J. Hofer
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Wikipedia profile: Everybody should have one!
by J. Hofer inrecently i started editing a few articles, mostly about jehovah's witnesses, excommunication, raymond franz etc.
on the german wikipedia.
after a while i noticed i could add a little description about myself.
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Wikipedia sources
by J. Hofer ina few days ago i started editing a few articles on jehovah's witnesses in the german wikipedia, mostly to clarify some things about the disfellowshipping practise.
while my - carefully worded - changes were accepted so far i noticed the following problem:.
wikipedia needs secondary sources, preferrably scientific ones.
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FSM: Austrian authorities accept colander as religious headgear
by J. Hofer inhttp://translate.google.at/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=utf-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3a%2f%2fderstandard.at%2f1308681039222%2foesterreichs-behoerden-nudelsieb-als-religioese-kopfbedeckung-in-fuehrerschein-genehmigt.
this is google-translated from german.... a "pastafarian" insisted in having his license picture shot with a colander on his head.
it's allowed (for muslims for example) to have ones head covered for legal documents if it is a religious practise.
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Do you think he's counting time?
by J. Hofer inhttp://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 inis 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 inafter 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 inwhere 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 inand 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 ina 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) 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.