Posts by zombie dub

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On A Scale Of 1 to 10 How Would You Rate Your Looks?

by minimus in

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be honest.. .

zombie dub

leaving wt - you are by no means ugly. Your hair is awful though, get a modern/trendy hair cut, maybe a bit shorter, textured with some wax or putty, grow some 'designer stubble' (most guys look awful clean shaven, stubble is men's 'makeup') and tone up at the gym and you'd be a really good looking chap

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DA Letter Script - Minimum Requirements?

by alias in

if i am to write and send the minimal of a da letter, stating that i do not consider myself a jw (baptized as a minor), what do i need to include in the letter to make it valid?

1. who should the letter be addressed to?

(do i need to send duplicates: one to local cong, one to headquarters?).

zombie dub

Apparently you need to sign it too, mine was sent back because I didn't sign it. Seems silly though as any other contract (utility bills etc.) you don't need go sign to end. As far as I was concerned it was a valid letter, but they might send yours back also if not signed.

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So has the wt given up on prophecy altogether or what?

by agonus in

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for decades they've produced massive tomes on their own peculiar brand of wt-centric prophecy, but it seems like the production of prophecy-related material as of late has slowed to a trickle, their last prophecy-related book that i can recall was the minor-prophets book released a few years back.

however that book if i recall was very vague in its exposition, focusing on daily life application rather than eschatology.

and yet the armageddon-end-times-obedience-"generation" drumbeat grows faster and louder with less and less exposition as to how or when exactly any of this is supposed to play out.

zombie dub

The revelation book was pretty much the reason I left, so can't be all bad!

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WT articles that make you go, "WTF?"

by undercover in

march 1, 2011 wt kool aid edition.... the article: does the bible condemn gambling.

notice the highlighted boxes.... first the indication that the catholic church does not consider gambling itself a sin... and then challenges that because no scriptural passages are given in proof of their assertion.. the very next column though, the wts admits that the bible does not directly mention gambling.

so, um, how do you expect the catholics to come up with scriptures if there are none?.

zombie dub

Why do watchtower photos always have someone dressed like the gimp in the left of that last photo? Chinos and a coloured polo shirt - does anyone in real life actually wear clothes like this??? or is it an american thing?

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Kool-aid man - a Question?

by Broken Promises in

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i'm curious why you see the need to post pics of yourself and your website before you post anything?.

why do you do that?.

zombie dub

"Use the same email address that you signed up for here. Good luck!"

One of the first instructions on that page. The email address I signed up here with is no longer in use and I can't change it cos the forum doesn't let me edit any details.

Pretty useless eh.

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Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes

by scotsman in

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i'm hardly the biggest fan but i thought this was genuinely funny.

he held a mirror up to the overpaid botoxed schmucks and some of them found it funny.

but i'm hearing there's a bit of a criticism.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvhxzp2spla.

zombie dub

It's pretty simple, his sense of humour is british - not american. Our senses of humour are not the same, as a stereotype british is sarcastic and dry - americans like fart noises and people who yell and fall over.

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Kool-aid man - a Question?

by Broken Promises in

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i'm curious why you see the need to post pics of yourself and your website before you post anything?.

why do you do that?.

zombie dub

if this forum just supported avatars like every other forum on the internet then he wouldn't need to do that maybe? I also hate my 'gravatar'.

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Verifiable Former Bethelite Willing to Answer questions

by Uzzah in

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i am a former active poster here, former elder, former bethelite and pretty much known by people on the xjw boards since the mid 90's.

gawd that makes me sound old.. i notice that a great deal of uproar is being made by allegations of a hide in the closet alleged bethelite.

to counter the damage caused by this claim, i am happy to address any questions people may have about bethel, protocol, etc.. i was at the canada branch for 11 years, worked in multiple areas including the legal department, service desk and writing dept.