Spike Tassel

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  **** Some people don't teach their children manners. Grrr. ****

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  i had an hour to kill before picking julian up at a birthday party, last friday.

  so, i decided to go relax at the library.

  "when i was a child, we gave up our chairs for adults.

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  Spike Tassel

  there's always in vitro at 60, like has happened in Italy!!
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  Dear Dairy

  by compound complex in

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  dear dairy,.

  i really miss you.. it's not that i'm lactose intolerant.

  i love milk and cheese and yogurt, but i think my longtime overindulgence in your creamy, delectable offerings has made me whey too full of congestion and has added to my already ungainly avoirdupois.

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  "Yes, I think so" is my answer to CoCo's 2 questions found in his Post 6358
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  Question

  by inbetween in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just have a question,.

  when you found out about things regarding the wts, maybe on the internet, on this side or another, or you had serious doubts by yourself, did you talk to somebody ?

  maybe an elder or a good friend ?.

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  Spike Tassel

  Actually, now "slavery" is called "non-paid overtime employment" or "forced labour" or "physical cruelty", etc. It's still around, very much so. Where do the cheap clothes come from, after all, if it is not a "sweat shop" of some kind.
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  Question

  by inbetween in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just have a question,.

  when you found out about things regarding the wts, maybe on the internet, on this side or another, or you had serious doubts by yourself, did you talk to somebody ?

  maybe an elder or a good friend ?.

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  Spike Tassel

  or in the face of them
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  New Stance on how to treat DF?

  by InquiryMan in

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  2. friends

  i talked to an ex-jw this weekend.

  her sister had told her that there was a softening up on how to treat dfs family members at the assembly.

  it was the impression her sister got from the drama.

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  Spike Tassel

  I don't remember the drama that way myself. What I got out of it was that there should be more inviting and socializing and help for teenagers growing up in Witness households so that teenagers aren't so enticed by the world and get into the wrong in the first place. And also that there needs to be more consistency so that favoritism isn't an issue like it can be.
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  two witness ruling ?

  by KAYTEE in

  1. jw
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  if a paedophile commits a crime against a junior there has to be, according to the watchtower two witnesses for action to be taken.. if one party of a marriage commits adultery, does there have to be the same, (two witnesses) before action is taken?.

  if not........................ kt.

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  Spike Tassel

  analogies? How will a "shrink" help with my scriptural analogies?
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  Is God's name absent in the Christian Scriptures?

  by Spike Tassel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  perhaps this article will help you know for yourself: http://www.tetragrammaton.org/godsnameabsent.htm.

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  I disagree.
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  Question

  by inbetween in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just have a question,.

  when you found out about things regarding the wts, maybe on the internet, on this side or another, or you had serious doubts by yourself, did you talk to somebody ?

  maybe an elder or a good friend ?.

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  Spike Tassel

  JWs say that the WT publications are Bible study aids, and we do know that research continually is updated, based on the context of what the world situation and developments are. So if there is a conflict between the NWT and newer WT publications, I would think that the newer WT publications would be more applicable, generally speaking. But then, that would require an update note in one's personal copy of the NWT itself, to reflect the change(s).

  Bible law is just like any other kind. It requires keeping up-to-date, but it also requires that one know the history of precedents as to how the law is understood and applied. Also, common word usage may differ, even dramatically, from the legal usage, I suggest.
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  Is God's name absent in the Christian Scriptures?

  by Spike Tassel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  perhaps this article will help you know for yourself: http://www.tetragrammaton.org/godsnameabsent.htm.

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  Spike Tassel

  God forgives by means of Jesus. We need them both. And the Father is greater than the Son. Yadda, yadda, yadda. End of argument.
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  two witness ruling ?

  by KAYTEE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if a paedophile commits a crime against a junior there has to be, according to the watchtower two witnesses for action to be taken.. if one party of a marriage commits adultery, does there have to be the same, (two witnesses) before action is taken?.

  if not........................ kt.

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  Spike Tassel

  Actually, "unbaptised" publishers are "NOT" ordained yet, nor are they technically JWs yet, either; this is because "ordination" comes with answering in the affirmative to the 2 questions (repentance and identification) and being baptised, thus becoming a JW officially.

  If the "threat" is made, but not yet carried out, then I see several ways of going about getting a second opinion. I suggest that one could go to other, more-trusted, qualified elders (including from other congos, the area C/O(s), etc.); one could go to an online forum such as JWN; or one could go to a "worldly" authority figure (counselor, lawyer, the police, etc.).

  If "An appeal is overturned less than 1% of the time.", then I think I'm glad that appeals are so successful. Am I understanding things correctly? How is it then that "the appeals process is a joke."? Does someone know how I could verify this percentage?