Well, if the Hall was full of the same people that were there 25 years ago when I was DF's in a blaze of apostate glory, then I would imagine the buzz of conversations to gradually lower in volume as furtive looks came my way. Then the room temp would drop several degrees. Wow, I could help them save $ on A/C!
Posts by Gregor
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56What reaction would the JW's have if you walked into the Kingdom Hall?
by JH in.
for those who didn't attend meetings for a while, imagine that you just walk into your kingdom hall 10 minutes before a meeting.
what would be their reaction?
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Most people are burned out on all organized religions
by free2beme ini know we always think and talk about how when we left the witnesses, we felt burned out on organized religion as a whole.
we felt it was caused by our time as witnesses, and the burn out we felt from knowing so much about other religions and our "suppose" knowledge on the bible.
here is the thing, since leaving the witnesses and talking to people who have never spent any time in the witness religion.
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Gregor
In the begining there was superstition. Then man organized his superstition. Then it became religion.
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A question for ex-elders and possibly x-MS
by Lady Lee inbear with me.
where i live i have a large park under my window.
the park has a basketball court, a children's playground.
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Gregor
I think you're on to something. At picnics or gatherings I've noticed that elders would often stand around and talk shop. Elders meetings are notorious for marathon gab fests.
I've known many elders who felt playing any kind of game, whether basketball or checkers, was 'foolishness'. Also known elders that loved physical sports activity.
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Did you fall for the "hype"?
by seahart inanyone here fall for the (what should have been straight to video) hype of snakes on a plane.
i am proud to say i saw right through it.the studios are getting wise on how to use the internet to do the dirty work for them.
they must have saved a ton and maybe even made a little.
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Gregor
I understand the snakes have gotten together and have an agent. He will represent both the actor snakes and the stunt snakes. They have several projects lined up as soon as they finish their current PR tour for SOAP. Success has already gone to their heads. They demand heat lamps and live mice in their dressing rooms.
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What is Missing?
by Honesty inin the following paragraph what word would be included in it if the watchtower society/jw's was really god's organization?
*** w01 8/1 p. 14 par.
8 make your advancement manifest ***.
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Gregor
Greendawn! You're back! 2 week holiday?
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Brother pain in the ass wants to come and visit
by buffalosrfree inmy wife told me she had been asked by a bother (elder type) in the congregation wanted to come by and visit me.
i told her thats fine as long as he doesn't bring anyone else with him and its not just right after he is out in service as i don't want to be used to garner time.
if he is really interested in being nice then come on by, but if not, not to waste his or my time by bringing someone else with him, if i don't know them they aren't welcome in my home, end of discussion.
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Gregor
What sound does an elder make going into a meat grinder? :-)
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Brother pain in the ass wants to come and visit
by buffalosrfree inmy wife told me she had been asked by a bother (elder type) in the congregation wanted to come by and visit me.
i told her thats fine as long as he doesn't bring anyone else with him and its not just right after he is out in service as i don't want to be used to garner time.
if he is really interested in being nice then come on by, but if not, not to waste his or my time by bringing someone else with him, if i don't know them they aren't welcome in my home, end of discussion.
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Gregor
I was requested to make a friendly call on a sisters unbelieving husband. He was nice enough but not interested in getting involved. Whenever I tried to turn the coversation to world conditions etc. he would change the subject. Finally, just as I was holding forth on some JW bs the family pooch lay down right in the middle of the floor and started licking himself. In a loud voice he hollered to one of their kids, "Mary! Bring this dog some crackers to eat with his pecker!". At that point I gave him up to Satan.
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Do You Like Your Given Name?
by Outaservice inthe bible attaches importance to your name.
if not, what would you like to change it to?.
i always hated mine!
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Gregor
When I was 'in the oven' my Dad, whose fave book was "Last of theMohicans" decided to name me Lightfoot. Seriously. He and Mom went around and around with this until he relented. He had read a Russian novel and the main character was Gregor. I like it well enough and so does my junior.
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South Pacific...
by zeroday inthis has to be one of my favorite movies and sound tracks of all time.
i just got the cd and can play it a 1000 more times...
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Gregor
Yeah, good one. "Some enchanted evening....la la lala la" "Gonna wash that man right outta my hair...." and I'm not even gay!
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What Kinds of Weird Things were you banned from or not allowed as a child?
by mama1119 ini could not have a big new kids on the block pin, or wear any new kids on the block pins in puplic becuase it was considered idolatry.
i also could not wear my shoes without laces (it was cool back then) because it looked wordly.
what other strange theings besides the usual holiday/birthday stuff weren't you allowed to do?
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Gregor
Back in the fifties one of the treats my sister and I would get was an occasional comic book. Donald Duck, Scrooge, Gyro Gearloose, Popeye and my sister liked Little Lulu. So one evening after the meeting Mom pulls into the local market and gives us each a dime for a comic. She waited in the car. She didn't realize until we got home that I had bought a "Tales From the Crypt" comic. The cover featured a decomposing skull with an eyeball hanging out and worms all over it. It went straight into the trash and I got no more comics for a while. I was reduced to reading my sisters Little Lulu's (which were actually quite funny).