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  What if Nebraska became JW?

  by Fatfreek in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  mostly i hate hypothetical questions but i'll make an exception since i'm the one who's asking.

  if the u.s. heartland state of nebraska suddenly found itself 90% occupied by jehovah's witnesses what do you think could happen?

  first off, i have more questions than answers.

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  Fatfreek

  The word "flakes" is not a word Jehovah's Witnesses are very comfortable with

  Yes, Gary. They've had their share of embarrasing ones, beginning with CTR.

  And according to Poztate, the Witney's aren't the only ones with flaky beginnings -- but he makes a great point about the dietary restriction that never was imposed but probably should -- abstain from corn flakes. Look who originated them!!!

  Yes, how easy it would be to impose sales restrictions at all of Nebraska's grocery stores and Supercenters -- simply no more corn flakes would be allowed on the shelves.

  But why stop there? Bookstores and llibraries with no more copies of "Crisis of Conscience", et al.

  Hospitals would no longer require permission forms for blood transfusions -- they simply wouldn't stock the red fluid in their coolers.

  Meeting times could be coordinated statewide and those times would likely dictate the scheduled closing of golf courses, bowling alleys, theme parks, etc. But, hey, why allow them at all since they are such distractions.

  Legalizing and legislating is so much fun. What else can we do?

  Fats
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  What if Nebraska became JW?

  by Fatfreek in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  mostly i hate hypothetical questions but i'll make an exception since i'm the one who's asking.

  if the u.s. heartland state of nebraska suddenly found itself 90% occupied by jehovah's witnesses what do you think could happen?

  first off, i have more questions than answers.

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  Fatfreek

  lol why corn flakes?!?!

  Good question Sam, being from across the Pond. Nebraska is the Corn Husker state -- though one of the others actually produces more.

  Gumby, Gary, and Horrible -- you had me rolling on the floor.

  I suppose with the 10% making up law enforcement, the legislature, and the judicial systems (are there others?) -- what would happen to the pedophile rate?

  With apostates being included in the 10%, where could they buy groceries, where would they work, who would sell them a home or rent to them?

  Would the state supreme court be made up of rotating judicial comittees -- say, from Omaha, Grand Island, and Lincoln?

  Which segment would field the doctors, the teachers, other professionals, law enforcement, et al?

  Fats
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  What if Nebraska became JW?

  by Fatfreek in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  mostly i hate hypothetical questions but i'll make an exception since i'm the one who's asking.

  if the u.s. heartland state of nebraska suddenly found itself 90% occupied by jehovah's witnesses what do you think could happen?

  first off, i have more questions than answers.

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  Fatfreek

  Mostly I hate hypothetical questions but I'll make an exception since I'm the one who's asking.
  
  If the U.S. heartland state of Nebraska suddenly found itself 90% occupied by Jehovah's Witnesses what do you think could happen? First off, I have more questions than answers.
  
  Would the University of Nebraska still field a football team?
  Would there be a university?
  Would corn flakes exist?
  
  Fats
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  New Ex-JW Books to Check Out

  by Cocoon in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  (1) "out of the cocoon: a young woman's courageous flight from the grip of a religious cult" and (2) "have you seen my mother?".

  i'm the author, brenda lee, of the first book and i just finished reading the latter book by bryan lee mcglothin (available at www.haveyouseenmymother.com ).

  (bryan's book was very well written and thought provoking.

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  Brenda,
  
  It certainly looks like an excellent read. I went to Amazon.com to get a peek at a few of the pages and learned that not all books have been scanned. You may or may not want to avail yourself of that service. The following is from their site about that topic:
  
  Search Inside the Book for Publishers
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  When customers search for books on Amazon.com, we use the actual words from inside participating books--not just the author, title, and keywords supplied by the publisher--to return the best possible selection of books. With this powerful new search feature, customers can discover books that may never have surfaced in previous search results!
  
  With Search Inside the Book, customers can also browse sample pages and do additional searches inside a particular book to confirm that the title is just what they're looking for. All of this helps publishers and authors like you sell more books.
  
  Once you sign the Publisher Participation Agreement and are accepted into the program, you will need to provide us with a physical copy of each book you would like to include in the program.
  
  If you are the rights holder (including copyright and marketing and promotional rights) and would like to participate in the Search Inside the Book program, please sign up.
  
  Still have questions? Please see our Publishers' FAQ.
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  Newspaper Article on JWs today - Write the paper - PLEASE!!

  by Seeker4 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today's sunday, claremont, nh eagle times has an interesting article on jws - inspired in part by a quick build kingdom hall going up this weekend in rockingham, vt.. here's the link: eagle times article october 23, 2005. i thought the article was good, but may have gone a bit easy on the witnesses.

  no mention of witness shunning, the dateline expose, silentlambs, the blood issue, witness beliefs, etc.

  also a bit confusing is the assertion of the tremendous growth rate at the same time that the article states that baptisms have dropped off 33% in the us since the mid-90s (holy shit!

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  Here are my two pennies:

  http://users.oeccwildblue.com/millerlr/EagleTimesEditor.pdf

  Fats
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  Newspaper Article on JWs today - Write the paper - PLEASE!!

  by Seeker4 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today's sunday, claremont, nh eagle times has an interesting article on jws - inspired in part by a quick build kingdom hall going up this weekend in rockingham, vt.. here's the link: eagle times article october 23, 2005. i thought the article was good, but may have gone a bit easy on the witnesses.

  no mention of witness shunning, the dateline expose, silentlambs, the blood issue, witness beliefs, etc.

  also a bit confusing is the assertion of the tremendous growth rate at the same time that the article states that baptisms have dropped off 33% in the us since the mid-90s (holy shit!

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  Fatfreek

  I'll learn one of these days NOT to use FireFox for postings here! See below.
  
  Fats
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  If WT shuning practices were removed, what would be the result?

  by hubert in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  imagine if the wt in brookline decided it was "scriptually incorrect" to shun ex-j.w.

  's for any reason, what do you think would happen if they stopped the shunning practice?

  i was never a j.w., so i'll leave it up to the experienced people here to conclude.

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  Fatfreek

  Maybe start allowing parent-child relations to continue despite df/da?

  Yes, AlmostAtheist, I could go for that one. Two of my boys (and three grandchildren) are on "the other side" and we could then begin to pick up the pieces. But I won't hold my breath.

  Fats
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  A working reconstruction of an ancient Greek computer unveiled

  by daystar in

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  2. current

  posted 10/20/2005

  "a working reconstruction of an ancient greek computer,

  the antikythera mechanism

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  Fatfreek

  For what it's worth:

  "There are many claims to the invention of the differential gear, but it is likely that it was known, at least in some places, in ancient times. Here are some of the milestones in the history of this device.

  * 2634 BC according to legend - South Pointing Chariot used by the Yellow Emperor Huang Di in China.
  * 1st century BC - Antikythera mechanism contains a planar differential.
  * 1810 - Rudolph Ackermann of Germany invents a four-wheel steering system for carriages, which some later writers mistakenly report as a differential.
  * 1827 - modern automotive differential patented by watchmaker Onésiphore Pecqueur (1792-1852) of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers in France for use on a steam car. [Sources: Britannica Online and [1]]
  * 1832 - Richard Roberts of England patents 'gear of compensation', a differential for road locomotives.
  * 1876 - James Starley of Coventry invents chain-drive differential for use on bicycles; invention later used on automobiles by Carl Benz.
  * 1897 - first use of differential on an Australian steam car by David Shearer."

  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_(mechanics)

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  A working reconstruction of an ancient Greek computer unveiled

  by daystar in

  1. social
  2. current

  posted 10/20/2005

  "a working reconstruction of an ancient greek computer,

  the antikythera mechanism

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  Fatfreek

  Hmmm ... you cannot delete a post as the pulldown menu implies. See next. Fats
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  If WT shuning practices were removed, what would be the result?

  by hubert in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  imagine if the wt in brookline decided it was "scriptually incorrect" to shun ex-j.w.

  's for any reason, what do you think would happen if they stopped the shunning practice?

  i was never a j.w., so i'll leave it up to the experienced people here to conclude.

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  Fatfreek

  There would be a mass exodus. The faders would "come out of the closet", knowing there would be no consequences of cutoff from relatives and friends. With no more fear of repercussion (other than a formal and painless disfellowshipment), current members would say and do things that today would be unthinkable.
  
  It'll never happen! (Fats 3:16)
  
  Fats