slimboyfat
Scare the bejesus out me why don't you scotsman.
which bit was scary? Invoking the Shanks?
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Did I imagine a brief thaw in the Watchtower injunction against going to university?
by slimboyfat inokay i was talking to an elder and he said me going to university was a bad idea and i should have listened to the society and not gone.
but i said that when i went to university the watchtower was saying it might not be a bad idea to go to, as long as you do it for the "right reasons", don't associate with worldly people, and keep clear of "damaging ideas".
but basically they said it was okay, in this "changing world" and job market to go to university.
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Did I imagine a brief thaw in the Watchtower injunction against going to university?
by slimboyfat inokay i was talking to an elder and he said me going to university was a bad idea and i should have listened to the society and not gone.
but i said that when i went to university the watchtower was saying it might not be a bad idea to go to, as long as you do it for the "right reasons", don't associate with worldly people, and keep clear of "damaging ideas".
but basically they said it was okay, in this "changing world" and job market to go to university.
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I became an elder the same month I started a 4 year liberal arts degree in 1999 and I learned that the CO, Ian Shanks, told the elders that they could not use my choice to go to university as a reason not to appoint me.
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How to defeat JWs in 10 easy steps
by slimboyfat inhave you heard of ryan cragun's book how to defeat religion in 10 easy steps?
http://www.amazon.com/how-defeat-religion-easy-steps/dp/1634310128/ref=cm_cr_pr_bdcrb_top?ie=utf8.
cragun is a sociologist and an ex-mormon who thought it would be fun to take what he'd learnt about religious decline from sociology and see if he could apply it as a number of proactive steps to undermine religion.
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scotsman I would consider reducing the spread and influence of JWs a worthy goal. I haven't always been of that opinion, but I'm coming to that view.
if it was extensive and increasing I might agree. Attempting to assist close family to make an exit is one thing but attempting to defeat JWs is a waste of time imo.
But I also recognise that it can be stage that many of us have experienced and its part of the process of disengagement (honestly not meant to sound patronising!).
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How to defeat JWs in 10 easy steps
by slimboyfat inhave you heard of ryan cragun's book how to defeat religion in 10 easy steps?
http://www.amazon.com/how-defeat-religion-easy-steps/dp/1634310128/ref=cm_cr_pr_bdcrb_top?ie=utf8.
cragun is a sociologist and an ex-mormon who thought it would be fun to take what he'd learnt about religious decline from sociology and see if he could apply it as a number of proactive steps to undermine religion.
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11. Do not try to defeat Jehovah's Witnesses there are more achievable and worthwhile things to do. -
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3 local needs parts on service meeting.
by hoser init is scheduled on our service meeting next week to have 3 local needs parts.
local needs 1 , local needs 2 and local needs 3.
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The last ever meeting I went to had a heavily trailed local needs talk that everyone was repeatedly told they shouldn't miss. The talk turned out to be all about me, a warning that I was a dangerous associate because I was questioning things. Of course, I wasn't named, nor had I been forewarned. Everyone blanked me after the closing prayer, many having known me since birth.
It was a surreal experience.
Maybe you're extra special Hoser and merit 3 talks...
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Any Scottish members?
by superstevie inhi,.
i am a former member of a congregation in central scotland, wondered if there were any others from that area?.
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Christ, a gay exJW posse in Edinburgh is forming fast: meet up in The Regent? -
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Any Scottish members?
by superstevie inhi,.
i am a former member of a congregation in central scotland, wondered if there were any others from that area?.
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Another anti-gay Republican Senator (in the USA) caught advertising his body
by fulltimestudent inlink.
why do the republicans seem to have a monopoly on this behaviour?.
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These examples are only in response to the predictable usage about gay lifestyles.
anyway, I'm off to grind my screamingly gay axe.
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Another anti-gay Republican Senator (in the USA) caught advertising his body
by fulltimestudent inlink.
why do the republicans seem to have a monopoly on this behaviour?.
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No 'Tight Pants' policy is now official - classed as 'disturbing'
by wizzstick inin short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?
)- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.
wow.
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You really think 'manifest effeminate traits' is referring to fashion?
And not being heteronormative does not equal being gay.