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167

JC ON TAPE

by SickofLies in

jw
friends

http://neocrat.com/sol.mp3 .

http://www.savefile.com/files/1740618

sorry for the long file, is there anyone that can clean this up a bit, the quality is actually pretty good considering the mic was hidden and i was in a big room.

Rebel8 said:

"quotes, Have you noticed the elder on the tape refers to "THE apostate web site", not "AN apostate web site"? I believe the same wording was used in the videos (child custody case & doorstep disfellowshipping tapes). Interesting. I think they're talking about yours!"

Hooray for me! (Quotes claps hands like a six year old getting ice cream) YAY!!!!! I'm SPECIAL!!!! I once ran *THE* apostate web site!!!!! Hhhhmmm, it would seem that this elder didn't get the news: "THE" apostate web site has been closed down, thanks to Jehoobee's victorious war chariot of in-house and Worldly(tm) lawyers. I guess this elder didn't get the memo. :)

OK, seriously now. This elder is speaking as if there is ONE "aspostate" web site that sheeple in good standing have to be wary of. (begin sarcasm) Um, yah. Right, brother elder, only one. That is the extent of the information you have to counter attack: just one web site. Whew! It's a good thing that "Satan" can't be more productive than just one simple web site, isn't it! (end sarcasm)

~Q

24

Can you be disfellowshipped for missing the Memorial ?

by google_mE in

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have you ever heard of a jw being disfellowshipped for missing the memorial on purpose ?.

just curious.. -me

Quotes

Play mind games with them (if you so choose).

Claim that you were, indeed, present at the memorial! It is impossible to prove that you weren't. As the saying goes, "you can't prove a negative". This is even better than the other poster here who recently claimed that he was never baptized. Their whole "two witnesses" rule simply doesn't work when trying to prove you did NOT do something.

You: "I WAS at the memorial, Bro. Dogmatic.

Br. Dogmatic: "Well, I didn't see you there!"

You: "Well, I didn't notice you there either. But I don't go around accusing YOU of not being there, now do I!!!"

~Q

167

JC ON TAPE

by SickofLies in

jw
friends

http://neocrat.com/sol.mp3 .

http://www.savefile.com/files/1740618

sorry for the long file, is there anyone that can clean this up a bit, the quality is actually pretty good considering the mic was hidden and i was in a big room.

Quotes

SoL, you are a man after my own heart. I surreptitiously recorded my JC in Jan 1998.

I am in Toronto; one of these days we should get together and share a beer. PM me if you are interested.

I will listen to your recordings first thing tomorrow. I can't wait!

~Q

8

CO has free cable TV, and wanted more $$ for upgrade package! We had nothin

by WingCommander in

yeah, you heard me correctly.

i used to attend a congregation that housed the circuit overseer, he had an apartment on the bottom floor of the kingdom hall.

everything was provided for him, apartment, utilities, health insurance, meals, and get this - cable tv!!!

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"Do as I say, not as I do... I am a CO, and am able to withstand the assault from satan; you are merely a publisher, and just the sight of MTV will lead you into raving apostacy, but I am a CO and will happily watch The Playboy Channel for hours on end without it affecting my spirituality."

~Q

9

Why Won't God Heal Amputees?

by Quotes in

(apologies if this is old news).

i ran accross this web site/online book today: why won't god heal amputees?

http://whydoesgodhateamputees.com/.

Quotes

The online book (or at least, chapter 5 which I have read, and I think is the crux of the argument) is about whether or not God exists.

Essentially, and at the risk of way over simplifying a well reasoned argument:

Some people claim that, say, their remission of cancer (for example), and even disappearance of tumor, was due to god answering their prayer and performing a miracle. Now, some non-believers would rationally argue that frequently this happens, and no supernatural or godly explanation is required. Perhaps your body's immune system finally did its job; perhaps the chemo or radiation did their job, whatever. But to the believer, there is only one possibiliy: God cured my cancer. So we are left in a quandry due to equivocation: maybe it was natural, maybe is was God/supernatural.

On the other hand, god never, ever, EVER seems to cure amputees. You NEVER hear of an amputee spontaneously growing their limb back. It never happens. *IF* it did happen, it would be an OBVIOUS miracle, since there is no natural explanation. The hard science says, simply, amputated human limbs do not grow back.

So here is a great opportunity for god/supreme being/Flying Spaghetti Monster to really demonstrate a TRUE, UNEQUIVOCAL miracle, one that can't be written off by the non-believers as simply "a rare but naturalistic phenomena".

There are many possible conclusions; one would be that the Supreme Being, who is obviously capable of healing amputees, chooses not to -- maybe he has something against them? Or maybe God only works in situations were there is the possibility of confusion

But the more likely, more logical, more obvious, simpler conclusion is this: the supposed miracles were not miracles at all. Rather, naturalistic explanations clearly account for all those supposed "miracle" healings. The fact that amputees never get healed is proof.

~Q

9

Why Won't God Heal Amputees?

by Quotes in

(apologies if this is old news).

i ran accross this web site/online book today: why won't god heal amputees?

http://whydoesgodhateamputees.com/.

Quotes

(Apologies if this is old news).

I ran accross this web site/online book today: Why Won't God Heal Amputees? http://whydoesgodhateamputees.com/.

I won't pretend to have read the entire online book (yet); however I did read Chapter 5 (which shares the same title as the entire book).

An interesting application of "common sense" approach to the question of Supreme Being.

Now... commence the cat fight between the believers that have pretented to read the above but really havn't, vs. the non-believers that will be saying "big deal, this isn't as impressive as The Rejection of Pascal's Wager. (Personally, "I wager 200 Quatloos on the newcomers").

~Q

44

What Google Says You Need [Fluff]

by misspeaches in

jw
friends

this is funny: go to the google search engine and type in your name + 'needs' after it, e.g.

"john needs".

write down the description of the first (or best!

Quotes

misspeaches, you supply the, erm, receptacle; and leave the rest to me! ;)

~Q

44

What Google Says You Need [Fluff]

by misspeaches in

jw
friends

this is funny: go to the google search engine and type in your name + 'needs' after it, e.g.

"john needs".

write down the description of the first (or best!

Quotes

[Quotes] Needs A Vasectomy

(No, I am NOT making this up!)

~Q

14

Without Sarcasm, How would a witness respond to this?

by Kristofer in

i plan on posing this question the next time my dub friends knock on my door..

what is the good news, the gospel you preach?

as a witness, what are the responses i can expect?

Quotes

As I understand it, most "Fire and Brimstone" type preachers don't find anything "good" about the supposedly coming Apocalypse.

Please ask your JW door-knockers to explain how the death of 99.9% of the people living on the Earth is "good news". Even if you survive this Divine Genocide, I don't think most people will be saying "Gee, that sure was a great experience!"

~Q

30

Wonderful Words from the CO

by roflcopter in

wonderful words from the co at the assembly.

not only are we in the last days, we are in the "last days of the last days", and that the fall of religion and the start of the great tribulation is so close.

hah, even went so far as to say "possibly within a year".

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According to my mother, the CO told her congregation recently that we are in the TOE NAIL (referring to the feet on the statue of, erm, Daniels??? vision.

That's right, folks. We are in the TOE NAIL!!!! Don't mind the sock lint or the fungus!

~Q