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  Names you would never give your child

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, everyone list names you'd never give to your child.

  here's mine:.

  eggbert.

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  InquiryMan

  I remember in a life story published in the Watchtower, that a brother wanted to name his child "Placenta". I guess he wasn?t to well-informed...
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  WT: Three ways a woman can improve her lot

  by Sirona in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is on the watchtower's website.

  there seems to be a lot more articles aimed at africa and other places where this advice might be useful, but do they honestly give this sort of stuff out in us and uk?.

  three ways a woman can improve her lot.

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  InquiryMan

  All articles publshed on the web-site, have been published in the magazines. There is a foot-note or something similar referring to the time when it was published the first time. It seems that virtually all articles (whether they target that language-group or not) is published in all editions of Awake (of course a selection is made in languages with 24-pages and monthly editions).
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  What's Your Favourite Font?

  by dh in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  maybe some of you write, or work in publishing, design etc, are there any fonts that you choose to use because they feel better, do you change the font before you begin writing a document, or at the end?

  for writing i love to use tahoma, i type pretty quick and the way the letters appear on the screen in tahoma is very much more fluid than other fonts out there, and if you're writing a lot, or creatively, i think it makes an enormous difference... was tahoma designed to be easy on the eyes?

  for bold stuff i love the font rockwell, dunno why, i just like it.

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  InquiryMan

  I like Gill Sans. Its from the 20s, but still looks modern. It has many styles. Antique fonts: several, but not Times...
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  Abuse; congregational reactions in Norway

  by TheOldHippie in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the swedish program was televised in norway on monday, and yesterday the congregations received a letter from the branch, responding to some of the accusations of the program.

  let that be as it is, but the letter also pointed to how the elders of norway would react to child abuse, and the reactions here do not deviate much from what you would like them to be:.

  1. if a child claims it has been abused by a member of the congregation (or someone else) and tells it to her parents (and they choose not to tell it to the elders from the start), it is their privilege to report it to the police, that is entirely up to them if they choose to do so or not.. 2. if they tell it to one of the elders, that elder - or the group of elders - has to report it to the police, it is mandatory.

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  InquiryMan

  There are quite a few things that differ in Norway from other countries, as far as JWs are concerned. E.g. all references to corporal punishment, e.g. spankings, are non-existent in Watchtower literature in Norwegian. In fact, when this law was implemented, all references to spanking etc. was removed physically in the literature by witnesses who applied small labels in the literature with alternative, less offensive rendering instead. Also, due to privacy laws, the Norw. Bethel is not allowed to keep records on DF issues. This applies also to congregations.
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  Will the Watchtower answer truthfully?

  by Ariell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i told my mother about the un scandal.

  of course she knew nothing about it.

  me: mom, it's on the official website.

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  InquiryMan

  When I confronted my elders with the UN issue, they did not deny it at all. Just stated it was not a big issue at all, and really ok.
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  two young jw girls knocking at my door

  by kilroy2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  two young jw girls form the indian river congergation came knocking at my door yesterday.

  at first i thought that they were mormons.

  they said that they were dubbers.

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  InquiryMan

  Even as a youth JW I was aware of the 607 vs 586 controversy....
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  Swedish JW df'ed ...................

  by TheOldHippie in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  in case nobody else has heard it, the swedish jw who was the "main personage" in the television program aired a month or so ago, was df'ed yesterday.

  the branch hung up upon him in the program and asked him to write a letter, giving his story how he had been abused etc.

  the branch overseer told the reporters how sorry he felt for him, and that he had been helped, and how they wanted to help him in the future, too.

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  InquiryMan

  Along with two other topics, the exposé on JWs and abuse, was the three programmes on Mission Investigate that stirred most attention last season. On Juy 24th, a review will be made with a follow up and those three cases.
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  Swedish JW df'ed ...................

  by TheOldHippie in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  in case nobody else has heard it, the swedish jw who was the "main personage" in the television program aired a month or so ago, was df'ed yesterday.

  the branch hung up upon him in the program and asked him to write a letter, giving his story how he had been abused etc.

  the branch overseer told the reporters how sorry he felt for him, and that he had been helped, and how they wanted to help him in the future, too.

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  InquiryMan

  The main Evening News Programme on the main Swedish TV Channel carried a report on the latest developments. There was TV coverage of the man who stepped forward in the programme Mission/Investigate (showing views from an assembly hall etc.) with comments on the developments leading to his being disfellowshipped and a brief resume of his story. The "Victim" was then interviewed on his DF. On the TV Programme, it was shown parts of a committee meeting filmed with a secret camera on the charge that he had been seen smoking. To this, he did show remorse. According to the victom, the committee members have had no contact with him after the meeting that was shown on TV. They neither called him nor visited him and he was not called for another meeting either. This monday two elders approached him in his place of work informing him that he was disfellowshipped. It was even said to him that he by participating in the TV Programme showed that he no longer wanted to be a part of the congregation. New accusations were not made. The "DF" was also explaining to the TV viewers the implications of being disfellowshipped - shunning from friends and family and that one even might risk DF if befriending a DF person.
  
  In the end of the report, a photo of the Swedish Branch coordinator was given, and a statement of his was referred. He stated that the Disfellowshipping had nothing to do with his appearing on the TV programme, but due to confidentiality the reasons had to be kept secret.
  
  Most likely, the newspaper will do follow-ups on this.
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  Swedish JW df'ed ...................

  by TheOldHippie in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  in case nobody else has heard it, the swedish jw who was the "main personage" in the television program aired a month or so ago, was df'ed yesterday.

  the branch hung up upon him in the program and asked him to write a letter, giving his story how he had been abused etc.

  the branch overseer told the reporters how sorry he felt for him, and that he had been helped, and how they wanted to help him in the future, too.

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  InquiryMan

  I guess they’ll be notified.
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  What is the WT view of donating to charity?

  by sonofapreacherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  i have been completely out of touch for over a decade, but i recall that the general sentiment was that charities are often corrupt or inefficient, and too often have some association with false religion..

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  InquiryMan

  Throughout my years as a JW I’ve contributed to charitable organizations like Red Cross, Amnesty International, Save the Children Fund, various health organizations etc.
  
  Never felt that was a problem...
  
  Other witnesses I’ve known have done likewise.
  
  Other might choose only to donate to JWs. That’s their free choice.