Great idea.
Here's a few efforts of mine along the line your thinking of: [yes, yes this a shameless plug..]
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/64398/1.ashx
dannyboy
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How about an "The Onion" type version of the Watchtower?
by Check_Your_Premises ini got the idea from a post i made on another thread.sorry.
i just took my meds.
i suffer from rutheford-russel syndrome.
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Examples of JW evasiveness/dishonesty
by BONEZZ inbeing born and bred into the borg i always felt it was the "truth" but i wasn't the one who measured up i was not good enough to be a dub.
but i also had nagging questions that went unanswered by the most learned elders...or at least not answered to my satisfaction.
their "answers" were in fact not really answers but side-steps or attempts to mis-direct my question into an area they could answer.. an example...it always bothered me that we could not examine the contents of what opposers put out.
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Excellent thread subject Bonezz.... and great comments from all.
Sadly, I was so brain washed/dead that I thought of only a very few of the points raised here, and then would dismiss my "doubts", thinking I was becoming dangerously close to being "disloyal". And yet, I never thought of myself as letting others do my thinking, etc. That thought would be the furthest from my mind, ditto if someone like you Bonezz had asked me some of the questions....my take would have been that YOU lacked a "spritual perspective", when the reality was that I was being swept along by the biggest con job to come way since birth....
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KM article -tip minimum 15%
by stillajwexelder inwe got a command at the service meeting tonight - the km article on the summer district conventions said if we are dining out we really should tip 15-20% minmum -this was repeated twice = good to know the witnesses are getting less tight
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This tipping thing struck a nerve. Witnesses are such cheap-skates when it comes to "worldly" people...
The way I look at it, you've got to make a distinction between giving tips that are the "custom" for the situation (servers at restaurants and bars/taverns; bellman service at a hotel; concierge help; etc.)and other situations where the tip would be for something "extra" done.....
Witnesses have to be reminded about tipping because, Yes, they're mostly cheapskates, who have a "rules" and "regulations" oriented view of the non-witness world.......drive not higher than the posted speed limit, pay exactly the taxes you owe, do no more than what is legally required of you so as to have more time for "spritual things/service"....and so I think tipping for many witnesses becomes a "Why should I tip, when there's no LAW that requires it?"
I tip at least 20% for restaurants and more for "special" settings, like a favorite tavern, where certain courtesies are extended to me from time to time. What goes around comes around. Sure, I feel like I get the best service possible as a returning customer, but I don't view it as something I don't need to do, because it's not MANDATORY. It's just part of the "cost" of dining out/having a drink, etc.
On the other hand, there's the tip(s) a person gives for "extra" service(s), particularly in situations where tips aren't "usually" received.
My two cents worth....
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Are You/ Were You Careful To Follow Rules??
by minimus inwhen we were in the organization, i noticed that some persons wanted rules.
needed them!
there are people in society that also feel secure when they have stricter rules than not.
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I was "raised" in the "truth" as the expression goes, so following ALL the rules/regulations/suggestions just seemed perfectly normal and natural to me. Thought I was really making you know who happy with my being such an obedient robot, er Witness. So I tried my very, very best to do everything "just so".
Now that I have left, that business of following the rules is just one of many issues that still cause me great regret over all the wasted years.
Of course some of the Witness "way of life" I still follow (don't cheat/lie/steal/commit murder, etc), but I think Min's question was really directed at that sort of stuff...
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So What Do You Think Of The New Airbus A380?
by Englishman inlooks a real stunner imho.
22 wheels?
wow!
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A further thought:
When the 747 was introduced, the thought was the maximum "exposure" to potential passenger loss would be if two of the things collided, a seemingly far-out event. Until the incident at Tenerife...
So I suppose if two A380's collided there could be as many as 1600 fatalities in one incident. Mind boggling....but one of those technological improvements/changes that requires updating one's thinking.
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So What Do You Think Of The New Airbus A380?
by Englishman inlooks a real stunner imho.
22 wheels?
wow!
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Great to hear of technological progress.
Wondering how they will deal with gettin' all those folks on board, not to mention the issue of sufficient "waiting room" space at the airport....
The Airbus approach to flight control makes me uneasy....not sure about the A380, but with the other models, the computer systems actually fly the plane, with the pilots managing the computers.....the Boeing approach is the other way around, with the pilots flying, with the aid of the computer systems.
Of course if the computer systems really, really take a dump, I'm guessing I as a passenger would be in deep doo-doo with either plane...:)
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How long have you been on the Internet? and ..
by Brummie inwhich is the 1st exjw site you posted on?.
i didnt get on until 1999 and posted on randys wt world and h20 occasionally.
also larry ingmans chat.... any of you used to post or chat there?
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Showing my age here:
My first on-line activity in the mid 80's...remember all you youngin's the Internet was originally ALL TEXT, i.e. no graphics based interface like we enjoy today...so I started before the days of the "World Wide Web" (WWW). Thoroughly enjoyed learning how everything "worked" and how to log in to remote computer systems and browse around, etc. Ahh the memories....
My earliest connection to the net was via a 1200 Bps modem.....if any of you think the net gets slow from time to time, try communicating at THAT speed..
Er, any other computer "old-timers" remember those days??
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Are You A Better Person Now That You're Out of the "Truth"?
by minimus indo you feel better?
act better?
think more positively?
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My health and fitness are MUCH BETTER: No doubt as a result of:
No stress from scrambling to get to the meetings/go out in FS.
No stress from last-minute substituting for others.
No long, long, long elder's meetings that adjourned in the wee hours of the morning and me having to get up early for work..... [not to mention I don't miss the usual bickering, brown-nosing, and self-righteousness evident]
No stress from constant fretting over something I might have inadvertently said/done that offended/pissed off someone.
And on and on and on.
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What Was Your Greatest "Privilege" In The Organization?
by minimus inwas it being able to join the theocratic ministry school?
being a regular pioneer?
"handling microphones"?
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Min,
I do believe that "privileges" are given to keep us captive. Secretly, we all enjoy being made to feel important. Even so-called "humble ones" get off on having parts and demos at meetings and assemblies. The Watchtower has been conning us for years!
Well said. That very thought has crossed my mind.
I guess what I was trying to say is that, because I "enjoyed" certain "privileges" I saw lots and lots of stuff (behind the scenes so to speak) that should have made me question things way before I actually did.
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What Was Your Greatest "Privilege" In The Organization?
by minimus inwas it being able to join the theocratic ministry school?
being a regular pioneer?
"handling microphones"?
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Removed double posting