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  Poor Mr. Bergis

  by Country Girl in

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  this poor man is really harassed by this radio station, but the content of the calls is just too hilarious!

  http://www.ebaumsworld.com/mrbergis.html

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  Country Girl

  This poor man is really harassed by this radio station, but the content of the calls is just too hilarious!

  http://www.ebaumsworld.com/mrbergis.html

  CG
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  When Loved Ones Do Not Share Your Faith - 11/8/03 Awake!

  by Funchback in

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  i picked and chose the more interesting quotes.

  "how should christians treat loved ones who do not share their faith?

  "no time limit is implied in the command at exodous 20:12 to 'honor your father and your mother.

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  I knew it was coming, eventually. They are going to start inserting insidious messages into the texts in the next year about shunning relatives who are known to be "vehemently" against the JW's. They are afraid the apostates are getting to those "true Christians" faster than they can indoctrinate. I was never baptized, but I can already see/feel the changes.

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  JW changes over time

  by larc in

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  as many of you know, i am 63, and left the religion about 40 years ago.

  i was raised in it and would like to explain what it was like compared to today.

  first of all, back in the mid to late 40's the patriotism of the u.s. was very high and the treatment at the door was very harsh.

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  Mulan:

  I think the ban on smoking actually came in the early 70's because my best friend's Father smoked, and I remember them giving him 6 months to quit, or face disfellowshipping, and I was around 11-12. He didn't quit, so was disfellowshipped. I felt sorry for him because he was one of my favorite brothers! He then did a radical turnaround and was rabid anti-JW.

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  JW changes over time

  by larc in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as many of you know, i am 63, and left the religion about 40 years ago.

  i was raised in it and would like to explain what it was like compared to today.

  first of all, back in the mid to late 40's the patriotism of the u.s. was very high and the treatment at the door was very harsh.

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  Boy, do I remember some things about those days. I'm 42, so I was very young when it was all going on, but remember the chart; remember when they had all the copies of different religions' books back in the library for study on talks; when there was only the overseer. Now that I think of it, that's kind of a wierd term, since to me in connotes slavery.. hmmm! I also remember when all the brothers would go out during the intermission and smoke. Hehhehe. It's surreal! I left in 1981, when it was starting to get wierd. Up until 1975 or so, people could date in pairs, chaperones weren't necessary that I remember. In fact, our hall was pretty lax. The teenagers were always having parties where we'd do "The Hustle" and other silly dances of the day; go to Earth Wind and Fire concerts, and listen to whatever music we wanted to. The rich boys in the other congregation would have parties with lots of beer, pot, etc. There was no adult supervision *at all*. Kinda strange... I think in all the years I was a Witness, there was maybe 2-3 disfellowshippings (19 years).

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  Explaining politics to a JW.......

  by Makaveli in

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  is like explaining gravity to a 4 year old.

  they have their heads so buried in the sand its soooo frustrating ...

  why do they act like politics doesn't matter ?

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  They are so pleasantly unencumbered with the current events of this world, because they are awaiting their spiritual government and can't be bothered. They are taught to believe not to become involved with, nor be overly concerned with, the governments of this system. The "sheeple" will be led into the spiritual paradise no matter what happens in this "current system of things." Kaplooey!

  Oh.. welcome to the board! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

  CG
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  I'm sick of being mistaken for a prostitute!

  by Aztec in

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  2. friends

  this has happened far too many times now for it to just be happenstance.

  over the last year or so i've had at least 10 guys try to "pick me up" while i am out walking.

  if it only happened at night it would be one thing but, it's happened early in the morning as well.

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  I dunno. You could walk down the street staring at the ground, picking your nose and talking to yourself. I certainly wouldn't want to pick up anyone like *that*. Heh. Maybe you could get one of those fake police badges and flash it at em. Ought to make them shut up real quick. Snort.

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  You Live in California when...

  by AlanF in

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  you live in california when.... 1. you make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.. 2. the high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.. 3. the fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.. 4. you know how to eat an artichoke.. 5. you drive your rented mercedes to your neighborhood block party.. 6. when someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will .

  take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.. .

  you live in new york city when.... 1. you say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean manhattan.. 2. you have never been to the statue of liberty or the empire state building.

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  Defense of Colorado:

  You live in Colorado when...

  1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.

  2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at

  the day care center.

  3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.

  4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

  I have no defense for this!

  CG
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  You Live in California when...

  by AlanF in

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  you live in california when.... 1. you make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.. 2. the high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.. 3. the fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.. 4. you know how to eat an artichoke.. 5. you drive your rented mercedes to your neighborhood block party.. 6. when someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will .

  take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.. .

  you live in new york city when.... 1. you say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean manhattan.. 2. you have never been to the statue of liberty or the empire state building.

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  Country Girl

  I will *first* defend the Southern stereotypes because I live in Texas at the *present time* (the South). I will next defend the Colorado stereotypes because I was born and raised in Colorado, but got the hell out of there because the Texans were buying it up and I wanted to marry me a millionaire!

  Texas:

  You Live in the South when...

  1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.

  This is absolutely *not true*. "Ron's Video Rental" is separated by a wall from "Ron's Wife's Bait and Tackle Shop." They are two separate stores, separated in a Community Property State by Ron and Ron's Wife, who the Sherrif couldn't separate on his last trip out on a Domestic Abuse call to their house.

  2."ya'll" is singular and "all ya'll" is plural.

  This is just a total lie. There's people in Houston that say "You all" and mean the immediate family (all 500 of them in a long line of trailers along the river); along with "You all you all" which means that "you all's" friends are coming too! No ill grammatical errors. They're just more proper.

  3. After five years you still hear, "You ain't from 'round here, are Ya?"

  That is JUST such a lie! You must have heard that from Ma Pearson's cousin on the river. We don't say that! Why... everyone is welcome here! Why just last night Grandpaw BilBuckle's niece from over to Chicago came and everyone was on their best manners, and they even gave her the biggest helping of crawdads, and she said "Oh my goodness! They spray for *these* in my apartment in Chicago!". But we was all nice and stuff and took the plate away and served her up some possum fritters. She thought it was some fancy town kinda meal because she exclaimed the she *loved* French fries! Made ole Mulberry Higgins, the cher, all excited cuz he thought he was a GorMay cook and that he had cooked up a batch of Paris stuff!

  4. "He needed killin' " is a valid defense.

  Now this is just a rightful (er, excuse me wrongful) defense. There's some people that just get in sitchy-achins where someone attacks them and they have to defend themselves. That is mostly the case in the South. The law comes on your land and it's your rightly defense if they tell you that your septic tank ain't meetin code, and they shuts yer water off. Or closes down yer electricity. It ain't fair. Ya gots to shoot people that tries to take yer terlit facilities! Right? one time my Uncle Buddy went to a Chivalree at his mother in law's house, and cuz he peed out the car, and the other menz peed out the car, they took my uncle to the jail. They had to prove their septic. Well.... my uncle's been peein in the woods for 45 years, and he had no evidence, cept maybe a few wet spots and some yellow grass. They fined him $45 and he was madder'n a we hen!

  He needed killin IS a defense.

  5. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean,

  Oh.. that's a buncha hogwash. All serial killers have two names.

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  Did anyone see Oprah on Thursday? Polygamy and Child molestation

  by Mulan in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have wanted to post about this since i saw the show on thursday.

  it was shocking.

  here is a synopsis from oprah.com there was so much about their lives that reminded me of our lives as jw's.

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  Did anyone see Oprah on Thursday? Polygamy and Child molestation

  by Mulan in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have wanted to post about this since i saw the show on thursday.

  it was shocking.

  here is a synopsis from oprah.com there was so much about their lives that reminded me of our lives as jw's.

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  It's a worldwide scourge.

  Just another symptom of a patriarchal society that values the lives of its children and females as not worth much more than livestock. In some cases, even less. When it becomes apparent to these governments that *each* member of the human race has the *same* rights, and that HAVING these rights will benefit it as a whole, then it will become less. Because our (the US) government is so caught up in the "letter of the law" they ignore the spirit.

  They are so caught up in separation of Church and State to the point that they are ignoring Church rules that may invade the civil rights of *children* and *females* that they ignore it because to make a ruling on such a thing would mean that the State is crossing over into the venue and jurisdiction of the Church, and NO, that can't happen!

  Meanwhile.. countless children are given to Church elders (who may be related to them due to the isolation of the particular church) to marry, and have even more babies, who will subsequently be taken into this subjugation, and married off to uncles, cousins, etc. It's sick. The reason that they tolerate it in Utah and Arizona is because it's like the Witnesses. They all know that polygamous conditions exist in the "celestial" kingdom, and there are many people who believe it's a very important foundation of the Mormon religion, and they are the brave ones practicing it, while the other ones spout the religious doctrine that it's banned (but really, it's still there, lurking underneath the surface).

  Utah is like another place in time if you ever go there. Everyone's Mormon it seems.

  Colorado City is the place where all these polygamists live. The law doesn't seem to bother them there. But thankfully, they have a new breed of prosecutor that is going to keep after them and get them all~! There's been several prosecutions there, and I'm *so glad*! Several women are coming forward and talking about it. For once, finally, it's coming all out in the open! People aren't as ashamed as they used to be, thank heaven for that.

  CG