i was wondering since you guys have put some serious time in with the wt, how it felt "back in the days" when major changes occured within the org.. in recent times, it seems that only a few people stop to really think about the changes in doctrine that the wt makes, e.g.
generation theory, the voting issue and the certain parts of blood that are now acceptable.. did the same happen in your time?
did little or anyone at all complain, murmur, get "cold" or simply just leave when certain changes were made?
Beck
that was a nice reply from you and the line about "Never having to go to Highschool" got me.
I was told the very same thing! by my mother. Was it an official statement that went around or something the mothers dreamed up? But what a damned lie to tell little kids.
And BTW my son just started University.!!
Thanks Mum, and thank you Borg/Jehovah for all the lies.
The Pope
how often do you still dream about being a jw?.
i occasionally stii have dreams about being a jw.
they often involve meetings or assemblies.
How often do you still dream about being a JW?
I occasionally stii have dreams about being a JW.
They often involve meetings or assemblies. Usually the assemblies dreams are accompanied by reasonably pleasant memories/feelings.
Also I often dream about the young sister that I was crazy about when I was 17.
Does any other ex-Borger here still have dreams of the Borg days?
The Pope
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Thank you for making my Mum try for years to get me to hate my unbelieving Father.
Well, you failed, ya' bastards!
Dad, if you're up there looking down, I loved you a lot!
The Pope
is there anyone here in nz??
im just wonderin where in .
nz did they film lord of the rings..
Yes, Prisca you are right, it was filmed in NZ. I remember reading this article about its filming. Enjoy!
The Pope
>
> Is it really something to boast about that Tolkien's Middle-Earth
> could be so easily created in the Shaky Isles? A tale of simple
> people living a simple life without modern technology? We're
> talking about New Zealand here - how hard can it be?
>
> Mocking up the Middle Ages must have been a piece of cake in a
> country yet to discover crop rotation. I would have thought that
> the biggest problem faced by the producers was making Wellington
> look modern enough to pass for anything after AD1300.
>
> You have to remember New Zealand is the only country in the world
> where you could film Xena without building any sets.
>
> The more you think about it the more you realise that making The
> Lord of the Rings in New Zealand would have presented no great
> challenge. Filming conditions are ideal. No air force to
> accidentally get into shot. No smog from industry to get in the
> way. The biggest continuity issue would be the slightly more
> modern breed of merino in the background.
>
> Let's get this straight. The story in the Rings revolves around a
> race of short, slightly furry creatures who are none too bright
> but relatively loyal in a tight spot. If this doesn't scream the
> middle bit of ANZAC, I can't imagine what would. Kiwis would do
> anything for real currency, so finding the extras would have been
> easy. Apart from having to explain what "action" means. "Hey,
> guys, imagine Christchurch, but with, like, pubs and stuff."
>
> Getting the extras to dress like serfs would hardly have been
> difficult. Just tell them there was a wedding on and ask them to
> dress it up a bit.
>
> And what's all this nonsense about the incredible attention to
> detail? I don't think it would have been that hard to faithfully
> replicate Tolkien's Goblin language. For your average Kiwi,
> Goblin comes easy. It's English they have trouble with. Need a
> crowd of Orcs? Stumpy blokes as thick as two short planks who are
> ready to rip your head off at any moment. The All Blacks wouldn't
> even have to wear make-up.
>
> As I understand it, the movie goes for three hours and the entire
> plot involves one gold ring. Which they want to destroy. Only in
> the New Zealand economy would this be considered a worthwhile
> allocation of labour. Middle-Earth your Kiwis can do. It's more
> recent times they struggle with.
>
> Let's see them try a film about a contemporary multicultural
> society with an economy capable of producing elaborately
> transformed manufactures. Now, there's a challenge.
the following two accounts of the morning visit by the women to anoint jesus body are contradictory.
according to mark, the women wondered how they would remove the stone covering the tomb, but they found that it had already been rolled away.
matthew, however, says that when the women went to the tomb, there was an earthquake, and an angel came down from heaven, went to the tomb, and rolled the stone back.
I remember hearing about a VD germ walking along the train tracks. He heard a sound like a train coming and said "Looks like I'm a gonorrhea".
The Pope
is there anyone here in nz??
im just wonderin where in .
nz did they film lord of the rings..
Wasn't LOTR filmed in Australia?
The Pope
think of the awesome reception you will get at your next meeting or convention wearing a stylish apostates, inc. shirt.
such as our personal favorite:.
happy shopping!.
"This Generation will by no means piss away"
as i haven't read any jw literature some 10 years or more now, can anyone tell me when was the last time that 1914 was seriously mentioned or discussed in a wt or book or whatever?.
and when was the last time the calculation of the "7 times" which leads to 1914 was actually put down in writing in jw lit?
has it been in a wt study article recently?.
In the mid 1970's, my best friend and I discussed what we would do if Armegeddon hadn't arrived by the year 2000. Based on the "generation" teaching, we agreed that theoretically some of the 1914 generation could be still alive,
But we made a pact that if ever the year 1914 was dropped as the year the Kingdom started ruling, if that teaching was changed, then that would prove the JW's to be not the truth and we would definitely leave. We had been taught that 1914 was an ABSOLUTE truth that would never be changed.
Well I stuck to the bargain, having left a few years before that awful WT discussing the "generation" change. What a pile of shit that article was, I had never read anything so deceitful and twisted in my whole life.
But I was so glad to be free! Its still hurts me sometimes that they GB could be so cruel to the brothers. How evil must those people be? Maybe Bush should put them in the "Axis of Evil" group.
The Pope
as i haven't read any jw literature some 10 years or more now, can anyone tell me when was the last time that 1914 was seriously mentioned or discussed in a wt or book or whatever?.
and when was the last time the calculation of the "7 times" which leads to 1914 was actually put down in writing in jw lit?
has it been in a wt study article recently?.
As I haven't read any JW literature some 10 years or more now, can anyone tell me when was the last time that 1914 was seriously mentioned or discussed in a WT or book or whatever?
And when was the last time the calculation of the "7 times" which leads to 1914 was actually put down in writing in JW Lit? Has it been in a WT Study article recently?
I am curious as to how dim these once-bright "lights" are becoming.
Sincerely,
His Popeness
this was just forwarded to me.. (we need more comets to help take all of the stupid people away from among us!).
this comes from the branch in canada....... in england one of our blind brothers had a seeing-eye dog that would.
faithfully guide and take him to the meetings each week.
Y'all must have missed the update to that experience.
I heard that the dog and the blind guy took up playing tennis together after the meeting finished. Guess what resulted???
Endless Love.
The Pope
