Posts by Inquisitor

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Disturbing similarity between JW and Islaam

by Smiles in

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http://www.islaam.com/article.aspx?id=312.

Inquisitor

What? Just the four words? That it? "Everlasting Life in Paradise?"

That's the similarity???

Errrmm Yeah, I'm heaps disturbed... chill to me bones...not...

INQ

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Another Memorial Post -- with question

by robhic in

i have a friend (jw) who has severe multiple sclerosis so bad that she is essentially confined to a bed.

now, she has one of those electric "chrstopher reeves-looking" wheelchairs but requires someone (usually her sons or brother -- not jw) to physically pick her up and put her in it.. she hasn't been to a memorial in a couple of years, since her condition got so bad.

she told me the other night that some of the congregation are gonna bring her to the one this wednesday the 12th.

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I told her why didn't jehovah just swoop down and move her wheelchair for her on his way to the memorial but she got pissed and hung up on me. Imagine that !

I hate to tell you this, but you really had it coming. I mean just because you don't share their beliefs and given that she hadn't provoked you in anyway, I don't see why you should expect to get away with your snide remark. You obviously wanted a reaction, so you got one. What did you think she was gonna say to you? "Haha, you're so right. My God is such an incompetent SOB! You know, I find your sense of humour so clever and astute"?

INQ

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Worst/strangest bookstudy group

by Virgochik in

ok, i was reading the "worst bookstudy book" thread, and it got me thinking about the worst book study groups i went to.

once, my dad was study conductor and the study was held in an elderly sister's home.

there was antique furniture and doilies on the tables.

Inquisitor

I once attended this book study where the conducter was an arrogant SOB. The congregation treated him like Moses though. Admired him for his long-service (it was a young congregation), his secular achievements, and for a superior command of English. Not surprisingly, he got away for his gruff demeanor because we must "bow before gray-headedness" blah blah.
Anyway, in Elder SOB's book study group, he had a habit of picking on people to answer questions. We'd answer the questions that were in the book. Problem is he felt a need to engage us on a higher intellectual level. So SOB would come up with really tough trivia questions or what he would like to think are "thought-provoking questions". And when the group was too timid to play his game (he does embarass you if you got the answer wrong), he'd start pointing at random bros and sisters and get them to answer.

Once, I was in one of those teenage moods with a lot of pent-up hostility, and I had to attend the bookstudy. SOB noticed that I hadn't contributed to the group's ~~humiliation~~ encouragement yet.

So he gleefully pointed at me and said, "Inq, why don't you tell us since you haven't participated yet."

I was secretly delighted that he'd pick on me in my angst. I kept mum, inviting stares from the brothers. Annoyed, SOB barked, "Inq, I'm talking to you."

Then with an icy smile I said, "I'm sorry, but I didn't realize I'd raised my hand"

Some were already shaking their heads...at me, not him.

"I KNOW you didn't raise your hand. I'm CALLING on you to answer the question."
"Oh, I don't know" (I know, I know, kinda anti-climactic huh)

Boy, did I get into trouble with Dad that night.

This practice of picking on the sheep to answer was eventually abandoned when the Watchtower came up with an article on how meetings should be conducted. Even SOB knew his power had its limits lol.

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Re: Child Custody Manual

by Inquisitor in

i read in a book called blood on the altar (or something similar) that the wts had a 60 page manual entitled: "direct and cross examination questions in child custody cases".

this manual, the author claims, has a section where the witness parent gets advice on how their children ought to respond in a court.

for instance, kids should avoid talking about the obligation to attend assemblies and conventions, to go from door to door every weekend.

Inquisitor

I read in a book called Blood On The Altar (or something similar) that the WTS had a 60 page manual entitled: "Direct and Cross Examination Questions in Child Custody Cases".

This manual, the author claims, has a section where the Witness parent gets advice on how their children ought to respond in a court. For instance, kids should avoid talking about the obligation to attend assemblies and conventions, to go from door to door every weekend. On the contrary, the child should give the court the impression that his/her life is filled with many social activities outside of JW activities, parties, games etc. The child should make the court believe that he/she has ambitions for a secular career, intends to attend college to achieve those dreams etc.

If this manual exists and does indeed contain that kind of information it would be a very very incriminating piece of arsenal to use with believing relatives. For here is documented proof of the Watchtower writers instructing their followers to lie and deceive to achieve their ends.

Has anyone seen this publication? How can I get my hands on one without mugging an elder?

INQ

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Hate CO Visit

by thepackage in

our cong.

recently had its co visit, and i realized how fake people can be when the co is around.

elders take time off of work to go out on service during the week, ms's that want to be elders kiss butt to the co. taking the co and his wife out to lunch become a competition.

Inquisitor

Well, for a time I did enjoy listening to the CO's concluding talk. It would normally contain a section on what the congregation needs to work on e.g. more bible studies etc. I learnt early on that you would also get the occasional veiled reference to an ongoing problem that is bothering the BOE e.g. sisters cat-fighting among themselves and hissing at elders who try to referee, need to learn obedience, or anally-retentive elder, lording the BOE, making lives difficult for brothers, need to tone down a bit. etc

It was deliciously entertaining to work out, after the talk, why the CO said what he said and who it was meant for.

INQ

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Re: telling on one another

by A Paduan in

read this on another board about jws "telling on one another" .

sad and pathetic to the point of being humourous .

if things started to go wrong in the congregation (no increase in publishers/bible studies, teenagers playing up, contributions down) they would say jehovah was witholding his spirit from the congregation because someone must be sinning secretly and thus offending his spirit, and this is why the congregation wasn't flourishing.

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which means everytime your monkey raises his head, you slap him and say.."DOWN BOY, DOWN"!!!!!............. ( pay no mind to the last sentence

So you slap your monkey to curb a monkey-spanking habit. That almost made sense, gumby. <chuckle>

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News About 2006 Memorial

by Severus in

this is a call to action.

please read.

jehovah's witnesses will be celebrating the memorial of jesus death on wednesday, april 12th.

Inquisitor

Thanks for that link, severus.

Our goal is better served this way than by causing a glass of wine to explode. lol.

INQ

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Re: telling on one another

by A Paduan in

read this on another board about jws "telling on one another" .

sad and pathetic to the point of being humourous .

if things started to go wrong in the congregation (no increase in publishers/bible studies, teenagers playing up, contributions down) they would say jehovah was witholding his spirit from the congregation because someone must be sinning secretly and thus offending his spirit, and this is why the congregation wasn't flourishing.

Inquisitor

They don't reprove people for playing with themselves. Unless they maybe play with themselves in front of somebody else.

I don't know if it is officially termed "reproof", but wouldn't the BOE prevent an individual from commenting at meetings if he/she confesses to masturbation?

INQ

“I pummel my body and lead it as a slave.” (1 Corinthians 9:27)

Rabbi INQ's interpretation: "I beat my meat and well does it serve my needs"

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Who's up for some fun?

by Inquisitor in

shake things up a bit in your friendly local congregation of jehovah's witnesses by partaking of their memorial emblems this april 12!

when drinking the wine (i don't think you'd get to eating the bread if you carry this first part out), make sensual, sinful sounds of ecstasy!

better yet, noisily gulp down the whole glass of wine and top it with a little burp!

Inquisitor

Does anyone know how to turn RED wine into a weird colour?? Orange or blue or green would be nice. Mayeb even sludge brown.

I'd love to make it look like water, but history/tradition has shown that Messiahs are made to expire very quickly.
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Who's up for some fun?

by Inquisitor in

shake things up a bit in your friendly local congregation of jehovah's witnesses by partaking of their memorial emblems this april 12!

when drinking the wine (i don't think you'd get to eating the bread if you carry this first part out), make sensual, sinful sounds of ecstasy!

better yet, noisily gulp down the whole glass of wine and top it with a little burp!

Inquisitor

Moggylover

Isn't Muscat a fortified wine? Isn't it suppose to be very very sweet like port?

You can't use fortified wine for the Memorial, can you?

INQ