Well, most cult experts will tell you that high control groups love to work the college campuses. Around these parts, The Boston Church Of Christ (multiplying ministries) were extremely aggressive in their campus recruiting. This was a few years ago in particular, I'm not sure if they still are or not. However I believe Steven Hassan said he was recruited to the Moonies while in college.
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JWs Proselytizing on University Campus!!!
by outnfree inimagine my horror as i walked out of my french class this morning to see someone setting up a table, covered in lovely royal blue felt, with two tiers of watchtower literature attractively displayed.
imagine my chagrin when i realized who the "sister" was who was going to sit outdoors and chat up passersby: my former congregation's po's wife!.
i am not sure what university policy is in general as regards proselytizing on campus (but i intend to find out).
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Would You Buy Cigarettes For Your Friends?
by Englishman inwhen i go abroad, my smoking friends often ask me to bring cigarettes home with me.
they can be purchased for a fraction of the price in france and the savings on a few hundred cigarettes can be quite considerable.. i always refuse.
it makes me feel a bit priggish to do so, but i don't feel good about aiding someone to continue with a life threatening habit.. now i feel better!.
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Would I bake a cake for an overweight friend? A bottle of vino for a friend who is ever so fond of the drink? A lottery ticket for a friend who likes to gamble? A bottle of Elmer's for a glue sniffing freak?
I love the moral highground. Every time I take it, it elevates me just a wee bit higher than those who wear their weaknesses on their sleeves!
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Oh my poor Red Sox and my Broken Heart
by confusedjw ini really thought this would be the year.. george has purchased and all-star hitting team and the yankees.
no pitching can stop them.. damn evil empire.. and now pedro will end up a yankee next year on top of it all.. .
i'm going to sulk about this and be miserable for a while.. - red sox nation
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The Yankees are tired now.
Yes, no doubt the Yankees are wiped out after the repeated spankings they've been giving to the hometown boys. I'll be in the Fenway area tonight (just passing through, not at the game). Despite all the excitement of being a stones throw away from the green monster, the mobs of people, the traffic jamming Kenmore square, the scalper guy saying, "got tickets? Whose selling tickets?", the "still we believe" signs...
I don't. I don't believe. Not really. I'd like to believe. But I don't, I don't, I don't.
Even the Citgo sign is wounded.
Sucks!
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What is with the Witnesses in this area???
by Dolllie in.
"they are in my opinion, a disgrace!
" i have posted about their racest practices & unwillingness to distribute watchtowers & awake magazines to everyone on prior occasions..... i "finally" see one of them distributing the magazines at the bus stop and she is walking along "with a cigarette hanging out the side of her mouth", smoking while she is doing it.. the witnesses in this area need a better attitude about what they are doing!!
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Dollie:
What's wrong with this picture??? A "Witness" wearing pants to a Bible study, traveling in an "illegal cab" & ripping him off ( or at least not being "genorous") & paying him only $1 for the trip......
My thought is that there is plenty wrong with this picture. First off, how did you know the woman was a Jehovah's Witness? How can you be sure that either woman was actually a Jehovah's Witness (eg, I picked up a phone book the other day and yet I am not a telephone operator- imagine that)? How do you know the importance of pants vs. dresses to Jehovah's Witnesses? How do you know how much she paid her cab driver? How do you know how long her trip was? How do you know she was going to bookstudy?
Dollie,
There sure is something wrong with this picture alrighty...
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Who Do You Like Better Jay Leno or Conan O'Brien???
by minimus ini love leno but i do think conan is funny too.
jay is funnier----even better than david letterman.
what do you think?
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I'm casting my vote for Space Ghost.
That said, I dig Conan and John Stewart. They rock. Letterman rocks slightly less than those two. But if I was watching teevee with my dad, I'd put on the "safer" Jay Leno.
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Memory trapped in a song
by Nosferatu ini'm listening to an mp3 cd at work today, and the song "driver's seat" by sniff n the tears came on.
this song immediately triggered a memory.
it was 3 years ago that my ex left me.
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You know, I can't pass up an opportunity to mention the Pixies and seeing as how "Where is my Mind" has already been brought up, I'll relate the memory that that particular song brings to my mind:
Eating a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich in a a dank basement deli downtown at lunch hour while I was waiting for my friend to come meet me. I'd listen to the Pixies on my headphones and she'd walk in and be listening to Bobby Brown or...the highly-regarded Milli Vanilli on her headphones. Quite the contrast, I know.
I miss college! But I don't miss my Pixies, because I still listen to 'em all the time. Reunited, they are, and it feels soooooo good. Hopefully they'll have something new out soon.
There are songs for me which are emotional triggers but only one that I feel obligated to listen to even though I don't like it... I won't name it, but a couple of years after high school graduation I learned a friend I had lost touch with had died. That person did something for me that I will never forget. So when it comes on the radio, I sit back and listen to the song she used to play on the piano...
((DL))
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DNA
by teejay inthis past sunday on 60 minutes, there was a segment about the police investigation of a brutal rape and murder of a student at the university of oklahoma in 1996. the only evidence the police had was semen.
so, to catch the killer, police asked every innocent person that even remotely knew the victim to give them samples of their dna, imposing what are called dna dragnets.
many of the victim?s associates, mainly students, volunteered.
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Here's another gal with a big fat no to offering up my DNA. There are many reasons why I would not offer up my DNA and I swear absolutely none of them have anything to do with that public nudity charge... uh, nevermind.
Seriously- very, very opposed to DNA sweeping. If you like someone for the crime, then get a warrant. And not some dumb-arse, cop-fueled "but he wouldn't offer his DNA up so I deserve to get it" warrant.
Hey Teejay!
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Are JW friendships like co-worker friendships?
by Elsewhere inwhen you start working somewhere it is just a matter of time before you start going out for lunch with co-workers and doing other company related activates after work (company party, company soft-ball team, etc.
) maybe even going out for drinks after work sometimes.
when it come time for you to leave that job you no longer go out for lunch or hangout with your co-workers... maybe you will trade some emails, letters, or phone calls, but inevitably the communication comes to an end.. it seems like jw "friends" are basically the same as co-workers.
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Do you think most former coworkers would cross the street to avoid you? Not look you in the eye at the supermarket? If you bumped into a bunch of former coworkers at the local coffee shop, would they not even acknowledge you? (and, if so, what the heck did you do at your old job?)
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It'd probably work best if you are a meeting with a couple that are the same sex as you or a mixed couple or you are a man (usless you've got an especially virginal and timid JW guy that you can horrify). You'd need to put your "come hither" on but...
{opens the door, jws- gender unimportant- start their greeting}...
you: Oooh, well HELLOoooo to you. Looks like it's my lucky day. Have I been waiting for you...mmmmmhmmmm! (lick your lips aggressively, smacking lips together
{JWs start "good news" speech}
you: Baby, I don't need to hear your good news, I can see your good news! Oh yeah. (Run your eyes up and down their body, smile approvingly)
{JWs start the whole tragedy, hateful world thing...}
you: Honey, why are you talking about so much sadness? No, no, sssshhhhh. I'm all about the love baby... and you know, uh, happy things if you know what I mean. And I think you know what I mean. (continue leering and lip-licking, leaning in a little uncomfortably close is also recommended)
{The JWs should already have their concentration interrupted by this point but will probably try to continue with state of world sadness, turmoil, corruption etc}
you: Now, baby, why worry yourself about all that? Why talk only about the badness? Don't you like to feel good? I know I like to feel gooooood. (turn to JW's partner and give a little wink, a small air kiss might be appropriate here, use your discernment) Why don't you come, why don't you both come on in and all three of us can talk about things that make us feel reaaaal good?
{JW mentions Jehovah}
you: (make sure you've talked over them a bit with lots of nodding, interrupting with small, slightly audible purring and exaggerrated breaths) You wanna talk about god, that makes you happy? Why don't you come in and stay for a while? If you wanna talk about god...if that makes you feel good, it's alright baby, we can talk about god. I want you to feel good... I'm looking really foward to making you feel goooood. MMMMmmmmmm.
At this point, if they haven't left yet you may be screwed...literally.
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"We miss you" experiences
by Nosferatu ini have a couple.
the elder that used to study with me came to my door one day.
he reminded me of all the wonderful times we had out in service (i really couldn't remember any).
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That's a powerful letter to send to one's family. Well done.