Just a thought that came to me the other day... There is no list of sins/crimes/rules, that when commited unrepentantly are disfellowshipping criteria, in any case it is up to the local JC, so it is a very wishy-washy court anyway. Therefore, how can anyone really know exactly how far across that line they've gone?I was always given the impression DFing was for 'things like fornication, adultery etc'. But it seems much more vague than that, and I never thought it was for disagreeing with the literature, though I did get some funny looks!
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Disfellowshipment
by larc inon the subject of disfellowshipping, there is something i don't understand.
many here have told their stories as to what happened to them.
i have to ask this question.
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WORLD GUESTMAP - - - please sign in!
by nicolaou inthe guestmap is a feature at the dnc site but i thought it might be cool to for us to get a visual image of where we all are.
just 'click & hold' the map to drag it around.
you can then zoom in on your local area.
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meat pie
Sorry, I must be dense, it was too tricky for me, but then I have just spent half an hour screaming and swearing trying to replace an ink cartridge...
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British XJW's! Please say hello!!
by Fe2O3Girl ini live in northwest england, i have been out of th borg for 8 years.
give me a wave, let me know i am not the only xjw in britain!
cheers!
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meat pie
Hello from sunny Scotland, well it is today! I only just saw this thread.I am originally from the South West of England.Fell in with the JW crowd '96, walked away last year.
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Q. For Anti-Royalists.
by Englishman inhow much do you think that every man, woman & child in the uk, each pays every year to keep queen liz on the throne?.
if you know the answer for certain, please don't quote your source just yet.
i'm just trying to get a general picture about what people think.. englishman.
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meat pie
I think I fit the description! Don't know the answer for certain, but I believe it's just a few quid each, the cost would not be my arguement, however that's a different matter.
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Favorite JW Celebs!
by professor inwho is your favorite jw celebrity, past and present?.
who is your least favorite?
ja rule
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meat pie
What about Trevor McDonald? ITV news and current affairs presenter, I heard he had been an elder.Wouldn't say he's a favourite of mine though, horribly sycophantic. As for a least favourite, don't quote me, it might have come to nothing, but a couple of years ago I heard Peter William Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) was working towards baptism...
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Englishman's Bar-B-Q Please be there ....
by invisible ini can't tell you how much i am looking forward to englishman's bar-b-q, thoroughly looking forward to it, can't wait.. one thing frightens me though, how 'normal' do i have to behave on the day, i mean, will there be decent music there, music that gets me dancin?
will i be able to let my hair down a bit within reason?.
women, if they're all spoken for already, well, it won't get boring will it?
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meat pie
I should be near Bristol around the 21st, so if poss I'd love to pop in to the pub and see you all. My not too fit M+D will be minding the kids for me so I can't stay long, but it would be nice to see you!
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have I missed anything momentous?
by meat pie inwe have had a virus (trojan horse) and all sorts of things have gone wrong, only just about back on line, been off about a week.
have i missed anything truly gripping/amusing(non-footy related)?
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We have had a virus (Trojan Horse) and all sorts of things have gone wrong, only just about back on line, been off about a week. Have I missed anything truly gripping/amusing(non-footy related)?
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what's the silliest....
by dustrabbit inwhat's the silliest thing you ever heard a jw say?.
(besides, the possible, "anything they say is silly.
my personal favorite: an elder once said to me at a circuit assembly back in the eighties (and why i don't remember...maybe i was smirking): "you think the devil is weak?
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meat pie
This was supposed to be from a CO; Why do we keep going back to call on people who don't want to hear our message?Because every time we 'shake the dust from our feet' it leaves an ever increasing pile of dust at their gate for the angels to see. This was a few weeks before I finally threw in the towel!
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Let's not forget the U.N. scandal...
by meat pie ini'm not trying to hijack anything, but i just thought it was worth drawing any visitors-to-the-board's attention to the u.n.scandal.so they cannot write off the paedophile issue as 'human failing', and realise that there is something deeply wrong here.
i hope my point is getting across here, i am not trying to minimise the paedophile issue at all, it is truly horrendous!
and my heart goes out to all victims.i believe any jws whose blind faith in the gb might have been tweaked lately should also know the truth about the u.n. thing, that's all.thanks.
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meat pie
I'm not trying to hijack anything, but I just thought it was worth drawing any visitors-to-the-board's attention to the U.N.Scandal.So they cannot write off the paedophile issue as 'human failing', and realise that there is something deeply wrong here. I hope my point is getting across here, I am not trying to minimise the paedophile issue at all, it is truly horrendous! and my heart goes out to all victims.I believe any JWs whose blind faith in the GB might have been tweaked lately should also know the truth about the U.N. thing, that's all.Thanks. Meaty.
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Don't Walk..Don't Talk..
by Englishman inim just throwing this one into the ring to see what you think.
i know the wtbts are always beating the drum about not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together as some have the custom, but do they really want jws actually talking with one another when they arent around to monitor the conversation?.
if you think about it, jws would appear to have had their opportunities for social intercourse severely curtailed.
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meat pie
Good post Eman, also , at least at Perth Assembly, the whole thing is broadcast on a radio channel'so the brothers working as attendants can listen in', more like, so many can sit in their cars and 'listen', because it's too cold and uncomfortable in the stadium and then they can make a quick gettaway! Even less mixing.