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  JW Chef Refuses to Cook Black Pudding

  by cofty in

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  sainsbury's has been forced to apologise after its jehovah's witness chef refused to serve a customer black pudding with his full english breakfast.alan mackay was stunned when he was told he could not enjoy the staple, made up of animal fat, blood and oatmeal, with his meal at the branch in arnold, nottingham.after receiving his incomplete dish the former police officer was told the black pudding would not be served because it was against the religious beliefs of the chef to do so....

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  Before our trip to the UK, I said to my husband that we will probably get black pudding with our breakfast. He said no problem, he was willing to give it a try. He quickly changed his mind when he first saw and smelt it, there was no way he was going to eat it.
  It doesn't look nice and smells bad. I imagine there would be a number of chefs who find black pudding objectionable and don't like cooking this stuff but do it anyway because it's part of their job.
  Fortunately for us we only came across black pudding the one time.
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  Why all the hate...

  by Dystopia in

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  ...toward jehovah's witnesses?

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  Welcome Luna, I'm looking forward to hearing more from you.
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  Why all the hate...

  by Dystopia in

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  ...toward jehovah's witnesses?

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  Dystopia, instead of all this hate talk, would you like to share something about yourself? I think there may be a number of people here that would appreciate the opportunity to help you.
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  How much of the Society's publications just get stored away in the garage?

  by donny in

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  almost a year ago i moved back to the dallas - fort worth area after spending 16 years in the northern california area.

  the area i live in has several nearby parks and walkways and these areas have several "share a book" pods mounted on a pole spaced about 1/2 mile from one another.

  people are encouraged to add books they no longer use to these pods and to take one if they are interested.. i have been diligent on removing watchtower publications from them and what has surprised me is how many old publications in pristine condition are added almost on a daily basis.

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  Keep up the good wo k of removing those books Donny.
  When did they stop providing the bound volumes?
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  JW Chef Refuses to Cook Black Pudding

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sainsbury's has been forced to apologise after its jehovah's witness chef refused to serve a customer black pudding with his full english breakfast.alan mackay was stunned when he was told he could not enjoy the staple, made up of animal fat, blood and oatmeal, with his meal at the branch in arnold, nottingham.after receiving his incomplete dish the former police officer was told the black pudding would not be served because it was against the religious beliefs of the chef to do so....

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  It's not right that this chef gets to impose her conscience on a customer by refusing to serve something that is offered to the customer on their menu. It's rude and offensive.
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  Why all the hate...

  by Dystopia in

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  ...toward jehovah's witnesses?

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  Could you please provide some examples Dystopia?
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  Stupid memorial obsessions

  by Simon in

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  all the different congregations around the world hold it at similar local times but they all effectively are at different times relative to each other ... so why does the time matter?.

  why the almost superstitious "oh, it must be after sundown".

  cause it's not sundown everywhere that second.. god knew the earth was round ... right?.

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  They have always been pedantic about getting the bread made properly but I just can't imagine that they had refined white flour in Jesus' day.
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  New light wt last Sunday Para 14 you can now

  by poopie in

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  enjoy your friends and families company as your annointed even if you are df i guess thst applies to everyone

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  Yes Poopie, that is a good comment.

  This is Para 14 from the Jan Watchtower

  How do anointed ones feel about their life here on earth?
  14 Should we conclude, then, that these anointed ones want to die? Paul was inspired to answer this way: “In fact, we who are in this tent groan, being weighed down, because we do not want to put this one off, but we want to put the other on, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.” (2 Cor. 5:4) They have not lost interest in this life, wanting it to end quickly. On the contrary, they are eager to use each day in Jehovah’s service together with friends and relatives. Yet, no matter what they are doing, they cannot help but remember the glorious hope that they have for the future.—1 Cor. 15:53; 2 Pet. 1:4;1 John 3:2, 3; Rev. 20:6.

  If those that declare themselves as anointed ones who believe that they will be going to heaven to be Kings and Priests was true then they would be seriously considering their personal dealings with those that have been close to them on earth. I can't begin to imagine what it would be like to be a King/Priest after shunning and deliberately avoiding disfellowshipped parents, children, brothers and sisters.
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  This was in 2011 (when you get it)

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  it's not the rings... that was highlighted for a different reason..

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  Crazy Guy, you can read about the Dec he signed here
  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/i-do-not-answer-to-watchtower-stunning-gerrit-losch-declaration-revealed
  
  
  
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  This was in 2011 (when you get it)

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  it's not the rings... that was highlighted for a different reason..

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  Has it got something to do with the Declaration that he signed in 2014 distancing himself from the Watchtower yet holding a prototype of their new bible before they were officially released?