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  The official list of things for which you may be disfellowshipped

  by slimboyfat in

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  from the secret elders' book which states that the list "of course" is "not comprehensive".

  nevertheless here are the acts that they deem worthy of specifying as being possible grounds for chucking people out:.

  murdermanslaughter such as killing someone while breaking traffic lawsattempting suicidesexual intercourse with someone other than your spouseanal sex with someone other than your spouseoral sex with someone other than your spousesexual stimulation of the genitals of someone other than your spousedelay in reporting a rape?

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  Telephone sex???? Cybersex??? LOL So two young JW's are going to get married, and they're talking on the phone. He says how he is looking forward to their wedding night, and how he can't wait to finally see her naked. He's so worked up that......well, you know. He has to report it to the elders and could get disfellowshipped for being so turned on by his soon to be wife?????

  I only know of one person who recited the limeric "The Man From Nantucket." He was a regular pioneer and someone ratted him out and he got removed from the pioneer list and privately reproved.
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  Disfellowshipped from Bethel??

  by gma-tired2 in

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  my question is it harder to be reinstated if you were disfellowshipped while at bethel.

  i have someone who i worry about because of fear what he might do?

  he has been denied at least twice even though he goes to all meeting and has tried so hard..

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  drewcoul

  So, Watching porn is now a disfellowshipping offense? When did this happen?
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  Kingdom Rhapsody (Too funny)!

  by NikL in

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  wtf?.

  this would have never happened 20 years ago!

  lol.

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  drewcoul

  some young witnesses having some fun. Harmless enough. I don't think anything would have happened to anyone doing this in my old congregations. Good for these guys for trying to break the monotony.

  But, I agree it was wierd.
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  Several Sites Are Down

  by Juan Viejo2 in

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  in case you have noticed, several websites that are managed and administered by me are down.

  at this moment i do not know specifically why, but my hosting company (secureserver.net) tells me only that it is due to a "copyright infringement.

  " i do not even know which of the 30 some sites might actually have the claimed infringement and so far all i've been told is that there is a claim and that i have to email a certain group and they will get back to me.. i have no idea when these sites will come back on line.

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  A copyright notice is not necessary, (although it's generally a good idea). Copyright laws concern intellectual properties.

  I understand that it concerns intellectual properties, but what I am curious about is how you can claim copyright protection on something that doesn't have a copyright. And what makes it a good idea if its not necessary?
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  Several Sites Are Down

  by Juan Viejo2 in

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  in case you have noticed, several websites that are managed and administered by me are down.

  at this moment i do not know specifically why, but my hosting company (secureserver.net) tells me only that it is due to a "copyright infringement.

  " i do not even know which of the 30 some sites might actually have the claimed infringement and so far all i've been told is that there is a claim and that i have to email a certain group and they will get back to me.. i have no idea when these sites will come back on line.

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  So, let me get this straight, they copyright their BOE letters? Do most corporations copyright their correspondence? My company's correspondence is pretty much always by email with a warning about unauthorized recipients at the bottom.

  I'm just wondering if this is normal, or if the BOE letters are legally copyrighted. (I'm not sure if that's the right word or not)
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  What a Week! The Bees Got Married!

  by BizzyBee in

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  what a wonderful holiday season!

  time with family, time for fun, and in the midst of it all - we got married!

  after christmas we were in palm springs for the weather and golf, but took off for nevada on thursday and tied the knot in a sweet, simple ceremony.

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  Congratulations!!!!! Here's to many happy years for you and your new husband!!
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  Your earliest doubt?

  by Apognophos in

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  this might be an unfair question for those who have been out of the organization for decades, but i'm wondering if any of you remember your earliest doubt -- maybe something odd that occurred to you as a kid (if you were a jw then).

  please try to limit to two doubts at the most :-).

  i think my first "doubt" was simply realizing that at the time of the flood, every animal that wasn't in the ark died (well, besides the fish, supposedly).

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  My first doubts came in about 2000 when I couldn't figure out why they designated "Pioneers" and required everyone to turn in their time. There is nothing in the bible about doing any of these things. I thought it was "Going beyond what is written."

  My next doubts came when I re-read part of the Revelation Climax book and it talked about the seven bowls being poured out and all 7 of them were poured out by 1928. I realized that couldn't be true because almost everyone who was alive then who could have recognized the fulfillment was dead.

  There were a few more, but those were the two that stood out to me.
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  What do you put in your hot tea if you do not like the taste?

  by Iamallcool in

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  I experimented once by making Earl Gray iced tea. Absolutely the best iced tea I've ever had!
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  I Used To Hate Gays!

  by DubR in

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  i remember i use to have a lot of hate in my heart when i was a jw.

  i remember i used to hate gay people a lot!

  when news reports came in about gays getting jumped in parks at night or killed.i would always smile inside.

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  drewcoul

  I never really hated gay people but I sure hated the idea of homosexuality. I remember an elder telling me one time that we shouldn't view it any differently than fornication.

  That said, I'm not quite the homophobe I used to be. I really don't care anymore. Although I still don't understand why or how a man can be attracted to another man. I don't have that feeling that I used to have that homosexuality is contagious or that gays are trying to recruit new members.

  Anothrr thing I don't understand is why I can find two guys together to be repulsive to me, yet two women together is such a turn-on. I think alot of mrn are like me in that thinking.
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  question re: conti case appeal/ legal question

  by drewcoul in

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  this may have been answered before, but i would like to know if the appeal basically re-tries the case or if the wt has to argue that the original trial wasn't conducted properly.

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  in other words, is an appeal in a civil trial like this basically starting from scratch, or is it a trial concerning alleged errors in the first trial.. (i'm on heavy duty medication and having a little trouble articulating my question.

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  drewcoul

  This may have been answered before, but I would like to know if the appeal basically re-tries the case or if the WT has to argue that the original trial wasn't conducted properly.

  In other words, is an appeal in a civil trial like this basically starting from scratch, or is it a trial concerning alleged errors in the first trial.

  (I'm on heavy duty medication and having a little trouble articulating my question.)