Joining the military would result in "Disassociation" which is technically different than "Disfellowhipping" although the end result is pretty much the same
This was the workaround to avoid a repeat of 1918
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17Can someone remind me the reason's you could be disfellowshipped?
by SydBarrett inthe only reasons i can remember are smoking, sexual immorality and of course, apostasy.
there must be others but having been out since 1990, i'm drawing a blank.
i was thinking perhaps serious criminal offenses that result in prison, but then i remembered a brother in my congregation in the 1980's who went to prison.
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God’s wisdom in allowing bearded JWs July 25 Watchtower
by Listener inthe july 2025 watchtower has a paragraph that claims that it was the superior power and wisdom of jehovah that guided the gb into allowing jws to grow beards.. the study article is ‘can you still learn from basic bible teachings?’ under the subheading ‘jehovah is the creator’ paragraph 7 states-.
“ 7. what did rahela do to accept a change in direction?.
your answer.
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Beards have been a mark of (male) degreed professionals for at least the last 20 years.
Take Bob Borson, author of the popular blog and podcast "Life of an Architect" for example
Or Matt Harris, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at USU:
--Nothing even the least bit unusual here.
(Sometimes I think certain posters are deliberately channeling Ken M.....)
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Trump Tariffs started today, Some Countries Caved in early morning.
by liam inusa politicians in charge of the economy for the past 50 years were too stupid to understand how the economy works.
this just proves my theory, that an education on the top tier universities just sucks and means nothing in the real world, unless its in the stem education.
for 50 years usa had zero tariffs on other countries.
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Rivergang,
It also includes primary industries...
Okay...My observation, as an engineer here in the land of Orbital ATK, Dillon Aero, Raytheon, etc., is that automation has not eliminated the "good" jobs.
The days of standing at a machine all day are gone, but human beings are involved in every step of any manufacturing process and are still very much the brains of the operation.
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Trump Tariffs started today, Some Countries Caved in early morning.
by liam inusa politicians in charge of the economy for the past 50 years were too stupid to understand how the economy works.
this just proves my theory, that an education on the top tier universities just sucks and means nothing in the real world, unless its in the stem education.
for 50 years usa had zero tariffs on other countries.
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A lot would dépend on how one définies "Production Facility" and "Fully Automated"
The first thing that popped into my head was manufacturing, but production can include a lot of things
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Trump Tariffs started today, Some Countries Caved in early morning.
by liam inusa politicians in charge of the economy for the past 50 years were too stupid to understand how the economy works.
this just proves my theory, that an education on the top tier universities just sucks and means nothing in the real world, unless its in the stem education.
for 50 years usa had zero tariffs on other countries.
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Heard and McDonald Islands are external territories of Australia since 1947 and would be treated as Australia proper for purposes of tariffs.
--Assuming anything could actually be manufactured, mined or grown there which is extremely unlikely..
These islands are very tiny, very inhospitable, they both have active volcanoes, the waters around them are treacherous and they are both restricted. You can't set foot on either one without permission from the Australian government and they're only giving permission to scientific expeditions once in a while.
The inclusion of these islands as countries subject to tariffs reeks of AI and its inability to exercise subjective judgement.
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Why is there nothing known about the Jehovah’s Witness brother WOLFGANG OTT which raped 6 women in Austria and killed 4 of them?
by Sektenkult inthe wikipedia has not even his date of birth, photos unavailable.
only the places where he rapped and murdert are known nothing else.
normally when somebody like him kills and murders everything gets public, which school was he, what was kn his mind and so on and so on.
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--Sounds to me that although he had a JW upbringing, he was not actually a JW as an adult.
"Ein Artikel aus der österreichischen Zeitung Der Standard sorgte unter Zeugen Jehovas für beträchtlichen Wirbel. Hatte sich doch herausgestellt, daß ein gesuchter Serienmörder "in der Wahrheit" aufgewachsen war."
"An article in the Austrian newspaper Der Standard caused considerable agitation among Jehovah's Witnesses. It emerged that a wanted serial killer [Wolfgang Ott] had been raised "in the truth."
"Seine Eltern waren Zeugen Jehovas, er durfte als Kind nie seinen Geburtstag feiern, Weihnachten ist auch immer ausgefallen, geprügelt wurde er. Er weiß nicht, was Liebe ist", meint Verteidiger Karl Muzik...
"His parents were Jehovah's Witnesses, As a child he was not allowed to celebrate his birthday, Christmas was never observed, he was beaten, he does not know what love is" says defense attorney Karl Muzik.. -
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Examples of Watchtower flawed interpretation of Bible passages?
by Vanderhoven7 inasking jehovah’s witnesses to interpret specific passages is a great way to demonstrate their interpretive abuse.
got any clear examples?.
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To be fair, most literal translations render the Greek definite article (ὁ) as the English definite article (the) here:
...ὁ πιστὸς δοῦλος καὶ φρόνιμος...
and here:...ὁ πιστὸς οἰκονόμος καὶ φρόνιμος...
--Not saying the AV, Rheims and a couple of others are wrong in rendering it as either 'a' (Matthew) or 'that' (Luke) but they are the ones taking a bit of liberty here.
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New GB member Judy Jedele critizing Job's "humility" while wearing $20,000 Rolex, gold cuff links, coloured suit. Incredible!
by WingCommander ini swear, you can't make this shit up!
for years and years growing up in this cult, i had to constantly hear from my parents, from the stage, in the literature, about "keeping your eye simple", not being "materialistic", not "having a showy display of one's wealth.
" of course, this never seemed to apply to the wealthy business owning elduhzzzz who ran and lorded it out over the congregations, but i digress.
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I've seen old photos of Fred Franz...
Yes.
Fred Franz, who would wear a tie with a flannel work shirt is made fun of in some circles, but I'm not so sure that was a bad thing.
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Australian blood donor who saved 2.4 million babies dies
by Diogenesister inblood donor james harrison has died aged 88 in australia (17th feb) has saved the lives of over 2 million babies.
after receiving a huge blood transfusion during heart surgery aged 14, he vowed to become a donor at 18. he held the record for the most blood plasma donated until recently, donating every two weeks from the age of 18. his blood produced anti d used to produce jabs that protect unborn babies from hemolytic disease of the foetus & newborn (hdfn).
this occurs in pregnancy when a mothers red blood cells are incompatible with her babys.
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They don't make that absurd claim anymore although I would imagine there are still some elderly JWs who believe it.
It you go back to the mid 60's and beyond, that silliness was everywhere:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/189217/jw-science-quote-2-19
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New GB member Judy Jedele critizing Job's "humility" while wearing $20,000 Rolex, gold cuff links, coloured suit. Incredible!
by WingCommander ini swear, you can't make this shit up!
for years and years growing up in this cult, i had to constantly hear from my parents, from the stage, in the literature, about "keeping your eye simple", not being "materialistic", not "having a showy display of one's wealth.
" of course, this never seemed to apply to the wealthy business owning elduhzzzz who ran and lorded it out over the congregations, but i digress.
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True. It does happen
Marion can be either a French diminutive of Marie (Feminine) or a Latin derivative of Marianus (Masculine)
Naming a male child Judy goes contrary to the name's origin.