by Mister Biggs 44 Replies latest jw experiences
What would be horrible is if the congregation decides to change the meeting nights to Wed and Fri
Detective LOL too funny
Flower,
I was a weird one and fell for the Yearbooks hook line and sinker. I thought it was the only thing interesting to read from everything else the org published. I even read most of the yearbooks they had in print in the library, I was never allowed to read fiction at home
wendy
When I leave, you will know I have been here
This one gave me shivers. All I could think of was that the leaf our hero pioneer had been handling had already been "marked"... by a dog that had passed by earlier. Hence his frenzied puppy friend. Yuck. Hope Mr. Pioneer gave his hands a good washing!
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yb92 227-8 - One day one of the pioneers wrote a sermon on a leaf with a ballpoint pen and carefully placed it right in the middle of a well-traveled roadway. He walked a short distance away and stood concealed among the trees. He waited, curious to see who would pick up the leaf. To his surprise a dog came wandering along the road and paused to sniff at the leaf. "I think the dog could read," said the pioneer humorously, "because he started barking at the leaf. The dog became excited and made so much noise that a hunter in the bush nearby thought the dog had a possum or a lizard trapped up a tree. The hunter ran to the scene only to discover the dog barking and pawing at the leaf. He pushed the dog aside and carefully picked up the leaf. He spent a few moments reading the sermon on the leaf and then just as carefully replaced the leaf-message in the middle of the road.
You think that story is far fetched. I heard at an assembly one time about the sister that swam a alligator river to get to an assembly- We all clapped/Dah-Yes I clapped too
Wait a minute! You mean swimming the alligator-infested river isn't compulsory?!?!
Expatbrit
ROFLMAO! This whole thread is hilarious.
Somebody should really compile a book of Dub Urban Legends...it would be a great read!
2SYN, I've thought about that. It seemed like an interesting idea at first, but then I thought some more about it.
- How would you prove the stories are false? The WTBTS never quotes sources, never gives dates or places?
- Unless you can prove the stories are false, the unlikeliness of them just supports the witness claims - since it is so unplausible, and yet the society tells them it is true, it must be the work of 'god' (everyone smiles and applauds).
The end result of such a work without proof one way or the other would look...well...remarkably like a yearbook.
A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
Did anyone ever hear the one about a lady that named her ferocious dog Jehovah? When witnesses went calling at her home, she yelled to Jehovah (the dog) to "kill"! The dog turned on her and killed her instead of the witnesses? Very nice.
I think an urban legend book would be FABULOUS!!!!! There are a few great writers on this site... what say ye??? : )
jv 158 - Not all received the booklet graciously. Eva Abbott recalls that as she left the house of a clergyman in the United States, the booklet came sailing past her and landed on the ground. She did not want to leave it there, so she proceeded to pick it up; but a large dog growled, snatched it from her hand, and took it to his master, the preacher. She said: "What I could not deliver, the dog did!"
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Of course, we all know that the preacher just turned around and threw the booklet in the trash can instead!
outnfree
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts -- John Wooden
Here's a classic for ya, this story was popular in London in the Early/Mid 90's:
A woman who is a clairvoyant lived in the Twickenham area (this is where the district conventions are held in London). Anyway, the story goes, that some JW's knocked on her door - and this is what she told them: that every year during convention time she looks out her window towards the Twickenham Rugby Ground and she can see multi colored spirit creatures that come down from the sky like flashes of lightning, and that they then bounce off of what appears to be a green glowing protective dome over the stadium.
Whenever this story was repeated most JW's were like "wow, holy spirit and the angels are busy fighting off those demons" - we just completely believed these stories. It's embarassing!!!
Ooooh! Ooooh! I have another one!!! : )
I DID at one time believe this doozy: Someone (somewhere!) was going to a clairvoiant (sp?) to contact a deceased relative or something. This person was turned away by the spirit creatures (devil?!) by them saying not to bother them right now... they were too busy getting ready for Armaggedon. (all right now, let's hear a collective "oooh, aaahhh")
Yup! This person got the ol' "don't call us, we'll call you" line! HA!
