The real reason they don't like Klingon - is that it sounds too similar to "Klingdom" Neither makes sence!
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Trekkies will not inherit the kingdom of God....
by drwtsn32 inthis is hilarious!
i am so surprised that the society has counsel on learning the klingon language.
*** g95 12/8 p. 8 a look at todays science fiction ***.
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Disfellowshipping - How long to return?
by CaptK indoes anybody know how long it takes for one to get re-instated if you are not that well liked by the body of elders?
i was disfellowshiped for immorality almost 2 years ago.
with my job and attending college to keep in step with my field of work, i have only been attending the sunday talk & wt meeting every week.
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Dear CaptK,
I feel for ya and am sorry to hear things have not always been easy. Sounds like you may now fully understand Matthew 6:6.
Here's a similar story by William R. Whiten that illustrates the need to be careful about who's opinion (or respect) you care about:
A particular bear was quite proud of his ability to dance. One day he was working on a new step and decided to try it out for his friend the monkey. "How do you like it?" the bear asked eagerly after he’d finished. “It’s very bad. You look awful”, said the monkey, who himself was quite nimble and agile. The bear was indignant. “You’re not very polite,” he said “Didn’t you like that jump I made at the end?” The pig, who had been listening to this exchange, suddenly chimed in, “Hurray for you Bear! You are a magnificent dancer – I have never seen better!” The bear thought for a moment about the two responses to his dance. He finally said to himself, “I think I’d better practice my steps a little more before performing again. I was indignant when the monkey criticized me, but my dancing must really be bad if the pig liked it so much!”
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Disfellowshipping - How long to return?
by CaptK indoes anybody know how long it takes for one to get re-instated if you are not that well liked by the body of elders?
i was disfellowshiped for immorality almost 2 years ago.
with my job and attending college to keep in step with my field of work, i have only been attending the sunday talk & wt meeting every week.
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Clean, Clean the Kingdom Hall
by Euphemism inthree pages of this month's insert are dedicated to the article "let us keep our place of worship in good repair.
" yes, that's 38 minutes of service meeting time devoted to instructions on cleaning and maintaining the kingdom hall.. aside from just the utter ridiculousness and infantilization of this, what really struck me was: "when was the last time that there was a three-page insert on visiting the sick?
" if the wts devoted half as much organization and attention to such a basic christian duty as it does to the cleaning of the kingdom hall, the organization would be a better place.. i know, nothing new.
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"Publishers" who agree to be identified with the Publishing Corporation
It's kind of funny when you put it like that! Good stuff Gary.
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Trekkies will not inherit the kingdom of God....
by drwtsn32 inthis is hilarious!
i am so surprised that the society has counsel on learning the klingon language.
*** g95 12/8 p. 8 a look at todays science fiction ***.
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I knew an Elder that wrote for the Awake magazine. The focus of his article seemed to be "why washing your hands is important" or something lame like that. I got the feeling that authors had a certain amount of pressure to write an article that was original and not in conflict with any other work currently in progress - thus you had a good chance of being published for something different; thus the Klingon angle.
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What's the most hypocritical thing(s) you've ever seen a JW do?
by Steve Lowry inup high on my list has to be when a jw co-worker named john fitzgerald tore into me one morning (when i was coming in late for work) for grabbing a quick piece of cake from the lunch room.
turns out, someone in this small little office had brought in the remainder of their birthday cake for folks at work to finish up eating.
john was older than i and a ministerial servant (ooh) and felt it his responsibility to keep me on the straight and narrow.
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Lady Lee - That's exact it. A perfect example.
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From New Book: "Get Used To It, Kid - It's Your Life From Now On!"
by Stephanus inin the new kid's book, learn from the great teacher, the chapter "what is god's kingdom?
how to show we want it" has a very interesting cluster of pictures down the side of page 237, showing the dub kid his duties regarding the "preaching work": .
imo the bottom one is the worst - little dubby timmy can't go over to play with little tommy unless he takes his big ol' book of dub stuff with him and wields it like a shield against tommy's wordly influence!
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Not that I approve of them brain washing the kids so early... but is there any evidence to support the fact, the younger they get them, the more inclined they are to leave later in life? Maybe when the next generation grows up - the dubs will be no more?
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Disfellowshipping - How long to return?
by CaptK indoes anybody know how long it takes for one to get re-instated if you are not that well liked by the body of elders?
i was disfellowshiped for immorality almost 2 years ago.
with my job and attending college to keep in step with my field of work, i have only been attending the sunday talk & wt meeting every week.
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Remember the story of the Good Shepard?
When the lone sheep ran away from the flock, the shepard went to look for it. It was the shepards responsability to get the lone sheep - not the other way around.
In stark constrast the WTBS calls out to the sheep - "Good riddance you worthless sheep! - You know where we are if you want to return! ...grumble... gruble.... good for nothing sheep... probably controlled by Satan!"
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Is it legal to announce DA?
by izobcenec inok, if someone sends da letter to his elders, that is a confidential.
thing...personal information.
but what do the elders do?
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They would argue that a statement of facts is not slander, however if you have a strong case you might be able to argue otherwise:
The term libel is also often used if a wide audience for the defamation is possible. Courts have split over which category radio and television are in; today's statutes generally categorize defamation occurring in those media as slander. The offenses are alike in several respects. The defamation : essentially exposure to hatred, contempt, ridicule, or pecuniary loss : must directly affect the reputation of a living person. It must be published, i.e., revealed to someone besides the subject of the attack. It is no defense that the defendant merely repeated but did not originate the defamation.
...however this is something you will need to investigate yourself. It depends how badly they ruin your public reputation within your area and/or business. Some kind of proof would need to be shown to the courts to support your hurt feelings and/or reputation. If you want to pursue court action - then document all contact and conversations from this moment on, always have witnesses, video tape their secret meetings, blah blah blah....
Is it really such a problem? Leave them alone and get on with your life. No court on Earth could possibly deliver the kind of justice you're probably after.
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Younger generation lnot reaching out and quitting the truth
by truthseeker ini was recently reading some old posts, when i came acoss one of maximus' posts about children leaving the truth.. link is here for anyone who wants to read it... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/10417/1.ashx .
it has been roughly two years since the last post on this.
any ideas as to the percentage of children/young adults leaving?
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Well... if history repeats itself (and I'm sure it won't )... eventually the organization will suffer a crisis and split into two factions. I can't wait for that day! Yippee! When the end comes - it will come quickly... as a thief in the night.