Fishing as well ?? We used to fish every weekend and I never heard of that one ! lol. Were u given an Awake article about it to show him, 'cause I'd really love to see that one !
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29Was anyone actually ever banned from playing chess?
by Jodo inawake!
1973 march 22 pp.13-14 chess-what kind of game is it?
the spirit of competition in chess may be stirred to fever pitch, which is reflected in chess players' attitudes and language.
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Was anyone actually ever banned from playing chess?
by Jodo inawake!
1973 march 22 pp.13-14 chess-what kind of game is it?
the spirit of competition in chess may be stirred to fever pitch, which is reflected in chess players' attitudes and language.
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Lol, and I'll bet the queen was a "pioneer sister" and the king was an "elder" because they don't recognise those either.
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Ooops..Oh Harry..Not A Good Move.
by Englishman inprince harry, number 2 in-line to the the throne, has dropped a bit of a bollock: .
probably not the best way for a prince to go to a fancy dress party... good grief!
is he smoking a ciggie too?
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Not a great idea for anybody I would have thought. Afrika Corps Desert outfit wasn't it?
I thought they have advisors and things to stop them doing stupid things like this when they don't have the common sense themselves.
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Did You Ever Enjoy Going To Assemblies and Conventions??
by minimus inevery january, they read the letter as to where you'll be "assigned" for the convention and then the our kingdom ministry will detail all the do's and don'ts to remember.
was going to these things ever enjoyable to you?
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The only thing I liked about the conventions was the drama but even they were too long sometimes. The toilet queues weren't much fun either, especially for the ladies.
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Was anyone actually ever banned from playing chess?
by Jodo inawake!
1973 march 22 pp.13-14 chess-what kind of game is it?
the spirit of competition in chess may be stirred to fever pitch, which is reflected in chess players' attitudes and language.
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And thanks for the Ben Franklin article VM44, I hadn't seen that before...(but then what would he know, he wasn't in the org.!! )
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Was anyone actually ever banned from playing chess?
by Jodo inawake!
1973 march 22 pp.13-14 chess-what kind of game is it?
the spirit of competition in chess may be stirred to fever pitch, which is reflected in chess players' attitudes and language.
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The game requires you to think for yourself, concentrate on the future of your action, reason a problem out in your own mind (without the direction of the WT), and develop self-confidence----all of which are viewed as a threat by the powers that be.
I think you hit the nail square on with that one Mary! I didn't even think of it from that angle
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Was anyone actually ever banned from playing chess?
by Jodo inawake!
1973 march 22 pp.13-14 chess-what kind of game is it?
the spirit of competition in chess may be stirred to fever pitch, which is reflected in chess players' attitudes and language.
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Wow, that is impressive City Fan.....I remember the whole school went chess crazy in the build up to the Kasporov vs. Short match.
I think, from my experience at least, the UK congs. seemed to be less strict overall than their US counterparts with things like this. Maybe the closer to Bethel they are, the stricter they have to be.
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Was anyone actually ever banned from playing chess?
by Jodo inawake!
1973 march 22 pp.13-14 chess-what kind of game is it?
the spirit of competition in chess may be stirred to fever pitch, which is reflected in chess players' attitudes and language.
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Awake! 1973 March 22 pp.13-14 Chess-What Kind of Game Is It?
The spirit of competition in chess may be stirred to fever pitch, which is reflected in chess players' attitudes and language. "There's no comparison in any other sport in the attempt to destroy your opponent's psyche," explains chess player Stuart Marguiles. "I never have heard anybody say that he beat his opponent. It's always that he smashed, squished, murdered or killed him."
Then, too, grown-ups may not consider it proper for children to play with war toys, or at games of a military nature. Is it consistent, then, that they play a game noted to be, in the opinion of some, an "intellectualized equivalent of the maneuvers enacted by little boys with toy soldiers"? What effect does playing chess really have upon one? Is it a wholesome effect?
(Thanks to quotes.watchtower.ca)
LOL...this article must have been forgotten when I was taught how to play by an elder in 1987
Oh yeah, and he got visibly upset when I SQUISHED him regularly....LOL
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A long overdue introduction.......
by Jodo inhi everyone....i've been reading posts here for about 6 months and finally decided to introduce myself !
well i'll try to keep this short :-) .i'm 28, was born into the org and have been out since 1993. i was never baptised and as far as i know am not da'ed ( witnesses say hello, and don't try to avoid me ) .
mum became a witness in the 60's but is out now.
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Thanks for all the great welcomes (and yeah, I'm very wary of Valis confusedjw, I saw the 2004 UK apostafest pics at Englishmans) lol :-)
Sorry I haven't thanked u all earlier but for some reason my post didn't show (and still doesn't). I got to this through my post history. I've refreshed my browser, closed and reopened, cleared out cookies and restarted my comp, but the latest thread i'm getting in Friends is from 18:50. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks
Jodo (not Judo) :-)
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A long overdue introduction.......
by Jodo inhi everyone....i've been reading posts here for about 6 months and finally decided to introduce myself !
well i'll try to keep this short :-) .i'm 28, was born into the org and have been out since 1993. i was never baptised and as far as i know am not da'ed ( witnesses say hello, and don't try to avoid me ) .
mum became a witness in the 60's but is out now.
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Hi everyone....I've been reading posts here for about 6 months and finally decided to introduce myself !
Well I'll try to keep this short :-) .I'm 28, was born into the org and have been out since 1993. I was never baptised and as far as I know am not da'ed ( witnesses say hello, and don't try to avoid me ) . Mum became a witness in the 60's but is out now. We faded together when mum and dad had marital trouble, and I assume she wasn't df'ed because her other kids see her. She has had severe mental problems (surprise, surprise) , lots of medication, and is well at the moment. My dad was never a witness, but had no aversion to us kids being because he got the house to himself 2 nights a week and Sunday mornings. He occasionally came to the memorial to keep mum happy. I have 2 older sisters and an older brother who are all still in the org.
I was a VERY shy kid growing up, only had the odd mate in the org, and was happy to just fade into the background. I grew up never really believing any of what the org taught (or so I thought, see below), but, well, a lot of you know how it is in that situation..... Awful as it is to say, mum and dad's split happened at the right time for me as I was starting to feel the pressure of baptism, knew I didn't want to be, but didn't have a clue what to do about it. I can honestly say I don't know whether I would still be in now, and that scares me to the core. That was the kind of sorry excuse for a person I was then ( and my wife would probably say, am now :-) )
Now I am married to a beautiful woman, have an even more beautiful daughter (wife won't mind me saying that :-) ) but am having big problems with depression. I really think that up until 3 or 4 years ago I was still `in'. I read up on apostate sites around 1998 but always seemed to find myself sticking up for the org, even though I new then I would never go back.
Anyways, there's my life story to now and I hope it wasn't too long...I hope to contribute to threads from now on, and I especially wanted to say thanks to you guys for being there, the site has helped me massively.
Jodo.