Posts by sparky1

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What movie best decribes your sex life rite now??????

by karter in

gone in 60 secounds..

Prince's recent passport pik!

by fulltimestudent in

well, that's the claim.

is this sexy, or isn't it?

are male witnesses now allowed to wear eye liner?.

sparky1

"No tight pants?" "CHECK "

"No outlandish socks?" "CHECK"

"No business logos on your tee shirt?" "CHECK"

"I don't see a problem with your grooming. My only concern is that your lip gloss is a shade too light and I think you should top off your outfit with a 'raspberry beret'. And yes, I'll gladly forward your latest donation directly to the Governing Body(tm).

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Hello everyone. New here looking for info and friends

by Harvard Illiterate 411 in

i sometimes was redirected to this page from reddit or another ex-jw site but never bothered to sign up.

i wanted to stay off the radar but since i'm getting dis-fellowshipped anyways and have no plans to come back what the hell.

been 22 years in the truth........... ahhhh i hate to use that expression...... bad habit but you know what i mean.

sparky1

Just to show you that we here are as 'cool and hip' as current Jehovah's Witnesses, I welcome you with a handshake!

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Travel recommendations?

by stephanie61092 in

hey guys.

i've decided that during this time of being dfed, maybe trying to get reinstated, i'm going to enjoy my time with myself.

that being said, i would like to do some traveling when the weather warms up across the us.

sparky1

NIAGARA FALLS...........my personal favorite!

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Freddy Franz, One of the smartest men of his day????

by DwainBowman in

back in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.

dose anyone else remember this?

i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!

sparky1

Fisherman.....you have a very interesting way of twisting and spinning what other people post to your comments and in your own convoluted way make it seem that you were right all along. You learned a lot from your "Mother Organization". Having been raised as a Witness, it took me years to overcome that mindset myself.

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Freddy Franz, One of the smartest men of his day????

by DwainBowman in

back in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.

dose anyone else remember this?

i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!

sparky1

At an assembly, speakers are sometimes required to read something to the audience word for word.

"Brothers and sisters I have an announcement to make: YOU ARE NOW DISMISSED FOR THE NOON MEAL!!!!"

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Freddy Franz, One of the smartest men of his day????

by DwainBowman in

back in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.

dose anyone else remember this?

i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!

sparky1

"Here we go round the Mulberry bush, the Mulberry bush, the mulberry bush........................."

"He (Franz) did not use notes, or rather, he did not need them for his talks but neither did NHK (Nathan Homer Knorr). Never once did I see NHK (Nathan Homer Knorr) refer to his notes, or he would just give any talks without any notes even at the assembly."

So what is your contention? That they DID not use notes ever? That they had said notes but never referred to them? You can't have it both ways. It is obvious from the photos that they are both reading something and in the case of Fred Franz it does not appear that he is reading a bland announcement about attendance numbers or announcing the next speaker. (Since I was not present, this is only conjecture on my part.) A more elegant way to make your claim would have been to state: 'Fred Franz and Nathan Knorr had very keen minds and knew their subject well. They were capable of giving some of their talks without notes and could even quote portions of the Bible verbatim. I have seen this myself on many occasions.' I am not somebody's fool nor did I just fall off the turnip truck. I was raised in the religion from infancy starting in the middle 50's and have seen Knorr speak up close and personal. It is true that many times he DID NOT use notes. However, I have seen him speak and also use notes. As a Bethelite, I witnessed it both ways. I do not deny that either man was an accomplished speaker and could give a talk from memory. In my teenage, pioneering years, I copied Knorr's rambling, folksy style myself and rarely used notes for my Ministry School assignments. That makes me neither extraordinary, brilliant or remarkable.

That's one hell of a handful of announcements that Brother Knorr has to make at this assembly. Perhaps he is carrying them for Brother Percy Chapman.

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Jw's go to the door of a biblical scholar to preach the Bible.

by paradisebeauty in

this is interesting, jw's go to the door of a biblical scholar, a professor in theology i believe, and he invites them in and records the whole conversation.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xpo43bgdbm.

sparky1

If anyone is interested in what Anthony Buzzard believes (I personally am not) this is a link to his website. He publishes a magazine called Focus on the Kingdom and is straightforwardly a non-Trinitarian. His magazine kind of looks like the old Kingdom Ministry.

http://focusonthekingdom.org/magazine.htm

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Freddy Franz, One of the smartest men of his day????

by DwainBowman in

back in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.

dose anyone else remember this?

i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!

sparky1

Fred Franz and Harold Camping. Blood brothers. Two old fools that loved the sound of their own voices and mistook their own personal fantasies for reality.

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Worshipping the Governing Body

by Sour Grapes in

it is very obvious that jehovah's witlesses worship the faithful and discreet slave.

during last sunday's washtowel study, everyone bowed before them for the excellent job they did in translating the new bible into so many languages and for the direction they give to the congregation.

(i guess i sorta thought that jesus was in charge of the congregations.

sparky1

"But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them." - 1 Samuel 8:6-7 KJV

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