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Another Prank :)>
by Nate Merit inmark smith and i pulled this prank during the approximate time-frame as the others.
mark had been disfellowshipped from the church of christ at age 19, i from the jw's at the same age.
mark and i were 25 and 26 respectively at this time.
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Another Prank :)>
by Nate Merit inmark smith and i pulled this prank during the approximate time-frame as the others.
mark had been disfellowshipped from the church of christ at age 19, i from the jw's at the same age.
mark and i were 25 and 26 respectively at this time.
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I never really knew the C.O.C shunned and excommunicated people like that
...Btw I was referring to "friend" or "buddy"
Otherwise a lot of Aussies would be gay.... I will never see "owwya goin' mate?" the same way again... thanks alot
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Another Prank :)>
by Nate Merit inmark smith and i pulled this prank during the approximate time-frame as the others.
mark had been disfellowshipped from the church of christ at age 19, i from the jw's at the same age.
mark and i were 25 and 26 respectively at this time.
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How did your mate get excommunicated from C o C?
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GAGS I HAVE PROUDLY PULLED ON JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES :)
by Nate Merit inin 1984 (shudder!
) my bud mark smith and i picketed the kingdom hall in ann arbor, michigan.
our signs had a watchtower drawn on them and said 'this religion is a snare and a racket!
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I have to admit, pranks are funny as long as they do not cause to much trouble for others...
I have a few friends who are Church of Christ... what type of church of christ was your friend from?
And other than the one you mentioned on your other thread, did you pull any other pranks on C o C?
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What is on your 'current' reading list?
by AK - Jeff ini mean stuff that is right now, this minute on your table or desk, not something you might read someday?.
my desk is currently littered with;why won't they listen?
ken hamwhat the cults believe.
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Well eversince its the school holidays, I grabbed some books from the library....
-The complete Idiots guide to Psychology
-The book of dreaming- Sally Gillespie
-A Witches book of dreams -Karri Allrich
(yeah I find dreams interesting)
And there are internet sites I am reading through...
But right now my main study of interest is Psychology
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GAGS I HAVE PROUDLY PULLED ON JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES :)
by Nate Merit inin 1984 (shudder!
) my bud mark smith and i picketed the kingdom hall in ann arbor, michigan.
our signs had a watchtower drawn on them and said 'this religion is a snare and a racket!
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What a sorry excuse.
Individuals all have their own way of recovering from depression or effects from cults life aversities etc.
Nate's way of recovering was in a way rebellion, revenge on what they did.
If someone raped your daughter, would you not want to go back and bash the guy up? or take him to court, or just stand there and say "well its in the past, even if the effects stand and my daugher is pregnent.
When you are phycologically harmed you react in a more abnormal way, even to the average Joe may think "oh your an Idiot for the way you behaved!" It may look like that, but you need the "wisdom" to understand what the person is going through.
An example of this "wisdom" is imagine this.
A Father and his children go to a local cafe, the father sits down and reads the newspaper, his children run around like lunatics messing everything up and flipping chairs over... (kids about, 8 years old) The father did not react, he just sat there and continued on with the newspaper.
The people got slightly agitated and wondered why the Father was not doing anything...
Finally a person who is sitting next to the Dad asks "Your kids are messing everything up, arn't you gonna do something about it?"
*right now you would think the Dad is just crazy not doing anythign about it and the kids are immature etc.*
The Dad then softly says "I'm sorry, my wife just died, the kids just lost their mother"
Finally you see it from a different angle, kids that age would not know how to handle such a life issue properly and that would be their reaction.
You gain this "Wisdom" and you understand from a different perspective not first impression.
So weather its like this with Nate I don't know...
There does need to be limits e.g. pretending to be the minister from a methodist church... but if thats his way of recovering and if thats his reaction then give him a break...
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Excuses to avoid Field Service
by serendipity inwhat are some excuses used by jw's to avoid going in field service, that others didn't question or hold against the person?
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Has any of you literally went into a Kingdom Hall on crutches or a Wheelchair and kept this up for weeks?
I don't know weather or not my friend was pulling my leg, but he said thats what his mum did
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GAGS I HAVE PROUDLY PULLED ON JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES :)
by Nate Merit inin 1984 (shudder!
) my bud mark smith and i picketed the kingdom hall in ann arbor, michigan.
our signs had a watchtower drawn on them and said 'this religion is a snare and a racket!
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*edited Thats it I give up, for some reason my posts are not working! Evanescence
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Did Jehovah tell the first lie?
by nicolaou indid god lie to adam?
the watchtower, and in fairness all other christian groups, claim that satan told the first lie when he told eve, "you positively will not die".
but was it a lie?
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I will post my view on the scripture...
1. Sin is death, Adam and Eve sinned against God by doing something against what he commanded, thus opening the doorway to sin in our world. If they did not go against God then there would be no sin, no death.
Now we have our Savior Jesus Christ who saves us from this Sin-Death, before Christ God required of his people to make sacrifices to satisfy his judgment so they can be saved.
2. This story in Genesis should not exactly be taken literally, the Garden is a symbol of paradise, Gods perfect creation before sin (death) entered the world "do not eat of this tree" symbolically shows that God made one law that he wanted Adam and Eve to obey... it may not be literally a Apple Tree.... The snake represents Satan and his temptation, Adam and Eve fall into temptation "their eyes were opened" - They discovered evil, Sin awakens...(death) "you will not die" Satan convinces them that Sin does not lead to death, which sin does lead to death as God said.
Adam and Eve get the boot from the garden... Sin leads to a world of pain, so the paradise they once had was gone and now is in a world corrupted by sin, that’s another symbolic view. "Angel with sword"-A sinful being cannot enter paradise.
Just a thought....
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Anyone wanna......................
by defd in.
talk over the phone hit me up pm and we will talk.. i dont bite.
def d
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Defd you must really be bored...
I don't think much people are keen on making expencive overseas phone calls....
Don't you have MSN, Yahoo or AIM instead? People might be more willing to talk to you then and it helps occupy your boredom
Or maybe try registering on a whole lot of forums.... or think of something that interests you and research about it. Take up a hobby maybe, like guitar, take your guitar to work with you and play some songs... (thats what my dad does lol)
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