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  Predicament and Question: An Ex's Friends

  by Good Girl or Bad Girl? in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i am not sure how to handle this and don't want to do something rude, or stupid, or both.

  i was seeing this guy (non-jw) for a few months.

  his friends are absolutely fabulous.

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  Swan

  I have to disagree. They like you and you like them. They say they miss you. So go ahead and meet up with his friends. If he has a problem with it, it is his problem, not yours, and not theirs. He needs to learn that he can't control what other people do, he can only be responsible for his own actions and reactions.

  Our background raised us in an atmosphere of control freaks and humble servants. It sometimes goes against our nature to not give in to the control freaks, but we really do owe it to ourselves to grow up and move on. Your ex obviously needs to grow up too.

  Tammy
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  wt 8/15/03: Easing Nature - Is it for Christians?

  by Scully in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  easing nature is it for christians?

  easing nature the very phrase itself brings to mind the odious product of this activity.

  yet, many people have the understanding that this natural bodily function is a practice in which true christians may engage.

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  Swan

  I love this line:

  our dear children who do not yet have Bible-trained bowels

  Onacruse:

  If there weren't two witnesses to the act, it didn't happen. The burden of proof is on the JC to find two persons who witnessed it. Someone in the next stall wouldn't count, as their view is obviously blocked! Also, surely we cannot accept as a witness someone who was probably committing the very act they accused you of.

  Entering a stall or a room with equipment for this purpose should not be misconstrued. Many people enter such private places to pray, as it is the only quiet place available. Perhaps that was even the same kind of private place where Jesus went to pray.

  In addition, a colonoscopy may not even be an approved medical procedure. Like blood transfusions, vaccinations, and other medical procedures condemned at one time, it may have been a subject of one of the many fluctuations of new light. They need to research old issues of the Golden Age and show that it is currently an accepted medical procedure before they can use it in a JC.

  However, if you didn't scream during the procedure, you may not have much recourse for an appeal.

  Tammy
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  Watchtower CD stops working when this site is open

  by skin in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  his any one else found that the latest wt cd rom won't work if you have this web site (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com) open?

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  Swan

  I think it's the demons.

  Tammy
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  Kerry Louderback-Wood on today's BBC 'Sunday Programme'

  by AnnOMaly in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  somebody gave me the heads up on this.. if anyone can find a way of recording it before it disappears ...?

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/sunday/ select 'listen to the current programme in full' option, and the excerpt begins approx 10.37 into the stream.. or.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/realmedia/sunday/sundayauto.ram.

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  Swan

  Thanks Blondie. Now I can hear it just fine!

  Tammy
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  Another lawsuit... this one in Oregon.

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  complaint: negligence, breach of confidential relationship, intentional infliction of severe emotional distress.

  once again the elders appointed a convicted and confessed child molester to a position of responsibility as an officer and ministerial servant of the congregation.

  this time the accused name is jerry anderson crabb of the lancaster congregation of jehovah's witnesses - 4795 macleay road se, salem, or 97301. sadly, as one would expect, he has been accused of sexually abusing a child on multiple occasions.

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  Kerry Louderback-Wood on today's BBC 'Sunday Programme'

  by AnnOMaly in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  somebody gave me the heads up on this.. if anyone can find a way of recording it before it disappears ...?

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/sunday/ select 'listen to the current programme in full' option, and the excerpt begins approx 10.37 into the stream.. or.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/realmedia/sunday/sundayauto.ram.

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  Swan

  I downloaded it too and it was really garbled, and the volume on the voice was too low to hear over the garbled part.

  Tammy
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  Limits on paper towel, tp usage at DA's. What next? Have fun w/suggestions

  by juni in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2 sheets of paper towel for hand drying, controlled use of toilet paper, don't dawdle while in the stall, covered mirrors, what next?.

  how about maximum of 2 trips to the bathroom per day otherwise you are written up by brother bathroom monitor.

  if more than that you are put on cleaning duty after the day's sessions are done.. .

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  Now that they don't print food tickets anymore, they can print pee tickets. Pass em out the week prior at the congregations like they do for parking tickets. Make them a "contribution" like parking tickets. Then they can close the restrooms during the sessions like they used to do with refreshment stands. They've always wanted to keep people in their seats for the whole session, and this would be a way to do it.

  Tammy
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  Assemblies: Queues (Lines) at the Ladies, and taping over mirrors

  by Duncan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this topic sufaces here every now and again, with people reporting on the way that in some locations, the brothers tape paper over the mirrors in the ladies toliets, in order to speed things up and reduce queues.

  i posted this a couple of years ago, but i'm resurrecting it now because i think this is relevant and interesting:.

  this link:.

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  Swan

  Why don't they just make all the restrooms in the convention open to either sex? Then the men with the women would have to wait in lines for just the same amount of time. In many other cultures restrooms and dressing rooms are unisex.

  Tammy
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  Another lawsuit... this one in Oregon.

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  complaint: negligence, breach of confidential relationship, intentional infliction of severe emotional distress.

  once again the elders appointed a convicted and confessed child molester to a position of responsibility as an officer and ministerial servant of the congregation.

  this time the accused name is jerry anderson crabb of the lancaster congregation of jehovah's witnesses - 4795 macleay road se, salem, or 97301. sadly, as one would expect, he has been accused of sexually abusing a child on multiple occasions.

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  I did it

  by lola28 in

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  2. friends

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  i daed myself and just wanted to share.. .

  lola

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  Swan

  Congratulations on doing a very brave and courageous thing. I remember when I did it, and it was very liberating. Enjoy your freedom!

  Tammy