Posts by gordon d

Funny... I've only been married for 7 years and I CAN remember many of the meals that my wife made...
Some that stick out the most in my mind were the cases of food poisoning...

??MAYBE?? it was unintentional??? But I STILL can't stand even the smell of chicken enchiladas
and I still can't swallow a Watchtower study without gagging!

How happy will the Master be when he returns to find His servants praying to the porcelain God "RALPH"?!?

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Suggestions for "The Internet" defense ... roadblock?

by gordon d in

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wanderer reminded me of an answer that i frequently get when confronting dubs with information obtained through the internet.

even if it's a scan of a wts publication, the typical dub seems to be well schooled in refusing to give any credibilty to anything that comes from a website other than watchtower.org.

has anyone had any luck finding more "credible" sources for info?

gordon d

Wanderer reminded me of an answer that I frequently get when confronting Dubs with information obtained through the internet. Even if it's a scan of a WTS publication, the typical Dub seems to be well schooled in refusing to give ANY credibilty to ANYTHING that comes from a website other than watchtower.org.

Has anyone had any luck finding more "credible" sources for info? I have some bound volumes as well as some old texts that I can use for some points but I was thinking that if I were to ask someone to email a scan of a particular article, I would (honestly) be able to say that it came from a search of documents (both WTS and secular) and did not come from some apostate-witness-bashing-website.

I have seen a willingness of JWD members to provide just about anything ever requested... Thanks!

Any suggestions or input would be greatly appreciated.

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Impulsive buyer....What was I thinking?~?

by purplesofa in

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yesterday, i was in wal-mart, taking care of some business at the service desk, while i was there, i thought......i'll just browse a bit and then get home.. before i knew it i was at the check-out with a hotdog griller...!!!!!!

you know it looks kinda like the ones at gas stations, movie theatres, ball parks!!

i barely eat 10 hot dogs a year and thats just when i don't have another choice.. i have never bought anything stupider that i can remember.. forty bucks spent........maybe five bucks back after i keep it five years.......selling it in a gargae sale.. tell us.....do you buy things impulsively and what was your biggest mistake?.

gordon d

A 745il BMW... Major P.O.S.! Sold it 6 months ago and I'm still getting recall notices and service advisories...almost weekly!

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Bible Jokes (as lame as the ones we used to pass around when we were JW's)

by TheHypnoToad in

q. what do they call pastors in germany?

a. german shepherds.

q. who was the greatest financier in the bible?

gordon d

According to the Bible, it's the man's job to make coffee... there's a whole book about it: "He-Brews"

The Bible mentions female hormonal imbalance and crabbyness:
"Mary road Joseph's ass all the way to Bethlehem"

The Bible refers to flatulence... "Balaam's ass spoke to him"

Moses did not accept the seriousness of his situation... He was in "de-nile"

Revelation says that there will be no milk in the new system... "Utter destruction"

Whenever Jesus was a child, he would never clean his room... Mary would continually shout,
JESUS CHRIST!...Were you born in a barn!?!

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Worst Jw reasonings of all time

by drew sagan in

well, let's all pick out our favorite 'best of the worst'.

teaching found in the publications that just are on the total brink of absurdity.

my vote is in for this 'striking parallel' between the time peroid of jesus life and the 1914-1918 time peroid.

gordon d

Here's a doozie....

"If you are a Christian woman, what should you do if, in spite of all precautions, you are set upon by a rapist? If you cannot deter him by reasoning, or by calling upon the name of Jehovah, then what? As a Christian you are under obligation to resist. This resistance includes screaming and creating as much disturbance as possible .. Resistance is imperative, because the rapist is after, not just money, but your virtue. An issue of integrity to Jehovah's laws is involved here. So by no means would it be proper quietly to submit to rape, as that would be consenting to fornication. -1 Thess. 4:3.. Would it be different if the man had a weapon and threatened to kill you if you did not submit? No, the Scriptures plainly state that Christians are under obligation to 'flee from fornication.' (1 Cor. 6:18). It is true that you face the possibility of death in this case.." {AWAK Aug 3 1974 14}

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Worst Jw reasonings of all time

by drew sagan in

well, let's all pick out our favorite 'best of the worst'.

teaching found in the publications that just are on the total brink of absurdity.

my vote is in for this 'striking parallel' between the time peroid of jesus life and the 1914-1918 time peroid.

gordon d

The WTS President's (Judge Rutherford) stance on medicine was a bit... "bizzare".....

"We do well to bear in mind that among the drugs, serums, vaccines, surgical operations, etc., of the medical profession, there is nothing of value save an occasional surgical procedure. Their whole so-called "science" grew out of Egyptian black magic and has not lost its demonological character.... we shall be in a sad plight when we place the welfare of the race in their hands."

The Golden Age, Sept. 8, 1937, p. 771.

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