Posts by Spectre

Lots of really great board games have come out over the last few years. I point to Settlers as pretty much ushering in a new age of board games rather than just rolling dice and moving around a board.

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One more ASS embly under my belt

by hoser in

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thank the almighty god jehovah for smart phones.

helps get me through the day.

Spectre

All I ever had to pass the time was "note" paper that quickly turned into sketch paper.

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Memorial Audience Filled with Unbelieving Mates and Other Miserable Relatives

by xjwsrock in

i looked around my hall and saw so many miserable unbelieving mates and relatives it was actually funny.

they were in a glazed-over stupor.

they looked liked children forced to go to an opera.

Spectre

Just in case anyone forgot how exciting the memorial is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75TfwZX4B5Y

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Did you participate in a Drama?

by Hecce in

i am bringing this up because even it was a lot of work, for the majority of the friends this was a rewarding experience.

camaraderie, joking, costumes, props and when the time came the celebrity status of being in the drama.. back in the 50s and 60s, conventions could be as long as 8 days and from about 1966 the dramas became an integral part of the program.

we had one per day and the brothers looked forward to their presentation.

Spectre

I played the widows son that Elijah resurrected. My mom was the widow and in the same drama, my step-dad was a guard that threw Jezebel out the window. This was back in the 70s when I lived in Utah and we went to the Las Vegas assembly to do it. Out of everything jw related, doing that drama is probably my best memory.

After that time, I had never even heard of a congregation that was anywhere near by that did a drama.

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Is Reading/Writing about Mythologies bad?

by Messhy in

as the topic title says, is reading/writing about mythologies bad?

i read alot of mythologies and enjoy it.

should i stop?.

Spectre

Vidiot- I haven't seen Exodus yet. Eventually I will. I did see the Noah one with Russell Crowe. I wasn't crazy about that one.

I did really like The DaVinci Code. The other book about Mary Magdalene, Holy Blood Holy Grail is really good. Like I said, I only like them for the archetype and the story possibilities.

Bill Moyers has a great book interviewing several people about the meanings of Old Testament stories. I can't remember the name right now, I have it at home somewhere at home amongst stacks of books....

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Is Reading/Writing about Mythologies bad?

by Messhy in

as the topic title says, is reading/writing about mythologies bad?

i read alot of mythologies and enjoy it.

should i stop?.

Spectre

I love me my myths! I have most everything that Joseph Campbell has written about them and a bunch of other books on the subject. If you haven't seen the dvd of him being interviewed by Bill Moyers, I highly recommend that you do.

I've sort or "taken back" the bible as I now only see it as nothing but Jewish mythology and appreciate it in that sense.

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Why don't we have dominion over the animals?

by Coded Logic in

a devout christian had his buttocks mauled by a lion after challenging the big cat to a duel in order to prove the “lord’s power over animals”.. alec ndiwane, who has been described as a “prophet” in african media, was on safari at the kruger national park in south africa when he confronted the pride.. determined to prove to fellow tourists that god would save him, ndiwane is said to have gone into a trance and started speaking in tongues before opening his car door and charging at the lions.. but the lions were quick off the mark and bit him viciously on the backside as he clambered into the vehicle.. a warden managed to scare the big cats off by firing a gun in the air.. “i do not know what came over me,” ndiwane told ghanaweb.. “i thought the lord wanted to use me to show his power over animals.

is it not we were given dominion over all creatures of the earth?” he added.. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6994224/devout-christian-has-buttocks-mauled-by-lions-after-challenging-big-cats-to-a-duel-to-prove-the-lords-power-over-animals.html?cmp=spklr-_-editorial-_-twitter-_-thesunnewspaper-_-20160311-_-news-_-394160343-_-imageandlink.

Spectre

Trying to pull off the old Daniel in the lions pit chestnut, eh?

Here's a story that would have made it into the bible if it happened 3000 years ago:

http://tabooya.com/2015/10/19/three-lions-save-little-girl-from-kidnapping-and-rape-by-chasing-off-her-captors/

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A faded JW about to see the Circuit overseer

by pleaseresearch in

so my mum who is in and really is finding it hard that i have left and faded.

shes asked me if i want to the the circuit overseer next week.. i have never met him and this is more my mum wanting me to get my problems i have with the organisation out.

but should i share everything i've learnt or what?.

Spectre

I couldn't care less what happens to me anymore, since I've been out for 20 years now, so if it was me I'd meet with them for entertainment purposes.

I'd say: The year is 2016. It's over a hundred years since 1914. How is the JW religion anything but a dead religion? Do you really believe that overlapping generation crap?

But that's just me.

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A step in the right direction: Denmark banning circumcision as a cruel, barbaric and archaic ritual not fit for modern civilised lands

by Gilbeath Haaraloth in

as you may know, this makes me very happy.

ban on religious circumcision.

relate to a ban in all probability will not stop the millennium old core tradition in many parts of islam and especially judaism.

Spectre

Doubtfully Yours- Yes, female circumcision involves cutting out the clitoris.

SonoftheTrinity- A rich hot Persian Jewish lady asks you to cut off your right hand. Are you going to do that as well?