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Request for Research Help: WTS Views on Intersex Individuals
by Oubliette in
1. watchtower
2. bible
request for research help: .

several recent threads have gotten me started on an essay and i need some research help.

does anyone have access to anything the wt has ever published on intersex people (they might have used the now-outdated term: hermaphrodite)?
Oubliette
Simon: ... the intersection of two small sets (JWs and people born intersex) may mean the WTS has never felt like it needed to offer an opinion on the subject
Diogenesister: I heard a statistic that 1 in a hundred kids is born with both sets, or parts, of genitals to some extent
How common is intersex? - According to the Intersex Society of North America, "the number comes out to about 1 in 1500 to 1 in 2000 births." This works out to 0.05 - 0.07% of the general population.
So, if we do the math with the following assumptions:
- Current World Population: 7.4 billion - (Worldmeters.info)
- JW Publishers 2015: 8,201,545 (2015 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses)
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And assume that the JW population is roughly representative of the overall human population worldwide, then there should be somewhere in the range of 4,000 to 5,500 intersex Jehovah's Witnesses.
It's not a huge number, but it's also not insignificant.
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Request for Research Help: WTS Views on Intersex Individuals
by Oubliette in
1. watchtower
2. bible
request for research help: .

several recent threads have gotten me started on an essay and i need some research help.

does anyone have access to anything the wt has ever published on intersex people (they might have used the now-outdated term: hermaphrodite)?
Oubliette

REQUEST FOR RESEARCH HELP:
Several recent threads have gotten me started on an essay and I need some research help.
Does anyone have access to anything the WT has ever published on intersex people (they might have used the now-outdated term: hermaphrodite)? The more recent the better, but everything will be of historical interest.
I just tried a search on jw.org using both terms as keywords, but came up empty, and unfortunately I do not have access to older publications.
I've also done several Google searches, including this forum. There aren't a lot of threads on the subject, and I have not been able to find much of anything of merit that the WTBTS has published on the subject.
FYI: I think this is an interesting subject to examine and write about because--unlike "the debate" in some people's minds about homosexuality being a choice--it is biologically inarguable as to whether or not people born intersex have a choice. They obviously did not.
Any and all assistance and comments will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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JW's have he lowest tolerance for LGBT
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
according to a pew research survey ... and it has evolved little since 2007.. eden.
Oubliette
REQUEST FOR RESEARCH HELP:
Does anyone have access to anything the WT has published on intersex people (they might have used the now-outdated term: hermaphrodite)?
I tried a search on jw.org using both terms as keywords, but came up empty, and unfortunately I do not have access to older publications.
FYI: I think this is an interesting angle because--unlike "the debate" in some people's minds about homosexuality being a choice--it is biologically inarguable as to whether or not people born intersex have a choice. They obviously did not.
I've just started a new thread on this topic, so if you have any quotes or relevant comments, please post them there:
- REQUEST FOR RESEARCH HELP: WT Views on Intersex Individuals
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Thanks in advance!
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2015-10-26 BOE Re: Video Equipment in Kingdom Halls
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
pdf.

the date of the letter is october but it was just released today, 2015-12-22..
Oubliette

Dig a ditch!
Why is there a hole here? Fill it up!
I thought I told you to dig a ditch!!!
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Twelve Days of Evolution - A video a Day
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
from the guys and girls at "it's ok to be smart".. stay curious!.

....
Oubliette

Cofty: Day 7 "Why do Men Have Nipples?"
Clearly, it's so my wife can play with them. Is this even a question?!?
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The World's First Website
by cofty in
1. social
2. current
25 years ago this week tim berners-lee turned on the first ever website on the world wide web.

basically it was a self-help guide to joining the web.... the first search engine alibweb was launched in '94 and it still functions today.. 4 billion web pages later it could be said the project was a success.. you can read more about the early days here....
Oubliette

The Information Age is certainly something to celebrate!
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Relatives who work in Warwick are visiting
by cappytan in
1. jw
2. friends
so i have some relatives who work in warwick visiting us this week.

the visit has been largely drama free.

they came between meeting days, so the subject of going to the meetings never came up.. however, they have been talking about the "downsizing.".
Oubliette

Well that's clearly not true. It WT HQ was really downsizing and getting rid of the dead-weight, they'd need to start with these seven losers:
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Beards galore at the Assembly
by Truthexplorer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok, at our recent assembly, i noticed that there were quite a lot of brothers wearing beards.

not just the older dudes, but right across a range of ages, young men, middle aged men and older men.

is watchtower beginning to relax this rule at last?
Oubliette

Giordano: how you look demonstrates how much you believe.
Exactly. It's all about appearances, very literally in many cases.
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Wow...not even sure this qualifies as a "fade"
by respectful_observer in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm posting this both as an anecdote and also to see if, by chance, this person reads this site.

(if you do, it'd be great to catch up since you now live fairly close to me!).

i've got a friend who until very recently was actively serving as an elder in hall close to bethel, and on a body heavy with bethelites.
Oubliette

Great story. I hope it has a happy ending!
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This Cult Should Be Called to Account
by berrygerry in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
the emotions from this are surreal:.

(kudos for the kid to record it).

https://soundcloud.com/throwawayjw1914_2/abuse.
Oubliette

That woman is completely out of control. What a manipulative bitch.
The only decent part was when she said, "You just wanna' be free!"
"Yes mom, that's right."
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I know not everyone with a southern accent is an ignorant fool, but that mother definitely perpetuates that particular stereotype.