Posts by Pubsinger

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I can't believe they just sat there...

by troubled mind in

saturday i photographed a witness wedding .

during the part about the woman's role the speaker made the comment to the new bride ,"don't try to manipulate your husband .....we know how you women can be ...!".

my jaw noticeably dropped and i uddered " what the heck " as i looked around to look for support from other women there,.

Pubsinger

My best mate when I was a Witness approached the elder who was giving the wedding talk and told him very clearly that he didn't want to hear ONE word in the talk about menstrual cycles and how a Christian husband should be aware of his wife's feelings at this time

The elder was the brides father!!!!!!!!!

The thing was that I have been to many weddings when this was mentioned as "fine and appropriate counsel" for a newly wed couple - and we never really thought that it was in bad taste

What the hell must non-Witness relatives have thought

On the other hand I went to a wedding fairly recently and the pastor thought that it was quite appropriate to tell the congregation what a fine example Christian marriage was in a world where STD's were at epidemic levels ( he did name several but I can't spell gonnaeria!!!) I was disgusted at his total lack of decorum and sense of occasion.

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The Kingdumb Melodies

by WTWizard in

one of the things i find distasteful is what the witnesses' taste for music is.

they have the same 225 songs that they had since 1984. and many of those were carried from the previous book.. what i noticed while i was there is that none of the songs are really music.

they are so poorly written and performed that i think whoever was in charge of it just threw it together.

Pubsinger

Aw come on be reasonable a few were ok . . .

Well a couple were . . .

Maybe just one actually . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Come to think of it . . . I'm with you

Or, there are 225 pieces of the worst s*** I have ever heard in my life.

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The Kingdumb Melodies

by WTWizard in

one of the things i find distasteful is what the witnesses' taste for music is.

they have the same 225 songs that they had since 1984. and many of those were carried from the previous book.. what i noticed while i was there is that none of the songs are really music.

they are so poorly written and performed that i think whoever was in charge of it just threw it together.

Pubsinger

Unfortunately, I don't know any way to mess with a CD

peanut butter usually works.

That is why I like some of the music put out by Three 6 Mafia, 50 Cent and G-Unit, Project Pat, and Ludacris.

I'd rather do knigdumb melodies

One mans' meat . . . .

Or as one friend once put it . . . Rap with a C

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Did paintball at the weekend

by cyberdyne systems 101 in

jw
friends

it was for a birthday treat for one of my friends, me and his best friend arranged it and wow was it a laugh!

i got some good bruises going on, but thats all part of the fun.. i'd always wanted to do it, and apart from doing something called laser quest, which is just light guns, i'd always considered it to much of a no no, when a dub.

i recommend it to anyone, there was men, women, children of say 13 or 14 too, the paint balls are a bit pricy but if its a one off, and the memories you take away are great.. cs 101.

Pubsinger

Hi DB

Funnily enough I was telling my only remaining JW friend about the laserquest party.

He laughed and told me that about 8 years ago he was "summoned to the 2nd school" after the meeting and hauled over the coals because someone had seen him leaving laserquest.

He got an earbashing about "learning war no more"

Then he told that one of the elders and several pioneers had regular high rankings on the weekly scoreboard there but he decided not to "drop them in it"

Crazy.

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Prince's concerts in London

by juni in

apprinceprince will play 21 concerts in london.

may 8, 12:29 pm est.

the associated press.

Pubsinger

I wonder if he still has that enormous bodyguard he used all the time in the '80s

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Did paintball at the weekend

by cyberdyne systems 101 in

jw
friends

it was for a birthday treat for one of my friends, me and his best friend arranged it and wow was it a laugh!

i got some good bruises going on, but thats all part of the fun.. i'd always wanted to do it, and apart from doing something called laser quest, which is just light guns, i'd always considered it to much of a no no, when a dub.

i recommend it to anyone, there was men, women, children of say 13 or 14 too, the paint balls are a bit pricy but if its a one off, and the memories you take away are great.. cs 101.

Pubsinger

I went to a laserquest party the other week with my 7 year old son and a dozen of his friends.

Then they let the Dads join in

It was fab - less bruises too!!!!

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The Kingdumb Melodies

by WTWizard in

one of the things i find distasteful is what the witnesses' taste for music is.

they have the same 225 songs that they had since 1984. and many of those were carried from the previous book.. what i noticed while i was there is that none of the songs are really music.

they are so poorly written and performed that i think whoever was in charge of it just threw it together.

Pubsinger

Doh!

Someone did the "Like bees that were molested" line before me

I was reading the "Christian Rock" thread someone posted over the weekend.

Now I know it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea and some will not listen simply because of the lyrical content, but it's totally possible to find "Christian Music" in most of the contemporary genres - rock, pop, indie, dance, soul/r&b etc.

When I first discovered this after leaving JWs I listened to a lot of it.

I buy quite a bit of music and I find I can easily listen to Christian music and non-Christian stuff side by side.

But Nobody inside the JWs listens to their own music outside KH. It's awful by any standards. And if they did they'd be very tired of the same 225 songs they've had for 25 years.

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Prince's concerts in London

by juni in

apprinceprince will play 21 concerts in london.

may 8, 12:29 pm est.

the associated press.

Pubsinger

yeah and I bet those stillettos are murder to wear on field service

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really important - Eurovision

by Crumpet in

i need to come back to america asap!

so here's my whacky plan.

i just put some money on betfair on britain to win.

Pubsinger

Hi Crumpet

Next time just ask every member of the board to give you a quid

Less painful

S

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The Trinity ( arguement to end all arguments I hope )

by 5go in

i pretty much don't think much of christendom.

but why do christians insist on holding such an unholdable position with the trinity.. the bible i agree holds proof for both trinity and nontrinity positions.. i still don't get why that christians other than catholics would hold such an untenable position as god came down to earth but didn't, and he prayed ( talked ) to himself a lot.. .

i remember a comedy sketch were some kids were stumping a nun in catholic school with question on the trinity and the eurachrist..

Pubsinger

That's why many focus on the relationship with God.

If I say I know God exists because I have experienced his presence, you've got a couple of options - call me a liar or call me deluded.

I may be either of those things. But it's my experience and my faith that's resting on it.

That's why I no longer expect a uniform explanation of God and don't have any problem with those who don't believe or who have a slightly different perspective - inc JWs

I have issues with the WT but not with JWs. Same goes for The Catholic Church but not Catholics etc etc.

That's why many do not look for

the so called right christian religion

but do feel they have come to know (something of) God