Posts by Frenchy

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You know you might have a problem when

by Zep in

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2 dubs come to your door and your've just been reading some stuff on 1975...and then you suddenly think they might be a sign from god or something.i laughed it off, but cant believe i thought it though....it was only for a sec that i held the thought, but jeez!???.

they were pushin these little pamphlets, you know the ones!

...the ones with all the cute animals on the cover and some kid in the middle of them playing with a lion or a bear!.

Frenchy

Zep: Sorry about being late, my ‘puter is getting tempermental on me! Very pointed questions.

How serious do you take your own religion Frenchy, what do you and all the others here really think of it???

I can’t speak for anyone but myself. I took (past tense) it very seriously and I believed it to be the truth. I gradually came to understand that it was not divine light but interpretation from men who actually believe that they are relaying ‘truth’ from God to ‘his people’. I cannot say that I have ‘a religion’ at present.

I mean, what kind of responibility do you feel personnally when you see a newbie come to KH...If i saw someone like myself being fed the WT i think i'd want to give them the otherside of the argument?.

During the time I was totally committed and even during the time of my… what? …my indecision? I felt responsible to do my very best to teach that person all that I knew (or all that he/she was capable or wanting to know) because I believed it mean his/her eternal salvation. Later on, near the end, I was more reluctant to ‘inculcate the truth’ to the newbies. I stated here already that I was studying with a young man whom I like very much when I finally decided that I had to get out. During this study I tried to be very objective in the study, telling him what the WTS’s stand was on the matter and also giving him the ‘other side’ of the argument as well. I came to appreciate that I was not being objective at all because he saw me as a JW and surmised that the WTS’s side must be the true side otherwise why would I be one??? I turned the study over to someone else after a long and difficult deliberation with myself.
As I have stated before, I am one of the few who actually likes field service. I don’t go anymore because I could not bring someone into this mess.
Hey, waiting, this is for cutting in ahead of me:

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

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What Do You Eat For Brakfast?

by Carmel in

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no attempt her at subtrafuge, just thought i'd kick off a subject with an anology.

when i eat breakfast, i usually have one of three things, something with eggs, something sweet or just the coffee!

how much of what i injest for the start of my day is controlled by the culture i live in and the habits i have come to consider "normal"?

Frenchy

Circare: Grits are served as a 'porridge' You could not make a cake of them. At least I've never seen it done...

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

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The Lady of Shalott

by Seven in

my fav waterhouse:.

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Frenchy

Solid: I posted the poem already in the literature forum....thanks for the link, though.

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

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Wolfsong

by Seven in

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Frenchy

You have to be 'in the black' if you're a Jones fan!

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

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Quake an bethel tours!

by Zep in

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just went over to witnet...dont know why?, but i got a little laugh out of the fact that theres a big ad at the top of the page for quake ii eh?!

of all games....if your've ever played it, you'll know its pretty violent, you could even say demonic!, atleast thats how the gb would put it i reckon!.some how i just cant imagine all these dubs ditting down playing this type of game....imagine it would be a big no no.. on anther topic, whats with these bethel tours they're always advertising over there abyway?, anyone been on one, i mean what would be the attraction....whatever happened to disney land?

Frenchy

You can go to the headquarters and request a tour of the facilities. They'll appoint a guide to lead you through the printing factory and even the living quarters. It's also possible to tour the farm and the printing facility at Wallkill where the magazines are printed out. You can also tour Patterson and back when the WTS still owned the Stanley Theater you could tour that also. I've been to all those places and I found it quite interesting.

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

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The Coming Night

by Frenchy in

after such a compliment from seven i could be silent no longer!

isn't she a darling?

the night has long represented fear, the unknown, and death for man.

Frenchy

Thank you, Seven. Man may mark and measure time but I'm afraid that it's very real and it marches relentless forward. I have its footprints all over me!

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

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The Coming Night

by Frenchy in

after such a compliment from seven i could be silent no longer!

isn't she a darling?

the night has long represented fear, the unknown, and death for man.

Frenchy

After such a compliment from Seven I could be silent no longer! Isn't she a darling?
The night has long represented fear, the unknown, and death for man. In a universe that may very well be temporary for all we know (and there are many learned men that argue that it is) the thought of there being only nothingness one day can be very discomforting to creatures which are only too well aware of their own temporalness.
I wrote this poem with an uneasy chill though the day was quite warm...

The Coming Night

Dark as fear, older than light
O'er land and sea, through breadth and height
She spreads her pleated, sable skirt
Of things that are and yet to be, she is first
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Relentless as death she bides her time
While kingdoms rise and fall, petty or sublime
Eternally patient, she is content to sit and wait
Till all be gone, small and great
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Then once again, she alone will reside
In august solitude and empty pride
No Schemes or plans, hopes or dreams
Void of reason, of purpose or deeds
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Many a ship's captain with wheel in hand
In an endless sea so far from land
Has peered into the dying light
And in his heart dreaded the coming night
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For into her endless fearsome shroud so grim
Men and ships sail to their journey's end
To eternal night, that final resting place
The Chariot of time hastens all to her embrace
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O, empty night dark and cold
What terrors for our feeble hearts you hold
Beyond reason's horizon you forever lie
Till we bid life's light a reluctant good bye
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And when all is gone and creation be no more
When no man stands at death's gruesome door
And Hades' insatiable maw is finally filled
Everlasting night shall be here still
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And whether men go gently into your embrace
Or rant and rage against their cruel fate
We watch and mourn their pitiable plight
And await our own journey into the dying light
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On a clear sultry summer night
Stars twinkle and sparkle in sheer delight
Pin pricks of light in the black dome of night
In their struggle to remain shall also lose their fight
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They too shall one day fade away into the night
When eons have flown and time itself has grown trite
Then it will keep a wary eye on the night
And ponder its own precarious plight
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For when all is gone and creation is no more
For what purpose will time serve to keep the score
When nothing there be to mark or sight
Time itself shall slip gently into the coming night
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-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

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The Lady of Shalott

by Frenchy in

as he rode down to camelot: .

as he rode down to camelot.

Frenchy

OMG! I know now why I love you so!

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

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The Lady of Shalott

by Seven in

my fav waterhouse:.

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Frenchy

Ah, yes, Guinnevere! I cared less for that creature than the knight that betrayed his king! But I would gladly conquer a kingdom for thee, fair Seven!

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The French Knight.

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

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Thorn in the flesh

by Seven in

what was paul's thorn in the flesh?

what was it's real character?

Frenchy

Seven, you think Paul may have had just a tiny bit of a Napoleon complex? I'm a full six feet tall (not unusual by today's standards at all) and I find that I have the most problems with guys that are short! What's the woman's viewpoint of a semi-midget?

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-