Posts by iloowy

Could they be falling behind schedule? Could it be a slowed release of issues due to all the discussions on xJW boards about articles way before they're studied in the Congregations? What do you think?

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The Gov Body quietly considered expelling those judged too obese

by iloowy in

at http://christianwitnesses.com/ .

there's a phrase: .

"the gov body quietly considered expelling those judged too obese" .

iloowy

BTW there was a flurry of dieting after a new CO came to town.

Several elders went on Atkins and one on South Beach diet.

They've lost weight, but one is definitely a "glutton" on sushi,

talking about it at every opportunity and spending a good chunk of

money eating out with his missus who is also quite overweight.

Not sure of what this CO told the brothers and what prompted the

big dieting craze... but it sure put the fire on their plump behinds.

This was just a personal observation and an assurance that somethings up

from watching the unofficial goings on of the super-fine elders we have

in my Cong.

Anyone noticed anything similar?

--ILOOWY

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The Gov Body quietly considered expelling those judged too obese

by iloowy in

at http://christianwitnesses.com/ .

there's a phrase: .

"the gov body quietly considered expelling those judged too obese" .

iloowy

Hmmm... links don't show up when you use Chrome for a browser. " the website at: http://christianwitnesses.com/ " I guess you could just cut and paste. Or if someone more savvy on this software could make it live then please help. Thanks. --ILOOWY

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The Gov Body quietly considered expelling those judged too obese

by iloowy in

at http://christianwitnesses.com/ .

there's a phrase: .

"the gov body quietly considered expelling those judged too obese" .

iloowy

The point on obesity vs. gluttony is well expressed in the foregoing posts. A person can be thin and still be a "glutton".

Here, let's use money as an example:

A person can be very poor and yet very greedy and so can a person who is filthy rich still be very kind with money and try to help others with their excess.

But...

The fact is that the website at

mentions that "The Gov Body quietly considered expelling those judged too obese".

It doesn't say anything about gluttony. Nothing is mentioned about expelling "gluttons" but rather those "judged too obese"...

Well then who is doing the judging? Will they put a weigh in scale at the entrance of the KH or will they have an attendant with a tape measurer? Will they assemble a Judicial Committee to "judge" who is "too obese"?

It just seems so ridiculous a thought. If indeed it was brought out in a Governing Body session it taints the image of this "Governing Body" as a group of judgmental bigots trying to exert their own misshapen consciences on those they trample and tread underfoot with pharisaical rulings.

This is why it would be important to get at the root of this leak... if indeed it was something discussed by the Governing Body, then "Wow!" if it's something made up then it's a false accusation.

I'm interested in knowing more about who may have said something as "stupid" as bringing for consideration expelling people for their being over weight according to another persons standards of body shape and body mass.

Who really has the right to judge another on Salvation on this issue. Please note that the quote says nothing, nothing, not a mention of "gluttony" only about being "judged too obese". What an incredible statement!

Sincerely. --ILOOWY

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The Gov Body quietly considered expelling those judged too obese

by iloowy in

at http://christianwitnesses.com/ .

there's a phrase: .

"the gov body quietly considered expelling those judged too obese" .

iloowy

At http://christianwitnesses.com/

there's a phrase:

"The Gov Body quietly considered expelling those judged too obese"

Can this be confirmed. Where does the original mention of this get

leaked? I've never heard it before... but sounds ridiculous.

Anyone here have more info on this?

--ILOOWY

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Essentially speaking

by iloowy in

can you think in essential terms?

give it a try, give vent to your essentialist musings.. here's a few religiously formulated essentialisms to get started:.

--the wt society is essentially a re-working of the catholic church as filtered through the adventist hopes of a pyramidology lover.. --the episcopal church in new hampshire is essentially a roman catholic diocese with protestant trappings out of the closet.. --the mormon gospel is essentially an off-shoot of 18th century tall tales read aloud with a king james accent.. --the private rooms at bethel are essentially the only remaining places on earth where good angels fear to tread.. --the amish are essentially christian baptized chasidic jews who prefer the smell a horse's back end to city diesel fumes.. --evangelicals are essentially those having eyes but blind and having ears but are deaf to the fire and brimstone of the wt armageddon .

iloowy

Here's a few webgrown essentialist statements about the English language:

--Midwestern US English is essentially New England English with their sinuses filled with ice.

--American English is essentially the language that everyone understands if you speak it loudly and slowly enough.

--Broken English is the language of international trade.

--Pig Latin is essentially eulological English as spoken by Latin professors with Tourette's syndrome.

--Basic English is essentially Rapping, but censored and without the beat.

--American English is essentially a tool to keep a person from ever being able to speak another language.

--Australian is essentially a dialect of English as spoken by hungry Europeans pursuing a kangaroo dinner.

--Australian English is essentially Cockney without the refinement.

--American English is essentially English after having been wiped off with a dirty sponge.

--American English is essentially British English without the redundancies, including the monarchy.

--Today's British English is what today's American English would have become if Americans hadn't had any fun either.

--American English is essentially your Queen's English as bastardized by colonists, or is it as colonized by bastards?

--American English is essentially British English without the funny accent. [Or is that Canadian English?]

--American English is essentially Irish English as spoken by non-native speakers.

--The Queen's English is essentially Modern Anglo-Saxon as passed on by generation after generation of stiff necked Norman nobles with their noses in the air.

--Texan English is essentially Spanish as spoken by drunken American rebels.

--Yankee is essentially 18th Century English as altered by the impure thoughts of Puritans with cabin fever.

--Jamaican is essentially an African dialect with enough mispronounced English to be able to buy ganja and sing reggae.

--Scots is essentially English, only funnier.

--Scots is essentially English as spoken by Robert Burns.

--Scots is essentially English spoken as Dutch by a Dane.

--South Philadelphian is essentially Italian with the final syllables dropped off.

--Southern US English is essentially English without monophthongs.

--Yo! Ebonics is essentially Welfarese processed through a grant-seeking processor akin to a guitarist's distortion box in the hands of the psychotropic educrats, homies.

--Ebonics essentially is the speech of hoods in the 'hood.

--King James English is essentially the language that many Americans think Jesus spoke. "If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!"

--Psycho-babble is essentially Minbari spoken by seekers of tax-funded grants, power-hungry psycho-totalitarians, counsellors or other unemployables while wearing a too-tight tiara.

--Galach is essentially Anglo-Slavic run through Grimm's Law and baked on the desert of Arrakis until well-dune.

--Governmentese is essentially a branch of spoken and written English designed to say nothing with as many words as possible hoping that the nothing is lost in the translation.

--Old English is essentially mispronounced Modern English spoken while wearing armor and carrying a roundshield and sword.

--Yeshivish is essentially English spoken by people who think they're speaking Yiddish.

--American English essentially is not English and is not American either.

--Southern US English is essentially Irish English spoken through moonshine and whiskey instead of stout and ale.

--San Diegan is essentially Iowan as spoken by people living in a geographically interesting location.

--Surfer Speak is essentially Iowan as spoken by people who are perpetually stoned.

--American grammar is essentially not essential

--Canadian English is essentially Mid-West American English with a lot of eh's.

--American English is essentially the language nobody speaks well, but everybody seems to understand.