Good luck on the destruction of personal data...how would you verify that?
Yerusalyim
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I Have Finally Sent My DA-Letter
by GermanXJW ini finally did it!
after 3-4 years of being inactive i wrote a da-letter and faxed it to the headquarters of the "christian congregation".
i am planning to be more active in helping ex-jw and i have become a member of the newly founded "netzwerk sektenausstieg" (cult exit network) in germany.
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Did Jesus Condone "Pederasty"?
by DevonMcBride inmatthew wrote: "when jesus arrived in capernaum, a roman army captain came and pled with him to come to his home and heal his servant boy who was in bed paralyzed and racked with pain" (matthew 8:5-6).
then matthew had jesus say: i haven't seen faith like this in all of israel?.go home.
what you have believed has happened" (matthew 8:10-13).
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Yerusalyim
DH,
It WAS uncommon in Rome...as has been pointed out. A centurion, as in our story, would have had several personal slaves...being they traveled together and were in close contact, and depended on one another, it would NOT be uncommon for a close paternal relationship to develop.
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Can I withdraw a Disassociation?
by Woman know your place ini'm new to the site, and wonder can anyone advise me..... two years ago i decided to leave the jws, and when i met with the elders to inform them, they told me they had grounds to disfellowship me (i told them i doidnt believe in god and had slept with my boyfriend.....for full story see my profile).
at the time i thought that telling them would just mean that i could get on with my life and they would know that i was not a jw... i thought that you could only df a person who wilfully sinned against god.... well i didnt believe in god, so how could i wilfully sin against him?
anyway, as i said, the elders wanted to df me, and, not wanting to be seen as a sinner, i wrote a letter of disassociation detailing my reasons for not believing ahead of the dfing.. so did the elders have grounds to df me?
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Yerusalyim
Yes, if you don't believe in God and admited that to them, they had grounds to DF you.
Question...WHY BOTHER?
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Does the U.S. need its own version of M.I.5??
by Crazy151drinker inour current domestic intelligence is gathered by the fbi, which imho sucks at it and should stick at what it does best- ie handle federal crimes.
the fbi and the aclu are concerned that if kerry wins, he will push for the establishment of a new dept.
maybe we can call it central reconnaissance and protection aka c.r.a.p.
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Yerusalyim
An MI5 type organization has been talked about since 9-11, who knows.
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How did you find your job?
by JH inoften, i speak to people who seem to have good jobs.
when i ask how they got that job, then they tell me that finally it came down to good contacts.. many jobs i had were also because of good contacts.
naturally, having a college or university degree is what it takes, but having contacts seems to be what opens doors.. so, how did you find your job, with help from an influencial person, or all by yourself?
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Yerusalyim
I saw this add that said "We do more before 9AM than most people do all day" and I thought "COOL, I'll be home before lunch every day"...BIG MISTAKE!
Actually the military has been quite good to me.
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Did Jesus Condone "Pederasty"?
by DevonMcBride inmatthew wrote: "when jesus arrived in capernaum, a roman army captain came and pled with him to come to his home and heal his servant boy who was in bed paralyzed and racked with pain" (matthew 8:5-6).
then matthew had jesus say: i haven't seen faith like this in all of israel?.go home.
what you have believed has happened" (matthew 8:10-13).
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Yerusalyim
Meta,
Not sure where you're getting your info, but this sounds more like practices of the Greeks. The closest festival I know of that celebrates wierd sex is the Rape of the Sabine...but, I've been wrong before.
Also, sex with kids was NOT condoned by the Romans as far as I can tell, though the marriage age for girls was mid teens.
If I'm wrong direct me to sources.
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What does your name mean?
by pennycandy ini gave my intro and then disappeared for a month.
just not enough time these days.. anyway .
.. some of your names are self-explanatory, but some definitely have to be explained to be understood.. i'll start.
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Yerusalyim
Yerusalyim...a poor transliteration of the Hebrew pronunciation of Jerusalem, the City of Peace.
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Little Sis came back from DC - interesting
by Crooked Lumpy Vessel infirst she has a baby and a toddler.
she said that when she was racing for a seat she finally saw one that looked convenient and the man kept giving her awful looks.
she finally said, "are you ok with children?
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Yerusalyim
Now days most concessions aren't owned by the folks who own the stadium, rather, it's contracted out. Therefore, this would probably be covered in the contract. I'm not sure I get it, but it sounds like you're being told not to eat lunch at all? Or is it that everyone is suppossed to pack a lunch?
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Yerusalyim
Me?
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How do you relax ?
by blobby ini'm just listening to my deep purple album - made in japan...drinking a beer after i've just made the evening meal ....ah !
.......life is good.....how do you relax ..?
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Yerusalyim
Flat out on my back on the couch with the remote, a cold drink, and cake or something.