I thought liberals were all about compassion and humanitarianism? Funny, I don't seem to remember anybody wishing Clinton was assassinated or that Al Gore dy an untimely death back during the nineties, yet we see that today from those on the Left. What hypocrisy....
owenfieldreams
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AT LAST! Some good News!
by needproof inblood clot found in vice president dick cheney's leg: .
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256725,00.html .
....but could have been better, it could have killed him
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A question for all Whisky drinkers.
by lfcviking inhello chumz on the board.
nothing really to do with jwism but who prefers the american 'bourbon' type such as 'wild turkey', 'jim beam' etc or who prefers a fine single malt scotch such as 'glenfiddich' or 'glenmorangie'?
i am not trying to stir up nationalism with this question but am just genuinely curious.. lfcv.
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owenfieldreams
I'm mostly a vodka drinker(Grey Goose or Ketel One), but every once in a while I'll get a hankering for some bourbon or scotch, so I always keep some in my liquor cabinet. Johnny Walker Red is my scotch and Jack Daniels is my favorite bourbon.
BTW, a question for you scotch drinkers--what does "two fingers of scotch" mean?
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can I be DF-ed without hearing?
by DannyBloem inokay i know the answer already.. you can.. but i like to ask about this situation.. this jw is been divorced and of course found a new girlfriend.
quite clear that the relationship is more then just a friendship.
if you know what i mean.. so in this case is it following the rules that this person isdf-ed, and it is anounced in the cong.
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owenfieldreams
Like it or not, the JW religion is a private organization(at least in the US) and can technically expel members at any time for any reason. All it takes is at least a 2-1 vote on a three man judicial committee and you are out, and you do not have to be present. I personally know of committees that have df'ed people in absencia(sp?) many times.
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Global Warming Hysteria
by metatron inhttp://cjunk.blogspot.com/2007/02/quacks-cranks-and-junk-science.html.
are global warming skeptics really just cranks?
i don't doubt that we are having some effect on .
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owenfieldreams
A meteorologist that has over 25yrs experience in our area recently stated on a blog how many pushers of global warming actually stand to benefit and profit off the global warming myth by receiving funding and research dollars by promoting this theory as fact. Folks, the earth is very rugged--it is NOT fragile--and it and its climate will be here long after you and I have gone. Plus, the well-publicized hypocrisy of its main proponent, Algore, just shows that this is a POLITICAL issue, and not the dire emergency that it is being made out to be. Remember, in 1975 the same people were warning that we were about to enter another "ice age" and that half the US would be covered in ice. I wish these people would make up their minds.....
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Did you ever falsify your time?
by avidbiblereader inas a witness/pioneer, did you ever falsify or lie on your time card?.
abr.
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owenfieldreams
Is water wet?
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Remember how great the get-togethers were in the 1980's??
by PaNiCAtTaCk ini remembers skating parties at least once a month, volleyball at the park, get-togethers where everyone would play bible charades and sing kingdoms songs, going to the river to swim with the whole congregation after the sunday meeting, spending the afternoon at the lake eating watermelon and water skiing.
it was a great upbringing!
also, i dont want to leave out the strong feelings of eliteness that i had even as a child, of having the truth.
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owenfieldreams
We used to have skating parties once a month. They were so popular, folks from the surrounding congs would come also. Good, clean fun for all, good chance to fellowship, no one got in trouble or anything like that, but after about a year we got a new stuffshirt CO named Gobitas that came in and basically started a crackdown on all virtually all social gatherings,saying that too many from surrounding congregations were not going to their bookstudies so that they could attend our skate get togethers. And that was the end of it. Best as I recall, that man left a path of destruction in his wake. He was probably the most hardcore travelling servant I ever encountered during my 30+ yrs in the org.
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Ghosts in the machine...
by LtCmd.Lore inhttp://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/129464/1.ashx.
tetra's recent 5000 posts post made me think... what happens when a valued board member dies?.
what if tetra had died?
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owenfieldreams
Didn't the Police have an album entitled "ghosts in the machine"?
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So what random rules did YOUR elders impose?
by brunnhilde inevery cong has them, the petty dictators who make up arbitrary rules and insist that the rank and file follow them or pay the penalty.
a couple mine had - sisters could not have skirts that were either too short (above the knee) or too long, below the mid-calf - either extreme was worldly.
also, in order to have privileges (cause there were so many wonderful and fulfilling things for women in the borg) sisters must wear pantyhose.
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owenfieldreams
Just a few, actual ones that I can remember:
1) No 'fade' haircuts for brothers; no beards or goatees, no matter if they were neatly trimmed. if you had them, you absolutely would not be used
2) No neck chains for brothers; if you wore one, that meant you were imitating the "gay" lifestyle
3) No sports cars allowed, especially parked or visible at the hall
4) sisters' earrings could not be bigger than a dime
5) Don't dare eat turkey on thanksgiving
6) What, attend college?--don't even think about it(this is the one that frosts me to this day...) If you broke this rule, you were black- balled
7) What I used to hear called the "20 minute rule"--If you're weren't at the meetings 20 mins. before they start and didn't stay 20 mins. after they concluded, you weren't following the counsel at heb. 10:24, 25
8) No blouses or dresses for sisters that show shoulders/skin
9) No slits in sisters' skirts allowed
10) R-rated movies not allowed(some hardliner elders that I knew even tried to widen that to include PG-13)
11) No windchimes on your porch or front entrance to your home(supposedly some connection to spiritism)
12) No two-piece swim suits to be worn by sisters--anywhere
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What is your take on birthdays?
by honest inhi i am still yet to introduce myself, but i will soon i promise!!
i am a very open minded jw and currently have not been happy with their techings on alot of subjects.
one issue i have is birthdays, i do not agree with their techings on this subject, i never have.
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owenfieldreams
as a fader, i have to honestly say this is one carryover i've had since leaving. even though i am not opposed to others celebrating the holiday, i don't see a need to do so myself. it's kind of like valentines day to me--it's just sort of a 'made up' holiday that really has little importance. just my two cents.....
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Will the change to the Watchtower be followed by a change to the meetings?
by yaddayadda ini expect that a significant change to the meetings is on the horizon, most probably in the form of a shift of the bookstudy from a weeknight to a condensed saturday morning version.
some congregations already hold bookstudy groups on saturday mornings.
a universal change to this for the whole organisation make senses as it would help resolve a number of growing problems for the society, specifically, meeting attendance is clearly diminishing at the rate of knots in the western world, many elders are burning out and resigning because they cannot cope with all the pressure heaped up on them that so many meetings in no small measure contributes towards, and magazine 'sales' are apparently down and such a change would work in very well with the upcoming new change to the watchtower magazine in january 2008. .
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owenfieldreams
The consolidation of the bookstudy arrangement with sat. morning service, at least in the USA, would probably bring a net benefit to the org, but i don't look for it ever to happen. Having regular meetings throughout the week that the r/f are required to attend is one way to hold sway over everyone in the congregation.