Once a prominent elder was interviewed on radio. He was asked if JW celebrated New Year?s Eve/fire works etc. He just answered that he never stayed up later than 10 pm. (He is a dry academic, not having children). (Once, a glimpse from a book study situated in his home was aired on TV. It came across as very formal, he even using surnames in adressing the friends attending)
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Do JW's stay up late on NEW YEAR'S?
by Donkey Lipz in.
my parents & i stood up late and watched the ball dropped in times square on tv....but i like 2 kno if jw's do it...do they have gatherings on that nite?.
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Do JW's stay up late on NEW YEAR'S?
by Donkey Lipz in.
my parents & i stood up late and watched the ball dropped in times square on tv....but i like 2 kno if jw's do it...do they have gatherings on that nite?.
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InquiryMan
Strange how American Dubdom seems to be more severe than its European counterpart. (Either very strict, or some bending the rules to the extreme). When we were in, most witnesses had a gathering on New Year?s Eve, including elders. Not partying per se, but family get togethers with nice food (often turkey, as many non-witnesses also eat at that night), Most watched the fire works as well. Sometimes when New Year?s Eve fell on a meeting night, meetings where often re-scheduled to take place in the afternoon, to accomodate (officially) witnesses having spouses not in the "truth". (This applied also for Christmas-eve).
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Reverse scenario
by InquiryMan inin a small town in norway, a police officer was fined with an equivalent of some 1,500 dollars, or subsidiary three days of prison, for failing to bring forth to social service and other relevant authorities, information provided him by two elders from the local jehovah?s witnesses congregation of a df member having commited sexual abuse of his step daughters.
in this case, it was the police that failed, not the jw.
(i am not an jw apologist just for bringing this forth).
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InquiryMan
It seems from the initial news reports on the case, that the perpetrator admitted his guilt during "shepherding visit" and that the elders then went to the police in order to report him. They initially inclinced to be interrogated by the police, but later agreed to testify. This information is based on the newspaper reports.
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Reverse scenario
by InquiryMan inin a small town in norway, a police officer was fined with an equivalent of some 1,500 dollars, or subsidiary three days of prison, for failing to bring forth to social service and other relevant authorities, information provided him by two elders from the local jehovah?s witnesses congregation of a df member having commited sexual abuse of his step daughters.
in this case, it was the police that failed, not the jw.
(i am not an jw apologist just for bringing this forth).
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InquiryMan
I provide some links starting from the initial coverage of the case: http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_rogaland/4629713.html http://www.dalane-tidende.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=522&Itemid=46 http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_rogaland/4635237.html http://www.nordhordland.no/Innenriks/article1551507.ece http://www.siste.no/Innenriks/article1551507.ece http://www.stavangeravisen.com/art.asp?art=22682 http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_rogaland/4681197.html http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=274468 http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/innenriks/article377110.ece http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2005/04/20/429367.html (The verdict has been given coverage both in local as well as nationwide media)
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Reverse scenario
by InquiryMan inin a small town in norway, a police officer was fined with an equivalent of some 1,500 dollars, or subsidiary three days of prison, for failing to bring forth to social service and other relevant authorities, information provided him by two elders from the local jehovah?s witnesses congregation of a df member having commited sexual abuse of his step daughters.
in this case, it was the police that failed, not the jw.
(i am not an jw apologist just for bringing this forth).
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InquiryMan
In a small town in Norway, a police officer was fined with an equivalent of some 1,500 dollars, or subsidiary three days of prison, for failing to bring forth to Social Service and other relevant authorities, information provided him by two elders from the local Jehovah?s witnesses congregation of a DF member having commited sexual abuse of his step daughters. In this case, it was the police that failed, not the JW. (I am not an JW apologist just for bringing this forth).
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Did your responsibilities in the congregation prevent you from travelling?
by truthseeker inif you were a ministerial servant, or an elder, did your congregational responsibilities hurt your travel plans?
did you go to the meeting instead of going out with other witnesses for a vacation?.
did you say, "i'm taking out the group" or "i'm doing the sound" ?.
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InquiryMan
We also travelled a lot. Often we also attended at least one meeting at the destination, mostly because of curiosity as to the KH/Congregation makeup, more than gaining any spiritual input. (Remember once, we travelled with a bunch of witnesses, (preferred to go alone normally), I remember one elder being totally against going to the meeting, but he had to give in to peer pressure :-)
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What do you think the new releases will be this summer?
by truthseeker inwhat do you think the new releases will be at the dc?.
a brochure or two?
a recycled publication with a new title and look?.
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InquiryMan
FYI The Reasoning book was published in a 2nd edition quite recently
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What would your conscience permit you to do that an average JW wouldn't do?
by JH in.
i didn't mind going to any bar, if i felt like it.
i know that the average jw wouldn't have went to these places.
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I?ve always wondered about this preoccupation with R-rated movies and american JW?ism. I remember watching Alien as a teenager. A whole bunch of us even went the Kingdom Hall earlier to go the movie that was nearby. Nothing happened because of that... (all those teenager were viewed as good witness kids, some having served in Bethel, being elders etc. I think I am the only one out).
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News Article: JW Purposely Risking Health
by rebel8 inhttp://msnbc.msn.com/id/3339730/site/newsweek/
dr. suki tepperberg, a family physician in dorchester, mass., has concerns about those who put too much faith in god?s will.
one of her patients, a jehovah?s witness who has diabetes and hypertension, believes her illness is in god?s hands and she sometimes eats destructively, harming her health.
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InquiryMan
Awake even carried a special issue dealing with diabettes. It is also linked on the WTBS web site: http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2003/5/8/article_01.htm
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Fuming, Angry, seething, seeing RED!!!!!!!!!!
by Gill inmy parents went to the assembly this weekend.
they were telling me about disciplining children... the speaker was saying how all babies are born selfish and demanding for their own needs and not anyone elses.
the jist of the talk being about discipline, and training children ...ie taking them out for a good beating.. well, i don't know if any of you have ever 'just seen red!
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InquiryMan
Interestingly, when corporal punishment was banned in a Scandinavian country, the society inserted small labels in the literature with an alternative rendering (discipline instead of rod). This was done by the publishers in order not to get the books banned. The ombudsman of children affairs prompted this change. After that, all references to corporal punishment have been omitted or rephrased in that language in order to stick by secular law. It was also stated that such discipline of children should not take place in KH. I also remember in a public talk, that the brother stated that the use of the literal rod or corporal punishment was against the Bible. I remember relating this to some "friends" from the US we met when vacationing. They were almost in disbelief that corporal punishment was not an option in child upbringing and that even JWs (at least officially) abstained from it... I?ve seen that cultural attitudes matter a lot in this subject. I?ve attended halls in the past abroad where children were disciplined physically in the hall itself, and not confined to the bathroom. this experience also shows that the prevalent attitude is still that of corporal punishment...