I'm British and I love guns.
However, I'm also totally convinced that I'm the only non-military person on this sceptered isle that should be allowed to own one.
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How do Americans feel about Canadians and Britons interjecting their opinions onto hot localized political topics: gun laws, abortion, ect?
by adjusted knowledge inin addition to the above question, why do citizens of the two above mentioned countries, or other countries, feel the necessity to tell americans how they should interpret the american constitution for localized issues?.
i fairly much have an idea what the general population in the usa feels in regards to the first question.
this could be one of the possible reasons cnn piers morgan poor ratings and eventual firing.
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Automatic disfellowshipping if "sin" is repeated?
by snugglebunny inback in the day, if someone was put on probation for an offence, rather than being disfellowshipped, if he re-offended whilst that probation was in force, disfellowshipping was automatic.
normally a probation lasted 12 months.
after the probation was finished that was it.
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Back in the day, if someone was put on probation for an offence, rather than being disfellowshipped, if he re-offended whilst that probation was in force, disfellowshipping was automatic. Normally a probation lasted 12 months. After the probation was finished that was it. Privileges were restored. If he reoffended again, the earlier offence didn't count for anything. I know all this because I was involved in a matter where all of this occurred and the society were contacted so that everything was handled in line with current thinking.
I'm curious to learn of the procedure these days for someone who who has confessed to an offence, been placed on restrictions, but then has offended again whilst the restrictions are in force. Will he be automatically disfellowshipped?
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Survey: How Many Here Have Gotten Into Trouble With The Elders
by minimus inhow many were brought in the infamous back room?
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What are your experiences having Jehovah Witnesses work for you or you work with?
by adjusted knowledge ini've managed several thousand employees in the last decade.
i've had a handful that identified themselves as witnesses.
from experience, they were no different than any other employees.
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We had a bro in the next congregation who would only hire JW's. Contrary to what most expected they didn't sing Kingdom melodies all day. He had around 50 employees, some part time, and most of the local pioneers worked for him. Most of the work was of the menial variety, packing postage stamps for philatelists. I'd been a lorry driver with a brick company and he asked me to work for him driving his brand new truck for a fresh venture he'd undertaken. I was quickly fired for (a) having a non-respectful attitude and (b) getting his brand new truck wedged under a low bridge just outside of Macclesfield.
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How to reply to- "just wait on Jehovah".
by runForever inall you have to say is "who says jehovah is not using me right now?
" something to that effect.. if they say you are just a low-life nobody just point out amos nipper of figs.
and if they say "do you think you're a prophet?
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Take a look at this pic I took a couple of years back.
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Is The Borg going back to “Old School” thinking & getting more hardcore?
by thedepressedsoul inim still in and i cant help but feel nervous as more and more changes are coming forward.
i cant help but feel that they are starting to get more hardcore again.
let me explain.
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It would appear that Tony Tightpants is making a bid for leadership. Most folk who are in corporate circles will recognise the signs. He's becoming a self-appointed troubleshooter, a constant presence in WT videos, a hard-liner on dissidents (always a popular trait amongst any electorate) and is permanently keeping himself at the front of any publicity. Some of the less pushy GB members might feel a little resentful that he's always in the loop, others will be fawning over him in the hope of getting some of the reflected glory.
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Consequences of staying on the recommended Hotel list
by Samaritan At the Well ini wanted to share an experience i had and see if anyone else had encountered this same matter.
we always tried to make an extra effort to ensure we stood on the approved hotel lists when going to our special day conventions or district conventions or what they now call regional.
we use to stay many nights a year and i would save up my hotel points to use at a later time.. i remember checking in at popular chain hotel and asked the hotel clerk how many points would i earn for the 3 night stay?
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Are these hotel points used as a form of discount on future visits, rather similar to air miles being used to discount future flights?
if so, why would the society want them?
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Has David Jason become a JW?
by snugglebunny ini'm hearing all sorts of rumours that delboy has become a witness.. say it isn't so!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63rcdlexiu8.
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I'm hearing all sorts of rumours that Delboy has become a witness.
Say it isn't so!
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"You are still married, and still happy ?"
by Phizzy ini met an aging, well, late sixties, pioneer sister a few days back, from a congregation four removes away, and a different circuit to my old congo.
i have known her since i was a kid.. i wasn't quite sure at first if she knew our "status" as we exchanged pleasantries, but it soon became clear she knew exactly our situation, that we walked away a few years ago.. she asked me about my views on life now, and listened respectfully, and said she appreciated my view, but a couple of questions that she threw at me, as in the thread title, showed that she was surprised that mrs phizzy and i had not gone off the rails after we left.. the mind control goes so very deep does it not ?
she was surprised that our marriage hadn't failed, and that we were now happy.. i wonder if she will ever make the connection that the jw org has lied to her about those of us who leave ?.
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If a marriage has been based solely on a JW premise, it is quite likely to fail IMHO. Take the issue of faithfulness - many couples primary reason for being faithful is because adultery is a disfellowshipping offence. Many couples won't have gone past that and remained faithful because of love alone. -
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Is child abuse becoming the 'Benghazi' of exJW's?
by Simon ini've been noticing a trend recently that seems to becoming prevalent in posts which i think is a little sad and counter productive where, whatever the topic is actually about, someone will be keen to remind everyone about child abuse issues within the wts.. any sort of abuse, especially that of children, is a very serious issue but i'm not sure it's prevention is necessarily best-served by brining it up at every opportunity.
it ends up looking a little like the republican party's obsession with benghazi where they harp on about it to such an extent that people have become blind to it and it almost becomes a punchline.
people become less and less convinced of the claims because they hear them too often.. trying to turn any discussion into including comments on it, however well-intentioned, starts to look misguided at some point.
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The child abuse issue is always going to surface because such a thing is anathema to most people. It's a normal part of our development for us humans to feel ever-more protective towards little ones as we age. Watch any adult walking down the street with a youngster and observe how protective the adult is towards the child, keeping him safe from the traffic and any other manner of danger. It's an instinct that's built in to us, unlike the instincts acted out by child molestors.
