I only heard about the smurfs on the forums, but there was the urban legend about the two sisters visiting a serial killer, who left them alone, because he has seen two big and muscular guys behind the sisters - the angels accompanying them in FS. This is doing the rounds here in eastern Europe, and as I read on this forum, in US too.
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Was the legend about Smurfs being demonic just an urban legend, or was it mentioned in the literature?
by IsaacJ22 ini never heard about the smurfs being evil until i joined the forum.
but when i look in the volume library, the word doesn't come up.
i was wondering if anyone ever heard mention of it in the literature--as in, was it an official position?.
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teel
I have one of those fancy spy-watches, that you can use to talk to other persons! Sort of like James Bond had, just the design is slightly different. It also has several other useful features, like the ability to photograph important documents undetected, showing the time in any major city in the world, or even doing some advanced math calculations. The only drawback is, that I have to carry it in my pocket instead of on my wrist. Ignorant people call it a mobile phone, but I know better!
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The Five Languages of Love
by Voices inhas anyone read this book?
i was wondering if people have reserched it.
there's a website...that explains it...here: .
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teel
I'm thinking we all want all five, but one or two are above the rest. I think mine is Quality Time with Physical Touch as close second. I apreciate the others too, but these mean the most to me. My stbx wife on the other hand was more likely an Acts of Service kind, to which I didn't react too well I guess. You could say she was a perfect JW (I wonder, do JWs feel God's language of love is Acts of Service?)
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JW's came to the door
by pr0ner inha i love it when they come to the door.
two dub females came to the door.
one of them seemed pretty intelligent and down to the earth.
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teel
I'm sorry eggnog, have you heard the expression 'less is more'? Try it in practice...
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Sept.15th WT - WT Society uses Guilt & Fear to Avoid Friendship & Internet
by flipper inonce again my wife and i were sent the " witness only " wt version by our lurking jw friend that they study at wt study meetings.
and once again wt society is showing very controlling tendencies towards it's jw members.. do any of you remember the " old days " in the 1970's or early 1980's when witnesses used to have goody night after book study ?
or you would have a " potluck picnic " with about 30 to 40 people getting to know one another to draw close as friends outside the confines of the kingdom hall ?
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teel
Let me get this straight: they're demolishing social interactions in the congregations? That can't be good for them... in all Cults 101 books and articles I've read, you need a strong bond between the members, it's one of the best ways of control. You need constant feedback, that what you're doing is not stupid, it shows your love for God, and if you were to leave you'd lose all those 'good friends'.
Here's hoping for their grave to be deep...
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Feeling that God will smite you down if you look at babes with no clothes? Try 'bubbling'!
by teel incheck out this thread, i laughed so hard.
the thread creator is probably not really mormon, still, i can imagine some religious folks to actually accept this technique.. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=127185813.
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teel
Check out this thread, I laughed so hard. The thread creator is probably not really mormon, still, I can imagine some religious folks to actually accept this technique.
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Afghanistan: The only country that Jehovah's Witnesses havent 'reached'
by Joliette inmy mother was telling me that the only country that jw's havent reached is afghaninstan?
i guess it said this in a recent yearbook.
if this is true, what are the risk entering into this country?
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teel
Haven't reached? They haven't reached at least half of the countries. Having one missionary couple for a few years talking with 100 people I don't call "reached the country". So no, it's not true.
A few years ago I was visiting Tunisia (a muslim country), and being a JW I looked up the status there. They were thoroughly missing - I found a mention in an 80s WT about a missionary couple that went there, and that's all. The country is not dangerous - I had great fun as a tourist. The people are nice, different than western culture, but very far from dangerous fanatics.
However knowing them a little I am sure they would literally kick your ass if you started going door to door there, and probably that was exactly what happened to those missionaries. Nothing life threatening, but so useless that your average FS experience doesn't even come close to it.
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Armageddon -- Are we there yet?
by FatFreek 2005 insometimes a child (dennis the menace) can ask embarassing questions in the presence of an adult who doesn't have a clue (the infamous pointy-haired boss).. len.
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teel
Better happen quick....wait too much longer and people will be living to 150, cures will be found for diseases, and the worldwide standard of living will continue to rise...
People are living longer than 100 years ago, cures were found for diseases, and the worldwide standard of living has risen (ok, except for the last few years, but still)... so no, that won't stop them. As long as there's one person on Earth who receives some unjustice, they will just cling to that to prove how bad things are.
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Branch offices in Europe are closing
by Samuel Thorsen ini have from a safe source that the bethel branch office in austria, ireland, italy and switzerland are closing down in the near future.
most of the business will be taken care of from the german bethel.
nothing is said thru official channels yet, but there is no reason to doubt my source.. can anyone tell more about this topic?.
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teel
Funny, I remember that when I was visiting my local branch, the "brother" showed us a big map of our country with small lights all over the coutry, representing Kingdom Halls, with switches to show the completed ones and the ones being built right now. He said there are KHs being built all the time, but he can assure us there won't ever be a KH closed - at least not because of desertion.
That sounds pretty silly to me in light of branch offices being closed...
WingCommander: you forgot taste... Armageddon is so close you can taste it.
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Racial question about the annointed aka 144,000...
by Joliette inas an african american associate of jehovah's witnesses (since the age of 5, actually i remember going to the kingdom hall as young as 3).
i've always wondered why most of the annointed were and are white.
i know there are a lot of white people on here so why is it that there are.
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teel
Joliette: consider, that as to my knowledge, the majority of the annointed are from USA. It's not only racism, but nationalism. God really doesn't seem so impartial if we're to believe He actually has chosen them one by one.
I live in an eastern European country. I never in my 10 years of JWism have seen an annointed with my eyes, except twice when a GB member visited the zone. I can tell for certain there is not one in the whole district - there might be a couple in the country, but I never heard of them (JW population is 40000+). Reading the forums here it seems quite common (or at least not strange) in the States that a congregation has one.