Well, that's good news! I've never understood what horrible thing everyone thinks will happen. It's the military, you follow rules and orders. The effect of a repeal of DADT on the military will depend on how the leaders handle it. You follow their rules or you get kicked out. It's simple.
DanaBug
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Fed. Judge Just Issued Worldwide Permanent Injunction Against Don't Ask/Don't Tell
by Justitia Themis inhttp://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202473278793&judge_issues_global_injunction_against_dont_ask_dont_tell.
a federal judge in california has issued an injunction barring enforcement of "don't ask, don't tell," the federal law banning service by open homosexuals in the armed forces.. u.s. district judge virginia phillips of riverside, calif., who on sept. 9 found that the law was unconstitutional, granted the global injunction on tuesday.
she wrote that without the injunction, "there is no adequate remedy at law to prevent the continued violation of servicemembers' rights or to compensate them for violation of their rights.".
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Are most JW's window washers?
by SlipnSlide ini have read this on this site and know some that do this type of work.
if most jw's are window washers, what other occupations are considered the type of jobs that a witless would have.
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if you see somebody in Wal-Mart, and they have more than one bottle of Windex in their shopping cart, chances are they might be a Jehovah's Witness!!
Not important but, window washers don't use Windex. We used Joy dish detergent, the original unconcentrated. To this day, I can't stand the smell of lemon dish detergent. Reminds me of cobwebs and bug poo.
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Question for Bethelites/ former Bethelites
by factfinder indid any of you former or current bethelites work at the 117 adams street complex?
were you proud of the expansive size of the facility and the huge amount of literature produced there?
were announcements made to you regarding production statistics and what you had accomplished there each year?
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Why would anyone lie about being a witness or former witness?
Of the former Bethelites on this forum that I'm aware of, most left a long time ago. So I'm not sure that they would have the information you want. Honestly, I don't even know when the Adams St building was completed. I never paid much attention to the printing stuff. Last time we visited up there, I was 14.
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Are most JW's window washers?
by SlipnSlide ini have read this on this site and know some that do this type of work.
if most jw's are window washers, what other occupations are considered the type of jobs that a witless would have.
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My Dad was a window washer. My mom and I started a window business when I was 15. I paid for my first car with cash. It was good money, better than McD's. Both my parents have had cleaning jobs on the side, banks and offices, as long as I can remember.
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Name Something Good About Being A Jehovah's Witness
by minimus ini've got one!.
you don't have to wait in long xmas lines at the store to buy xmas presents.
as a matter of fact, you don't have to buy a damn thing!.
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Omg, I miss those cheese danishes! I haven't found any that taste like that since then.
We got to go to an international in Mexico. The convention was in Puebla. But my favorite part: we rented a condo south of Cancun right on the beach. We snorkeled nearby and saw all kinds of fish. We swam in ceyotes. We stayed in Merida for a few days, where they close the streets every weekend for dancing, music, and food stands. We went to Chichen Itza, where we climbed the 2 ft wide staircase inside the main ruin and saw the jade jaguar, we also stayed until dark for the constellation show. The stars were amazing! You could see the Three Sisters, each star! And the Milky Way...wow! And we looked down into the sacraficial pit where they used to throw the human offerings to their god.
That's the best thing I experienced as a witness.
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All info outside WT controlled by Satan: looking for articles
by InterestedOne incould someone refer me to some wt articles explaining that all non-wt information sources are controlled by satan?
i've read that they think this, and it fits with their us & them mentality, but i would like to see it in writing..
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I don't think you'll find an article that states that, except in reference to apostate literature.
The JW's I'm talking to seem to only do "research" using Insight on the Scriptures or Reasoning From the Scriptures and just tell me whatever those books say about Bible topics.
That comes from thinking that the whole world is in the power of Satan, the wicked one, the great deceiver. So they only fully trust what comes from the Organization since they believe it's God's channel of communication.
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Are Jehovah's Witnesses Damned For Their Beliefs?
by Cold Steel inobviously this is for people who believe in an afterlife.. are jehovah's witnesses damned because of their beliefs?
please elaborate.. .
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Oh I agree. God reads hearts, He's merciful and understands our intentions and nature. A big determining factor of what religion you are, is where you were born. I can't believe a loving, merciful God would damn people who grew up differently, thought differently, and understood God differently. Same goes for Witnesses, especially those that were raised in it.
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Went to a strange funeral today
by startingover inwent to a funeral today for a lady that has not been associated with the jw's for many years, and her husband has probably just been on the fringe of association, their children have been out for a long time.
so they had the funeral at a funeral home, the place was full of family, jw's and other friends.
in the newspaper obituary they referred to it as a celebration of life.
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That does sound strange for a JW and a KH.
I've never thought about it though, why wouldn't a JW say God bless you?
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Generation Teaching - Everyone is speechless?
by Red Piller inmaybe the effect of this change is bigger than realized?
in 1995, it was discussed (positively) by everybody, during the week we studied the wt.
one elder stepped down and was looked down upon.
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You cannot possibly know what I believe until you either me what I believe or you ask someone else, who is one of Jehovah's Witnesses (maybe, your wife) to tell you what we believe, because in this very thread, I'm hearing nonsense from former Jehovah's Witnesses that make the false accusation that we were making predictions as to when the end of the world when we were touting "1914-the generation that will not pass away," which is not true, and is conjecture on their part since their knowledge of the Bible was incomplete and they evidently thought that they could scheme their way to salvation by pretending to love God. Those that know Jehovah would never think that he or she would actually fool the Almighty. Only a fool would think that he or she would be successful in such an endeavor.
For those here that think people making statements based upon their understanding that something was true before discovering whether or not what they believed to be true was, in fact, true, I bring you a few quotes from what political leaders here in the US and elsewhere had stated before the US declared war on Iraq, people that had wrongly understood something to be true that turned out not to have been true, and had persuaded not just US citizens that what they were about to do was "payback for 9/11" when Iraq had nothing to do with what occurred to us here in the US in 2001, but which no one has characterized as a prediction. Our nation's leaders were just flat wrong and mistakenly spent national treasure and human lives in pursuit of something that didn't exist.
Interesting comparison!
Don't waste your fruitage of the spirit on any of us, dear eggnog.
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do the jw'swant you to not associate non jw's
by not a jw inmy wife became a witness a few yrs after we had gotten married and i was wondering if the jw's believe that they should not socialize with people who are not jw's?i had some neighbors when i was younger and their kids who were close to my age said that that was their beliefs being witnesses.i ask my wife that and she says that isnt true.does it differ from congregation to congregation or is someone trying to cover up something?
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... also, here are some very informative videos to give you an idea about some of the illogical things a Witness believes.
http://www.watchtowercomments.com/
not a jw, please please take special note of the video on that site about child baptism. I was baptized at the age of 12 and was disfellowshipped.
But you have to be careful in how you deal with this. The books and websites wannabefree suggested are great resources to learn about this religion and how to go about protecting your son. You'll learn a lot on this forum and I also suggest Jehovah's Witness Recovery. And the biggest thing your son will learn from is your example and how you interact with him and others as compared to how your wife and the congregation does. He's lucky he gets to see both sides.