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  To spank or not to spank?

  by Nowhere in

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  i had a conversation with an active witness from the usa lately.

  and when talking about child upbringing he stated that some children need a spank sometimes.

  of course i was upset because of that, and i didn't thought witnesses was that stupid.

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  144thousand_and_one

  Very well put, Heaven!!! You are obviously a very special person!
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  I'm Back, Sorta

  by Yerusalyim in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i've been gone for a few months, get off my back already.

  actually, the us army is keeping me busy, but they've decided to promote me to the rank of sergeant first class with the corresponding $300.00 a month pay raise.

  i'll read and post from time to time, just wanted to let ya'll know i'm still alive.. blessings.

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  144thousand_and_one

  Congratulations, Yeru!!! I think the vast majority of folks in this country are very thankful for what you and the others in the service do for us and are also very proud of your efforts!

  Friday/Lefty/Ungrateful Jerk: You ought to fly to Afghanistan with your Watchtowers and go to the areas known to be inhabited by the Taliban and do some preaching there. Maybe then you'll appreciate what guys like Yeru do for all of us. Your cult certainly enjoys the benefits of our government, but is unwilling to contribute anything in return, other than an annoying knock at the door and destruction of our environment through the massive printing of sickening cult propaganda. You are a wannabe Jehovah's Witness anyway; by your own admission, you're inactive. Now get back to the kingdom hall and scrub the poop rings out of the toilet, and maybe the elders will be moved enough by your buttkissing to promote you to ministerial servant.
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  ghosts

  by freedom96 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not to get too deep of a "scary" subject, but wanted to hear opinions out there.. when taught at the kh, we were always told there is no such things as ghosts, but if there were one it was a demon.

  i want to use that as an example to how dogmatic they are about so many things, that if they say it to be one way, then that is the truth period.. as it turns out, growing up, we had a ghost in our house.

  don't laugh, it is true.

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  144thousand_and_one

  Fog/mist.
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  DID ANYONE EVER ENJOY GOING IN SERVICE?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was raised with a bookbag in my hand.

  every saturday and sunday our family was out in service.i vacation, temporary and auxillary and regular pioneered.

  i never enjoyed it but did it because i was supposed to do it.

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  144thousand_and_one

  I HATED it. I was forced to preach to others about a cult I never believed in, and wasn't compensated for this hard labor. WTS, your encouragement of the exploitation of children in this manner illustrates your greed and the depths your cult will sink to in order to make a buck. Rot in hell, governing body slave masters !
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  I would love to do this at a judicial hearing

  by WildTurkey in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  man this would be so funny to do to the elders, .

  bring a cell phone and order a pizza when the elders starts talking.

  stare off into space and blow spit bubbles.. .

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  144thousand_and_one

  WT,

  LOL! You made me feel like getting baptized just so I could get disfellowshipped.
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  OUCH ! Wall Street Journal SPITS out the JWs!!

  by deddaisy in

  1. social
  2. current

  i saw this in the wall street journal, friday, june 21, 2002, page w15...it's a good article, unfortunately, i had to type it because i can't find the article on-line.....so forgive the typo's.... .

  houses of worship / by jason l. riley .

  door-to -door, disturbingly .

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  144thousand_and_one

  Interesting article, but apparently the author either failed to read the Court's opinion or intentionally misrepresented it when he implied that the Jehovah's Witnesses were the "crackpots" referred to in the concurrence written by Scalia and Thomas: "If our free-speech jurisprudence is to be determined by the predicted behavior of such crackpots, we are in a sorry state indeed."

  The "crackpots" referred to in the concurring opinion of Scalia and Thomas are those the majority of the Court referred to in its opinion as "patriotic citizens who have such firm convictions about their constitutional right to engage in uninhibited debate in the context of door-to-door advocacy, that they would prefer silence to speech licensed by a petty official." Clearly, this cannot describe Jehovah's Witnesses. "Patriotic" is an adjective that has no applicability whatsoever to Jehovah's Witnesses, and it is unlikely the upholding of the Stratton ordinance would silence the affected Jehovah's Witnesses.

  The author made an excellent point when he said, "[t]hat so much First Amendment precedent is put in the service of these pseudotheocratic dictators is unsettling, even if it is necessary." Similar to the author, I find it very ironic that the folks who are arguing in favor of free speech are those who respect it the least as it concerns the "sheep" who are subject to their control. The "respect" shown by the Jehovah's Witness organization to freedom of speech within their organization is similar to the respect freedom of speech was given by the Taliban while they were still in control of Afghanistan.

  Chief Justice William Rehnquist dissented against the majority and concurring opinions in favor of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Although I've seldom agreed with any of his opinions in the past, this time Rehnquist was right on in his dissent. As he points out, a major flaw in the Court's reasoning was its failure to make clear the standard of review it was applying to the case. Intermediate scrutiny was appropriate, and Rehnquist provides an excellent analysis of how the Stratton ordinance passes this level of review. The majority opinion deemed it unnecessary to resolve the issue of what standard of review was applicable, but this position is not consistent with its past rulings. It is interesting that Rehnquist referred to the fact that the town of Stratton was an underdog because unlike the Jehovah's Witnesses, they "do not have a team of [12] attorneys at their ready disposal."

  Given current headlines, it is also interesting to note that in a portion of his dissent discussing the crime preventative aspects of the Stratton ordinance, Rehnquist referenced a recent incident of "a man going door-to-door purportedly on behalf of a church group who committed multiple sexual assaults." Did he watch Dateline or was this reference purely coincidental? I wonder.
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  Chilhood Memories

  by space in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was sitting here thinking about my childhood for a while.

  i was just thinking about how angry and disturbed i was at a very young age.

  i was raised from the womb to be a jws,my dad was a elder and all that.

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  Tera,

  Thanks a lot for reminding me of something I somewhat forgot. It wasn't enough to go to meetings three times a week, circuit and district incarcerations 2 and 1 time(s) per year respectively, weekly field service, and the ultimate honor, monthly cleaning of the boogers from the walls of the kingdom hall toilets. No, our family had to study for the programming sessions as well, and it was taken seriously, like the situation you described. The elder's family must look right, sit right, talk right, and have the preprogrammed answers to the questions ready to spit out when the idiot at the lectern asks the questions.

  The JW cult sucks all the happiness out of childhood, and savagely attacks a child's self esteem. What a shame that this cult has expanded to it's present level. Hopefully, the internet and sites like this will help reverse the expansion this cult has enjoyed.
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  Your View On Capital Punishment

  by Dutchie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we all know the bible's view on capital punishment.

  in fact, in the 1969 edition of aid to bible understanding, the author notes the following: .

  "the value of life is considered so sacred by god that the blood of a murdered person is viewed by him as defiling the earth and such defilement can be cleansed only by shedding the blood of the murdered.

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  144thousand_and_one

  Beck,

  Do you really think management of the "new system of things" is going to work hard? Check out management at Bethel, who have their cars washed for them by the grunts. Our heaven will mirror our corporate existence.

  By the way, no liquor will be permitted on earth. Liquor has been known to cause happiness, which you know is forbidden in this cult. Did you really think that we'd let you have a good time on earth when we've never done so in the past?
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  Your View On Capital Punishment

  by Dutchie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we all know the bible's view on capital punishment.

  in fact, in the 1969 edition of aid to bible understanding, the author notes the following: .

  "the value of life is considered so sacred by god that the blood of a murdered person is viewed by him as defiling the earth and such defilement can be cleansed only by shedding the blood of the murdered.

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  144thousand_and_one

  Plmkrzy,

  I never said our system was perfect, but the examples you cited do not in any way substantiate your earlier claim that the US system "is set up to protect the pockets of the Judges and the D.A's and the Lawyers and the Public Defenders and on and on and on. It is not set up to protect the citizens."

  There will always be instances where any justice system fails, hence my opposition to the death penalty. No system is perfect, but to say that ours is designed to protect the interests of legal professionals and not set up to protect citizens is ridiculous. On its face, the wording of the Constitution and its amendments does not support this claim, and in practice, the system puts the interests of the citizens above all else in the substantial majority of cases.
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  Are women naturally "Bi" ?

  by refiners fire in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  just a question.

  actually a friend of mine, alex, (who hopefully might read this and commence posting on this board) has been insisting for 20 years that women are naturally bi sexual.

  i laughed at his claims.. but now, looking around here, and based on numerous group chats ive had with women on this site, there seems to be some evidence that his theory is correct.

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  144thousand_and_one

  Refiners,

  Don't all of us hetero men wish that to be true? LOL

  "I wish life could be, Swedish magazines." Iggy Pop