Posts by D8TA

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What was your most embarrasing moments?

by Tammie in

i'll get the ball rolling with mine.

i actually have two, but i will talk about the one that happened at the kingdom hall.

i was about 17 years old at the time.

D8TA

This one is ****GROSS/RUDE*** you have been ***WARNED***!!!

I was 12 years old. We had gone out to dinner at a mexican restaraunt before attending the public talk. I got a serious case of gas. I would go to the bathroom and do my "buisness" during the "talk". Third time around, my mother said "stop going to the bathroom and listen to the talk". I begged. I pleaded. But my mom refused to let me go. So I ripped the LOUDEST MOST MAJESTIC fart right there in front of 300 people. The speaker even paused, and EVERY single person in the Kingdom Hall looked at me. That had to be the most embarrissing moment! But hey, look on the bright side...after my beautiful music, my mom immeadiately took us home. No more talk, missed the WT study....darn.

D8TA

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Jehovahs spirit on decision to disfellowship

by chezza in

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friends

hi all i was thinking about this the other day and how the elders say that they have gods direction when they have judicial meetings, if that is the case and gods spirit is directing their decision then why do they have the allowance for an appeal, after all if god is supposed to be directing them there would be no mistake in the decision right?

any thoughts people?

D8TA

When I was "reinstated" the Judicial Comitee told me:

JC-"You shoud shave your goatee."

Me-"I'm curious, why should me goatee be an issue."

JC-*Pulls out Scripture about "stumbling a fellow brother*

NOW GET THIS! One of the JC Elders said:

"In the early 70's the way we distinguished WHITE brothers from COLORED brothers was the BLACK brothers had thick moustaches."

WHAT THE HOLY SHIT SPIN YOUR HEAD IN A 360 DEGREE CIRCLE WAS HE TALKING ABOUT????

Not only did this sentence MAKE NO FRIGGIN SENSE...I couldn't believe something so ABSURD came out of anyone's mouth!

"distinguish WHITE brothers from COLORED brothers"????

Was this frickin dinosaur who gave this "Holy Spirit" directed "counsel" serious? And no! He wasn't friggin blind!

I dont know about you...but uh, anyone here have problems "DISTINGUISHING" diverse ethnic people? Do you use this secret system of facial hair???

"Holy Spirit" directed my ASS. This counsel was based on BIGOTRY and PREJUDICE.

Sorry for the language, but dang, it's something that pisses me off about them.

I know I have Samuel L. Jackson (hero of mine) as picture, but to those curious to what pigment my cells are...they are a pinkish-olive color. In common ...I'm white. My wife is mixed Caucasion-African-Brazillian. And she even notices (at a funeral we attended) that some of the "older" Witnesses (who didn't have the freakin decency to whisper) make an issue about us being a mixed couple.

For you apologists and lurkers...BIGOTRY DOES exist with some of your members.

D8TA

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Trousers

by chezza in

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friends

since we have people from all over the world in here what was the opinion on sisters wearing trousers to the meetings and in field service, in the cong i used to go to it was frowned upon very heavily, although we could find no scriptual basis for it, was anyone allowed to wear them?

D8TA

Article:

When a Christian woman’s apparel causes others to question whether she is true to her religious professions, her clothing obviously is no longer modest.

And if this person is living in poverty?

When a Christian woman’s apparel causes others to question whether she is true to her religious professions, her clothing obviously is no longer modest

Do you get to wear a bathingsuit when baptized?

When that is the case, care has to be exercised not to wear a style that would make it difficult to distinguish a man from a woman.

Of course! No one in the congregation would dare look at someones "chest area" to determine whether or not one had "breasts" or not....

Last, but not least, her quiet, mild, modest manner should shine through to others and her clothes should be a reflection of such modesty.

Translation: Shutup and wear a dress.

D8TA

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Whoops! Sorry!

by D8TA in

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friends

oh man, i just realized something.

my signature may have been causing some of yah to have long loads on boards.

i'm sooo sorry.

D8TA

Re-test samller diff addy.

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Been playin PC Games since the 80's

by D8TA in

list of my favorite games:(tops of my list, played 1000's of games).

no special order:.

zork i-iii ---a heck, any infocom game from the late 70's to early 80's (oh those days of text adventures, and they kept me up all night).

D8TA

Yep yep...Bards Tale. I remember mapping out on paper the towns and dungeons on that one. I missed a "gap" between Mac to IBM 386's in my gaming career. Console gaming was more a primary play for me in that period.

D8TA

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what started you to doubt?

by Imbue in

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friends

i had this at kents and there were several thoughtful and interesting replies.

however, i would like to read some more.

actally abaddon asked me this question and started me to thinking.......... so i wrote back this: .

D8TA

Contradictions in the WT articles started my doubt. So I did what the Society asked: "Investigate" and I did. Noticing the Contradictions lead me to Omissions. Omissions in quotes, articles, and WTBTS history. Omissions led to fear, fear led to hate, and hate led to suffering.(whoops, sorry, watching The Phantom Menace while typing this--please disregard). *Cough* Ahem...anywayz...It was the published material itself of the WTBTS that led me to doubt.

D8TA

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A Bethel Crisis

by metatron in

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friends

i gotta wonder if the organization will be forced.

to make big changes because of 'reaping what they've.

sown'.. witness kids get critical thought beaten out of them.. new converts have dried up.

D8TA

Parody WT Article
**Is Bethel In Crisis?**

Some may want to ask, is the hard working brothers and sisters of Jehovah's loving organization feeling the "hard labors"? (out of context scripture-PickABook 23:10). Certainly not! We are hard at work at ... [Oh my god! It's all a lie! This author is painting a pretty picture of a living hell! Please, send someone to save us. They're threatning to take our only know lively hood of free labor in printing away! I'm in grave danger in this revelation. I hear the footsteps of 12 old men coming up the stairway as I edit this column. Send help, anyone...please! I hear their moans as they approach, the low gutteral of "Braaiiinnz, Braaaiiinzz". I'm trapped, there's no way out. They've boarded up all the windows in guise of our safety! Just the other day, Brother Faithful disappeared after when he questioned the Governing Body about the lunch meal. He wondered why they were serving rats as the main course! The door is breached! I'm done for! Someone save me! -Ed]

So you can see, we are truly happy in doing Jehovah's work, and supplying Jehovah Witnesses world wide the "meat in due season".

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D8TA

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Been playin PC Games since the 80's

by D8TA in

list of my favorite games:(tops of my list, played 1000's of games).

no special order:.

zork i-iii ---a heck, any infocom game from the late 70's to early 80's (oh those days of text adventures, and they kept me up all night).

D8TA

Introspection

Did you have many games for the Commodore 64? BTW after Everquest did you get into any other massive online multiplayer game?

Tonz o games for C-64. I remember:
Ghostbusters
Various arcade games like Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. Pac-Man etc.
Blue Max (kinda like Zaxxon, but WW I Bi-plane)
Phantisie series (rpg)
KARATEKA -I can't believe I forgot that one.
Strip Poker (heh heh heh)
Archon I & II (that freaky chess like game w/mythological creatures)
Budokan
Elite
M.U.L.E. (Dang! That game WAS addicting)
Pirates
Raid over Moscow
ROADWAR 2000 (lost alot of sleep with that one)
Some of the Ultima games I remember were on the C-64. These are one I remember enjoy playing. I'm sure there's more.

Right now, I'm playing Dark Age of Camelot (MMORPG). I'm on the Isuelt server with a 26 Troll Warrior.

On EQ I had a Wood Elf Ranger on Luclin server.

D8TA

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