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  36 rules/teachings that "go beyond what is written"....in bible

  by oompa in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  witness rules and teachings that go "beyond what is written" in the bible............(feel free to add more here or on other thread).

  1. hatred of men's facial hair and sideburns ...................................(privileges withheld if you have too much or wrong style) also length of men's hair.

  2. clothing requirements................. ties/jackets/suits mandatory for ministry/talks/privileges....and sisters can freeze there ass of rather than wear a hilliary clinton pantsuit or they can not be on the school.

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  How about .............

  You cannot have a tubal ligation or a vasectomy.

  You cannot raise tobacco.

  You cannot do some type of work in a hospital, etc. in lieu of military service. In fact, where does the Bible say you cannot serve in the military?

  At one time, they said you could not work for a company that produced ammunition that was sold for war effort.

  No R rated movies -- and PG are questionable (CO Michael Emilio said PG stood for "pure garbage")

  You cannot buy Girl Scout cookes or contribute to any charity that is run by a religious organization.

  You cannot allow your children to be in Girl Scouts, Brownies, Boy Scouts, or Cub Scouts.
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  How Old are You ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know- you aren't used to seeing me ask a simple question like this.

  so- i'll start .

  i am 49 years old, will be 50 in october .

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  I am 57, but feel so much younger.
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  Ladies, please explain your behavior

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recently asked a girl out.

  she was excited to go so we nailed down some plans and i bought some tickets for a live show at a theater.

  the show was for 7:30 pm on friday.

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  Ya know what - don't even worry about the reason for her inexcusable behavior. It's not even worth thinking about. Just move on and do not contact her again, and ignore or rebuff any attempts on her part to contact you.

  As far as "Ladies, explain your behavior", a lady would not behave in this way. I certainly would not, nor would most women including those on JWD. You just dodged a bullet.
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  Your Favorite Movies of All Time ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know we've had this thread before - but thought i'd be the first on the new board !

  some of my top picks as follows.

  more to come.. 1. jaws.

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  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

  The Unforgiven
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  What did you not do because of attending the Tuesday night group?

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a loyal witness i would never have done anything on a tuesday night except attend the group study.. when i was at school it was a definate no to after school activities on a tuesday (though it was much the same for other nights of the week as well).

  then i would never go to any night classes on a tuesday, which somewhat limits access to higher education.

  never stayed in to watch tv no matter what was on..

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  Actually Tuesday night was the Ministry School and Service Meeting because we had two congregations meeting at the same KH.
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  What did you not do because of attending the Tuesday night group?

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a loyal witness i would never have done anything on a tuesday night except attend the group study.. when i was at school it was a definate no to after school activities on a tuesday (though it was much the same for other nights of the week as well).

  then i would never go to any night classes on a tuesday, which somewhat limits access to higher education.

  never stayed in to watch tv no matter what was on..

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  I once wanted to take my puppy to obedience classes, but the only one available was on Tuesday night so I did not. Wish I could do it over and take my dog.
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  He Needed Jehovah's Witnesses [or at least religion]! A True Story.

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was a dyed in the wool jw.

  he was a 'call' turned over to me by my best friend when he headed off to bethel in '73.. the first time i called there, i nearly gagged with the filthy living conditions.

  i hate the religion of jehovah's witnesses.

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  Definitely there are some people who are helped by it. I totally agree with that. I feel that my mother is one who was helped. She had a violent schizophrenic father and an alcoholic adulterous mother. Her brothers and sisters were all alcoholic but one, who died at an early age of cervical cancer. My mother needed something to help her escape from what would very likely have been a very bad, probably alcoholic life. To convince her that the religion is wrong, especially at the age of 77, would take away something that has been of benefit and joy to her and would probably make her feel totally hopeless.

  The Watchtower does great damage to families and i think there are those who need to be helped out of it, but not everyone.
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  I see that I can post on JWN now!

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  please do not try it - the balance of the thread will explain.

  i am locking this thread and letting it fade away, but those who read it should see that there are some problems by some that i did not experience before i posted the thread.

  i have notified admin to address the email/identity issues.

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  What is the web address for JWN? Oompa asked, too, so would someone tell us, please? Thanks.
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  Gov of Ill. arrested for corruption, another close buddy of you know who

  by Gregor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he was trying to sell obama's seat plus a bunch of other shakedown schemes using his union contacts and control of state funding.

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  I did not vote for Obama and preferred to see McCain get the office, but I truly do not believe Rod Blagovich's arrest reflects in any way on Obama. Good ole' Rod is a Democratic machine politician born and bred, spawn of Chicago unions. I read that he did not want to appoint who Obama wanted because that person would not be willing to pay for the position.

  Now that Obama is in office, I do support him wholeheartedly. My biggest issue with him was gun control.
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  What are you doing for Turkey Day and Black Friday?

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  happy turkey day everyone... the one thing i can be grateful about this year is that i am over a year out of the borg.... that was a huge milestone.. i have only distant relatives close by and wont be able to travel this year to be with my brothers (who live 5 and 8 hours away) or mom (11 hours away).

  just no time or money to travel this year.. i did receive an invitation to spend turkey day dinner with a jwder and their family, but this year i think i am just going to coccoon the next couple of days... .

  (i am very very grateful that they thought of me to extend the invite.

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  We are going to my husband's sister's house. Not my favorite thing to do, but there it is. Black Friday, I am working all day and since I work at home, I will stay completely out of the whole thing. Shopping on Black Friday is also not a favorite thing of mine to do. Both of my daughters in law plan to shop till they drop on Friday, though.