This scripture about hair, the long and short of it, also goes into head coverings. Perhaps this is where men got the idea for paper bags over women's heads?
Windchaser
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facial hair and dubs
by not interested inthis morning as i was trimming my beard, i was thinking about when i was a drone and the times that iws counseled about my 5:00 shadow at the meetings, and i rembered a time when my dad was told to go and trim his sideburns b 4 he could go on stage at an assembly.. at one time it promted a friend of mine and i to write a letter to the society, since they could change thier minds on doctrinal issues as the light gets brighter we thought maybe we could get them to change thier minds on this issue, (yeah right).
a few months later he recived a letter from the society the essence of it was like this : it would not be inapproiate for a brother to wear a nice trim beard but the elders in the local area would have to detirmin if it would be acceptable for the brother to be used in the cong.
and go door to door, as some areas might be more open to it than others.
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facial hair and dubs
by not interested inthis morning as i was trimming my beard, i was thinking about when i was a drone and the times that iws counseled about my 5:00 shadow at the meetings, and i rembered a time when my dad was told to go and trim his sideburns b 4 he could go on stage at an assembly.. at one time it promted a friend of mine and i to write a letter to the society, since they could change thier minds on doctrinal issues as the light gets brighter we thought maybe we could get them to change thier minds on this issue, (yeah right).
a few months later he recived a letter from the society the essence of it was like this : it would not be inapproiate for a brother to wear a nice trim beard but the elders in the local area would have to detirmin if it would be acceptable for the brother to be used in the cong.
and go door to door, as some areas might be more open to it than others.
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Windchaser
Did you not read, "...but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her?" I have always regarded this as meaning facial hair as well. Of course, this wouldn't include leg hair, because I knew a sister who was counseled to shave her legs or not go out in service (granted, it was very dark and long).
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Aren't week-ends just great?
by Sadie5 innow that you're out of the borg and don't have to get up saturdays to peddle magazines, try to fit in the family watchtower study, get up sunday mornings to rush off to the kingdom hall, do you feel like week-ends are great?
it feels great just to sleep late on one or two of those days if i want to.
i can spend hours on the internet or read a whole newspaper.
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Windchaser
Yes, weekends are great now. I flashed back to how my entire Saturday morning was spent getting ready for service, service and coming home tired in the afternoon. The day was pretty much given to the society, because, I would make an attempt to study the wt for the meeting on Sunday (grueling). Then, Sunday, getting ready for the meeting, sitting in a zombie state for two hours, going out in service, coming home exhausted. Weekends were a pain in the ass and it didn't warm my heart to look forward to how I was gonna devote my whole weekends to the wtbts! I actually looked forward to Mondays and going to work. A sad life, indeed.
Now I can spend my weekends cleaning in the morning (a much more productive life) and usually feeling good about myself, doing the things I enjoy.
It's a big difference and I'm am so glad to be free at last.
Hugs...
Edited by - Windchaser on 22 June 2002 10:8:7
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Sweed midsummer day
by happy man in.
i gone a give you some exotic thing, today is the midsummer day in sweden, this is one of the most important days in our country, when peopel go out celebrate the day when the sun is upp almost evry our, in some places 24 our sun.. we use to putt upp a long woodstock , and then dance around it , this is ofcourse not anything for us as jw, something widh fallows symbols,as the gb say, but we look in stealthily...... greatings froom the land in north, where the sun always are shining.
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Let me try again...
<vind, in a lilt-ing voice:> Hi, there, Hap-py, how ya do-ing? I am half-sved-ish and I remem-ber plac-in flow-ers under the pil-low. The on-ly dream that I remem-ber is fall-in off a crag and be-in eat-en by a volf, yah! Not a very good sign...
Vind, the flicka
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NEED SOME INFO EVERYONE
by obiwan inok since i'm fairly new i have been trying to find the specific thread on the jw/un scandal,i would like someone to point me in the correct direction.pleeaasseee!
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Windchaser
Hi, Obi, I'm new here and just wanted to extend my welcome to you, too.
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Sweed midsummer day
by happy man in.
i gone a give you some exotic thing, today is the midsummer day in sweden, this is one of the most important days in our country, when peopel go out celebrate the day when the sun is upp almost evry our, in some places 24 our sun.. we use to putt upp a long woodstock , and then dance around it , this is ofcourse not anything for us as jw, something widh fallows symbols,as the gb say, but we look in stealthily...... greatings froom the land in north, where the sun always are shining.
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Sweed midsummer day
by happy man in.
i gone a give you some exotic thing, today is the midsummer day in sweden, this is one of the most important days in our country, when peopel go out celebrate the day when the sun is upp almost evry our, in some places 24 our sun.. we use to putt upp a long woodstock , and then dance around it , this is ofcourse not anything for us as jw, something widh fallows symbols,as the gb say, but we look in stealthily...... greatings froom the land in north, where the sun always are shining.
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Windchaser
HAPPY MAN!!
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The Sun's Transit of Cancer
by MrMoe infor those of you who like the astrology stuff i post... the sun is now in cancer.
here is what you all should expect.
(stolen from astrology.com) .
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Windchaser
Whoa, can ya just tell me how this affects my sign?
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What Should I Say ?
by JosephAlward in.
i'll be speaking this week at a memorial service for my father, and would like to include passages from the bible which are uplifting and comforting, but which do not refer to god or jesus or have an overt religious message or overtone.
i would appreciate very much if members would suggest passages they believe would be appropriate.. joe.
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Windchaser
My condolences, Joseph.
No offense, but you are wanting an awful lot out of us..ummm....you say you want passages from the Bible that aren't religious, don't refer to Jesus or God AND are comforting and uplifting? Yikes!
Edited by - windchaser on 21 June 2002 16:43:27
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The lunatics are attempting to 'off' another kid
by jelly in.
follow the link for some of that good old brotherly love and understanding.. http://www.jwzone.org/forums/showthread.php?s=9d8049ead196fab05e7f91cec1e518f1&threadid=3883&perpage=25&pagenumber=1.
jelly
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Windchaser
What got me about this was the ugly picture one of the posters portrayed of the hospital staff. When I first found out my son had leukemia (aged 2), I had to go to court and of course they took custody of him. You know what I did? I hugged his wonderful doctor moments before I watched the blood run down the tube into my son's waxy, almost lifeless body. And as the father in the story said, my son became pink and alive again, with a marked improvement. The medical staff gave excellent care to my son, religion or no, and the staff treating this girl seems just as concerned and caring.