so in the 5-4 decision today, the courts said an employer could not be forced to cover things mandated by the aca (specifically birth control was the point of contention), if doing so would violate their religious beliefs.. nuts.
just nuts.. here is what ruth ginsberg wrote in her dissent.
its 35 pages, but this stood out to me for obvious reasons.. "would the exemption...extend to employers with religiously grounded objections to blood transfusions (jehovah's witnesses); antidepressants (scientologists); medications derived from pigs, including anesthesia, intravenous fluids, and pills coated with gelatin (certain muslims, jews, and hindus); and vaccinations[?
At Bethel it all depends on who you are and how important you are. If the average joe gets some sort of illness or chronic condition, buh bye. If it's a GB member or Branch, they'll spend every dime to give him medical treatment.
Bethelites do have some sort of insurance card to carry in case of emergencies such as an ER visit out of town. I'm not sure what actually happens if they have to use it.
i attended the regional convention (district convention) over the last weekend, and thought i would spend a few minutes putting down some thoughts, for your amusement.
i will bounce around a bit, as my notes and thoughts were a little craaaaazy.. we met at one of the smaller venues on the west coast, with attendance around 7,000.
(28 baptized.... <.04%) we were tied in to the international convention in arlington, tx.. my first thought, only about 2 hours in, was how much this sounded like a plain old sales meeting!
A few others here have mentioned what was said regarding disfellowshipped people. My guess is this was said because of legal repurcussions. On the record, the JW stance is 'yeah you can talk to DFed people' but off the record it's still 'don't do it or god is going to fry your ass.'
okay, some good takeaway:.
i have never been to a convention quite like this before.
a very friendly vibe all around, lots of banners and posters with sayings like "sending love to all our brothers", "see you in the paradise", "ecuador sends greetings", and "jehovahs-witness.net" (okay, i lied on that last one...).
Surprising that they didn't use any sort of visual effects for the drama. They've done it before for some videos.
Also I swear they did a drama about Joshua and Jericho already. Does that ring any bells?
i had been hearing about a food supplement that has shown to be a promising therapy for fibromyalgia or chronic fatique syndrome, a food supplement called d ribose.
i tried it and was impressed with the results, so i have been taking it for the last three months.
unfortunately during this time i have also had intestinal issues, which have gotten progressively worse, to the point it was debilitating, also nausea, dizziness and a mild headache.
CFS and fibrobylagia are basically made up illnesses with loads of controversy so take whatever makes you feel better
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are there any more examples like this?
pictures changed because a person was disfellowshipped?.
I accidentally saw one of those lists. Had a list of names, locations, and their status
bethel writer see's a fatty bethelite take the last bread roll at lunch...should he vent his feelings thru jehovahs holy watchtower magazine...why not!!.
watchtower 1974p.167 "...by over indulging in food....he fails to show love for jehovah god...is food a big thing in his life?
does he selfishly ignore others needs and take more then his share?
oh man. yeah. bethelites don't fuck around on fried chicken day.
would love to know why they aren't on the jw.org.. any ideas?.
it's a bit sad but i still listening to them.
i feel quite industrious when they are on so get the housework done..
All I can tell you is that the new song book is absolute garbage. All the songs are totally unsingable. Whoever came up with the new arrangements and lyrics for the old songs should be taken out back and shot.
a lot of us have said that theres been a dumbing down in jw land.
its just not like it used to be especially a few decades ago.
it seems to me that if jw are right and the end of the world is near, the spiritual food should get tastier and more nourishing as time goes on, but it's getting more and more bland and less nourishing.
Yeah there's absolutely a HUGE difference in the style of writing post-Franz.
has the botchtower discouraged or spoken against members using the internet?.
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satan / devils environment & all that j.w bs!.
There was a line in a magazine that said, "..and some familes have chosen not to have the internet in their home," which as we all know is code for "If you're a good faithful JW you won't use the internet."
They definitely made everyone think it is evil.
i still do not understand the new structure at this point.. there has to be something between thousands of co's and the gb.
i know there were zone overseers that the do's reported to.. i have spoken to a couple of elders i can talk to frankly and they both said they have no idea.. rub a dub.
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