And BTW, the skirt thing is not so unique to JW's. The Amish and the various Bretheren groups are morally horrified by women in pants.
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The J Dub Culture of Skirt-Wearing
by mummatron inthis is something that has always bothered me.
as a born-in jw i was raised as a little girl wearing skirts and dresses which is clearly quite normal in terms of gender-appropriate clothing.
however, the older i grew, the more i realised that all jw women and girls wore skirts to meetings and when out in fs, but would wear trousers in their everyday life.
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The J Dub Culture of Skirt-Wearing
by mummatron inthis is something that has always bothered me.
as a born-in jw i was raised as a little girl wearing skirts and dresses which is clearly quite normal in terms of gender-appropriate clothing.
however, the older i grew, the more i realised that all jw women and girls wore skirts to meetings and when out in fs, but would wear trousers in their everyday life.
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The rationale of the society, backed up by talks in the 1980's, that dresses/skirts were appropriate forms of clothing for women and trousers for men, was in response to the rapid acceptance of homosexuality in Western societies. They were afraid that, failing a clear demarcation between the sexes, homosexual impulses would become rampant among the confused.
(A talk by a an Iraqi D.O. with a good sense of humour comes to mind on this subject. Others from Auckland N.Z. may recall him)
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Pat Condell on the Jesus Swindle
by cantleave inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4shqqjddca&feature=related.
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bigmouth
Well worth watching. Not an attack on Jesus by an athiest, but a well spoken and humorous expose of clergy and evangelists who "sell" Jesus.
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Went to an internet business convention back in April...was I being recruited to join another cult??
by Joliette ini went to this business convention with my friend lynnette back in april of this year here in milwaukee...and boy oh boy did it remind me of a jehovah's witness convention.
except they didnt have a lock stock and barrel legalistic approach like the j-dubs have, but bascially same messaging in a different kinda of way.
they clapped, but they actually yelled at the speaker on the stage (basically picture the arensio hall show x1000...lol) woo-hoo!!
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If I recall correctly, Amway, for example and others like them are 'officially' regarded as cults.
Stay well away from their revivalist type love fests.
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Anyone here like Billy Bragg?
by Lozhasleft ini saw his live show tonight in aid of 'hope not hate'.
incredible guy, powerful gutsy music.. loz x.
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BTW, from memory, Peter Knowles is the brother of the more famous Cyril. Great footballer
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Anyone here like Billy Bragg?
by Lozhasleft ini saw his live show tonight in aid of 'hope not hate'.
incredible guy, powerful gutsy music.. loz x.
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Yep, massive fan of Mr. Bragg. I missed him in NZ about 20 years ago.
I often sing Here Comes Richard or Milkman of Human Kindess in the toilet, sounds really good. Frightens the family though....
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NZ Earthquake Update
by Murray Smith inupdate from chch nz just in case anyone out there is interested .
we're still gettin kicked up the ass down here by some punchy aftershocks .
still coming at about 1 every 90 mins.
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I'll tell you a funny thing... I'm really sensitive to earthquakes. Even sleeping I wake and say to my wife "feel that ?" (seriously :)
I was asleep when the Sept. 4 one hit and I was near Dunedin. The 'bang' and swaying was unreal... but when we arrived in ChCh on Monday for a day prior to our flight out I didn't sense a thing even though others were comenting on all the aftershocks. Dunno, weird.
Anyway, our motel room seems solid here in Aussie, it's warm and it must be 2 am over the ditch, so good night and sleep near a door frame.
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NZ Earthquake Update
by Murray Smith inupdate from chch nz just in case anyone out there is interested .
we're still gettin kicked up the ass down here by some punchy aftershocks .
still coming at about 1 every 90 mins.
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Well, Muzz, I just moved to Melbourne on Tuesday and I didn't even live in ChCh!
Take care matey
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Earthquake in N.Z.
by smiddy ini guess the witnesses are rejoicing over the death and destruction of the latest earthquake in n.z.as proof of the imminent coming of armageddon,and their deliverance into the "new world system of things" i can just see it now ,the kh`s in nz will be filled to overflowing in the next month,......then in six months later it will be back to the status quo.. p.s when jesus said their would be" earthquakes in one place after another" couldn`t he have identified these areas for the faithfull ?
so at least beleivers would have been spared the trauma ?
of course non beleivers would have suffered the consequences,but why should beleivers suffer also ?.
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Deaths revised to 38 this morning with about 100 missing. We're 500 km south of ChCh.
Some people from work have family in ChCh so they're pretty nervous. One wife of a nephew and their three week old baby missing.
No one from ur families hurt that we know of.
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I sued the local congregation
by chukky 594 inseveral years ago, before my wife and i left, my 5 yr old daughter got up during the watchtower to cross the aisle to sit with someone else.
she tripped on the roving microphone wire and smashed her head on the foot of a metal chair.
the bleeding was profuse and an ambulance was called.
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I can't even to begin to imagine what it must be like to live in such a litigious country as the U.S.A.
You guys must be utterly terrified of doing anything that might make you liable for an accident, now or in the future.
How does your court system cope ??