Posts by sparky1

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What do you do when you're home alone on a meeting night?

by nowawake14 in

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go on.

name it.🤣.

sparky1

'the meetings were put on Friday nights.' - blondie

Witness kids today don't realize how good they have it compared to when we were young. The Ministry school and Service meetings were held on Friday night and ran until 9:30 pm. We would get up on Saturday and go in field service until exactly 12:00 pm. The afternoon we had a breather. Then Sunday morning it was back out in field service until 12:00 pm , a quick lunch and then we had to get ready for the Public Talk and Watchtower Study at 3:00 pm. The Public Talk was an hour back then not including opening song, plus we had an intermission and then we had the Watchtower study which was at least an hour long not including songs. So that brought you up to at least 5:30 pm after which you went home for a quick supper, you did your homework and then went to bed so that you could have a fresh start to the week.

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Fifty years ago today: One quote to demolish the Watchtower

by JeffT in

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i did not have any connection to jw's when they published this, about two weeks before i graduated from high school.

i'm now on medicare and collecting social security.

so much for their ability to see into the future.

sparky1

"Fuck 'em" - nicolaou

I second that motion!

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What's Tony up to today?

by FatFreek 2005 in

making a jw dot org tv presentation?

making a liquor run for his cronies?

in hiding?

sparky1

Maybe he is auditioning for his new internet based religious broadcasting program: DRUNK CLOWNS FOR JESUS.ORG!

14

Stories on Nathan Knorr.

by Holden Caufield in

what was nathan knorr like?.

sparky1

I have a 'funny' Nathan Knorr story:

It was absolutely forbidden for a single brother and a single sister at Bethel to be alone in a private room together without having the door wide open. When I was a Bethelite at Watchtower Farms, I had an interest in one of the single sisters there. So one Sunday morning, instead of going to the meeting this sister and I were in her room with the door closed. Nothing immoral going on mind you. We were going to go out to breakfast and take a morning ride and I was just waiting for her to finish getting ready. Who should walk in the room without knocking? Nathan Knorr himself. His brother-in-laws room was right next door and he entered the wrong room! His face was red as a beet and he apologized profusely and left the room. Maybe he was embarrassed that he should have been at the Sunday meeting but nothing ever came of it.

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What do you do when you're home alone on a meeting night?

by nowawake14 in

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friends

go on.

name it.🤣.

sparky1

I used to watch The Wild, Wild West on TV. Of course, that was 52 years ago. And I was 12 years old.

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Still dont get the friggin birthdays

by nowawake14 in

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i have read extensively about the origins of birthdays, and i still don't get it.

but it's not what it means today.. even wedding veils were used to ward off the "evil eye".

but it's not what it means today.

sparky1

Ain't NEW LIGHT grand! If you were one of the Anointed Remnant and celebrated birthdays pre-1926 and died before that time, you were resurrected to immortal heavenly life to reign with Jesus Christ. Nowadays if you claim to be of the Anointed Remnant and celebrate someone's birthday you open yourself up to being disfellowshipped and losing out on immortality. Makes perfect sense to me.

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Do You Support a Sex Strike?

by minimus in

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alyssa milano is saying that women have to go on a sex strike to take control of their bodies.

what do you think about this?.

sparky1

It doesn't appear that a sex strike would affect this enterprising Bethelite...whether it involves Alyssa Milano or not!

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How to explain the Overlapping Generations Doctrine

by HiddenPimo in

so after much research i came to the following conclusion:.

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sparky1

The Overlapping Whisky Doctrine is as follows:

It all started with Russell's whiskey. After a time and times and half a time of imbibing this spirit, Pastor Russell appointed himself the spiritual guide of Jehovah's people and came up with the 1914 doctrine. And then he died.

As an overlapping peer to Pastor Russell, upon his death, Judge Rutherford became the new spiritual guide of Jehovah's people. After an entire generation of imbibing this spirit, Rutherford came up with the doctrine of 'Millions Now Living Will Never Die'. And then he died.

As an overlapping peer to Judge Rutherford, upon his death, Fredrick Franz became the new spiritual guide of Jehovah's people. Since he was mostly a tea totaller , the spirit ran wild with this one. Franz came up with the doctrine of Armageddon by 1975. And then he died.

And now in the year 2019 we are blessed with Governing Body 2.0, some of whom supposedly overlapped with Fredrick Franz. We now realize that the 'spirit' that motivates these spiritual guides is probably Macallan's single malt. They have come up with the doctrines of tight pants, spanx and making a science out of begging for money. And soon they too will die. Lord only knows what 'spirit' will motivate the overlapping Governing Body 3.0.

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what prevents me from getting baptized?

by road to nowhere in

todays wt what a bunch of hooey.

try: nobody can explain the beliefs from the bible; there are lots of "rules" beyond tdhe ones on morals enforced(beards, movies),.

the "gifts in men" are in the least incompetent overworked well meaning; but others are overbearing power hungry bullies.

sparky1

In other words...just the same old bullshit recycled again for another Watchtower Study.

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Who Is The Most Powerful Person On Earth Right Now?

by minimus in

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some say mark zuckerberg is the most powerful person in the world.

some maintain the president of the united states is the most powerful or other political leaders.

who do you think is number one on the planet?