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  Just got called on...

  by joenobody in

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  funny thing happened this morning.

  i got called on by the local jws.

  in the past, i always saw them skip my house (i assume i was on the do-not-call list), so i was kind of excited when they called.. i played a little dumb like i knew a bit about the witnesses because i had read the mags in the past and knew some guys in school.

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  joenobody

  Funny thing happened this morning. I got called on by the local JWs. In the past, I always saw them skip my house (I assume I was on the do-not-call list), so I was kind of excited when they called.

  I played a little dumb like I knew a bit about the witnesses because I had read the mags in the past and knew some guys in school. We talked about the UN involvement, which they adamantly denied. I ran upstairs to print the letter but I couldn't find the link on here or on the UN website whcih really sucked.

  We talked about a few other things (1914/607 etc.) but the problem I had in attempting to engage them in debate is that they didn't even know Watchtower doctrine correctly!!! I tried to talk to them about if how the mags were so important to me and my neighbours, they should be published in full online in the greatest information. They insisted that "oh yeah - they are!" when of course they aren't.

  I ended up just having a nice discussion with them (they were two nice older sisters), but they certainly weren't well indoctrinated. They didn't even realize that that JWs accept blood fractions now! Wehn talking about 607, their explanation of the missing 20 years didn't jive with the office WTS explanation. It wasn't like I could tell them, "no no, you are supposed to believe this as the official party line" then shoot it down.

  They kept talking about the things I mentioned as "small" or "minor". I ended up feeling pretty bad for them as these were a couple of really nice ladies. The dropped the word "apostate" around me talking about some ex-jws - I played dumb and asked what that meant. The average householder hasn't got a clue what they are talking about.

  It was fun, but not as fun as it could have been.
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  Looooong Prayers!

  by BigJ in

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  ok, who remembers all those long prayers?

  especially at the district conventions!.

  we had our convetions at a small hockey arena and the stairs were really steep.

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  joenobody

  Hee hee Scully! That's hilarious - if I had known that then, I wouldn't have been able to keep from laughing.
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  Hockey Night at the Kingdom Hall

  by Scully in

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  when i was little, i can remember certain brothers?

  who would hide small transistor radios in their suit jackets and listen to nhl playoff games via a small earphone instead of paying attention at the meetings.

  these weren't teenagers or young guys... some were elders and/or ministerial servants... yet none of them ever seemed to get counselled for this kind of disrespectful behaviour.. did anyone else ever do things like this, when significant sporting events fell on meeting nights??.

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  joenobody

  I remember frequently going out to my car to check on scores all the time - esp. when on attendant duty.

  The topic also reminds me of when the assembly hall in our city was being built. We would be assigned guard duty overnight inside the partially completed building. We brought our hockey sticks one night and played a game inside the assembly hall. We were chastised about it a little after the fact, but really what could be said?
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  Looooong Prayers!

  by BigJ in

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  ok, who remembers all those long prayers?

  especially at the district conventions!.

  we had our convetions at a small hockey arena and the stairs were really steep.

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  joenobody

  I too remember some excruciatingly long prayers especially at the district conventions. I remember as I got older thinking it was haughty and for show that they would have such lengthy prayers.

  Something else I grew tired of as well was the tired routine of "let's bring in all the ethnic brothers for the last song". It was fun the first time, ok the second, and pretty tiresome after that. I also hated the constant clapping.
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  American idol

  by shera in

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  who was voted off tonight?.

  thanks

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  joenobody

  Personally I hate Jennifer's false affectations. She seems to overact when performing which I find nauseating. I also think there is a lot of vote splitting going on...

  For example: Camille, Diana and Jasmine are all young and exotic and are dividing fans of that type

  I also think Fantasia, Toya and Jennifer are probably splitting the black woman R&B vote

  The reason Frodo (Jon Peter) and John stick around is that they simply are unique and are not splitting votes at this time. I think eventually Diana and Jennifer will go and the remaining few will be duking it out amongst themselves.
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  Is the author a Witness: Yes

  by Quotes in

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  check out http://members.shaw.ca/stanm/books/theobooks.htm.

  theocratic library.

  these are my recommendations for books that we can add to our own personal theocratic libraries.

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  It's pretty funny that he's got Penton and Stafford down as current Witnesses. It would be even funnier if someone hacked his site and added CoC and Apocalypse Delayed.

  I always wondered if there was a chance that Scholar was Furuli and that the Australia thing was meant to throw us off.
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  BETHEL LABORATORIES

  by badboy in

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  i understand that wt had laboratories that did some animal experments.. what went on there?

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  joenobody

  I think it would look a little something like this:
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  Who here is from Ottawa, ON, Canada?

  by BigJ in

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  pm me, or reply to this post.. for those who want to remain private or undercover, i understand.

  maybe just let me know your around here and nothing else.

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  joenobody

  I will vouch for BigJ in light of the fact that he's come on out of the blue and is asking people's location 2 posts in. As un-kosher as that might be, I know him personally.
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  YOOOOOUUUU WHHHOOOOO SHOTGUN!!

  by Sassy in

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  shotgun posted today that he ran out of posts..

  damn.....my topic posting limit is up..should have left the brass monkey"s balls alone today!

  sooooo.. now is a good time to gossup about shotgun.... we know he can take it!!!

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  joenobody

  I personally can't wait for Shotgun's part 4... I am dying to read it.
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  Who Is Your American Idol Pick?

  by wednesday in

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  i am crazy about the red headed john.

  he is so cute and just has such a cool way about him.

  he's a frank sinatra dean martin type singer.

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  joenobody

  George, Fantasia and Jasmine will be the final three. They are the cream of the crop.

  Redhead John is boring as heck - nice tone, but he is too young to get excited.

  I can't stand Jennifer Hudson - she is fake and devoid of personality - she doesn't know how to connect.

  Jon Peter Lewis is embarrassingly bad. I am hoping he dresses up like Frodo and dances around barefoot before he gets booted.

  Diana DeGarmo is pretty boring as well - too young.

  Camille is forgettable.

  Latoya will probably wind up about 4th.