Posts by keyser soze

Doors, CCR, Green Day, Pearl Jam, Metallica, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac(half-American, half-Brit), Nirvana, Aerosmith, Garbage, Foo Fighters, The Offspring, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen. Those are just off the top of my head.

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I Believe Catholicism And Its Trappings Are Silly, Strange & Weird!!!

by minimus in

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my italian friend loves going to the "feasts" that occur in italy, boston or nyc.

these feasts feature a "saint" with dollar bills pinned around her and they parade the saint in a long procession and chant "viva (whomever)".

they are quite serious about this and are proud to talk about the past generations of observers who appreciated the events.

keyser soze

Not all will hear Christ's voice

True. But then, not all of us are lunatics.

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Just a question that's been weighing on my mind

by keyser soze in

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why isn't it sexual harrassment when professional athletes pat each other on the backside?

this type of behavior wouldn't be tolerated in any other work environment..

keyser soze

Why isn't it sexual harrassment when professional athletes pat each other on the backside? This type of behavior wouldn't be tolerated in any other work environment.

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11-year-old niece was told by JW grandmother that she shouldn't play in band

by keyser soze in

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i haven't posted here in a while, but i thought this was worth mentioning, and i just wanted to vent about it.. my brother and sister-in-law, who are now divorced, bought my niece a clarinet about a year ago, so she could play in the band at school.

she loves it more than anything in the world.

one day last week, her grandmother found out about this and got all upset about it.

keyser soze

I don't recognise the "bunch of fanatics" I see described in this and other threads as it's not the experience I have had in the two congregations I have been associated with

I wasn't attempting to portray the majority of witnesses in such a way. I was venting about one particular fanatic who upset my niece to the point where she was in tears, over something as benign as playing in the school band. I understand that most JWs don't hold such extreme views, but it is the constant bombardment of guilt from the WT, and its leaders that cultivates these extreme views, especially in people incapable of thinking for themselves.

that's why, if he doesn't already have it, your brother needs to go back to court for decision making rights regarding educational and medical dissues for his daughter.

I've encouraged him to fight for joint custody, at the very least. But he's trying to keep things as amicable as possible. He's also not in a great position financially, which is why he's staying with me.

And while he has serious issues with the elders, and no longer attends meetings, he is far more sympathetic to the WT than I am. But I'm working on him...

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