Actually, I think He'd drive a Christ-ler
Posts by Mary
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36What kind of car would Jesus drive?
by Binky inthere's a debate raging over here.
i gotta go with a volkswagen mini-bus.
he was a carpenter, right?
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Amish
by happysunshine inwow- did anyone see the amish on oprah?
anymore info on ex-members?.
check this site for some info:.
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Mary
"......that the public school system foregrounds competition, careerism, independence, individual vision, personal understandings and self-advancement all values of the larger society which the Plain People, for whom humility and community are the greatest of virtues, reject....."
This sounds eerily close to why JWs discourage higher education. Learning and knowledge result in someone having "independence, individual vision, PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING and self-advancement" - all threats to a cult. The Amish are just as much a cult, if not more, that what JWs or Mormons are. Women have absolutely no rights whatsoever and neither to the children. The "spare the rod and spoil the child" is taken literally by the Amish and a program last year on 20-20 that interviewed some ex-Amish members detailed life in this community. Children are beaten for the smallest infraction, quite often with a literal rod or whip, pedophilia is not unknown to them and neither is incest. However, seeing as the victim has virtually no knowledge of the outside world, they have to choice but to endure and accept this sort of treatment. The man generally rules the roost.
It also detailed an Amish man that decided to leave the group and venture out into the world on his own as he came to the conclusion that they were a cult. His wife was a strict member who used to beat their children for just about anything. He was granted sole custody of the kids by a court, but before he could get the kids, the Amish Community hid both the mother and their children so that he couldn't get them. After a year of investigation, searching and private eye work, the father and two law enforcement agents tracked her down on the way to or from church, took the kids and that was that. She was 31 years old and looked like she was 60.
The Amish are fanatical about the most minut detail of life: they're not allowed to wear buttons because someone decided that they're not "plain". And of course, they shun all modern technology, supposedly because they're trying to live the same way Jesus would if he were alive today. Of course, if anyone actually thought about it, when Jesus was alive, he lived his life according to the customs of the day. He didn't dress 500 years out of date and he spoke the language of the day.
Another reason for shunning all modern technology is so that they're "dependent" on one another is also another ploy of a cult that we're all familiary with: if your family, friends and very life are "dependent" that much on each other, it makes leaving the cult a hell of a lot harder. It would even be harder than leaving the JWs, because at least the average Witness can drive a car, read and write English and have a knowledge of how the world works - an Amish person doesn't.
Edited by - Mary on 24 November 2002 11:50:24
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YOUR BEST DRUNK STORY
by Mary inwhat's the worse thing you ever did while drunk (assuming we've all been drunk).........when i was 16, we all got blitzed out of our minds at a witness wedding that happened to take place on hallowe'en.
anyway, on our way home we thought it'd be funny to whip eggs at passing cars.
unfortunately, the first (and last) car i hit was a cruiser.......i realized this as the egg was in mid-air.
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Mary
Another memorable drunk fest was at another Witness wedding (notice how I only got bombed around other "Christians"?). It was an open bar and EVERYONE took advantage......my girlfriend and me had a contest as to how many drinks we could throw back (I think I won, but not too sure).......anyway, absolutely everyone there was bombed out of their skull: the groom, the wedding party, the entire congregation including ALL the elders and their wives......the only two sober people were the bride and a stuffy pioneer who sat in the corner reading her bible.......
I'm not sure how I got home that night but at the meeting the next morning, it was like walking into a morgue. Everyone was hung over, and a few were still drunk LOL!! The brother who conducted the WT study looked like death warmed over and he finished the study in 35 minutes..........
Needless to say, there were no chats, no judicial committees, no mention at all of what had transpired that night......it was though it had never happened.
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Things that go bump in the night
by BB inmy wife hit a deer while driving her new vw passat with less than 300 miles on it.
thats the car with the 300 miles on it.
we dont know how many miles the deer had on it at the time of collision.
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Mary
Here's something you might want to check out to help prevent deers or other animals running into your car at night:
http://deer-whistles.com/deer-whistles/
Edited by - Mary on 23 November 2002 21:13:58
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YOUR BEST DRUNK STORY
by Mary inwhat's the worse thing you ever did while drunk (assuming we've all been drunk).........when i was 16, we all got blitzed out of our minds at a witness wedding that happened to take place on hallowe'en.
anyway, on our way home we thought it'd be funny to whip eggs at passing cars.
unfortunately, the first (and last) car i hit was a cruiser.......i realized this as the egg was in mid-air.
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Mary
Jjizro said: I think your drunk all the time when responding to me!
Oh Jim......if only I were!
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Bush not a Moron? Yeah Right!!!! lol
by troucul in.
hey get a load of this.
he's only confirming what everyone else knows.... something tells me chretien feels the same way, he just doesn't want to ruffle any feathers.. http://www.cnn.com/2002/allpolitics/11/22/bush.not.moron.reut/index.html
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Do You Like It..............?
by orangefatcat inwith all the recipes floating around i thought i would ask everyone if you like fruit cake?
and if so is it the light or dark or both with or with out marzipan on the top?
what is your favorite brand?
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Mary
BEST FRUIT/RUM CAKE
Ingredients:
1 C butter 1 tsp baking soda
1 C sugar 1 tsp salt
4 large eggs lemon juice
1 C dried fruit 1 C brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder nuts
1 or 2 quarts rumBefore you start, sample the rum to check for quality. (Pretty good, huh?) Now go ahead.
Select a large mixing bowl, measuring cup, etc. Check rum again as it must be just right. To be sure the rum is of the finest quality, pour one level cup into a glass and drink it as fast as you can. Repeat, if needed.
With an electric mixer, beat 1 cupa the butter in a large fluffy bowl an' add 1 teaspoon of zugar an' beat again.
Meanwhile, make sure that the rum is of the finest quality. Cry anuther tup. Open second quart, ef neceszary.
Add 2 arge eggs. 2 cupsa fried druit and beat til high. If th' druit get stuck ina beaters, jes pry loose witha drewsciver
Sample rum again to check for tonscisticity.
Next, sift 3 cups od salt oar anythink. it really doesn't matter. Sample the rlum.
Sift half pint of lemon juice. Fold ina chopped butter an strained nuts................ Add 1 dabblespoon o' brown zugar, or whatever color you cin fine, an' mix mell. Grease over an' turn cake pan to 350 gredees.
Now poor a whole mess into the boven and ake.
Check the rum again and bo to ged.
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Salvadoran JW house cleaner STOLD my homemade JAM
by Cappuccino OC inyup, .
i have a cleaning lady because i had surgery on my left arm and i have a cast.
i hired her because i thought i could trust her.
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Mary
I'd give them 24 hours to give the jam back, otherwise, you're going to the police - end of story. What kind of a loser pig is this so-called christian husband of hers??? How would he like it if you went into his house and stole some of HIS food. What a jerkoff artists. Don't cave on this, one. Stick to your guns and don't wait too long. I'd also make sure everyone else at the Hall finds out what she did.
Best of luck.
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Knowledge Book, Separation and Abuse
by IslandWoman inthe 1995 edition of the "knowledge that leads to everlasting life" book states on page 122 paragraph 11: those living together as husband and wife should make sure that their marriage has been properly registered with the civil authorities.
(mar 12:17) they also need to view wedlock as a serious responsibility.
true, separation might become necessary in cases of willful nonsupport, extreme abuse, or the absolute endangerment of spirituality.. .
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Mary
Their stand what is and isn't acceptable as grounds for separation and divorce is an ever-revolving door. I posted her a few months ago about a sister I knew in Toronto about 25 years ago who was disfellowshipped because she divorced her husband on grounds of beastiality, but according to the dim-witted-light at the time, the GB said this did not constitute "adultery" or "fornication". She ended up committing suicide afterwards and her scumbag husband remarried........LOSERS!!!
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YOUR BEST DRUNK STORY
by Mary inwhat's the worse thing you ever did while drunk (assuming we've all been drunk).........when i was 16, we all got blitzed out of our minds at a witness wedding that happened to take place on hallowe'en.
anyway, on our way home we thought it'd be funny to whip eggs at passing cars.
unfortunately, the first (and last) car i hit was a cruiser.......i realized this as the egg was in mid-air.
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Mary
What's the worse thing you ever did while drunk (assuming we've all been drunk).........When I was 16, we all got blitzed out of our minds at a Witness wedding that happened to take place on Hallowe'en. Anyway, on our way home we thought it'd be funny to whip eggs at passing cars. Unfortunately, the first (and last) car I hit was a cruiser.......I realized this as the egg was in mid-air. Amazingly, we weren't hauled in, but the cop made us clean his car off........
Satan visited me in the form of the worst hangover anyone has ever experienced since the beginning of time..
Edited by - Mary on 23 November 2002 19:43:23
