in the jehovah's witness church, the elders were allowed to tell other church members because everyone in the church is considered an ordained minister.
but they were not allowed to tell authorities outside the church, the court records said.
i wonder if she misunderstood?.
The church is a family, Brown said, and families don't need to be told of another member's sins. "We can't tell them, but it will be known informally," Brown said. "In a family, everyone knows of the weaknesses of Aunt Suzie or Uncle John. Things are just known."Ok there is a lot of Brown's comments in that article that make me want to puke, but this statement is just plain bizarre. the weaknesses?!?!? Aunt Suzie?? Uncle John?!?!?!
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did anyone catch last nights sat.
night live?
u2 was the musical guest's and they rocked!!
Yeah I caught the show. It was rocking there at the end.
I just wish Bono would decide what he wants to be, a rock star or a political activist. Like way too many Hollywood actors, he somehow thinks we should listen to his ideas on how to make the world a better place.
Stick to the music and pimping for iTunes.
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give a name of a movie that has come to theater or is coming to theater that you want to see!.
i want to see two: 'finding neverland' with johnny depp and 'a series of unfortunate events' with jim carey
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith!!
has anyone seen "in the name of jehovah", a new video put out by the north american missions board?
if so, your opinion?
randy watters
Just negative marketing materials from a competing fundy nut group...
"We'll show you why they are all wrong, and why you really want what we're selling instead!"
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i am in need of a favour.
i am trying to locate a copy of an article from awake october 8, 2004. page 13. entitled, "jehovah, you found me!
anyone with access to this article and the ability to scan and post it; please do.. .
I wonder though: Did your mother forbid you from having a relationship with the JWs? Were you then inspired to carry on a secret relationship? Were you inspired as a 14 year old girl to have special relationship with an a adult male elder?
What the heck are you talking about?????? Where does it say anything in the article about her having with an adult male elder? (btw, do you know any elders that are not adult males?)
Some of you are reading way too much into this article. Yes it makes being a JW look like the most wonderful thing in the world, yes its probably meant to send a message to young JWs that they should be "happy" that they get to go to the Kingdom Hall. Its typical JW propaganda, nothing more. What do you expect to find in the Awake! magazine?
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i am in need of a favour.
i am trying to locate a copy of an article from awake october 8, 2004. page 13. entitled, "jehovah, you found me!
anyone with access to this article and the ability to scan and post it; please do.. .
I just realized that my situation has some similarites to hers. She is even the same age I am. When my parents divorced, my mother married a non-JW, got DF'd, then reinstated, but basically was inactive from that point on. So at age 14, I too had little contact with the dubs, but I read all the literature I could get my hands on, and tried to attend meetings and go out in service, with little help from my parents or the congregation. Loking back now, the main reason I did it was because the "troof" was an escape from a really really crappy home life, probably just like it was for Nelly.
I too grew up, got baptised, turned down higher ed, pioneered, married a dub, blah blah blah. The only difference is I finally realized it was all a load of crap and got the heck out. Maybe Nelly someday will wake up too... She will be here on JWD as Jehovahyoufoundme, with that picture of herself as a kid as her avatar....
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yup i studied again, after eight years and being shunned asfter .
reinstatement and staying away for eight years with an old brother, he was a good teacher kind and all, but when it came to the subject of the society's view on child abuse and shunning i heard the same old idiotic excrement.
i thought they have changed in view of all the law litigations.
Hi Pintail,
I thought of the old lineage "where else can you go for sayings of everlasting life" blah blah blah.
I guess its the (" your going to be destroyed feeling") that comes over me, sometimes old fears die hard.
It looks like their teachings are still hanging over your head. It's hard, but once you realize its all a load of #$&, hopefully you can lose the fear. Do some reading, here and other sites like Quotes', so that you can get to the point where you can see they are no different than any other religious Bible-thumping fundy group. Hang in there, No Apologies
new fantastic four movie.... .
http://www.superherohype.com/news/fantasticfournews.php?id=2014.
and a new ghost rider movie..no pics of nicholas cage as the character yet though... http://www.superherohype.com/news/ghostridernews.php?id=2001.
Much as I want this movie to be awesome, I got a bad feeling from what I've read about it so far. Jessica Alba as Sue Storm????? Give me a break!
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i've been hearing a lot about shunned j.w.
's having to sit in the back of the kingdom halls when they go to meetings.. so, what would happen if a new bible study person went to the kingdom hall for sunday meeting, (or whatever) and sat in the back of the hall, and talked to the shunned j.w.'s?
also, are there always shunned j.w.
One other thing I noticed is that anytime an individual who Disfellowshipped (an ousting punishment given to baptised persons) or Disassociated (an ousting punishment given to unbaptised persons) came to a meeting (with permission from the elders), it was usually made known to the congregants that this person was attending and would be segregated.When a person (whether baptised or not) who was under Public Reproof it was announced to the congregants.
Unbaptised persons are not Disassociated. The only "punishment" they can receive is that they might be announced as no longer being an "Unbaptised Publisher", assuming they even were a publisher. Likewise, they cannot be Public Reproved, probably not privately either.
I have never heard of an announcement being made that someone DF'd would be attending, or that they needed permission from the elders first.
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hi everyone, this is very interesting, i found it on e-watchman on the paradise cafe forum.... special talk of a governing body member in romania.
http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/viewtopic.php?t=709.
saturday on the 18th of september 2004 gerit leosch, one of those 10 members of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses, made the talk for dedicating the first asembly hall in romania.
I thought I heard my name....
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