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Disfellowshipping and different cultures
by man in black in.
my wife and i walked away from the jw religion 6 years ago.. she works at a school part-time, and several of the maintenance people are hispanic and active jw's from our area.. they go out of their way to be friendly, but always in a somewhat guarded way.. we were talking about this last night, and she thinks that different cultures do not respect or honor the df / da requirements of the jw religion the same across the board.. i don't believe that,,,, from what i've seen over the years shunning a non believer who leaves or is df'ed is a pretty standard thing.
or is it true that different areas, or cultures adapt their own way of handling this belief?.
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Fake it, to make it
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[endif]i have to say, being a witness in my past has made me very knowledgeable on faking being a christian when the moment is needed.
like when you meet some overzealous christian parent of your child.
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Resolutions
by molybdenum inlast week in my kh there was a resolution put before the congregation.. i forget what it was for but it involved some expenditure from the .
congregation account.. i have sat through many of these but i have never seen a dissenter.. i felt like dissenting but i never put my hand up when it was asked if anyone .
does not agree with the resolution.. what happens if someone does disagree?.
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The Traveler
by Eiben Scrood inwhat is life without some excitement, yes, even some danger?
i know the people on the right path care about me and will look after me.
i have tried for many years to follow this path the way i have been told to.
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Critiquing Jesus' Words
by smmcroberts inthis is the third and final blog article in my 3-part series on abridging the bible:.
http://smmcroberts.net/blog/critiquing-jesus-words/.
do you agree with what's left?.
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April Fool Easter!!! LMAO
by ThisFellowCheap inso, the joke goes somewhat like this in paraphrase: an atheist was complaining about the religionists having preferential treament when it comes to religious national holidays, that the christians get their days and muslims and likes and they don't give just one to the atheists.
and up pops the witty christian and say, "oh, i thought that was what april 1st was meant for!".
and i had to gobble that up every year- no, not this year!
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RIP Professor Akin Salau
by ThisFellowCheap inmy department mourns the death of a good man.
he was a professor of physics, aged 67. here's a newspaper obituary of him: .
... "he attended islamic high school, orita bashorun, ibadan on western region scholarship between 1960 and 1964, and proceeded to university of ife (now obafemi awolowo university), osun state to study physics on federal government scholarship where he graduated in 1971.his passion for education took him to stanford university palo alto ca94305, usa, where he obtained his master of science and ph.
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THIS FELLOW CHEAP (A Poem)
by ThisFellowCheap intoday i visited my word-wells;.
words to express,.
that which in my heart swells,.