Posts by GentlyFeral

Mazel tov! Reminds me of the opening chapter of Robert Heinlein's Glory Road, set in the same area. Let's see, you'll have Delilah with you, so you won't need a copy of the book, which has a similar goddess with "magnificent poitrine" in it. But you might want to read it after you get back, when the lack of south-of-France-ness becomes annoying.

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Apostate daily text, as promised. Enjoy.

by GentlyFeral in

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presented without comment, 'cause y'all have actual working brains.

"there are only supposed to be certain people who are worth the trouble and you basically have to be middle class or exceptional in some way, really beautiful or really smart or be kissed by jesus for god's sake--the rest of us, we're background noise and our stories aren't important.

i think the working class is the story of this country.

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Presented without comment, 'cause y'all have actual working brains.

"There are only supposed to be certain people who are worth the trouble and you basically have to be middle class or exceptional in some way, really beautiful or really smart or be kissed by Jesus for god's sake--the rest of us, we're background noise and our stories aren't important. And I just don't believe that. I think the working class is the story of this country. The rich and the upper class have been riding on our asses for hundreds of years, and I don't want to see us made over into a story that glorifies them. Our stories are glory enough." ~dorothy allison

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My Mother the Classic ETERNAL Witness

by unique1 in

her ever loving text and comment sent to me every morning, included the following this morning.

it is just so ignorant that i almost can't stand it.

obviously it is a subliminal message about my non-attendance of meetings, but i had to vent and share because she really just pisses me off.. look out: perhaps there may be someone who will carry you off as his prey .

GentlyFeral

Expatbrit,

Perhaps it's time to start replying with the "apostate text of the day" selected from all the material on the web.

Me! Me! I'll get right on it!

GentlyFeral

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Fluff - Funniest Movie Quotes

by El Kabong in

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what do you think are some of the funniest movie quotes ever.

the one's you can hear over and over again and still laugh.

just a couple of mine are from these movies: .

GentlyFeral

There's a scene in A Shot in the Dark where Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) gets his hand tangled up in a globe. Finally extricating himself, he says, "Oh, look. I've got Africa all over my hand."

Don't know why that tickles me, but it always does.

Also -- can't remember the movie, but W. C. Fields, as a card sharp, invites a hick to play poker.

Hick: "Is that a game of chance?"

Fields: "Not the way I play it, no.

GentlyFeral

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Would you have rather been in a different book study?

by JH in

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did you ever want to be in a different book study, one maybe closer to your home or where you had close friends?.

i knew people who had a book study across the street, and they were sent across the city about 8 miles away instead.

so often i saw how people could have been sent to closer places.. did you ever try to change group?

GentlyFeral

Did you ever want to be in a different book study

Yes. Preferably one studying the works of Hakim Bey or Terence McKenna. GentlyFeral

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Has anyone ever met a JW Prophet? (slave class)

by badolputtytat in

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during my... adventure, with these people, i have raised a question with them.

who writes the articles?

makes the rules?

GentlyFeral

badolputtytat,

I am NOT ALLOWED to comfort my mother as she suffers the pain of her illness. I am NOT ALLOWED to be there when she passes... she may pass alone, in some dark room, having elders there feeding her this false hope and sense that when she leaves her daughter behind, that child will be cared for by these people. I am NOT ALLOWED to wipe the puke off her face and know that she is being taken care of. Help her out of bed when her bowels release. See that she is has clean bed-clothes and proper care.

Is your mother not being cared for? Wouldn't it be more to the point to try to get power of attorney?

GentlyFeral
Just askin'

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Praying to Eckart Tolle

by Satanus in

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'so, send me somebody', i said to eckart tolle.

'but he's not dead', i thought.

'praying to a live person is unheard of.

GentlyFeral

Sounds rather like my son, actually. Do finish the story, SaintSatan.

GentlyFeral

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Stereotypical ELDERS

by tazmaniac in

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a while back we had a fairly sucessful posting history on stereotypical witnesses.

how about stereotypical elders.

i will start the ball rolling with two:.

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Brother Softie -- when you're DF'd, he'll take you aside and tell you -- in strictest confidence -- that Jehovah will probably forgive you quicker than the elders do.

This actually happened to my husband.

GentlyFeral

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Growing up a gay Jehovah's Witness (My Life Story)

by m0nk3y in

i feel the need to express how i feel and felt about my life as a gay man.

i was brought up from birth as a jehovahs witness.

this has played a major part in my life and it has been a real struggle to get past.

GentlyFeral

NorthernGirl,

I can think of several denominations where at least some of the congregations would have welcomed monk3y with open arms:

Reform Judaism
some Quakers
some Baptist churches
many Episcopal churches
many Methodist churches
Pagans
Unitarian Universalists

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