i keep reading comments about smurfs but i don't understand.
please can someone explain..
JW urban legends based on the idea that smurfs were demonic -
One followed the youtube video about the smurf jumping up during a meeting and saying "eff this .."
Another had smurfs coming alive and leaping off wallpaper or curtains and tormenting a young girl.
In the aftermath some JW's tried to burn smurfs which allegedly would not burn.
As a child during this time period I was absolutely terrified of smurfs and got rid of them.
continuing the off-topic discussion in: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/202959/1/another-question-about-the-governing-body.
Here is another Bible text that could be mentioned -
(2 Thessalonians 3:14-15) 14 But if anyone is not obedient to our word through this letter, keep this one marked, stop associating with him, that he may become ashamed. 15 And yet do not be considering him as an enemy, but continue admonishing him as a brother .
If I remember correctly what is here translated as "stop associating with him" is identical to what is used in Corinthians where the NWT renders "quit mixing in the company of". Is a total and complete cutting off and with no communication whatsoever as practiced by JW's envisioned by the writer?
continuing the off-topic discussion in: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/202959/1/another-question-about-the-governing-body.
Disfellowshipping as practiced by Jehovah's Witnesses is not "scriptural". They have built a policy on top of a few disparate Bible verses and claim the practice is Biblical. In the Bible you do not see judicial hearings - what you do see is an example where an individual, Paul, unilaterally expels a man from the Corinthian congregation against the wishes of a congregation without a JW-style judicial process. (And if we are talking about the same man in 2 Cor, Paul quickly retracts from his position and tells them to accept the man back.) In the Bible you don't see investigation meetings, written appeals, private reproof, reinstatement requiring meeting attendance for a set period of time, restrictions on commenting at meetings, and other practices of Jehovah's Witnesses. The Witnesses list of disfellowshipping offenses is not mirrored in the Bible and is cobbled together from a variety of texts, however some, such as smoking, have a tedious Biblical basis, if at all. In the books of Acts the prohibition is given against blood and fornication. As a Witness if you commit fornication you will go through the judicial process which can lead to disfellowshipping, on the other hand freely accepting a blood transfusion will get you disassociated by actions. The Bible does not allow that some offenses can get you disassociated by actions, a legal term completely invented by the Witnesses.
http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/11/26/congress-passes-web-censorship-bill-two-hip-hop-sites-shut-down/.
i remember vaguely hearing about this bill, but i forgot about it.
apparently it passed, and a couple hip hop forums i've frequented in times past already got raided due to illegal file sharing.
The web censorship bill (COICA) merely was passed by the Senate judiciary committee. It hasn't gone to a full congregational vote nor has it been signed into law by the president. It isn't a law yet.
I don't know what legal authority the Immigration & Customs Enforcement devision of the Department of Homeland Security is working under in the matter. Was there a warrant? A court order? Why is Homeland Security spending time and resources targeting file sharing websites? Why are the biggest file-sharing web-sites still online? Maybe DHS simply testing their limits are on small-fry web sites before moving up to bigger targets like Wikileaks.
Lots of questions about this one.
Update: I did some research and it seems that the DHS is operating under the DMCA on this one. The question is raised though, if the DHS already has censorship authority under the DMCA why is COICA even needed?
my first post here.
i wrote this little article about why jws don't celebrate thanksgiving.. check it out here: http://hubpages.com/hub/what-jehovahs-witnesses-believe.
let me know what you think of it.. god bless.
We usually had our turkey dinner "cause it's on sale". Similar to how we went over to the friends house for gathering on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, "cause we have the day off from work the next day."
are any christians on this forum???.
if you found christ can you please let me know, so i can chat a little?
you guys seem to be all kinds of stuff here... no judgments now!
I follow Jesus. "Found" him at a Kingdom Hall strangely enough and the rest is history. Feel free to PM me.
I believe such an intrusive search is invasive and would not submit nor would I submit to a body scan with unknown radiation effects. More than that I would never subject my daughter to such an invasion of privacy and dignity.
quote:a flight attendant and cancer survivor has revealed her horror at being forced to show her prosthetic breast to a security agent during a pat-down at charlotte douglas international airport.. .
cathy bossi from south charlotte has been a flight attendant for over 30 years and has worked for u.s. airways for the past 28 years.. .
she said she was asked to go through the full body-scanners at the airport in early august which she was reluctant to do because of fears of the radiation from the machine passing through her body.. .
I'm opting out of flying all together.
I have already notified the president of Disney Co. that we will not be making our yearly trip to WDW. I figured the travel industry might have more government influence than writing to my representatives.
this morning i was trying to think of what you used to call that that method of field service were we bounced all over the the territory map hitting calls that were distanced far apart to waste time.
there was a funny term you called it at the kh but i can't remember.. i'm posting this instead of private message because someone else may know.. .
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The star method! That was it!
I'm working on my novel and wanted to incorporate the expression.
Thanks.
