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  Is it appropriate for a jw to say these things

  by ayo in

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  i am sorry, i am not a jw, but i have a freind who is.

  i am a female.

  i respect your rules etc.

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  MungoBaobab

  That's not true. A Witness cannot be disfellowshipped for dating outside of his religion. The worst that will happen is he will get a stern warning from one or more of the congregation elders; certainly an awkward situation to begin with, and this will lead to gossip around the Kingdom Hall. I know because I did date a girl who was not a Witness when I supposedly was one in good standing.

  As a man, I'm inclined to agree that if he's known you for ten years, he most probably cares for you. When I was dating the non-JW, our families were constantly on us to pick a religion. I always thought, can't we just believe what we want to believe? Why do we have to change? As an atheist now, I can tell you it's a damn shame when so much nonsense comes between two people. Whether you believe in him or not, the love of God never kept anyone warm at night.
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  JWs and Clothing

  by the_classicist in

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  where i live, its not usual for people to "dress up," especially business people and executives, you are more likely to see them with a button up shirt, khakis, and one of those fleece vests on.

  so, on the whole, jws look very out of place wearing their cheap suits (though a few elders didn't wear cheap suits and they made that known, "look at this, i got a spot on my new $200 designer shirt" -- really, something like this happened).

  but what i did notice is that, in my area, dressing guidelines usually weren't followed, or enforced for that matter, for good looking women.

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  MungoBaobab

  Here's a story: I was always good with languages, and I decided to finish the Spanish I began in college so I could switch to a Spanish congregation and pick up a hot Mexican chick. The only problem was class got out like 10 minutes before meeting, so I always brought a change of clothes. One day I was running late, and decided to skip the change and just go to meeting in street clothes.

  An elderette saw me coming in and nosed her way over to me to ask what hte story was. I explained that I was learning Spanish to bang a hot Mexican chick serve where the need was greater and that I didn't have time to change. She applauded my efforts to come to meeting was quickly moved on to gossip with encourage others. Well wouldn't ya know, halfway through the service meeting, guess who raised her hand and re-iterated that *WE* are so much better than the world because *WE* don't demean our worship like the people of the world because *WE* dress up for our meeting and worldly people don't... Seeyouenntee!!!!
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  JWs and Clothing

  by the_classicist in

  1. jw
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  where i live, its not usual for people to "dress up," especially business people and executives, you are more likely to see them with a button up shirt, khakis, and one of those fleece vests on.

  so, on the whole, jws look very out of place wearing their cheap suits (though a few elders didn't wear cheap suits and they made that known, "look at this, i got a spot on my new $200 designer shirt" -- really, something like this happened).

  but what i did notice is that, in my area, dressing guidelines usually weren't followed, or enforced for that matter, for good looking women.

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  MungoBaobab

  Carefully Faded, I figured a female would take issue with what I said, and I guess it turned out to be you! I completely agree that insisting on women wearing skirts all the time is demeaning and weird. Even Dubs think religions where women have to wear skirts all the time are strange, just another example of them pointing their fingers at the world and ignoring the three fingers pointing back. You bring up a valid point about women's clothing being more uncomfortable than men's, but that applies to most of the planet, everything from Islamic burqas to Chinese foot-binding to Western high heels. Generally speaking, though, in the West women have alot more freedom in their choice of dress, also. For example, a woman can wear her boyfriend's jacket or sleep in boxers, but if a man wears his girlfriend's clothes or sleeps in panties he's a crossdresser and lumped in with homosexuals. All of us were fair game for being picked on in the Kingdom Hall, that's for sure, but I still think the females have a little more freedom than the males.

  Merry Magdalene, I think you're absolutely right about the elders letting a little eye candy into the Hall. I think also the sisters have it easier because they're not held accountable for their dress in having privilges dangled over their heads. In one of my old congregations the older generations (60s & 70s) were constantly attacking the teenagers and twentysomethings for "stumbling" others, but what could they take away from the girls that they couldn't take away from the guys? By the way, it sounds like you had nice style back then; I love a woman in a hat!
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  WTS's explanation of current events based on false premise!

  by Schizm in

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  that scan of the march 2005 issue of our kingdom ministry that someone supplied said the following:

  "hence, from january 2006, awake!

  will ... highlight more prominently the bible's explanation of current events.

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  MungoBaobab

  Oh yeah! Ain't nothin' like a pair of cast iron Hanes! Thanks, man!
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  JWs and Clothing

  by the_classicist in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  where i live, its not usual for people to "dress up," especially business people and executives, you are more likely to see them with a button up shirt, khakis, and one of those fleece vests on.

  so, on the whole, jws look very out of place wearing their cheap suits (though a few elders didn't wear cheap suits and they made that known, "look at this, i got a spot on my new $200 designer shirt" -- really, something like this happened).

  but what i did notice is that, in my area, dressing guidelines usually weren't followed, or enforced for that matter, for good looking women.

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  MungoBaobab

  It's ridiculous. You turn what's supposed to be a religious convention into a once-a-year chance for singles to meet, and of course you're going to get things like "the little black dress." In my experience, sisters as a whole really got off the hook when it came to dress and grooming. I was marked for refusing to shave my sideburns a quarter of an inch, while my cousin had a platinum-blonde pixie cut and wore these gothic-looking finger-length rings and black mascara. She wore a bikini when she was baptized, too, and do you think anything was ever said to her? No!
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  WTS's explanation of current events based on false premise!

  by Schizm in

  1. jw
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  that scan of the march 2005 issue of our kingdom ministry that someone supplied said the following:

  "hence, from january 2006, awake!

  will ... highlight more prominently the bible's explanation of current events.

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  MungoBaobab

  Sorry, Schizm, but a simple genetic analysis proves that

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  The DNA doesn't lie.
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  Baby's "second head" removed -- no moral issues described?

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  in this news article, a baby is described as being born with a second head, referred to as "the parasite".

  as a parent, i would have had a hard time looking at this under-developed conjoined twin as a "parasite".

  it really looks like a second child, though one incapable of independant life.

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  MungoBaobab

  If the second twin had HER own brain, and SHE would grow to develop a personality independent of HER sister, then I say what was done was murder. However, if the anomaly in question was merely a second FACE (not a second head), then the right decision was made.
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  WTS's explanation of current events based on false premise!

  by Schizm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that scan of the march 2005 issue of our kingdom ministry that someone supplied said the following:

  "hence, from january 2006, awake!

  will ... highlight more prominently the bible's explanation of current events.

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  MungoBaobab

  No, no, no, Schizm! That's not me...

  THIS is me!!!
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  JW: Body parts found in subway =end of the world

  by Elsewhere in

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  http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/crime/nyc-legs0218,0,5899349.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-crime.

  body parts found in subway.

  by daryl khan.

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  MungoBaobab

  Doesn't the whole thing sound like the beginning of Law and Order? You know, the slice-of-life New Yorker, this time a Witness, going about her daily business, when all of a sudden... CORPSE FOUND! Jump-cut to the set redressed as a crime scene, the CS investigator is in mid-sentence describing the victim, they take a statement from the witness, who also happens to be a Witness. She makes a remark about the end of the world coming soon, and one of the detectives makes a quip about the end of their coffee break coming too soon.
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  WTS's explanation of current events based on false premise!

  by Schizm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that scan of the march 2005 issue of our kingdom ministry that someone supplied said the following:

  "hence, from january 2006, awake!

  will ... highlight more prominently the bible's explanation of current events.

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  MungoBaobab

  Hey, they don't call it your family TREE for nothing!