Well put, NWH.........
Black Man
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Memorial Experiences from Hell
by Black Man inmemorial.....the time of year where we meditate on the supposed significance of jesus' death and watch all types of crazy mufuckas come out of the woodwork.
anyway, we had a new sister move into our territory and lo and behold claims she's of the anointed.
she was all of 40 years old, 350 pounds, friendly, feels that the friends should treat her with special reverence "since she's one of christ's brothers" (wouldn't that be sisters?).
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``Quality Time'' in Field Service: Fact or Fiction
by Room 215 inbased on comments in various threads, it seems that many of you are acquainted with the various ``dodges'' jws use to strech out their field service time: foot-dragging, driving around on return visits from one far-flung end of the territory to the other, the skilful avoidance of contact with housholders, coffee breaks, etc.
etc.. do you have any impression of how pervasive these time-wasting such practices are, and what proportion of the time reported by jws is actually bogus and not spent productively?
or, put another way, how rare is is to encounter who just loves to go out and who uses his/her time efficiently from beginning to end?.
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Black Man
And telephone witnessing.......what a joke! At our hall we had phone directories made of our territories and would meet (on inclement days especially) at the hall and sit around the table at the library and make calls. Of course publishers would stumble embarassingly through their phone presentations. I can't recall getting any discernible interest off of phone witnessing. It usually gravitated into 1 or 2 of the more experienced publishers or pioneers doing all the calls while the others would just sit at the library tables with their coffees gossiping about other peeps........
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``Quality Time'' in Field Service: Fact or Fiction
by Room 215 inbased on comments in various threads, it seems that many of you are acquainted with the various ``dodges'' jws use to strech out their field service time: foot-dragging, driving around on return visits from one far-flung end of the territory to the other, the skilful avoidance of contact with housholders, coffee breaks, etc.
etc.. do you have any impression of how pervasive these time-wasting such practices are, and what proportion of the time reported by jws is actually bogus and not spent productively?
or, put another way, how rare is is to encounter who just loves to go out and who uses his/her time efficiently from beginning to end?.
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Black Man
What about the big push for time in AUGUST when you were behind? One year several of us were behind in our time so we decided to hook up with several other young pioneers from other halls and do witnessing at the AIRPORT. Oh, my....it was a time-wasters PARADISE. You had coffee-shops, restaurants, arcades and any other means of divergence. Start your time by offering mags to some flight attendant at the terminal or some bum sleeping outside and you were on your way.........
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Memorial Experiences from Hell
by Black Man inmemorial.....the time of year where we meditate on the supposed significance of jesus' death and watch all types of crazy mufuckas come out of the woodwork.
anyway, we had a new sister move into our territory and lo and behold claims she's of the anointed.
she was all of 40 years old, 350 pounds, friendly, feels that the friends should treat her with special reverence "since she's one of christ's brothers" (wouldn't that be sisters?).
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Memorial.....the time of year where we meditate on the supposed significance of Jesus' death and watch all types of crazy mufuckas come out of the woodwork. Anyway, we had a new sister move into our territory and lo and behold claims she's of the anointed. She was all of 40 years old, 350 pounds, friendly, feels that the friends should treat her with special reverence "since she's one of Christ's brothers" (wouldn't that be sisters?). Anyway we brothers were like, cool....whatever...we'll go ahead and count her when she partakes but also include a note to the Society stating our reservations.
Time comes for the Memorial and she enters the hall right before with a large yellow feathered hat (at least 24-30 inches in length) and a neon green dress, takes a seat on the last row in the back of the hall. We're like....awww, man. Talk ensues, emblems are being passed, and sister proceeds to NOT take the unleavened bread. Brothers are like COOL. Maybe she's had her thoughts readjusted on her supposed calling. Wine is now being passed around and the speaker is giving various scriptural commentary on 1st century events while emblems are being passed. Brother keeps on talking and talking almost as if he's stalling. He then stops talking as the wine has not yet returned to the front. There's a dead silence as everyone turns around, looks in the back of the KH and hears annoying slurping sounds. It's the sister....partaking the wine........FROM A STRAW........
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``Quality Time'' in Field Service: Fact or Fiction
by Room 215 inbased on comments in various threads, it seems that many of you are acquainted with the various ``dodges'' jws use to strech out their field service time: foot-dragging, driving around on return visits from one far-flung end of the territory to the other, the skilful avoidance of contact with housholders, coffee breaks, etc.
etc.. do you have any impression of how pervasive these time-wasting such practices are, and what proportion of the time reported by jws is actually bogus and not spent productively?
or, put another way, how rare is is to encounter who just loves to go out and who uses his/her time efficiently from beginning to end?.
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Black Man
Ooooh, yeah.....pioneer memories......
I just about wrote the book on how to constructively kill some time. Since I was the only bro-man hangin' with the sistas, i'd start my time right before I took the group out. You know, offering the magazines in front of the KH to passerby or witnessing to dead roadkill on the side of the road.
Once we got to the territory, you drop the sistas off and just ride around for a good 20 minutes to survey the land, make sure peeps were working the right doors, catch that nice DJ mix on the radio. Got out of car go up to home (where you know no one's home) and stand at the door for 10 minutes to make sure you're giving that potential sheep every opportunity to hear the good news.
In between doors, complement sister so-and-so on that god-ugly hat she's wearing, linger in convo, get in the car, go to the next street, drive down the street, check out that vicious looking poodle chained to the fence at the end of the block, go back and warn friends not to work the home of the vicious looking poodle chained to the fence, ride around some more, park, listen to that slammin' song that just came on the radio while looking like I'm prepping my service bag, get out of car, go up to house, press doorbell in gingerly (where it looks like you're pressing it, but in reality barely touching it), wait 10 minutes come off of door, end of territory, suggest bible studies and R.V.'s to group, go to lunch at McDonald's......
I really didn't learn the art of riding around the territory to kill time until I really started working with a lotta the elders early in my pioneer career. You can just ride all around and talk about anything AND COUNT THE TIME.......
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not since Harding
by teejay inin a recent magazine article, the author follows a long line of others by arriving at the same conclusion whenever the subject is breeched.
he said that current u.s. president george walker bush was "the most manifestly ill-qualified candidate thrown up by a major party since warren harding.".
while i must admit that i know little of president harding, in my lifetime no president (or candidate) prior to gwbush was ever as under-qualified for the office.
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Black Man
Yo...TJ, DB, Larc, Big Boi & Fark:
This has been one of the best threads I've read in a while. Don't have time to post my opinions, but major props on putting together a TIGHT-ASS THREAD.....good reading......
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In the big scheme of things, Jesus'....
by SixofNine in...suffering was not so bad.
his "perfection" and understanding of the situation would certainly have mitigated his suffering.. his death was not really death, not in any meaningful sense.
it was a 15 second nap, using bible reasoning.
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Black Man
Alan, you made me come out of lurker mode. You're so on-point with this topic.......
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why do jws fear getting 'priveleges' revoked?
by Bgurltryal infrom what i understand these privilages aren't much of a privilage!.
i'd be wearing a fake beard just to get them revoked.
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Black Man
They fear gettin' their privileges revoked because its akin to losing God's blessing being taken away or your whole sense of being lost. ITS ALL PSYCHOLOGY. Nice way to keep the rank and file in line.
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I Still Don't Get It
by TMS inposters on several recent threads have waxed eloquent about reforming, reorganizing, reinventing, mainstreaming jehovah's witnesses.. the comparative efficacy of internal or external pressure has been one of the subthemes.. as a former 50 year "true believer", this seems like such an exercize in futility.
if this is really an organization sponsored by the god of the universe, why dare steady the ark.
if not, why bother?.
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Black Man
To Maximus & Hillary-Step,
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Dumb-Ass Bible Characters
by Black Man inwhether or not you believe the bible to be true, you must admit that the portrayal of some of its characters are really dumb.
my picks for stupidest characters in the good book are:.
eve: gets the dunce cap and the invite to stand in the corner everlastingly.
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Black Man
Whether or not you believe the bible to be true, you must admit that the portrayal of some of its characters are really dumb. My picks for stupidest characters in the good book are:
Eve: Gets the dunce cap and the invite to stand in the corner everlastingly. A perennial pick of many. Eating forbidding fruit, conversing with snakes and etc., the list can go on and on.
Jehovah (of the Hebrew Scriptures): Creating man. Creating man w/instincts only to set up rules in opposition. Making an issue of universal import come down to the eating of a single piece of fruit. Killing man. Killing man again. The original terminator. His mass killings would make Mr. Schwarznegger blush. And he's not done yet....He'll be back........
Servant boy at the House of Dagon? (Sampson's Time) - Did it not dawn on this dude that blind Sampson wanted his hands on the pillars to take him and everyone else in the spot out?
Israelites (Hebrew Scriptures) - Nothing need be said.
Peter - When I look at the various accounts involving him he forshadowed village idiots who are elders whose BS you'd have to put up with.
Balaam - C'mon kiss your ASS.
This all I can think up at the moment. More to come. Who are your picks for Dumb-Ass Bible Characters?