Experiences at the door: 1 - I was talking to some guy on the door and he seemed really interested in what I was saying so I started to get quite hopeful that he'd let us in but I was kinda annoyed by the Elder who was with me because he kept sniggering. Eventually the guy said he wasn't interested and shut the door. I was so mad and turned to remonstrate with my comp only for him to explain that the guy's zipper was down and he was all displayed during my whole discussion - obviously making fun of me. 2 - The door was opened by a large nordic lady with flowing golden waist length hair and a very ample chest. I stumbled through my 'door approach' and finished lamely with the words - 'So we'd like to tell you about the truth M'am' at which point my comp snorted with laughter and turned away and the full horror of the situation dawned on me. It wasnt a woman but a huge body building bloke with pecs the size of my head. I thought I was going to die a horrible punch in the face type death. Fortunately HE just closed the door without saying anything. If your reading this big blonde nordic guy....sorry, honest mistake but you do have wonderful pecs:) 3 - I had a born again start talking in tongues and rebuked us in the Lord's name. We hung around to annoy him.
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9Funny FS experiences
by Effervescent ini was just watching an old rerun of "the nanny" where frans mom talks about trying to put spice into her marriage by meeting her husband at the door naked.
fran makes a face and her mother says "meanwhile you'll never see jehovah's witnesses in the building again".
i remember hearing funny stories about people coming to the door naked etc, but nothing quite that interesting happened to me.
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When were the dubs last in your area?
by ozziepost in.
it seems that the visiting witnessing group is becoming an endangered species - rarely seen.. is that your experience?.
when were the dubs last in your area?
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Dawn - LDS missionaries wear white shirts , sober ties and dark coloured suits because its in the 'Missionary Handbook' let me quote: "Keep your appearance suitable for a representative of the Lord ... Dress conservatively. Elders:wear white shirts and conservative ties. Wear business suits in conservative colors while proselyting and to all meetings, unless you are directed otherwise by your mission president." .. and so on...
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Why the WTS hates the Internet
by doinmypart inthe wts & its various corporations are a behemoth, rudderless ship with no one at the helm; only concerned with self-preservation.
the result is an inflexible organization slow to make change and not interested in the welfare & rights of individual members.. the internet and boards such as this allow for excellent communication and freedom of information.. because the internet is free and provides relative anonymity it has proven to be one of the greatest threats to the wts.. the wts leaders could be proactive and act in an ethical way, but they'd rather react when a perceived "threat" arises -- telling members to avoid the internet, shun family members, do more/stay busy, and so on.. as jt used to say, "i love this 'net thang".
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MJ you said the Mormon leaders put out similar counsel to the JWs but I dont think we make any real comment on 'aposate' or anti-LDS sites. The emphasis that is reinforced time and again is simply to avoid porn and make sure your family is protected from it as well. The only other bit of internet warning was in a reference to online gambling.
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Were you ever so bored witnessing that you did something fun to spice it up
by Qcmbr inwhen i was a missionary we had had a full day of door knocking and we were bored out of our skulls.we decided that since we'd been told by quite a few born agains that we were representatives of satan that.... we'd pull a couple of thorns off a rose bush and spend the next hour tracting with them stuck to our heads like little mini horns.
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No one let us in just in case you wondered
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Were you ever so bored witnessing that you did something fun to spice it up
by Qcmbr inwhen i was a missionary we had had a full day of door knocking and we were bored out of our skulls.we decided that since we'd been told by quite a few born agains that we were representatives of satan that.... we'd pull a couple of thorns off a rose bush and spend the next hour tracting with them stuck to our heads like little mini horns.
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When I was a missionary we had had a full day of door knocking and we were bored out of our skulls.We decided that since we'd been told by quite a few born agains that we were representatives of Satan that.... we'd pull a couple of thorns off a rose bush and spend the next hour tracting with them stuck to our heads like little mini horns.
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Did your KH sound system ever pick up CB radio?
by MungoBaobab ini remember mine did, way back in the early- to mid-80's.
it was always funny to all of a sudden hear a trucker hollering out the f-word in the middle of the service meeting!
man, if could only imagine the deer-in-the-headlights look of panic in the eyes of the elders.
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In my LDS chapel once we were all settling down to the weekly sacrament (similar to the yearly? memorial) with bread and water - all very quiet and solemn when suddenly Wham Wake Me Up Before You GoGo blared out really loud over the sound system. there was a moment of stunned inactivity except for the odd set of false teeth being rearranged before a couple of our Elders disapperaed to apprehend the young culprit. The big berk had thought that by putting on headphones and placing a tape in the deck it would not make any sound. I remember being so embarrassed for him....what crap song to play. I also remember our new fangled satellite hook up with Salt Lake City - we all sat expectantly waiting for words of enlightenment but somehow we got patched into a boxing match and we got two minutes of 3 metres by 4 metres of sheer brutality. Cool.
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What did you do during school assemblies?
by Qcmbr inin my school the two jw kids sat out of assemblies and i always wondered what they got up during that time.
i always wanted to have the courage to say i had religious objections to assemblies but to be honest i just hated siting cross legged on the wooden floor for ages.
anyone experience sitting out assemblies (or whatever your school equivelant is) and what did you do?
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In my school the two JW kids sat out of assemblies and I always wondered what they got up during that time. I always wanted to have the courage to say I had religious objections to assemblies but to be honest I just hated siting cross legged on the wooden floor for ages. Anyone experience sitting out assemblies (or whatever your school equivelant is) and what did you do?!
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Intelligent Design
by Delta20 inhey all,.
i am currently studying the topic of intelligent design (id).
basically the id theory is the revival of the teleological argument for the existance of a deity.
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Lets reverse tack a little - if we argue intelligent design we argue a greater intelligence - now lets say that in some not too distant future scientists finally get gentics right and the astronaughts get cheap fast spacecraft etc.. etc.. and we go off and populate a world. We'd start by introducing basic engineered cells and bacteria that could convert the raw planets into a state where more advanced , engineered life would be introduced, we'd probably create a biodome (full of plants etc.. that can't yet survive outside) and for a laugh we might call it Eden.. I think you can see where this is going. What I'm trying to say is that whether God esists or not whether intelligent life made the present universe or not - we will become intelligent designers, we will become as gods; assuming we don't do something stupid or an asteroid doesn't pop over, or God doesn't actuallly turn up etc.
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Hate leaving my family behind.
by Big Dog inafter lurking about for a while i finally decided to join the board.
i have never done anything like this and was amazed at how stressful it was to sign up and press the return key to join up and actually post something.
just a quick bio: 41 year old lawyer who was raised a jw but had the good sense to never get baptized.
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Hi BigDog, I bet you'll have more success through example rather than trying to duke it out. In general people only let go of beliefs if they want to and so if your life shows you achieving and reaching your potential - most of all you being happy (tough without full family support I agree) that is the best thing you can ever give your family. When people realise that after the org you don't sprout horns (not visible ones anyway) don't crawl into a hole of self destruction (as expected) but actually experience life and enjoy it and follow a good set of principles then they may come round. Good luck.
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Understanding why people leave
by Qcmbr inhi all, just thought i'd introduce myself before i make any other posts - i'm lds through and through 'nuff said.
why am i here, well i've been reading the posts here for over a year and i initially enjoyed them in a sneaky rival faction way (i.e.
one in the eye for jw's yehaw..)but of late i've been redaing these posts and using them to critique my own approach to my faith.
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Hiya Peter, I guess the best way to answer your question is to start off by saying I havent got a clue but here is my understanding - We are all part of a family and that family doesn't ever end. What is great here (hopefully our family but not always!),can last and we can continue to have children, what sucks we can leave behind. We become like God simply by gaining a resurrected body and learning what He knows. Some people don't want the responsibility so they don't have to have it. As for new worlds, I bagsy Mars.