Posts by hybridous

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F+D Slave...What next?

by ISP in

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the fds has been a flexible type of entity, that has evolved as time has gone along and folks have died.what will it go to next?.

it started off being a single man...the president of the wts.

death and disappointment resulted in the fds title being passed from president to president.

hybridous

I wonder if they (GB) ever considered returning to the original doctrine of ONE MAN being the 'slave'.

It would be a great way to consolidate power if things ever got shaky in Bethel. They could go back to the old...'it turns out Russell was right ALL ALONG!! Isn't new light wonderful, brothers?'

If this went down, it's obvious who would wear the crown...Teddy-Boy, right.

But, I don't think that nowadays, with information flowing as it does, I don't think that one man as the FDS could withstand the scrutiny. I think the GB likes their safety in numbers. Just a thought.

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WORLD OF LIES COMING UNRAVELED

by You Know in

some historians date the beginning of the end of the soviet empire to the chernobyl disaster, for the reason that for several days after the explosion, as the radioactive cloud floated quietly over europe, the soviet government said nothing to warn people of the dangers that may have minimized some of the exposure.

it ruined their credibility, from which they never recovered.

presently, the whole capitalist system has an even worse credibility problem.

hybridous

So, the question is: Does Jehovah still merit our faith and trust?

Maybe He does. How does the WTS feel about it? What has the 'Faithful Slave' been teaching the sheep?

But, now, there are millions of Jehovah's Witnesses who claim to have faith in Jehovah, but who are more or less followers of the Watchtower Society.

Thank's for answering that. But....they were supposed to teach people to build their faith in Jehovah and his Christ, weren't they? How did the opposite happen?

Of course, loyalty and devotion are two separate things and it is possible to be loyal to the Society without having our faith bound by their every utterance.

Of course, the WTS does not agree with your statement, here. And THAT'S how JWs were/are taught to build their faith, can you deny that? Why else would they be in a position of misplaced faith?! Under penalty of disfellowshipping and shunning, Jehovah's 'slave' has demanded just that - JW's are, in fact, 'bound by their every utterance'. And you actually believe that Jehovah would hold deceived JWs at fault because they exactly gave both loyalty AND devotion to the men who demanded it? I smell a double set of scales.

Edited by - hybridous on 26 June 2002 10:43:30

Edited by - hybridous on 26 June 2002 12:33:48

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A Mike Myers moment...

by jaccilynn in

late last night, i made a grilled cheese sandwhich and stuck "wayne's world" in the vcr.

i've seen it dozens of times, but it never stops being funny!

and i thought about how clever mike meyers is to come up with such a great character like wayne campbell... then i thought about austin powers and the fact that part three is coming out soon!

hybridous

Were you looking at my bum?! You bumlooker! You cheeky monkey!

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A Mike Myers moment...

by jaccilynn in

late last night, i made a grilled cheese sandwhich and stuck "wayne's world" in the vcr.

i've seen it dozens of times, but it never stops being funny!

and i thought about how clever mike meyers is to come up with such a great character like wayne campbell... then i thought about austin powers and the fact that part three is coming out soon!

hybridous

Remember this?

'Velcome to Shprokets....I am your host, Dieter.'

I hope I'm not dating myself, here.

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JW marriages

by Realist in

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since jw are not allowed to live together and cannot have sexual relations before they get married are many jw marriages unhappy?

i hear that they think jw marriages are much happier than normal marriages...can anyone verify that?.

hybridous

i hear that they think JW marriages are much happier than normal marriages...can anyone verify that?

Uhh, yeah....just ask my JW parents (now divorced - but still in the 'truth')

They hate each other, won't speak to each other, wouldn't even walk over to piss on each other if the other was on fire....but they're both JWs and therefore, 'brother and sister'.

It's a laugh, or a cry, depending on your perspective at the moment.

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Moving to the official JW site.

by Bleep in

i will be going to the real jehovahs witnesses site.

anyone who wants to see the light go there.

no one will have bold letters trying to make a fool of themselves.

hybridous

Why would God make the Bible so hard to understand or comprehend? It is a book for All mankind and not just those few who you think are the grannies.

Sorry, but your views seem to conflict with what the Lords of the JW faith think. Doubt it? Find out for yourself.

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JWD is officially an Apostate site!

by Elders_Kid in

so just for grins i thought that i would try to take a peek at jwzone and pln (pure language network, it took the place of greatcrowd.net), two dub forums.

i thought i would a friendly ambassador from jwd.

well since i went directly from this site to jwzone and applied, i recieved this nice little e-mail from their admin: from: "daniel glick" <dg371@***.

hybridous

Wait a minute...isn't Danny Glick the name of the kid turned into a vampire that floats outside his buddy's window at night? From the Stephen King novel, 'Salem's Lot'?

Now you'll ask, 'what the hell are you doing even READING Satanic shit like that?'

I know...I know...I'm sorry....

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JW's and drinking

by DanTheMan in

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is it just me, or is alchohol consumption at parties and vacations virtually an unwrittten rule of jw-culture?.

when i was in, i did not drink, and i still don't.

i often felt almost ostracized for this by my jw associates.

hybridous

I've seen both extremes at our Kingdom Hall:

There was the dry gang - all the time, including wedding receptions.

Then there was the wet gang - all the time, every time. Probably always consuming beyond what the average person would consider 'moderate' amounts, but these were relatives of 'heavy' elders and were never...EVER spoken to or counciled in any way.

On another occasion, a few elder's sons almost got my brother and I arrested for supplying minors with alcohol. They had it, we didn't know it....then the cops came. We probably shoulda spent the night in jail....because of underage elder's kids. Certainly 'presiding over their household in a fine manner.'...or however that reads.

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District Conv. Releases?

by NeonMadman in

i've seen several rumors and advance mention of the convention releases for 2002, but if there was a post that laid it out clearly, i must have overlooked it (not hard to do, given the speed with which threads get buried around here).

can someone give me the exact details?

are there 2 books or only one?

hybridous

Well, the only one I've seen is a lame, little paperback called 'Worship the Only True God'...or something like that...

What a weak, watered-down, mealy-mouthed little asswipe of a book!! I wanted to scream...'You call yourself a District Convention release? You make me sick!'

It seems to cover the whole spectrum of JW-ism. All areas, but none too deep. C'mon, I thought the message was supposed to get harder & harsher...more scathing as we got closer to the end.

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Telephoning Witnessing

by teenyuck in

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well, now i know why there are so many numbers i do not recognize on caller id.

i just pulled this off of just jw's, apparently the jw's are using the telephone for return visits!!

read below.

hybridous

What the hell, anything to count time, right?! haha

Seriously, I remember when the whole idea came out in the Kingdom Ministry. Everyone talked about what a 'greeeaaaaaat' idea it was. I'm in somewhat tight with the local JW congregation, and I don't know ONE JW who opts to do this.

I mean, if you wanna waste time, why not stand on a street corner and be politely ignored? Why actively piss people off and trouble them with uninvited telephone calls?

I personally know JWs who have sworn off this lame tactic, because they feel that it automatically alienates a householder and makes them automatically unreceptive to the 'Kingdom Message' (they're right). Maybe this telephone witnessing takes off in some areas more than others. It would be interesting to study the differences in such areas to try to determine what make it fly or fail in the local JW community.