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Further Education
by scotsman ini had lunch with a jw friend who's just finished a law degree.
she was saying that at the last circuit assembly the bethel speaker, (philip longstaffe) said that the society had not changed its stance on further education, and that college for vocational skills was all that they thought was ok. my friend's a bit of a free thinker (i'd half hoped that this lunch date was to tell me she had doubts, but no) so she doesn't give fig what they think.
i was actually appointed as an elder the month before i started attending uni and the co had told the other elders it was no reason to prevent my appointment.. anyone else heard this at their assemblies?
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Disappointed not disfellowshipped.
by scotsman inmy mum recently grassed me in to the elders.
to be precise.
she told him that she knew i was being immoral, i think she said that i had confessed it to her.
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Orthodox Jews and homosexuality
by scotsman inas larc's thread has mutated into the tired old nurture vs nature debate i thought i'd give a response to his question, which was how do you reconcile the bibles attittude to homosexuality and the living breathing reality of human beings.
i was at a recent screening of trembling before g-d, a documentary on homosexuals in the orthodox community who want to be practising homosexuals and still be accepted as part of the orthodox faith.
(my opinion is that they're wanting to have their cake and eat it but i was interested in the reasoning).
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Just popped my voting cherry.
by scotsman init's the local council and parliamentary elections in scotland today and i've voted for the first time.
the rain and voter apathy look harder to overcome than witness indoctrination as up to now the turn out seems low.. strangely, my jw family, despite their neutrality, are all keenly interested in how i vote.
i wonder if they could be persuaded to break the taboo.
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Middle East
by scotsman in.
as so many have pretty strong convictions about irag and the state of the middle east i was wondering if anyone had spent any time there.
i'm not suggesting that this is necessary to have an opinion on the current war.. and cruising down the nile, or day trips from cyprus don't count!
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An elder calls
by scotsman inin my congregation telephoned last night.
told me that the elders would like to call round to have a chat with me as they were calling on everyone in my 'situation'.
i was tempted to say i'd read about their sweep in the web.
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His dark materials
by scotsman inhas anyone else read philip pullman's trilogy his dark materials?
yes it's for kids but is fabulous attack on religion and the concept of the divine.
anyone else got their own daemon?
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JWs and Xmas
by scotsman inin today's copy of the scotsman there's an article on people that don't celebrate christmas for a variety of reasons and sure enough a witness family are featured.
they are spending christmas day on the beach in the canary islands and after pointing out the fact that the 25th is christ's birthday go on to say.
"it would be churlish to say that our children are not affected by peer pressure about christmas, but we feel bigger issues are at stake - independant thought and standing up for what you believe in.
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Adrenalin fuelled vent
by scotsman ini last went to a meeting in april.
that night there was to be a local needs talk that had recieved much hype - everyone had to be there, it was going to be very important blah de blah.
was it the date of armageddon they were about to reveal?
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Bowling for Colombine
by scotsman in.
raised some good questions but kind of got lost because of the evidence moore uncovers along the way, but it was nice to see marylin manson appearing as a paragon of virtue when compared to charlton heston.. wt content?
has the same tacky infomercial style that wt videos tend towards with tacky muzak over corny acting.. sad thing is that its target audience will probably never see it.
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