Sailor Ripley

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  Did Jesus have a job?

  by pseudoxristos in

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  or did he just freeload off of everyone?.

  seriously, who would follow such a character?.

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  Sailor Ripley

  In the words of the band, The The in Armageddon Days Are Here (Again):
  if Jesus Christ were to stand up today, he'd be gunned down cold by the CIA. ...or he'd be thrown in a Nut Hut. Look at how they treated Prot, in KPax.
  
  I can hear it now, he'd do a trick or two and some clown in the back hollering, "Chris Angel did that on 'Suck Reality MindFreak-05', man!"
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  My JW Neighbours

  by Joe Grundy in

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  i've posted about this before, and my earlier posts will clarify this.. i've explained to my neighbours why i (as an atheist) am bad association for my my jw neighbours.

  i've explained that to them as well, and on my third and last visit to a kh with them (for memorial service?

  ) i wore my fbi polo shirt and afterwards went outside for a cigarette.. pregnant jw mum and the kids (6 and 3) have just left to visit her (jw) family in sweden.

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  Ensure that he brings extra copies of some Dub mags and maybe even some Book Study books in case you're busted. He can always say he was trying to help you see the light, though he thought it best that you both be just hammered so that he could weaken your inhibitions and you would talk more freely about Jehobee.
  
  Is there any room at the bar for another Atheist? I like beer... a lot.
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  Were you a bathroom breaker?

  by Mysterious in

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  i swear my mother used to keep better track of my bladder than i did.

  she'd sit me down occasionally for talks such as "i noticed you've been going to the bathroom a lot during the meetings lately maybe we need to cut down on what you drink on meeting nights" etc.

  others would go 2 or 3 times a meeting and if i went twice a week i'd get a talk about it!

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  This whole thread makes me want to go to the can... because I remember that all that time spent on worrying whether someone missed one morsel of Jehobees love. I can see how it would stress a kid out. I guess I just didn't give a flip enough to worry.
  
  The funniest thing about this, for me, is I remember hearing some mother holler at her kids about this at a Big Assembly in Dallas, not the little one, whatever it was called. I remember because the next day my old man, non-JW snuck me out of the hotel on Saturday morning and took me to the Texxas Jam '82 to see the following.
  
  Best break I've ever had.
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  144K. Were they just the really crazy ones?!? How did they get the call?

  by Sailor Ripley in

  1. watchtower
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  i remember this sister that used to come to the memorials, not sure where she was the rest of the time, that would partake of the offering.

  i mean she would take a gulp of the vino and the bread and not one person said a thing.

  how did they know they were a part of the super friends?

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  Thanks for the article. I'll read tomorrow as I'm tired and i want to go to bed. I had a little drink about an hour ago and it went straight to my head.
  
  Maybe we could just plan an Apostate's Ball the same night as the memorial for a certain city near a bunch of us. We could all saunter in, sit on the same pew... or sorry, row and everyone partake. That would throw them for a loop. Of course we would have to have been drinking since about noon that day so that we could... well, so that we could... oh, hell for no reason other than to go in there hammered.
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  Did Jesus have a job?

  by pseudoxristos in

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  or did he just freeload off of everyone?.

  seriously, who would follow such a character?.

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  Sailor Ripley

  I think he just kind of cruised/drifted around... maybe a hooker or two here and there. Ask the mormons, they'll tell you.
  
  All I can say is, He'd better be glad he didn't try to cruise/drift through the Pacific Northwestern town of Hope back in the '80s! Brian Dennehy would have busted his rump and thrown him in the pokie after a good washdown!
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  144K. Were they just the really crazy ones?!? How did they get the call?

  by Sailor Ripley in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i remember this sister that used to come to the memorials, not sure where she was the rest of the time, that would partake of the offering.

  i mean she would take a gulp of the vino and the bread and not one person said a thing.

  how did they know they were a part of the super friends?

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  I remember this sister that used to come to the Memorials, not sure where she was the rest of the time, that would partake of the offering. I mean she would take a gulp of the vino and the bread and not one person said a thing.
  
  Did you know of any of these? How did they know they were a part of the Super Friends? Were they ever tested to see if they knew the secret handshake? What if I went to a hall on Memorial just to partake? Would it really freak 'em out? Once they found my "Atheist in Training" card in my wallet I'm sure they would bust me but would they question me? Is that appropriate?
  
  Not to be flippant, well maybe a little I guess, as I would like to know. I attempted to find the answer on watchtower.org but to no avail.
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  Easy Money Making Scheme

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  in one of my last conversations (end of 2004) with a long time close friend of 25 years (he's still in and believing) i said to him that with the generation change armageddon could be another 200 or 300 years away.

  there's no way of knowing.

  he disagreed so i cornered him into saying when he thought it would be.

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  Sailor Ripley

  A bunch of dudes/elders/clowns actually started a business by buying an bunch of and selling those big, yellow signs with lights that look like an arrow that sit outside a restaurant, that show everyone what the "blue-plate special" is for the day, or what crappy bands are playing that weekend. You know the ones. The cheese-moe ones.
  
  They sold a bunch as they guaranteed them for life! Get this, it was 1974. It was awesome, the signs were junkers and quickly deteriorated and finally broke. Those clowns lost a lot of money. I still laugh at that one.
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  Teachers

  by sandy in

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  does anyone here know of any good websites to find teachers.

  i've been trying to locate a couple teacher who made had a positive impact on me.

  both were elementary teachers of mine.

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  Sailor Ripley

  I went back to and called my old school or the administration group for that district. They forwarded my info to the teacher, she responded and I went to see her. She has terminally ill but still as sweet as ever. I'm glad I looked her up; I'm sure you will be happy afterward also.
  
  Keep on Truckin'!
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  Glad I found this place!!!

  by payinu in

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  just saying hi, and i am soooooo glad to find this site.

  i have been out of the org.

  for about 7 years now, and am just now feeling fully free.

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  Sailor Ripley

  I found this site about a month ago and I look at it every day. Sometimes I laugh, out-loud and hysterically. Sometimes I just sit and think, hell, I've even shed a tear.
  
  Mostly I'm just glad to know that I'm not the only person that knew something was not right.
  
  Keep on trucking and as another post discussed, Enjoy your Saturday!
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  I love my saturdays......

  by freedomlover in

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  i woke up this morning and made coffee and we are planning on eating a big breakfast and then doing a hike to a waterfall where we can play in the water and pick wild blueberries.

  it got me thinking how wonderful it is to have my weekends to myself now.

  when i was a dub i would skip out on service a lot but the whole day was ruined for me because i'd feel guilty for not going out in service.

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  Sailor Ripley

  My definition: yummy, creamy red, effervescent (thus the soda part) "cola" drank predominantly in the South but only with BBQ and jalapenos! You’ve got to have some the next time you’re in Republico de Tejas eating BBQ.
  
  Official Definition from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Red_(drink)
  
  Big Red is a soft drink that was created by Grover C. Thomsen in Waco, Texas (1937). It is generally considered to be one of many American varieties of cream soda, and is the original "red cream soda". The drink is highly popular in the Southern United States and is well known for its unique taste and red color. Its taste, though often mistaken for being a mixture of strawberry and bubblegum flavorings is actually created by mixing orange and lemon oils with the traditional vanilla used in other cream sodas. It is produced and distributed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. under license from Big Red, Ltd., based in Waco, Texas. Several other red drinks have tried to gain market but have frequently failed to gain the same popularity as Big Red.