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  Tenacious D/Jack Black

  by reubenfine in

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  click on videos and check them out.

  tribute is hilarious.

  jack black starred in shallow hal.

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  bay64me

  Never checked out the site.....yet...........

  But I am quite partial to a bit of their music. I have a cd of theirs and its not that bad.
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  Tell about the good JWs

  by Skeptic in

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  most of the jws i met were sincere people.

  not perfect, i have my horror stories too, but most were decent people.

  i am not discounting the horrible things i hear on this forum.

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  bay64me

  In my whole experience with jws, I don't really have any outstanding examples of generosity or kindness.

  In my greatest hour of need I was met with disinterest and a general "turning of a blind eye".

  My main offer of assistance was offered by a one-time good friend who happened to be a lesbian.

  I have nothing to contribute to any discussion about so called "good jws"

  In my own experience, they are purely selfish bastards who are too dogmatic and narrow-minded to take into account ANYTHINGthat deviates from the hum-drum and so-called "normality" of a jdub existance.

  Sorry Skeptic, I suppose that was not what you wanted to hear!
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  Can we really fade away for good

  by JH in

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  i was wondering how long an inactive witness can stop going to meetings before the elders can disfellowship the person?

  some are saying that the elders will visit inactive ones in jan,feb,march.

  is there a strategy up their sleeve?

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  bay64me

  I recall, in my pioneering days, pounding many a street on the territory. Many houses were pointed out to me that belonged to inactive brothers or sisters. We would even see people on the street and the older sister that I partnered would tell me stories of them being witnesses that had just stopped coming for one reason or another!

  That was a concept that I never understood at the time, how somebody could claim to be a witness but not attend the meetings. I do remember accompanying another sister on many occasions, calling on these "fade aways" in order to "encourage" them, or at least leave them some "food at the proper time".

  I do wonder from time to time, how long do I have to keep up the pretence and am I prepared to live the rest of my life in dread of them knocking on my door, especially this time of year when I will have to keep my curtains shut so that the tree won't be visible from outside.

  I read something recently about the clamp-down on inactive people and the offer of another study. That scares me! I don't want any confrontations and am not yet ready to da or whatever.

  I'll probably do nothing until they catch up with me and make a decision then.
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  What to say to the elders

  by freedom96 in

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  so the elders come a knockin.

  they ask "the question": so, do you consider yourself a jehovah's witness?.

  what is the correct answer so they don't da or df you?.

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  bay64me

  I have been inactive for some time now, yet I never missed a meeting once over and I regular pioneered. The stark contrast baffled them. So when I was asked by one of the elders that question in my own home, I just said that being a jw was something that I had worked very hard at.(They could not disagree.) I just said that I consider myself to be a jw that is unable to do what I once could.

  Whatever they wanted to make of that statement was up to them! They were then free to assume that either I had burnt out, or whatever!

  That is up to them.

  And now what I do, is up to me
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  have you been tricked about honesty?

  by wheelwithinwheel in

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  i was brought up to believe i was part of the only honest group of people on the planet.

  the worldly people were gougers, thieves and downright dishonest.

  when wed go to the mall and some charity would ask for a donation, my parents would politely refuse, then tell us kids the charity was crooked and skimmed off most of the money for itself.

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  bay64me

  I lost my mobile phone last week. I left it on a bus. I thought I'd never see it again, but it was handed in, intact, missed calls and messages not interfered with.

  There is good and bad everywhere.
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  What did you do with your clothes?

  by JH in

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  what did you do with all your suits and clothes you had when you were a j.w?

  do you still wear them?

  edited by - jh on 12 december 2002 16:22:39.

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  bay64me

  I recently bagged them all up to make space in my wardrobe. They'll probably go to some charity shop. I wouldn't be seen dead in any of them!
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  Why did you become a Witness?

  by JH in

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  why did you become a jehovah witness ?

  was it your parents who dragged you into it, or was it a friend, or maybe just a knock on your door from a stranger?

  with all the religions out there, why did you choose that one?

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  bay64me

  A momentary lapse, which turned into the most traumatic and unfulfilling experience of my entire life.
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  WT goofie phrases.

  by Pepper in

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  i used to get into trouble for making light of the these phrases that some elders have told me are to be used only gods people.

  lol that you all may know maybe:.

  "well, brother that is very "commendable," just before the meeting ends the po says to those in attendance "brothers the time left is reduced," i once heard a co say to those seated during one of his talks "well now, we don't want to die at armageddon now do we, well of course not.

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  bay64me

  Or what about...."enjoyed your comment brother" ! ! !

  I also hated the fact that they would say "brothers" from the platform, when it was quite clear that they were meant to include the females in the audience too. That was so sexist!
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  WT goofie phrases.

  by Pepper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i used to get into trouble for making light of the these phrases that some elders have told me are to be used only gods people.

  lol that you all may know maybe:.

  "well, brother that is very "commendable," just before the meeting ends the po says to those in attendance "brothers the time left is reduced," i once heard a co say to those seated during one of his talks "well now, we don't want to die at armageddon now do we, well of course not.

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  bay64me

  What about those that are "coming along" ? ! ?
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  Manic Street Preachers

  by bay64me in

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  i am going to see them this week.. has anybody else seen them live?

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  bay64me

  I am going to see them this week.

  Has anybody else seen them live?