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  Has any of the GB members ever had a job?

  by Crazyguy in

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  just wonder since that video about a child giving up his dreams of being a great musician do to competition .

  i had to give up all my dreams and now work in a very competitive industry just to get by.

  how many people not work in a competitive job?

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  Brother Deletion/Loesch used to be a waiter in his young years.

  I'm sure that experience was very formative in helping him become a "servant" in the 0rganization. Ehem-ehem!
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  The more things change, the more they stay the same

  by OutsiderLookingIn in

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  2. beliefs

  oldskool wrote on another post that "the 'truth' is an experience, and the 'beliefs' are designed to get you to behave as a member of the experience.

  " i've read a lot here about the many changes to the wtbts in recent years.

  but this got me thinking about the practices or, for the most part, non-practices that make someone a jw.

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  - No pants for women at meetings or in service

  - No beards for guys giving public talks

  - No cleavage showing for ladies

  - No crossdressing

  - No crosses

  - No masturbating

  - No gambling or playing the lottery

  - No swearing or cursing

  - No criticizing the hierarchy or the 0rg.
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  Grunts. Medical maggots and stench soup: Who me? The perfect, most excellent idea for this summer's Regional Conventions. Thanks, NPR!

  by oppostate in

  1. social
  2. humour

  so i was listening to this npr piece entitled "from medical maggots to stench soup, 'grunt' explores the science of warfare" (this title is a link that will take you to that article).. it is an interview on the "fresh air" npr show (ironically for the content) featuring science writer and researcher mary roach about her latest book, grunt, 'roach learned all about the medicinal use of maggots in world war i. she also purposely sniffed a putrid scent known as "who me?

  " that was developed as an experimental weapon during world war ii.'.

  " is a military grade stink bomb.

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  If it can be done intermittently at meetings they'd think someone had really bad bowel troubles.

  There could be a local needs talk about befouling the bathroom or passing gas at the meetings.

  I don't know if I could hold it together at a local needs talk about this!

  Also, wouldn't spraying some noxious smells be more effective than demonstrating in front of the Convention place? It would imprint the connection of foulness with the Convention or KH.

  SixScreens & AAWA, and whatever others who like to demonstrate: How about it? Much better tactic, right?
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  Just wondering ....

  by talesin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are many new posters here, and i'm very interested to learn why you chose your screen names.. .

  one book i read, the mists of avalon, was very important to me.

  among the main characters was merlin, who in the book, was called "taliesen".

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  Where's "Iamallcool"?

  For ages I kept thinking it had to do with "llamas" until one day I realized the first letter was an "i". That is: "i am all cool"!

  Yup, and PunkOfNice's nick sounded French to me as in "Nice" the city, not the adjective "nice"--I'm still not sure how to pronounce that, with a short or long "i" sound.
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  Grunts. Medical maggots and stench soup: Who me? The perfect, most excellent idea for this summer's Regional Conventions. Thanks, NPR!

  by oppostate in

  1. social
  2. humour

  so i was listening to this npr piece entitled "from medical maggots to stench soup, 'grunt' explores the science of warfare" (this title is a link that will take you to that article).. it is an interview on the "fresh air" npr show (ironically for the content) featuring science writer and researcher mary roach about her latest book, grunt, 'roach learned all about the medicinal use of maggots in world war i. she also purposely sniffed a putrid scent known as "who me?

  " that was developed as an experimental weapon during world war ii.'.

  " is a military grade stink bomb.

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  @Dagney

  An ironic topic to cover, given the name of the show, indeed! :- )))
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  Just wondering ....

  by talesin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are many new posters here, and i'm very interested to learn why you chose your screen names.. .

  one book i read, the mists of avalon, was very important to me.

  among the main characters was merlin, who in the book, was called "taliesen".

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  Oppostate = opposed + apostate.

  although, I consider myself more opposed to the WT than an apostate, heck, I left Catholicism as a youngster when my family started studying with the Witnesses, I guess that I was an apostate when I became a JW.

  Hmmm. suddenly I find myself pondering how similar the JW religion is becoming to Roman Catholicism.
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  Grunts. Medical maggots and stench soup: Who me? The perfect, most excellent idea for this summer's Regional Conventions. Thanks, NPR!

  by oppostate in

  1. social
  2. humour

  so i was listening to this npr piece entitled "from medical maggots to stench soup, 'grunt' explores the science of warfare" (this title is a link that will take you to that article).. it is an interview on the "fresh air" npr show (ironically for the content) featuring science writer and researcher mary roach about her latest book, grunt, 'roach learned all about the medicinal use of maggots in world war i. she also purposely sniffed a putrid scent known as "who me?

  " that was developed as an experimental weapon during world war ii.'.

  " is a military grade stink bomb.

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  So I was listening to this NPR piece entitled "From Medical Maggots To Stench Soup, 'Grunt' Explores The Science Of Warfare" (this title is a link that will take you to that article).

  It is an interview on the "Fresh Air" NPR show (ironically for the content) featuring science writer and researcher Mary Roach about her latest book, Grunt, 'Roach learned all about the medicinal use of maggots in World War I. She also purposely sniffed a putrid scent known as "Who me?" that was developed as an experimental weapon during World War II.'

  "Who me?" is a military grade stink bomb. I just had to wikipedia more info on it. The idea sounded quite interesting as my thoughts turned to warfare of another sort, "theocratic warfare".

  Wikipedia offered this description: ""Who me?", is a mixture of five sulfur-containing chemicals and smells like rotting food and carcasses."

  And so, the cog-wheels in my brain started turning, wondering about "rotten food"??? Carcasses??? Reminds me of my last pseudo-spiritual feast at the KH. And this led me to Amazon.com where I found some commercial and military-grade stink supplies.

  https://www.amazon.com/Special-Ingredients-Revenge-Military-Solution/dp/B004RQIYF6/
  

  
  

  Now there's a descriptive label, "military-grade putricant"!

  
  

  ...and...

  
  

  https://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Ass-Tex-Ass-BARFume-Assortment/dp/B00UVP34AM

  What do you say about doing a trial run at your local provider of putricant religious instruction, i.e. the Kingdom Hall.

  And... if pleased with the resulting olfactory attack, hit the Regional Convention hard this Summer with an apostate covert action!
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  Beards - September 2016 Watchtower

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the issue of whether beards are acceptable or not is addressed in the september 2016 watchtower - well sort of.

  it is as clear as mud as to whether they are allowed in places like australia, usa and britain.. 17. what are some factors that may affect whether a brother wears a beard?17 what about the propriety of brothers wearing a beard?

  the mosaic law required men to wear a beard.

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  Bearded Danish Elder: WORLDS APART

  by compound complex in

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  do you remember our interest a few years back in the film, worlds apart?.

  http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2245498624/tt1065318?ref_=tt_ov_i.

  coco.

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  Home bookstudy ended because of 'independent study' groups? Any interesting stories regarding these types of groups?

  by Nicodemus Kathoplizo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  someone suggested the other day that the home bookstudy meeting ended because of 'independent study' groups (in ireland) going 'off the reservation' and left the truth (tm).. has anyone heard of this before?.

  does anyone have interesting stories of 'independent study' groups resulting in large scale apostasy?.

  they did not publish this for no reason:.

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  The brother I'd studied with and looked up to, burnt out years ago as an elder. I had just spent the morning with him in field service and we were discussing what we did to break up the monotony of studying for the meetings.

  I told him I'd been trying to read the Kingdom Interlinear and learning Koine Greek. Hey, why not, it was a perfect hobby for me. Both his eyebrows raised up, he thought it interesting, and challenging, and he said, "Good for you, keep it up!".

  A few months later the KM 9/07 comes out against learning Hebrew and Greek or doing independent research. I asked him what he thought of the new Question Box in the KM. He rolled his eyes and said, "I guess I'll just have to stick to my fly-tying."