Gorillas? What about mosquitoes and leeches.... will they finally obstain from the blood issue in paradise? These were always omitted from the society's photos.
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No gorillas in paradise!
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land infunny thought this morning, while seeing the movie trailer for robin williams and john travolta's new flick, old dogs.
in the movie, they accidentally end up in the gorilla enclosure at the zoo while trying to rescue a child who is stuck in the zoo after hours.
the trailer shows one of the men being cradled in the arms of the seated gorilla--the actor's "singing" soothes the gorilla.. it occurred to me then that the paradise pictures by the society always have lions and cheetahs and elephants... but no gorillas that i remember!!
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They "can give gifts on any day of the year"... But do they?
by Albert Einstein inhow many times we had heard from jw (commenting on christmass, mothers day or bithdays) "they dont need a pecial day set to give gifts, because the can give it on any day" .... but whats your experience if you compare jw and non jw ... are they really giving?.
my sons (7) example:.
he has non jw grandparents: gets all kinds of gifts all the time, sweets, magazines, toys,.
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There was a trend at some of the congregations I attended and that was high school graduations for the jw kids that graduated. It was like the jw barmitzvah of gatherings. What was strange, and like worldly events, these gatherings getting to be like a pissing contest for some jws with more elaborate events, gifts and so on. I'm surprised that these events haven't been shut down by the borg yet. Sure JW's can boast they can give anytime of year, but like everyone else they need an excuse, an event and even a date (i.e. anniversary) to do any kind of gift giving.
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Indian Woman Marries Snake Article taken from http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/June/subcontinent_June56.xml§ion=subcontinent
Look, I love animals. I mean, I really love animals. I grew up with a dog, I have cats, and I walk some of the dogs in my neighborhood to break up my writing day. But I draw a line at this: Indian woman marries cobra.
Now, all phallic jokes aside, let’s take a look at this. This woman was sick. She started feeding the snake and got cured. Perhaps this was psychological, or coincidental, or perhaps it was indeed a religious sign. But basic questions are being ignored here.
For one, how did the snake propose? I’m assuming this Bimbala Das is a nice Indian girl who didn’t spring the question on it/him? Also:
Priests chanted mantras to seal the union, but the snake failed to come out of a nearby ant hill where it lives,
Then how do you know it said yes? What if it has a little cobra wife and babies already? You mean the incredible racket of an Indian wedding isn’t conducive to luring snakes into matrimony?
Second, what are the snake’s rights? Does he know own her property? Did he provide some kind of dowry? And, perhaps most important from the cobra’s point of view—does the snake have any conjugal rights? I mean, I’m just asking here, it’s a logical question.
“I am happy,” said her mother Dyuti Bhoi, who has two other daughters and two sons to marry off.
Eeeeeeeenteresting. Perhaps a trip to the zoo is in order? I’ve heard penguins mate for life….
a traditional Hindu wedding celebrated by 2,000 guests in India’s Orissa state
This is the most shocking of all. A cobra can get 2000 guests to come to its wedding in the heat of India in June and I can’t get half my guests to come up past 14th street on a weekday.
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Did You Have Any Weirdo JWs In Your Hall?
by minimus inin the 2 halls i was in, there were a few.
but the most memorable one was an elderly pioneer who would ask the householder if they wanted to hear about "the truth".
when they quite naturally said ,"no", he responded with, "if you don't believe in jesus, jesus will turn you into a pig"!.
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My goodness 'AMomentWeBothKnew', it's hard to beleive you haven't heard any. I've should of trusted my gut instinct when I first came in to the org when a sister almost talked my wife into throwing everything we own, (and I mean everything) out in the trash, thinking that because most of the items we owned are used....well this gal believed that all of our items were full of demons. The stories I got from this gal was staggering. One story she gave (and take it for what's it worth), she said she threw out a painting that was given to her in the trash, only to find that same painting back in her apartment when she returned. She was a demon-freaked fanatic.
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Did You Have Any Weirdo JWs In Your Hall?
by minimus inin the 2 halls i was in, there were a few.
but the most memorable one was an elderly pioneer who would ask the householder if they wanted to hear about "the truth".
when they quite naturally said ,"no", he responded with, "if you don't believe in jesus, jesus will turn you into a pig"!.
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There were many, but the one I remember the most was this sister who bought two small dogs. Well, these dogs kept trying to mate and she had quite a time of keeping them separated because they wanted to fornicate "as she put it". She frantically called an elder to "marry" these dogs due to there insatiable desire for sex. After all, the scriptures do say "Better to marry than to be inflamed with passion". She was a wife of an 'MS' and she was also worried that her 'MS' husband would lose his privileges as an 'MS' due to her dogs loose conduct.
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The Casual Importance of JW elders
by BonaFide inso here is one thing i have noticed, and i bet i was like this before myself.. so many jw elders have a sort of "casual importance" attitude at the meetings.
they nod a lot, they have those huge bookbags, they read those society letters during the meetings, they walk down the aisles during the meeting and whisper in each others' ear, they always sit in the aisle seats.
they give the appearance that what they are doing is the most important thing in the world.. even the way they stand, and their manner of speaking reflects that they feel important, but that they are "trying" to be humble even though jehovah god himself is using them.. for example, tonight before the meeting i was talking to an elder about the upcoming assembly.
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I remember I visited one congregation, one young MS came up to me and introduced himself as the senior MS. I thought to myself, what the hell is that?
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The Casual Importance of JW elders
by BonaFide inso here is one thing i have noticed, and i bet i was like this before myself.. so many jw elders have a sort of "casual importance" attitude at the meetings.
they nod a lot, they have those huge bookbags, they read those society letters during the meetings, they walk down the aisles during the meeting and whisper in each others' ear, they always sit in the aisle seats.
they give the appearance that what they are doing is the most important thing in the world.. even the way they stand, and their manner of speaking reflects that they feel important, but that they are "trying" to be humble even though jehovah god himself is using them.. for example, tonight before the meeting i was talking to an elder about the upcoming assembly.
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This goes back to a time when an elder mentioned to me "When you go against an elder, it is the same as going against Jehovah". When you believe that you are on the same playing field as God himself, then anything casual that an elder may say will be looked upon as holier than thou. How in the world do you compete with that! You can't disagree no matter what they say, even if they are blatantly wrong! If you disagree then they can claim "you're going against the elder body!". That term "The elder body!" makes me cringe like no other term. They have the power, they can twist what you say, take things out of context, and so on. After they were trying to prime me to reach out for the appoinment, I couldn't do it. I did not want to turn out like that. I was worried about keeping my ego in check, plus that quote the elder mentioned to me just spelled danger! It scared the hell out of me! I had no idea that they thought like that! Really! Just watch the movie "September Dawn" about the true story of the early Mormons in the mid 1800's who massacred a small group of travelers going through their territory. One of the Mormon elders quoted to their congregation that same quote before their congregation assisited in that killing spree.
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Will Witnesses Ever Get Angry?
by metatron indepression is anger turned inward -which explains why depression is such an epidemic among witnesses, who are trained to feel guilt.
nevertheless, wiil the cowardly obsequiousness of witnesses ever end?
will they ever boo at assemblies?
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If I had to give a word that described the average witness it would be anger. I always hear it from them, although they internalize it. I hear it from the platform, out in FS and often wondered why do they always sound angry. If I ever try to talk to someone about it, they instantly agree but then quickly deny it. It was just plain crazy.
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Russell's original teaching
by diamondiiz indid russell have any original teachings that he actually came up with all on his own????
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In writings as early as 1883 (and through to the end of his life) Russell repeatedly expressed the view that the world would see a significant but gradual change in global climate conditions as a prelude to the re-establishment of Eden-like conditions. These changes, he said, would include the gradual melting of the Greenland ice sheet, the Arctic and Antarctic polar ice caps, and the general warming up of the earth's temperatures.
It is interesting to note that the WTS never repeated this in any of their future editions after Russell's death. At least I could not find any.
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Submit a parody,
Sung to the tune of "Who can it be now?" -Originally sung by Men at Work
Jehovah's Witnesses at my door
Their ideology is such a bore
Don't want to join your dumb-ass cult
Don't trust your crude biblical insult
Why do you tell lies about God
Supporting the U.N. was very odd.
Best off if you leave right now,
Don't come in - I will bite like a sow.
Jehovah's Witness
Jehovah's Witness
Jehovah's Witness
Jehovah's Witness
Jehovah's Witnesses at my door
Misquoting the bible even more
Clad in brown polyester suits
And wearing, black army surplus boots
Don't let them in, I plead to myself;
There's a lot wrong with their spiritual health.
They like to isolate you from friends
Here they come, it feels like the bends
Jehovah's Witness
Jehovah's Witness
Jehovah's Witness
Jehovah's Witness
I need to sic a Rottweiler on then
So they will go away
I do not care if it seems so rude
They just get in the way
Oh... Jehovah's Witness
Oh...Jehovah, Jehovah
Oh oh no