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  What happens if a 'wrongdoer' passes away in the middle of a JC, before a decision is taken?

  by african GB Member in

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  any takers?.

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  andy5421

  well if I were presiding on a JC and he/she dropped dead(via natural causes, heart attack etc, barring suicide) before judgement could be passed, I'd dissmiss the whole thing and still attend their funeral since they weren't DF'd
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  Its wise not to be judgemental!

  by acolytes in

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  i have noticed that some posters can sometimes become critical of how another posted has behaved .

  i believe this critisisam is oftern based on a lack of knowledge of what is acceptable behaviour of the poster in the country they are from.

  (ie in a poster could say i remember doing blah blah blah and a poster from an other land can take offence).

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  same here in the US. "shit" is considered a swear/cuss word
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  JWs arent the only ones knocking

  by chickpea in

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  lol great post
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  Parallels to Galations 4:17

  by Truthexplorer in

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  in my daily reading of the kjv bible, i came across the scripture at gal 4:17.. in reading in context, it would appear that anyone who did not agree with the galation congregation and their teachings would be excluded.

  apparently there were a number of infuential individuals who were harking back to the mosaic law and that christians in that congregation were to fall in line otherwise they were out on their ear (excluded); - a my way or the highway attitude that seemed to be manifesting itself, something that paul was trying to address.. it is incredible to think that this very thing is happening throughout the congregations of jehovahs witnesses worlwide today...ie you must accept without question the societies teachings and interpretation of scripture for fear of being excluded (disfellowshipped).

  the fear of being excluded prevents many from pursuing truth because you will be perceived to be an enemy just as paul was viewed by some of these influential ones within the galatian congregation (gal 4:16).

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  You have to remember the circumstances for this: The Gauls had overrun(conquered) and some became converts to Christianity. Apparently Judaizers(opposeres of Paul and his teaching) were trying to get the worshippers of Jehovah(converts) to side with them in their teachings(keeping the circumcision issue alive after it had been settled) and perhaps succumbing to low moral standards (Gal 5:13)

  As 4:16, 17 reads:

  Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
  			17They zealously affect(mistreat) you, [but] not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. KJV

  now the NWT:

  16 Well, then, have I become YOUR enemy because I tell YOU the truth? 17 They zealously seek YOU, not in a fine way, but they want to shut YOU off [from me], that YOU may zealously seek them.

  The NWT is certainly easier to understand than the KJV, anyway, most likely these opposers tried to dissuade, new converts and those in Christianity alike to stop listening to Paul and follow them.
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  She has autism 5 year old child. :(

  by asilentone in

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  i am going to date this gorgeous chick sometime soon.

  she wants long term relationship, but she has a 5 year old son that has autism, should i be concerned?

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  depends: is the autism "high-funtioning"(Asperger's Syndrome) or "low functioning" Austism(Typical Autism)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger%27s_Syndrome

  If it is high-functioning then maybe I can help. If it is typical Austism, then I can't help you there.

  Remember that the child has a disability and the this he/she does(the child) cannot be helped.
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  American TV sucks

  by acolytes in

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  let me just say i think american t.v is the most entertaining in the world.. i love the citcoms (seinfelt, everybody loves raymond ect ect) i grew up with rawhide, the virginian, star treck, rovkford files, starsky and hutch ect ect.. at the moment iam watching americas got talent (maybe it hasnt) but the shows great entertainment.

  then i rememberd when i was in the u.s and how i felt american t.v sucked with all those commercials.. tell me do you have non commercial t.v.in the states?.

  how much time is given to commersials with a 22 minute seinfet episode?.

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  PBS, essentially a whole show (1hr or 2) commercial free with only 5 minutes maybe of "commercials" ("sponsered by" stuff and previews of other shows)

  plus PBS shows stuff you usually can't find anywhere else....

  Thats how i got turned on to Doctor Who. Never knew about it really till I saw the 2005 series. Saw a few eps and I was hooked.
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  List of things to do

  by doublelife in

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  when i was 23 i made a list of things to do before i turn 30. then i thought, "what's the rush?

  when the new system gets here i'll be able to do whatever i want.

  " so i never paid attention to the list and now i no longer have it.

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  well then if If I were with a Brother/Sister and a Girl Scout approached me and the Bro/Sis had a problem with it, I wouldn't buy them.

  But if they approached me personally and offered me Thin Mints, I would buy them.
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  Cult expert S.Hassan speaks out on witnesses in Russia.

  by koolaid-man in

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  http://www.goddiscussion.com/18765/russia-to-drafts-law-to-ban-religious-cults-mormons-moonies-jehovah-witnesses-and-others-fear-persecution/.

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  Most of those clips in the background didn't have anything to do with wts other than 2 or 3 maybe, which is unfortunate because dubs will point to that and claim that their faith isn't bogus and will claim media persecution.

  --diamondizz

  just curious about the clips what were they, i recognized maybe like 2 or 3 JW clips but the rest is unknown
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  Cult expert S.Hassan speaks out on witnesses in Russia.

  by koolaid-man in

  1. jw
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  http://www.goddiscussion.com/18765/russia-to-drafts-law-to-ban-religious-cults-mormons-moonies-jehovah-witnesses-and-others-fear-persecution/.

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  Can someone describe what the clips were used in the background?
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  youngest age dfed? most times dfed?

  by isaacaustin in

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  what is the youngest person you ever heard of getting dfed?

  did they come back?

  because they wanted to or had to?

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  well he maybe now but he was raised JW, I thought he just decided not to be a JW and go his own way, apparently he got baptized and DF'd

  http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_jw.html

  yes there alot of famous (Former and for some Current) Celebrity JWs. I canname a few:

  Venus and Serena Williams

  Prince

  Michael Jackson(DA) LaToya Jackson(most likely DA by now)--Mother was a convert to JW and raised the J5 as JW

  Dave Mustaine(Mother converted to JW, DM was raised Lutheran)

  Ja Rule(DF)

  Naomi Campbell(supermodel)