Posts by Cygnus

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Back in the meat raffle of life!

by joannadandy in

of late i have been rattling on about my new boy toy- .

it was a wonderful summer romance that began with the kick off of memorial day fireworks, peaked on the fourth of july--and fizzled out before labor day.

oui?

Cygnus

Testosterone.

Cygnus, of the short and sweet (and sighted!) "You rock!" class

{Postscript: everything Robdar said was 150% accurate}

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" we have ended our practice of disfellowshipping members who take a blood transfusion.. but, any member that does take a blood transfusion automatically revokes his membership.. it has the same effect.

with the semantic change we are simply stating more accurately that a person who rejects our tenets chooses to leave.

the watchtower public relations department.".

Cygnus

What I don't understand about this change is why a person who willfully engages in porneia, or commits a gross act of theft or fraud, or who takes up smoking is not DA'ing himself but will be subject to a judicial committee. What makes military service or blood transfusions any different? Scripturally speaking.

I know that a 1961 Watchtower QFR states directly that persons who have blood transfusions are to be DF'd -- it is the congregation's responsibility to DF them. Now it is no longer the cong's responsibility?

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Headlines Re: WT we'd like to See

by Stephanus in

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"prophecy convention cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances"

Cygnus

How about: Jehovah's Witnesses reform "non-essential" practices; issues apology to certain former members.

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who hated the memorial?

by Tyler_Durden in

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was having a wee think to myself: this year is the first year in over a decade i won't be attending the jw memorial.

not that i'm too bothered, i remembered how much i hated it, how pointless, dull, & stupid i found it!!.

i could never understand the need for the great crowd to attend the annual meeting, it wasn't for us - & it certainly wasn't for our poor bible studies!

Cygnus

All this talk makes me want to go to this year's Memorial in a bad way.

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Can you get DF'd for associating with DF'd ones?

by madison149 in

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maybe that's a stupid question.

i always thought you could get disfellowshipped for associating with ones who are disfellowshipped.

however, i seem to remember something in the "secret" elders manual (which my husband found in it's entirety online a couple of years ago, but which we haven't been able to find again) which said that a person would not get disfellowshipped for associating with a disfellowshipped family member.

Cygnus

Spring of 2000 I was disfellowshipped for unrepentantly associating with a disfellowshipped person. I even brought him to the Kingdom Hall judicial hearing with me.

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Greg Stafford --- Update

by ExpandedMind in

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good morning!

i found this post on channel c and thought i'd share it with those of you who are interested.

happy new year to all of you!

Cygnus

Good for Greg.

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Greg Stafford

by ExpandedMind in

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does anyone who posts here have contact with greg stafford?

is it possible that this is just a "pen" name so that he remains anonymous?

his recent book "dissertation" was excellent.

Cygnus

Although I haven't communicated with Greg in three years, I am confident that everyone except Farkel is completely wrong about him.

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Anniversary Pics. Caution! Boozy Content!

by Englishman in

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i thought that you might enjoy seeing some pics of our anniversary night out a couple of weeks ago.. this is her ladyship and i at the start of the evening, we're just starting our second bottle of wine, a sprightly sancerre, whilst we await the arrival of our main course in the flute de paris:.

once we'd finished in the restaurant we went back to our - youve guessed it - local pub, the waverley, already visited by 30 + apostates to date.

now we're really warming up, and drinks are on the house for us:.

Cygnus

Holy shit, your wife is HOT.

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Greg Stafford

by ExpandedMind in

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does anyone who posts here have contact with greg stafford?

is it possible that this is just a "pen" name so that he remains anonymous?

his recent book "dissertation" was excellent.

Cygnus

Greg was involved with a group of 40-50 Witnesses who were in contact with the Writing Committee in Bethel. This group provided research and analysis on many topics.

When Greg wrote and published 'Dissertations' he was dismissed from the group, along with at least one other Witness who was sympathetic to Greg's viewpoints. The group felt Greg went too far in his comments.

As far as I know, Greg is not DF'd. I do know that his book caused a stir, but what caused more of a stir was his willingness to testify in Shunned Father's behalf in the Calgary case.

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Who Is Jehovah?

by reporter in

christians should all honestly and thoroughly investigate the contradictions between the old and new testaments in terms of the descriptions of god.. .

the god of the new testament is described as a god of love, mercy and peace.. .

the god of the old testament is described as jealous, vengeful god, a war-monger.

Cygnus

The God of the New Testament is a God of peace?

Have you read Jesus' threats against non-believers? Paul's words to the Thessalonians about God destroying everything in his sight that does not "obey the good news"? The book of Revelation?