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  I went to the Sunday Meeting!

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  i went to the sunday meeting!

  by undisfellowshipped ([email protected]) .

  i went to the meeting on sunday because i wanted to hear the comments on the watchtower study, and i knew that someone would say something about dateline or the silentlambs, because the watchtower .

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  Matty

  *coughs*

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/50158/1.ashx
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  Just like the rest of the world

  by SpiceItUp in

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  i didn't want to hijack the thread but reading:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/50019/1.ashx gave me an idea.. what are all the the ways that witnesses are like other religions or organizations.

  that way when they come back with the reply that they are seperate from the world we can say say..."well not really when you look at it and here's why".

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  Matty

  OK Gopher, you've got me. Maybe they are the true religion after all!
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  Just like the rest of the world

  by SpiceItUp in

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  i didn't want to hijack the thread but reading:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/50019/1.ashx gave me an idea.. what are all the the ways that witnesses are like other religions or organizations.

  that way when they come back with the reply that they are seperate from the world we can say say..."well not really when you look at it and here's why".

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  Matty

  They have these enormous conventions at football stadiums where they worship together in unity and meet other Christians.
  
  Billy Graham did it for over 40 years all over the world, so what?
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  Driving habits

  by JH in

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  here in quebec, since a few days now, we can turn right on red lights.

  we must be the last place in the world that adopted this.. i was expecting that just about at every traffic light this would take effect, but no, only 30% of intersections allow it.

  70% of intersection, you can't turn.. how is it in your part of the world, can you turn right on red lights?.

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  Matty

  I've known from experience that zebra crossings are different in countries other than Britain. Here, you can just walk straight onto one and the traffic stops. If they don't and knock you over you can sue their ass off, they go to jail and lose their diving licence. In other European countries it's different - nobody takes any bloody notice of zebra crossings and if you walk onto one in front of a car you're pretty much roadmeat.
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  Blackadder

  by Pleasuredome in

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  i loved blackadder, with it's sharp witted humour.

  black adder goes forth was my fave episode.

  some great quotes below.

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  Matty

  Rowan Atkinson is a genius, and so are the writing team of Richard Curtis and Ben Elton. searchfothetruth, I love the pigeon episode as well. I love the way Blackadder talks, he has a brilliant turn of phrase.
  
  
  This is what he says about the lawyer:
  
  

  I remember Massingbird's most famous case - the Case of the Bloody Knife. A man was found next to the murdered body. He had the knife in his hand, thirteen witnesses had seen him stab the victim, and when the police arrived, he said, "I'm glad I killed the bastard". Massingbird not only got him off, he got him knighted in the New Years Honours list, and the relatives of the deceased had to pay to have the blood washed out of his jacket.

  
  
  Sounds like a couple of Elders I've known!
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  Are You Gay?? Funny Story

  by ISP in

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  Matty

  Rayzorblade, stop casting nasturtiums! I can't see it either, maybe it's because I'm a matt too?!
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  In the light of Sundays watchtower - does the BBC hate the WTBS

  by Jim Dee in

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  does the bbc hate, and report badly on jehovahs witnesses?

  below are a number of articles /reports mentioned about the bbc in the wt and aw magazines .

  if they believe and quote the bbc when they report good things that are in line with wt thinking - , why do they not believe it when they report the truth about the wt?

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  Matty

  I remember when Mike Harding (comedian, singer from Rochdale) went to Twickenham assembly for the Heaven and Earth Show - I saw him there myself. I didn't know it had been reported in the Watchtower - I'm not surprised, it was a very positive show, a bit of a contrast to the Panorama programme.
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  Driving habits

  by JH in

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  here in quebec, since a few days now, we can turn right on red lights.

  we must be the last place in the world that adopted this.. i was expecting that just about at every traffic light this would take effect, but no, only 30% of intersections allow it.

  70% of intersection, you can't turn.. how is it in your part of the world, can you turn right on red lights?.

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  Matty

  You cannot filter left on a red light in Britain. Left lanes usually have a separate light. Most traffic intersections in busy areas have cameras now and so if you jump them you'll get a fine through your door in a few days.
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  [SYN] is Irish!!!

  by SYN in

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  this weekend a close relative got married, so i went along to the service, chafing at the bit the whole time i was in the church (dutch reformed, if it makes any difference).

  as usual, i could feel myself getting subliminally drawn into what the pastor was talking about, although you could say i disagreed with him on some fundamental points, but yours truly kept quiet as he was sitting next to his grandfather .

  personally i always thought i was 100% dutch.

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  Matty

  Well, you should know FD! I guess as there has been many invasions of cultures over the thousands of years of Irish history there would be many different types of people but some more prevalent than others - I just noticed that most of the Irish people I know are quite dark haired. You can't count Terry Wogan of course because his hair is the colour of the nylon it was made from!
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  Dub Fads

  by In_between_days in

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  when you were a jw, did you witness a rather large enthusiasm from your congregation for passing fads?

  what i mean is, one dub would start something and everyone would join in?

  this was especially prevelant with the women of the congregations.. for instance, for a while every female dub was undertaking this strange diet where they basically drink this really odd and particularly disturbing looking mushroom that they kept in their fridge.

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  Matty

  The worst dub fad isn't about clothing but a TV series - it has to be the trekkies. For some reason, many devoted Witnesses who would normally be ashamed to say that they watch any kind of television programme happily chat about the various incarnations of Star Trek to their nerdy friends in the congregation - every hall has a bunch of them. Jwzone is a testament to this continuing nauseating fad.