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dorayakii
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UK & IRELAND MAP
by ballistic ini had an idea that i could build a uk map of everyones location which would show you instantly who is in your area from jwd.. (it might be an idea to do a seperate us one aswell but i'll wait and see if this one takes off first, or if anyone from the us wants to volunteer to do that one).
(and australia but you are all in the same backyard anyway - literally!!!).
anyway, all you have to do is post or email me your username and town and i will draw you on the map above which will change gradually to include everyone!.
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Thick, stupid people and FIRWORKS
by Sam the Man inis it just me or does anybody else hate fireworks?
right now in uk, it's getting close to nov 5, 'bonfire night', a celebration of guy fawks attempt to blow up parliament.
question... why do some idiots let fireworks off for one week prior and a full week after nov 5?
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dorayakii
Yeah in my area the fireworks started on Wednesday the 26th of October. I was screaming out to my neighbour to shut the f*** up beause i was trying to watch TV.
On the 5th of November you kind of expect it, and even today on All Hallow E'en i expect them, because of the tradition of fireworks around about this ime of year. However, it's very aggravating when every night for 2 or 3 weeks, you hear fireworks in the next garden from 5pm to the ungodly hours of the morning.
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Circumcision?
by jstalin indoes the wts have anything to say about circumcision?
is there an official doctrine?
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dorayakii
My point is that this translates over, in the West (U.S.) at least as probably holding a positive view of circumcision, or at least not holding much of a negative view against it.
My guess is that those born into the faith were circumcised but this is hard to know since in the U.S. the preference has been towards circumcision in the last half of the 20th Century.
I think that the percentage of Witnesses circumcised in the United States must more-or-less equal the percentage for the whole country. The WTS dosn't have a set doctrine on it, being circumcised in the flesh doesn't matter, its the circumcision of the heart which counts... (This coronary circumcision sounds even more dangerous... I wouldn't like to lose any important bits of my heart either)...
Interestingly, the Wikip æ dia says this:
Roman satirists including Horace and Juvenal equated the exposure of the glans that results from circumcision to its exposure during erection, and they caricatured Jewish men as being lustful or lecherous, sometimes in an incestuous or homosexual sense, often implying that Jewish men had unusually large penises and were of great sexual potency.
Techniques for restoring the appeareance of a foreskin were known by the 2nd century B.C. In one such technique, a copper weight (called the Judeum pondum) was hung from the remnants of the circumcised foreskin until, in time, they became sufficiently stretched to cover the glans. The first-century writer Celsus described two surgical techniques for foreskin restoration in his medical treatise De Medicina. [25] In one of these, the skin of the penile shaft was loosened by cutting in around the base of the glans. The skin was then stretched over the glans and allowed to heal, giving the appearance of an uncircumcised penis. Jewish religious writers denounced such practices as abrogating the covenant of Abraham in 1 Maccabees and the Talmud [26]. Because of these attempts, and for other reasons, the Pharisees, ca. 100, added two more steps to the Biblical rite of circumcision:
- Brit Peri'ah, which went beyond the relatively simple and Biblical trimming of excess foreskin, and stripped the mucosal lining of the foreskin back to the coronal sulcus.
- Brit Mezizah, by which the trained circumciser ("mohel") fills his mouth with wine and sucks the wound made by the circumcision; the saliva acts as an anti-bacterial agent, preventing infection. This step is no longer done by mouth, except in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.
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Circumcision?
by jstalin indoes the wts have anything to say about circumcision?
is there an official doctrine?
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dorayakii
Yeah hellrider, i was shocked when i heard that between 65 and 75% of American males are circumcised... I didn't think that this barbaric practice would be so prevalent in the "western" world. The Greeks rightly viewed it as "a mutilation of a previously perfectly shaped organ."The exposed "head" (glans) on many uncircumcised penises is often very sensitive even to being brushed lightly by the fabric of underwear. Circumcision dramatically cuts down penis sensitivity, the scars are not very pretty when the penis is erect, the shine of the (glans) is taken away and most importantly, the practice must be excruciatingly painful for the infant.
imho, unless circumcision is medically necessary, the choice to go through with the operation, should be left up to the child when he has reached 18, whether he is Jewish or non-Jewish.
Unless the foreskin is unusually tight, cleaning it should not be much of a problem to be honest, as long as the cleaning is done with the penis in a flaccid state. Cleaning it forms part of a normal daily hygiene routine and is no big deal unless you really don't like washing.
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Holy Crap! Star Trek's Sulu is gay!
by Elsewhere inlooks like lots of people are "coming out" right now.... http://www.cnn.com/2005/showbiz/tv/10/28/people.georgetakei.ap/index.htmlgeorge takei, 'trek's' sulu: i'm gay.
los angeles, california (ap) -- george takei, who as "star trek's" sulu was part of the starship enterprise crew through three television seasons and six movies, has come out as a homosexual in the current issue of frontiers, a biweekly los angeles magazine covering the gay and lesbian community.. takei told the associated press on thursday that his new onstage role as psychologist martin dysart in "equus," helped inspire him to publicly discuss his sexuality.. takei described the character as a "very contained but turbulently frustrated man.
" the play opened wednesday at the david henry hwang theater in los angeles, the same day that frontiers magazine featured a story on takei's coming out.. the current social and political climate also motivated takei's disclosure, he said.. "the world has changed from when i was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay," he said.
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dorayakii
plus I hate labels like Gay, whats wrong with "human"?
It would have been a bit of an anticlimatic thread if he had said "Holy Crap! Star Trek's Sulu is human!"
I kind of thought Sulu had some fairy-like karate movements!
Oh come on now, that effeminate gay image is just a worn-out media sterotype... we are capable of acting perfectly normally y'know... it just shows that when someone is gay you just cannot really tell...
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What section on JWD attracts you?
by dorayakii inwhen you log on to jwd, which section do you go to first?
even if you go directly to "active topics", which category most attracts you and why?
friendspersonal experiences & reunionsbible research & study articlesbeliefs, doctrine & practicesscandals & coverupschild sexual assault and child abuseblood, medical treatment & depression private discussion & supportapostafests & get-togethersadult & heated debatepoliticsjokes & humourentertainmentcurrent affairspysial activitiesfamilyrelationships
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dorayakii
Haha, well i took away "Active Topics" option because i'm sure most would go there first... but even within "Active Topics", the options are divided further under "Subject"...
Me, I usually go to "Beliefs" and sometimes "Bible Research" because i enjoy reading some of Leolaia's and Narkissos' logical explanations. -
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What section on JWD attracts you?
by dorayakii inwhen you log on to jwd, which section do you go to first?
even if you go directly to "active topics", which category most attracts you and why?
friendspersonal experiences & reunionsbible research & study articlesbeliefs, doctrine & practicesscandals & coverupschild sexual assault and child abuseblood, medical treatment & depression private discussion & supportapostafests & get-togethersadult & heated debatepoliticsjokes & humourentertainmentcurrent affairspysial activitiesfamilyrelationships
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dorayakii
When you log on to JWD, which section do you go to first?
Even if you go directly to "Active Topics", which category most attracts you and why?
- Friends
- Personal Experiences & Reunions
- Bible Research & Study Articles
- Beliefs, Doctrine & Practices
- Scandals & Coverups
- Child Sexual Assault and Child Abuse
- Blood, Medical Treatment & Depression
- Private Discussion & Support
- Apostafests & Get-togethers
- Adult & Heated Debate
- Politics
- Jokes & Humour
- Entertainment
- Current Affairs
- Pysial Activities
- Family
- Relationships
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Witness kids having online discussion
by TheListener in.
i ran across this discussion for a kids forum.
if any of you have thoughtful kids that are online perhaps they could say something that would help these young ones earlier rather than later.. for kids only - don't go on posing as a kid - they'll probably eat you alive.. http://boards.zeeks.com/messages.php?tk=46tal5xsm2&pg=1
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dorayakii
The funniest response here has to be:
"Sorry no offense but whats a Jehovahs Witnesses."
...and they think they're soooo ubiquitous.
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Bible prophecy clearly indicates 1914?
by gringojj ini was reading the nov. 22nd awake "who will feed the cities?".
on page 14 a german brother relates an experience of coming into the wts.
2 witnesses were at his door and asked him "did you know that the year 1914 was a very special year according to the bible?".
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dorayakii
aPPARENTLY,THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH 1914,namely the jews had a 360 day calender,meaning the jw date is about 20 years out!
The WTS takes into account the Jewish 360 Calender when it talks about the weeks of years. 7 x 360 = 2520... but it uses the Gregorian Calender when it measures those 2520 years from 607 to 1914. I actually don't think that that is really an issue though, because many calenders compensate for the differences, by adding one or two days here and there... we add a day to February every 4 years (called the leap year) and the Jews would have have to add 21 days every 4 years or an extra week for 3 years in a row, then one year with no addition. I'm not sure how they did it, but there must have been some system to ensure that the seasons always lined up with the months. (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/100695/1.ashx)
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How did the Jews manage a 365.25-day year with their 360-day calender?
by dorayakii inthere are actually about 365.25 (or 365 1/4) days in each year.
with the gregorian calender that most of the "western" world now uses, we add a day to february every 4 years to ensure that the seasons are always in synch with the months.
we call this the "leap-day" and it is added to the "leap-year".
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dorayakii
There are actually about 365.25 (or 365 1/4) days in each year. With the Gregorian Calender that most of the "western" world now uses, we add a day to February every 4 years to ensure that the seasons are always in synch with the months. We call this the "leap-day" and it is added to the "leap-year".
How did they accomplish this in Jewish times with their 360 day calender?
(Im sure its in the "Insight" book, but i can't be bothered to read that drivel)
Also how do other Calenders around the world do it? How did the pagans do it, and how was it done in the Julian Calender (which we used in the West until 1582)?
Corrected from "Georgian" to "Gregorian"