I have a wierd "offense"... but this is the "friends" section, not the adult section.
Oh, and it didn't involve me, which makes it wierder that I know it. Only in the Dubs.
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What have been the strangest "Grounds for DFing?
by new boy ini'm sure there are many........... what happen in my family was crazy......... glendora califorina 1961.my mother wanted to change khs, it had a "bad spirit" there.
there was also a mass exodus from the hall.
she wanted to go to the azusa cong.
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BREAKING NEWS! U.S. Launches Attack In Somalia!
by SWALKER innow we're fighting in africa:.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topnews&storyid=2007-01-09t000337z_01_n08415011_rtrukoc_0_us-somalia-qaeda-report.xml&wtmodloc=newshome-c1-topnews-6.
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Oops sorry, this was in 1993.
I was confused there when they started talking about Clinton.
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Apostates do you still read Watchtower literature? And if so Why do you?
by booker-t ini was just wondering how many ex-jws still read wt literature and if so why.
i have noticed alot of posters here know what the lastest wt or awake magazines are talking about and i was just wondering why do you bother to read that stuff since you left the wt?
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I read my wife's retarded magazines if they are nearby, so if some Watchtower magazine was there I might glance at one. Though they don't cover the "Twenty New Positions to Please Your Man", so I might put it down sooner.
On the other hand, I don't think I've even seen more than one watchtower in the last 2 years, and I'm not looking for them.
The closest I come to seeing a Watchtower is Blondie's "Comments you will not hear" threads. And I avoid them (sorry, Blondie) because they really remind me of the Watchtower Study, ruining Sunday's for much of my life.
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Weak in the Faith = Lose Privilages
by RULES & REGULATIONS inhave you ever lost any privilages due to being spiritually weak?
i wasn't going out in servive as much,not commenting and wasn't married to a witness.
i was taken off the ministry school talk # 2,couldn't pray for the congregation,was taken off the sound equipment,couldn't pass out literature,couldn't receive a blood card and finally couldn't receive any books because i wasn't considered part of the congregation.that was fine with me.. what were the signs you received from your congregation telling you that you were weak in the faith?.
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Back in the 70's a young teenaged brother was assigned a talk in the ministry school, and my father (an elder) told him he his hair was too long. The boy got a very nice haircut although it wasn't short enough according to my father's criteria. He arrived at the KH--it was raining and windy and when he walked in the door, his hair was a bit tousled. Before he even had a chance to go to the restroom to comb his hair, my father told him he could not give the talk.
That was the last time the brother ever attended a meeting.
That sounds a lot like me, except it was the 90's, and it was some other arbritary judgement calls that happened to be elder's pet peeves.
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What has happened to America? Stop Bush, Stop The Ignorance.
by Morocco ini'm pissed today and i'm about to let it out.
i hope nobody gets offended because these are only opinions.
is anyone else outraged by our president?
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reduce our force to half, pull out of Bagdad and other cities, secure the ENTIRE border and have the Iraqis fight it out. Top dog wins.
I haven't seen this publicly endorsed yet, but If those were the two choices, it's the one I'd choose. Of course, sometimes I'm kind of a jerk.
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"Ashley Treatment" keeps severely disabled girl from growing
by Fe2O3Girl inthis news story came out today and i was surprised that we haven't had a lively discussion about it.
it brought to mind some of the ideas we discussed on the "is circumcision child abuse?
" thread.. ashley is now 9 years old.
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While I can appreciate that these modifications could greatly benefit both the severly mentally retarded, and also their caregivers...I see this as a very dangerous precident. I worked with the mentally retarded for 7 plus years, and I can think of many different things that would have benefitted us and could have been easily justified. There was one individual who would be fed through a tube for the rest of her life, including liquids. Could take nothing orally. She also had no ability to use her limbs. Her dental care was extremely difficult. Dental visits required sedation. She had about ten teeth including some molars and broken ones. Should we have had them removed? Decaying teeth in you mouth is of no benefit to you, and it leads to all the problem of maintaining what is left, and really served no useful purpose anyway. It would also make it so much easier to care for her. Remove them?
What you don't know, is that she liked to look at her smile(as scary and horrible as it was to me) in the mirror. What if someone with just a little less mentality was the same way, but nobody noticed it because they had a little less ability to show it?...
I'm surprised how many seem to be leaning in the direction they are, and it isn't just this forum. I wouldn't want to personally make that decision, but right now I'd have to say that I'm opposed to it.
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80's Metal
by troucul ini'm downloading songs for a 80's metal cd.
i got cinderella, white lion, europe, autogragh, asia, poison, trixter, white lion, enuff z' nuff and ratt.
am i missing anyone?
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Don't forget PANTERA!!!, before "dimebag" darrell it was "diamond" darrell.
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Newbie here with a DF question
by Steve4nLanguage ini discovered this site only this morning, and have been reading for about 3 hours now.
very interesting.this is my first post, and i have a question, however, if this is the wrong forum please let me know or please move this post to the correct location.
thanks.. i'll try to keep this preface short.
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I believe (no personal experience in this matter) that they would generally contact you first, ask to meet with them. They would do this with a witness there, also, be it over the phone, or in person at your door. If you chose not to meet with them, on occasion they have disfellowshipped people(or just announced that you aren't a JW anymore, to make it seem like you disassociated). This is my layman's answer to you. More studied individuals can give you a better answer. Welcome to the forum.
Edited to add that I was reinstated years ago (5 maybe?), and never returned. I have never been contacted and am not dfd. I attended my mothers funeral at the KH a year or two later, and was greeted normally. Currently the trend is to leave inactive ones alone, unless someone has a bone to grind with you, or if you are flaunting a "worldly lifestyle". Some have hinted at a possible change in this policy, but I personally don't think that is happening yet.
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Who thinks Killing or Dying for your country is a good Idea?
by new boy inwell since maybe you are no longer a jw any more..............you have that option!.
good idea?.
giving your sons or daughters to the "gods of war" .
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Until we live in a eutopia, there will be aggressors, and there will be the weak. There will be those seeking power/control, motivated by greed, sometimes just motivated by survival instincts. All men are NOT created equal. There will always be those who are motivated to improve their life, some by any means necessary. Those who do not have will want, and some will try to get what they want- by ANY MEANS NECESSARY! Those who have, will try to keep. They will try to keep by whatever means are necessary. Is dying for your country (read home, if you will) a good idea? No, of course not. Is protecting your way of life a good idea? Yes. I don't want to be forced to bow to any gods (political, national, religious, ideological, etc.)and I will fight those who will try to force me, even if I have to fight my own country (read: Nation). The issue is not black and white by any means. I will protect my home, hopefully not having to die while trying to do so and at the same time hoping that I'll have the stones to sacrifice my life if it means that I will be prolonging the life of those I love, and those who are incapable of doing so on their own. Would I kill someone (if possible) trying to just steal my car? No. Would I kill someone trying to steal my car while my child was still in it? Yes. Would I kill someone who was threatening my own life? Yes, if possible. If I had the time to convince them not to kill me without me killing them would I take that route? If it was feasible.
While I am sure that there are indeed some true pacifists in the world, I don't tend to believe that most who claim to be pacifist are really so. Many people claiming to be pacifist are pacifist at the expense of others and I am as disgusted with them as I am the "warriors". The question in the subject line is a bullshit question. The question is loaded. Many animals travel in packs. Most of these animals have a hierarchy. They are equivalent to human tribes. They all have there own jobs. The weak are eventually weeded out. They either learn to survive, or they are abandoned by the herd, eventually.
Edited to add- I am also an atheist.
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I feel quite sick after reading this
by Sam87 inmyspace is to thank for this great little peice.... .
warning - do not read any futher if you have a weak stomach.......... .
a christian wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to the kingdom hall every sunday.
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Thank Jehovah for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!
Shouldn't he at least thank his wife for the physical nourishment? After all, 32,000 meals. Yeah, I ain't buying the story. If anything, it probably was wasn't about the kingdom hall or JWs at all. I'd need to see the actual article, not a story about a supposed article. I call SHENANIGANS!!!