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  Street Witnessing in Conyers, GA (rather long, but IMO cool experience)

  by AuldSoul in

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  this is a long experience, i am trying to get it down while still fresh in mind.

  my hope is that some might be aided in their approach to jws by reading this, but i dunno.

  read if you want to, don't read if you don't want to, and that way you'll have no business being annoyed by my having posted it.

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  Jankyn

  I found this absolutely fascinating. Auld Soul, your use of the JW doctrines' own internal *simulation* of logic was very well-done. I suspect that you might have started her thinking, against her will--but as you noted, since you were entangled in her "deal-breaker" question, she'll move you from the "he made an interesting point" list to the "that guy just doesn't get it" list.

  I think Gary's comment about needing to teach JWs their own doctrine before you can talk to them was pretty spot-on. That's what makes it so frustrating.

  I don't have nearly the academic training and scholarship that some on this board do, but have taken enough religious studies course to acquire a minor for my B.A. in English (which means I've got more formal religious education than anybody on the GB, doesn't it?). It's been enough education to leave me amazed at the way JWs insist they have "accurate Bible knowledge" when all they've really got are a handful of proof-texts provided to answer specific questions. Ask them anything else, and they're befuddled.

  What's even more sad is that, because JWs focus on one doctrinal question at a time, they can't see the inconsistencies in the whole of their doctrine. By getting lost in minutiae and pondering how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, they manage to miss the fact that they deny Jesus. Talk about the beam in the eye!
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  Best wrong number ever!

  by Nosferatu in

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  sometimes, it's nice to get a reminder that there are people out there who are crazier than my parents.

  this was one of those times.. this morning, i was brushing my teeth when the phone rang.

  now, when someone phones at 6:45am, it's usually pretty important.

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  Jankyn

  I once had a woman call me at 3 in the morning, waking me from a sound sleep, and screaming in my ear that she was "gonna get" me for "@#$%ing" her husband. She claimed to have found my number in his pocket.

  I started laughing.

  She said, "What's so funny?"

  I said, "Well, I'm a forty-year-old, overweight lesbian. Do you really think he's doing me?"

  She stopped, and said, "What number is this?"

  I said, "What number are you trying to call?"

  It wasn't mine.

  Though I do feel sorry for the next woman she woke up.
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  Just realized I don't know my mother's birthday!

  by Jankyn in

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  i was reading another topic (in the private forum, so i won't disclose), and i realized that i couldn't send my mother birthday greetings if i wanted to--or if she'd accept them.

  i don't know when her birthday is!

  i know it's some time in late august and i know the year.. but we never celebrated birthdays, so i don't know the date.

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  I was reading another topic (in the Private Forum, so I won't disclose), and I realized that I couldn't send my mother birthday greetings if I wanted to--or if she'd accept them. I don't know when her birthday is! I know it's some time in late August and I know the year.

  But we never celebrated birthdays, so I don't know the date. It's weird.

  I know my brothers' b-days (b/c we had a sick family tradition of "spanking"--don't get me started!), but this just really struck me weird.

  Jankyn, still amazed at the strange stuff that comes up after all these years out of "da Troof."
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  What are you reading - Summer 2006?

  by eyeslice in

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  always a popular thread the what are you reading at the moment thread?.

  my favourite reads for the summer of 2006:.

  the history of love by nicole krauss.

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  Jankyn

  Odrade, I read Strange Piece of Paradise a few weeks ago. You're right, it's kind of a strange read, but very compelling--and I found the resolution quite satisfying.
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  I pulled an arrow

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  bad associations spoil useful habits.

  i freakin killed 4 posts in a sitting.

  damn!

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  Yeah, but at least you're a Jedi.
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  Worst Thing Youve Done In A Meeting?

  by chuckie77 in

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  whats the worst thing youve done during a meeting?

  years ago, when i was a bit more wicked/naughty/younger than i am now, i thought i would take some drugs just prior to the meeting to see if it would make things any more interesting.

  it didnt, but at least i enjoyed the kingdom melodies tapping my foot to the beat and bopping my head!!

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  Told a bratty JW kid to kiss my ass right in front of the CO. I was nine. You wouldn't believe how badly I got whipped (well, maybe you would. And that was after my mother washed my mouth out with LAVA soap, that extra-abrasive stuff that mechanics use).

  Jankyn
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  I Got The Phone Call Last Night - My Dad Died

  by BrendaCloutier in

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  my mom called last night to tell me he passed on sunday.

  he died peacefully and fairly painlessly.

  my mom said she was talking with him, went to answer the phone, and 5 minutes later he was gone.

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  Jankyn

  Dear Brenda,

  Love and warm thoughts to you. Having recently lost my dad (May) and gone through a variation on the usual JW complications, I wish you strength, patience and laughter to get through the coming time.

  And I think the Portland A-Fest is a very good idea as a way to decompress.

  Love,

  Jankyn
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  Happy Heretic, Freethinker, Apostate - How do you see yourself?

  by Seeker4 in

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  in the thread on agnostic or atheist, startingover posted an article by a woman who is referred to as the happy heretic.

  i like that phrase.

  how do you view yourself?

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  Jankyn

  Good question, Seeker 4--I'd steal your name and say I'm a seeker. I lean toward free thought, mainly because I value science and logic so much. But I also recognize a great amount of evidence that something exists beyond the physical realm, even if it can't be empirically proven (yet).

  I've recently started looking into Buddhism, mostly b/c I'm interested in a way of life rather than a doctrine, and peace of mind is attractive to me.

  BTW, have the leaves started changing yet? I miss VT most in the fall. And not at all in the winter, because I'm too old to enjoy shoveling snow.

  Jankyn
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  ...How Long did You Lurk?...

  by OUTLAW in

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  when i first found this place,i did not want to post.i wanted to see what was going on,and get a feel for the place..getting into a debate with some of the "meat eaters" here,was not at the top of my list of things to do..lol!

  !..now this place is my cyber home..(thanks simon!

  )..so my question is:how long did you lurk before you decieded to take a chance and make your first post?...outlaw

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  Jankyn

  Lurked on the old H2O for about a year.

  Lurked here for a couple of months.

  But I still don't post all that much.
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  What are you reading - Summer 2006?

  by eyeslice in

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  always a popular thread the what are you reading at the moment thread?.

  my favourite reads for the summer of 2006:.

  the history of love by nicole krauss.

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  Jankyn

  Recent or current:

  The Company by Max Barry (it's a hoot--and if you haven't read his book Jennifer Government, put it on your list).

  Answering 911: Life in the Hot Seat by Caroline Burau (911-operator for a suburb of Minneapolis give the inside story on her life and job. It's a fast read, but lots of fun.)

  Conned: How Millions Went to Prison, Lost the Vote, and Helped Send George W. Bush to the White House by Sasha Abramsky. (Interesting, but he never uses one word when 20 will do.)

  The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved So That Millions Could Live by Todd Tucker. (Tells the story of the experiment conducted on volunteers from the conscientious objector corps during World War II to learn how best to deal with restoring starving people to health. Says some pretty negative things about JWs, who of course wouldn't volunteer to do anything but sit in prison.)

  That's this month, any way. I read A LOT. That doesn't include the papers, magazines and on-the-net stuff.

  Jankyn, needs new glasses class