Posts by DarioKehl

I respect your decisions but I really don't understand why you would have chosen the baptists! They are among the strictest Christian sects. Methodists are generally very forgiving but for an openly gay person, you may find the unitarian/universalist group the most suitable. Of course, my 2 cents would be to snuggle up with your BF and read Richard Dawkins The God Delusion together. Free yourselves from the inappropriate guilt! The churches are just going to keep piling it on! "GET OUT OF HER!" Good luck...

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The meaning of blood in Lev 17

by BookOfRoses in

i have a question about what was allowed/disallowed about eating blood in old testament israel.

not necessarily how jw see it, but how it is explained in general, although this question came to my mind after discussion with a jw, mainly based on leviticus 17.. .

(contemporary english version).

DarioKehl

JWs explain it this way: "If alcohol were forbidden, would you inject it into your veins?" Oh yes, they even have a picture with this ridiculous analogy in a recent publication! Only a non sequitor fallacy could link an OT dietary requirement to a modern day medical proceedure!!! Unbelievable.

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New 'Memorial' video by 'KingdomHallOfJws' on youtube!

by 3Mozzies in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75tfwzx4b5y&feature=channel_video_title.

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i just love his videos!

DarioKehl

oh SWEEEET i can't wait!!!! LOL

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Who will give us meat to eat?

by AGuest in

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friends

to the household of god, israel... and all those who go with... may you all have peace!.

man, it's pretty tough out here in this "wilderness", isn't it?

hot, dry, dusty... no meat... only the wretched manna and lukewarm water.

DarioKehl

"Who wants my MAN MEAT?"

--Michael Scott

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Things that made you cringe at "the meetings"

by i_drank_the_wine in

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friends

i always cringed so hard when a "brother" or "sister" would make some overly heartfelt comment about jehovah-something, usually related to a personal experience of theirs, and get all teared up and/or start crying.. once this fringe dude that's been df'd twice now was giving a talk and kept having these long awkward pauses where he looked like he was real stressed out, then he would start up again, stutter, slip up, and repeat the process until he looked down and went "i, i just can't do this" and walked off the stage and left the hall.. it also made my spchincter pucker when a young person would give some super devotional comment on how much they love big j and whatnot, which would make the congregation all smile in their hearts and wag their heads in approval..

DarioKehl

ugh... silver rhino... dead on.

There's always one guy, usually the elder everyone else hates, who says "I, me or my" in his comments.

"Well, when I was at the international convention in Prague having a circle jerk with brother Governing Body, I noticed a poor local family sharing the same bowl of borscht so I have them a $50 and, with the exchange rate, they were able to get a hotel instead of driving their shitty beater back and forth 300 miles every day. YAY ME!"

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{Sigh}, I could use a hug...

by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

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friends

my first two exams were this week.

things didn't go well.

the classes are tough -- math and science.

DarioKehl

(((Billy))) ...no homo

Anyway, dude, relaaaaaax. It's Friday. Snap open a can of 7Up and pour it over some tanqueray on the rocks and loosen that tie and collar. Onesurprising thing you'll learn in college is how bell curves work! You said things didn't go well on your 1st exams this week? lol! That's what 90% of your fellow students are thinking right now. Trust me, I'm sure you did fine compared to many others. You were distracted for legitimate reasons (stress, anxiety, and lotsa apostacy-related animosity). Most of the other guys have been tokin' it up every afternoon and drinking themselves stupid since Labor Day weekend. They're are the reason bell curves are employed in the first place. Enjoy them while they're around because they help your final grades tremendously. Tests were SO bad in some of my classes (especially physics and O-chem) that low 70s would be A's after the curve! lol! Seriously, man, you're going to be totally relieved next week and ready to get back into attack mode. It's still not even midterm yet, you got this

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Things that made you cringe at "the meetings"

by i_drank_the_wine in

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friends

i always cringed so hard when a "brother" or "sister" would make some overly heartfelt comment about jehovah-something, usually related to a personal experience of theirs, and get all teared up and/or start crying.. once this fringe dude that's been df'd twice now was giving a talk and kept having these long awkward pauses where he looked like he was real stressed out, then he would start up again, stutter, slip up, and repeat the process until he looked down and went "i, i just can't do this" and walked off the stage and left the hall.. it also made my spchincter pucker when a young person would give some super devotional comment on how much they love big j and whatnot, which would make the congregation all smile in their hearts and wag their heads in approval..

DarioKehl

Ring master elders. The kind who would be deeply involved in a scandalous judicial meeting or perhaps have high drama with other elders or congo members "behind the scenes" but could get on a stage and open a TMS/Service meeting as if everything were just hunky-dory. I used to observe some things as and MS and son of an elder. I used to be aware of the inner circle drama and "the show must go on" persona that the sweet little old ladies, recently baptized and R&F newlywed families saw from the stage always disturbed me. How could they march up there and host a friendly "up-building" Q&A session in the midst of crazy drama? If they could fake it through a 15-min part, who's to say they're not faking it when they say "hello, nice to see you" in the lobby every meeting? I noticed pressure to put on this game face as I increased in rank and it really, really bothered me.

If you're an MS and an elder riding your ass until your gums recede, how the hell are you supposed to call on him when he has his hand up during a KM part and pretend everything's fine??? I had to do shit like that! ugh....

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Things that made you cringe at "the meetings"

by i_drank_the_wine in

jw
friends

i always cringed so hard when a "brother" or "sister" would make some overly heartfelt comment about jehovah-something, usually related to a personal experience of theirs, and get all teared up and/or start crying.. once this fringe dude that's been df'd twice now was giving a talk and kept having these long awkward pauses where he looked like he was real stressed out, then he would start up again, stutter, slip up, and repeat the process until he looked down and went "i, i just can't do this" and walked off the stage and left the hall.. it also made my spchincter pucker when a young person would give some super devotional comment on how much they love big j and whatnot, which would make the congregation all smile in their hearts and wag their heads in approval..

DarioKehl

The brief name of ORAL REVIEW. GOD I hated that!!! I asked my mom one time if she was prepared for "this week's anal review--oops, I mean, oral review" and surprisingly got a chuckle from her. She rolled her eyes and said, "Really...what WERE they thinking???"