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  OUTRAGEOUS THINGS CO/DO'S SAY

  by zev in

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  post a favorite thing quote comment your c.o.

  (outlandish or outrageous) .

  the last one i had was talking about how he had to move around.

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  Grout

  I had Scaglione as DO in Tampa, Florida. Nice guy.

  I had Raftopolous as CO in Tampa; when he later retired from the travelling, he settled in Tampa. But while he was apparently talented (if heavy-handed) as a CO, he became a petty tyrant as an elder; he never considered himself "JUST ANOTHER ELDER". I know two elders personally, both of the relatively intelligent and principled kind, who ran afoul of Raftopolous and were elders no longer.

  Back on topic (almost): At North congregation in Tampa, several of the elders were way past old into decrepit. (I was one of three MS, btw; the other two were an invalid and a blind man, so I was busy!) One meeting, one of the really ELDER elders ad-libs that the pope's hat has written on it, among other things, the number 666!

  Really! The pope's hat! 666! I kid you not!

  A non-witness who was visiting audibly snorted and LEFT THE HALL at that moment.

  Ah, if only I'd followed him. *sigh*
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  I Just Can't Do It!

  by Sentinel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was rather surprised to see this subject in the forum, and so it peeked my curiousity.. when i was floundering in the borg, i really slowed down to a snails pace as far as reading any of the wt literature.. when i decided to walk away, (at the time with guilt and self doubt), i got rid of all the literature.

  i had not renewed my wt subscribtion, and was not getting any other literature in the mail.

  so, there was nothing coming in.

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  I have quite a bit in storage. But I think I'll burn it.

  It's a closure thing.
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  Southwest Air...Marketing Blunder??

  by teenyuck in

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  just saw this on msnbc....got the story from the web site.

  the association to accept fat people (or something like that) is protesting and asking how this determination will be made?

  make people climb on a scale or measure their butt?

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  Grout

  There's no appeal from the laws of physics.
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  confirm your apostasy.....

  by professor in

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  ...and apparently get the t-shirt too!

  http://cafepress.com/apostate .

  edited by - professor on 19 june 2002 10:54:19.

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  Grout

  Hey, now that I know what's on the back I'm DEFINITELY gonna get one.
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  CNN Talk Back Live

  by carlitos71 in

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  i was watching cnn yesterday when they were talking about the supreme court ruling.

  there was a "counsel" that was representing the jw's and he was explaining what the ruling meant for the borg and all citizens of this country.

  then he went on saying something that just blows my mind and has always bothered me when i used to be an active dub.

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  Grout

  I think that was "MEPS" -- it was big when I wanted to be a Bethelite [spit]. The MEPS hardware was finicky and soon died out, but the MEPS software was in use in the Peruvian branch when I visited there.

  The WT Society is evil overall, but it includes quite a few clever people, some of whom are respectable programmers.
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  "Sacred Secret" of God Revealed In Th...

  by bjc2012 in

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  2. bible

  "but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to blow his trumpet, the sacred secret [greek: mysterion, "mystery"] of god according to the good news which he declared to his own slaves the prophets is indeed brought to a finish.

  the key to understanding god's purposes for all mankind is to be found within the prophetic words of the "prophets" of old.

  in fact, the entire book of revelation is a complete compilation of all the prophets of old, the fulfillments of their words, for our modern times.

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  Grout

  Another cut & paste cowboy rides through town....
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  Could God and Satan be the same in power?

  by LyinEyes in

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  please bear with me , i have never known any thing other than what the jw have taught me all of my life.

  so all these ideas, theories come and go , and many times , they are just plain stupid.

  my mind goes way off into left field never to return , which is probably a blessing.

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  Grout

  AGuest/SJ:

  Are you what a layman would call a "Yahweh"? I met one in field work one day and it was quite distracting to constantly have every reference to "Jesus" or "Jehovah" 'corrected' to "Yeshua" or "Yahweh". I remember it vividly, at least ten years later.
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  Earthquake Shakes Silentlambs Country

  by mikepence in

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  clearly, jehovah is displeased with the handling of abuse.. http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/cus/.

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  Heck, nobody in Kentucky will take this issue seriously. The epicenter was in Indiana. *Indiana*!! If a few Kentuckians have to suffer so that Indiana receives its full measure of damage, well, that's a price they're willing to pay.

  I hope I don't have to explain the level of seriousness I bring to this issue.
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  completely OT....leech infection!

  by scootergirl in

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  2. friends

  okay.....now this thread is completely off any topic i have seen here before...but i am just in shock over an infection that my 9 year old son got w/in hours of swimming at an area lake.

  my kids went swimming for about 4 hours yesterday and my middle boy, james, found a leech in his belly button on the ride home.

  he didn't think anything of it and pulled it off.

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  Grout

  Eek. Now I remember why I never swim in lakes.
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  Question for good boy's gone bad?

  by butalbee in

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  2. relationships

  i've read on this website countless threads about girls getting involved, falling head over feet in love with dubs.

  supposingly good dubs, who want their cake with extra frosting on top, so to speak.... me being one of those girls, who fell in love with the wrong guy--knows exactly how they feel--one way or another they've gonna get hurt, and i think i've replied with the "run for your life" type statement--in truth, it is really the only sane choice.

  i know why we fall helplessly infatuation w/ these dud's--they're charming, well mannered, well dressed, kind, innocently sexy, they look great in a suit, and i guess, in my case, i used to invision myself taking off his suit: first the tie, then unbuttoning his shirt with my mouth, and well--okay--i am again meandering off the path.. here is my question and it is for all the male jw's that may read this: if you know it is wrong to get involved with worldly women, then why do you pursue us?????

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  Grout

  The hindbrain is stronger than the forebrain.

  'Nuff said.