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  Question about vasectomies

  by ldrnomo in

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  2. beliefs

  years ago i remember reading something published by the watchtower about men not being appointed as overseers if they had a vasectomy i have searched the cd library but cannot find the information does anyone remember where i might find that information?.

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  I remember it as a QFR sometime in the 90's. Their idiotic reasoning became one more brick in my wall against the WTBS
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  What's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?

  by A.Fenderson in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  what's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?.

  my personal recommendation: synecdoche, new york.

  it's one of those movies that words fail utterly to capture--which really is the hallmark of a good movie, i suppose.

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  I have seem many of the films suggested, all excellent. The few I have not seen, note made to check out. No one mentioned 'Waking Ned Divine' one of my all time favs. Just a sweet and very funny film. I still laugh whenever I think of the 'expensive friuty soaps'

  And I am thrilled to know there are others out there that like foreign sub titled films. Whenever I suggest one around here I get groans and rolling eyes. Where are you people when I need a movie date?
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  I need some FaceBook help

  by mrsjones5 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  talked to my dear cousin today (she's a jw).

  her hubby (nonjw) and brother (jw) just got her on facebook.

  she knows i'm on facebook and wants to add me on her friends list.

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  I had a close friend, inactive Jdub and she invited me as friend on FB so I accepted. When she saw the one and only XJW group I was a member of she spread the news to her whole JW family. Within 2days I got email from 7 people informing me they were shocked and offended that I would associate with XJW's and they consider me a bad association.

  I was a little hurt but over it now and agree with Wildflower, do not allow a Jdub to control you. But if you just want to avoid problems figure out those privacy settings jiffy quick. Make sure you have everything under lock and key.....and still I think there are back doors that snoops can sneak into so watch your back.
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  The Beatles - LOVE

  by lepermessiah in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  its been a few weeks since our last beatles thread!

  has anyone caught this show in las vegas?.

  i want to plan a trip out there and was hoping to pick up some tickets.. i bought the cd to polish off my collection, and i really enjoyed it.

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  As a lifelong Beatlemaniac I have a large collections of recordings, books and events. We all know the music and words to every song but until you see LOVE you have not experienced the magic of the Beatles. I knew I would enjoy the show but was not prepared for the moving, touching, psychedelic ode to the Fab Four. It was beyond anything I could have imagined, a beautiful sensual fantasy. It took my breath and tears streamed down from the emotional experience of beauty.

  GO, I tell everyone I meet, GO! get the bus, train or plane, it is a MUST SEE!
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  Suspect in trooper shooting "still active with local Jehovah's Witnesses"

  by betterdaze in

  1. social
  2. current

  suspect in wsp shooting from kennewick.

  posted: feb 16, 2010 09:44 pm.

  updated: feb 17, 2010 01:37 pm.

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  I want to make it clear, I may live in the PNW, WA state and more years here as a Jdub than I care to remember but I'm originally from SoCal so all the Twin Peaks persona does not apply. I will admit there is something in the mold here that brings out the crazy in those so inclined.
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  "Fancy Dress" and large social gatherings are banned in our Halls! Why?

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. scandals

  yes we hosted the ultimate "fancy dress" party.

  some did come as cowboys with guns {cringe} pirates with swords {cringe} and a male servant/pioneer came as a female balerina {oh my god nearly got deleted!

  } but what's the big deal!

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  Back in the 1970's there was a series of Big JW Parties in the LA area. Sometimes costumes and sometimes formal. Big, I'm talking 'tickets' sold. This was just around the time of Michael Jackson and Thriller. Some bros were going to Hollywood makeup artists for full on Wolfman or Frankenstein makeup. I remember it all fondly. We got to meet other JW teens from places other than your local KH.....the better for the gene pool.

  So it was not long before the hammer came down hard. Letters read, scriptures sighted. The rule of 'no large groups' went to the extre and then a party of 10 was considered uncontrolable. One of the huge issues was also men dressing as women. The homophobia amoung JW's is nauseating.
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  V And Watchtower Comments

  by KingDavidwasframed in

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  has any one heard what happened or if there will be more?.

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  Thanks Besty, I thought you would know. The video's are so professionally produced, excellent quality, provocative, very creative. Not surprizing to learn he may be developing and even bolder campaign. Waiting in excitment.
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  Don't ask questions

  by linp24 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  several weeks ago, a witness poster said that the rank and file at his cong were told by elders not to ask questions.

  i may have misunderstood what the poster was saying.

  has anyone on the forum heard anything like this?

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  Nugget has it right, Questioning is not an aspect of JW culture. So much so that most conductors do not recognize a question as language. Often dead air is the only answer.
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  Elder uses Congregation Bible Study as an opportunity to ban the movie Avatar

  by easyreader1970 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last night, during the congregation bible study, the conductor (overseer?

  ) used this as a platform to say that the movie avatar is of satan and no christians should see it.. .

  he said that he googled the (original) meaning of the word avatar and it was of hindu religious origin.

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  My MIL and her pioneer friends go to the movies every Fri afternoon, senior price. An R rating is the only thing that stops them from seeing every film out. They have seen Avatar twice.
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  Daily Mail UK Newspaper article The knock at the door that turned my parents into brainwashed fanatics - and nearly cost my life

  by Latte in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thursday, feb 11 2010 daily mail uk.

  the knock at the door that turned my parents into brainwashed fanatics - and nearly cost my life.

  read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1250078/the-knock-door-turned-parents-brainwashed-fanatics--nearly-cost-life.html#ixzz0feux4vdf.

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  Thank you Ann for your insightful comments. I agree that issues were exaggerated for the 'entertainment' value. Of course every individual has a unique perspective and experience so I offer my sympathy to this young women.

  From my perspective as a 'born in' JW my childhood was wonderful. Every congergation has a wide range of 'personalities' from the odd ball to the uber self titled intelectual to the edgy fashion teen and self rightous pioneer. Most often a pretty 'well' rounded group as with any club or organization one might join. There were the old school elders with the heavy hand and then the softies that wouldn't hurt a fly. There are a million stories in the WTBS.

  The bigger issue is that this so called TRUTH is a Lie. They teach a life and death message that if you do not dedicate your life to this one particular organization then you will DIE and everybody in the whole wide world that is not a JW is also going to DIE. No exaggeration needed.