Athanasius, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! It's been driving me nuts not knowing.
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"O A S H E The Book of Jehova"????
by Hairy Harr ini need a little help on finding a book...but first, the rest of the story.
back some time ago when i was affiliated i stopped at a used bookstore.
i loved searching thru them and making little discoveries.
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"O A S H E The Book of Jehova"????
by Hairy Harr ini need a little help on finding a book...but first, the rest of the story.
back some time ago when i was affiliated i stopped at a used bookstore.
i loved searching thru them and making little discoveries.
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I need a little help on finding a book...but first, the rest of the story. Back some time ago when I was affiliated I stopped at a used bookstore. I loved searching thru them and making little discoveries. Anyway, this one time I came across a big thick book that was published I believe in the late 1800's. The title on the front cover said something like.."O A S H E - The Book of Jehova". I could be wrong on the exact letters at the beginning but I know some of them are correct and Jehovah was spelled differently. I excitedly took my find home whereupon my Goody-Goody Dub Wife (now EX)got terrified and a male Witless friend who happened to be there agreed with her that it could very well be demonized and we should get rid of it immediately. Well I had just spent ten bucks on it and was not about to let them burn it so I carefully put it in the trunk of the car and took it back to the store to get my money back. I later mentioned the book to a older, smarter Witter. He said I should have kept it, it would be interesting to look at. I went back to the store and even though only a few days had passed someone else bought it. The store clerk said it was a college prof. It's been bugging me for years. I would greatly like to know if anyone is familiar with it. I remember from my brief look at it that it was written in chapter/verse style but none of the names or headings were familiar. There were I believe hyreaglyphics(sic) of some sort in it too. Can anyone help? Thank you.
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Classic Paragraphs in the Watchtower Study Ha Ha
by Celtic inummmmmmmm it really does make you worry for the sanity of these people.. the watchtower january 15, 2000 you can know the future!
(divination?).
p18 para 17, the question is: how did certain brothers in el salvodor use ingenuity to preach to a man who at first did not want to hear the kingdom message?.
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I remember hearing about some guy who was very opposed and would threaten the Witters with his dogs (I think they were Doberman's) when they would come by. One day he sic'd 'em on them but the Witters fended the dogs off with the mags. The wicked opposer rejoiced when he saw the returning dogs but his glee was soon diminished by the fact that the Doberman's, both of them, had Watchtowers in their pearly grips! He later ate some majic mushrooms and became a Circuit Overseer after going on Jerry Springer with his stripper wife, who is currently Special Pioneering at Ground Zero of the September 11th tradgedy....no, no I made this last mine up...or did I?
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Part 1: Breaking Ground with Crisis of Conscience
by Amazing inpart 1: breaking ground with crisis of conscience .
while attending the district convention at the cow palace in san francisco, the jw man who had brought me into the religion, told me that ray franz had resigned from the governing body, and several were disfellowshipped from bethel in a major cleaning out of apostates.
i was shocked, and asked why ray franz would resign.
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Amazing,
Thank you!!! Funny, I remember when reading about the Malawi incident in Ray's book, that I had written letters to the officials in the Malawi Govt. about the persecution, as we had been asked to do by Mother. Gee, I wonder why they did not ask us to write to the Mexican Govt about their corruption. Double standards... Hypocrisy...Whose Ox is being gored?...Ray just helped us realize, much to our horror that the Org is as corrupt as the others in the world...just a little more adept at keeping the sheep in line! Thanks again...Great writing.
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Being a JW Kid
by Scully ini've always felt that the adult jws got off pretty easily compared to jw kids.. for instance: .
my dad went to work, and didn't bother his co-workers with jw stuff.
it wasn't allowed.
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Scully & other persecuted ones...
I too stood up for awhile but as a kid it is really hard, especially if you're the only one in your class or your school! So then you start to give in..maybe sing a xmas song or mumble the Pledge or whatever...then comes the guilt because you know you are going to die one goddamn firey, painful death for your unfaithfulness to Jehovah. Oh well, the Shrinks are making lots of money off of us now. Thank you,
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Continue progressing as spiritual men
by betweenworlds inhere is one paragraph from the aforementioned talk from the kingdom ministry school.
it talks about the chieftan class.
this is apparently new light from the march 1st 1999 watchtower.
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betweenworlds,
Thank you for the new light but I thought the "ancient worthies" were already playing tennis in San Diego at da Judge's house?
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Larc's Triple Curve Theory
by larc inscholars,.
i believe that the triple curve theory is very important.
every good pitcher should have at least one good curve ball pitch.
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larc,
So Ty Cobb was probably the anti-christ, violating the 8th commandment?
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Dealing with Shunners
by Hairy Harr init was kind of fun yesterday when i was in line at the local coffee house.
a "sister" came up and stood in line right next to me.
now, my ex is df'd and i am probably "bad association", but technically they should not shun me because i never got dunked.
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Scully...that sounds like fun too, I may try it. I'll let you know.
SaintSatan...yes it's true, I've been demonized for some time, mostly by JW's!
I have another great little story about a local elders wife that got drunk and drove thru a Mexican Restauarant at over 100 mph, wiping it out. She was arrested. Had just been Df'd. I ran into her at a local pub where she was outside smoking...tried to be nice to her and well I'll save the rest of the sickening story for later but to tease you a little, she did tell me how Jehovah saved her life in the accident and...oh it's too late, I'll save it for later.
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Dealing with Shunners
by Hairy Harr init was kind of fun yesterday when i was in line at the local coffee house.
a "sister" came up and stood in line right next to me.
now, my ex is df'd and i am probably "bad association", but technically they should not shun me because i never got dunked.
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TeraFera & Scully...
Thanks for the kudos and yes it kinda makes up for all the other times that I've slinked away. I think this technique might work well when they are in numbers too, such as the infamous Saturday morning coffee breaks when they Group-Shun you. I'm sure there are many others on this board who have had similar experiences and maybe got a little satisfaction in the way they have responded.
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Dealing with Shunners
by Hairy Harr init was kind of fun yesterday when i was in line at the local coffee house.
a "sister" came up and stood in line right next to me.
now, my ex is df'd and i am probably "bad association", but technically they should not shun me because i never got dunked.
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It was kind of fun yesterday when I was in line at the local coffee house. A "sister" came up and stood in line right next to me. Now, my Ex is Df'd and I am probably "bad association", but technically they should not shun me because I never got dunked. Spent 40+ years growing up in it, supporting them, attending meetings, etc., but never did the dive. Anyway, I turn to see this woman just as she turns to see me face to face. She gives me a glazed-over smile like she's looking thru me and then turns away. This is a woman who me & the Ex have socialized with in the past quite often. This has happened many times before but not this close. Usually there is a comfort zone where both parties agree to ignore each other. My therapist says I should confront them with pleasant greetings but I cannot bring myself to. So anyway, I'm steaming. I pay for my coffee and a young lady who works there, but who is off duty invites me to her table close to the register. She begins the chit-chat but then sees I'm kinda pre-occupied looking at this woman. She asks me if something is wrong. I say, "Yeah, kinda, see that woman there by the counter?" She nods. I then proceed to tell her in laughing way that she is shunning me. The girl expresses disbelief so I continue to say..."yes she's a member of an organization that shuns people they don't like...very loving don't you think?" "That's terrible", the girl says. Since I said it in a very normal voice several other people around us heard and looked at the "sister". It was plain to see that she became very uncomfortable with the "looks" she got and hastily left. I think I may have stumbled onto a way to deal with these assholes. Don't confront them. Let everyone around them know what they are doing and if there are any firefighters or construction workers in the area, let it be known that they do not support the United States in the war on Terrorism. It's time to make them squirm!
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