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  Summer district convention schedule

  by TweetieBird in

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  does anyone have the date(s) for the district convention for san diego?

  a family member asked me when our convention was and i had to fumble around.

  they think we still go to meetings.

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  I just noticed that these are organized by date, rather than location. Every other organizer would categorize by state or region, then locality, then by date.

  My law school graduation coincides with one of the dates at my mom's location. If this is her convention date, I wonder which she will choose. I guess I will have to make her look like a real poop (replace with intended term for excrement) to all the other relatives that I will tell, if she doesn't come. I'll look like a thug, but she will look like a heartless bitch. This would devastate my my dad.

  Shoshana
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  marshmallow fluff

  by joelbear in

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  what's good with marshmallow cream on it?.

  my favorite is mushed bananas.

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  Strawberry Ice Cream. I don't like either, on their own, but together, it's heaven.
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  Northern CA Flooding

  by lonelysheep in

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  everyone out there, when you can, will you please let us know if you're ok amongst the flooding and mudslides!!

  purza?

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  I live in some foothills, not too near any creeks or tributaries, so me and the property is fine. I worry about the wind more. Lots of big trees around here. It's dry tonight, but come tomorrow with another big storm and another high tide, it will be pretty bad. The lower river (Gurneville area of the Russian River) was evacuated early this afternoon.

  Last time the weather conspired to flood us out, I was a senior in high school and we missed school for a week, but my parents lost a car to the Napa River. (No one was in hurt. The car was parked at the dealership, awaiting service...)

  Stay dry, everyone.

  Shoshana
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  Have you ever said " Happy Hanukkah" to a Jew?

  by moshe in

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  we went out to lunch today and when the server brought our check he wished us a merry christmas.

  my six year old daughter piped up " we celebrate hanukkah".

  when the server returned he couldn't get out a " happy hannukah" - he stumbled for words- finally said something about a happy holiday.

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  Moshe,

  Have you considered this: Perhaps they are worried that to say our holiday greeting, it would offend. Sort of like if you haven't been confirmed Catholic, you aren't supposed to take communion in the Catholic Church? What if Jews were offended by gentiles offering us good wishes of the Jewish-type...I bet that's what they are worried about. You know your neighbor is a perfectly polite woman. She wasn't sure if saying it would offend-I bet that's why she stumbled.

  Happy Night Two to you.

  Shoshana
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  Have you ever said " Happy Hanukkah" to a Jew?

  by moshe in

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  we went out to lunch today and when the server brought our check he wished us a merry christmas.

  my six year old daughter piped up " we celebrate hanukkah".

  when the server returned he couldn't get out a " happy hannukah" - he stumbled for words- finally said something about a happy holiday.

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  Journal of Church and State: WT NO-BLOOD EXPOSE'

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  (baylor university, waco, tx) an essay entitled, "jehovah's witnesses, blood transfusions, and the tort of misrepresentation," found in the autumn issue of baylor universitys prestigious journal of church and state, published december 13, 2005, exposes the vulnerability of jehovahs witnesses religious organization to massive claims for compensation because of the religions misrepresentation of the medical risks of blood transfusions.

  this milestone essay critically examines one of the religions main publications for teaching their children and new recruits about their blood beliefs, how can blood save your life?

  the peer-reviewed essay details many misrepresentations of medical facts, which the religion partly relies on to support its blood prohibition, thus denying its members from making fully informed medical decisions.

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  As of 12/14 a.m. This article has not made it to the two powerhouse internet-based research sites, LexisNexis or Westlaw. Since I could not actually find the Journal of Church and State as a Law Review, I tried shepardizing the Molko case. Somelaw review articles that cite Molko involve JWs (to be printed and read when have the next two weeks off). The current article was not to be found.

  Shepardizing is a search that turns up ALL THE OTHER CASES (articles and statutes) that cite the case. So if a law review article cites the Molko case, then a shepardization should turn up that law review article. If the Journal of Church and State does not make its articles available to LexisNexis or Westlaw, it is unlikely that anyone in a position to take it seriously would take it seriously.

  Constitutional issues surrounding church and state are a hot button issue for the federal courts right now. However, if this journal is not on Lexis or Westlaw the lawyers who clerk for federal justices won't find them.

  Law review articles are never considered legal authority. However, there is nothing stopping a lawyer from borrowing the arguments from an article, relying on similar analysis of facts to the legal precedent cited in the article. Molko is good law on the issue of misrepresentation by a church, so good tort awyers (with clever law clerks) will be able to lift these arguments, and will at least get past summary judgment (which prompts the settlement dialogues...).

  Shoshana
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  Journal of Church and State: WT NO-BLOOD EXPOSE'

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  (baylor university, waco, tx) an essay entitled, "jehovah's witnesses, blood transfusions, and the tort of misrepresentation," found in the autumn issue of baylor universitys prestigious journal of church and state, published december 13, 2005, exposes the vulnerability of jehovahs witnesses religious organization to massive claims for compensation because of the religions misrepresentation of the medical risks of blood transfusions.

  this milestone essay critically examines one of the religions main publications for teaching their children and new recruits about their blood beliefs, how can blood save your life?

  the peer-reviewed essay details many misrepresentations of medical facts, which the religion partly relies on to support its blood prohibition, thus denying its members from making fully informed medical decisions.

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  Has anyone found a LexisNexis or Westlaw citation yet?

  Shoshana
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  why disfellowshipped?

  by knothead34 in

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  as a new unbaptized publisher, i would really like to know why some of you were disfellowshipped if you don't mind sharing your stories.

  thanks.

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  I can see I hit some sort of nerve with you, knothead. You sound so angry. Why would something someone who knows nothing about you upset you so? I guess some people are good at never offering their opinion. Not me. Don't fret about our opinions. When you engage in an anonymous discussion on a free discussion board, you get what you pay for.

  I hope the link I posted is helpful to your search. I think it was directly on point. But where are my manners? You're welcome for the link.

  Shoshana
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  why disfellowshipped?

  by knothead34 in

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  as a new unbaptized publisher, i would really like to know why some of you were disfellowshipped if you don't mind sharing your stories.

  thanks.

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  If you want to know about others' personal experiences, you may find some insight from this link.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/32/78540/1.ashx

  You are already living a double life and a lie. If your book study leader, or the congregation leaders knew you were reading the information on this site, associating with known apostates, and worse, posting here as well, you too would be "discarded." And it would be hard to show you didn't do these things with "greed," since you keep coming back to this board and the thread specifically solicits association with disfellowshipped persons. If it were me, I would find the cognitive dissonance in your current position unbearable. It takes being able to suppress and sublimate that conflict to be a good witness. I would think that even if you thought the WTBTS was the best thing going religion-wise, you would never be truly at peace when you were committing an intentional and premeditated disobedience that would result in your ejectment if you were caught.

  Hopefully there are other endeavors in your life that you find interesting and fulfilling (like a career, family, or surfing the net...)

  I will pray that you abandon them before they can reject you. You deserve a religion you can follow in peace and with which you can disagree openly without consequence. Many other religions have that.

  Shoshana

  (edited to correct a verb conjugation, while I still could)
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  why disfellowshipped?

  by knothead34 in

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  as a new unbaptized publisher, i would really like to know why some of you were disfellowshipped if you don't mind sharing your stories.

  thanks.

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  More importantly, you should be asking the person you have been studying with why people get disfellowshipped, and what happens to them if they are. You should ask if a person can get disfellowshipped for talking to a disfellowshipped person, or if a person can get disfellowshipped for disagreeing with doctrine and talking about it. If a person will be shunned if they simply don't want to be a Jehovah's Witness anymore, even if they don't do anything which would have warranted being shunned if they hadn't been baptized first.

  Before you contract with the WTBTS by getting baptized be very certain you are willing to live with the results if you "breach" your agreement with them. If you never get baptized, then, you will not be subject to their control. Please visit this site often, and read all about all the tragic and sad tales that come from that religion.

  You don't say how you came to be a "new unbaptized publisher" at the age of 34. If you do not already have a spouse, and you are hoping to find one in this cult, your odds are low.

  I myself disassociated because when I sought a secular education (four-year college with the goal of a teaching certificate), I started to get ignored by most in the congregation, despite my proper conduct (in contrast to others' may age in the congregation). I realized the love in the congregation was conditional, and it was simply obvious that the religion was not the sole conduit to the divinity, or if it was, then God was not Love.... Also, as an intelligent and capable female, many of my abilities were rejected, ridiculed, or simply ignored so that the males could look better. I didn't think Jehovah would create women with the purpose that men could cut off their noses despite their faces, and not make use of their talents simply because they didn't come equipped with a penis.

  I think it might be negligent on your part to go door-to-door seeking converts to this religion if you are not aware of the reasons potential converts could get kicked out of it. You should know what you are selling.

  Please do not get baptized.

  Shoshana