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CBS Nightly news re: pedophiles in Catholic church
by sf inthey are talking about enron now, yet the pedophile story is coming up; if you haven't already seen it here on the west coast.
(it is 6:33 pm now),.
you're welcomed.. skally.
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Summary of the elders' meeting tapes?
by marsupilami indid anyone write down any notes on the content of the tapes?
i'm especially looking for comments they made regarding blood, treatment of dfed family members and apostates.
well, the blood is an easy one, eh :-).
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The elders really piss me off
by butalbee inokay, so i'm there at work, working merrily along[not], when elder wart nose comes over by me, and asks me questions about this anti-jw site, that he's heard about.
i ask him, where he got his info, "he's got his resources" he says.
so, i'm like, "so fucking what?".
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I had my talk with an elder last Saturday
by voltaire inhow can i sum up how it went?
in a word...
aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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the WTBTS - Its own insurance agency?
by yrs2long indoing a watchtower search on googles.com, i came across not a few sites/hmo's listing the insurance companies they accept and listed among quite a few was watchtower bible tract society.
does the society have an internal health insurance agency?
i asked my boyfriend about this and he said that in order for that to be the case, a company has to have plenty of money and usually does this to be able to specify its own coverage, i.e., no blood transfusions.
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Practice of JW concerning Facial Hair
by Reborn2002 inim relatively new to the board, but i wanted other people's opinions.. growing up in "the organization" i pretty much blindly adhered to all instruction as a teenager.. as i got a little older, as most here im sure, i began to see how some practices were imposed on the flock without any biblical backing.. one that bugged the living hell out of me was the restriction of being allowed to grow facial hair.. i was literally removed from carrying the mics and reading at bookstudy because my sideburns were too long and i wanted to grow a goatee, hence i often showed up with stubble.
i was taken to the back room and told i was being "too worldly.
" when i questioned the elders why it was unallowed by the society and that i wanted scriptural evidence and backing for their imposed regulations, i was scoffed at and told i should do as i am told.. i told them where they could stick their "priviledges" .
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Who Draws The Line and Why?
by hillary_step ini wish to present three situations that are true to life and open up a discussion on these different scenarios and how would would personally act toward them.. 1) a 75 year old person has been a jw for the past 40 years.
most of their friends are jws.
they look forward to the fellowship at the meetings and though the congregation is far from perfect, they are pleased with the fact that they have a purpose in life.
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AlanF et al, a little help please! Pronto Please!
by SixofNine ini finally got that shepherding call.
1.5 years after not attending meetings, lol.. i'm sorry guys, but i was just disgustingly forthright.
i basically said that 1.5 years ago, i researched and came to the conclusion that the societies blood ban was wrong.
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holiday pay
by butalbee ini can't understand this--jw don't celebrate christmas or thanksgiving, but still demand to get paid for the holiday at work?
isn't that hypocritical of them?