Maybe 100 people attending a wedding reception from the local congregation. The bride and groom were NOT in attendance for the meal. After the ceremony, they went to the hotel room for "dinner" while the rest of us were in the banquet room having our dinner, which was sausages and chips. And they RAN OUT of sausages and chips. They were not told to make enough for 100 people. So half of the people got 2 sausages and a few chips, and the rest got nothing. I actually thought the hotel should have thrown us a few more trays of sausages and chips just to keep themselves from looking bad. How much could this have cost? Pathetic. If they didn't have money for catering, they should have made it a "bring a dish" kind of event. Those ones were always nice with a variety of good food. I think this pioneer couple were afraid if people had to "bring a dish" then they might not bring as much monetary gifts to finance their "life saving" work.
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Worst Witness Wedding Experience?
by spawn inwe went to oz for a wedding of a brother and sister from the sydney bethel.
it was the most bizzare wedding of all time, the cake was a multi coloured telitubby creation and the veggie food option was baby octopus and squid, the alcohol was free flowing and all bethelites in attendance took full advantage.
we were sat listening to the speaches and it was getting rowdier and rowdier and some of the language was rather unscriptual to say the least, as it was mixed jw and non jw we were surprised to find that all of this noise came from the bethelites.
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Onereason for a gentleman fader to stay reasonably associated...
by whataburger inone congregation phenomenon i have observed in a variety of halls - older, not so model material brothers have a real chance with younger, attractive sisters - and often at the prodding of the young sisters parents and congregation members.. and if you have a little more scratch than the average jw brother (which isn't hard to do with a bunch of window washers), you really have an advantage.. a 40 year old man walking through the mall would have zero chances with an attractive 18+ year old girl.
but take that same man, who has been faithfully attending meetings and doing all the right things and put him in the kingdom hall and suddenly anything is possible.. sad, but true.. of course, who wants all the drama that comes with a girl that young - but it is something i have observed.. when i was in my early 20's and came back into "the truth", and i had a few dollars - and i had so many sisters tripping all over themselves for me... and the ages range from late teens to late 30's.
it was crazy.
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"Hey sister Lolita, your parents said I could take you out to discuss the possibility of being yoked together in the near future. I realize you're still in high-school, but with this system coming to an end, wouldn't you be better off spending your remaining time in the life saving work? I'm in a good financial position to make this possible. Sure, I'm older than your dad, but in just a few short months when the new system is here, I'll be restored to youth and have a perfect body just like you have now. It's a win-win for everyone involved."
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OMG! I just realized that ALL cats are ATHEISTS!!!
by Elsewhere injust think about it.... have you every seen what happens when you try to baptize a cat???
cats don't like it!!!
cats don't like it because they hate gawd!
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Some cats seem to get past this and become Christian.
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Have you Been Shunned Even Though Just Considered " Inactive " ?
by flipper inmany of us here on the board are " inactive" , myself included.
have not attended meetings or gone out in service for years.
i haven't now for 6 years + .
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Oh yea, shunned by all our old friends even though just "inactive". Thankfully not shunned by family (yet).
There is one of my old "friends" who will still talk to me, and I can visit his house, but he won't be seen in public with me, and won't be my facebook friend. I have to be his "secret" friend. Thanks...... That's special.
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For non theists: Stages of evolution, can we develop wings?
by cyberjesus inif the evolution of life is defined by adapting to a need and life develops as it is needed.
what if decide to live in trees and jumping from them everytime.
does it mean that we could eventually develop wings?
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Nice one Leolaia.
And I agree with Gerard. I wasn't saying that our distant descendants could never have wings. But if they did develop wings at some point then they would first have gone through many other stages and would no longer be considered "human".
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Another example of why Christians' thinking baffles me, God made it stop raining....
by HappyGuy ini was overhearing a conversation among some christains at lunch the other day at my favorite diner.. a teenager had been at some kind of marching band camp, but it had been raining most of the time they were there.
they quoted the camp director as saying something like "i know it has been raining but today the rain stopped, thank the lord that he made the rain stop, now we can have our band practice, the lord made the rain stop to give you all the tiime to practice....".
so, i turned around and asked "if the lord made the rain stop, did the lord also make it rain so that the marching band camp was ruined?
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Just flip a coin and blame god if it's heads, and satan if it's tails.
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Bible Older than Originally Thought
by jamiebowers inhttp://www.newser.com/story/78357/new-find-adds-centuries-to-age-of-bible.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sci.
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That article's title is very misleading. They found "writings" that are "similar" to some laws which are written in the bible. So freakin' what! This isn't "the bible" that they found. It's part of Israel's traditions which pre-date the Bible writings. Perhaps the bible books were partially based on these traditions when they were written hundreds of years later.
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For non theists: Stages of evolution, can we develop wings?
by cyberjesus inif the evolution of life is defined by adapting to a need and life develops as it is needed.
what if decide to live in trees and jumping from them everytime.
does it mean that we could eventually develop wings?
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If we were jumping out of trees - would we develop wings?
No. As stated above, this aint gonna happen with humans. Evolution can only do so much, not anything you can imagine.
Now, if we were all jumping out of trees, and this was somehow important for our survival, and a percentage of people were dying in this activity, or not reproducing because the opposite sex was disappointed with their tree-jumping skills, then there would be selective change happening. It might be leading to things like: stronger leg muscles, thicker leg bones, stronger or more flexible backs, lighter overall weight, or changes to the internal organs.
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Ex-Witnesses in Ireland...
by jdhf inhey there....i've been noticing that there are quite a few support groups in other countries for those who leave the 'truth'.
i am appealing to those who are in the emerald isle to see if there is any chance we can get together and enjoy 'real' association, being of same minds etc.
anyway... i will put this out there and hopefully those in ireland will get in touch and we can support each other!
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Thanks for the heads-up Besty.
I'm in Ireland and know a few other ex-jws around the country.
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How Would You Deal With A Bully?
by minimus inrecently there have been news reports of teenagers killing themselves because they couldn't take being bullied any longer.. i hate bullies.
i would feel horrible if my grandkids ever got bullied.. have you ever put a bully in his or her place?.
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I like undercover's idea. This was my strategy:
1) Try to disarm them by being funny. If they say "I slept with your mom last night", then I'd come back with "You might want to go to a VD clinic for a check, my mom is a whore!". Totally take the wind out of their sails.
2) NEVER back down! If it came to a fight (and it usually did), then fight to your last breath. I took my fair share of beat-downs and stabbings, but I never admitted "defeat".