Posts by alliwannadoislive

An illustration ... and what follows is, like statistics, something that can be bent into any shape to support any idea you wish and to do so convincingly - convincingly to the rank and file because - because jesus used illustrations ...

A very high proportion of articles in the magazines - and there are ... hmmm thousands (refer to Dr Evil's $1million heh-heh) ... start off with illustrations - more twisting of easily manipulated minds ...

On the subject of the 'spokesperson' - oops no! thats always gonna be the 'spokesman' - and the indignant retorts to the fact that the borganisation NEVER apologise or admit error - the funniest ones to me are always where they print a letter in the awake! correcting them and they always - ALWAYS - have a smart answer to show that 'ok maybe you are right - but SO ARE WE' ...

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Practice of JW concerning Facial Hair

by Reborn2002 in

im relatively new to the board, but i wanted other people's opinions.. growing up in "the organization" i pretty much blindly adhered to all instruction as a teenager.. as i got a little older, as most here im sure, i began to see how some practices were imposed on the flock without any biblical backing.. one that bugged the living hell out of me was the restriction of being allowed to grow facial hair.. i was literally removed from carrying the mics and reading at bookstudy because my sideburns were too long and i wanted to grow a goatee, hence i often showed up with stubble.

i was taken to the back room and told i was being "too worldly.

" when i questioned the elders why it was unallowed by the society and that i wanted scriptural evidence and backing for their imposed regulations, i was scoffed at and told i should do as i am told.. i told them where they could stick their "priviledges" .

alliwannadoislive

well excuse me but i don't remember satan having facial hair - is that when he was going through his hippy phase ?

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1975 audio clip

by oscartheduck in

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thought this was very revealing: http://www.watchtowernews.org/wav/sunutko75.html.

you need realplayer to listen in.

fantastic stuff.

alliwannadoislive

hey oscar - i thought i'd heard all these, but i hadn't - this is really awful - those poor people sitting there and being told that they had to fully extend themselves, attend ALL the meetings unless they were flat on their backs (ooh err ...) so that the door wouldn't be closed to them - stay alive to 75 ? it's a disgrace ...

glad i'm out of it

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The Great '75 Fiasco: Pantsuits

by TMS in

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being the host congregation for the district assembly, we were privileged to hear several talks from the convention administrative staff wetting our appetite for the 1975 convention held at barton coliseum, little rock, arkansas.. one short-statured brother from the southern part of the state kept exhorting the sisters: "now, pay attention!

there's going to be a dramatic announcement at the assembly that will just thrill you sisters!

" as much hype as this was getting, the only speculation that i could conjure up was that sisters might be allowed to speak directly to the audience in the tms.. after the meeting, the vertically-challenged speaker could not restrain himself in conversation with brother p. and myself.