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  What's the JW take on the medical condition Gender Identity Disorder?

  by HappyAtheist in

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  2. medical

  hi from the uk.

  here the national health service (nhs) says that gender identity disorder (gid) aka transexualism can be effectively treated by hormones and surgery so people can live as the gender they 'know' themselves to be.

  however, i'm told that despite the condition being medically recognised that jw believe it is a 'lifestyle choice' (presumably like 'choosing' to be straight or gay as we all do :-) ) and one worthy of disfellowshipping.

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  Hi happyathiest

  Can I suggest that you have a look at this website http://www.gaywitness.force9.co.uk/ which is an unofficial website for gay JWs but also contains info on transgendered individuals. While it's not endorsed by the Watchtower Organisation the info it contains about their stance on the issue is pretty accurate.

  Like the story from Hobart, I'm aware of a male to female transexual in London who became a JW and was told to revert to the gender they were born with to get baptised. It completely fucked with their mind. I'm assuming this info is just for the sake of discussion and that your sibling doesn't want to become a JW?
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  Anyone Remember Dr. Jim Howard, Bethel Doctor in the 80s??

  by Seeker4 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jim howard was a psychiatrist who became a jw.

  he was from a congregation near mine here in vermont, and i knew him long before he was invited to become the physician at bethel.

  he had a lovely wife and a terrific young teenaged daughter at the time.

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  scotsman

  They left Ireland (not Scotland) and are back in Brooklyn and Sarah Kate's married and in Bethel too.
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  Is J K Rowling a Witch?

  by Gill in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is j. k. rowling a witch?

  the reason i ask is this, a 'nice' couple across the road are born again christian fundamentalists.

  their little boy was playing with a sword and his mum told me he had been watching 'narnia' (based on the lion the witch and the wardrobe).

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  JK attends St Columba's by the Castle on Johnston Terrace when she's in Edinburgh and has done since before she wrote HP. It's part of the Scottish Episcopal Church and while some may view them as from the Devil, they don't practice witchcraft.
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  WT CD-ROM 2005

  by scotsman in

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  2. friends

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  i've just put this on the hard drive for my mother and i notice that when you open it it pops up with the days text and what i'm presuming is the schedule for this weeks tms schedule.. why does this make me gag?

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  I wish I had a copy of the 2005. But I have not been able to find one anywhere yet. I have lost all contacts with the witnesses now.

  I think you're a lot better off without it
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  WT CD-ROM 2005

  by scotsman in

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  2. friends

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  i've just put this on the hard drive for my mother and i notice that when you open it it pops up with the days text and what i'm presuming is the schedule for this weeks tms schedule.. why does this make me gag?

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  Funnily enough slugga, I did click on the song no. to see if it played, but just the corny lyrics appeared. Thankfully I don't recognise it so haven't been lumbered with the tune in my head.
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  What do you call people who adopt other opinions without researching them?

  by DavidChristopher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was talking to two elders yesterday..... i was confronted about the whole "bad associations" question.

  i asked them what "bad associations" were.

  they have no idea what bad associations are to the author, only their opinions and the opinions of their chosen leaders.

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  Human.
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  WT CD-ROM 2005

  by scotsman in

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  i've just put this on the hard drive for my mother and i notice that when you open it it pops up with the days text and what i'm presuming is the schedule for this weeks tms schedule.. why does this make me gag?

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  I've just put this on the hard drive for my mother and I notice that when you open it it pops up with the days text and what I'm presuming is the schedule for this weeks TMS schedule.

  Why does this make me gag?!
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  How often do you bathe?

  by BlessedStar in

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  2. beliefs

  i heard something and i would like to know the truth so i'll ask this question..... how often do you bathe and change your underwear?.

  i heard that people from certain places don't bathe for days and only change their underwear when it gets really deteriorated.. .

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  I feel like I'm reading the Awake!!
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  New Video of DF announcement at door

  by inbyathread in

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  2. friends

  starting a new thread so that everyone can find the link.. this is the video of the elders trying to act smart stupid.

  http://www.savefile.com/files2.php?fid=5509435.

  they will keep the file as long as it is downloaded once every 14 days.. enjoy

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  It made me feel really sad to watch that. Both of them looked uncomfortable doing something that their gut probably tells them is wrong but their brainwashing makes them do. The younger guy seemed way out of his depth. It makes me sad to think of the well intentioned elders I knew, are in my family, behaving so harmfully.
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  Complete ban on smoking in public places just passed in England

  by ballistic in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from summer after next, smoking will be banned in any public place including pubs and clubs in england.. although i plan on giving up again, i still don't agree with government interfering like this.

  they had previously.

  made proposals for some pubs to remain licensed for smoking which i thought would have been a workable compromise.

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  scotsman

  You English new that being ruled by Scots would result in you following our lead...

  I'm a little more scunnered by the ID cards to be honest.