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How to fade quickly and get off the JW "radar screen"

by sir82 in

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so you want to fade quickly, and keep the elders off your back?

here's an easy way to do it:.

1) recruit a sympathetic friend - doesn't have to be an elder, heck, doesn't even have to be a jw - to pose as the secretary for the "xyz" congregation.. 2) tell your congregation secretary you are moving to the "xyz" congregation.

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You Guy's or to funny

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MARIJUANA TRIAL

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marijuana trial: swift found not guilty; jurors shake hands with defendant01/29/2009, 2:46 pm addthis button begin

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dan churney, [email protected], 815-431-4050 headline/byline end start content start left column @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ story content begin on wednesday in la salle county circuit court, several jurors shook hands with an emotional loren j. swift after finding him not guilty of a marijuana charge that would have sent him to prison.. .

hihopes2008

If I had to explain it to the uninitiated, I'd say that it's just the cult version of someone becoming "born again" after a scary episode in life...

Your Right Undercover

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MARIJUANA TRIAL

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marijuana trial: swift found not guilty; jurors shake hands with defendant01/29/2009, 2:46 pm addthis button begin

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dan churney, [email protected], 815-431-4050 headline/byline end start content start left column @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ story content begin on wednesday in la salle county circuit court, several jurors shook hands with an emotional loren j. swift after finding him not guilty of a marijuana charge that would have sent him to prison.. .

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MARIJUANA TRIAL: Swift found not guilty; jurors shake hands with defendant

01/29/2009, 2:46 pm Print this story | Email this story
Dan Churney, [email protected], 815-431-4050

On Wednesday in La Salle County Circuit Court, several jurors shook hands with an emotional Loren J. Swift after finding him not guilty of a marijuana charge that would have sent him to prison.

"I'm so relieved. I've got my life back. I'm so grateful," a teary Swift told reporters outside the courtroom."I'm going to dedicate my life to doing what's right," which he explained meant he was going to get himself reinstated in the Jehovah's Witnesses.

The five-woman, seven-man jury deliberated about two hours, giving the verdict at 1:30 p.m. The 59-year-old Swift, of rural Streator, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. The state police drug task force arrested him Oct. 26, 2007, at his home, saying they found 25 pounds of marijuana and 50 pounds of marijuana plants. He spent 49 days in custody before posting $10,000 bond. His record included a conviction in 2003 for possession of a small amount of marijuana

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New issue of THE WITCHTOWER: The Internet - Satan's trap

by processor in

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i'm pleased to publish the second issue of the witchtower, containing translated articles of german erbrechet!

the internet - satans trap: how dangerous is it?.

should christians use wireless technology?

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Sign of the times

by whereami in

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found this interesting.

will the wts do the same?

"a catholic priest in nashville, tennessee, couldn't wait for the u.s. government's promised stimulus plan to help his struggling parishioners, so he started his own.

hihopes2008

How do I get my 250 :)

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What are your weekends like now?

by passwordprotected in

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compare and contrast.. my weekends as a jw;.

saturday.

stressing to get the kids ready in time to get out to meet the fs group.

hihopes2008

SEEP,SLEEP and more SLEEP :)

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The Obama Prayerfest......freaked me out.......

by oompa in

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i don't know about you.....but this past 24 hours in dc gives me the heebie jeebies!.....i can not believe all these frikkin prayers/public talks?....except for the whacky black preacher that mentioned every skin color....these guys sounded just like big whig elders at conventions that had already ran overtime and they needed to rehash the entire convention....and that thank god for everything but ingrown toenails....and beg him to help us...protect us from ebil satan....and heal our elderly and our hemorids............oompa.

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It was all for show!!!!

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Is Barack Obama a Free Mason?

by LouBelle in

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just asking....

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All Presidents are!!!!!

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This is so funny!!!

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give them the "mark 17" faith test!

mark 16:17-18.

"and these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.

hihopes2008

It was not me that did this act. It was a post on a website Ex-jw.com

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This is so funny!!!

by hihopes2008 in

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give them the "mark 17" faith test!

mark 16:17-18.

"and these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.

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Give them the "Mark 17" faith test! From Biblegateway.com :

Mark 16:17-18
"And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."

One skeptic challenges Jehovah's Witnesses using these verses.
I am so elated right now I actually had to calm down a bit before I wrote this first sentence. You see, I’ve been waiting about 4 years to do this, and just 30 minutes ago I finally got the chance. I finally got to fuck with a jehovah’s witness not with insults (well, I threw a few in there) but with their own fucking holy book. Anyone familiar with my blogs knows I was brainwashed in a church/school until I was 15; I know my friggin’ bible, and I’m mad as hell about it!

So I saw these 2 young girls dressed conservatively and looking a little out of place walking a few doors down from my folks house this morning with an older man. Needless to say, I know this M.O., and I high tailed it around the block and into my parent’s house to lie and wait. I burst in the door and as luck would have it, my mom was sitting at the desk right by the front door! Her being there to witness this would only be a bonus!

I ran into my old bedroom, which has become what Audra and I refer to as the “family archives” (basically just a large bookshelf filled with everything that we do not have room for at our house, along with books of our folks) and grab my childhood bible. It contains about 15 years of research into biblical fallacies, contradictions, and absurdities. I then go out to the garage and grab moms bottle of lemon-scented bleach. On my way back into the house I stop in the kitchen and get a clear drinking glass out of the cupboard and then head back to the front door, all the while explaining to her that some JW are about to knock on the door.

“Oh no your not…we’re not answering the door, just let them be.” She protested after I explained my plan.

“Well, I am answering the door, “ I returned, “I’ve been waiting years to do this to someone, and I’m not letting it pass by today!”

Instead of protesting further, my mom then asks if the bible really says that. I open up my bible to the appropriate passage and let her read it for herself. At that point she said nothing more. My final step of preparation was to put our dog Zoë in the bathroom so we didn’t need to yell over her barking.

Then the knock on the door.

I almost felt bad doing this, as these were young girls, but they were intruding in my space without invitation, they should expect to be hit with some logic every few houses.

“Hello, do you think there will ever be peace in the world?” she asks right off the bat. I want to say to her, yea, when everybody figures out that religion keeps us divided as a planet and species but I instead need to hook them in a bit to get this to work, so I simply reply, “No, probably not.”

“Well”, she replies, “did you know that we are guaranteed peace if we just follow a fe--”

“Excuse me, I’m sorry to cut you off, but I’m sure you understand that I need to make sure you are a true believer of god before I can listen to your plan for salvation.” I said with my eyes locked directly to hers. This was hard for me to do because I generally get uncomfortable with direct eye contact with people, but I made a conscious effort to only break my gaze with the one girl to lock in with the other one.

“Of course,” she says with a smile and trying to be oh so polite and “professional”.

“So if you could turn to Mark 16:18 you will find jesus tells us how we can tell true believers from false ones.” As they are leafing through their bibles to find Mark I back away from the door a bit and begin to pour some bleach into the drinking glass and continue on.

“True followers of Christ are to be able to drink any poison and not die, so I’d like to offer you both a nice refreshing glass of bleach before we continue this conversation.” I say as I offer the glass to the first girl.

She looks at me like I’m the crazy one. “Oh no, I’m not drinking that.” I make sure to look confused.

“But it’s jesus talking to his disciples…” I plead as she interrupts me.

“Where does it say that again?”

“Mark 16:18. Are you saying that jesus is a liar?”

“NO! Absolutely not!”

“Well, then you must not believe the bible is the word of god.”

“No, that is not what I’m say--”

“Then you should have no qualms about drinking a glass of bleach then, how about you, would you like some?” I ask to the slightly older one standing behind her. She smiles politely and shakes her head without saying a word. As I type this now I feel I should have also quoted jesus’ statement that even those with the faith of a mustard seed will be able to do these feats, and of they are so afraid they must not have any faith, but the adrenaline was pumping through my body at this point and I was just trying hard not to break character just yet.

She began to regroup her thoughts and say something, but I was done at this point, because I knew they weren’t gonna drink the bleach, and it was getting hard for me to fight off the huge smile that was trying to break through. Plus, they were young, no need to drag this out further. I had planted the seed of critical examination into the claims of that book, my job was done at that point. So I interrupted her.

“It seems to me that you shouldn’t be knocking on people’s doors trying to sell something you don’t really believe in yourself, so why don’t you both just go ???? yourselves?” I said with a nice ???? eating grin on my face and then slammed the door in their face.

I let out a nice yelp of joy as I’m pouring the bleach back into the bottle and rinsing out the glass and I’m sure they heard it whilst walking away. I put everything back where it belongs and then leave the house to go do what I had originally planned for the morning. As I get on my scooter and head down the block, I see the 2 girls getting into a grey car, so I slow down a bit.

“I’m sorry girls, but I hope one day you learn to think rationally and examine outrageous claims,” and drive away down the street.

I feel so good right now, because it is therapeutic to lash out to these religious freaks as a way to heal from my own freakish schooling. Sure, these poor girls didn’t do anything to me, but they walked up to me uninvited. I find the practice of evangelizing to be disgusting and offensive, and if I went around openly preaching Atheism and telling everyone who wasn’t like me they are wrong I’d expect the same treatment.

But it also feels good to have gotten some young kids thinking. Maybe the go ???? yourself line was too much and shut them off, but the one girl really did seem concerned the bible says to drink poison as a test of faith. No matter what they think of me or my choice of words, they now have that bible verse in their minds. If they are truly honest people, they will begin to ponder this for many, many years to come.