Posts by kifoy

When you were still a "good" JW (and not doing any apostate searching on your own):
How many of you had heard of the year 1799 as a "Watchtower date"?

If you still haven't heard:
<http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/stories/2005/01/09/watchtowerDatesTheJehovahsWitnessesAndPropheticYears.html>

And after learning that they really believed that the "last days" started in 1799 (even as late as 1930, when it was replaced by 1914, they believed that -- 1930!), what was your first thought?

I first leared about 1799 a couple of weeks ago, and I'm still kind of stunned. "Eh... What?"

Even my parents, who are still "in" and has been JW's for over 30 years, when they saw it in the book Harp of God recently, they also looked a little stunned and said they _never_ heard of it.

How strange.

I can say that I knew about 1874, but I truly had the understanding that they dropped that date _prior_ to 1914. I thought that not very long after 1914, they only believed in 1914.

But suddenly I learn about 1799! And not the least, that they were still holding on to both 1799 and 1874 almost 20 _years_ after 1914! How funny is that!

Admitting to be wrong about 1874 is one thing, but I can see that admitting to be wrong about 1799 is not that easy... so let's hush up about that...?

LOL :-)

kifoy

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Conversation with a JW

by VanillaMocha73 in

i wrote: .

i saw your email address on the post about the arson at your church.

i was wondering if you could answer some questions about your church?

kifoy

Beroean said: "I choose to think most of you would rather believe that every JW should know everything about every subject. The reality is, we don't."

Well.

There's a huge difference between: "I'm sorry, but I haven't got the answer to that question now. Let me check it out for you" and
"I will NOT answer your question. You're insulting me and attempting to weaken my faith! You're beein disrespectful!"

My husband was met with that accusation from two sisters that came to our door one day. He said quietly and respectfully that that his in-laws is JW's, and that he had read the Watchtower (and they of course asked him what he thought about them), but was troubled with all the "quote errors" he had found. They became sooo rude! And they straight away accused him for not beeing respectful!

I was listening to this from the living room, and was deeply shocked at their behaviour. Even my parents found it a bit strange...

kifoy

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Eurovision Song Contest

by katiekitten in

jw
friends

does anyone watch it?.

it is absolutely the best thing on tv in the uk, because terry wogan commentates.. heres the ukrane entry!!!.

http://www.eurovision-fr.net/histoire/details_07.php?id=62.

kifoy

And, by the way, Dansk:

Sweden rarely give any points to Norway, but usually gives some points to Denmark.
Denmark "hates" Sweden, but usually give them some points after all. But they often give Norway good score.
Norway always gives Sweden 10-12 points (even if they play the lousy ABBA trick _again_ -- in a bad way). And also Denmark is well "treated".

kifoy

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Eurovision Song Contest

by katiekitten in

jw
friends

does anyone watch it?.

it is absolutely the best thing on tv in the uk, because terry wogan commentates.. heres the ukrane entry!!!.

http://www.eurovision-fr.net/histoire/details_07.php?id=62.

kifoy

NORWAY wins this year!

;-)

kifoy

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Heard any good anecdotes a JW?

by tioga joe in

i got a chuckle out of one of the past messages that related the story of a person in desperate need praying to god for help just as a jw knocked on the door.

i had heard that one myself, too.. so it got me to thinking about "jw anecdotes" we all have heard.

one i heard from my visiting witness was during a "study" on how we must obey god's word even when man's word says not to.

kifoy

Hi tioga joe!

I was thinking about starting a similar topic just the other day.

One such anecdote came to my mind, you see. I don't remember all of it. It was quite long. But it was said to have happend in a spanish/portugeese (I think) little town. It was a catholic town, at least. When I heard it back then I thought it was sooo funny :-)

The catholic church had a problem with this town, because all the priest that were sent to this place, one by one became JWs. The anecdote goes on to tell the story of each and one of them.

I remember only this one partly: One priest, along with his sexton(?), was standing at a grave (or something) that had an inscription from Matthew 23:27 ("Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.")

And the sexton was thinking of how it reminded him of the priest... or something. Well both the priest and the sexton became JWs, of course.

Anyone heard this story? Maybe someone has got the story?
It would have been nice to read the complete story again. :-)

kifoy

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can't type! pls help!

by pudd in

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friends

calling all you computer experts out there!

ijust got a new laptop and the keyboard has gremlins!

when i type if i dont keep the fn button pressed i find it comes 64t 352e th5s ????!!!

kifoy

Do you have a "num lock" key that is activated on your keyboard?

On a laptop there often are small numbers on the keys M=0, J=1, K=2, L=3, U=4, I=5, O=6 and so on.
When the num lock key is not active, you type the numbers on these keys by holding down the fn key. (As a replacement for the number keys to the right on a big standard keyboard.)

If the num lock is active on my laptop (Mac PowerBook), I'm only able to type the numbers on these keys. The other keys on the board are "locked".
But it you've got a PC, I guess the num lock key may lock only the number keys to the numbers.

kifoy

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I always had to chuckle at this

by TooBad TooSad in

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friends

at circuit and especially district assemblies so many witnesses take.

notes of what was being said at such a feverish pace that i would ask.

myself: "what are they hearing that i am not hearing that is so important.

kifoy

I took notes. At least I wrote down the scriptures and tried to write down a keyword or two.
My mother always took great and detailed notes, so I was taught to do so too.

The notes somehow helped me to stay focused and to not fall asleep, but looking back on my notes some days after, there was not much to understand other than a scripture here and there... (terrible handwriting and disconnected keywords)

After convensions (especially after the summer conventions), at the "family study" we used to repeat the whole convention program based on our notes (and sometimes also the recording my father had done). My mother's notes were of course always the most "complete". And these family studies were always sooooo boring. zzzz.

kifoy

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Today's Blonde Joke [present company accepted]

by AK - Jeff in

a blonde is grieved over her husbands illicit affairs.

she goes to the gunshop and purchases a pistol.

on arriving home she finds her husband making love with a beautiful redhead.. she grabs the gun from her purse, and puts it to her own temple.. the husband cries out "honey don't do this.

kifoy

I'm blond myself, but I love the blond jokes.
Maybe it is because I don't really understand them...? ;-)

Had a few laying around to share with you:

Let me start with the best one I've ever heard:
<http://funhouse.bubble.ro/462/World_s_DUMBEST_Blonde_Locked_Herself_Inside_the_Car/>

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Blonde knitter
==============

While cruising the Interstate, the state trooper passed a blond knitting
while driving.

The Trooper decided to stop the blonde driver and rolled down his
passenger side window. He pulled up beside the blond driver and shouted
"Pull Over" !!!

The distraught blonde looked, and said, Nah, duh, just a scarf...

====================
Emergency Repair Kit
====================

Josh was helping Sally, the blonde, clean out the trunk of her car.
Inside, he noticed a bag labeled "Emergency Repair Kit". Looking at it a
little closer, he noticed a stick of dynamite inside.

Thinking that was a bit strange, he asked Sally what it was for.

She said, "It's part of my emergency repair kit."

Josh said, "I can see that, but why?"

Sally replied, "In case I have a flat and need to blow up one of my tires."

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Mother passed away
==================

A blonde goes into work one morning crying her eyes out. Her boss,
concerned about all his employees' well being, asked sympathetically,
"What's the matter?" To which the blonde replies....."Early this morning I got a phone call
saying that my mother had passed away."

The boss, feeling very sorry at this point, explains to the young girl.
"Why don't you go home for the day.....we aren't terribly busy. Just take the day off
to relax and rest." The blonde very calmly states......" No, I'd be better off here.
I need to keep my mind off it and I have the best chance of doing that here."
The boss agrees and allows the blonde to work as usual...."If you need anything,
just let me know."

Well, a few hours pass and the boss decides to check on the blonde. He
looks out over his office and sees the blonde hysterically crying!! He rushes
out to her, asking, "What's so bad now........are you gonna be ok??"
"No......" exclaims the blonde. "I just got a call from my sister. She
told me that HER mom died too!!"

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Green Side Up
=============

One day a woman decided to have all the rooms in her house painted, so she
called a painter to come over and give her an estimate on how much it
would cost. The painter arrived, and the woman brought him into the dining
room.

"What color would you like this room painted?" he asked.
"Green," the woman replied. The painter nodded and wrote something down on
his notepad. Then he went over to the nearest open window and yelled out,
"Green side up!"

The woman thought this was odd but continued on to the kitchen.
"What color would you like this room painted?" he asked.
"Yellow," the woman replied. Again, the man nodded, wrote something down
on his notepad, and went over to the nearest open window.
"Green side up!" he yelled.

The woman was puzzled, but figured that he was a professional, so she
shouldn't question him. The whole tour continued like this; the woman
becoming more & more suspicious each room they went through that the
painter leaned out the open window and yelled, "Green side up!"
Finally they were finished and the woman couldn't stand it any longer. She
asked the painter,

" Why did you yell 'Green side up' out the window every time I told you
what color I wanted the rooms painted? I don't want every room painted
green!" The painter laughed.
"I know. I wrote down the colors you wanted your rooms to be painted. But
I had to keep yelling 'Green side up' out the windows because I have a
crew of blondes across the street laying sod."

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K-9 unit
========

The police department, famous for it's superior K-9 unit, was somewhat
taken aback by a recent incident. Returning home from work, a blonde was
shocked to find her house ransacked and burglarized. She telephoned the
police at once and reported the crime.

The police dispatcher broadcast the call on the channels, and a K-9 unit
patrolling nearby was the first on the scene.

As the K-9 officer approached the house with his dog on a leash, the
blonde ran out on the porch, clapped a hand to her head and moaned, "I
come home from work to find all my possessions stolen, I call the police
for help, and what do they do? They send a BLIND policeman!"

funny smiles from
kifoy