SanFranciscoJim
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News of the Weird!
by think41self inhey guys, .
had to share with you something that was in our local paper, the sunherald, under "news of the weird".
"raymond jones filed a complaint after having angrily stalked off his job during the 1998 holiday season, never to return, at a shoppers drug mart in vancouver, bc, because his boss told him to set up artificial poinsettias in a seasonal display, which he took as a directive to support the abhorrent idea of christmas(he is a jehovah's witness).
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Beautiful GAY/LESBIAN Friends Please SIGN
by militarywitness in:) hello to all the beautiful gay/lesbian brothers and sisters in this wonderful world of self-recognition, freedom, and happiness.
please voice your feelings, emotions, and character.
always love and happiness, jes:)
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Should JW's and Gays Be Allowed To Adopt?
by Englishman inthis morning my nearest and dearest were discussing issues relating to adoption.
a close relative of the family has been turned down as an adoptive parent because he and his wife are too wealthy!.
the adoption people say that it is important that children have some negative input into their lives, apparently not having money worries can be bad for you.. we carried on talking and her ladyship asked me whether jw`s ever adopted children.
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Eminem and censorship
by Uni girl inwhen my son came home from the meeting, he told me that they were told not to listen to eminem because (in his words) he's bad.. i can not stomach the kind of censorship that is put upon people...aren't these things a personal choice or at least a parents choice.
by censoring everything they make a child go behind their parents back and close the line of communcation which could result in some real harm.
i listened to eminem with my son and whilst some of the things are very offensive it was quite clear to me that although he was talking in the first person, he was actually expressing what he thought societal problems were,(no one think bob marley actually son the sheriff do they??).
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Can the WTS be "reformed" ?
by Gianluca ini've notice that there is a tendency by quite a few jw's who are not 100% in agreement with the gb to speak about "reform".
the few i've spoken to have not been able to tell me what exactly they mean by reforming the wts.
so if there are any "reformers" aroung here ( that goes for you too lurkers .
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The JW's Have Targeted My Co-Worker!
by SanFranciscoJim ini have long believed in separating my personal life from life in the workplace, and rarely discuss matters of a private nature with co-workers.. i work with a woman who has a young daughter (early 20's) who has terminal cancer and probably only weeks left to live.
i've known this woman for a number of years and know her to be sensitive, and compassionate, having a deep faith in god.. i just found out last week that another one of my co-workers is a jw.
i have no intention of "outing" myself to her and she has no idea that she works side-by-side with someone who was disfellowshipped 21 years ago.. my concern is this: today, the jw co-worker approached me and asked me if i know where my other co-worker lives "because i'd like to talk with her about something very important".
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Question for gay people
by expatbrit inthe question is about the term "tolerance" or "tolerating".. when someone says something along the lines of "i'm very tolerant of gay people" or "gay people should be tolerated", how do you feel?.
the reason i ask is this: doesn't the concept of tolerating something imply a background negative?
for instance, i can say "i tolerate my brother-in-law".
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We'll have a gay ol' time
by riz ini recall having a conversation with a friend about homosexuality not too long ago.
he put a new spin on the subject that i had never thought of before.
he said his opinion was that the bible condemns homosexuality for the simple fact that the act of sex between same-sex partners does not produce children.
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Ecce Homo -- John 19:5
by rabotnik inare there any former jws who have come out as gay or lesbian?
if so, were you disfellowshipped?
and how did your family react?
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Need to locate support groups in Japan
by LovesDubs ini need your help to find support groups in japan for a jw i met online who is very down in the dumps.
she is very lonely and doesnt feel welcome in her own congregation, and her job situation is bad as well.
she needs somebody to talk to and im afraid she will commit suicide if she doesnt find somebody to talk to soon.