-witness rule is never applied when an allegation of child abuse is made.

i pointed out in some detail that the nov. 1, 1995 [i]watchtower[/i] article "comfort for those with a 'stricken spirit'", in the section "what can elders do?

" most definitely does teach that:

JW83

Or perhaps the one accused will confess, and a reconciliation may be achieved. What a blessing that would be!

Do these people live in the real world?!!!

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blow out at kingdumb hall build today

by johnny cip in

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they are adding a second floor to this hall that they have had for at least 40 years.

in gunhill rd bronx new york city.

i started by asking dumb questions .