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  Utah to bring back firing squads

  by cofty in

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  are parts of the usa in a different century from europe?.

  why don't they just stone them to death?.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Yes, Utah is a nearly entirely Mormon state. And blood atonement is the doctrine that requires blood to be shed to atone for sins. That's why they want firing squads brought back.

  Utah would be #50 on my list of states that I would like to live in.
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  "Millions Will Attend -Will You?" Mea Culpa!

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dubs are working the housing estate where i live.

  i was outside my house, applying some tlc to my old jag (worshiping worldly things?)..

  one old guy, half a dozen middle-aged and upwards ladies.

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  Heaven, I've been stressing over that exact thing. Should the argyle socks and the athletic socks be separated? I just can't decide. Maybe a little wine and some crackers will make my head a little clearer on this subject...
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  Do JW Children Still Call Adults "Aunt" and "Uncle"?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i was young we were taught to refer to other adult jws as aunt or uncle.. was this also the case in other countries and does it still happen?.

  was it just a custom or has the literature ever commented on it?.

  thanks.

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  GrreatTeacher

  We just called everyone by first names. I was 7 years old and addressing older brothers and sisters as Bertha and Harold. This was a south central Pennsylvania circuit.

  Now I live farther south in Maryland. Children address familiar adults by Miss or Mister with their first name, like Miss Jenny and Mister Justin.
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  KH 1st timer, could use some advice

  by rathernotsay in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey people, .

  i am soon going into a kh for the first time and i could use some advice around etiquette etc.

  i know next to nothing besides the fundamental beliefs of jws, i personally dont believe in any religion, and that stance isnt ever going to change, however i don't want to come across as rude or disrespectful.

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  GrreatTeacher

  She wants you to go to the memorial because it's an annual show. If you really want to see the crazy in action, you need to go to a regular Sunday meeting and a regular weeknight meeting. The memorial won't give you a true idea of what being a JW is about.

  My advice is to go to a regular Sunday and a regular week night meeting to get a true picture of them. Going to the memorial might earn her brownie points, but if you really want to learn about what goes on there on a regular basis, don't waste your time.

  You don't need to wear a suit, but khakis and a button down shirt would be good.

  Also, I dont agree that you want to go late so no one has a chance to talk to you. I would think you would want to meet, even if only superficially, the elders, especially the ones that had a private meeting with your wife about her sex life! Get a feel for those men. ( Optional to tell them if they ever talk to your wife about her sex life without you again, you'll knock their teeth out. ) Do people not get how inappropriate this is?

  Set out boundaries in the beginning with your wife. Two meetings and that's it, just for your own personal information. Do not go to more meetings than that. Their intention is to convert you, no matter what they claim.

  Oh, and that "really nice guy" that came up to talk to you? Yeah, it's all a show. He's probably not that nice in real life. He just wants the conversion brownie points. They are fake, fake, fake with outsiders. But, you'll get more of a feel about how they really are at regular meetings than at the memorial. The most frazy will be showing at a midweek evening meeting.
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  Groanfest. Share your daftest jokes .

  by jhine in

  1. social
  2. humour

  lots of serious stuff being discussed on site .

  i thought!it would be nice to make each other groan/ smile for a change .please share your corniest ,punniest , or daftest joke .. i will start with this shocker , borrowed from tim vine .. vandalism in a multi story carpark ....... ...................................,............................ wrong on sooo many levels !.

  come on now share yours.

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  Have you ever smelled mothballs?

  Yes? How did you get your head between their little legs?
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  JW's mentioned on Radio4 as being resistant to reporting child abuse.

  by floriferous in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b055dttx.

  the government has announced plans to make it a legal obligation for social workers, teachers and councillors to report child abuse.

  the churches' child protection advisory service has called for the proposed law to apply to churches.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Fisherman, do you really think that people still emigrate from England because they can't do what they want religiously?

  And, Cofty, sleep is not a bad word!
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  JW's mentioned on Radio4 as being resistant to reporting child abuse.

  by floriferous in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b055dttx.

  the government has announced plans to make it a legal obligation for social workers, teachers and councillors to report child abuse.

  the churches' child protection advisory service has called for the proposed law to apply to churches.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Spelling correction: It's toe the line (not tow the line.)

  It really annoyed me when I found it, and I can't edit it, so my apologies to the gods of English orthography.
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  this scared the heck out of me

  by Curious Kitten in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  has anyone ever read this book ???

  jehovah is mentioned at the very bottom supposedly he is a reptilian god (demon) that resides on jupiter ?

  wth.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Hi, Curious Kitten. I remember you!

  Now, what have you got up to? Reading a book like this.

  I think it's safe to say that this book is silly nonsense. Jehovah is the made up name of the Old Testament God. When I say made up, I mean that they knew the Jewish consonants, but made up the vowel sounds.

  Make sure you do some reality testing when reading. Is it likely that all of these people through the centuries have been in on a giant conspiracy? Wouldn't someone have talked in the last couple thousand years?

  Thanks for stopping back in, Curious Kitten. I'm glad you're continuing to read, research and learn!
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  JW's mentioned on Radio4 as being resistant to reporting child abuse.

  by floriferous in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b055dttx.

  the government has announced plans to make it a legal obligation for social workers, teachers and councillors to report child abuse.

  the churches' child protection advisory service has called for the proposed law to apply to churches.

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  GrreatTeacher

  A quote from the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God:"

  "The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you and is dreadfully provoked..."

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  "...he will crush you under his feet without mercy; he'll crush out your blood, and make it fly, and it shall be sprinkled on his garments, so as to stain his raiment. He will not only hate you, but he will have you in the utmost contempt; no place shall be thought fit for you, but under his feet, to be trodden down as the mire of the streets."

  - Jonathan Edwards, 1703

  England wouldn't have these crazies. The Netherlands wouldn't have them, either. So, America got stuck with them.

  Creepily, this sounds much like Christian Fundamentalist rhetoric of today.
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  JW's mentioned on Radio4 as being resistant to reporting child abuse.

  by floriferous in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b055dttx.

  the government has announced plans to make it a legal obligation for social workers, teachers and councillors to report child abuse.

  the churches' child protection advisory service has called for the proposed law to apply to churches.

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  GrreatTeacher

  The Pilgrims were Puritans who were dumb enough to sail on the Mayflower and land in Massachusetts right before winter.

  They were separatists who had previously left England for The Netherlands. Not finding the paradise they wanted there, they decided to retain their English identity by sailing to North America to create New England.

  Cue witch trials and banishment for those who weren't strict enough. Anne Hutchinson was a mouthy woman who dared to speak and teach in church and got banished to Rhode Island. All the bad kids got sent there. Sunday sermons featured family favorites like "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." ( God thinks you are disgusting and you will burn in hell forever for it. )

  No, there was no freedom of religion. You either towed the line or you were banished, pretty much to the wilderness. It was those banishees who were interested in the separation of church and state. The church was the state in Puritan New England.

  Ugly people, those Puritan Pilgrims.